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Thursday, March 11, 2021

India England T20 Series: How to Watch Live, Teams, and Full Schedule

India and England T20 squads will face off in a five-match series scheduled to begin at 6.30 pm IST on Friday, March 12. The India-England T20 matches will be played at a single venue - the Narendra... https://ift.tt/2NepTPo

Everything You Need to Know About The Falcon and the Winter Soldier

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier premieres March 19 in India and around the world on Disney+ and Disney+ Hotstar. Here's The Falcon and the Winter Soldier cast, trailer, poster, list of episodes... https://ift.tt/3cqr9r4

Apple starts making its first 5G iPhone in India: What it means for you and more

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Amazon app quiz March 12, 2021: Get answers to these five questions and win Rs 15,000 in Amazon Pay balance

For the unaware, the quiz starts daily at 8am and continues till 12pm. https://ift.tt/3eJ60LN

Apple does not want anyone to use Android phone: WhatsApp CEO

According to new privacy labels rolled out by Apple earlier this year, WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger collect a lot more data compared to other top messaging apps. Facebook Messenger app reportedly has 65 different privacy labels which includes third-party advertising, product personalization, app functionality and "other purposes," while WhatsApp has 16 labels. https://ift.tt/3bG4Pug

JD.com reported Q4 revenue of $34.4B, up 31% YoY, beating estimates, and FY 2020 net revenues of $114.97B; annual active customers grew 30% YoY to 472M in 2020 (Reuters)

Reuters:
JD.com reported Q4 revenue of $34.4B, up 31% YoY, beating estimates, and FY 2020 net revenues of $114.97B; annual active customers grew 30% YoY to 472M in 2020 — (Reuters) - JD.com Inc's fourth-quarter revenue beat expectations on Thursday as more shoppers flocked to its website …

FalconX, a cryptocurrency exchange focused on institutional investors, raises $50M from Tiger Global and B Capital, and says net revenue grew 46x over past year (Sam Bourgi/Cointelegraph)

Sam Bourgi / Cointelegraph:
FalconX, a cryptocurrency exchange focused on institutional investors, raises $50M from Tiger Global and B Capital, and says net revenue grew 46x over past year — Tiger Global and B Capital are the primary investors in the latest round. They join Coinbase Ventures, Accel, FMR LLC and others in backing FalconX.

Samsung partners with Delhi Technological University to set up innovation lab

Samsung India on Thursday said it has set up a Samsung Innovation Lab at Delhi Technological University (DTU) that will focus on collaborative research and training. https://ift.tt/3rFXBw6

Sources: the Biden administration has informed some Huawei suppliers it is imposing more explicit prohibitions on the export of 5G components to the company (Eric Martin/Bloomberg)

Eric Martin / Bloomberg:
Sources: the Biden administration has informed some Huawei suppliers it is imposing more explicit prohibitions on the export of 5G components to the company — - Conditions for licensed exporters went into effect this week — Move builds on Huawei prohibitions implemented under Trump

Google is further integrating the Publisher Provided Identifier into its Ad Manager, aiding publishers' first-party tracking in lieu of third-party cookies (Sarah Sluis/AdExchanger)

Sarah Sluis / AdExchanger:
Google is further integrating the Publisher Provided Identifier into its Ad Manager, aiding publishers' first-party tracking in lieu of third-party cookies — The PPID's technical setup works like this: the publisher will create a unique ID for users, based on a first-party cookie or a log-in ID.

Wednesday, March 10, 2021

Oracle cloud revenue misses as competition intensifies

Oracle said it expects fourth-quarter revenue to increase between 1% and 3% on a constant currency basis, the midpoint of which implies a revenue of $10.65 billion, according to Reuters calculations. Analysts had expected current-quarter revenue of $10.84 billion, according to IBES data from Refinitiv. https://ift.tt/2PSQN09

OnePlus 9, OnePlus 9 Pro: Here’s how the phones may look like

Now, a report by WinFuture has posted official render images of the smartphone from the series, leaving nothing to imagination. The images posted by Winfuture are not only aligned with the teaser images shown by OnePlus, but also prototypes and leaked images as well. https://ift.tt/3l4EfOI