Black Friday 2019 Early Black Friday deals that are actually worth a damn Cyber Monday: Worth waiting for? Holiday gift guide 2019: CNET editors' top picks Now playing: Watch this: Best laptops for the holidays 2019 5:32 We joined forces with Chowhound and Zwilling to put together this prize bundle that includes a Zwilling cookware set, a Zwilling 8 piece knife block set, a Zwilling carving knife and fork, a Zwilling Gourmet Roasting Pan, the top rated Instant Pot IP-DUO60 and also the Ninja Air Fryer (AF101).To sign up for a chance to win this prize package you have to read our official rules, accept the terms and conditions and fill out the form below. If you have trouble seeing the form on your mobile device please use this link.You also have the option of doing extra actions like following us across social media or visiting the links you see on the form to increase your chances of winning. Best holiday gifts for under $50 17 Photos Remember to check your … [Read more...] about Win a Zwilling cookware set, Instant Pot and more*
Realme takes chunk of India mobile market as Samsung slides
Realme keeps on increasing its share of the Indian smartphone market, growing shipments more than 400 percent year-on-year to grab 14.3 percent in the third quarter of 2019, according to figures from IDC. That’s a huge increase on the 3.1 percent recorded a year ago when the brand had only just launched, initially as a spin-off from Oppo. IDC cites “heavy shipments” of the C2 phone as well as the new 5 series. Oppo itself is now one place behind Realme in Indian market share, but it also grew significantly to capture 11.8 percent. Vivo is in third place after growing to 15.2 percent, while Xiaomi’s leading share shrunk slightly to 27.1 percent. If you were to count Vivo, Realme, and Oppo as one company, due to their shared ownership by shadowy private conglomerate BBK Electronics, it would be the number one vendor in India. The main loser in all of this is second-placed Samsung, which saw shipments decline 8.5 percent year on year and its market share slip from … [Read more...] about Realme takes chunk of India mobile market as Samsung slides
YouTube Makes Its Homepage Easier to Use
The common wisdom states that Macs aren’t as susceptible to viruses as Windows PCs are. But why is this, exactly?Of course, no system is flawless when it comes to security. It’s possible to get malware on a Mac just like any other computer. And while user habits definitely play a role, you’ll be glad to know your Mac is naturally protected from most threats. Let’s look at the ways macOS is built to resist viruses and other malware.What Is Malware?We often use the terms “malware” and “virus” interchangeably, but they refer to different types of attacks.A proper computer virus damages your software by slowing it down, filling up the hard drive, or deleting important files. Viruses are hard to get rid of because they replicate themselves inside your operating system.These days, most computers do a pretty good job of protecting against traditional viruses, but there are hosts of other software threats lurking in the shadows. The term malware … [Read more...] about YouTube Makes Its Homepage Easier to Use
Join Jeremy Johnson from Andela at Disrupt Berlin
Over the past few years, Andela has built a simple yet powerful answer to the talent shortage in Silicon Valley and other overheating tech ecosystems. The company helps you hire some of the most talented software developers in a handful of African cities. That’s why I’m excited to announce that Andela co-founder and CEO Jeremy Johnson is joining us at TechCrunch Disrupt Berlin. Andela’s basic premise is that expertise is evenly distributed across the globe. And yet, the biggest tech companies are concentrated in a few places. More and more companies are now open to hiring remote employees and Andela is taking advantage of that. The company makes it easy to find software engineers in no time. It screens applications and selects the best software engineers that can develop in Javascript (React.js, Angular.js), Python, Ruby, PHP and for the Android platform. So far, 130,000 people have applied and Andela only accepted the top 1,000 engineers. The startup then tries to … [Read more...] about Join Jeremy Johnson from Andela at Disrupt Berlin
A chat about UK deep tech and spin-out success with Octopus Ventures
New research commissioned by UK VC firm Octopus Ventures has put a spotlight on which of the country’s higher education institutions are doing the most to support spin outs. The report compiles a ranking of universities, foregrounding those with a record of producing what partner Simon King dubs “quality spin outs”. The research combines and weights five data points — looking at university spinouts’ relative total funding as a means of quantifying exit success, for example. The idea for the Enterpreneurial Impact Ranking, as it’s been called, is to identify not just those higher education institutions with a track record of encouraging academics to set up a business off the back of a piece of novel work but those best at identifying the most promising commercialization opportunities — ultimately leading to spinout success (such as an exit where the company was sold for more than it raised). Hence the report looking at data over almost a ten … [Read more...] about A chat about UK deep tech and spin-out success with Octopus Ventures
