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Durian 1 min
Food
2 min read

Thriving Live Commerce: TikTok Boosts Thai Durian Sales by Tenfold

In a collaborative effort, TikTok and Thailand’s Department of Internal Trade have drastically elevated durian sales on TikTok Shop, underscoring live commerce as a significant conduit for Thai agricultural commodities. The initiative led to a tenfold surge…

PetO
Living
2 min read

PetO to cease live animal sales across its network

PetO, a renowned family-owned pet retail company, has made the substantial decision to halt the sale of live animals throughout its 58 nationwide stores. The decision has been driven by mounting concerns about animal welfare and the notable absence of…

How Does the iPhone Stopwatch Work
Electronics
2 min read

The iOS stopwatch gets Live Activities support in iOS 17.4

The iOS 17.4 beta update that was recently released by Apple includes a new feature for the Clock app’s Stopwatch. Once iOS 17.4 is installed on your iPhone, (we expect the update to be released as soon as March 4th), you’ll be able to start the Stopwatch…

Spotify pmaylist
Living
1 min read

Spotify to move Greenroom to its main app, rename it to Spotify Live

It seems that the Clubhouse craze is slowly dying out – Spotify is the latest company to make changes to its live conversation app, Greenroom. According to inside sources, Spotify plans to integrate Greenroom into the main app, and rename it to Spotify Live.…

Clubhouse
General
3 min read

Clubhouse gets a text chat feature for live audio rooms

Clubhouse, an audio chat app that debuted back in 2020 as an exclusive social network, is now adding a feature that seems to be contrary to its initial live audio chat purpose. 9to5Mac reports that there is a major change to the app coming, and will let users…

Youtube TV
Living
1 min read

YouTube starts rolling out a new Live rings feature on mobile

YouTube is a huge place with millions of channels each firing out content on a regular basis. In the past few years streaming content live has become a trend, and people enjoy watching vlogs, reaction streams, and shows as they happen. Now, YouTube has…

Youtube TV
Living
1 min read

YouTube TV outrageously raises monthly subscription prices

It’s not the first time that Google decides to raise YouTube TV subscription prices whenever it felt that the portfolio was large enough to justify the price hikes. Unfortunately, this time it raised the monthly subscription costs by quite a lot and we’re…

levis
Fashion
1 min read

Levi’s boosts margins by retaining same price levels online

Denim brand Levi’s plans to scale back shipments to off-price retailers in the US as it targets a further improvement in gross margin and long-term ambitions in the growing Chinese market. The company ended the year reporting US$1.57 billion in sales,…

levis
Fashion
1 min read

Levi Strauss Asia sales Books good Sales Numbers

Levi Strauss Asia sales grew 12 per cent in the second quarter (on a constant-currency basis) with strong performance across both wholesale and direct-to-consumer channels. Globally, the denim-led lifestyle-fashion retailer achieved 9-per-cent growth on a…

Spotify
Living
1 min read

Spotify now has 100 million Premium Global Subscribers

Twelve months after it first reached 75 million subscribers, Spotify has today announced that 100 million users now pay for its Premium service across the globe. The news represents year-on-year growth of 32% and has helped push Spotify’s revenue figures up…

Pandora NOW original musi
Living
1 min read

New Pandora NOW original music experience Went Live last April 4th

SiriusXM and Pandora have just announced a brand new exclusive music experience available for subscribers of the former and listeners of the latter: Pandora NOW. The feature mixes “Pandora’s extensive listener data” and “SiriusXM’s curatorial expertise” to…

Google Cloud
General
1 min read

Update to Google’s Duo changes how you use the application

The Google Duo app allows users to stream live video, make calls or send video and voice messages to their Duo contacts. A server-side update performed by Google has changed how users select contacts, and whether they are streaming them video or making a…

netflix1
Living
3 min read

Korean Netflix shows target a global audience

Ahead of the launch of Netflix’s first original Korean drama series today, executives from the streaming giant expressed confidence in the global popularity of Korean content at a press briefing in Seoul, Thursday. Kim Min-young, the director of content at…