Month: July 2021
Colombia’s Merqueo bags $50M to expand its online grocery delivery service across Latin America
Merqueo, which operates a full-stack, on-demand delivery service in Latin America, has landed $50 million in a Series C round of funding. IDC Ventures, Digital Bridge and IDB Invest co-led the round, which also included participation from MGM Innova Group, Celtic House Venture Partners, Palm Drive Capital and previous shareholders.…
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Walmart will start selling its ecommerce tech to SMBs Walmart
Retail giant Walmart has announced that it will begin offering its proprietary technologies and capabilities to SMBs and other firms to help them better serve their customers across both digital and physical storefronts. Over the last few years the company has developed its own technologies and services in an effort…
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Sigma’s exciting super-telephoto lens for mirrorless cameras gets leaked price The side of the Sigma 150-600mm f/5-6.3 DG OS HSM | S on a grey background
Sigma’s next mirrorless camera lens is strongly rumored to be a new 150-600mm super-telephoto for sports and wildlife shooters – and now we have a good idea of its price, thanks to a new leak. The ever-reliable leaker Nokishita has spotted that the 150-600mm f/5-6.3 DG DN OS Sports, for L-mount…
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The NBA and iHeartMedia are planning to make a whole lot of podcasts together
The NBA and iHeartMedia, which owns iHeartRadio, will be launching more than 20 new co-produced podcasts as part of a multiyear partnership, the two companies announced. The first show is scheduled to debut in the fall. “The new shows will be produced using a wide variety of content from the…
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Live Text is no longer exclusive to M1 Macs – but what is it? macOS Monterey on a MacBook Pro in an office
The latest beta release of macOS 12 Monterey has made the Live Text feature available to Macs running on Intel hardware, as well as Apple’s own M1 chip. Apple’s newest macOS version brings more refinements to the Mac, such as SharePlay and Shortcuts to further improve your workflow. It builds…
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Fasthosts claims “faster than ever” WordPress hosting for UK customers Website page speed
Fasthosts has launched what it says is one of the fastest WordPress hosting platforms around for UK users, promising website page loading in just 0.3 seconds. Looking to improve user experience and Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Fasthosts claims its service is around four seconds faster than the average desktop page…
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