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Credit: Mukul Sharma/Twitter Samsung Galaxy A82 has been spotted on the Google Play Console. The listing reveals the key specs of the phone, including an older flagship chipset. Samsung seems to be getting ready to launch the Galaxy A82. Key specs of the phone have now appeared online, thanks to a listing on the Google Play Console. Samsung Galaxy A82 visits Google Play Console. Key specifications revealed. Android 11 6GB RAM SD855+ #Samsung #SamsungGalaxyA82 pic.twitter.com/NXEX5Y9pPE — Mukul Sharma (@stufflistings) April 1, 2021 The Galaxy A82 could be seen as a successor to 2019’s Galaxy A80. However, it seems the phone is losing its flippy camera system as the image displayed in the Google Play Console listing (see above) shows a device with a center-placed punch hole. The listing also reveals that the Galaxy A82 will be powered by the SM8150p chipset, aka the Snapdragon 855 Plus . Even though the flagship SoC is dated, you can still expect it to do some

On the heels of Deliveroo raising more than $2 billion ahead of its debut on the London Stock Exchange this week, another hopeful in the food delivery sector has closed a super-sized round. Glovo , a startup out of Spain with 10 million users that delivers restaurant take-out, groceries and other items in partnership with brick-and-mortar businesses, has picked up a Series F of $528 million (€450 million). Glovo aims to become the market leader in the 20 markets in Europe where it is live today, in part by expanding its “q-commerce” service — the delivery of items to urban consumers in 30 minutes or less — and it will be using the money to double down on that strategy. This is a milestone funding round not just for the company, but its home country: it marks the largest-ever round raised by a Spanish startup. “We started in Spain, where you have access to far less capital than other countries in Europe. We do more with less and that’s made us leaner,” said Sacha Michaud, the co-fo

Debby Wu / Bloomberg : TSMC says it plans to spend $100B over the next three years to expand its chip fabrication capacity   —  Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. plans to spend $100 billion over the next three years to expand its chip fabrication capacity, the company said Thursday. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/3sG0ygP via IFTTT

JP Mangalindan / TechCrunch : Tonal, which makes a smart home strength training workout system, raises $250M Series E at a $1.6B valuation; Tonal's sales rose 800% from Dec. 2019-Dec. 2020   —  When the pandemic unfolded last year, demand for at-home fitness equipment skyrocketed, and Tonal was no exception. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/39u3xkU via IFTTT

Before you can improve a workflow, you have to understand how work advances through a business, which is more complex than you might imagine inside a large enterprise. That’s where Celonis comes in. It uses software to identify how work moves through an organization and suggests more efficient ways of getting the same work done, also known as process mining Today, the company announced a significant partnership with IBM where IBM Global Services will train 10,000 consultants worldwide on Celonis. The deal gives Celonis, a company with around 1200 employees access to the massive selling and consulting unit, while IBM gets a deep understanding of a piece of technology that is at the front end of the workflow automation trend . Miguel Milano, chief revenue officer at Celonis says that digitizing processes has been a trend for several years. It has sped up due to COVID, and it’s partly why the two companies have decided to work together. “Intelligent workflows, or more broadly spoken w

Tim Hardwick / MacRumors : Microsoft has officially discontinued its Cortana mobile app for both iOS and Android   —  As expected, Microsoft today discontinued its Cortana mobile app.  As a result, the company has ended all support for third-party Cortana skills and eliminated the Cortana app for iOS and Android devices. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/3cEGo0O via IFTTT

Nandita Bose / Reuters : During an address, President Biden said Amazon uses “various loopholes” to avoid paying any federal income taxes, but says he doesn't want to “punish” them   —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Wednesday singled out Amazon.com Inc for not paying federal taxes during … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/31ygCoK via IFTTT

Bloomberg : Sources: draft Biden executive order would require companies doing business with the federal government to report hacks of their networks within a few days   —  - Biden using cyber crisis to mandate tighter security practices  — Order would require basic security practices for U.S. agencies from Techmeme https://ift.tt/3ucp1KK via IFTTT

