Partnership

If you've been wanting to try Xbox Cloud Gaming on your iPhone, RiotPWR is here to make your day. Today, the company revealed the Xbox edition of its iPhone gaming controller. While other iPhone gaming controllers exist, RiotPWR's new controller was designed in collaboration with the Designed for Xbox team. The two teams worked together on a controller that was purpose-built for Xbox Cloud Gaming on the iPhone. The controller features a Lightning connector with passthrough charging, an adjustable phone mount, and a 3.5mm…

At roughly half an hour’s running time, the return of Elizabeth Fraser is an EP with all the heft of an album. Fraser’s gaseous soprano arrived fully formed in the 80s as part of the Cocteau Twins. Since then, she has lent her instantly recognisable instrument most famously to Massive Attack – her partner in life as well as in Sun’s Signature, Damon Reece, played drums for them – but hasn’t released a body of work of her own.As you would hope, Sun’s Signature sounds like little else around. The pair fuse chamber music and…

Pinterest has launched a new ad format – Idea ads – and a new partnership tool allowing creators to tag brand partners in their content.  Idea ads. The new Idea ads follow a similar format to Idea pins, which were launched last year. Similarly, Idea ads are an immersive, multi-page format designed for advertisers “to showcase ideas in action.” When shoppers click on the ads they’re taken to the brand’s website to view relevant information.  What the Idea ads look like:…

In celebration of their new album, 'Proof', dropping on Friday, the group is inviting the Army and all music fans to join them in the #MyBTStory challenge, reports 'Variety'A letter shared with BTS' fans, who are lovingly called "Army", the K-pop superband announced the #MyBTStory challenge in partnership with YouTube, starting on Friday and running through July 9, exclusively on YouTube Shorts. In celebration of their new album, 'Proof', dropping on Friday, the group is inviting the Army and all music fans to join them…

Sony and Honda recently announced plans to build EVs together, with Honda focusing on the manufacturing and Sony creating the mobility service platform. Now, it looks like the companies plan to make it a separate business. "We shared the view that it is better to make the joint venture independent, in the long run, rather than putting it under Sony or Honda," Sony President and CEO Kenichiro Yoshida told Nikkei.  Yoshida didn't provide more details, but did say it's a "possibility" that the companies may sell a stake in…

2022 MG ZS EV. Image used for representation. (Photo: Manav Sinha/News18.com)Jio-bp, MG Motor and Castrol aim to bolster EV adoption by building charging infrastructure and EV service networkIn a development that is expected to boost electric vehicle (EV) adoption and mobility in India, MG Motor India and Castrol India are set to collaborate with Jio-bp to explore mobility solutions for electric cars. Under the partnership, Jio-bp, MG Motor, and Castrol will explore setting up a four-wheeler EV charging infrastructure and…

The at-home molecular COVID-19 testing company Detect is partnering with healthcare provider Carbon Health to give customers who test positive easy access to antiviral treatments, the companies announced today. The “Test to Treat at Home” program runs directly through the Detect app, which connects people who test positive for COVID-19 with Carbon Health. Then, they can set up appointments for virtual or in-person visits, depending on their location. At that appointment, a provider can prescribe an antiviral like…

Uber has long faced opposition from taxi drivers. Now it wants to partner with the industry.Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesUber has signed a partnership with IT Taxi, the largest taxi dispatch service in Italy, in a tie-up aimed at boosting the company's presence in the country.The deal will allow IT Taxi's 12,000 taxi drivers to accept trips through the Uber app, covering 90 cities across the country, according to a statement released Tuesday.It comes as Uber and other ride-hailing apps grapple with an ongoing…

Swedish EV maker Polestar and Israel-based electric vehicle battery startup StoreDot today announced that they have entered a strategic partnership. Polestar and StoreDot partnership Polestar, which will invest in StoreDot, will investigate using StoreDot’s extreme fast-charging silicon-dominant batteries in future Polestar cars. StoreDot says it’s on track to begin mass producing its “100in5” technology as early as 2024, achieving 100 miles of range in just five minutes of charging. Thomas Ingenlath, Polestar’s…

Earlier today Xiaomi announced a partnership with Leica, which spelled the end for the long lasting cooperation between the camera maker and Huawei (since 2016). The Chinese tech giant wrote “We can confirm that the cooperation between our two companies ended on 31 March” after being approached by Android Authority. This means that the P50 and P50 Pro are the last Huawei phones with Leica cameras. The P50 Pocket skipped the Leica branding, despite launching in December last year (months before the partnership…