Fast Company Tech

MARCH 12, 2025

Nearly half (43%) of Americans say they would need to borrow money to pay for an unexpected expense, such as $1,000 bill for an emergency room visit or car repair, according to Bankrates Emergency Savings Report. Rather than treating yourself to a new dress, treat yourself to more money in your emergency fund, Rebell says.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Bandcamp launched a ticketed live stream service for virtual concerts yesterday called Bandcamp Live. The streaming service lets artists make money from live performances online, and may help some of the independent musicians who favor Bandcamp recoup money lost in canceled tours. Image: Bandcamp.

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The Verge

MAY 14, 2021

The new iMac, iPad Pro, and Apple TV 4K are all set to start shipping to early preorder customers on or around May 21st, but now it seems there could be two surprise announcements: a hi-fi streaming tier of Apple Music, and maybe even AirPods 3. The Apple Music part seems extremely likely when you factor in a report from 9to5Google.

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Engadget

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

If youve been shocked by how much you spend on streaming services lately, youre not alone. Companies like Netflix, Disney, Max and others have been consistently raising prices to the point where you may question if streaming is even worth it anymore. Best streaming deals True streaming deals can be hard to come by.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Google has announced that it has 50 million users subscribed to or trying YouTube Music and YouTube Premium, which is a marked increase from the 30 million subscribers it reported in December 2020. However, its blog post spends a lot of time talking about music, hailing YouTube as the fastest-growing music-subscription service.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

The long-rumored bundle bringing together Apple Music , Apple TV Plus , Apple Arcade , Apple News Plus, and iCloud storage is here. Apple will give customers different options to combine its streaming services in a new Apple One bundle. As Bloomberg noted, a family using one plan that combines Apple Music ($9.99

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Engadget

MARCH 31, 2025

There may come a point where you want to break ties with Amazon maybe youre cutting down on impulse buys, trying to escape the subscription rabbit hole or just rethinking where your money goes. This guide will walk you through both processes step by step so you can take control of your Amazon presence. Yes, in some cases.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 30, 2021

Today, a startup is announcing some funding as it looks to make a similar impact in the world of music. Rapchat , an app that lets people create music tracks — raps, as its name suggests, or something else — using a platform that crowdsources beats and lets people put vocals on top of them, has raised $2.3

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TechCrunch

MAY 16, 2023

Normally in the music industry, it’s more or less impossible for ordinary investors to buy music rights. Thus, Web3 startups saw an opportunity to tokenise music assets, allowing fans access to music rights in a wholly new fashion. That’s good news for web3 music company AnotherBlock , based out of Sweden.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

What about Spotify or Apple Music? Black Friday and Cyber Monday can be the perfect opportunity to lock in your streaming services for less money than they’d usually cost. Whether you’re after music, live TV streaming, or something more niche, there are a host of offers and limited-time deals to choose between.

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The Verge

JULY 20, 2020

And Logic, better known offstage as Sir Robert Bryson Hall II, isn’t a stranger to the churn of comments that power social media; it’s how he made his name, he tells me, reaching people where they were by putting out his music for free online. “I Even so, Hall says he’s not doing it for the money. I’m just a nerd. I love video games.”

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TechSpot

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

A recent survey reveals that nearly half of Norwegians under age 30 have no qualms about streaming or downloading movies, music, or TV shows from unofficial sources. Slight less than half admit to having pirated digital media. Read Entire Article

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 19, 2021

As he watched first overall draft pick Cam Newton warm up before a game in 2011, dancing to music, Fox couldn’t help but wonder what the future NFL MVP was listening to — and he bet that the crowd of 85,000 fans were curious too. To use Earbuds, users must have a paid account on Spotify or Apple Music. billion in 2018.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 11, 2023

Venture firms advised portfolio companies to move money out of SVB after the bank said it would book a $1.8 Apple launches a new service : Sarah writes that Apple is launching a music streaming service focused exclusively on classical music. Now on to WiR. billion loss related to securities sales.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

The company wants to be at the center of creator monetization Spotify hosted an event on Monday to discuss its ambitions in audio, and one message came through loud and clear: the company wants to play a major role in helping creators make money. But there were a lot of people that were looking for how can I listen to music?

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The Verge

MARCH 14, 2022

Although CD sales are still far from their 2000 peak — when almost a billion CD albums were shipped in the US — Axios notes that the increase is another key element of the resurgence in physical music. The combination means that physical media as a whole experienced its first increase in sales since 1996, but streaming remains king.

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Mashable Tech

APRIL 14, 2025

with Stand $249.99 (save $95) Get Deal BEST SMART HOME DEAL Amazon Echo Hub $129.99 (save $50) Get Deal With the confounding tariff policies in flux, we're keeping our eyes peeled on ways you can save money. Anyone in your home can play music, stream videos, ask Alexa questions, dim the lights, adjust the temperature, and more from one place.

