Month: August 2020
Chrome’s ‘Fast page’ label shows which websites have quick loading times
Google is launching a new Web Vitals metric with Chrome 85 beta — one that can tell you if a page you’re visiting won’t take forever to load. The new metric will give URLs and URLs from the same website “that have historically met or exceeded all met… Source
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Now, Flipkart wants to get into e-pharma business null
It’s all happening in the India e-pharma sector. First, it was Amazon India which launched its online pharma store. Then we had Reliance Industries looking to acquire the Chennai-based popular e-pharma company NetMeds. Now, we have Flipkart wanting to enter the e-pharma business. The news is that the Walmart-owned Flipkart…
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FT: Oracle joins Microsoft as a possible bidder for TikTok
For a couple of weeks, Microsoft had been the only name publicly attached as a potential buyer for TikTok, and it has about a month left before the announced September 15th deadline to make a deal. Since then, Twitter was reported as a company in “pr… Source
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Oracle is reportedly in talks to buy TikTok’s US business
Oracle has expressed an interest in acquiring TikTok, according to the Financial Times, giving Microsoft a potential competitor in its bid to control the Chinese social video app in the US. Larry Ellison’s enterprise software giant has reportedly held preliminary talks with TikTok’s parent company ByteDance already, working with venture…
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What’s on TV: ‘Flight Simulator,’ ‘Biohackers’ and ‘Lucifer’
This week’s big game release is Microsoft Flight Simulator on the PC. Sports fans can tune in to playoff action from the NBA and NHL, while on streaming, Lucifer is back with the first half of its new season on Netflix. Netflix is also premiering a s… Source
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Apple tells Epic ‘we won’t make an exception’ for Fortnite
Apple has responded to Epic Games’ latest salvo in the ongoing dispute between the two companies. Epic had said that Apple is threatening to revoke its access to iOS and Mac developer tools by removing it from the Apple Developer Program unless it cuts a rule-violating payment processing option that…
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