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Starbucks to upgrade charging pad to support iPhone X and its 5 benefits:

Here is discussion about Starbucks to upgrade charging pad to support iPhone X.
Starbucks to upgrade charging pad to support iPhone X. With Power mat Starbucks confirming upgrade its charging pads to support the Apple’s preferred Qi standards. The news means iPhone X owners along with the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus will have a long list where they can get a cable-free recharge.
Previously Starbucks partnered with Powermat that was selling consumer charging pads but not those that were compatible with the forthcoming iPhones.
Powermat is going to upgrade its charging pads in Starbucks that will be able to recognize the new iPhones. Since the company’s system is cloud-connected and linked to a central system. All they need to do is to upgrade the software rather than have Starbucks manually replace charging pads.
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The wireless charging ecosystem has coalesced into two main standards. One is the Power Matters Alliance, which backs the PMA standards and the second one is the Wireless Power Consortium which backs Qi.
Powermat has not confirmed which location will first see the upgrade but this move certainly complements Apples’ wireless technology goal layed out during iPhone X launch.
The new iPhone X, iPhone 8, and iPhone 8 Plus support wireless charging, with the Qi standard. When Apple announced it on Tuesday, like most I assumed it left Powermat out of luck. Phones like Samsung’s Galaxy Note 8 and Galaxy S8 have support for both Qi and Powermat standards, but the new iPhones have picked one.
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In actuality, though, Powermat’s charging network is a lot cleverer than I thought. While what you see in Starbucks and other locations is just a circular pad built into a table, or even hidden under its surface, with nothing but a logo to tell you where to drop your device. There’s far more to it than the wireless chargers you find at Best Buy.
Starbucks to upgrade charging pad to support iPhone X and its benefits:
With the increase of technology everyone update themselves according it. Starbucks also Up-to-date with the technology.
In this modern world there is a hard competition with competitors so it is very necessary to upgrade our business to compete in this tech world. Starbucks introduce iPhone X charger and it has many benefits. Here are some benefits of this charger:
- The main benefit of this charger is it is very convenient because it is very easy to easy to carry this charger it does not need a plug to charge like a cable charger.
- It is not specific for iPhone devices it can also charge any smartphone. That’s why it is so popular.
- It does not contain mess of a cables that means it has less chances of electrical issues. It contain very amazing features is that it automatically off when the phone fully charged.
- The other interesting thing about this charger it does not create any mess like cable chargers create because it does not contain cables which may be reason of mess in room.
- This charge gives you a satisfaction because there is no tension of wear or tear of cables.
Conclusion:
Starbucks charger for iPhone is very incredible and contain amazing features. It is very easy to use and there are no electrical issue while using it.
Its wireless charging system has many advantages there is no tension of where the charger can be plug and you can not any issue to go in a specific room where your phone is on charging to check the what is the charging level now.

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Meta to start selling its Ray-Ban smart glasses in India from May 19

Meta said on Tuesday its Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses would be available for sale in India starting May 19 at a starting price of ₹29,990 (about $353).
The smart glasses are currently available for pre-order on Ray-Ban’s site, and will be stocked in Ray-Ban stores at launch.
Meta said the smart glasses launching in India will support Meta AI, which can answer questions about what’s in front of you, translate both audio and video live, send messages via your phone, make calls for you, and more.
The smart glasses currently support live translation for English, French, Italian and Spanish even when users are offline. Notably, Meta hasn’t added support for Indian languages yet.
Meta has said it would enable the glasses to connect and play music through apps like Spotify, Amazon Music, Shazam and Apple Music in India.
The company has so far sold around 2 million pairs of the glasses since they launched in 2023.

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AllTrails debuts $80/year membership that includes AI-powered smart routes

AllTrails, the hiking and biking companion that was named 2023’s iPhone App of the Year, is launching a new premium membership called “Peak” that includes an upgraded feature set. This $80-per-year subscription will introduce AI tools to build custom routes, real-time trail condition forecasts, trail traffic heatmaps, and a feature that lets you identify trees and plants using your phone’s camera.
The new option will initially roll out in the next few weeks to select members and will be available globally to all users by June. AllTrails users can sign up for early access on its website.
A longtime popular app for outdoor enthusiasts, AllTrails raised a growth round of $150 million in 2021 when the COVID pandemic saw people rekindling their relationship with nature amid lockdowns and social distancing measures.
Unfortunately for the company, Apple entered AllTrails’ market just ahead of naming it App of the Year by adding support for topographic maps with trailheads, contour lines, hill shading, elevation gains, and more in Apple Maps in the U.S. The following year, Apple encroached even further, with features like offline maps, custom routes, and tools to explore national parks and other trails outside the U.S.
AllTrails’ latest update, then, can be seen as the company fighting back with a selection of features targeted at its most engaged and most active members.

The new AI-powered feature in the Peak membership, for instance, lets users build their ideal trail either by starting from scratch or customizing existing trails. Smart-routing functionality uses AI to change a trail by making it shorter, less steep, or even “more scenic,” among other things.
The new trail conditions forecast will provide information about the temperature, precipitation, snow depth, and more, essentially putting a weather app inside AllTrails. There are also alerts for things like air quality and mosquito activity. A later update will add terrain and ground conditions, like pavement, gravel, or mud.
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The added heatmap option can help hikers and bikers who hate getting stuck on crowded trails, as well as those who prefer a crowd for safety purposes, like when hiking alone. To work, the app’s access to millions of users’ activity provides it with traffic data to make estimates, similar to how Google Maps uses data to predict when a store, restaurant, bar, or other venue is the most “busy.”

