Tech news 06 Mar, 2021

Microsoft Edge's vertical tabs will arrive this month

Last year, Microsoft promised a bunch of features for the Edge browser, and the most interesting of the bunch is vertical tabs. Now, the tech giant has announced that vertical tabs is making its way to all Edge users this month, four months after rolling out …

How Pariti is connecting founders with capital, resources and talent in emerging markets

According to Startup Genome, Beijing, London, Silicon Valley, Stockholm, Tel Aviv are some of the world’s best startup ecosystems. The data and research organisation uses factors like performance, capital, market reach, connectedness, talent, and knowledge to…

Microsoft adds Startup Boost, Sleeping Tabs to Edge build 89

This new version of Edge brings several notable performance and UX enhancements.

How to Make Vertical Tabs Better in Edge Chromium

Update your Edge Chromium browser today, and you’ll get a fun little prompt asking you whether you want to enable the browser’s new Vertical Tabs feature. As one who always likes trying new things, I decided to take my browser’s suggestion.Read more...

HBC to launch Saks Fifth Avenue's online business as separate entity - Reuters UK

HBC, the owner of Saks Fifth Avenue, said on Friday it would launch the luxury department store's e-commerce segment as a separate business following a $500 million infusion from Insight Partners, a U.S. private equity firm, in the online business.

YC-backed Pangea discusses growth, fundraising ahead of demo day

Pangea, a marketplace startup that wants to connect college freelancers and companies in need of digital help, is seeing its growth rate accelerate as it races toward the impending Y Combinator demo day. It’s traditional around this time that startups in the …

Vertical Tabs, Startup Boost, and More Will Roll Out To Edge This Month

Several new features are on the way to Microsoft Edge this month, including vertical tabs, startup boost, and modern Microsoft Bing search experiences. The new features were recently shown off by Microsoft in a recent blog post. Windows Central reports: First…

Are You a Force of Nature Who Attracts People or Scares Them Off?

These are five startup culture mistakes that make investors nervous.

Google makes it easier to test experimental features in Chrome

It turns out increasing the cadence of Chrome updates isn’t the only change Google has planned for its web browser. In a tweet spotted by 9to5Google (via XDA Developers), Chrome design head Alex Ainslie detailed a new feature that makes it easier to try out…

Twitter is reportedly testing an 'undo send' button

It's not exactly the news we'll continue to wait for, but it's something.  Twitter is reportedly testing an "undo send" feature for tweets, which isn't exactly an edit button, but it's part-way there.  The news comes via app researcher and tipster Jane Manchu…

Bill Gates and 'Iron Man' team up to fund this energy startup

The California-based "smart motors" startup raised roughly $ 80 million for the use of motors that reduce electricity use.

The owner of Anki’s assets plans to relaunch Cozmo and Vector this year

Good robots don’t die — they just have their assets sold off to the highest bidder. Digital Dream Labs was there to sweep up IP in the wake of Anki’s premature implosion, back in 2019. The Pittsburgh-based edtech company had initially planned to relaunch Vect…

UPDATE 1-HBC to launch Saks Fifth Avenue's online business as separate entity - Reuters

HBC, the owner of Saks Fifth Avenue, said on Friday it would launch the luxury department store's e-commerce segment as a separate business following a $500 million infusion from U.S. private equity firm Insight Partners in the online business.

How to Make WhatsApp Voice and Video Calls on Desktop

WhatsApp is finally letting you make voice and video calls to and from the desktop app. The feature works on Windows 10 version 1903 and newer and macOS 10.13 and newer, and lets you call any of your contacts as long as they’re online and using a compatible s…

Indonesia not protectionist, will fight unfair trade: President - ANTARA English

<ol><li>Indonesia not protectionist, will fight unfair trade: President  ANTARA English </li><li>Indonesia to introduce rules to prevent predatory ecommerce pricing, sources say  Tech in Asia </li><li>Indonesian president calls for hate campaign against for…

Vergecast: Microsoft’s new mixed reality platform and Square, Inc. buys Tidal

The Vergecast discuss Jack Dorsey’s Square, Inc. buying a majority stake in Jay-Z’s streaming service Tidal, the announcement of Microsoft’s Mesh mixed reality platform, and more iPhone rumors.

