TECHNOLOGY
Upraised raises bar to help Indian startups find best tech talent
Upraised, that recently raised a $1.3 million funding by tech entrepreneurs like Airbnb co-founder and CTO Nate Blecharcyzk, Kunal Shah (CRED), Vijay Shekhar Sharma (Paytm) as well as Lightspeed India and South Park Commons, has helped start-ups like MPL, CRED, Unacademy, Freshworks and others hire the best tech latent.
Roposo-owner Glance to acquire ecommerce platform Shop101
Shop101, founded by Abhinav Jain, Aditya Gupta and Kalpak Chhajed in 2015, is a full stack e-commerce company that brings a network of 10 million resellers and 10,000 supplier partners together, serving customers across over 2,000 towns across the country.
Qualcomm, MediaTek gain big in smartphone application chip market
The global smartphone applications processor (AP) market posted a double-digit year-on-year shipment and revenue growth in Q1 2021, according to a report by market research firm Strategy Analytics. The global smartphone AP market grew 21 per cent year-on-year to $6.8 billion in Q1 2021.
Microsoft unveils Xbox Series X-shaped mini fridge
The Xbox Mini Fridge is "the world's most powerful mini fridge," according to the company, that will help gamers stay cool as they go through immersive play experience. When the Xbox Series X was first announced in 2019, people made memes on its shape and compared it to a refrigerator.
Japan to probe Apple, Google in antitrust discussions
According to AppleInsider, Apple has been the subject of multiple antitrust probes alongside other tech giants, including Google. It seems that Japan will be adding its own investigation to the pile soon, one that will affect both the iPhone maker and the search giant.
Here are top 5 useful features in iPadOS 15
Widgets can now be placed anywhere on the iPad's Home Screen, and technically this doesn't count as an iPadOS feature because it's something that Apple is bringing over from iOS, reports MacRumors. In iPadOS 14, users could have a set spot for your widgets, but with iPadOS 15, one can put them anywhere, just like you can on the iPhone.
YouTube Music adds 'Replay Mix' for most played songs
The playlist, which currently appears ahead of My Supermix in the "Mixed for you" section of the app, features the standard record-inspired cover art in cool tones of blue, green and orange. Like My Supermix, it can be up to 100 songs long and of course allows for endless autoplay after you reach the end, 9To5Google reported.
Here are five games from Upload VR's E3 2021 showcase
According to The Verge, as the medium continues to mature year after year, it continues to be a platform for developers to innovate. While not all of the games shown were brand new announcements, here are five games from the showcase that one can look forward to immersing themselves in soon.
Blue Origin auctions first ride on space tourism rocket for $28mn
People were bidding as high as $2.8 million for a 10-minute experience on the space tourism rocket, slated for launch on July 20. The month-long open-bidding phase for New Shepard's seat closed on June 10 and entered a live, online auction round on June 12. The bid price soared from $4.8 million to $28 million in under ten minutes, the Verge reported on Saturday.
Chrome OS moves to 4-week release schedule this year: Google
Google has finally announced that like Chrome browser, the Chrome OS will also also move to a four-week release schedule starting in the fourth quarter this year. The company earlier announced that Chrome will soon release a new milestone every 4 weeks, starting with Chrome 94 in Q3 of 2021.
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