Apple’s new ShazamKit brings audio recognition to apps, including those on Android – News

Apple’s new ShazamKit brings audio recognition to apps, including those on Android – TechCrunch

Apple in 2018 closed its $400 million acquisition of music recognition app Shazam. Now, it’s bringing Shazam’s audio recognition capabilities to app developers in the form of the new ShazamKit. The new framework will allow app developers — including those on both Apple platforms and Android — to build apps that can identify music from Shazam’s … Read more

Google ditches pay-to-play Android search choice auction for free version after EU pressure – News

Google ditches pay-to-play Android search choice auction for free version after EU pressure – TechCrunch

Google is ditching a massively unpopular auction format that underpins a choice screen it offers in the European Union, it said today. Eligible search providers will be able to freely participate. The auction model was Google’s “remedy” of choice — following the 2018 EU $5 billion antitrust enforcement against Android — but rivals have always … Read more

Productivity startup Time is Ltd. raises $5.6M to be the ‘Google Analytics for company time’ – News

Productivity startup Time is Ltd. raises $5.6M to be the ‘Google Analytics for company time’ – TechCrunch

Productivity analytics startup Time is Ltd. wants to be the Google Analytics for company time. Or perhaps a sort of “Apple Screen Time” for companies. Whatever the case, the founders reckon that if you can map how time is spent in a company, enormous productivity gains can be unlocked and money better spent. It’s now … Read more