Stop Letting Google Get Away With It

After spending more than a decade building up massive profits off targeted advertising, Google announced on Wednesday that it’s planning to do away with any sort of individual tracking and targeting once the cookie is out of the picture. Read more...

Eco raises $26M in a16z-led round to scale its digital cryptocurrency platform

‍Eco, which has built out a digital global cryptocurrency platform, announced Friday that it has raised $26 million in a funding round led by a16z Crypto. Founded in 2018, the SF-based startup’s platform is designed to be used as a payment tool around the wor…

“I’m just browsing”

We see it all the time, and not just in the store, with a catalog or on a website. You can tell the committed students from the ones who are simply skating by. You can figure out who’s reading the book because they’ve got something at stake and who’s simply w…

Microsoft’s Edge browser finally implements vertical tabs

Vertical tabs are especially useful when using Edge on a 16:9 screen. You also get a healthy startup boost and a new way to view your browsing history, aside from a few other perks.

Digital health startups like Ro and Zocdoc want in on the US vaccination effort. They're wading into a complex vaccine distribution puzzle.

Summary List PlacementResidents of Yonkers, New York, can now book an in-home COVID-19 vaccination appointment through a company that got its start treating erectile dysfunction and hair loss. Ro, a digital health startup that offers telehealth visits in addi…

Chrome will soon start getting milestone updates a lot faster - Chrome Unboxed

<ol><li>Chrome will soon start getting milestone updates a lot faster  Chrome Unboxed </li><li>You might get Google Chrome updates a lot faster in future  TechRadar </li><li>Google making it much easier to test new Chrome features with ‘Experiments’ list  9…

This startup CEO used his experience as a product designer for one of Japan's top automakers to build a solution that is reshaping personal mobility

Summary List PlacementIn 2012, a chance encounter with a man in a wheelchair set Satoshi Sugie on course to become a mobility entrepreneur. The man told Sugie, a former Nissan product designer, that he had given up on simple tasks like going to the local groc…

Heyday's CEO lays out how the buzzy skincare startup is using $20 million in Series B fundraising to bring its facial services to the masses

Summary List PlacementFresh off securing a $20 million round of funding, skincare startup Heyday is ready to bring facials to the masses.  According to Heyday CEO and co-founder Adam Ross, the company plans to use the cash infusion — part of a deal led by the…

How to generate buzz in a buzzless industry

One of the toughest challenges young startups face is getting the buzz they need to generate media attention, user interest, and VC backing. Even if you know your solution is set to change the world in some way, trying to generate a buzz can sometimes feel li…

Hackaday Podcast 108: Eulogizing Daft Punk Helmets, Bitcoin Feeling the Heat, Squeezing Soft Robots, and Motorizing Ice Skates

Hackaday editors Elliot Williams and Mike Szczys travel through the greatest hacks the week had on offer. Charge up your ice skates (literally) by adding spiked electric motors to push you across the frozen pond. If that’s too cold for …read more

You Can Claim PlayStation Plus' Monthly PS5 Games Before You Get A PS5

PS Plus continues to offer “free” games to subscribers, and, in recent months, has even started offering PlayStation 5 games. If you don’t have a still-impossible-to-find PS5, you’re not quite S.O.L.. You just have to claim those games through a web browser.R…

5 Quick and Handy Google Chrome Tips You Should Know

Aren't you satisfied with Google Chrome? It is no doubt the best browser when it comes to simplicity and usability. However, it can still improve with the

The Morning After: Google is changing its targeted ads

Google’s making a big change to its hugely lucrative advertising setup. Its ad business model has long relied on the extensive information it gleaned from users of its services (Gmail, Google Maps, etc.), not to mention its own web browser, Chrome. Google sol…

4 Stocks Building a Better Future

Investors can feel good about investing in Shopify and three other high-growth companies.

