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“Unveiling of Google’s Latest Innovations: Enhanced Accessibility and Productivity Unveiled at MWC”

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Google announced a new set of features for phones, cars, and wearables today at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona. The company said that starting this week, Google Messages will get a feature that lets you access Gemini in the app. Google is also rolling out a feature for Android Auto that reads out summaries of long text messages and contextualizes group chats. On the productivity front, Google is extending support for handwritten notes to docs on Android phones or tablets using just a finger or a stylus. Google is also updating the Fitbit app with support to get data from different sources like AllTrails, Oura Ring, and MyFitnessPal.

Southeast Asia’s Vertical AI Bet: Insights from Antler’s Founder

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A growing roster of vertical AI startups is emerging in Southeast Asia to serve sectors ranging from seafood to finance. Within verticalized AI, different trends are emerging in each country. Since funding structures are different in Southeast Asia than the rest of the world, BorderDollar used their own training data to build a credit scoring system. Building a vertical AI startup comes with its own challenges. But once a vertical AI startup comes together, Salovaara says they can build a very deep competitive moat.

New Education Features Unveiled by Google with the Power of AI

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Google announced a bunch of new features for classroom management, accessibility, and AI-powered features for creating questions and lesson plans as part of the Bett ed-tech event in the UK. AI-powered featuresGoogle already allows teachers to add questions to a YouTube video as part of its Classroom assignment. Additionally, the company mentioned that its generative AI tool for Google Workspace, Duet AI, can assist teachers in coming up with a lesson plan. The company is also adding features to Google Meet such as closed captions in 30 languages and the ability to pin multiple hosts. Plus, Google is soon updating Chromebooks so that students can look at their upcoming assignments directly from the home screen.

“Revolutionize the Music Industry on-the-go with Will.i.am’s Latest Venture, Sound Drive”

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The new venture will launch this summer in Mercedes-Benz’s electric EQ models, will.i.am told TechCrunch during a press event. That car had 16 Sound Drive tracks loaded, some familiar and others created especially for the experience. Sound Drive is not quite a performance as such, Will.i.am likens being a conductor or DJ, but that’s just the beginning. Down the road, Sound Drive will let you geotag samples, linking auditory cues with memories. Mercedes-Benz is the first partner, where the technology will launch with 10 tracks this summer as MBUX Sound Drive.

Top Choices for Late-Stage Startup Funding Solutions

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Entrepreneurs navigating the later stages of a startup face a minefield of funding options, and not all of them are suitable for their business. I’ve seen too many brilliant and hard-working entrepreneurs end up with too little, so it’s critical to understand the different financing options available to you. As the founder and CEO of Runway Growth Capital, I’ve had the pleasure of working with hundreds of startups (large and small) and witnessing the wide range of funding options available to founders. Funding a late-stage startupThe disparity in what different forms of financing can mean has profound implications for founders, yet too little is known about them. The disparity in what different forms of financing can mean has profound implications for founders, yet too little is known about them.

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