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Google Maps launches augmented reality directions for indoor spaces

Google Maps Live View AR indoors Google Google on Tuesday announced several new features that are coming to the Google Maps app. The coolest one will help you find your way through indoor spaces like airports, malls and train stations using augmented reality. The updated Live View AR feature, which overlays digital guides on top of the real world to provide directions as you look through your phone’s display, now works indoors. So, say you’re in an airport and need to find your gate or an ATM…. 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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Microsoft Launches Decentralized Identity Platform ION On Bitcoin's Blockchain – Yahoo Finance

Microsoft Corporation’s (NASDAQ: MSFT) decentralized identity platform ION is now live on the Bitcoin blockchain. What Happened: After four years in the making, the layer two network was successfully deployed on the Bitcoin mainnet, according to the company’s recent announcement. “We have deployed an ION node to our production infrastructure and are working together with other companies and organizations to do so as well,” said Daniel Buchner of Microsoft’s Decentralized Identity… Source link

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Google Launches Network Connectivity Center As A Hub For Hybrid And Multi-Cloud Connectivity

Google Cloud got a new network service, the Network Connectivity Center, that simplifies managing complex heterogeneous networks for on-premises and public cloud environments.  Network Switch Pixabay Network Connectivity Center, which is available in public preview, is a one-stop solution for network administrators to configure connectivity across Virtual Private Cloud environments configured within Google Cloud and various hybrid connectivity services spanning the public cloud… Source link

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Yahoo reimagines the fan Experience, launches Draft Together and Fantasy Plus

What you need to know: Draft Together is a first of its kind feature that enables fans to draft together though video chat Draft Together continues to evolve the consumer experience of Yahoo’s first to market co-viewing product Watch Together, that connects audiences to live news, sports and entertainment by providing them with the ability to video chat, interact and immerse themselves in top cultural events. Yahoo Fantasy Plus, a brand new premium subscription product, will give users access… Source link

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Spotify launches site explaining how it pays artists

Spotify launched a new website Thursday addressing questions on how it pays out royalties, but failed to dampen mounting anger from musicians struggling to survive in the streaming era. “Artists deserve clarity about the economics of music streaming,” Spotify said on its new Loud & Clear site, adding that it aims to “increase transparency by sharing new data on the global streaming economy and breaking down the royalty system, the players, and the process”. It said 13,400 artists had generated… Source link

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Coursera Launches World’s First Online Data Labelling Course For Free

Yandex, a NASDAQ-listed internet giant, has launched the world’s first free online data labelling course on the Coursera platform to address the increasing use of artificial intelligence in businesses. The course titled — Practical Crowdsourcing for Efficient Machine Learning by Yandex is available free of charge on the Coursera platform from March 15. Taking a hands-on approach, the course will be taught by professionals from Toloka, a successful crowdsourcing data labelling… Source link

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Google Cloud launches a new support option for mission critical workloads

TipRanks Box: A Cheap Way To Play The Cloud Even though cloud computing has been around for over 20 years – the innovator in the space was Saleforce.com (CRM) – the market continues to grow at a rapid pace. The fact is that this technology offers much more flexibility, integration and access to data. There are also many large companies that are looking to migrate their legacy systems to the cloud to achieve digital transformation. Of course, the COVID-19 pandemic has been another catalyst…. Source link

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