Verizon Prepares to Unveil New ‘Draft Together’ Chat Feature, Yahoo Fantasy Plus Product

Verizon Media has announced two new creations to further enhance the sports fan experience and bring fans closer to their passions: Draft Together, a new video chat feature, and Yahoo Fantasy Plus, anew subscription product. The launch of the two new offerings advances Yahoo’s mission to shape the future of sports and fandom on mobile by offering compelling content, products… Source link

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Here’s Why L1 Capital is Bullish on Cenovus Energy (CVE)

Bloomberg One of World’s Greatest Hidden Fortunes Is Wiped Out in Days (Bloomberg) — From his perch high above Midtown Manhattan, just across from Carnegie Hall, Bill Hwang was quietly building one of the world’s greatest fortunes.Even on Wall Street, few ever noticed him — until suddenly, everyone did.Hwang and his private investment firm, Archegos Capital Management, are now at the center of one of the biggest margin calls of all time — a multibillion-dollar fiasco involving secretive… Source link

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India’s Millennials Embrace Digital Gold Despite Proposed Bitcoin Ban

Bitcoin might become for India’s millennials what gold is for their parents, no matter what the government says.  India, the fifth-largest nation by nominal GDP, often makes headlines for its attempts to outlaw crypto, real or rumored. But the government’s less-than-friendly attitude toward crypto has not curbed Indians’ curiosity about it. Nor do rumors scare away the giants of the crypto world. Just last week, Coinbase announced it is planning to establish its presence in India…. Source link

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Facebook, Google unveil Asia-Pacific data cable plans

GlobeNewswire iland Honored With Fourth Consecutive 5-Star Rating in the 2021 CRN® Partner Program Guide Partner program drives channel expansion, is honored as one of the industry’s premier cloud technology suppliers.HOUSTON, March 29, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — iland, a leading VMware-based provider for application hosting, data protection and disaster recovery services delivered on the iland Secure Cloud Platform, today announced CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, recognized iland with… Source link

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Biden Team Boosts Effort to Shield Power Grid From Hackers

(Bloomberg) — The Biden administration is escalating efforts to safeguard the U.S. power grid from hackers, developing a plan to better coordinate with industry to counter threats and respond to cyber attacks, according to people familiar with the matter. Top administration officials, including Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm and Deputy National Security Adviser Anne Neuberger, briefed top utility industry executives on the efforts in a March 16 meeting, said the people, who requested… Source link

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Google Workspace Frontline Now Available Through Partners

Google Workspace Frontline is now available for purchase through channel partners.   Workspace is the new name for the vendor’s G Suite portfolio of applications. Google Workspace Frontline launched earlier this month to support people working in frontline positions, such as warehouses, healthcare and grocery outlets, and offers secure and reliable collaboration and communication between teams.   The offering can now be bought either directly from the vendor or through 

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ICwhatUC Accepts Invitation to Participate in Google for Startups Accelerator Canada

CALGARY, Alberta–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Google for Startups Accelerator Canada announced today that ICwhatUC has accepted their invitation to participate in this year’s cohort alongside a small group of promising tech startups. This milestone is a major step for ICwhatUC towards its mission to enable the world’s mobile workforce to complete their work virtually. The accelerator is designed to bring the best of Google’s programs, products, people and technology to startups that… Source link

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Archegos-Linked Stocks Whipsaw With Block-Trade Woes Persisting

(Bloomberg) — The group of stocks at the center of a $20-billion block trades selling spree last week were under pressure on Monday as investors worried there could be more fallout from forced offerings. ViacomCBS Inc. fell as much as 4.3% in New York trading after a $2.1 billion block trade was said to price at the top of its range, while Discovery Inc. gained 2.4%. The American depositary receipts of Chinese companies Tencent Music Entertainment Group, Baidu Inc. and GSX Techedu Inc. were… Source link

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Facebook, Google to lay subsea cables between U.S. and Southeast Asia

The vessel used to lay one of Google’s other subsea cables. Google Facebook and Google are planning to lay two huge subsea cables that will link the U.S. West Coast to Singapore and Indonesia, Southeast Asia’s biggest economy and home to a growing number of smartphone users.  The Echo and Bifrost trans-Pacific cables will increase the data capacity between the regions by 70% and improve internet reliability, Facebook said Monday. While Facebook is investing in both cables, Google is only… Source link

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Mogo Launches First Bitcoin Cashback Mortgage

Members can now earn up to $3,100 in bitcoin cashback rewards on a new mortgage or renewal Mogo Inc. (NASDAQ:MOGO) (TSX:MOGO) (“Mogo” or the “Company”), a digital payments and financial technology company, today announced that it has extended its unique bitcoin cashback rewards program – which currently applies to the Mogo Visa* Platinum Prepaid Card and digital spending account – to include MogoMortgage. Under the program, Mogo members who take out a new mortgage or refinance with Mogo… Source link

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