How much would you pay to find love? ❤

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Yemi Davis
December 22, 2023

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Would you pay $499/month to find “love“? 🙄

So ummmm…..Tinder launched their invite-only Tinder Select Product earlier this week and in case you missed the headline, IT COSTS $499 - which works out to $5,988 PER YEAR!!! It is invite-only and once you get an invite, you have to apply to be able to actually subscribe to it.

Bruh…….this better be good

According to their website, here’s what $499/month gets you:

  • Direct Message: Up to 2 times a week, you can send someone a message without having to match first. Note that you can only send a DM via the Likes Sent tab, you can’t send a Super Like at the same time and some users may opt out of receiving DMs.

  • Skip The Line: People you like will see your profile unblurred in their Likes You grid, even if they don’t have a Gold or Platinum Tinder subscription. Your profile also remains prioritized on their Likes You grid for 7 days.

  • Special Status: Show off your membership with an exclusive SELECT badge. If you’re not interested in adding this badge to your profile, you can opt out of it in your Settings.

  • SELECT Mode: See and be seen by Tinder’s most sought-after profiles, so you can enjoy more exceptional connections.

  • VIP Experience: Membership spots are limited to less than 1% of users to ensure you receive the most exclusive experience possible.

  • You’ll also be able to hide advertisements and see the Likes you’ve sent in the last 7 days.

Yeah…….it’s giving “down bad“.

You can no longer buy an Apple Watch Series 9 and the Ultra 2 ⌚

As of 3 PM ET yesterday, US customers were no longer able to order either of those watches directly from Apple.

Why?

Well, Apple got themselves into a bit of a sticky one. Apple and Maximo a medical technology company had originally been talking through a potential partnership/acquisition talks but talks eventually went stale.

They ended up recruiting about 20 ex-Masimo staff. This includes their CTO who was allegedly paid a reported $4M, and in his first few weeks filed 12 patents for sensors at Apple that were based on supposed privileged information from Masimo.

The two have been involved in several legal battles ever since. The major disputes centre around accusations from Masimo that Apple’s Watch blood oxygen sensor technology infringes on several Masimo patents.

There are two major suits to be aware of. First, is the 2020 lawsuit filed by Masimo against Apple in the US District Court in the Central District of California, and second, a case also filed by Masimo with the International Trade Commission in June 2021.

In its initial filing with the ITC, Masimo basically said - Hey, ITC, we can count about 103 instances where Apple infringed on 5 of our patents. Do something about it.

However, the ITC did their investigation and in October, found that Apple infringed on only two patents, in 5 different instances – all of which were related to the Apple Watch’s pulse oximeter feature. According to the regulations, there is a 60-day Presidential Review Period in which President Joe Biden can choose to flex his presidential muscles and veto the ruling. However, as it stands, they have chosen not to act. This 60-day period runs out on Christmas Day 25th December, so we’ll have to wait and see what happens.

Kanye is building cities now…..🏗

 Kanye’s working on building a city in the Middle East. The city will sit on a 100,000-acre plot of land and will be called YZY Dream.

Ye is on the hunt for partners and is inviting contractors, engineers, project managers, builders, and architects to join in and help bring it to life.

This doesn’t come without any scepticism, however, because Ye does have a track record of not seeing certain large-scale projects through. In 2020, he announced a similar plan to build his own city in Wyoming, but this never happened as he failed to secure the necessary regulatory approvals. Hopefully, he’ll have better luck in the Middle East.

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*UPDATE* iMessage on Android??

About a day after sharing about Beeper Mni - the app that lets you use iMessage on Android devices, according to 9505Google, I learnt that the Apple team swung into action and has now disabled the technique used to achieve this, and it now no longer works…..so..um… yeah

Awkward Ed Helms GIF by The Office

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Stuff Your Kindle Day

4 times every year, Amazon marks down thousands of e-books and you can pick them up FOR FREE.

The last one for this year is on 27th December, so if you love to read, mark your calendar and get ready! you don’t need to own a physical Kindle device to participate - as long as you have an Amazon account, you’re good to go!

To participate, visit Amazon on the 27th and search “Stuff Your Kindle Day” and you should get a list of the available e-books. If you’re big on romance books, Romance Bookworms so an extensive list of romance books available on the day, so make sure to check them out too!

✨ OPPORTUNITIES

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Rugawd · Song · 2021

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That’s it for today gang. See you in the next one!

- Yemi 💥

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