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🪅 Heap Heap Hurray Ed. #143
Daily dispatches from the world of technology.
Thursday is here - let's finish the week with purpose!
Geek Gossip
#TechControversy - MKBHD - That YouTuber known for their tech gadget reviews (or should we say that famous YouTuber charging $50 for a wallpaper app 😜) is into another controversy - they were criticised for accepting a sponsored video (90% of their video was marked as an advertisement!) and also for being sly - they were over speeding and blurred their speedometer, but forgot to blur it on a different part of their car’s dashboard - alert users were quick to spot it and call him out.
#YouTube - YouTube is testing a new AI feature designed to benefit creators. The new AI music remix tool allows users to remix any licensed songs and generate unique 30-second music that they can use for their Shorts. The feature is currently under testing and is available only to a small set of YouTube creators.
Latest Updates
Apple Now Lets App Developers Apply To Be Featured On The App Store
Apple announced a new way for app developers to promote their app launches, updates, and new features on the App Store. This allows developers to self-nominate their apps for featuring, which will make it easier for users to discover new content and pull them back into apps they may have forgotten about.
Flipkart Integrates Over 10,000 Evs Into Delivery Fleet
Flipkart, one of India's largest e-commerce companies, has made significant progress towards its goal of fully transitioning to an electric last-mile logistics fleet by 2030. They have integrated over 10,000 electric vehicles (EVs) into their delivery fleet, which will help reduce their carbon footprint and improve efficiency.
Google Cloud Startup Program
Google Cloud has launched a new program designed specifically for startups (read Indian Startups in the AI sector), providing them with access to various tools and resources to help them grow and scale their businesses. This program offers benefits such as analytics and collaboration tools, AI-driven solutions, teaching tools, and more, and is tailored to meet the unique needs of startups in various industries. It's a great opportunity for startups to accelerate their growth and stay ahead in the competitive tech landscape.
Amazon Launches Haul: A New Low-price Option
Amazon has launched Haul, a low-cost store offering mass-produced, discounted items, mostly shipped from China. It's a departure from Amazon's typical focus on rapid delivery. The store's design and product offerings are similar to Temu and Shein, with a focus on fast fashion. While Temu and Shein have faced criticism for their environmental impact and consumer protection concerns, Amazon is attempting to capitalize on their popularity among Gen Z users.
Trending Projects / Code Repositories
Chonkie | CHONK your texts with Chonkie - The no-nonsense RAG chunking library
Skelly CSS | A light-weight CSS framework to quickly implement “skeletons” into your projects - those forever loading indicators.
In Case You Missed It
🎁 We now have a dedicated page to list all events. We will be updating this page EVERY WEEK. We will of course be publishing new (and coming-soon) events in this section but for a comprehensive list of events, check the link below:
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Novartis’s NEST (Nurturing Excellence, Strengthening Talent) is a data science competition with a prize pool worth ₹8,00,000 and pre-placement interview (PPI) opportunities. The event includes four rounds: an MCQ assessment, a pitch deck submission, semi-finals for detailed solution submissions, and a final in-person pitch. Participants will address real-world data science and AI challenges, with winners eligible for cash prizes, PPIs, and potential collaboration with Novartis. More details here.
The "AI for Impact Hackathon," organized by Google Cloud, invites professionals, startups, and developers to use AI for social impact. Participants will leverage tools like Gemma, Gemini, and Vertex AI to tackle challenges in health, education, and sustainability. The hackathon includes phases for idea submission, prototype development with mentorship, and a final pitch, offering $20,000 in prizes, mentorship, and an opportunity to present at Google events. The registration for this ends soon! More details here.
Job Board
Senior Frontend Developer @ RocketX (Remote)
✨Experience : 3+ years (Angular | Nodejs)
💰Expected Salary : ₹20L – ₹30L / year
UI UX Designer @ Staple (Remote)
✨Experience : 3+ years (User Experience Design | Product Design | Material UI | Figma)
💰Expected Salary : ₹15L – ₹27L / year
Hasura Developer @ SaralTech (Remote)
✨Experience : 3+ years (Python | MongoDB | PostgreSQL | Hasura)
💰Expected Salary : ₹30L – ₹35L / year
Python Django Developer Lead @ Opstree Solution (Onsite - Multiple Locations)
✨Experience : 6+ years (Python | Django)
💰Expected Salary : ₹30L – ₹35L / year
Gen AI Senior Data Science Consultant @ Corridor Platforms (Onsite - Bengaluru)
✨Experience : 3+ years (ML | LLMs | GenAI)
💰Expected Salary : ₹20L – ₹40L / year
Blockchain Protocol Engineer @ Zoniqx (Onsite - Hyderabad)
✨Experience : 4+ years (Solidity | Blockchain | Smart Contracts | Rust | Web3.Js)
💰Expected Salary : ₹15L – ₹21L / year
Miscellaneous
Predicting Location In Subway Tunnels Using Phone Vibrations
This link is seriously a gem - to those who truly love computer science and the engineering aspect of it, please do check this article out. It is written by the developers of the app Transit (a realtime public transit app with over 40M downloads).
It goes into the details of how they were able to, with 90% accuracy, determine if the user entered a tunnel while travelling on the metro train / subway. WITHOUT using GPS / Internet. Pure engineering. Part Machine Learning. Zero AI nonsense. No marketing language - a serious engineering blog.
Button Design Best Practices
Esha Shaikh shares seven useful tips for creating visually appealing and user-friendly buttons. These tips include avoiding text wrapping, disabled buttons, and using action verbs for labels. Follow these guidelines to create button designs that improve the user experience.
Communication Frameworks For Technical Writers
Jordan Cutler, author of the most popular engineering blog on Substack, shares some of the lessons he learned from Wes Kao's Executive Communication and Influence course.
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