Joanna Stern, a Wall Street Journal journalist, determined in March that the Apple Studio Display’s camera was terrible and far from the promises made by the Cupertino business, following multiple rounds of testing. When faced with this information, Apple said that it had discovered the root of the problem and would be addressed it in a future update. A month later, here we are: Customers who have installed the latest beta version of macOS Monterey 12....

When Elon Musk challenged workers to accept the “hardline” culture, which involves long hours and overnight stays in the office when necessary, he really meant it. According to sources, Musk has created beds at Twitter’s San Francisco headquarters. Some employees who returned to work after the weekend on Monday were greeted with “bedrooms having unmade mattresses, drab curtains and giant conference-room telepresence monitors,” as per a Forbes report. The beds are undoubtedly more comfortable than the sleeping bags Esther Crawford, the company’s product lead, had to use a few days earlier....

Pick a Good DeFi Platform Not all DeFi platforms out there offer lending services. Even for those that do, the terms and conditions, such as interest rates and borrowing conditions, differ. The crypto lending platforms offer different types of loans, and you should focus on the one that provides higher returns on investment. Fixed loans: These loans work like bank loans but deal with crypto coins instead of fiat money....

The funding round will enable the company to invest further in their technology, grow the team, and expand their operations to even more areas. “I have been in the restaurant industry for almost 12 years, and the supply chain is a nightmare for most of the operators. To make up for all the inefficiencies you are always forced to either accept the fact that some of your menu items are not available or procure your requirements from the nearest market at a higher cost,” shared Gohar Said, CEO of Suplyd....

This seeks to broaden the target consumer groups, giving customers more options at checkout and solidifying Fawry’s position as a financial services platform that empowers consumers with a range of payment options. The move is also in keeping with the government’s vision for financial inclusion and the FRA’s strategy to support digital transformation. Customers will have easy access to credit through a variety of products, including Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL)....

Founded by top Egyptian restaurateur Tamer Amer, the founder of Fuego Sushi and Longhorn Texas BBQ – two of Egypt’s most successful restaurant chains,OneOrder is the first company of its kind; addressing the major inefficiencies faced by Egypt’s restaurants when sourcing supplies. According to Tamer Amer, founder and CEO of OneOrder, “We are delighted to announce our launch and fundraise, and I thank A15 for their outstanding support. Given Egypt’s flourishing restaurant industry and the challenges it faces caused by a fragmented supply chain, OneOrder offers a much needed technology-enabled solution at the perfect time....

Appetito was founded in 2020, and it gets products directly from fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) manufacturers, stores them in warehouses and dark stores, and then delivers them to customers. Its customers receive their products in less than 60 minutes. Appetito is able to cut out the middlemen who take a decent margin on sold products thanks to its technology, and give not only a convenient but also an affordable experience to its clients, as the startup competes on pricing because it buys in bulk and sells at retail prices....

The Bridge round was led by the Pan-African fund Launch Africa, whose mandate is to back companies that address the continent’s most significant challenges, and included several prominent regional investors, including previous investor Cairo Angels. Kashat was founded in 2019 with the goal of significantly impacting financial inclusion in Egypt and the Arabic-speaking world at large by delivering accessible, frictionless, and productive financial services. Kashat, with its user-friendly mobile application, now delivers nano financial services in the form of small loans to Egypt’s unbanked and underbanked demographics....

EnableMe Kenya, a platform for peer-to-peer support, as well as a central point of sharing good practices, will also enable people with disabilities to have opportunities for collaborating with interested players in both the public and private sectors of the economy. EnableMe Kenya Lead Iram Bahawal says their core mandate is information provision, services and to provide a community that will bring people with disabilities together to learn and inspire from each other....

Launched in 2017, Eshi Express is a delivery startup operating in Addis Ababa and other two regional Ethiopian cities. The startup allows consumers to arrange deliveries via app or call centre and track their orders in real time. With the funds secured from AAA Network, Eshi plans to scale up its business and expand to multiple regional cities soon. “At Eshi Express our core belief is companies with a great mission will bring positive and lasting change to society....

