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iPhone 13 : How to take screenshot- 3 Ways

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You just got your new iPhone 13( 13 Pro, 13 Pro Max) and want to know how to share something on screen with someone. A simple way to do that is through the screenshot on the iPhone 13. It is quick, easy and does not need any third party apps. You can take screenshot, edit […] The post iPhone 13 : How to take screenshot- 3 Ways appeared first on Tech2Touch . https://ift.tt/2snJPF6 Click the link below to Subscribe via email .. https://ift.tt/2FOLq9L

Indian startups raised over $10 billion in Q3 CY21: Report

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If you have been following us, then you are aware of the unprecedented growth of the startup sector this year. Infact, Indian start-ups have raised over $10 billion from July to September 2021 this year, according to a PwC India report titled “Startup Perspectives – Q3 CY21.” Industry estimates put the total amount of fundraising by Indian startups in the first three quarters of 2021 to exceed $24 billion. That’s right, Indian firms have raised a record $10.9 billion across 347 deals in the third quarter of the year, marking the first time that investments have crossed the $10 billion mark in a single quarter. This amount is twice the amount of funding received in Q3CY20 and 41% more compared to April-June. India is ahead of countries like China, Canada, and the UK in terms of creating unicorns during the third quarter. 10 Indian startups became unicorns in the third quarter, followed by seven in China and Hong Kong, and four each by the UK and Canada. However, it is the US that tops t...

Ecommerce sales skyrocket as festive season kickoffs in India: Report

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From Dussehra to Durga Puja, from Diwali to Christmas – the final months of the year are packed with festivals of all kind. As the festive season rages across the country, the sales graph grows steadily upwards. This has happened in past years as well– as individuals have shopped for, and bought, new products during the festive season – and despite the pandemic being somewhat of a dampener, e-commerce has boomed during the festive season in India. E-commerce has become a viable alternative as the pandemic has made it difficult to physically shop for what you are looking for. This popularity of is evident as the share of online sales of smartphones has grown to around 60% in the first fortnight of Navratri-Dussehra, while the sale of TVs grew from 31% to 40% in the same period last year. Additionally, the sales of refrigerators, air-conditioners, washing machines, and kitchen appliances rose to 9-10% from 6-8%. Overall, gross sales via e-commerce this festive season have come to $8.3 bi...

InMobi acquires marketing analytics and insights platform AppSumer

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InMobi, a company that offers solutions relating to content, monetization and marketing technologies to businesses, helping them fuel growth, has acquired Appsumer, a platform that provides insights for mobile app advertisers. Together, the two companies will allow customers to not just access support InMobi’s end-to-end content, monetization and marketing stack, but also empower marketers to assess their performance marketing spend all in one place. “Appsumer brings a next-generation approach for advertisers to better understand the efficacy of their marketing efforts across multiple channels that growth marketing teams employ daily,” said Abhay Singhal, Co-Founder of InMobi Group and CEO of InMobi Marketing Solutions. “The solution makes it easy to map all mobile performance media investment to business outcomes; Shumel and his team are well-known industry leaders and visionaries in their field and will play an instrumental role in driving InMobi’s next wave of gro...

Jack Dorsey’s Square may build a Bitcoin-mining system as price soars to $62,000

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Apart from Elon Musk, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has been one of the strongest proponents of Bitcoin – in fact, Twitter recently enabled users to tip influencers with the popular cryptocurrency. This time, Dorsey has said that his financial services and digital payments company Square is looking to enter the Bitcoin mining sector and starting a “deep technical investigation” into the creation of an open-source Bitcoin mining system. Square is considering building a Bitcoin mining system based on custom silicon and open source for individuals and businesses worldwide. If we do this, we’d follow our hardware wallet model: build in the open in collaboration with the community. First some thoughts and questions. — jack⚡️ (@jack) October 15, 2021 This comes as Bitcoin is rising every day (it was recently recognized as legal tender in El Salvador) despite facing challenges in China. Its price soared over $62,000 and may soon exceed the record of $65,000. According to Dorsey, Square is contempla...

Global smartphone shipments fall 6% in Q3 2021, courtesy of restricted component supply: Report

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Smartphone shipment fell 6% in Q3 2021, according to a report by Canalys. This, coming at a time where demand is at an all time high, seems unbelievable, and you are right-demand is high. In fact, it is higher than the supply. The reason behind this slump in sales, the report suggests, has to do with the semiconductor shortage, which is leading to manufacturers being unable to keep up with rising demand. “The chipset famine has truly arrived,” said Canalys Principal Analyst, Ben Stanton. “The smartphone industry is striving to maximize production of devices as best it can. On the supply side, chipset manufacturers are increasing prices to disincentivize over-ordering, in an attempt to close the gap between demand and supply” However, despite all of these measures, Stanton says that  shortages will not ease until well into 2022, adding, “As a result of this, as well as high costs of global freight, smartphone brands have reluctantly pushed up device retail pricing.” Let’s talk numbe...

Amazon copying popular products and rigging search results in India: Reuters

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Nearly a month after Amazon initiated investigations into accusations that claimed that its legal representatives bribed government officials, a Reuters report has revealed that Amazon had been copying items sold by third-party sellers and manipulating the search results to promote its products in India. The report reviewed thousands of internal Amazon documents and discovered the same. According to the documents, the aim was to identify top products and then replicate them, and Amazon did just that. A 2016 document titled “India Private Brands Program” reveales that Amazon’s private labels team in India used internal data (like sales and customer review data) collected from Amazon, identified “reference brands,” created copies of the popular products, and later manipulated search results to prioritize Amazon’s product lines over others. This strategy was called “Solimo,” and high-ranking Amazon executives, including Diego Piacentini, who previously led the company’s international bus...