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Wear OS 3 smartwatch now compatible with Google Home

05/01/202304/28/2023 Jorge Gonzalez

Wearers can now use check who is at the door by taking a glance at their wrists. A new Google Home app update has made it possible for Wear OS 3 smartwatch users to view rich notifications from their other gadgets such as their video doorbell or smart camera. The update has been a long time coming and was announced in a recent blog post from the company. The feature arrived as a component of the Google Home Public Preview. The company used a blog post to announce that it…

New cross-border mobile payments agreement between India and Nepal inked

04/24/202304/22/2023 Jorge Gonzalez

The governments have designed an agreement to allow visitors to Nepal to use the digital transactions. The Indian and Nepalese governments have come to an agreement for the launch of a new mobile payments service that will allow visitors to use the option to pay for goods and services. Residents of the countries will be able to use their phones to pay for what they want when traveling. The hope is that the mobile payments option will make it easier for visitors from India to Nepal to travel and pay…

QR code to enhance beach safety for Bay County tourists

04/10/202304/07/2023 Jorge Gonzalez

The TDC has installed new signage to help people to understand safe usage instructions. Commissioners in Bay County, Florida recently collaborated with the Bay County Tourist Development Council (TDC) to launch a new beach safety initiative using QR code signage to help keep beach users safe and aware of the latest warnings and information. The barcode is combined with the Stay PCB Current information hub for local beach safety. Scanning the QR code provides locals and tourists alike with simple access to an information hub that provides all the safety…

Unverified accounts will not longer appear in Twitter’s recommended tweets

04/03/202303/31/2023 Jorge Gonzalez

Unverified accounts - Twitter Recommended

As of April 15, the “For You” feed will only include accounts with a paid-for checkmark. As of midway through this month, unverified accounts will no longer be appearing in the recommended “For You” algorithmic feed, according to an announcement CEO Elon Musk made last week. Only accounts paying for the Twitter Blue feature will be included in the recommendations. According to Elon Musk’s post that announced this change, recommending only tweets from accounts that have a blue badge and not unverified accounts is “the only realistic way to address…

PhonePe mobile payments company gets $200 million investment from Walmart

03/27/202303/24/2023 Jorge Gonzalez

The Indian company raised the funds as a component of an ongoing round. PhonePe, a mobile payments giant from India, has announced that an investment from Walmart has brought it another $200 million in funding as a part of an ongoing round that has already helped it bring in $650 million. The funding has arrived regardless of the economic downturn. PhonePe has been bringing in funds too help build itself up in the face of its upcoming separation from Flipkart, its parent company. Walmart already owns the majority of the…