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– Courtesy of Google Europe Yesterday, Google for Startups announced the 30 tech businesses receiving grants from its $2million (approximately £1.5million) Black Founders Fund for Black-led tech startups across Europe. With less than 0.25% of venture capital (VC) funding going to Black-led startups in the U.K., and only 38 Black founders receiving venture capital funding in the last 10 years, Google for Startups is helping to level the playing field by helping Black founders… Source link

Vishwanath Ramarao needs no introduction in the world of technology and engineering. In two decades, he has developed over 15 patents in search system designs, IM, mail, and communication.  Today, as Chief Technology Officer and Chief Product Officer of digital insurance startup Acko, Vishwanath is responsible for data science, product, design, and engineering, and focuses on ensuring newer strategic technology initiatives.  His belief has stood him in good stead: “If you fall in love with… Source link

When in February Glauber Contessoto decided to invest his life savings in Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE), his friends questioned his mental soundness. Now that this decision has made him a millionaire (on paper), many may also be bewildered by his decision to not liquidate the investment. What Happened: Contessoto told The New York Times that his friends and family called him “crazy” when he made the decision that made him a millionaire. “It’s a joke coin. It’s a meme. It’s going to crash,” he… Source link

Zoom on iPad. David Phelan Zoom has access to a private iPad camera API, a new report claims, which allows the app to use the camera during iPad Split View multitasking. MORE FROM FORBESImportant New iPhone Feature Is A Blockbuster Success, Report SaysBy David Phelan Intriguingly, it seems to mean that only Zoom has access to this feature. Not Google Meet, not Microsoft Teams. In fact, the only other app that can access it is one of Apple’s: FaceTime. Until things change,… Source link

The Telegraph Disney’s problematic princess: why Snow White is forever being cancelled It’s a tale as old as Twitter. Disneyland’s new Snow White ride, which reopened this month after a year of Covid shutdown, faces criticism for its “non-consensual kiss” between Snow White and Prince Charming. Snow White’s Enchanted Wish is a reimagining of Snow White’s Scary Adventures, one of the park’s inaugural rides when it opened in 1955. And it retains many elements of the original:… Source link

Video calling apps have seen plenty of use since the COVID-19 pandemic began. To keep up with demand, Google gave every Google account holder access to Google Meet for their video calls. In other words, Meet isn’t just included in paid G Suite plans—anyone with a Gmail address can use it, though free account holders are now limited to 60-minute calls. With so many schools, businesses, and groups of friends using Google Meet, it’s worth taking a few minutes to learn how to get the most out… Source link

Google has announced a refresh of its Meet user interface for desktop and laptop users, to begin rolling out next month. The updates to the videoconferencing app’s web interface include improvements to video feeds, how you view and present meetings, and the navigation bar. Dave Citron, director of product management for Google Meet, said these improvements aim to “deepen the meeting experience, regardless of how and where people participate.” Addressing… Source link

Bloomberg A $1 Trillion Liquidity Surge Is Morphing Into a Leverage Boom (Bloomberg) — It was supposed to be a temporary buffer — more than $1 trillion of debt taken on by U.S. companies last year to ride out the economic devastation caused by Covid-19.But with the economy rebounding and interest rates still near all-time lows, it’s becoming increasingly tempting for corporations including Home Depot Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc. to spend those cash cushions on acquisitions and… Source link

GlobeNewswire Insights on the In-Application Advertising Global Market to 2026 – by Advertisement Type, Application and Region Dublin, April 22, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The “In-Application Advertising Market 2020-2026” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. The global in-application advertising market is anticipated to grow at a CAGR of 17.8% during the forecast period. The growth of the market is influenced by the growing penetration of smartphones coupled with internet… Source link

Google today announced a major update to Meet, its video-meeting service, which brings several user interface tweaks for desktop users, as well as quite a bit of new functionality, including multipinning so that you can highlight multiple feeds instead of just one, as well as new AI-driven video capabilities for light adjustments, autozoom and a new Data Saver feature that limits data usage on slower mobile networks. If you’re anything like me, you’re increasingly tired of video meetings (to… Source link