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Apple fires newly hired Ex-FB employee over 'misogynistic' comments
Martinez authored a controversial book about Silicon Valley where he expressed misogynistic views on women, The Verge reported. "We are deeply concerned about the recent hiring of Antonio Garcia Martinez," employees wrote in the petition. More than 2,000 employees signed the petition before it was published by The Verge.
Redmi Note 10S, Watch launched in India
Redmi Note 10S comes with a sleek design, stunning cameras, savage performance and smooth display. It will be the first device to come with MIUI 12.5 (interim) out-of-the-box, which is the cleanest MIUI experience ever, the company said in a statement.
AirTag used to successfully track mailed package across UK
Outlined in a blog post at Intego, Kirk McElhearn said he taped an AirTag to a piece of card, wrapped it inside a small bubble envelope and then sent it on its way. Kirk lives in the small town of Stratford-upon-Avon and he shipped his AirTag to a friend near London, MacRumors reported.
Asus unveils ZenFone 8, ZenFone 8 Flip
The new ZenFone 8 and ZenFone 8 Flip starts at a,599 and a,799, respectively. Both the smartphones are powered by Snapdragon 888 chipset and support 5G. The ZenFone 8 features a 5.9-inch 1080p OLED display with a fast 120Hz refresh rate. It will be sold in configurations of up to 16GB RAM and 256GB of storage and includes an IP68 waterproof rating.
VMware appoints Raghu Raghuram as CEO, Sumit Dhawan as President
VMware also appointed Sumit Dhawan, currently serving as Senior Vice President and Chief Customer Officer, as President who will lead all go-to-market functions including worldwide sales, worldwide partner and commercial organisation, customer experience and success (CXS), marketing, and communications. Since joining VMware in 2003, Raghuram has helped steer the company's strategic direction and its technology evolution throughout VMware
Epic offered Sony $200M to bring PS games to its store on PC: Report
According to The Verge, a 222-page confidential document, filed as part of the Epic vs Apple trial, reveals a broad effort to compete with Steam during 2020 with free games, Fortnite promotions, and more. The documents also show that Epic offered Sony $200 million for at least four first-party PlayStation games last year, ahead of a bigger push by Sony to bring more of its PlayStation games to PC.
Google is preparing new 'desktop sharing hub' in Chrome
As spotted by Chrome Story, once this new hub is enabled, users will be able to do actions like generating a QR code, sharing to devices, casting a tab and other actions that revolve around sharing the current page to another person or device from a centralised location.
TikTok likely to launch jobs service: Report
The company is currently testing the service with a beta group of companies. Several big brands have been asked about participating, including sports leagues. The platform isn't a product that's integrated within TikTok itself, but rather a separate web page accessible via the TikTok app where brands can post jobs, primarily entry-level listings, the report said.
4cr Indian smartphone users can take 5G in 1st year: Report
In fact, India has the biggest rise in intention to upgrade with 67 per cent of users expressing an intention to take up 5G once it is available, an increase of 14 percentage points over 2019. A new report by Ericsson ConsumerLab highlights how 5G is already beginning to trigger new user behaviours.
Global chip shortage to persist till Q2 2022: Gartner
"The semiconductor shortage will severely disrupt the supply chain and will constrain the production of many electronic equipment types in 2021. Foundries are increasing wafer prices, and in turn, chip companies are increasing device prices," said Kanishka Chauhan, principal research analyst at Gartner.
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