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The Verge

APRIL 30, 2021

Specifically, the Commission believes Apple has a “dominant position in the market for the distribution of music streaming apps through its App Store.”. Most streaming providers passed this fee on to end users by raising prices,” according to the European Commission. AppleMusic compete with other music streaming services.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Tom Iselin will show you how to increase your likability and “memorability” among donors that will deepen relationships, help you raise more money, and create greater donor loyalty. We got five excellent tactics for you that’ll help you raise more money, and improve your donor relationships through personal branding.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 24, 2022

To fully fund your nonprofit, you need a diversified fundraising stream. In other words, you need to get your money from many different sources, not just one awesome foundation, one government grant, or one generous donor. Cue the sad music. Since I had money coming in from so many sources, we hardly missed that single gift.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

” At launch, Beacons offers around a dozen of these configurable blocks, like email and SMS collection modules, video embed blocks for TikTok or YouTube creators, music blocks for embedding a track or album, a Twitter block to embed a tweet or Twitter profile, and link blocks, similar to Linktree, among others.

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The Verge

JUNE 22, 2020

Microsoft’s choice to partner with Facebook is clearly a strategic one that’s also related to broadening the appeal of its upcoming xCloud game streaming service and its overall gaming efforts. Ninja, Shroud, and other top streamers are now free to rejoin Twitch or stream on Facebook Gaming.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Amazon was still losing money at the time, despite an 800 percent increase in revenue that year. In September 2007, Amazon made its first entry into digital music with Amazon MP3, an online music store. In August 2014, Amazon announced it was buying the popular video game streaming website Twitch for $970 million.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2023

Creative platform EVEN , which allows artists to sell music directly to fans, said it has closed a $2.2 The platform positions itself as the first stop before artists release music on streaming platforms. Rodriguez says the business plans to use the seed money for hiring and to help grow the business.

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TechCrunch

MAY 30, 2022

million pre-seed funding to enable users grow their revenue streams through digital collectibles. NFT holders will also get other perks like access to unreleased music and exclusive live events by the creatives. Ayoken, an NFT marketplace for creatives, has raised $1.4

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2021

The remaining movies on Disney’s 2021 slate will all be released in theaters exclusively before being released on its Disney Plus streaming platform, the company announced late Friday. Johansson sued Disney, alleging that the simultaneous release reduced the amount of money the film garnered in theaters.

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TechCrunch

JULY 6, 2022

The Exchange explores startups, markets and money. Most notably, this week’s SPAC combination from Deezer, a European music streaming service that competes with Spotify. That figure is inclusive of funds provided by the SPAC partner and private money flowing into a public company (PIPE) from prior Deezer backers.

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Engadget

MARCH 13, 2025

Weve tested a number of the latest gaming laptops to see which are worth your money. What to look for in a gaming laptop Price Your laptop buying journey starts and ends with the amount of money you're willing to spend. No surprise there. The good news: There are plenty of options for gamers of every budget.

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Engadget

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

If you don't need new headphones, we're also seeing discounts on Peacock and Apple Music subscriptions, our favorite robot vacuum and microSD card for those on a budget, Sonos speakers and more. If you just want a single speaker for enjoying music at home, it remains a decent value at less than $200. The Sonos Era 100.

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The NonProfit Times

JUNE 10, 2024

adults, casual genres, including puzzle and arcade games, continue to be the most played; and, * Of players’ total time spent on entertainment (TV, video games, music, etc.), Nearly half of players report that video games provide the most entertainment value for money spent. “We Jude Children’s Hospital through charity gaming streams.

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Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

But the talented event staff still managed to pull off the event, even if it didn’t make quite as much money as previous events. It was everything their donors had missed about the Jungle Party, down to the food, the music, and the socializing. TIP: Bring the energy of your live event to your virtual stream!

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The Verge

JULY 8, 2021

While the phone can shoot 8K at 30 frames per second, and 4K at 30 or 60FPS, it can’t manage shooting three simultaneous 4K HDR video streams or shoot three 28-megapixel photos at once — two of the biggest claims Qualcomm made when it introduced the Snapdragon 888 last December.

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TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2022

Back to the NFTs we know and love : We liked Alex ’s line in today’s story about those snapping up valuable pieces of digital land: “The Bored Ape crew has managed to turn a hit NFT set into several collections, huge venture checks, and now a license to print money thanks to speculators snapping up its newly offered digital assets.”

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The Verge

AUGUST 15, 2020

Games, in Apple’s eyes, aren’t to be treated the same as music, movies, and TV shows, but rather as software that warrants careful inspection lest they be updated later in ways that violate its strict content guidelines, the company tells The Verge. Yet like music streaming services, gaming apps don’t appear to qualify.

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The Verge

AUGUST 12, 2021

Prior to Thursday, Eddy Cue was senior vice president of internet software and services, with responsibilities that included overseeing the iTunes Store, Apple Music, Apple Pay, Maps, Search Ads, iCloud, and iWork. Apple still makes a ton of money selling hardware and software — earning a total of $81.43

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TechCrunch

JULY 28, 2022

The funding is a significant extension to its $3 million seed round in January 2021, bringing the company’s total post-money valuation to around $32 million. As traditional sports viewership declines among Gen Z, social media and streaming platforms are becoming the favorite destination for young sports fans.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2023

Creative platform EVEN , which allows artists to sell music directly to fans, said it has closed a $2.2 The platform positions itself as the first stop before artists release music on streaming platforms. Rodriguez says the business plans to use the seed money for hiring and to help grow the business.

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