Monday, 1 February 2021

Ex-Googler Turns Virtual Gifts Into a $61 Billion Business With Kuaishou

Kuaishou, the Chinese video app, has become the biggest live-streaming platform for virtual gifts beating rival and TikTok parent ByteDance. The company raised $5.4 billion in Hong Kong in the biggest...

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Global Chip Sales Rose 6.5 Percent in 2020 After Year-End Rush: Report

Semiconductor sales rose 6.5 percent globally to $439 billion in 2020, with the major recovery occurring in the last three months of the 2020, according to data from the Semiconductor Industry...

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Nokia 2.4 Successor Possibly Spotted on Bluetooth SIG Database

A Nokia phone that could possibly succeed the Nokia 2.4 has been spotted on the Bluetooth SIG website. The listing shows that the phone will come with Bluetooth 5.0 and LTE support.

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Sunday, 31 January 2021

Chromebook Shipments Almost Quadrupled in Q4 2020: Canalys

Chromebook shipments for Q4 2020 saw a 287 per cent increase over Q4 2019's figures, with 11.2 million units. The market almost quadrupled in this quarter, as per an analysis. The full year...

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Budget 2021: Incorporation of OPCs to Be Incentivised to Boost Startups

Budget 2021 saw the government on Monday propose to incentivise incorporation of one person companies (OPCs), a move that will benefit startups and innovators.

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Apple Releases iCloud Passwords Extension for Chrome Browser

The iCloud Passwords extension is available for download on the Chrome Web store, and is available for both Windows and Mac versions of Chrome.

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Clubhouse, the Invite-Only Social Media App, Booms in Japan

Clubhouse, a private social audio app, is gaining a lot of traction in Japan. It is now the number 1 free app on Apple's App Store. The latest round of funding valued the company at $1 billion.

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