E-commerce tests through Tiktok and news on Spotify also occupied the news agenda of the technology world in recent days.
Clubhouse para Android
The audio social network Clubhouse reported that its beta version is now available for American Android users and that it will reach the rest of the countries in the coming weeks.
Clubhouse launched a beta version for some Android testers in early May, but the company announced last weekend that it is extending the service to anyone, as long as they receive an invitation from a user with an existing account on the social network. .
Read more about it at: Clubhouse opens its beta version for Android users
What’s new in Spotify
Spotify incorporated three new options to share content from its platform. These include the ability to mark a point in time to listen to a podcast.
The objective is that users can share a program so that the recipients can listen to it just at the moment it caught the attention of the person who shares.
Read more about what’s new in Spotify: Spotify now lets you share podcasts with a timestamp
Sales through Tiktok
TikTok would be working with brands to test sales in Europe through its platform. As Bloomberg explains, this is an initiative that will intensify competition with Facebook and continue to blur the barriers between social media and e-commerce.
People familiar with the matter told Bloomberg that TikTok has started working with merchants in markets like the UK on ways to sell products directly to millions of users within the app.
We suggest: TikTok started testing of in-app purchases
Spacex + Google = satellite internet
Elon Musk Spacex’s space exploration company announced a partnership with Google to provide high-speed internet to its customers, businesses and organizations. The ground stations of the Starlink satellites would be installed in Google’s data centers, to facilitate access to the cloud.
Read more about it: SpaceX and Google team up to develop satellite internet
Google fined in Italy
The competition regulator in Italy announced last Thursday the imposition of a fine against Google for more than 102 million euros (US $ 123 million) for abuse of a dominant position.
Follow the news of El Espectador on Google NewsThe fine is due to Google’s refusal to accept on its Google Play platform an application that allows locating charging terminals for electric vehicles.
We recommend more about this: Italy fines Google 100 million euros for abuse of dominant position
