Enlarge / Teams looks good, but it’s unfortunate that its chat is quite bulky in a vertical direction. (credit: Microsoft) Microsoft’s IRC-like, Slack-like collaboration tool Teams looks likely to pick up a couple of key features that’ll make it a great deal more competitive. The first of these is guest access. Currently on Teams, every […]
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Byton, Tesla’s Latest Chinese Competitor, Takes Screens to an Extreme
Byton’s electric car concept is heavy on flash, but has substance under the skin. https://media.wired.com/photos/5a5004845c9e402d0d1863fe/master/pass/byton.jpg Feed: All Latest
The Wikipedia Competitor That’s Harnessing Blockchain For Epistemological Supremacy
Everipedia, a two-year-old online encyclopedia, will become a decentralized, peer-to-peer, user-owned resource. https://media.wired.com/photos/5a2726b3b266200b7c8e15c9/master/pass/Everpedia-Art.jpg Feed: All Latest
Spotify and Apple Music just killed another competitor
Thomson Reuters The cutthroat market for premium on-demand music streaming keeps claiming casualties. Microsoft announced on Monday that it will be shutting down Groove Music, the former Xbox Music streaming music that it rebranded two years ago. Microsoft will be discontinuing its Groove Music Pass subscription service by the end of the year, and Groove Music app users […]
Google is working on an Echo Show competitor (GOOGL, AMZN)
BI Intelligence This story was delivered to BI Intelligence IoT Briefing subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here. Google is working a screen-equipped smart speaker to compete with Amazon’s Echo Show, reports TechCrunch. The device, codenamed “Manhattan,” will be unveiled at an event later this week, along with other updates to the Google Home […]
Apple TV competitor Roku hopes to raise as much as $252 million in IPO
Roku, the maker of streaming video players that have become a favorite of cable TV cord cutters, plans to raise up to $ 252 million in its IPO. The company said in a filing withe SEC on Monday that it plans to sell 15.8 million shares in the offering at a range of $ 12 […]
The FDA just approved the first direct competitor to a billion-dollar cancer drug (ROG.VX, AMGN)
REUTERS/Karoly Arvai The FDA just approved a version of Avastin, a blockbuster chemotherapy made by Genentech that brought in $ 6.7 billion in sales in 2016. The newly approved drug, made by Amgen, will go by the marketed name Mvasi. It’s a type of medication called a “biosimilar.” Biosimilars are a bit more complicated than your average […]
This Echo Dot competitor has almost all the same features and capabilities — for $20 less
The Insider Picks team writes about stuff we think you’ll like. Business Insider has affiliate partnerships, so we get a share of the revenue from your purchase. EufyUntil recently, the best advice for anyone who wanted a cheap way to get Amazon’s Alexa into their home was “get an Echo Dot.” That’s […]
The all-electric Chevy Bolt is a Tesla Model 3 competitor (GM)
Hollis Johnson You can easily argue that the Chevy Bolt is the most important car General Motors has ever rolled out. What we have here is a $ 37,495 all-electric vehicle with a range of nearly 240 miles on a single battery charge. GM took it from intro to the assembly line in less than two […]
Josh.ai raises $8 million to build an Amazon Echo competitor for smart homes
JStar, maker of smart assistant Josh.ai, has raised $ 8 million to create hardware for large homes to compete with Google Home, Amazon Echo, and other devices with intelligent assistants inside. Today users can talk to Josh through Alexa-enabled devices, Google Home, and iOS and Android apps. Above: A preview of the device being created […]
