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Morgen geleidelijk meer bewolking en in de avond regen KNMI : 17-10-2023

Morgen geleidelijk meer bewolking en in de avond regen Verwachting voor vandaag en morgen Waarschuwingen Er zijn geen waarschuwingen. Vanavond is het vrij helder. Het blijft droog. Er staat een matige oostenwind. Komende nacht is het droog. De minimumtemperatuur ligt tussen 2°C in het noordoosten en 6°C in het zuidwesten. Er staat een zwakke tot matige oostenwind. Aan zee en op het IJsselmeer is de wind vrij krachtig. Morgenochtend is er hier en daar wat zon. Het blijft droog. Er staat een matige oostenwind. Aan zee en op het IJsselmeer is de wind (vrij) krachtig.Morgenmiddag is het half tot zwaar… Lees verder »Morgen geleidelijk meer bewolking en in de avond regen KNMI : 17-10-2023

Smartphone-based ID verification startup Prove Identity, called Payfone until 2020 and which has ~1,000 business customers, raised $40M at a “unicorn” valuation (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch) 17-10-2023

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Smartphone-based ID verification startup Prove Identity, called Payfone until 2020 and which has ~1,000 business customers, raised $40M at a “unicorn” valuation  —  Prove Identity, the smartphone-based identity verification startup that originally made its name years ago as Payfone … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Amazon plans to launch its long-awaited online marketplace in South Africa in 2024, delayed by issues including a land dispute, and invites sellers to register (Loni Prinsloo/Bloomberg) 17-10-2023

Loni Prinsloo / Bloomberg: Amazon plans to launch its long-awaited online marketplace in South Africa in 2024, delayed by issues including a land dispute, and invites sellers to register  —  – US tech giant invited local sellers to register businesses  — Amazon to take on South African competitors such as Takealot Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sources: internal Microsoft data shows that Windows 11, released in October 2021, passed 400M monthly active devices and is on pace to pass 500M by early 2024 (Zac Bowden/Windows Central) 17-10-2023

Zac Bowden / Windows Central: Sources: internal Microsoft data shows that Windows 11, released in October 2021, passed 400M monthly active devices and is on pace to pass 500M by early 2024  —  Internal data reveals Windows 11 has been more successful than you might think.  —  According to my sources who are familiar with the matter … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Similarweb: in September, X's global monthly website traffic fell 14% YoY, US traffic declined 19% YoY, while traffic to Elon Musk's profile page was up 96% YoY (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch) 17-10-2023

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Similarweb: in September, X’s global monthly website traffic fell 14% YoY, US traffic declined 19% YoY, while traffic to Elon Musk’s profile page was up 96% YoY  —  Despite proclamations from X CEO Linda Yaccarino that usage of the social network was at an all-time high this summer … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Vancouver-based Procurify, which sells spend management and procurement software, raised a $50M Series C led by Ten Coves Capital and says sales are up 100% YoY (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch) 17-10-2023

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Vancouver-based Procurify, which sells spend management and procurement software, raised a $50M Series C led by Ten Coves Capital and says sales are up 100% YoY  —  Roughly eight years ago, a little-known startup called Procurify raised $4 million for its platform that hosts tools to take some of the pain out of enterprise procurement. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Qualcomm announces a wearable platform based on RISC-V for Wear OS in partnership with Google, in what could be the first mass-market RISC-V Android SoC (Ron Amadeo/Ars Technica) 17-10-2023

Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: Qualcomm announces a wearable platform based on RISC-V for Wear OS in partnership with Google, in what could be the first mass-market RISC-V Android SoC  —  Qualcomm and Google project will enable more RISC-V Android devices in the future.  —  The Android ecosystem is hurtling toward a RISC-V future. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Google is rolling out new accessibility features including screen reader capabilities with Lens in Maps and accessible walking routes in Google Maps (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch) 17-10-2023

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: Google is rolling out new accessibility features including screen reader capabilities with Lens in Maps and accessible walking routes in Google Maps  —  Google is updating Maps, Search, and Assistant with new accessibility features.  The company is also releasing a new Magnifier app to help users read text in different places. Lees verder op Tech Meme