Nigerian fintech Cleva, focused on creating a banking platform for African individuals and businesses to receive international payments by opening USD accounts, has raised $1.5 million in pre-seed funding. The round was led by 1984 Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm based in San Francisco. Other participants in the round include The Raba Partnership, Byld […]
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Apple sales in China declined, and the trend will continue in 2024, according to Jefferies analysts, quoted by Bloomberg. The iPhone 15 series saw an unusually sluggish start, which resulted in a 30% year-on-year decline. In contrast Huawei posted impressive growth numbers, thanks to the Mate 60 lineup that has proven to be extremely successful at home. The iPhone 15 launch happened just two weeks after a surprise announcement of the Mate 60 Pro. Analysts claimed that patriotism drove people to the Huawei flagship with its new Made-in-China processor, which is yet to be officially...
Oppo announced today its latest flagship – Find X7 Ultra. The phone brings a few firsts in the smartphone industry, including the world's first dual-periscope telephoto cameras and the first device with a 1-inch Sony LYT-900 sensor. The camera tuning was once again done in partnership with Swedish company Hasselblad. The quad-cam setup of the Find X7 Ultra brings the so called HyperTone engine that promises to keep your photos' natural look without compromising quality. Oppo put a 120 Hz 6.82” LTPO OLED at the front with QHD+ resolution. It has up to 4,500 nits peak brightness and...
CES never disappoints when it comes to gadgets for pets. And Invoxia is going all out by releasing a new smart collar called Invoxia Minitailz that is suitable for both cats and dogs. The company said that this gadget is an upgrade from last year’s Invoxia Smart Dog Collar, which measured both location and biometrics […]
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It’s not too pricey, it’s not too big and there are few that are better specced than it – but the nubia Z60 Ultra still needs to prove itself in reviews, judging by last week’s poll. We spotted some concerns in the comments, so let’s clear those up first. The phone does have stereo speakers with the earpiece doubling as the second channel. This has been confirmed by people who received their phones early (shipping is supposed to start on January 15, but some pre-orders were sent out early). The engineers managed to fit this in despite the razor thin bezel on top and the lack of a...
The iPhone 15 was a watershed moment for the vanilla series – it got a high-resolution camera for the first time, adopted the Dynamic Island from the Pro series (but not the refresh rate) and switched over to USB-C. Even though it’s a 2.0 port for data transfers, it still supports video out. The new 48MP main camera now has 2x in-sensor zoom and produces really good results. A 2x mode can also be used for portraits, which turn out quite nice too (though we like the 1x portraits better). There are a lot of good reasons to jump to the iPhone 15, especially if you have an older iPhone and...
VinFast, Vietnam’s electric vehicle manufacturer, plans to initially invest $500 million to set up an integrated facility in India and break into the world’s third-largest automobile market. The memorandum of understanding with the state government of Tamil Nadu, unveiled on Saturday, earmarks an investment of up to $2 billion, the company said without giving a […]
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