Tech Meme

Sankalp Phartiyal / Bloomberg: Sources: Google initiated early conversations with Foxconn’s Bharat and other Indian suppliers to make its Pixel smartphones, seeking to diversify from China  —  Alphabet Inc.’s Google is scouting for suppliers in India to assemble its Pixel smartphones as it borrows from Apple Inc.’s playbook to diversify beyond China. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: PwC: US social and casual gaming revenue grew 3.6% YoY to $37.1B in 2022, representing 68.6% of game and esports revenue; traditional gaming revenue fell 0.8%  —  Total video games and esports revenue in the U.S. was $54.1 billion in 2022 and is forecast to reach $72.0 billion by $27 billion, according to a report by PwC. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Dan Seifert / The Verge: Google Pixel Tablet review: good screen, audio, and performance, and useful speaker dock, but some apps lack compatibility and below average battery life  —  Google’s first tablet in many years doesn’t try to reinvent what tablets are good for.  Instead, it leans into being a good media consumption device … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Sources: Germany and Intel agree on subsidies worth ~€10B for its chip plant in Magdeburg, up from an initial agreement on €6.8B, as part of a ~€30B project  —  Germany and Intel Corp. sealed an agreement for the US company to receive an enlarged subsidy package worth about €10 billion … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Sources: Germany and Intel agree on subsidies worth ~€10B for its chip plant in Magdeburg, up from an initial agreement on €6.8B, as part of a ~€30B project  —  Germany and Intel Corp. sealed an agreement for the US company to receive an enlarged subsidy package worth about €10 billion … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Gabriela Galindo / Wired: How Apple is trying to gain IP rights over depictions of apples globally, worrying the 111-year-old Fruit Union Suisse, which may need to change its logo  —  Apple, the company, wants rights to the image of apples, the fruit, in Switzerland—one of dozens of countries where it’s flexing its legal muscles. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jane Zhang / Bloomberg: In a surprise move, Alibaba names Eddie Wu as CEO, replacing Daniel Zhang, and Executive Vice Chairman Joseph Tsai as Chairman; Zhang will continue as Cloud CEO  —  Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. is replacing eight-year veteran chief Daniel Zhang at the helm of a Chinese e-commerce leader bleeding market share … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tracy Qu / South China Morning Post: Alibaba and JD.com did not share 2023 GMV figures for 618, China’s second largest shopping festival; the companies previously used GMV to trumpet their wins  —  China’s e-commerce firms experienced a relatively quiet 618 shopping festival, as the absence of total gross merchandise value … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: After complaints about spam by Indian users, WhatsApp adds the ability to automatically silence calls from unknown numbers and a privacy checkup feature  —  WhatsApp has introduced a new feature to automatically silence calls from unknown numbers.  This comes after multiple customers in India … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Javier Espinoza / Financial Times: Sources: EU antitrust regulators plan to launch a detailed investigation into Adobe’s acquisition of Figma later in 2023, which may derail the $20B deal  —  Transaction faces lengthy antitrust probe in Brussels as global watchdogs signal concern over market consolidation Lees verder op Tech Meme