Riley de León / CNBC : Coursera closes at $45 per share, up 36% from its IPO price of $33 per share, giving Coursera a market cap of ~$5.9B   —  - Education tech company Coursera made its market debut Wednesday on the New York Stock Exchange through an IPO and is now trading under the ticker symbol “COUR.” from Techmeme https://ift.tt/39tAUEs via IFTTT

Nested , the London-based startup that is using technology to build a “modern” estate agency and improve the home-selling experience, has raised an additional £5 million. Backing comes from Axel Springer, alongside previous backers Balderton Capital and Northzone. Described as a “strategic investment,” Nested co-founder and CEO Matt Robinson tells TechCrunch that the round brings the “vast industry experience and resources” of Axel Springer to the board, in advance of a U.K. nationwide launch this year — meaning that the proptech is expanding beyond its current footprint of London. Pitched as a “modern estate agent,” Nested’s offering pairs local agents with what it claims is industry leading tools and technology to help them better-support home-sellers (and buyers). It initially launched by offering to front the cash needed to buy your next home before you had sold your existing one, but now covers the entire house-selling journey. Most recently, Robinson says Nested has been test

Update : It seems that the market is volatile indeed. After pricing its shares at the lower end of the range, Deliveroo, trading as “ROO”, opened at 331 pence (£3.31), down some 15% on its pricing, and it has been continuing to decline in early trading. It’s now at 312.65 pence . We’ll continue to update this story. Original post below. Tech stocks continue to deliver on the public markets, figuratively and literally: Deliveroo , the UK food-delivery giant backed by Amazon that has seen a surge of business during the Covid-19 pandemic, has announced pricing of £3.90 ($5.36) for its shares when goes public on the London Stock Exchange later today, valuing it with a market cap of £7.59 billion ($10.4 billion), and raising £1.50 billion ($2.1 billion). The figure is at the lower end of the reduced range Deliveroo set earlier in the week of £3.90-£4.10. At the time, Deliveroo said the “volatile global market conditions for IPOs” led it to narrow the range from its original £3.90-£4.60.

There are fewer than 300,000 doctors in India actively practicing medicine. They serve hundreds of millions of patients who suffer from chronic illness in the world’s second most populous nation. A doctor only has a few minutes to spend on a patient, remember the past diagnosis by glancing at their record, and look for progress. HealthPlix, a Bangalore-based startup, believes it can help doctors serve these patients more efficiently with the limited time they have. The startup has developed a software for doctors that helps them keep a tab on the symptoms a patient has displayed in the past, the medicine that was prescribed to them, and if they are showing any improvements in a methodical template. But it doesn’t stop there, said Sandeep Gudibanda, co-founder of HealthPlix , in an interview with TechCrunch. The software has a knowledge base that is making determination of all the other factors that a doctor needs to assess as they treat the patient. For instance, if a patient has

Chih-Han Yu, chief executive officer and co-founder of Appier Group Inc., right, holds a hammer next to a bell during an event marking the listing of the company on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, at the company’s office in Taipei, Taiwan on Tuesday, March 30, 2021. Photographer: Billy H.C. Kwok/Bloomberg via Getty Images Appier ’s initial public offering on the Tokyo Stock Exchange yesterday was a milestone not only for the company, but also Sequoia Capital India, one of its earliest investors. Founded in Taiwan, Appier was the fund’s first investment outside of India, and is now also the first company in its portfolio outside of India to go public. In an interview with TechCrunch, Sequoia Capital managing director Abheek Anand talked about what drew the firm to Appier , which develops AI-based marketing software. Before shifting its focus to marketing, Appier’s founders—chief executive officer Chih-Han Yu, chief operating officer Winnie Lee and chief technology officer Joe Su— worked

Ugandan technology-enabled asset finance company Tugende today announced that it has closed $3.6 million in a Series A extension round . The investment, which, according to the company, was agreed on and structured in 2020, follows the $6.3 million raised in November 2020 and led by Toyota Tsusho investment fund Mobility 54 . This brings Tugende’s total Series A financing to $9.9 million. San Francisco and Paris-based VC firm, Partech led the round. Enza Capital participated, alongside some unnamed angel investors. Michael Wilkerson founded Tugende in 2012. The company uses asset finance, technology and a customer support model to help micro, small and medium-sized enterprises own income-generating assets . While primarily based in East Africa, the company wants to tackle the $331 billion credit gap facing these businesses across Africa. Its core product is for motorcycle riders in Kenya and Uganda, with a lease-to-own or hire-purchase package. These riders get some trai

