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Twitter expands Blue service to 6 more countries
The Twitter Blue service is now available in Saudi Arabia, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal and Spain, reports TechCrunch. Additionally, the company is introducing a new Spaces tab featuring podcasts and curated stations for live and recorded spaces.
Apple logs $65.8 bn in iPhone revenue as China disruptions hit supply
However, on a constant currency basis, iPhone revenue was roughly flat, according to the company. Apple faced supply chain disruptions in October and November as China faced Covid surge and protests erupted at its key supplier Foxconn's main factory in the country.
Google employees protest against job cuts, low pay in US
While one protest was staged on Wednesday at the tech giant's headquarters in California, a second demonstration too place near Google's corporate offices in New York City the following day, reports Bloomberg.
Nearly 50 Google employees also protested outside a Ninth Avenue store in New York shortly.
YouTube Shorts now averaging over 50 bn daily views: Sundar Pichai
Pichai said that this performance will reward creators and help improve the Shorts experience for everyone. "Our subscription business continues to grow, with YouTube Music and Premium surpassing 80 million subscribers, including trials. Together with our YouTube Primetime channel subscriptions and YouTube TV, we have good momentum here," Pichai said.
Amazon posts $149.2 bn in net sales, faces short-term uncertainty
The Jeff Bezos-founded e-commerce giant said that excluding the $5 billion unfavourable impact from year-over-year changes in foreign exchange rates throughout the quarter, net sales increased 12 per cent compared with fourth quarter 2021. Net income decreased to $0.3 billion in the fourth quarter, compared with $14.3 billion.
Apple crosses 2 billion active devices
The company also reported quarterly revenue of $117.2 billion, a 5 per cent decrease year over year, and quarterly earnings per diluted share of $1.88. As we all continue to navigate a challenging environment, we are proud to have our best lineup of products and services ever, and as always
Google may soon let users use Android phone as USB webcam
Esper's Mishaal Rahman posted on the decentralised social media platform Mastodon, "using an Android phone as a webcam became really popular during the pandemic, but you've typically had to install a third-party app to do so."
BYJU's slashes around 15% roles, mostly in engineering, as phased layoffs on
According to sources, the company in a fresh round of layoffs has asked more than 1,000 workers (or 15 per cent) to go, mostly from its engineering teams.When reached, the company immediately declined to comment. BYJU's last year decided to lay off as many as 2,500 employees or 5 per cent of its workforce
Scammers operating investing scams infiltrate Apple App Store, Google Play
By adding fraudulent apps to official download platforms, scammers can gain a victim's trust easier, reports BleepingComputer.
According to cybersecurity company Sophos researchers, scammers are targeting victims on Facebook or Tinder and convincing them to download the fraudulent apps and "invest" large sums of money in assets that appear to be real.
Sony to stop offering PlayStation Plus Collection from May 8
PlayStation Plus Collection provides access to many PlayStation 4 (PS4) titles to PlayStation 5 (PS5) players who subscribe to PlayStation Plus. Players have until May 9 to redeem the titles in the collection, "which will enable you to access those titles even after this date for as long as you remain a PlayStation Plus member", the company said in a blogpost on Wednesday.
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