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Music-licensing startup Audiosocket hits play on effort to get more digital creators using its products

GeekWire

Founded in 2009, Audiosocket is seeing growth of its music licensing software products used by social media creators, movie production studios, and others. Now the company is making a play to startups that need music for their games, apps, creator tools, metaverse worlds, and more. Audiosocket Image) The company has raised $3.5

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Avalara reports $127.9M in Q3 revenue and acquires assets from Business Licenses for $97M

GeekWire

Avalara beat analyst expectations for its third fiscal quarter and said it acquired the assets of Business Licenses. The Seattle tax automation company reported $127.9 The company said it paid $97 million in cash and stock to buy the operational assets of Business Licenses , a Monsey, N.Y.-based

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The year’s top 10 enterprise AI trends — so far

CIO Business Intelligence

But there’s also the downside: the possibility gen AI will take companies down. The phrase “existential risk” is now everywhere—not in the sense the AI would destroy humanity, but that it would make business functions, or even entire companies, obsolete. This is the largest change management project in history,” says Greenstein.

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Software vendors dump open source, go for the cash grab

Computerworld Vertical IT

Lately, though, there's been a very disturbing trend. A company will make its program using open source, make millions from it, and then — and only then — switch licenses, leaving their contributors, customers, and partners in the lurch as they try to grab billions. I'm sick of it. The latest IT melodrama baddie is Redis.

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Seattle launches permit system for companies testing self-driving vehicles on city streets

GeekWire

Tech companies and automakers that want to test self-driving cars on Seattle streets now have to obtain a permit showing they comply with safety and liability regulations. Companies seeking a permit will have to notify the city before beginning testing and display company logos prominently on their self-driving cars.

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Tech Trends in 2014: Actionable Insights For Your Career

CTOvision

By Ryan Fahey There are many reasons to study tech trends, but one that really hits home is to consider the impact trends may have on your career. Q: Looking back at the year that was, what were some of the more prominent tech trends of 2013? Q: In your opinion what are the Top 5 anticipated tech trends for 2014?

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Who’ll blink first: The world’s largest music company or TikTok?

Vox

At the end of January, when Universal Music Group (UMG) failed to negotiate a new licensing deal with TikTok , it removed its entire music catalog from the app. And TikTok has built itself on the back of people using music, making music for the platform, creating dance trends, recontextualizing music, bringing back old music.

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