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Zoho reports 10 times growth in five years, to invest AED 100 mn in UAE
On the sidelines of Zoholics Dubai, the annual user conference of the company, Zoho's CEO and Co-founder, Sridhar Vembu, also announced investment of AED 100 million for expansion in the country. Talking to IANS, Sridhar Vembu said that Zoho believes in customer happiness. He advised startups to go back to basics of business, reality check. He focused on the ethics and personalisation of technology for a organic sustainable growth.
Musk 'hires' his dog as new Twitter CEO
Musk tweeted a picture of his pet dog "Floki" sitting on the company's CEO's chair, with the caption: "The new CEO of Twitter is amazing." "So much better than that other guy!" he added. Musk later said that the dog is "great with numbers!" and "has style." Several users expressed their thoughts on Musk's post. When one user said, "I guess he was the only one crazy enough to take the job."
Samsung rolls out One UI 5.1 to current Galaxy devices with new S23 series
Software updates for additional Galaxy devices, including the Galaxy Z Fold3 and Z Flip3, will be available in the coming weeks, said the company. Over the past several weeks, we have worked closely with our service providers and carrier partners to bring One UI 5.1 to current Galaxy smartphones and tablets around the world within a few short weeks of the Galaxy S23 series.
New Nokia smartphone with 6.43-inch display launched in India
The new smartphone is available for pre-booking in Cloudy Blue or Ice White colours at a limited period launch price of Rs 48,999 in 8/256 GB memory/storage configuration, the company said in a statement. It will go on sale exclusively on Amazon and Nokia.com from February 20. We are delighted to introduce a flagship smartphone that is eco-friendly to its core.
FB to now show how it uses machine learning to deliver ads
The tool will now explain "about how your activity both on and off our technologies may inform the machine learning models we use to shape and deliver the ads you see," the company said in a blogpost on Tuesday. The "Why am I seeing this ad?" tool was created nearly a decade ago, and since then the company has made improvements to it, making it easier to use and understand.
Paytm Payments Bank goes live with UPI LITE to boost small-value UPI transactions
It will enable faster real-time transactions with a single click through Paytm. With UPI LITE, the Bank aims to drive the adoption of digital payments across the country. Once loaded, a UPI LITE wallet allows a user to do instant transactions of up to Rs 200 in a seamless way. A maximum of Rs 2,000 can be added twice in a day to UPI LITE, making the cumulative daily usage up to Rs 4,000.
Google rolling out Privacy Sandbox Beta on Android 13 devices
Last year in February, the company introduced the Privacy Sandbox on Android as an "industry-wide initiative to raise the bar for user privacy and ensure continued access to free content and services." "Building on our web efforts, we're developing solutions for digital advertising that limit user data sharing and don't rely on cross-app identifiers," Google said in a blogpost on Tuesday.
Instagram to end live shopping feature on March 16
"Beginning on March 16, 2023, you will no longer be able to tag products in live broadcasts on Instagram. This change will help us focus on products and features that provide the most value to our users," the company said in a support page. However, users will still be able to set up and run their shops on the platform as the company continues to invest.
Twitter's priority is to fix recommendation algorithm: Musk
In a tweet on Tuesday, Musk asked: "What are your top requests for Twitter features & bug fixes?" "We will prioritise by number of likes times ease of implementation," he added.To this post, a user commented, "Feed refreshes for 'For You' tab is weird. So is the font and paragraph spacing." Replying to the user's concern, Musk said Fixing the recommendation algorithm.
YouTube rolls out 'Creator Music' for users to monetise licensed music
"We're excited to start rolling this out to monetising creators in the US over the coming weeks and continuing to explore expansion to more countries in 2023 -- subscribe to this post & we'll keep you updated on our rollout plans," according to the YouTube Help page. In September last year, the company introduced "Creator Music", to give YouTube creators easy access to an ever-growing catalogue of music for use in their long-form videos.
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