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OpenAI has rolled out its store for custom GPTs and a new ChatGPT subscription tier for smaller teams. The GPT Store allows developers and users to share and profit from their custom versions of the viral chatbot. Meanwhile, ChatGPT Team costs $25 to $30 monthly per user while offering data security and supporting longer queries.GPT Store OpenAIThe GPT Store allows OpenAI to turn ChatGPT’s white-hot prominence in the tech world into a tollkeeper’s business model, taking a cut of revenue like in Apple’s App Store. Anyone…

Ride-hailing major Uber is now testing its flexible pricing service in several tier 2 and 3 cities in India to expand its user base, allowing commuters to bid a particular fare for their ride. Caller Uber Flex, the flexible pricing service was tested for the first time in India in October last year.Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering CollegeCourseWebsiteIndian School of BusinessISB Professional Certificate in Product ManagementVisitIIM KozhikodeIIMK Senior Management ProgrammeVisitIIM…

Meanwhile, after removing headlines from URLs on X, the platform has started to add them back in some ways on the web. Elon Musk-run X on Wednesday announced a new basic paid tier for verified organisations that is now available for $200 per month or $2,000 per year.The basic tier for verified organisations now gives them a gold check-mark badge, along with a few other benefits, for $200 per month instead of $1,000 per month for “full access”.“Designed for smaller businesses, subscribers receive ad credits…

India’s cryptocurrency sector has suffered a tumultuous year in 2023, washing away 90% of trades as the government levied 1% tax on trading of virtual digital assets (VDAs). But, in whatever remained, it has also been a year of some emerging trends.Tier-2 cities, including Lucknow, Patna and Jaipur, emerged as the frontrunners in crypto trading capturing market share of 5% each, according to a year-end report by crypto exchange platform CoinDCX. These cities, along with Indore, Bhubaneswar, and Ludhiana, ranked among top…

Image: Boumen Japet (Shutterstock)Tinder isn’t the best at reading the room or taking a hint. Even though its announcement of the outrageous $500-a-month tier, Tinder Select, led to considerable backlash back in September, the company has recently been expanding the membership offering by inviting additional users to apply for it.This Giant Company Owns Almost Every Dating AppYes, there’s a whole application that you have to fill out. And you have to have an invite in order even to be eligible to do that. Tinder Select…

People assume that most of Apple's sales in India is coming from metro cities and other Tier-I cities. However, a recent report has discovered that about 60 per cent of the 90 lakhs iPhones that Apple sold in India, were sold in Tier-II and Tier-III cities. Image Credit: Firstpost | Mehul Reuben Das…

Microsoft has spoken about the idea of adding a free tier to Xbox Game Pass. During the Wells Fargo TMT Summit, Xbox CFO Tim Stuart spoke about the idea (via TweakTown): “For models like India, Southeast Asia, maybe places that aren’t console-first, you can say, ‘hey, do you want to watch 30 seconds of an ad and then get two hours of game streaming? 50% of population is 23 years old of younger with a growing disposable income base, all with cell phones and mobile devices, not a lot of high-end disposable income,…

Capture One’s eponymous photo-editing software suite is ending the free Express tier, effective on January 30. The popular will be fully pay-to-play, with a number of Pro tiers to choose from. The company says ending the free tier was necessary to “focus on our main products.”Once January 30 hits, you won’t be able to download or use Express from the website and license keys will expire. Additionally, any saved images and edits will go the way of the dodo, so get in there and finish up before next month. You can,…

Over the years, various social media platforms have opted for the subscription model. They are looking to monetize as large a proportion of their users as is possible and for that, they are willing to go the extra mile in providing other, more useful, services and value-adds. Now, a new ad-free subscription plan is being considered by platforms like Snapchat, having already rolled out the Snapchat Plus subscription tier and the carrot that it is dangling is to allow these subscribers to get an ad-free service. However,…

Nvidia has announced a nice new perk for people considering signing up for a GeForce Now Ultimate membership. The company is now bundling three months of PC Game Pass into the membership when people six up for a six-month subscription to GeForce Now Ultimate.Ultimate costs $100 for six months. For that price, members can play games over the cloud that are running on PC with an RTX 4080 card. Members can stream games at up to 4K resolution and up to 120FPS. There is an eight-hour session length limit, but…