India received bids worth $18 billion on the first day of an auction for the 5G airwaves from tycoons including Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adani as the race begins for faster data in the world’s second largest internet market. Telecom Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw told reporters on Tuesday evening that bids went “far beyond our expectations”…
Monthly Archives: July 2022
Meta announced today that it’s raising the price of its Quest 2 virtual reality headsets due to increased production costs. Starting on August 1st, the Meta Quest 2 will cost $399.99 USD for the 128GB version, which is a $100 increase from the current $299.99 price tag. The 256GB version will cost $499.99, up from…
Infobip, a cloud communications startup which – like Twillio – handles things like SMS, email, voice and WhatsApp messenger for customer engagement, has completed its acquisition of VoIP provider Peerless Network. Although the deal was announced last November, TechCrunch can exclusively reveal that it was worth north of $200 million. Last year info big raised…
Netflix will be giving its spy thriller “The Gray Man” its own universe. The film was just released on the platform last week and is already a global hit, garnering broadly positive reviews. Seemingly inspired by “John Wick,” the action movie starring Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans will get its very own sequel and spin-off…
Shopify CEO and founder Tobi Lütke. Lucas Jackson/Reuters; Shopify; IStock Photo; Vicky Leta/Insider Shopify shares sank 17% on Tuesday as the company announced layoffs at the e-commerce platform. The pandemic fueled growth in the e-commerce space, and the company anticipated such strength to continue. “Ultimately, placing this bet was my call to make and I…
Net present value provides a way for both investors and companies to compare potential investments or projects in today’s dollars. Alyssa Powell/Insider Net present value (NPV) is an economic measure that adds all potential outflows and inflows of an investment in today’s dollars.A positive NPV means the investment is worthwhile; an NPV of 0 indicates…
Overanalyzing can hold you back from doing your best work. PeopleImages/Getty Images Executive coach Melody Wilding helps high-achievers overcome overthinking. She suggests finding the happy medium of satisfying and sufficing: “satisficing.” Create positive constraints and lean on your intuition. Stop overanalyzing at work. It’s holding you back. Let’s talk about how to spot overanalyzing and…
Some brokerages earn PFOF by selling client orders to high frequency trading (HFT) firms for trade execution. SDI Productions/Getty Images Payment for order flow (PFOF) is the compensation online brokerages earn when third parties execute their orders. PFOF may impact an investor’s final per-share cost. Though PFOF can affect costs, it doesn’t jeopardize your transactions…
To convert a Word file to a Google Doc, you’ll need to use Google Drive. William Iven/Unsplash You can convert a Word document to a Google Doc by uploading it to Google Drive. This process can be done on your computer or on the Google Drive mobile app. You can change your Google Drive settings…
Private stories on Snapchat allow you to control who can watch your content. You need to create a new private story before you can start adding content to it. When making a Snapchat story private, you can name it and select which followers to include. It’s possible to make your Snapchat private, so that only…