Evernote’s Test of Free Plan Limited to 50 Notes Raises Concerns

After making significant cuts to personnel earlier this year, Evernote’s Milan-based owner Bending Spoons is now trialing a new plan that would steer more users towards paid versions of its service. The company has confirmed to TechCrunch that it has been conducting a small test limiting the number of notes free users can create; however, … Read more

Mozaic secures $20 million in funding to develop payment-splitting solution for creators

Creators commonly collaborate with various partners on different projects, making splitting payments a major challenge. Mozaic (formerly Jammber) aims to address this issue through its range of solutions, including APIs and Chrome extensions. The company has successfully raised a $20 million Series A round of funding from Volition Capital. To date, Mozaic has acquired over … Read more

X loses Paris Hilton’s 11:11 Media partnership in latest brand pull-out

Following the advertiser exodus from X, formerly known as Twitter, over concerns about antisemitic content on the site, X has lost another high-profile brand campaign. Paris Hilton’s 11:11 Media is also pulling out of its partnership with the platform. The campaign was a significant win for X, as it would have seen Hilton promoting key … Read more

Sunbird halts the development of iMessage for Android due to security concerns

Sunbird, a company striving to bring iMessage to Android users, has paused its development and removed its app from the Play Store citing security issues. Earlier this week, the company sent a notification to its users, as reported by 9to5Google, stating that it is pausing the app’s development to address security concerns. On November 19, … Read more

“`html Stability AI Enters the Video-Generating Arena

This week, AI startups, apart from OpenAI, have been dedicated to their product roadmaps amidst the OpenAI chaos dominating the news. Stability AI introduced Stable Video Diffusion, an AI model that generates videos by animating existing images, following its existing Stable Diffusion text-to-image model. Stable Video Diffusion is one of the few available video-generating models … Read more

Yup introduces an all-in-one cross-posting app for X, Threads, Bluesky, and more

The future of decentralized social networking holds promise, but until then, there is a multitude of Twitter alternatives to explore. Yup, a new app available at Yup.io, aims to simplify this experience by providing a single platform for reading feeds, connecting with friends across various services, and cross-posting to a range of social apps, including … Read more

Spotify’s New Royalty Model to Generate $1 Billion for Artists Over Five Years

Spotify has announced that its upcoming changes to the royalty model will result in $1 billion being generated for both new and popular artists over the next five years. The streaming service is modifying its royalty system to allocate more funds to popular artists and record labels, while also increasing the minimum payment threshold for … Read more

Flipboard ends tweeting, introduces new podcast about decentralized social apps

Popular social magazine app Flipboard had already committed to joining the “fediverse” — the decentralized social web, which includes apps like Mastodon. Now, it’s doubling down on those ambitions with an announcement that it will stop tweeting while also launching a new podcast devoted to exploring the topic of decentralized social media. The company confirmed … Read more

Screenshots show xAI’s chatbot Grok on X’s web app

Following X’s announcement of its plans to test a three-tiered subscription service, X’s owner Elon Musk hinted that xAI’s Grok, his new AI chatbot, would be part of the top-tier subscription, X Premium+. Newly released screenshots provide a sneak peek at Grok’s appearance within the X app, offering a glimpse of the feature currently in … Read more