Wednesday, October 20, 2021

Pinterest redesigns its home feed, adding a Watch tab for short videos and photo albums (Queenie Wong/CNET)

Queenie Wong / CNET:
Pinterest redesigns its home feed, adding a Watch tab for short videos and photo albums  —  The redesigned home feed includes two sections: browse and watch.  —  Pinterest said Wednesday it's revamping its home feed, adding a new tab called Watch where people can scroll through short videos or a series of photos.



Egypt's state-run e-payments company, E-Finance, rises 40% on its market debut, after raising $370M (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg:
Egypt's state-run e-payments company, E-Finance, rises 40% on its market debut, after raising $370M  —  Egypt's state-run e-payments company soared Wednesday in its trading debut after the biggest initial public offering on the local stock exchange since 2015.



HR Acuity, which develops employee relations and investigations management software, raises $47M from K1 Investment Management (Kyle Wiggers/VentureBeat)

Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat:
HR Acuity, which develops employee relations and investigations management software, raises $47M from K1 Investment Management  —  HR Acuity, a platform built for employee relations and investigations management, today announced that it raised $47 million in a minority investment from K1 Investment Management.



How to locate your AirPods using Find My feature

At this year’s Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC), Apple announced a capability to locate lost AirPods. The feature was earlier expected to roll out with iOS 15 update, however, it was delayed and rolled out to AirPods Max, AirPods Pro and AirPods via a firmware update. https://ift.tt/3lXBd0R

Panasonic Lumix GH5M2 With 4K Video Recording Support Launched in India

Panasonic Lumix GH5M2 mirrorless camera was launched in India on Wednesday. The new model allows users to record up to 4K videos. It also provides live streaming support over wired and wireless... https://ift.tt/3AWCQ3a

Polkadot Founder Hints at Funding Network Using DOT Tokens

Polkadot founder will be incorporating changes to the network using suggestions from investors and DOT supporters. If not put to use, these idle DOT tokens valuing over $700 million would have had to... https://ift.tt/3AY1yQD

Russian cryptocurrency payment network A7 expands to Africa, as Moscow builds an alternative payments system amid western sanctions after its Ukraine invasion (Financial Times)

Financial Times : Russian cryptocurrency payment network A7 expands to Africa, as Moscow builds an alternative payments system amid weste...