Zshelf: Z-Library books downloader for reMarkable tablet

reMarkable app: Browse and download books from Z-Library - khanhas/zshelf

California bill would require all self-driving vehicles to be zero emission by 2025

California might be the first state to give self-driving cars a deadline to electrify. In mid-February, a bill was quietly introduced into the California State Legislature that would require all autonomous vehicles to also be zero emission by 2025. Proposed B…

Why Square, Roku, Teladoc, and Shopify All Dropped on Friday

The market has crushed growth stocks today.

Upcomming Chrome test releases will have easy access to an Experiments menu

The feature was previously called Labs; tab scrolling, tab search, and a reading list are the first features highlighted in the menu Google tries out a lot of tweaks on its early Chrome browser and Chrome OS builds, though most of it isn't immediately user-f…

Mobile Charging for EVs Could Be The Future With A Startup Called SparkCharge

One of the biggest obstacles to EV adoption right now is the shortage of easily accessed charging infrastructure. That is changing as more charging stations pop up along highways and in places like shopping mall parking lots.Read more...

Make:cast – Find Your Next Adventure

David Lang, author of Zero to Maker, and co-founder of OpenROV, recently decided to stop doing what he had been doing for years and begin looking for something new, looking for his next adventure. During a pandemic, it seems hard to think about your next adve…

Hollywood Actor, Director Finds Success on Amazon

Judson Morgan is a Los Angeles-based actor and director. He owns an agency that creates films and other visual content. He's also a successful ecommerce entrepreneur — with a purpose. The post Hollywood Actor, Director Finds Success on Amazon appeared first o…

What Do You Think of These Design Decisions on Arrival's Electric Delivery Van?

Yesterday Arrival, the British electric vehicle startup, released new images of their forthcoming delivery van. It's got a couple of design elements that strike me as strange, see what jumps out at you:Why do you reckon they went with the pocket behind the do…

Backed by Blossom, Creandum and Index, grocery delivery and dark store startup Dija launches in London

Dija, the London-based grocery delivery startup, is officially launching today and confirming that it raised £20 million in seed funding in December -- a...

How AI trained to beat Atari games could impact robotics and drug design

Uber and OpenAI researchers say an advance in Go-Explore AI in beating Atari games could have applications for robotics and drug design.

The Icelandic Startup Transforming Carbon Dioxide Into Stone

Microsoft Edge gets vertical tab stacking and speeds up the launch process

In Edge v89, you can choose to make the vertical tab sidebar collapsible, or you can choose to keep it expanded to easily spot the active tabs The post Microsoft Edge gets vertical tab stacking and speeds up the launch process appeared first on Pocketnow.

Critics Blast Google’s Aim to Replace Browser Cookie with ‘FLoC’

EFF worries that the Google's ‘privacy-first” vision for the future may pose new privacy risks.

Apple says you can't switch the default music app in iOS 14.5 after all

The more we dig into iOS 14.5, the more excited we are about it, with the latest build bringing a new “Items” tab in Find My that suggests AirTags may finally make their debut. But unfortunately, one of the most exciting hidden features isn’t actually a featu…

Microsoft finally starts rolling out vertical tabs to all Edge browser users

Microsoft is updating its Edge browser with the vertical tabs it announced nearly a year ago.The feature is finally rolling out to all Edge users in March,

Students rejoice – Edge’s built-in PDF reader is getting video comments

Microsoft is working hard to improve the PDF reader in their new Edge browser, and the latest feature will be particularly welcomed by students. In the latest Edge Canary edition lets you add videos as comments to a PDF document. The feature, which would be p…

Microsoft to unify the Edge Desktop and Edge Mobile code base

In a presentation for Ignite 2021, Microsoft Senior Program Manager Darryl Brown announced that Microsoft is planning to unify the desktop and mobile code base for their Edge browser. Currently, Edge Mobile is based in Webkit, and has an entirely separate cod…

Bitcoin mining startup Bitfury merges with a SPAC to create a US-based company called Cipher Mining, raising $595M at a valuation of $2B (Kevin Reynolds/CoinDesk)

Kevin Reynolds / CoinDesk: Bitcoin mining startup Bitfury merges with a SPAC to create a US-based company called Cipher Mining, raising $595M at a valuation of $2B  —  The mining SPAC has an expected value of $2 billion.  —  Cipher Mining Technologies, a newl…

