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Oppo Find N3 Flip Live Image leak shows cover display with global apps like WhatsApp & Zomato

Sean — Thu, 28 Sep 2023 08:59:01 +0000

The Oppo Find N3 Flip was recently unveiled in the Chinese market. But while the device was launched in the brand’s home market, the global release was still unclear. But a leak has hinted that the overseas launch might be just around the corner.

Oppo Find N3 Flip Global Model Leaked

The fresh leak arrived from sources close to the matter, who shared the information with 91Mobiles. In the latest report, the new foldable smartphone was spotted in a live image. But the device isn’t the main focus of this leak, rather, the contents on the cover display are the primary focus. A silver Find N3 Flip model (which isn’t available in China) can be seen with global apps on the secondary screen. The smaller external panel can be seen with WhatsApp, X (formerly Twitter), YouTube Music, GPay, and much more.

This hints that the Find N3 Flip will be arriving in the global market soon, which includes the Indian market. Apart from the image, the 91Mobiles report also shares a complete list of apps that are compatible with the cover display of the smartphone. Looking at the list, we can see that the foldable phone will support Netflix, LinkedIn, YouTube Music, as well as popular Indian apps like Zomato, Swiggy, Zerodha, Wynk Music, JioSaavn, BookMyShow, and mAadhar. In other words, the Oppo Find N3 Flip may launch in India soon.

Talking about the device itself, the Oppo Find N3 Flip sports a tall 6.8-inch AMOLED display that has a Full HD+ resolution and 120Hz refresh rate. Meanwhile, the secondary panel features a 3.26-inch AMOLED external display. Under the hood, the smartphone is equipped with the MediaTek Dimensity 9200 SoC which is paired with up to 16GB of RAM and 512GB of internal storage. A 4,300mAh battery pack powers this device, which supports 44W fast charging. Other notable features include a side mounted fingerprint scanner, stereo speakers, NFC, and more.

Zomato & Swiggy down across India due to technical glitch

Sudhanshu — Wed, 06 Apr 2022 10:05:29 +0000

The popular Indian food ordering apps Zomanto and Swiggy are down right now. Users have reported on Twitter that they are unable to place orders or browse the menus and listings.

This is reportedly the second outage of the day as the apps went dark for half an hour prior to the current outage. Both Swiggy and Zomato have reported that they are facing temporary glitches and are working to fix them soon.

The main cause of the issue appears to be a technical glitch with Amazon Web Services and this could be the reason for the Swiggy and Zomato outage in India.

The issue has sadly surfaced during lunch hours leaving many Indian users vexed and hungry.

Separately, the food delivery platforms recently got into hot waters with the Competition Commission of India (CCI) which ordered an investigation into the Swiggy and Zomato apps to verify if they were “neutral.” (via Reuters)

The order came months after the National Restaurant Association of India (NRAI) asked the CCI to investigate the companies for breaching platform neutrality by providing priority to exclusive contractors.

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Zomato’s 10 minutes food delivery service to start soon

Sudhanshu — Tue, 22 Mar 2022 16:50:28 +0000

Zomato is aiming to deliver food to its customers in 10 minutes. This new model of instant delivery will be first tested in Gurugram from April.

Deepinder Goyal, Co-founder, Zomato said in a blog post, “After becoming a frequent customer of Blinkit (backed by Zomato), I started feeling that the 30-minute average delivery time by Zomato is too slow, and will soon have to become obsolete.

The company announced “Zomato instant” which will guarantee 10 minute delivery of 20-30 bestseller dishes from restaurants around your area. The delivery system will work by relying on a dense network of finishing stations (delivery hubs). The model follows in the footsteps of the dark store model implemented by quick commerce startups such as Zepto, Blinkit, and even Swiggy.

Each finishing station will have approximately 20-30 dishes based on the demand and preferences of customers in the area. Zomato will be using the existing data of 1.35 billion orders to help figure out the bestseller dishes in a particular area. Zomato will use sophisticated dish-level demand prediction algorithms and in-station robotics at each warehouse to ensure quick deliveries.

