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septimasexta ago

"In 2013, Nicole Junkermann was part of a group of investors in Songza, an application developed to provide playlists and due to the company’s popularity in 2014, Google announced its acquisition of Songza, for which it paid an estimated $39 million"

https://www.flickr.com/photos/183070086@N05/48429917302

Google Buys Songza

"Songza uses information about the user and context to determine the best playlists for you at any given time, all of which are curated by music experts"

"Very few services look to human curation to enhance the music experience — Pandora, Spotify, and other big players rely heavily on algorithms — making this one of the key selling points of the service. Plus, Songza has tons of data around what people like to listen to based on the time of day, the weather, location, and activity, which can be immensely valuable to a company like Google who is looking to seamlessly integrate technology into every corner of your life."

https://techcrunch.com/2014/07/01/google-buys-songza/

letsdothis3 ago

Interesting. There are some weird patents around to do with sound and autism. I need to find my notes.

septimasexta ago

Please post on this!

pimplepeter ago

likewise. please enlighten us.