Google decides to switch to a 4-week release cycle for Chrome

Google announced yesterday that it plans to migrate from a 6-week release cycle for its Chrome web browser and Chromium to a 4-week release cycle. The company releases a lot of browser […] Thank you for being a Ghacks reader. The post Google decides to switch…

Microsoft Edge 89 Brings Vertical Tabs and New History View

Microsoft has officially released version 89 of its popular Chromium-based Edge browser, bringing its long-trialed vertical tabs feature to Mac for the first time. Vertical tabs are intended to make more efficient use of screen space, and should prove a …

Brazil variant can reinfect virus survivors; COVID-19 vaccine antibodies pass into breast milk - Reuters

The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus.

EFF urges Google to ground its FLoC: 'Pro-privacy' third-party cookie replacement not actually great for privacy

'That is not the world we want, nor the one users deserve' With the arrival of Google Chrome v89 on Tuesday, Google is preparing to test a technology called Federated Learning of Cohorts, or FLoC, that it hopes will replace increasingly shunned, privacy-denyi…

A future COVID-19 vaccine could be squirted up the nose. The nasal spray could stop transmission, especially in kids.

Summary List PlacementIt's an intuitive idea: Wouldn't it be best to administer a COVID-19 vaccine in the place it first invades the body? That's what Maryland-based biotech startup, Altimmune, is trying to develop — a COVID-19 vaccine that gets squirted into…

New Opportunities for Middle Eastern and American Businesses

The reversal of the Muslim travel ban will only help the U.S. economy.

Google Chrome Portable 89.0.4389.72 Stable (web browser) Released

A new version of Google Chrome Portable Stable has been released. Google Chrome Portable is a web browser that runs web pages and applications quickly. The latest Beta and Dev builds are also available. It's packaged as a portable app, so you can take your br…

Google is going to release Chrome updates faster than ever this year

In the thirteen years since it launched, Google's Chrome has become the most used browser in the world. According to W3Counter, Chrome currently has a 65% market share, while Safari is next at just 17%. Clearly, whatever Google has been doing for the last dec…

Canoo’s iconic headlights carry forward beautifully in this UberEats Delivery Scooter concept

Canoo’s iconic headlights carry forward beautifully in this UberEats Delivery Scooter conceptI personally love it when logos have a bit of versatility. Like when they actually make sense beyond just the rules of branding. Remember Audi’s ‘4...

How to Rapidly Scale your Ecommerce Marketing

So you’ve successfully set up your own e-commerce business. Everything is going steady, but how can you earn more and…

Some Thoughts on For-Profit Psychedelic Startups and Companies

This week has been a fascinating firestorm for me. Part of the excitement came after a series of tweets I published about some of the concerns I have as psychedelic medicine makes the leap from research to for-profit startups and companies. Here is what I wro…

Indonesia to introduce rules to prevent predatory ecommerce pricing, sources say

The new regulations are set to go out this month.

Which E-Commerce platform is the best for your business?

An understanding of the pros and cons of using Magento, Shopify, Woo Commerce, and Drupal Commerce as an E-Commerce platform for your business website

MIGRATING WOOCOMMERCE SUBSCRIPTIONS

eCommerce development agencies can help you seamlessly migrate your current subscription plan without losing revenue. Here's the workflow of WooCommer

Microsoft Edge Browser Receives Vertical Tabs & Speedy Startup Feature

Microsoft announced the vertical tabs feature for its Edge web browser nearly a year ago. Reportedly, the vertical tabs feature is now finally making its way to the Microsoft Edge. Not only this but as per the official blog, the Microsoft Edge browser is also…

Microsoft adds Startup Boost, Sleeping Tabs to Edge build 89

This new version of Edge brings several notable performance and UX enhancements.

