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18/07/2023

Meta in collaboration with Microsoft has just released Llama 2, the second generation of Llama 1 large language model.

Key takeaways:
1. Unlike close sourced GPT-4 from OpenAI and BARD from Google, Llama 2 is open source.
2. Llama 2 is available for both research and commercial use.

Details in the link below:

Llama 2 — The next generation of our open source large language model, available for free for research and commercial use.

03/09/2022

10 years. It’s been a memorable journey, but we just got started.

We’d like to thank all our clients, team members, partners, and supporters and well wishers. All of your contributions enrich us. Exciting times ahead. Stay tuned.

18/05/2022

According to a report by CloudTech, the majority of businesses (93%) are adopting a hybrid of cloud and on-premise solutions or migrating fully to the cloud within five years. has the highest market share of around 33%, followed by at 21% and at 10%.

Are you already using one of the cloud service providers or thinking about moving to the cloud? Let's talk.

15/05/2022

Super apps essentially serve as a single portal to a wide range of virtual products and services. The most sophisticated — apps like WeChat and Alipay in China — bundle together online messaging (similar to WhatsApp), social media (similar to Facebook), marketplaces (like eBay) and services (like Uber). One app, one sign-in, one user experience — for virtually any product or service a customer may want or need.

What are your thoughts about super-apps?

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14/05/2022

A super app allows a user to access several services from one single app.

There are already many popular super apps, including China’s WeChat and Alipay, India’s Paytm , Singapore’s Grab , Indonesia’s Gojek Indonesia Tokopedia , Vietnam’s Zalo and South Korea’s KakaoTalk.

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13/05/2022

Retailers and manufacturers will want to align price increases with consumers’ perceived value of products. If this equation becomes misaligned and the consumer feels the product is no longer worth the extra money, they will trade down to an alternate product or even avoid purchasing the product.

What actions should leaders take in light of this data? Learn to interact with the rest of the world, have smart control, fully digitalise, do a spending review and aid the sharing economy to promote sustainable economical development. (Forbes)

12/05/2022

Social media group plans to enter hype-fuelled $40bn market for creating and selling non-fungible tokens.

Instagram head Adam Mosseri in December said it was “actively exploring NFTs”, without sharing specific details. But Instagram is now internally testing its NFT showcasing feature, said two people with knowledge of the fast-developing plans.
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11/05/2022

Not only has TikTok disrupted traditional content marketing, it’s also changed consumer purchasing behaviours. 42% of users say they use TikTok to discover new things, and 67% say that TikTok introduced them to products that they had never even thought of before. Currently, the has over 4.1 billion views, a testament to the scale of TikTok’s influence on shopping behaviours.

If you have yet to use TikTok in your marketing strategy, download the app and browse through the content being created by brands with a larger reach and see how you can incorporate it into yours or whether it fits your business.
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10/05/2022

User adoption of mobile banking has been growing steadily for ten years, but as more people worked from home due to the current health crisis, we saw a surge in consumers using mobile banking apps for the first time.

COVID-19 has revolutionised the banking industry. Customers have formed new habits and mobile banking has become the norm. It is now time to assess your digital offerings and ensure you are on the right path for a modernised, mobile banking experience.
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09/05/2022

Bitcoin is now generally considered a risk asset. A risk asset is an investment that experiences large price fluctuations in normal market conditions.

In the face of ongoing geopolitical events, such as the Russia-Ukraine conflict, it's no surprise that crypto prices have been falling. It's likely that we won't see the same exuberance that pushed prices to extraordinary levels last year.

What are your thoughts on this? What does this price drop mean for crypto Investors? What will happen to the cryptocurrency ecosystem?

08/05/2022

Hiring has gotten especially expensive in the last couple of years, and backing off the competition for tech talent is certainly one way to save money.

Insider pointed out that Meta has already grown its workforce by 28% since last year, with a headcount of more than 78,000 employees. Meta isn’t alone in this move to cut back on hiring: Insider pointed to similar moves at DoorDash and Google Cloud.

07/05/2022

App store optimisation, or A*O, is a way to ensure that your app appears among the most relevant search results when users look for apps like yours.

Over 65% of app downloads come from app store searches. This means that if you’re not investing in A*O, you’re missing out on the largest discovery channel available to your app AppTweak: A*O Tool Driven by Data Science

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