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OnlyFans appoints Mumbai-born Amrapali Gan as CEO
Gan will assume the day-to-day leadership of the company from Tim Stokely, who will be stepping down to pursue new endeavours. Stokely has led the company for the last five years and appointed Gan to continue the company's growth and drive its vision and commitment to empower creators. "Ami has a deep passion for OnlyFans' business and I'm passing the baton to a friend and colleague who has the vision and drive to help the organisation.
Snapdeal co-founders to take home Rs 5 cr each in salary in 2021
Bahl is entitled to receive such remuneration for a three-year period, starting April 1, 2021 till March 31, 2024. Another co-founder Rohit Bansal, also appointed as Executive Director this year, will also receive Rs 5 crore as salary. Bansal received Rs 3.5 crore in FY2021. Snapdeal chief financial officer (CFO), Vikas Bhasin, received Rs 3.1 crore as gross compensation in FY2021.
Honor teases its 1st foldable smartphone 'Magic V'
The company posted its first image on its Weibo and Twitter accounts. "Unfold all the potential. This is HONOR's first foldable flagship phone, the #HONORMagicV," it said on Twitter.The Weibo post read that the "folding flagship is about to be released". The company is yet to reveal its exact launch date. In 2019, the company's CEO George Zhao told CNET that he was interested in producing a foldable under the Honor brand.
20 YouTube Channels, 2 websites blocked for spreading 'anti-India' propaganda
The channels and websites belong to a coordinated disinformation network operating from Pakistan and spreading fake news about various sensitive subjects related to India. The channels were used to post divisive content in a coordinated manner on topics like Kashmir, Indian Army, minority communities in India, Ram Mandir, General Bipin Rawat etc, it added.
Xiaomi 12 series set to launch on December 28
According to The Verge, the company has announced via its official Weibo account that the new lineup will be called the Xiaomi 12 series. A teaser poster features Chinese sprinter Su Bingtian, which sets the expectation that the event is likely to be focused on the Chinese market before the Xiaomi flagships make their way to global markets in 2022, the report said.
Xiaomi's global 5G smartphone growth stalls, Honor leads: Report
Honor led as shipments growth leader, and was the fastest growing Android 5G smartphone brand (on-quarter) in Q3 2021. "Samsung edged ahead of OPPO to become the second leading Android 5G smartphone vendor globally in Q3 2021," said Ville Petteri-Ukonaho, Associate Director at Strategy Analytics. Samsung has returned to positive territory following three prior quarters of negative sequential shipment growth.
Tesla's holiday update brings TikTok, other features
According to the auto-tech website Electrek, while Tesla generally pushes new features through software updates whenever it is ready, it is also known for bundling some of those more fun features for a bigger 'holiday update' toward the end of the year. Tesla Theater, the platform where Tesla integrates streaming apps, is getting a new addition, TikTok, which allows them to watch the short video platform from their touchscreen.
Make in India: Apple start trial production of iPhone 13 in India
The big brand Apple also suffered due to the shortage, that it had to stop production of iPhone and iPad but somehow it has secured supply of semiconductor chips and now plans to expand production of its iPhone in India. This will be a major push to the government's Make in India initiative.
Samsung takes over Intel as top chipmaker by revenue: Report
Industry tracker Omdia said Intel, which had been the top chipmaker for 11 straight quarters, slipped to number two behind Samsung "as the memory segment, where Samsung is the number one DRAM and NAND supplier, was the largest growth area for semiconductor" in the three months ending in September.
PUBG creator Krafton invests $5 mn in Indian dating app 'FRND'
The investment into FRND is part of a Series A round of funding worth $6.5 million that includes other investors, such as India Quotient and Elevation Capital, the company said. Founded by three IIT Kanpur alumni -- Bhanu Pratap Singh Tanwar, Hardik Bansal and Harshvardhan Chhangani -- FRND is a dating app that allows users to connect with each other through one-on-one voice chat while playing games.
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