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Non-IT leaders to build most of tech products by 2024: Report
Currently, the total business-led IT spend averages up to 36 per cent of the total formal IT budget. Gartner anticipates that in 2023, $30 billion in revenue will be generated by products and services that did not exist pre-pandemic. "Digital business is treated as a team sport by CEOs and no longer the sole domain of the IT department," said Rajesh Kandaswamy, distinguished research vice president at Gartner.
Flipkart Wholesale sees 3x jump in digital adoption among kiranas
Flipkart Wholesale, together with Best Price cash-and-carry business, serves over 1.5 million members across the country, which include kiranas, HoReCa (hotels, restaurants and cafeterias) and O&I (offices and institutions). Best Price cash-and-carry business has seen a 3-times increase in e-commerce adoption among kiranas in tier 2 and tier 3 cities from January 2021 to June 2021, signalling that Bharat is warming up to e-commerce.
Homegrown public cloud storage Digiboxx hits 1 mn users
Launched in December by NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant, the platform offers digital file storage, sharing and data management SaaS product that provides storage options for individuals and SMEs who wish to store their personal and work data. The company said it has witnessed over 16 per cent users being active on a daily basis.
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.
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