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Swiggy announces new initiative with 0% commission for new restaurant partners
The new initiative by Swiggy is to encourage restaurants that are new to the company to recognise online delivery as an incremental channel to kickstart their growth, according to the company. "With 0 per cent commission for the first one month of their operations, we hope more restaurants, cloud kitchens, and other food entrepreneurs feel confident about online food delivery and take the plunge. We look forward to welcoming many new partners", Rohit Kapoor, CEO of Food Marketplace, Swiggy, said in a statement.
Amazon shuts Kindle magazine, newspaper subscriptions
Kindle Newsstand lets people read Kindle-specific versions of publications right on their devices. "For monthly Kindle Newsstand subscriptions, you will continue to receive your issues through September 4, 2023, unless you decide to cancel. After that date, you will no longer be able to renew your subscription(s) through Amazon. You can continue to read the issues that have already been delivered to you," the company said in a post.
Tinder's new features to let daters specify pronouns, relationship type
Tinder users will now be able to indicate on their profiles the type of relationship they're looking for, a feature borrowed from Hinge, another app owned by Tinder parent Match Group, reports TechCrunch. It will also now allow members to display their pronouns on their profiles. With this new update, users will be able to select from.
WhatsApp may limit polls to only 1 choice on Android beta
The company is planning to introduce a new option within the poll composer, which will allow the sender to limit the poll to only one choice, reports WABetaInfo. The new feature will be helpful as it will help everyone in the conversation, avoiding confusion. When users select multiple options in a poll it leads to "some ambiguity.
Epic Games to launch 'Unreal Editor for Fortnite' next week
"UEFN is a new PC application for designing, developing, and publishing games and experiences directly into Fortnite," the company said in the new app's description on Epic Games Store. "With many of Unreal Engine 5's powerful tools and workflows at your fingertips, including custom asset import, modelling, materials and VFX, Sequencer and Control Rig, you'll have a whole new world of options for producing and publishing games and experiences for Fortnite."
Creators can now gear up for podcasts in YouTube Music
The company tweeted from its TeamYouTube account: "podcasts are a go! new features on Studio desktop now let you create a new podcast, set an existing playlist as a podcast and measure your podcast's performance." In a support page, the platform mentioned that "a podcast show is a playlist, and podcast episodes are videos in that playlist". Creators' podcasts should only contain full-length episodes, organised in the order in which they should be consumed.
Twitter can't seek protection under Article 19, don't give relief: Centre to Karnataka High court
The Article 19 of the Constitution guarantees freedom of speech and expression to Indian citizens and not to foreigners and foreign entities, the Additional Solicitor General (South) R. Sankaranarayanan representing the central government submitted to the High Court on Thursday. Twitter had challenged the blocking orders by the central government between February 2, 2021 and February 28, 2022. The American microblogging platform alleged that the orders "are arbitrary".
iOS users to now see bookmark counts on tweets
The company tweeted from its 'Twitter Support' account: "We love Bookmarks for saving Tweets to revisit later. Starting today on iOS, you'll now see the total number of times a Tweet has been bookmarked on Tweet details." "Don't worry, though -- your Bookmarks are still private. We'll never display which accounts have added a Tweet to their Bookmarks," it added.
Microsoft introduces AI-powered '365 Copilot'
"This latest AI-powered offering combines the power of large language models (LLMs) with your business data and context -- across all your Microsoft 365 apps, documents, and conversations -- to turn your words into the most powerful productivity tool on the planet," the tech giant said in a statement. The new Copilot is integrated in the.
Indian unicorns excel in offering maternity benefits, OPD coverage: Report
According to employee health insurance platform Plum, almost all unicorns are concerned about their female employees' well-being, with 96 per cent of them offering maternity benefits, and around 80 per cent providing a maternity limit above Rs 50,000. Additionally, half of the unicorn companies have covered their employees' families, offering a plan that includes all immediate family members including spouse, children, and parents.
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