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Global cloud sales set to reach $474 bn in 2022
Over the next few years, market research firm Gartner estimated that cloud revenue will surpass non-cloud revenue for relevant enterprise IT markets. "There is no business strategy without a cloud strategy. The adoption and interest in public cloud continues unabated as organisations pursue a "cloud first" policy for onboarding new workloads," said Milind Govekar, distinguished vice president at Gartner.
Latest beta adds Macro toggle in Camera app for iPhone 13 Pro
According to 9to5Mac, after first seeing a disable Auto Macro option with iOS 15.1, now Apple has included a toggle option inside the Camera app with iOS 15.2 beta 2. The new macro toggle inside the Camera app for the iPhone 13 Pro reportedly went under the radar earlier this week. Instead of having to dig into settings, then Camera and Auto Macro to disable or enable the feature, there's now a toggle right in the Camera app.
Musk sells Tesla stock worth $6.9bn after Twitter poll troll
According to a regulatory filing made public on late Friday, the Tesla CEO reported selling 1.2 million shares on Friday, worth more than $1.2 billion, reports The Wall Street Journal. Those sales came on top of more than $5.6 billion worth of stock sales earlier this week. Recently, a report said that initial filings in the US showed that Musk had sold 934,091 shares for about $1.1 billion.
Google unlikely to release new Pixelbook in 2022
A statement at a recent Qualcomm press event in London hints that there will not be an update to the original "premium" Pixelbook until 2023 at the earliest, reports 9To5Google. "Next year (2022) there won't be anything coming. In future I don't know," said Chrys Tsolaki, Retail Manager for Chromebooks at Google, when asked about a potential 2022 Pixelbook release.
Foxconn expects supply-chain issues until second half of 2022
Foxconn, the world's biggest electronics contract manufacturer, also said it expects its October-December consumer electronics revenue to decline on year, citing the component shortages that the industry has been grappling with, reports The Wall Street Journal. Tech giant Apple has been dealing with the chip shortage for the past several quarters, but it only started significantly impacting Apple's business in the most recent quarter.
Local firm Bounce set to give tough competition to Ola Electric
Industry sources told IANS that the Bounce e-scooter will be launched later this month, and pre-booking will begin from December first week and deliveries to start by January. The e-scooter without battery will be available for under Rs 50,000 (swappable battery option) and around Rs 70,000 for a fixed battery model (that is also removable and can be charged at home).
FB announces Shops in Groups, Live Shopping for Creators
Shops in Groups enables admins of Facebook groups to set up an online store on their associated Facebook Page. According to TechCrunch, it is up to the admins where this money goes -- in the case of OctoNation, a page that tested the feature, the profits went to OctoNation's nonprofit that educates people about octopuses.
Apple Store app updated with new features
Once a user saves an item or product to a list, they can find them in a new Saved Items section that's accessible from the Apple Store account page, reports AppleInsider. Users can also share the saved items with an Apple specialist either in-store or online. Once a session regarding a list is over, users can see a recap of the session with notes and suggestions.
realme reaches 200 exclusive stores in India
The stores are now operational and will enable users to experience all the latest realme products. The company is also looking at expanding its offline presence to more than 1,000 exclusive stores by the end of 2022.
Metaverse can pose an 'existential threat' to Facebook, warns Meta
According to a report in Financial Times citing an internal memo by Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth, Facebook aims its virtual worlds to have "almost Disney levels of safety". However, Bosworth acknowledged that moderating how users speak and behave "at any meaningful scale is practically impossible", the FT report said on Friday.
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