HAAWK BUYS STOCK MUSIC LICENSING PLATFORM KEYFRAME AUDIO; LAUNCHES RIGHTS MANAGEMENT PORTAL, IDENTIFYY

LA-based rights management, copyright enforcement, and content monetization firm HAAWK has acquired music startup Keyframe Audio.

According to HAAWK, its acquisition Keyframe Audio enables it to expand its service offerings to the micro stock music synchronization market, which it says is a rapidly growing segment of the music industry.

For an $199 per year subscription fee, Keyframe Audio grants video producers unlimited downloads of 50,000 royalty-free stock music tracks, which can be used perpetually in YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, on the web, in advertising, television and film productions.

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Making early-pay access a thing

It’s not often you get to help chart the growth of a company that operates in a business category that’s so new the shrink wrap hasn’t been entirely removed yet.

DailyPay is among a small group of startups that think employees will be happier and more productive if they can access their pay when they need it rather than when the pay period ends. Earnin, FlexWage and PayActiv are some of the other companies in the space. 

"Over three-quarters of the country has an aspect of paycheck-to-paycheck living," says Scot Parnell, CFO of DailyPay. 

Under DailyPay’s business model, cash-strapped employees who are up against the due-date for, say, their phone bill, but still have another week to go before payday, can avoid a late penalty by tapping an app on their phone to subtract what they need from their upcoming paycheck. 

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FAA Seeks Input For Remote ID Rule To Enhance Airspace Safety

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration is proposing a rule that would require Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), commonly called drones, to be identifiable remotely by other parties.

“The FAA [is requiring] every single drone to have a Remote Identification (Remote ID) system and we’ve got one of those here already developed,” said WhiteFox Strategic Advisor Brett Velicovich at CES 2020. “This is not futuristic technology; it exists today, and this is called our WISDM system. It can be attached to a drone and will send that registration information for the drone owner to officials.”

The FAA’s website states: “Remote ID would assist the FAA, law enforcement and Federal security agencies when a drone appears to be flying in an unsafe manner or where the drone is not allowed to fly.”

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Boulder’s Misty Robotics has made it easier to turn its robots into front-desk workers

It can’t clean a bathroom or turn down a king-sized bed. It doesn’t have the gripping hands — or the size, for the matter — necessary for such tasks.

With proper finishing work by a developer and some software integration, however, it’s possible that a Misty II robot could check someone in at a hotel’s front desk and maybe even recommend a good restaurant for dinner.

Boulder’s Misty Robotics earlier this month unveiled its Misty as a Concierge application template. Launched at the CES tech show in Las Vegas, the bit of code provides a programming head start for people that own one of the company’s Misty II robots, making it easier for those owners to turn the tiny machine (14 inches tall and weighing 6 pounds) into a greeter, a payment taker, an attendant at an eldercare facility or outfit it for a number of other tasks.

The template builds on Misty’s II ability to detect humans nearby and interact with them by integrating with third-party software platforms such as FourSquare, company officials say.

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TicketSauce Launches Ticket Exchange Features with No Registration Needed

Event Organizers to Take Full Advantage of Registration-Free Swaps, Upgrades and Downgrades on Event Tickets While Reducing Client Service Time

TicketSauce, a complete private label event management software company that focuses on growing revenue and data for media organizations, associations and event organizers, today announced it has launched the first of its kind ‘no-account’ registration ticketing features, enabling easy, support-free ticket exchanges and reducing client service time or questions.

As any event organizer recognizes, there is often a demand for ticket swapping and upgrading and other services that need to be met. To date, a ticketholder would have to create an account, or log in and contact the event organization to make this happen. However, recognizing the need for a quick and easy way that not only puts the control in the hands of the ticketholder but cuts down on support tasks for the event organizer, TicketSauce has created a ‘no-account’ registration feature that lets ticket holders swap, upgrade or downgrade tickets from general admission to VIP and vice versa, all without doing a formal ticket exchange.

TicketSauce has enabled organizers to select which tickets are available for upgrades or exchanges and lets them control time exchanges and upgrades that are allowable, along with restricting promo codes to be used for either the original transaction, the exchange or upgrade or both.

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