Digital, Startups & Tech Roundup - Issue #95

Microsoft today announced that is has acquired Lobe, a startup that lets you build machine learning models with the help of a simple drag-and-drop interface

Africa has been one of the least-developed regions globally when it comes to technology and being on the less advanced side of the so-called digital divide. But with a huge population and a set of nations whose economies are rapidly changing, we are seeing a significant knock-on effect in tech

A company called NEX Team is hoping to soften the blow a bit by helping casual players figure out their game, rather than trying to be as good as a professional NBA player. Using phone cameras and image recognition on the back end

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As expected, Apple today announced three new iPhone models: the XS, XS Max, and XR. The new XS devices will start preorders on Friday, September 14th, starting at $999.

Today, Google announced a partnership with the Australian-based startup Digital Asset, which makes tools to build blockchain-based apps. It also has a partnership with BlockApps, another startup that helps people make decentralized apps, which announced the collaboration last Wednesday on Twitter.

Instagram Shopping is a new app in development at Facebook, sources tell The Verge. It’s a major new step into e-commerce. The app — which may be called IG Shopping — will let users browse collections of goods from merchants that they follow and purchase them directly within the app,

You’ll collect “Heart Points” instead of counting steps.

When talking about blockchains, we commonly think of its applications in the future. “Blockchain will solve this, blockchain will achieve that”. It’s easy to forget that blockchains are already…

A group of security researchers say dozens of popular iPhone apps are quietly sharing the location data of “tens of millions of mobile devices” with third-party data monetization firms.

More than 470,000 tweets, 2.1 million snaps and 50,000 Instagram photos are posted every 60 seconds.

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