Partnership

OnePlus TV is all set to debut in India this week, and the buzz around it is increasing as we close in on launch day. The OnePlus TV is confirmed to be a premium device set to compete with the likes of Sony and Samsung. It is offering a Kevlar-like back finish, a unique stand, a ring-shaped base, and will run on a modified version of Android TV. Now, CEO Pete Lau has released a new photo of the OnePlus TV showing off its bezel-less sides. Hungama has also announced that its Hungama Play streaming app will be made…

https://madcavestudios.com/Dynamite has announced a new publishing partnership with Immortal Studios to bring the Los Angeles-based publisher’s shared universe of Wuxia martial arts-fantasy comic books to the broader marketplace. Through Kickstarter, Immortal Studios has successfully funded three comic book series as part of a larger shared universe. With Dynamite, these action-packed titles will be available through direct market comic stores, digital vendors, bookstores, and beyond in multiple formats, with more…

Apple is working on a service that will let users pay for any Apple Pay purchase in instalments, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, sending shares of Afterpay and other 'buy now, pay later' (BNPL) companies sharply lower.Apple will use Goldman Sachs, its existing partner since 2019 for the Apple Card credit card, as the lender for the loans, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter.Afterpay slid close to 10 percent soon after markets in Australia, where most BNPL firms are listed, opened on Wednesday.…

Google Pay on Wednesday announced the launch of Tap to Pay for UPI in India, partnering with Pine Labs. The feature will allow users to make UPI payments by tapping their phones directly on a supported Point-of-Sale (PoS) terminal at nearby shops. The new offering was initially piloted with Reliance Retail and will now be available at other large merchants including Future Retail and Starbucks. It will be available to UPI users who have NFC-enabled Android smartphones. However, for tap-to-pay transactions, the…

Alphabet's Google is forging a cloud partnership with Reliance Jio, helping the country's biggest wireless carrier with tech solutions for its enterprise and consumer offerings as it plans to launch 5G services.The tie-up lends Jio the expertise of a global tech giant as it expands digital services to small and medium businesses as well as hundreds of millions of individual customers. And it gives Google the unmatched scale of Reliance whose new-age businesses range from telecoms to e-commerce.Jio is part of tycoon…

Battlegrounds Mobile India has teased an upcoming partnership with Spider-Man: No Way Home. But developer Krafton has not announced when the partnership will begin or what rewards players will receive as a part of the collaboration. Spider-Man: No Way Home hit cinemas on December 16 and stars Tom Holland in the titular role for the third time. The last partnership that Battlegrounds Mobile India announced was with Riot Games' Arcane series — based on League of Legends — that was released with the BGMI update 1.7.Through…

Ethereum scaling tool Polygon is following the Solana blockchain in bringing Web3 to smartphones Decentralized Ethereum scaling platform Polygon is partnering with phone manufacturer Nothing to integrate Web3 technology. Polygon announced the partnership with Nothing, revealing that it is bringing its tech into the Nothing Phone (1). The first phase of this collaboration, announced on Twitter this week, will be a Black Dot NFT, used to crowd-fund the phone’s July 12 launch. The NFTs will also bestow additional…

ZDNetAmazon announced Thursday that Prime Day shoppers can take advantage of a special Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) offer during its two-day sale. Approved Prime members will have the ability to choose from three BNPL plans for purchases of $50 or more. Customers can choose to finance their purchases over three, six, or 12 equal monthly payments at 0% interest.Amazon partnered with Affirm last year, with Affirm becoming the only BNPL provider for Amazon. The new deal follows the current Affirm promotional 0% APR offer,…

Amazon tried but then ultimately stepped away from building its own cost-intensive Grubhub and DoorDash competitor in the U.S. back in 2019. Now three years on, it’s taking a different approach to tackling the space to build in one more sweetener to encourage more sign-ups to its Prime subscription service. Today, the e-commerce giant and Just Eat Takeaway — which owns Grubhub in the U.S. — announced an investment and partnership in which Amazon will offer free membership to Grubhub+ for one year to Prime members in…

Xbox is hoping to bring back gamers who no longer play games via its newly released collaboration with Samsung TVs. In a new interview with NME, Gus Grimaldi, head of product Europe at Samsung Electronics, and Pav Bhardwaj, senior global product manager at Xbox Game Pass discussed the new partnership. Both touched on the expectations the new collaboration will bring, explaining how it should not only bring more players to experience Xbox games but older gamers who no longer play. “That’s a key aspect of the value…