Digital Trends

JULY 23, 2021

Apple has finally brought Android phones into the lossless and spatial audio world for Apple Music, but only select handsets will get both features.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 18, 2011

So much so that many nonprofit professionals are overwhelmed by the all choices – and as the Mobile Web and related start-ups continue to grow, prepare to be mind-boggled by all the new technology options available to your nonprofit in coming years. You can either manage your group online or on your mobile phone. Dipity :: dipity.com.

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The Verge

JUNE 9, 2021

At launch, it’s a very hit or miss experience Late on Monday night, Apple flipped the switch on two new features for its Apple Music subscription service : immersive Dolby Atmos spatial audio and lossless-quality streaming. Eddy Cue is Apple’s senior vice president of services and the person who oversees Apple Music.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

As this is being written, we are still in the midst of the Spotify controversy , during which artists are abandoning the audio service in protest of that company’s contract with podcaster Joe Rogan. Neil Young was the first to pull his music from the service, followed by Joni Mitchell and others. Amazon Music. Amazon Music.

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Digital Trends

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Qualcomm's new mobile audio chips will usher in a new wave of wireless audio features like better ANC and audio sharing.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2021

Interactive voice advertising startup Instreamatic , which can insert interactive voice ads into an audio stream, has raised $6.1 SF-HQ’d Instreamatic lets brands that advertise through streaming music apps and podcasts (for instance) have interactive voice-based dialogues with consumers.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Smart speakers are voice-activated digital assistants that enable users to use their voice to command a wide variety of activities, such as play music, listen to news, make calls, watch video clips, shop online, and control smart home devices (thermostats, home alarm systems, lights, smart TVs, etc.). households by 2022.

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Engadget

APRIL 22, 2025

It also features popular editing effects like green screen and Instagrams extensive music catalog. This includes in-app post analytics, as well as the ability to import audio tracks theyve previously saved in the app. The in-app camera allows creators to capture up to 10 minutes of video and publish to Instagram in enhanced quality.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

London and Barcelona based audio-as-a-service SaaS startup Aflorithmic has scooped up $1.3 “Text in beautiful audio out” is its pithy slogan. Its business thesis is that demand for audio far outstrips the ability of studio-produced human-spoken voiceovers to deliver.

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The Verge

JULY 16, 2021

He lists his KPIs, or key performance indicators: the number of smoothies he drinks per week, the amount of time he spends listening to live techno music, and the number of rooftop bars he visits. More people chime in, all in audio clips under 90 seconds. Can solely audio go viral? But why the audio mania now?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

The team behind Songclip thinks that social media could use more music. Yes, music is a big part of the experience on a handful of apps like TikTok and Triller, but Songclip co-founder and COO John vanSuchtelen told me, “That is not the end of how music is going to be a feature, that is a beginning.”

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The Verge

JANUARY 8, 2021

Amazon’s Echo Studio speaker, which supports Sony’s 360 Reality Audio format. Sony has announced an expansion of its 360 Reality Audio platform , bringing the 360-degree music format to more devices and media as well as offering new creation tools. Now, Sony is expanding the audio tech into video.

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Digital Trends

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

If you're yet to try out Apple's music streaming service and you own one of its audio devices, you may be able to take advantage of a special offer.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Earlier this year, Apple officially discontinued Music Memos, an iPhone app that allowed musicians to quickly record audio and develop new song ideas. Walther had previously spent three and a half years at Spotify, following its 2017 acquisition of the audio detection startup Sonalytic , which he had co-founded.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

Many nonprofit professionals are overwhelmed by the all choices and as mobile media continues to grow, prepare to be mind-boggled by all the new technology options that will be available to your nonprofit in coming years. Ideal for mobile social media managers, VoiceTexter is an iPhone app that instantly transcribes your voice messages.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

Many nonprofit professionals are overwhelmed by the all choices and as the Mobile Web and related start-ups continue to grow, prepare to be mind-boggled by all the new technology options available to your nonprofit in coming years. Ideal for mobile social networkers, this $.99 e-Newsletter. Animoto :: animoto.com.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 27, 2012

Many nonprofit professionals are overwhelmed by the all choices – and as the Mobile Web and related start-ups continue to grow, prepare to be mind-boggled by all the new technology options available to your nonprofit in coming years. Ideal for mobile social networkers, this $.99 e-Newsletter. Animoto :: animoto.com.

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The Verge

MARCH 26, 2021

Select titles on HBO Max now have audio descriptions, which are separate audio tracks that describe what’s visually happening on-screen. The option is currently available on the website and mobile apps but not on TV apps. HBO Max’s audio description category. Turning on audio description. Image: WarnerMedia.

