Byte Size Weekly #6

You can do what with your Sonos speakers?

Airbnb and WeWork Partner Up

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