☕ Amazon = East India 2.0? CBSE:Blockchained..and more
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Welcome to manic monday. Here is a quick rundown of all that’s important. Grab ☕ and read on.
#Insightoftheday
Why is BNPL so HOTTTT? A threat to trillions of dollar market cap?
BNPL (Buy now, Pay later) makes no sense for, say, a $5 transaction at Walgreens. But do you want to get a 2 meter long paper receipt which you need to return that $5 item? Because of the architecture, there’s no way for the issuer to receive that AND the merchant doesn’t want to give it to them
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#DailyBrief
Honda to use Google’s Android Automotive OS in its cars from 2022
Automobile major Honda has announced it will integrate Google’s Android Automotive OS into an all-new model that will be launched in the second half of 2022.
Tesla’s ‘Full Self Driving’ Beta programme request button goes live
Electric vehicle Tesla users who wish to take part in the company’s Full Self-Driving Beta programme could now formally request the advanced driver-assist system to be loaded into their vehicle.
#QOTD
Facebook’s wearable glasses can succeed where Google Glass flopped
Facebook launched new wearable sunglasses that are immediately and often compared to Google Glass.
Piaggio sets up first electric vehicle outlet in Chennai
Piaggio Group’s Indian subsidiary Piaggio Vehicles Pvt Ltd has set up its first electric vehicle outlet in Chennai.
RSS-linked weekly terms Amazon as ‘East India Company 2.0′
Amazon is locked in a legal tussle over the takeover of Future Group and is facing a probe by the Competition Commission of India.
Google lowers its cloud marketplace revenue share to 3% from 20%
Google is reducing the amount of revenue it keeps when customers buy software from other vendors on its cloud marketplace, as the top tech companies face increasing pressure to lower their so-called take rates.
CBSE employs blockchain technology to deliver paperless, tamper-proof results
The Central Board of Secondary Education has introduced a blockchain-based system in order to go completely paperless and deliver secure, transparent and tamper-proof result certificates to students.
Audi pitches for lower import duties on electric vehicles in India
German luxury carmaker Audi has termed high taxation on imported cars in India an impediment for growth of the electric segment while noting that even some relief in terms of duties could help it sell more vehicles and convince its headquarters to re-invest in the country for local manufacturing of such models.
How China’s crackdown could benefit Indian tech
Fannin’s book Tech Titans of China narrates the economic and political rise of Chinese tech superpowers such as e-commerce giant Alibaba and software giant Tencent, who represent the transformation of China’s tech sector from copiers to originators that are now trying to outpace the innovation of Western Big Tech.
PM Modi to launch Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission today
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission today via video conferencing.