Microsoft Showcases Surface Duo With Two 5.6-Inch Screens, Android

Microsoft on Wednesday unveiled new Surface devices with twin-screens that open like books, including a notepad-sized version that will put it back in the smartphone game next year. https://ift.tt/2nagL1c

Google Offers Incognito Mode for Maps in Privacy Push

Google is rolling out new privacy features to its Maps, YouTube and Voice Assistant services, with options including incognito mode and automatic data deletion. https://ift.tt/2nRSAVI

Sources: Uber to launch Uber Works, a new app on Friday in Chicago that will match temporary workers looking for shift work with businesses looking for staffing (Financial Times)

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Sources: Uber to launch Uber Works, a new app on Friday in Chicago that will match temporary workers looking for shift work with businesses looking for staffing  —  Uber is launching a new app on Friday in Chicago that will match temporary workers looking for shift work with businesses looking …

ETtech Top 5: Udaan valuation zooms, Political parties bullish on Facebook ads & more

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India-based Udaan, which operates a B2B marketplace, says it has closed $585M Series D from Tencent and other investors; source says at $2.3B-$2.7B valuation (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)

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India-based Udaan, which operates a B2B marketplace, says it has closed $585M Series D from Tencent and other investors; source says at $2.3B-$2.7B valuation  —  Udaan, a three-year-old business-to-business e-commerce platform in India, has raised more than half a billion dollars …

Apple's 1st own India outlet to come up at Mumbai's Maker Maxity Mall

US phone-maker said to have leased 25k sq ft space at Maker Maxity mall in the Mumbai hub. https://ift.tt/2oHFqdG https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Offline phone retailers demand discounts in line with E-commerce platforms

Mobile stores cry foul over better rates, exclusivity given by phone companies to eCommerce players. https://ift.tt/2nQnxJV https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

How to connect to Wi-Fi and Bluetooth easily on Apple iPhone

Connecting to Wi-Fi and Bluetooth is as easy as a long pressing the icons in the Control Center. However, before that make sure to download and install iOS 13 update on your device. https://ift.tt/2nZMJxv

Atom Finance, investment research platform targeting high-end individual investors, raises $10.6M Series A led by General Catalyst (Sara Fischer/Axios)

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Atom Finance, investment research platform targeting high-end individual investors, raises $10.6M Series A led by General Catalyst  —  Atom Finance, a new media and financial technology company, has raised $10.6 million in a Series A round, executives tell Axios.

Facebook’s TikTok problem in India: 10 things to know

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Samsung launches its most expensive phone ever at Rs 1.65 lakh: 10 things to know

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Online sales on govt radar post plaints about predatory pricing

Retailers allege violation of FDI rules via deep discounting; DPIIT looking into the matter. https://ift.tt/2pwxfBA https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Amazon seeks CCI nod for its Rs 1,500 crore Future Coupons Ltd deal

Etailer wants to ensure transaction in line with tightened norms for ecommerce FDI. https://ift.tt/2oExQ3B https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

London-based Impala, which is building a layer on top of legacy hotel systems to standardize everything with a modern REST API, raises $11M Series A (Romain Dillet/TechCrunch)

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London-based Impala, which is building a layer on top of legacy hotel systems to standardize everything with a modern REST API, raises $11M Series A  —  Meet Impala, a London-based startup that wants to make it easier to interact with hotel data.  The startup is building a layer on top …

MyMilk Labs launches Mylee, a small sensor that analyzes breast milk at home

Many expectant mothers are told that breastfeeding will come naturally, but it is often a fraught and confusing experience, especially during the first few weeks after birth. Parents often worry about if their babies are getting enough nutrition or if they are producing enough milk. MyMilk Labs wants to give nursing mothers more information with Mylee, a sensor that scans a few drops of breast milk to get information about its composition and connects to a mobile app. The Israel-based company presented today at Disrupt Battlefield as one of two wild card competitors picked from Startup Alley.

The Mylee launched at Disrupt with a pre-order price of $249 (its regular retail price is $349). Based in Israel, MyMilk Labs was founded in 2014 by Ravid Schecter and Sharon Haramati, who met while working on PhDs in neuroimmunology and neurobiology, respectively, at the Weizmann Institute of Science.

During the company’s stage presentation, Schecter said the device is meant to give mothers and lactation consultants objective information about breast milk.

Breast milk changes in the first days and weeks after birth, progressing from colostrum to mature milk. Mylee scans the electrochemical properties of milk and then correlates that to data points based on MyMilk Labs’ research to calculate where the sample is on the continuum, then tells mothers if their milk is “delayed” or “advanced,” relative to the time that has passed since they gave birth.

The device’s first version is currently in a beta pilot with lactation consultants who have used them to scan milk samples from 500 mothers.

MyMilk Labs already has consumer breast milk testing kits that enable mothers to provide a small sample at home that is then sent to MyMilk Labs’ laboratories for analysis. One is a nutritional panel that gives information about the milk’s levels of vitamins B6, B12 and A, calories and fat percentage, along with dietary recommendations for the mother. Another panel focuses on what is causing breast pain, a frequent complaint for nursing mothers. It tests for bacterial or fungal infections and gives antibiotic suggestions depending on what strains are detected.

Though some doctors believe testing kits are unnecessary for the majority of nursing mothers, there is demand for more knowledge about breastfeeding, as demonstrated by the line-up of breast milk testing kits from MyMilk Labs and competitors like Lactation Labs, Everly Well and Happy Vitals. Haramati said on stage that MyMilk Labs plans to eventually transfer some of the tests’ capabilities to the Mylee.