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Jabra launches new earbuds designed for professionals in India
The new earbuds are designed to boost concentration and improve collaboration for professionals working on the go, also uses the latest technology to reduce disruptive background noise and enable clearer calls. "Employees have settled into the flexibility and freedom that comes with Hybrid working and expect things to be much more pliable than they were pre-pandemic.
Twitter adds 1.6 million daily active users in 1 week: Elon Musk
Elon Musk tweeted: "Twitter added 1.6M daily active users this past week, another all-time high." Popular YouTube content creator Jimmy Donaldson aka MrBeast commented on Musk's post, "I wonder what YouTube's daily actives is". "Let's see what happens when Twitter offers good video with higher compensation for creators," Musk replied.
Twitter alternative Hive sees surge in new users
Due to the ongoing deterioration of the situation at Twitter, Hive is currently ranked among the top 20 in the US App Store, reports TechCrunch. Founded in 2019 by Kassandra Pop, Hive is not a Twitter clone but a Generation Z-focused social platform which combines ideas from many other social-media applications, including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and even MySpace.
Google's parent company Alphabet 'prepares' to lay off 10K employees
According to a report in The Information, Google plans to ease out 10,000 employees through a new ranking and performance improvement plan. "A new performance management system could help managers push out thousands of underperforming employees starting early next year. Managers could also use the ratings to avoid paying them bonuses and stock grants," the report mentioned.
Meta rolls out new privacy updates for teenagers on Instagram, Facebook
Starting now, anyone who joins Facebook under the age of 16, or under the age of 18 in some countries, will automatically be placed in more private settings, the company said in a blogpost. The company is also testing methods to prevent teenagers from messaging suspicious adults they are not connected to, and the platform won't display them in the People You May Know recommendations.
43% Indian IT employees find moonlighting favourable: Report
The top reasons why employees work outside their jobs are to safeguard against job loss and supplement their incomes. However, employers have a different view of this tendency as 31 per cent believe that employees moonlight because they are not adequately engaged in their work and 23 per cent believe that employees have ample time on hand for a second job, according to the findings from quarterly hiring tracker by job platform Indeed.
Musk greets Indian followers with Namaste, Twitter in splits
"I am having a great time. Namaste," tweeted Musk, as he understands that India is a key market for Twitter and several Indian-origin sofitware engineers are working at the company. He also said that he is holding off the relaunch of Blue Verified until there is high confidence of stopping impersonation. "Will probably use different colour check for organizations than individuals," said Musk.
India's Koo enters Brazil, gets over 1mn downloads in 48 hours
"We are very happy to see the kind of love and support Brazil has shown us. It's great to be the top app in both the Google Play Store and Apple App Store in Brazil within 48 hours of being known in the country," said Aprameya Radhakrishna, CEO and Co-founder, Koo.
Google introduces new AR features to shop for beauty products, shoes
Foundation is the most-searched category within makeup. It's also one of the most personal products you can buy -- a slight change in colour or tone can make a huge difference, Google said in a blogpost. With assistance from beauty brands, Google's new photo library features 148 models representing a range of skin tones, ages, genders, face shapes, ethnicities, and skin types.
My firstborn child died in my arms, I felt his last heartbeat: Elon Musk
A jury in the US state of Connecticut last month ordered Jones to pay $965 million in damages to the family members of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. The families sued Jones after he claimed the shooting on December 14, 2012, at the school in Newton, Connecticut, was a hoax staged by US authorities to impose gun control measures. Amid calls by his followers to reinstate Jones like former US President Donald Trump, Musk said: "My firstborn child died in my arms. I felt his last heartbeat".
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