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Diddo’s new funding will bring its shoppable TV API to streaming platforms

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Diddo is an API for streaming services and other platforms to integrate shoppable videos, enabling consumers to buy their favorite characters’ clothing and accessories directly on their screens. The company announced Wednesday that it raised $2.8 million in seed funding. Diddo was founded in late 2022 by Rishi Nair, Ryan Sullivan and Pamela Chen, and […]

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Adobe claims its new image-generation model is its best yet

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Firefly, Adobe’s family of generative AI models, doesn’t have the best reputation among creatives. The Firefly image-generation model in particular has been derided as underwhelming and flawed compared to Midjourney, OpenAI’s DALL-E 3, and other rivals, with a tendency to distort limbs and landscapes and miss the nuances in prompts. But Adobe is trying to

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Tinder gets a ‘Share My Date’ feature for users to send date plans to their curious friends

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It’s not uncommon for people to screenshot dating profiles and send them to their friends and loved ones, either to get feedback or to let them know who they’re seeing that weekend. Now Tinder users can share their date plans directly from the app thanks to a new feature called “Share My Date.” Tinder announced

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India’s VerSe acquires Apple News+ rival Magzter

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VerSe Innovation, the parent firm of Indian news aggregator app Dailyhunt, has acquired the popular digital newsstand platform Magzter, the two companies said on Thursday. VerSe, based in Bengaluru, didn’t disclose the financial terms of the deal. Magzter, which is headquartered in New York, counted Singapore Press Holdings among its backers. The acquisition of Magzter,

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Amazon brings its ‘Amazon Live’ shoppable livestreams to Prime Video and Freevee

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Amazon is trying to keep live shopping relevant with the launch of an “Amazon Live” FAST (free ad-supported TV) channel on Prime Video and Freevee. Previously only available as a feature on desktop, mobile and Fire TV, the new live channel will give customers in the U.S. more ways to engage with interactive, shoppable content.

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Amazon Music follows Spotify with an AI playlist generator of its own, Maestro

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Spotify isn’t the only company to dabble with using AI to generate playlists — on Tuesday, Amazon said it would do the same. Amazon Music is now testing Maestro, an AI playlist generator, allowing U.S. customers on both iOS and Android to create playlists using spoken or written prompts — which can even contain emojis.

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