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Alibaba vows digital transformation of Olympics
Seoul, Feb 10 (IANS) Alibaba Group Chairman Jack Ma on Saturday pledged to help transform the Olympic Games for the digital era as China’s e-commerce giant unveiled its vision for future Olympics.
Ma said Alibaba would work with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to develop technology for the Games.
He also noted that the spirit of fair competition could further spread if the digital transformation of the sports event was realised.
Ma made the comments in a meeting with IOC President Thomas Bach at the opening ceremony of the Alibaba pavilion at Gangneung Olympic Park, Yonhap news agency reported.
Ma said Alibaba would showcase its vision for future Olympic Games through its technology at the PyeongChang Games and said his group would continue the technological innovation for Tokyo and Beijing.
The Japanese and Chinese capitals would host the Summer Olympics in 2020 and the Winter Olympics in 2022, respectively.
In 2017, Alibaba partnered with the IOC to help transform the Games for the digital era. Alibaba said it would serve as official “Cloud Services” and “E-Commerce Platform Services” partner.
On Saturday, Alibaba launched “The Olympic Games on the Cloud,” at its pavilion, offering an interactive experience to visitors on its vision for future Games.
Alibaba also highlighted its “sports brain” a suite of cloud-based and artificial-intelligence-powered solutions that Alibaba said would drive the digital transformation of the Olympics to benefit fans, spectators, athletes, venues and organisers.
–IANS
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Apple is giving a huge discount on its gadgets: Details inside
If you want to buy an iPhone and were waiting for a nice offer, then we have a piece of good news for you! Amazon Summer Sale May 2022 has begun and they are offering major discounts on various smartphones, laptops, and smart TVs, among others.
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Amazon Summer Sale May 2022: Discount offer on iPhone 13
Apple’s coveted phone model iPhone 13 in the 128 GB storage model will be available during the Amazon Summer Sale May 2022 for Rs 64,900. The MRP of the phone is Rs 79,900. This means that the customers will be able to enjoy a discount of up to Rs 15,000 on the purchase of the iPhone 13.
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Features of Apple iPhone 13
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The iPhone 13 has a 12-megapixel dual rear camera setup. This time a new wide-angle camera has been given, whose aperture is f/1.6. With this, there is support for sensor optical stabilisation. Night mode has been made better than before. The second lens is also 12 megapixels ultra-wide and has an aperture of f/2.4.