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Indian online food ordering and delivery platformSwiggyon Thursday confirmed it has acquired Mumbai-based on-demand delivery platform Scootsy in an all-cash deal which is likely to be to the tune of Rs 50 crore. With this acquisition, Swiggy will strengthen Scootsy’s curated restaurant network and help the brand expand to newer cities on the back of its operational excellence and backend strength, the company said in a statement. “Scootsy enjoys loyalty from both its restaurant partners and the consumer....

US scientists have developed a novel soft, flexible and customisable sampling device that can help in the collection of different types of organisms from the sea without harming them. The “soft gripper” device that has two to five “fingers” made of polyurethane and other squishy materials that open and close via a low-pressure hydraulic pump system that uses seawater to drive their movement. Studying the underwater marine organisms required specialised equipment mounted on a remotely operated vehicle (ROV), as any other type of equipment could crack under pressure....

For Apple to reach a market capitalization of $1 trillion, its stock must cross $207. The Cupertino-based iPhone maker updated its share count to 4.83 billion (as of July 20) at the end of trading on Wednesday which translates into nearly $973 billion in market cap. If the tech giant hits the $1 trillion market cap level, it would be the first US corporation to reach the milestone. According to media reports, the stock nosedived after China announced key economic policy shifts in the last decade that did not go well with PetroChina....

Global cab-hailing majorUberon Thursday brought “Safety Toolkit” to India — a comprehensive set of features in the app for riders — after rolling it out first in the US. Riders can access the “Safety Toolkit” on the home screen of the app from the moment the driver accepts the trip through when the trip ends. Riders can also find safety tips built in partnership with law enforcement and learn about driver screening processes, insurance protections and community guidelines....

The University of California-Berkeley (UC Berkeley) and global technology company Quantela on Thursday announced their partnership to establish smart city accelerator and innovation centres in India, a move that could boost government’s “100 smart cities” initiative. The partnership is an opportunity for startups to build and grow in the field of smart cities. It is a platform that provides the required mentorship and guidance to succeed on a comprehensive scale....

WhatsApp has a massive user base in many developing nations including India, but the company has yet to find a way to make money off of those users. In an effort to change that status quo and make its business financially viable, the company now says it plans to launch its first major revenue streams, just as growth at its parent company,Facebook, is slowing worrying signs of a slowdown. Ads in WhatsApp Status...

Xiaomi might be one of the biggest names in the smartphone business, but that is not all that the company has under its brand name. Yesterday, we covered the news that Xiaomi had launched its ownSmart Trash Bin. Now, the company has gone ahead and launched another new product, and this time it’s for your PC. Xiaomi has launched a new Bluetooth Computer Speaker on its Youpin platform. Since the device is marketed towards PCs, it comes in a pair to deliver a 2....

Xiaomi has plenty of products under its banner, thanks to its many subsidiaries and investments in device makers. A lot of these products don’t quite fit convention and that’s the case with the latest product too, which sounds bizarre at first, but actually makes sense. As part of its Youpin crowdfunding platform,Xiaomi has now launched a new Smart Trash Bin.As the name suggests, it’s a trash bin that is smart. No, it won’t dispose off your trash automatically for you, but it does have some smart features that make sense given the name....

Uganda recently made waves after the government imposed a social media tax on the usage ofservices like WhatsApp and Facebookin a bid to prevent the spread of fake news. The Ugandan government is now clamping down on the consumption of pornographic content and has blacklisted certain websites and online services from being accessed in the country. According to a report, the Uganda Communication Commission (UCC) has asked telecom companies and Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to block access to pornographic websites, both local and international....

Telecom major Bharti Airtel on Wednesday launched its “Bandwith on Demand” platform globally to enable businesses manage bandwidth requirements on a real-time basis. The platform offers quick activation to access, configure and monitor bandwidth requirements and gives full control to the users to provision bandwidth whenever and wherever they need it, the company said in a statement. Besides Airtel’s data centres and “landing stations” here and in Mumbai and Chennai, the digital platform will be available at 19 locations including Los Angeles, New York, London, Marseilles, Dubai, Hong Kong and Singapore....

Apple justrecently refreshedits MacBook Pro lineup with upgraded internals and a better keyboard, but the MacBook Air has been largely ignored for years. However, the new buzz is about the launch of a new MacBook Air lineup in the coming months and a fresh report fromEconomic Daily News(loosely translated from Taiwanese) suggests thatit will be powered by Intel’s eighth-generation Kaby Lake-R processor family. These are the same processors that Apple had used in its MacBook Pro variants, with the touch bar from earlier last year....

Apple hasreported a revenue of $53.3 billionin the third quarter, which is a 17% growth year-on-year and $1 billion over analyst predictions. The earnings per share (EPS) stood at $2.34, significantly higher than the market estimate of $2.18 earnings per share. The third quarter is usually expected to be the weakest for Apple, aswe witness a slow down in the sales due to the expected launch of new iPhonesand other hardware products launching in the next couple of months....

Augmented Reality or AR has been on a rise recently. Google had previously tried to capture the market of AR with its Tango line of products, and while that wasn’t a success, the new ARCore feature is certainly something that has been a hit with the consumers. This is primarily due to the fact that unlike Tango, ARCore doesn’t need dedicated hardware to support AR. Instead, it makes use of the existing camera hardware and sensors on your device, making it compatible with a range of devices....