Articles about audio

Amazon’s AI-generated ‘shopping experts’ summarize product details in new audio feature

Amazon is adding another AI twist to its shopping app with an audio feature that provides highlights and insight about… Read More

The Seattle sound? Napster and Amazon both partner with Sony on immersive ‘360 Reality Audio’

Sony’s effort to replicate the immersive soundscape of a live musical performance is coming to listeners this fall, and Seattle-based… Read More

Audio startup that uses ‘bending wave technology’ raises $6M, looks to ride smart speaker wave

Seattle-area startup Tectonic Audio Labs has raised $6 million to further develop its audio technology used in smart speakers, TVs,… Read More

TLDR: Digitizing movies before they vanish

Today’s featured stories A nonprofit battles the ‘magnetic media crisis’ by digitizing aging movies before they vanish Seattle police try… Read More

A nonprofit battles the ‘magnetic media crisis’ by digitizing aging movies before they vanish

In a narrow, windowless, closet of an office in Seattle’s City Hall, two young women are battling against the “magnetic… Read More

Wireless headphone startup Human raises $21.2M, product still in development 4 years after launch

Human’s product is still under wraps, nearly four years after the company launched. But investors continue to bet big on… Read More

UW’s lip-syncing Obama demonstrates new technique to turn audio clips into realistic video

Researchers at the University of Washington are putting former President Barack Obama’s words into his own mouth to demonstrate breakthrough… Read More

‘This will put Monster on the map.’ High-end speaker manufacturer launches Amazon Alexa bundle

LAS VEGAS — Monster, the audio company behind Beats headphones, is bringing Amazon virtual assistant Alexa to its line of… Read More

App of the Week: Anchor aims to be the Twitter of audio sharing

The rise of social media has given us unbridled access to an endless world of text, images, links, hashtags, and… Read More

Generation App: Why Pinterest’s simple but powerful platform appeals to users, retailers, and advertisers

Pinterest’s model — a photo-centric online bookmarking tool — doesn’t feel particularly groundbreaking, which is why some people find its monumental success… Read More

Stealthy startup Human debuts headphones shaped like ears, calls them an ‘evolution of personal audio’

Human Inc. today opened pre-orders and unveiled more details about its new headphones and accompanying platform that it describes as… Read More

Generation App: Why Twitch is ‘magical’ for millions of streamers and viewers

For people who don’t play or watch video games, it can be difficult to conceptualize just how powerful Twitch is. But… Read More

Generation App: The fascinating Pokémon Go craze, explained

By now, you’ve probably been alerted to the overnight sensation that is Pokémon Go by the internet buzz, strange behavior… Read More

Q&A: Product Hunt COO Corley Hughes on the emergence of ‘tech’s new tastemaker’

When Corley Hughes left her position as a general manager for Microsoft to become Product Hunt’s COO, she went from one… Read More

Podcast

Q&A: Convoy CEO Dan Lewis on lessons learned from Amazon, and disrupting the trucking industry

In a little more than a year, on-demand trucking startup Convoy has raised nearly $19 million from a high-profile group of investors.… Read More

Generation App: Why Facebook’s WhatsApp is the world’s most powerful messaging platform

What’s up with WhatsApp? With more than 1 billion users across the globe, the app is by far the world’s most… Read More

Casting call: GeekWire is looking for millennials to talk Pinterest, Twitch, Postmates, and more

If you’re a Pinterest prodigy, Twitch talent, or just someone who’d like to chat about your favorite apps, then we… Read More

Generation App: Why do we still use Craigslist? The surprising longevity of the web’s most awful and useful online marketplace

Over the past two decades, Craigslist has maintained its market share in the online classified space, despite neglecting to make any… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Radio: Inside Jeff Bezos’ rocket factory with space journalist Alan Boyle

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos gave a small group of journalists, including GeekWire aerospace and science editor Alan Boyle, a guided tour… Read More

Generation App: Is Waze a life-saver or public menace? Why the driving app is so polarizing

Traffic, like root canals, mosquitos, and papercuts, is a universally hated phenomenon. So it stands to reason that an app… Read More