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A long-awaited photo and video-sharing social networking service owned by Facebook, Inc., Instagram’s ‘Throwback Thursday’ finally saw the light of the day. The new feature is now a part of the new Instagram “Create” mode that launches today in Stories, and the app now works beyond the camera.Create is a feature that makes Instagram a more ‘ubiquitous’ social network. However, be it as it may, this social network has the possibility to modify to a wider range of content formats.As for now,...

After long waiting, Sony Interactive Entertainment has finally officially confirmed that its upcoming next-generation console will indeed be called PlayStation 5 and will be ‘launching in time for Holiday 2020’.We have already reported of Microsoft and Sony that decided to merge in order to fight competition from Amazon and Google in the provision of cloud gaming services that are expected to take the gaming world by storm in the near future.Playstation never had imaginative names. Since the...

All over the world, financial technology is one of the most potent and growing industries, with the power to not only improve but also completely disrupt the traditional financial sector. There almost always is a new fintech focused firm springing up every day at different corners of the world, to not only solve certain problems that have existed for so long but also to create better effectiveness and efficiency. So far, however, they have been successful because there is a very real and...

Apple has officially revealed that its new OS is now available. Called the macOS Catalina, the release comes with more than a few new features which Apple promises will give its users an unmatched experience. Two of the major changes to the macOS are the addition of a new option called the Sidecar, as well as the discontinuation of the popular media access software, iTunes.Per the official Apple announcement, the Sidecar feature is a simple extension to the Mac screen. Specifically, it lets...

PopSugar Inc an American media and technology company that is also the parent to the media property PopSugar, the shopping platform ShopStyle, and a monthly subscription business PopSugar Must Have was acquired by Group Nine, on Tuesday.The companies said the latest acquisition happened with a belief that they can spread their network and arrange a bigger scale in order to do better in selling online ads (Facebook and Google are rulers in this field so far).Sources familiar with the whole...

Ritesh Agarwal, SoftBank Group Corp. founder, Oyo Hotels and Homes said his company is raising $1.5 billion from investors because the India accommodating company startup wants to evolve to foreign markets as are the U.S. and Europe.Agarwal said he will be spending more than $700 million to buy new shares in the company as part of a said before $2 billion plan in order to make his ownership stake worth more than three times. Also, other investors are SoftBank’s Vision Fund, Lightspeed Venture...

The U.S. and China are all set to engage in discussion this Thursday, October 10, over the year-long trade dispute between the economic giants. The world is observing these events closely as they will set the tone for the future global economic scenario.While the Trump administration has set some demands and policy changes, China has shown a strong reluctance to it. According to the latest Bloomberg report, China has narrowed down the scope for the upcoming discussions. Beijing officials have...

Photo: MicrosoftOn Thursday we reported of Microsoft unveiling its next generation of Surface devices including the dual-screen Surface Neo tablet and the Microsoft Surface Duo, a smaller device that seems to be for all intents and purposes a new Microsoft foldable phone.We also said that Surface Duo will have Android instead of Windows OS. However, Neo will brag with the new variation of Microsoft’s operating system to keep track of: Windows 10X.Microsoft is constantly trying to push its...

IKEA, the world’s largest multinational furniture retailer based in the Netherlands, has successfully settled an invoice, receiving payment for goods bought by Iceland’s Nordic Store, using Monerium’s programmable digital cash. The initiation and completion of the transaction were carried out via Tradeshift – a global leader in the supply chain financial sector – on the Ethereum blockchain. The digital cash used in this transaction is a direct virtual form of the Icelandic official currency...

Microsoft announced something we didn’t really expect – a new foldable Surface Neo counterpart with phone functionality. Dubbed the Surface Duo, it runs Android instead of Windows. It seems that the world strongly needs a “clasp” because foldable phones are starting to be very much “in fashion” again.Microsoft came as a direct challenge to Samsung’s Galaxy Fold but also the upcoming Motorola Razr. The main difference will be in the fact that you may choose between one big screen that bends in...