The complaints about Amazon's confusing and convoluted cancellation process for Prime were announced 2021; it's this long for the e-commerce giant to agree to change
Open source developers urged to ditch GitHub following Copilot launch
Software Freedom Conservancy, a not-for-profit organization that provides support and legal services for open source software projects, has called on the open source community to ditch GitHub after quitting the code-hosting and collaboration platform itself. The move comes a week after Microsoft-ow…
Music distributor DistroKid expands into music video distribution with ‘DistroVid’
Record labels used to be the one ticket into the music industry. Now, it’s easier than ever for struggling musicians to get their music and video content out there. DistroKid, an independent music distribution firm, launched its new music video distribution service called DistroVid to allow any art…
Amazon Prime Video’s Watch Party feature is now available on smart TVs and streaming devices
Amazon Prime Video’s Watch Party feature, which lets you watch a movie or a TV show together with your friends remotely, is now available on smart TVs, streaming devices like Roku, and gaming consoles like Xbox or PlayStation. Before this expansion, the feature was available on desktops, Fire…
5 ways to seize the opportunities created by recent chaos in ad tech
As the major platforms are forced to innovate, advertisers who are willing to "be like water" and flow with change are going to come out ahead.
Amazon’s new physical retail analytics service gives brands insights about product and ad performance
Amazon announced today that it’s launching a new physical retail store analytics service that offer brands insights about the performance of their products, promotions and ad campaigns. The new service, Store Analytics, gives brands anonymized insights about their products in Amazon Go and Am…
Having a great "ask" slide can reassure investors: It shows a founder wants to raise an amount of money that unlocks the next stage of growth and knows what milestones they need to hit to get there.