Sources: worried about a threat from Apple, Google doubles down on its own hardware and moves some staff from other teams to work on Google-branded devices (The Information)

The Information:
Sources: worried about a threat from Apple, Google doubles down on its own hardware and moves some staff from other teams to work on Google-branded devices  —  It may be Google's worst nightmare.  Apple's iPhone is stealing share from Samsung phones powered by Google's Android software.

Oppo teased to launch Reno 8 Pro House of the Dragon Limited Edition in India soon

The House of the Dragon Limited Edition variant of the Oppo Reno 8 Pro 5G smartphone is expected to come in a set. The tweet said, “From the Land of Dragons, comes a missive for a chosen few. Launching soon!” using the hashtags #UnleashTheDragon. https://ift.tt/0DXPUdo

Meta says it will sell off Giphy following order from UK competition watchdog (James Vincent/The Verge)

James Vincent / The Verge:
Meta says it will sell off Giphy following order from UK competition watchdog … Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta says it will accept a ruling by the UK competition watchdog to divest itself of social media GIF library Giphy. … We will work closely with the CMA on divesting Giphy."

Enable, which lets B2B companies manage their rebate programs, raised a $94M Series C led by Insight Partners, bringing its total funding to $156M (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Enable, which lets B2B companies manage their rebate programs, raised a $94M Series C led by Insight Partners, bringing its total funding to $156M  —  Enable, a startup selling access to a platform that helps business-to-business (B2B) companies manage their rebate programs …

Toronto-based ChainSafe, the developer of an SDK for connecting games built on the Unity platform to the blockchain, raised a CA$25.7M Series A led by Round13 (Sam Bourgi/Cointelegraph)

Sam Bourgi / Cointelegraph:
Toronto-based ChainSafe, the developer of an SDK for connecting games built on the Unity platform to the blockchain, raised a CA$25.7M Series A led by Round13  —  The Canadian company is focused on multi-chain R&D and blockchain gaming, which is a growing industry that's expected to achieve multi-billion-dollar valuations.

How to hide likes and views on Instagram

With the advent of technology, Instagram users have become both content creators and viewers. The photo and video-sharing platform rolled out a new feature earlier this year where users can hide likes and views on Instagram. https://ift.tt/Y9IeTKp