Fariba Rahimi - How A Model And Entrepreneur Turned Her Startup Into A Six-Figure Business - GlobeNewswire

Fariba Rahimi - How A Model And Entrepreneur Turned Her Startup Into A Six-Figure Business  GlobeNewswire

Florida Funders new startup investments - Tampa Bay Business Journal - Tampa Bay Business Journal

Florida Funders new startup investments - Tampa Bay Business Journal  Tampa Bay Business Journal

Why the Lenovo Chromebook Duet can steal the ASUS Flip C214's lunch money

Best of both worlds Lenovo Chromebook Duet $249 at Best Buy (128GB) $249 at Walmart (64GB) $250 at Lenovo (64GB) Pros Tablet with detachable keyboard Better screen More storage 8 years of updates Cons Less stable for lap-typing Quiet speakers L…

How to Make Vertical Tabs Better in Edge Chromium

Update your Edge Chromium browser today, and you’ll get a fun little prompt asking you whether you want to enable the browser’s new Vertical Tabs feature. As one who always likes trying new...

Cultivating expanding your business model - wyomingnewsnow.tv

gBETA Cheyenne, a program by nationally ranked startup accelerator gener8tor, is currently recruiting entrepreneurs statewide for its Spring 2021 cohort.

Microsoft Edge 89 Stable is out

Microsoft released a new stable version of its Edge web browser to the public on March 4, 2021. Microsoft Edge 89.0.774.45 is a security and feature update that is available for all […] Thank you for being a Ghacks reader. The post Microsoft Edge 89 Stable is…

Microsoft Edge for macOS Gets Vertical Tabs, Startup Boost Feature

Microsoft has just announced some new features for its Edge browser. Continue reading Microsoft Edge for macOS Gets Vertical Tabs, Startup Boost Feature at iPhone in Canada Blog.

Corporate Travel Agencies May Get a Welcomed Boost From Shipping and Energy Companies

Travel startup TapTrip has developed Vessul to break into the maritime industry, which is being buoyed by a push for renewable energy.

How Pariti is connecting founders with capital, resources and talent in emerging markets

According to Startup Genome, Beijing, London, Silicon Valley, Stockholm, Tel Aviv are some of the world's best startup ecosystems. Startup ecosystems from...

Microsoft Edge adds vertical tabs, simpler tracking prevention

Almost in stark contrast to its pace with the first Microsoft Edge, now called “Microsoft Edge Legacy”, development on the Chromium-based successor seems to be faster, more frequent, and perhaps also more exciting. Building upon an existing and proven browser…

Sustainable video platform offsets carbon emissions by planting trees

To offset the carbon footprint of remote working, the initiative has planted an Impact Forest with over a million trees across protected sites in Kenya, Mozambique, and Madagascar The post Sustainable video platform offsets carbon emissions by planting trees …

Security updates for Friday

Security updates have been issued by Fedora (389-ds-base, dogtag-pki, dpdk, freeipa, isync, openvswitch, pki-core, and screen), Mageia (bind, chromium-browser-stable, gnome-autoar, jasper, openldap, openssl and compat-openssl10, screen, webkit2, and xpdf), Or…

B2B Marketing News: How B2B Tech Marketing Is Changing, The Rising Influence of Online Communities, B2B Sales & Marketing Sharing Study, & Brand vs Direct Response Campaign Report

New Channels, Better Targeting: How B2B Tech Marketing Is Changing [Survey] 54 percent of global B2B marketers plan to use more marketing channels during 2021, and 51 percent say they are seeking out new ways to tell their brand's stories — two of several sta…

HBC to launch Saks Fifth Avenue's online business as separate entity

"Luxury ecommerce is poised for exponential growth," HBC Chief Executive Officer Richard Baker said. Insight's equity investment values the online business,...

The Shyft Group To Showcase Growing Company And Product Portfolio At NTEA's Work Truck Week

The Shyft Group (Nasdaq: SHYF) ("Shyft" or the "Company"), North America's leader in specialty vehicle manufacturing, assembly, and upfit for ecommerce...

Business Advisory Services in Australia

You will read about 4 Factors in Choosing business advisory services in Australia for startup businesses in Melbourne, VIC.

Microsoft Edge to get a common codebase across desktop and mobile

Microsoft is looking to unify its new Edge browser a bit. As spotted by Neowin, and as discussed during a session at Ignite 2021 the company has mentioned that it is working on a common codebase for Edge across both desktop and mobile. The full details on thi…

Entrepreneur First-backed green-tech startup lands $3.4m in seed round

The latest investment comes after Green Li-ion closed US$400,000 in pre-seed funding last year.