Goyal said that “The fulfillment of our quick delivery promise relies on a dense finishing stations’ network, which is located in close proximity to high-demand customer neighborhoods. Sophisticated dish-level demand prediction algorithms and future-ready in-station robotics are employed to ensure that your food is sterile, fresh, and hot at the time it is picked by the delivery partner.”

On the question of safety of its delivery partners, Deepinder Goyal said, “That Zomato would not compromise the safety of delivery partners, and partners won’t be pressurized to fulfill Zomato’s 10-minute delivery promise.”

Goyal also added, “Before we even talk about this, we will start with a clarification – to fulfill our quick delivery promise, we do not put any pressure on delivery partners to deliver food faster. Nor do we penalize delivery partners for late deliveries. The delivery partners are not informed of the promised time of delivery. Time optimization does not happen on the road, and does not put any lives at risk.”

This new delivery system will be a revolutionary change and would reduce the price for the customers by almost 50 percent.

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Zomato acquires UberEats India business in an all-stock deal

Jeet — Tue, 21 Jan 2020 04:48:04 +0000

India’s one of the leading food delivery platform Zomato has today announced the acquisition of UberEats’ business in India in an all-stock deal. While the company has not revealed the value of this transaction, report indicates that acquisition of Uber’s food delivery business is at around $350 million.

As a part of this deal, Uber will now get around 9.9 percent stake in Zomato. Also, UberEats, which operates in 41 cities, will now redirect its customers to Zomato. The deal comes days after Zomato raised $150 million funding from existing investor Ant Financial, valuing the company at $3 billion.

While delivery partners associated with UberEats India will on-board Zomato’s fleet, around 245 employees of UberEats will be affected by this deal as they will not be absorbed by Zomato as part of the transaction. However, it is being said that Uber is trying to find ways to absorb them within its business.

With Uber Eats, Zomato will now collectively have a 55 percent share of the food delivery market in India and compete largely with homegrown Swiggy. Zomato currently delivers to over 550 cities across the nation.

The move to sell UberEats India, which had been in works since months, is aimed at cutting losses at the ride hailing company’s food delivery business that has been a drag on the company’s earnings.

UberEats entered the Indian market in 2017 and scaled business to 41 cities with over 65,000 riders who deliver food from 26,000 restaurant partners. The company, which was once seen as a major competitor to Zomato and Swiggy, started struggling in India’s hyper-competitive market.

With the sale of the food business in India, Uber can now focus on the rides business and driving it towards profitability. Besides cutting losses in India, Uber is now taking a stake in a startup that was valued at $3 billion earlier this month.

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Zomato successfully tests its Drone delivery technology in India

Jeet — Thu, 13 Jun 2019 05:04:11 +0000

Zomato, one of the leading food delivery service provider in India, has announced that it has successfully tested its drone delivery technology. The test was conducted using a hybrid drone and was a part of the company’s attempts to reduce the time taken to make a food delivery to its customers.

The development comes months after the company had acquired drone startup TechEagle to reduce food delivery times and solve other issues like pollution and traffic. Zomato has also revealed that it is forming a consortium as per Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) guidelines to carry out experimental Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) drone operations.

Zomato revealed that drone tests were carried out last week at one of the remote sites approved by the DGCA but the company did not reveal the exact location where the drone-delivered the package.

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In a statement, Zomato’s Founder and CEO, Deepinder Goyal said:

“We have been working towards building sustainable and safe delivery technology and with our first successful test, food delivery by drones is no longer just a pipe dream. While regulatory hurdles are not trivial, and the government’s concerns need to be looked at from various (valid) points of view, the tech is ready to fly and I am confident that drone delivery will be commonplace sooner rather than later.”

As for the drone used for this testing, it was a hybrid drone with a fusion of rotary wing and fixed wings, carrying a payload of 5 kilograms. It covered the distance of 5 kilometers in 10 minutes with a peak speed of 80kmph. Fully automated, each drone is currently being tested with (remote) pilot supervision to ensure safety, said the company.

According to the notification issued by Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) last month, interested companies need to submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) to the DGCA for conducting experimental Beyond Visual Line of Sight operations (BVLOS) of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS)/Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS).

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