This summer, Peak members will also gain access to an Outdoor Lens feature, which lets them instantly identify a tree, plant, or flower and log it in the app. Over time, more identification features will be added to the Lens, the company notes.

In addition to Peak’s launch, AllTrails is rolling out updates to its Base and Plus memberships.
Base is the company’s free offering with trail maps, community reviews, and navigation, while Plus adds offline access, wrong-turn alerts, 3D trail previews, and live trail activity sharing
Both will receive a feature called Points of Interest, which adds more than 500,000 mapped viewpoints, landmarks, and trail amenities to the app. Plus subscribers, meanwhile, will also gain a feature called Offline Area, which lets them download a customized area for offline exploration that includes high-resolution maps and other details.

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Egypt’s Nawy, the largest proptech in Africa, raises $52M to take on MENA

For decades, buying property in Egypt meant navigating a fragmented real estate market, relying on personal networks, dealing with commission-driven brokers, and facing developers more focused on selling than serving customer needs.
In 2019, Mostafa El Beltagy co-founded Nawy to bring transparency and efficiency to the market. Now positioning itself as Africa’s largest proptech platform, Nawy has raised $52 million in Series A funding, led by Africa-focused VC firm Partech Africa, validating its model of combining property listings with brokerage services.
The round, which also includes $23 million in debt financing from Egypt’s top banks, brings the total to $75 million, one of the largest Series As for an African startup. In 2022, it raised a $5 million seed round led by Egypt’s wealthiest family, the Sawiris.
CEO El Beltagy’s journey into proptech began with personal frustration. After several years working in corporate jobs across multiple countries, the former Vodafone executive wanted to invest in real estate in Egypt, a market many people view as a hedge against inflation and currency devaluation.
However, as he navigated the process of purchasing property, the lack of transparency and the prevalence of biased advice became glaring problems.
“I had no way to look at the market and understand what’s out there, aside from going almost developer by developer, picking up their brochures and asking their salespeople questions, which was highly inefficient,” the CEO recounted. “In this sector, everyone is incentivized to push you one way or another.”
These challenges led El-Beltagy to build Nawy to help people buy, sell, invest in, finance, and manage property. Its model, combining a property listing platform with brokerage services, has set it apart in an industry still dominated by agents with entrenched, offline relationships. The chief executive launched the company alongside Abdel-Azim Osman, Ahmed Rafea, Mohamed Abou Ghanima and Aly Rafea.
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Making real estate accessible
At first, Nawy struggled to secure those listings. Developers were skeptical about Nawy’s value because it wasn’t big enough to drive traffic to their listings. Brokers, on the other hand, saw Nawy as a competitor.
To build trust, Nawy introduced immediate commission payments, funded upfront, to brokers who made their first transaction on the platform. This shifted sentiment, leading to word-of-mouth growth that has seen over 3,000 brokerages actively using Nawy Partners (its product for brokers), accessing live inventory and flexible payouts.
Additionally, the Cairo-based proptech attracts over a million monthly visitors, with hundreds of developers competing for visibility. About 150 developers cover most of Egypt’s new build market, which is worth around $30 billion, based on 100,000 transactions annually, according to El Beltagy.
Over the last few years, Nawy has expanded beyond listings and brokerage services, evolving into a full-stack real estate ecosystem. This includes Nawy Shares, a fractional ownership product that lets users invest in property with at least $500, making real estate accessible to Egypt’s middle-income population, which has long been priced out.
Additionally, Nawy has developed a mortgage product, “Move Now Pay Later,” designed to allow users to buy through installment plans and financing options in a market where banks rarely offer loans for real estate purchases.
“The real estate market is very lopsided in the sense that most people are buying new build, not resale. We believe enabling this product will cause a bit of a shift,” El Beltagy said of the embedded finance product. “It’s mortgage packaged differently because mortgages are almost non-existent here.” He added that Nawy’s $23 million debt facility backs this offering.
Immune to economic volatility?
These products have diversified Nawy’s revenue streams, which the company claims to have grown more than 50x in dollar terms over the last four years, despite the Egyptian pound losing 69% of its value.
El Beltagy attributes much of this growth to the market’s demand for real estate as a hedge against inflation and currency devaluation. While the currency crisis did impact local demand, the influx of expatriate money helped offset the drop.
As a result, the profitable Nawy closed 2024 with over $1.4 billion in gross merchandise value (GMV), up from $38 million in 2020.
With fresh capital, Nawy plans to expand beyond Egypt into North Africa and the Middle East, regions rapidly emerging as some of the world’s most promising real estate markets. Nawy is targeting Morocco, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE as its next markets (in the UAE for instance, platforms like Huspy and Property Finder already have strong traction.)
El Beltagy mentions that the company will buy smaller companies along the way. Recently, it acquired the property management startup ROA and rebranded it as “Nawy Unlocked,” expanding its product offerings.
The Series A round, raised across two tranches, will fund these plans, including advancing product development and integrating AI across Nawy’s processes, according to El Beltagy.
Other notable investors participating in the round include Development Partners International’s Nclude Fund, e& Capital, Endeavor Catalyst, HOF Capital, March Capital Investments, Outliers, Plug and Play, Shorooq Partners, VentureSouq, and Verod-Kepple Africa Ventures.
“We’re excited to support Nawy as they build the foundation for a modern, tech-driven real estate experience,” said Tidjane Deme, general partner at Partech. “Their team has deep market insights, coupled with ambitious regional expansion plans and exceptional execution, positioning them as the clear proptech champion in Africa and the Middle East.”

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