TECHNOLOGY
Google infusing $50 mn in Facebook-backed Indian platform Meesho
Meesho has enabled over 13 million individual entrepreneurs to start their own online businesses with zero investment, bringing the benefits of e-commerce to more than 45 million customers in the country. According to a TechCrunch report, "Google has held discussions to invest over $50 million in Indian social commerce startup Meesho".
Ad revenue in Indian short video-app market logs 3x growth
According to the latest report released by homegrown consulting firm RedSeer Consulting, short-form content has grown 1.37 times in terms of monthly active user (MAU) and 1.1 times in terms of daily active users from June 2020 when Chinese app TikTok was banned in India. While global social media dominates in the top 50 cities, Indian social media platforms and short-form video platforms garner a major chunk of share.
Galaxy Watch4 series gets its first software update
According to the update log, the firmware version is R8xxXXU1BUH5 and it has a size of 290.52MB. The update will enhance the watch's stability. It includes bug fixes, enhancements to current functions, and an overall improvement in performance, reports GizmoChina. The new update brings some fresh new watch faces to the Galaxy Watch4 and Watch4 Classic.
Android app support rolls out to Windows 11 Insiders
Now the users with Window 11 PCs, can test the Android apps as the initial release of Window 11 did not launch the Android support. The company in a statement said that a notification in the Android app notifications in the action centre can be seen or a clipboard between a Window 11 and android apps can be shared from now on.
Netflix now has 214 mn paid users globally
The company grew revenue 16 per cent (year-over-year) to $7.5 billion in the July-September period, while operating income rose 33 per cent to the prior year quarter to $1.8 billion. Released on September 17, 'Squid Game', a unique Korean story that first captured the zeitgeist in Korea and then globally has become its biggest TV show ever.
Instagram will let you create posts from desktop
That's helpful if you would rather not reach for your phone, of course, but it could be particularly useful for businesses and enthusiasts that want to make better use of their expensive cameras. There are plenty of updates for mobile users, too, the report said.
Google announces new subscription bundle for Pixel users
With both plans, one would be getting YouTube Premium with ad-free watching and background play, YouTube Music Premium with ad-free listening, 200GB of Google One cloud storage, Google Play Pass with access to hundreds of games and apps fully free of any ads and in-app purchases.
Apple logs 150% growth for iPhones, 107% for iPads in Q3 in India
iPads also logged a huge jump in growth, at 109 per cent (on-quarter), and nearly 0.24 million units were shipped in the same period in the country, as per insights from market research firm CyberMedia Research (CMR). On the year-on-year (YoY) front, iPhones registered a 28 per cent growth while iPads grew by 47 per cent, indicating a growth in demand for large-screen devices.
Facebook plans to rebrand company with new name: Report
According to a source with direct knowledge of the matter, Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg is expected to announce the name at the company's Connect conference on October 28, reports The Verge.
Instagram announces new feature to let users co-author same posts
The new Collabs feature will allow two accounts to co-author a post or Reel. The post or Reel will appear jointly to each user's followers and will share the same comment thread, as well as view and like counts. Instagram said that collaborating is a huge part of how people connect on the social media platform.
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