SoundCloud Partners with Twitch to Support Creators SoundCloud has partnered with Twitch to help creators monetize their content. Through this partnership, SoundCloud Pro, SoundCloud Premier, and Repost by SoundCloud creators can fast-track their Twitch Affiliate status to start getting paid for their streams. “It’s an unsettling time for everyone right now, and we know COVID-19 has been especially hard on musicians who were scheduled to play live shows over the next few months....

Spotify May Soon Recommend Music Based on Photos You Take Spotify is no stranger to introducing weird new features to its platform. The Swedish audio streaming giant recently added a feature where it will generateplaylists for your petsand now, the company is reportedly testing a feature to recommend music based on the photos of your surroundings. “Take a photo and enjoy music matching your moment and mood, picked just for you”,describes Spotify....

Uber, Ola Halt Cab Pooling Services to Prevent COVID-19 Spread Major tech giants around the globe have beentaking measuresto prevent the further spread of COVID-19. Uber and Ola too are doing their part by making some necessary changes to their services. Both ride-hailing giants have terminated the option to hire pooling car services in India temporarily. When you try to book a cab, you can see in the screenshots below that the ‘Uber Pool’ option has been marked as ‘temporarily unavailable’ whereas Ola hasremoved the ‘Ola Share’ optionaltogether....

Xiaomi Surpasses Huawei to Become Third-Biggest Smartphone Maker in February A new report from market research firm Strategy Analytics (via Sina Tech) reveals that Xiaomi has surpassed Huawei for the first time to emerge as the top-third smartphone brand in the month of February in terms of global smartphone sales. The report credits Xiaomi’s online-centric smartphone sales for making this possible. According to the report,Huawei shipped 5.5 million smartphones in February whereas Xiaomi shipped 6 million devices during the same period....

YouTube Launches ‘Learn@Home’ Educational Hub For Kids YouTube has partnered with educational content creators on the platform and nonprofit educational organizations like Khan Academy to launch a new initiative calledLearn@Hometo help children who are having to miss school because of the coronavirus crisis. The hub comes with a series of curated content for children, including videos from educational channels and other content for kids of all ages stuck at home during theCOVID-19 pandemic....

Amazon Prime Video Finally Has Profiles like Netflix Amazon Prime Video has finally added something everyone has been asking for years – Profiles. Yes, the streaming platform has added a Profile section yesterday so that you can share your Prime Video account with your family members without messing up your watch history, watch list, season progress, and personalized recommendations. You can nowadd a total of six user profiles(1 primary profile + 5 additional profiles) to your Prime Video account....

Audible Launches Audible Stories to Offer Free Audiobooks for Children A lot of educational institutions across the globe are currently shut down in light of the ongoingcoronaviruspandemic. Amazon-owned Audible has now announced Audible Stories, a new service thatoffers free audiobooks for childrenand teens to keep them occupied during this time of crisis. “For as long as schools are closed, we’re open. Starting today, kids everywhere can instantly stream an incredible collection of stories, including titles across six different languages, that will help them continue dreaming, learning, and just being kids....