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Will Google’s Gemini take artificial intelligence to the next level?

12/18/202312/15/2023 Jesse Collins

Though OpenAI has been the solid leader in generative AI technology, Google aims to change that. Google is hoping that its Gemini generative artificial intelligence will be a game changer in the category that has been led by OpenAI’s ChatGPT by a large margin since 2022. ChatGPT has been leading the way by a considerable amount since it was first introduced. The latest version of GPT-4 is the latest LLM of OpenAI and is widely thought of as the most capable generative artificial intelligence model currently available. That said, Google…

BLIK mobile payments expands from Poland to Romania and Slovakia

12/04/202312/02/2023 Jesse Collins

Mobile payments - Romania, Slovakia, Poland Flags

The system will be crossing borders with the introduction of DXC Technology, aiming to expand further. Leading Fortune 500 global tech services provider DXC Technology has been tapped to offer support to the expansion of the Polish Payment Standard (aka Polski Standard Płatności, PSP) mobile payments system BLIK as it moves into Slovakia and Romania. The idea is to modernize the BLIK central system and adapt it to meet Romanian and Slovakian standards. DXC will be responsible for making certain that BLIK will be capable of processing transactions in both…

WhatsApp mobile app adds new login option using email

11/13/202311/09/2023 Jesse Collins

The new option allows users to log in using an email address when a cellular connection is unavailable. The popular mobile app WhatsApp is rolling out a new login feature in which users will be able to use their email address to log in when they don’t have a cellular connection available. Accounts will still need to have an active phone number associated with them to be valid. That said, the new feature makes it possible to link an account on the mobile app that already has a phone number…

Samsung needs to double its foldable smartphone sales next year to hit its targets

10/30/202310/27/2023 Jesse Collins

Foldable smartphone - 2024 sales increases

The company will need to be able to sell about 20 million units of its Galaxy Z phones in 2024. Samsung has announced a target for its foldable smartphone sales and will need to sell 20 million units of the Galaxy Z in 2024 to be able to reach it. That target represents a 33 percent increase over the 15 million Galaxy Z phones expected to sell this year. If Samsung were to reach its set target, it would mean selling 33 percent more Galaxy Z next year than they…

Apple App Store not listed among compliant mobile marketplaces in China

10/09/202310/05/2023 Jesse Collins

The country listed the marketplaces that comply with its new regulations, but Apple’s wasn’t on it. China’s internet and online ecosystem regulator recently released a list of the names of the various mobile app store marketplaces that are compliant with its regulations, and Apple’s marketplace wasn’t on the list. The list comes as a strong signal that the regulator has started enforcing new rules it previously announced. The regulator had already announced that it had a number of new regulations for mobile application marketplaces, including the need to file business…