Byte Size Weekly #6
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2 min readOct 4, 2017
You can do what with your Sonos speakers?
Business traveller can now book work space through Airbnb.
- Airbnb and WeWork will provide travellers with amenities commonly found in hotel business centers, such as a work desk, Wi-Fi, printers and meeting rooms
- The companies will start with six cities: Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, Washington, London and Sydney
- When renting a room on Airbnb’s site, corporate customers will be able to save a spot at a WeWork office nearest to where they’re staying
Uber Proceeds with Softbank Deal
Uber’s making room on its board for Softbank, further reducing former CEO Travis Kalanick’s power.
- Uber is moving forward with a large investment deal from Softbank of $1 to $1.25 billion at a valuation of $70 billion
- The 11-person board unanimously voted to move forward with the deal and would expand the board to 17 people
- The move will drastically reduce Travis Kalanick’s influence, as well as early investors
Sonos Partners with Amazon to Launch Alexa-Controlled Wireless Speakers
Soon Sonos users can control their speakers with their voices
- Today, Alexa on Sonos will be available as a beta software update in the US, UK and Germany
- The move to make Alexa the first official voice assistant to be available on Sonos was announced a year ago
- Voice control will also work with Alexa-compatible devices including the Echo and the Dot