Ex-Facebook execs’ startup raises pre-seed round from Sequoia’s Surge, others

Funds raised from the financing round will be used to hire a team to build the company's initial product, launch, test, and build its first user base.

His startup was acquired by Ovo. Now, he wants to build a global F&B brand

In a year, Hangry went from one cloud kitchen serving 1,000 portions a month to 40 locations serving 525,000 a month. The company expects to be profitable by the end of 2021.

Leading big tech critic Tim Wu tapped to help shape US competition policy

As Apple lobbies against App Store regulation and antitrust concerns, President Biden has appointed one of big tech's most vocal critics to help guide technology and competition policy.The latest Biden administration appointment signals the President may be t…

In the Race to Hundreds of Qubits, Photons May Have "Quantum Advantage"

Canadian startup Xanadu says their quantum computer is cloud-accessible, Python programmable, and ready to scale

Thousands more secret trackers could be following you online

There’s no law against the deceptive use of CNAME.

HOW TO NOT LOSE IT ALL In An Online-First World

Online retail does not make money. Even the vast majority of established, successful, digitally native and direct-to-consumer brands have yet to reach profitability. And it’s largely because of -- yep -- returns. Here’s why.

Compass touts its tech prowess to justify an IPO likely to seek over $10 billion. But analysts think it's just a plain old real-estate brokerage.

Summary List PlacementThe residential real-estate firm Compass followed a well-worn script for success in the startup world. It raised hundreds of millions of dollars, including money from major venture capital backers like Softbank, grew rapidly, and touted …

Google's new privacy policy for Chrome won't stop targeted ads

Google is killing off third-party cookies, but don't expect those targeted ads to disappear.

How CarParts.com Leveraged AIOps Strategy While Scaling Up

Ecommerce market for auto parts faced a rapid overhaul of its IT infrastructure when new leadership put growth plans in motion.

Saks Fifth Avenue owner spins e-commerce site into separate business

HBC, the owner of Saks Fifth Avenue, said it would be splitting the luxury department store's website into a separate business after raising $500 million.

[Video] How to debug web projects using the browser developer tools inside Visual Studio code

With the 1.1.4 release of the Microsoft Edge Devtools for Visual Studio Code extension we have added the final bit that people kept asking for: Console messages now show up in the output console of Visual Studio Code. To celebrate and as it has been long comi…

Kenyan ed-tech startup Kidato accepted into Y Combinator accelerator - Disrupt Africa

Kenyan ed-tech startup Kidato has been accepted into the Silicon Valley-based accelerator Y Combinator, banking US$125,000 funding and further support.

Changes to Google Ads Impact Campaign Setup

Google has recently announced three changes that will force advertisers to rethink how they set up campaigns. The changes are: broad match modifier moving to phrase match, responsive search ads becoming the default ad type, the decision to not create alternat…

As consumers migrate to e-commerce, marketers are increasing email marketing efforts

Brand marketers say email marketing has steadily been increasing as more and more consumers look to shop online. The post As consumers migrate to e-commerce, marketers are increasing email marketing efforts appeared first on Digiday.

HBC to launch Saks Fifth Avenue's online business as separate entity

HBC, the owner of Saks Fifth Avenue, said on Friday it would launch the luxury department store's e-commerce segment as a separate business following a US$500 million infusion from Insight Partners, a U.S. private equity firm, in the online business.

WeCommerce Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Stamped for up to US$110 million

VICTORIA, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--WeCommerce Holdings Ltd. (“WeCommerce” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has signed a definitive purchase agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) to acquire substantially all of the assets of Stamped.io…

Need to Know: What’s next for markets, after the Fed’s Powell signals he’s not riding to the rescue just yet

The head of the U.S. central bank isn’t alarmed by the rise in bond yields — so here's what analysts expect to happen now.

Microsoft Edge 89 Now Available for Download on Windows and Mac

Microsoft has released a new major update for Microsoft Edge, and this time the company has included some pretty big improvements in the stable channel. The new Edge 89 comes with vertical tabs, a feature that’s been available for quite a while in the testin…