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Digital Trends

AUGUST 17, 2021

In February, Spotify announced its plans to launch a lossless audio tier called Spotify HiFi. Now, a newly discovered video suggests the launch could be soon.

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The Verge

JANUARY 2, 2022

The second-generation AirPods Pro may support Apple Lossless Audio Codec (ALAC), and could even come with a case that makes a sound to help you find it, according to Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo in a note to investors seen by AppleInsider and 9to5Mac.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Not content with setting your feet a-tapping with its intuitive music sequencer aimed at amateur music makers, Artiphon today announced an app that adds video-making prowess to the Orba’s already impressive feature set. The idea of the Orbacam is to create quick and easy videos that Artiphon refers to as “Musical Selfies.”

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 25, 2021

We decided that there wasn’t really the right kind of platform out there for this type of storytelling, so we decided to develop our own mobile platform to uniquely share these stories in an audio format.” After that, Mindset will release another audio collection from an artist or actor every two weeks.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Per Crunchbase , the 2019 founded audio startup’s earlier seed and pre-seed investors were Mangrove Capital Partners and Redalpine. Finding the signal in the noice of social audio is turning out to be the real challenge. “We raised $3M in late 2020. You can also slow playback speed to 0.75x.).

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The Verge

JULY 20, 2021

Today, Apple announced that Tetris Beat , which mashes up the classic block-dropping puzzler with a rhythm game featuring music from the likes of Alison Wonderland, is coming to Arcade “soon.”. The news is also part of a solid run for Apple Arcade.

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Digital Trends

JULY 27, 2021

Apple Music now offers lossless, hi-fi music on both Android and iPhone. Here's an in-depth guide on how to turn the setting on and start listening.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 11, 2023

Excitingly, it’ll feature new stages with industry-specific programming tracks across climate, mobility, fintech, AI and machine learning, enterprise, privacy and security, and hardware and robotics. Apple launches a new service : Sarah writes that Apple is launching a music streaming service focused exclusively on classical music.

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The Verge

JUNE 7, 2021

Being able to sample audio from other users’ videos is one of TikTok’s greatest strengths. Shorts users can already sample sounds from other Shorts videos (as well as from a library of licensed music). But this update will greatly expand the audio they have easy access to. Image: YouTube. Image: YouTube.

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Digital Trends

MARCH 4, 2021

Qualcomm has introduced Snapdragon Sound, a stamp of approval given to devices that use its best audio technologies to improve the listening experience.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Quips about putting radio on the internet aside, the persistent popularity of podcasting and the cockamamie climb of Clubhouse shows that audio-based platforms will continue to echo around the upper echelons of the ecosystem for a while yet. “When it came down to the dating apps, it was never something I could get into.

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The Verge

MARCH 4, 2021

the financial services company founded by Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, is acquiring a majority stake in Tidal, the high-fidelity audio and video streaming service led by Jay-Z. Asking the obvious question in a thread on Twitter, Dorsey said : “Why would a music streaming company and a financial services company join forces?!” Square, Inc.,

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Ars Technica

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

This feature can identify background music from the lock screen, but unlike some similar song identifiers , it works even without an Internet connection. First introduced in 2017 , Now Playing uses a cache of thousands of audio fingerprints to identify songs you might encounter in your daily grind. Sadly, it has been broken for months.

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Digital Trends

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Apple has been removing third-party audio gear from its stores, suggesting that the launch of its own branded alternatives could be just around the corner.

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Digital Trends

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Spatial Audio has arrived on iOS devices, but how do you know if you're playing Apple songs in Spatial Audio? Here's how to enable it and what to watch for.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

E-books, therefore, make access to information an affordable reality, as more and more people, including students, have a device in their pocket capable of operating as an accessible e-reader: from inexpensive mobile phones and MP3 players to Braille note-takers that can store thousands of e-books in digital Braille.

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NVIDIA AI Blog

MARCH 25, 2025

8B-instruct Image Generation: Flux.dev Audio: Riva Parakeet-ctc-0.6B-asr The PDF to podcast AI Blueprint will transform documents into audio content so users can learn on the go. Get started with these NIM microservices today: Language and Reasoning: Deepseek-R1-distill-llama-8B , Mistral-nemo-12B-instruct , Llama3.1-8B-instruct

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

As you can imagine, the people here at The Verge spend a lot of time listening to a variety of digital sounds — whether it’s online meetings, music, podcasts, videos, or sound checks of their own multimedia productions. AudioQuest’s Dragonfly portable digital-to-analog converter (DAC) brings higher-quality audio to your devices.

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TechNode

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

On Wednesday, Qualcomm and Tencent Music announced a collaboration to introduce Snapdragon Premium Sound Quality. Specifically, it enhances the speed and efficiency of audio encoding, audio decoding, and audio detail restoration. Qualcomm China, in Chinese ]

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