Spotify launches in India

THE DAILY CRUNCH WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27 2019 By Anthony Ha Spotify comes to India, the FTC turns its attention to tech and a look back at the beginnings of Juul. Here's your Daily Crunch for February 27, 2019. 1. Spotify launches its streaming service in India Just for India, Spotify users who do not pay for a subscription can play any song on demand on mobile. There are also playlists for India and a "Starring…" feature that includes music from Bollywood movies. "Not only will Spotify bring Indian artists to the world, we'll also bring the world's music to fans across India," said Spotify CEO Daniel Ek. 2. FTC creates antitrust task force to monitor tech industry This isn't necessarily a precursor to some big action like breaking up a big company or imposing rules or anything like that. It seems more like a recognition that the FTC needs to be ready to move quickly and decisively in tech matters. Sponsored By: monday.com Plan, track, and collaborate. All your work - in one tool Meet the #1 project management tool for teams! This tool simplifies the way teams work: You can manage, plan and track projects in one collaborative space. It's a super flexible tool that's fun to work with and easy to use. Try it for free. Learn More… 3. This is the Stanford thesis presentation that launched Juul Against a backdrop of public backlash and looming federal regulations, the world's biggest e-cigarette manufacturer has released video of the original thesis presentation that launched the company. 4. We're ready for foldable phones, but are they ready for us? After years of prototypes, the age of foldables has finally arrived. 5. D-Wave announces its next-gen quantum computing platform With the latest improvements, developers can use the machine to solve larger problems with fewer physical qubits — or larger problems in general. 6. How Amazon took 50 percent of the e-commerce market and what it means for the rest of us Some thoughts from the former SVP of Walmart's global e-commerce supply chain. 7. Steam fights for future of game stores and streaming Cracks are starting to appear in Steam's armor, threatening to make it the digital equivalent of GameStop — a once unassailable retail giant whose future became questionable when it didn't successfully change with the times. (Extra Crunch subscription required.) Get more stories at techcrunch.com  Newest Jobs From CrunchBoard: Demand Generation Leader at Bespoke Collection (Napa, CA, USA) Dev Ops Engineer at RBS (London, UK) Senior Front End Engineer at Nuts.com (Jersey City, NJ, USA) Software Engineer: Ecommerce (PHP) at Perpay Inc. (Philadelphia, PA, USA) Software Engineer: Ecommerce (Full Stack) at Perpay Inc. (Philadelphia, PA, USA) SEE MORE JOBS ON CRUNCHBOARD Post your tech jobs and reach millions of TechCrunch readers for only $200 per month View this email online in your browser Privacy Policy | Terms of Service | Unsubscribe © 2019 Oath Tech Network. All rights reserved. 410 Townsend Street, San Francisco, CA 94107

                                                           

Top Stories of the Day // February 26, 2019

Gradient Ventures, Google's AI fund, leads $7M investment in English learning app Elsa | New VMware Kubernetes product comes courtesy of Heptio acquisition | Light is expanding from smartphone cameras to self-driving cars | Cloudflare expands its government warrant canaries | Tinder launches a Spring Break mode | OnePlus, EE and Qualcomm starts a contest for 5G apps | SpaceX gets NASA's approval to test launch Crew Dragon |

THE DAILY CRUNCH TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26 2019 TODAY'S TOP STORIES: TOP HEADLINE | Jon Russell Gradient Ventures, Google's AI fund, leads $7M investment in English learning app Elsa Google's Gradient Ventures, the search giant's dedicated AI fund, is casting its eye to Asia after it led a $7 million Series A round for Elsa, a startup that operates... Read More… Ron Miller New VMware Kubernetes product comes courtesy of Heptio acquisition VMware announced a new Kubernetes product today called VMware Essential PKS, which has been created from its acquisition of Heptio for $550 million at the end of last year. VMware... Read More… Brian Heater Light is expanding from smartphone cameras to self-driving cars This year's MWC has been very much the beginning of a new phase for Light . Until now, the Palo Alto startup has been best know for its 16-lens DSLR... Read More… Zack Whittaker Cloudflare expands its government warrant canaries When the government comes for your data, tech companies can't always tell you. But thanks to a legal loophole, companies can say if they haven't had a visit yet That's... Read More… Sarah Perez Tinder launches a Spring Break mode Tinder, the dating app company which, as of late, has been more fully embracing its status as the preferred hook-up app of choice for the younger generation, is today launching... Read More… Matt Burns OnePlus, EE and Qualcomm starts a contest for 5G apps Today at MWC Barcelona OnePlus CEO Pete Lau unveiled an initiative to spur apps for 5G networks. The timing is right, too. With 5G launching around the world this year,... Read More… Jordan Crook SpaceX gets NASA's approval to test launch Crew Dragon In a joint press conference, NASA and SpaceX officials said that SpaceX has been approved to conduct the first orbital launch of the Crew Dragon. The launch could come as... Read More… Sarah Perez Pandora Stories launches, combining music and podcasting in a new format In an effort to one-up Spotify and Apple Music, Pandora this morning announced the launch of a new marketing tool for artists, called Pandora Stories. The feature allows artists to... Read More… Kate Clark Dipsea raises $5.5M for short-form, sexy audio stories Dipsea, a mobile platform for erotic audio stories, is backed by Bedrock Capital and Thrive Capital Read More… Ingrid Lunden YieldStreet raises $62M to democratise alternative investments in shipping, real estate and more There has been a wave of fintech startups emerging that make different kinds of investing more accessible to a wider pool of people, and today one of them has raised... Read More… Get more stories at techcrunch.com  Newest Jobs From CrunchBoard: Dev Ops Engineer at RBS (London, UK) Senior Front End Engineer at Nuts.com (Jersey City, NJ, USA) Software Engineer: Ecommerce (PHP) at Perpay Inc. (Philadelphia, PA, USA) Software Engineer: Ecommerce (Full Stack) at Perpay Inc. (Philadelphia, PA, USA) Full Stack Engineer at Perpay Inc. (Philadelphia, PA, USA) SEE MORE JOBS ON CRUNCHBOARD Post your tech jobs and reach millions of TechCrunch readers for only $200 per month View this email online in your browser Privacy Policy | Terms of Service | Unsubscribe © 2019 Oath Tech Network. All rights reserved. 410 Townsend Street, San Francisco, CA 94107