Apple to help workers get Covid-19 shots at its offices

The company is working with drugstore chain Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc as its vendor and will open a website for its workers to sign up for appointments, an Apple spokeswoman said. https://ift.tt/3xnD2rk

Twitter Now Allows Android, iOS Users to Share 4K Images

Twitter for Android and iOS will now allow users to upload and view 4K images on the microblogging platform. The resolution for the images on Twitter's mobile apps was previously limited to... https://ift.tt/3sKKUQb

Turkey Central Bank Says No Intention of Banning Cryptocurrencies

Turkey Central Bank last week banned the use of crypto assets in payments affecting the prices of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency assets. https://ift.tt/2PmBvAW

How to Make Someone Else the Owner of Your Google Doc

If you want to make someone else the owner of your Google Doc, you can simply tweak the Settings. Here's how you can do it. https://ift.tt/3xoepeb

You can dial this 100-like helpline number to report internet banking and other money-related frauds: Here’s how it works

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As COVID surges in India, online crowdsourcing and social media have become essential for sharing critical public health information, like vaccine availability (Nilesh Christopher/Rest of World)

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As COVID surges in India, online crowdsourcing and social media have become essential for sharing critical public health information, like vaccine availability  —  With little state resources, citizen-led online initiatives are helping people find everything from oxygen to ICU beds.

YouTube users will have more control over video streaming quality on mobile

Google-owned video streaming platform YouTube has rolled out new options for its users for streaming videos. These new options have been rolled out as part of a server-side update to the mobile app that gives its users more options in terms of video resolution to view a video. https://ift.tt/3evOdpk

Why the 'buy' button on iTunes may cause legal trouble for Apple

According to a report by The Hollywood Reporter, a federal court in California has said that Apple must face a lawsuit over the ‘buy’ button. As per the report, David Andino, the lead plaintiff in the case has alleged that the ‘buy’ button on iTunes is deceptive. https://ift.tt/3tTpIJu

SEC filing: online jobs marketplace ZipRecruiter plans to go public via a direct listing; in 2020, ZipRecruiter had a net income of $86M on revenue of $418.1M (Michael Hytha/Bloomberg)

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SEC filing: online jobs marketplace ZipRecruiter plans to go public via a direct listing; in 2020, ZipRecruiter had a net income of $86M on revenue of $418.1M  —  - Job search and recruiting company turned profitable in 2020  — Squarespace filed last week for direct listing instead of IPO

Latest Google app beta on Android suggests that Google is working on Assistant features like answering calls and stopping alarms without a "Hey Google" prompt (Will Sattelberg/Android Police)

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Latest Google app beta on Android suggests that Google is working on Assistant features like answering calls and stopping alarms without a “Hey Google” prompt  —  Unlike most other developers, unfinished features constantly appear in Google's updates, hinting at plenty of new content in the works.

China's move to rein in its tech behemoths is part of its national refocusing on data as an economic driver, as evidenced partly by new data usage laws (Bloomberg)

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China's move to rein in its tech behemoths is part of its national refocusing on data as an economic driver, as evidenced partly by new data usage laws  —  - China forecast to hold about a third of world's data by 2025  — ‘A complete national refocusing on data as an economic driver’

Intel PC chip sales rise, but profit forecast falls short on manufacturing costs

Intel said its PC chip business had sales of $10.6 billion in the first quarter, ahead of analyst expectations of $10.17 billion, according to data from FactSet. https://ift.tt/3sPNuVq

Facebook to incorporate user feedback on News Feed arrangement

Facebook Inc said it was taking steps to incorporate direct feedback from users to arrange their News Feed as per their preference. https://ift.tt/3v6Krtg

London court allows Australia's Wright to serve bitcoin copyright claim

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US agency still 'gathering facts' on Texas Tesla crash

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