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Zoom acquires Ireland-based employee communications platform Workvivo

April 14, 2023

Zoom today announced that it has acquired Workvivo, a six-year-old Irish startup focused on improving companies’ internal communications and culture. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. While many enterprise communication tools — such as Zoom — are all about the real-time, Workvivo is very much about the asynchronous. Indeed, it’s less about project-specific collaboration and […]

Zoom acquires Ireland-based employee communications platform Workvivo by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch

Spotify is shutting down Heardle, the Wordle-like music guessing game it bought last year

April 14, 2023

Spotify is closing down Heardle, the Wordle-inspired music guessing game it acquired last July for an undisclosed sum. Similar to Wordle, Heardle offers players six tries to guess a popular song — but instead of typing in different letters to form words, players listen to a song’s intro to guess the artist and title. At […]

Spotify is shutting down Heardle, the Wordle-like music guessing game it bought last year by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch

Apple partners with Canal+ to bring Apple TV+ content to all subscribers

April 14, 2023

Apple has signed a multi-year deal with Canal+, a leading French premium television channel and streaming service. Starting on April 20, all existing and future Canal+ subscribers in France and some other European countries will be able to stream Apple TV+ content for no additional cost. This is an odd deal as Canal+ isn’t just […]

Apple partners with Canal+ to bring Apple TV+ content to all subscribers by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch

Meta’s content review in Africa in limbo as moderation partners decry court restrictions

April 14, 2023

Meta’s main content review partners in Africa have been restrained from offering moderation services to the social media giant, and it is unclear who is currently assessing its platforms in sub-Saharan Africa. A Kenyan court through interim injunctions barred Meta from engaging its new partner, Majorel, reserving that role for Sama, the outgoing subcontractor, in […]

Meta’s content review in Africa in limbo as moderation partners decry court restrictions by Annie Njanja originally published on TechCrunch