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Flipkart, Pocket FM join hands to bring audiobook library
The collaboration would help Flipkart enter the audiobooks category with exclusive and licensed audiobooks through Pocket FM, making it accessible to its customer base of over 400 million. "This will help authors publish their work on our platform with the aid of audiobooks and give them the opportunity to reach out to our customer base," Kanchan Mishra, Business Head- FMCG, Home and General Merchandise, Flipkart, said in a statement.
Google Play gets new logo on its 10th anniversary
The tech giant has slightly tweaked the overall shape of its Google Play Store logo, but the most notable changes are the less vibrant colours that more closely match the green, yellow, blue, and red hues that Google uses for many of its other services.
Amount of attention on me has gone supernova: Musk
On the microblogging site, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO expressed his displeasure of the unwanted media attention that he is getting these days. "The amount of attention on me has gone supernova, which super sucks. Unfortunately, even trivial articles about me generate a lot of clicks," Musk tweeted with a sad emoji.
Meta to shut down its social app for couples 'Tuned'
Users began receiving a notification about the impending shutdown last week, advising them to download their data before September 19, when the app will cease to work, reports TechCrunch. Tuned was a project under Meta's New Product Experimentation (NPE) Team, which was initially formed to build consumer-facing apps that would allow Meta to test out new features and gauge people's reactions.
Samsung hires chip expert from rival Apple
The Samsung company established the Packaging Solution Center in Device Solution America (DSA) in July and hired Woo-pyeong as its director, reports Business Korea. After studying at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Woo-pyeong worked for Texas Instruments and Qualcomm before working for Apple for about nine years in 2014.
Huawei's sub-brand Honor pulls out India team amid probes, raids
According to South China Morning Post, the company's business in India will remain in operation, managed by local partners, but the brand will adopt a "very safe approach."Honor CEO Zhao Ming told state-run newspaper Securities Times that, Honor formed the India team a few years ago but chose to leave for "obvious reasons".The development came as Indian authorities like the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) have conducted raids and investigations of major Chinese smartphone players like Vivo, OPPO and Xiaomi.
Musk tells followers to slam WSJ for linking him with Google Co-founder's wife
A Wall Street Journal report claimed on Sunday that "Musk engaged in a brief affair last fall with the wife of Sergey Brin, prompting the Google Co-founder to file for divorce earlier this year and ending the tech billionaires' long friendship".
Apple settles lawsuit with Chicago city over 'Netflix tax'
Chicago introduced 'Netflix tax' in 2015, extending the city's tax on tickets for recreational activities and concerts to digital entertainment platforms. The tax was meant to make up for the lost revenue from traditional brick-and-mortar stores. It's widely regarded as the first tax specifically targeting the likes of Disney+, Spotify and Amazon Prime Video, reports Hollywood Reporter.
Apple's rugged Watch Pro model to sport upgraded titanium design
The new high-end model could end up being "big enough that it might only appeal to a subset of customers," reports Mark Gurman in his Power On' newsletter for Bloomberg. The screen of the Watch Pro' model will be 7 per cent bigger than the current Apple Watch Series 7 models, with a "a fresh look". This will the first time the company has introduced a new Apple Watch design since 2018. That design will reportedly be "an evolution of the current rectangular shape, and not circular."
Apple ships 1.2 mn iPhones in India in Q2, logs 94% growth
"Through the course of the second quarter, Apple continued its India market momentum with a stupendous YoY growth, driven by increased local iPhone manufacturing. The iPhone 12 series, along with the iPhone 13 series, accounted for the most iPhones shipped into the market," said Prabhu Ram, Head-Industry Intelligence Group (IIG), CMR.
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