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Ivan Mehta

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Indexed articles, last 90 days
95
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Sep 30, 2026
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Jul 3, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Ivan Mehta

    Google launches Fitbit Air in India, though its high price might deter the masses | TechCrunch (opens the original)

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    Google on Wednesday launched the screen-less Fitbit Air fitness tracker in India, but is pricing at ₹13,999 (roughly $146), ostensibly positioning it as a premium device. Comparatively, the device costs $99 in the U.S. Unveiled in May, the Fitbit Air features health and fitness tracking, like 24/7 heart rate monitoring, heart rhythm monitoring with A-fib (atrial fibrillation) alerts, blood oxygen level, resting heart rate, heart rate variability, sleep stages, and duration. The device’s screen-l

  2. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Ivan Mehta

    WhatsApp adds new parental controls for teen accounts | TechCrunch (opens the original)

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    WhatsApp is introducing new parental controls that could allow guardians to keep a tab on who their teens interact with, and also choose content settings for Meta AI chats. With the new controls, parents can limit how teens use channels, whose Status they can see, and who can see their Status updates. Guardians can also control who can add teens to groups or who can see their profile picture. Parents can also choose to get a notification when a teen joins a new group, leaves one, or the group si

  3. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Ivan Mehta

    Airbnb adds AI search, more social features | TechCrunch (opens the original)

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    Airbnb is evolving in two directions: On the ground, it wants to compete with hotels by providing myriad services; online, it is using AI and people in its Airbnb network to aid travel discovery. As part of its fall product update, the company is adding services to the app it had launched last year, such as meal delivery, laundry, baby-gear rental, ski and boat rental in limited locations, and expanded grocery delivery. The second big feature is AI search. The company has taken a cautious approa

  4. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Ivan Mehta

    Instinct founder said more than 50% of transactions on the platform are travel-related | TechCrunch (opens the original)

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    Almost every AI tool’s demo shows a user sparring with the assistant to book travel, as it seems to be the most frequent use case. The viral Instinct agent is no different, as it sees more than 50% of transactions on the platform for travel, the company’s founder, Noah Shinn, said in a recent podcast. In an interview with investor Patrick O’Shaughnessy, Shinn also mentioned that the invite-only platform is approaching a billion dollars in annual transactions. He didn’t specify what the calculati

  5. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Ivan Mehta

    Fireflies adds dictation to its desktop notetaking apps | TechCrunch (opens the original)

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    Voice AI has gained particular traction for a few consumer use cases: The biggest category is meeting notetaking, and the other is AI-powered dictation, in which filter words are removed and the text is formatted neatly. Fireflies.ai, having gained a solid foothold in the meeting notetaking space, is now venturing into dictation by way of a new feature on its Mac and Windows apps. Called Fireflies Talk, the dictation feature works just like any of the others on the market, such as Wispr Flow, Wi

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