In fact, every day that you don’t have data backup, you’re putting your business at risk. Naturally, this is often easier said than done. Just how do you go about creating a data backup plan? Especially when your budget is tight and you’re concerned about reliability? We asked the top experts in IT security these very questions, plus others related to creating a successful and reliable data backup plan. Here’s what they said....

According to Mark Zuckerberg, Founder and CEO of Facebook, “We’re making sending and receiving money as easy as sharing photos. We’re also enabling small businesses to make sales right within WhatsApp”.The company has also confirmed the service will be enabled across all its apps including WhatsApp and Instagram. Facebook Pay is currently available in about 40 countries around the world, though it’s limited to the main Facebook app in most markets....

Facebook has launched a new app for creators with a creator studio app to help manage their pages better. With this app you will be able to monitor your posts, review your analytics and respond to messages accordingly. If you have multiple pages that you’re monitoring you will be able to check the performance from this app. Facebook has imitated YouTube creator with the same intention of helping content creators....

Apple’s controversial App Tracking Transparency has finally rolled out to several iPhone users with the iOS 14.5 update. The keyword here is controversial, and that is because Apple’s new policy for iOS apps is not sitting well with some developers. The most notable company that has been campaigning against Apple’s App Tracking Transparency is Facebook. And it is continuing with its stance with a new tactic. Facebook is adding a popup within its iOS app to urge users to allow tracking because that “helps keep Facebook free of charge....

Facebook reality Lab’s director of research science, TR Reardon, said that more of a humans brain is dedicated to controlling their wrist more than any other part of the body, probably twice as many neurons controlling the wrist and the movement of the hands than is actually dedicated to the mouth for feeding and speech. In a virtual meeting with the press, the Facebooks Reality Lab division gave a briefing about the technology and showed videos of the project to the media representatives....

If you want to remain relevant on social media you need to keep improving your product. Facebook’s Chief executive Mark Zuckerberg has confirmed his interest in audio communication forms and even appeared in the Clubhouse app on Sunday to chat about augmented and virtual reality. Facebook spokeswoman Emilie Haskell said: “We’ve been connecting people through audio and video technologies for many years and are always exploring new ways to improve that experience for people,” So far the project name could change and the employees working on the product are currently not authorized to speak publicly....

It could also give a little boost to the total Stories available on Instagram. So that its algorithm has more to choose from when ranking what it shows first. The sync between Facebook stories and Insta stories will help users save tons of time taken to post in the stories separately. and avoid showing you exact copies of ones you’ve already seen. Following a post by Jane Manchun Wong, a reverse engineering expert and one of the notable twitter device leakers announced that Facebook is working on crossposting stories to Instagram....

Facebook and other social media platforms have been accused of acquiring too much information about their users. However, in most cases we tend to freely give up our privacy to maintain an active social media life at the same time they keep creating products that may actually be a bit too intrusive. Andrew Bosworth who oversees the company’s augmented and virtual reality efforts expressed the security concerns that this new project may hold for their users....

The online based web designing tool invites Designers and developers/coders, in collaboration with GitHub, to participate in the Figma & GitHub Hackathon 2018. The hackathon allows participants to compete and collaborate as members of a team to come up with an idea and turn it into a functioning prototype. To be a participant, you should use Figma & Github tools. About the Hackathon The hackathon is themed “Design, Develop, Collaborate”, and is firmly based on a fact that software is taking over every aspect of our lives, and while tech gains strength, within technology, design specifically is growing even faster....

Eight tech companies are joining a new trade mission into Nairobi in October, where their aim is to generate value for Kenyan telecom operators and help them provide improved services as well as improve their customer experience. Finland has been a pioneer in mobile network technology for decades, and the country has plenty of expertise to offer for promising markets like Kenya. The Finnish export and investment promotion agency Finpro is bringing the eight Finnish technology companies to Nairobi, Kenya as part of a new trade mission that aims to assist Kenyan telecom operators in improving their operational efficiency, enabling new business models and developing increasingly sophisticated value-added services for their customers....