Swetha Gopinath / Bloomberg : Deliveroo IPO raises $2.1B, after pricing shares at 390 pence per share, amid rider and investor revolt   —  - Shares price at 390 pence apiece, bottom end of initial range  — Food-delivery startup's IPO was beset by investor revolt  —  Food-delivery startup Deliveroo Holdings Plc … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/2QTeXIp via IFTTT

Credit: Xiaomi Foldable phones aren’t going anywhere. This week, Xiaomi finally unveiled the latest addition to its Mi Mix line and its first commercially available foldable phone. The Mi Mix Fold is only available in China for now, but it hopefully won’t be Xiaomi’s only foldable for 2021. The Xiaomi Mi Mix Fold packs a design reminiscent of the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2 . It wears an 8-inch display on its interior and a 6.52-inch panel on its exterior complete with a 90Hz refresh rate. Internals consist of the Snapdragon 888 SoC, 5,020mAh of juice from two batteries, Xiaomi’s homemade Surge C1 imaging processor, and up to 16GB of RAM and 512GB of storage. Its imaging arsenal includes a 108MP rear camera, a 13MP ultra-wide shooter, and an 8MP camera with a liquid lens . The latter lets it shoot macros and up to 3x telephoto snaps. That’s a pretty impressive loadout for a foldable, but the Mi Mix Fold arguably isn’t as ambitious as previous Mi Mix models . Even more curious i

Credit: Eric Zeman / Android Authority Samsung has launched the Galaxy S20 FE 5G in India. The phone swaps out the 4G model’s Exynos 990 SoC for a Snapdragon 865 chipset. Samsung launched the Galaxy S20 Fan Edition (FE) in the second half of 2020, but the phone was available in 4G and 5G flavors. Only the 4G version made its way to India at the time, but the Korean manufacturer has now officially launched the 5G model in the market. Of course, India doesn’t have 5G networks just yet, so this is more a case of future-proofing rather than being able to take advantage of 5G right now. But a big reason to welcome the Galaxy S20 FE 5G’s release in the country is the processor. The Galaxy S20 FE 4G offered Samsung’s in-house Exynos 990 chipset, while the 5G model delivers the Snapdragon 865 processor. Our own Exynos 990 versus Snapdragon 865 testing showed a massive gap in GPU performance between the two SoCs, with Qualcomm’s chipset streaking ahead in a big way. In fact

Google is reportedly working on a new affordable true wireless earbud line. Dubbed the Pixel Buds A, the product may adopt the Pixel Buds’ aesthetic and feature touch controls. There’s no word on price or availability details just yet. Google is reportedly readying a new pair of true wireless earbuds for release this year, namely the Pixel Buds A. According to 9to5Google , the Buds A may play a similar role in Google’s audio products line as the Pixel a series does for its smartphones. The publication believes the Buds A will be the entry-level variant to the Pixel Buds proper. Aesthetically, the Buds A will reportedly mimic the Pixel Buds ‘ design in all but color options. While Google offered the Pixel Buds with black accents, the Buds A are believed to wear an all-white design akin to Apple AirPods. Another forest green option may also be available as an alternative. The Buds A may also offer touch controls on both buds for controlling media or accessing Google Assist

Today is World Backup Day, so let’s take a closer look at how to back up data on your Android device. Phones are getting better at automatically backing up data, but unfortunately, there’s always the possibility that you’ll lose your phone or drop it in water and lose everything. Thankfully, there are plenty of ways to back up that data, ensuring that even if something does happen to your phone, you won’t lose all those embarrassing photos of your kids you were going to show at their 21st birthday. Whether it be through Google, a third-party app, or your computer, here’s how to properly back up phones to make sure you never find yourself in a situation where you end up with lost data. Helpful reading: How to back up your SMS, MMS, and call logs automatically The best Android back up apps How to retrieve lost files on Android – Your guide to Android data recovery How to back up your Android phone with Google Backing up most of your data is actually pretty easy with Google,