Month: February 2021
Twitter considers subscription model for Tweetdeck Twitter dark mode
Twitter is planning to explore new models to help boost its revenue, including a subscription service. In a report by Bloomberg, various possibilities including tipping on Tweets, paid profile customisation and a subscription service for Tweetdeck are being considered. Twitter and Tweetdeck are currently free for those who use it…
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Klarna launches bank accounts in Germany
Fintech startup Klarna is turning its mobile app into a banking app in Germany. Customers living there can now open a consumer bank account and get a Visa debit card. For now, Klarna is launching bank accounts for a limited number of users. The company expects to roll it out…
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Apple partners with TSMC for micro OLED displays AR Glasses
Apple is said to be partnering with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) to develop micro OLED displays, which it plans to use in its upcoming augmented reality (AR) devices like ‘Apple Glasses‘. According to a report in Nikkei Asia, the in-house display initiative is in the trial production phase at…
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Investor Alexa von Tobel on the biggest driver of social-media-fueled stock trading
Alexa von Tobel has always felt strongly that too many people are shut out of the stock market. She felt this as a 23-year-old who didn’t have $5,000 to open a brokerage account. She felt it while building LearnVest, a financial planning startup she launched in 2009 and sold in…
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Qualcomm announces world’s first 10 Gigabit 5G modem – Snapdragon X65 Qualcomm Snapdragon X65 and X62
Mobile chipset maker Qualcomm has announced the 4th-generation Snapdragon X65, which it claimed as the world’s first 10 gigabit 5G modem. Snapdragon X65 is the company’s biggest leap in 5G solutions since the commercialization of its first modem-RF system. Qualcomm said it is designed to support the fastest 5G speeds…
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Facebook takes down fake accounts in Uganda and Palestine
Facebook has removed another batch of fake accounts it says were trying to manipulate its platform and influence elections. The company published its latest report on “coordinated inauthentic behavior,” which identified two networks in Uganda and Pal… Source
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