This week on Light Start: multiple Will Smiths, William Gibson’s Alien script, Endgame shatters records, and Bill Nye the Science Podcast.
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Sonos hasn’t made a name for itself as one of the best in the wireless audio business by sitting around and doing nothing. They did it by releasing the sorts of products that competitors want to be when they grow up. And now it’s time for the most grown up product of the lot — the Sonos Beam.
Co-founded by a South African based in New York, podcast company Pippa has today announced it’s being acquired by Acast for an undisclosed sum.
Even in the wake of a recent mixed earning report and volatile stock prices, Netflix remains the media success story of the decade. The company, whose user base has grown rapidly, now boasts almost 150 million global subscribers.
Digital products such as eBooks and digital music are often seen to liberate consumers from the burdens of ownership. Some academics have heralded the “age of access”, where ownership is no longer important to consumers and will soon become irrelevant.
This week Apple announced its much-anticipated news service, as well as a streaming service to rival Netflix, a games arcade and a credit card. Instead of the usual hype around physical product launches, Apple casually announced a new iMac, two new iPads and new AirPods as a warm up to Monday’s hype-filled launch of these new services. That alone is remarkable.
There’s a new subscription service in town… but this time it’s for the printed word.
We’ve all seen streaming take off in near-real-time, with Spotify making decent inroads in South Africa even before its official launch. Deezer, Joox, a set of wholly-local options… streaming is here to stay. And, based on a new report from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), music streaming has taken over how most folks access music.
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