BUSINESS
Nazara Technologies is looking to expand its real-money gaming business, affirms founder
Nazara Technologies is taking a three-pronged approach to grow its footprint in the burgeoning skill-gaming segment, said founder Nitish Mittersain.
BUSINESS
Linda Yaccarino is new Twitter CEO: 10 things to know about the advertising veteran
New Twitter chief Linda Yaccarino will have her task cut out as she looks to restore trust with marketers to bring them back to Twitter as well as lure new advertisers to the platform
BUSINESS
Twitter appoints former NBCUniversal ad chief Linda Yaccarino as new CEO
This appointment comes at a critical time for the social media platform as Musk looks to turnaround the fortunes of the company.
BUSINESS
Google is slowly reimagining search in the generative AI era
At its annual developer conference Google I/O, the tech giant unveiled an AI-infused version of its search engine with several new features
BUSINESS
Disney+ Hotstar loses 4.6 million subscribers in second consecutive quarterly drop
Disney+ Hotstar's subscriber decline for the quarter is its biggest one until now. It comes amid a loss of marquee content from the streaming service.
TECHNOLOGY
Google opens up its ChatGPT rival Bard to users in over 180 countries
Google is leveraging its visual search capabilities including Google Lens to make Bard more powerful and visual in its responses.
BUSINESS
Nazara Technologies to increase stake in subsidiary Next Wave Multimedia to 71.88%
Nazara Technologies also surpassed key milestones of Rs 1,000 crore in annual revenue and Rs 100 crore in EBITDA during the financial year 2023.
BUSINESS
Capillary Technologies joins the generative AI bandwagon with AskAira
AskAira leverages OpenAI's underlying technology, which also powers the viral AI chatbot ChatGPT, to assist marketers in increasing the return on investment of loyalty programmes.
BUSINESS
Apple CEO Tim Cook sees India at a ‘tipping point’ as China pivot quickens
Apple CEO Tim Cook said that they see opportunities across the board in India, including its burgeoning services business
BUSINESS
Slack's generative AI push: Message summaries, writing assistance and more
SlackGPT's launch comes amid a heightened buzz around the latest wave of AI advances that has gripped technology giants and startups across the world.
BUSINESS
India's video streaming market neared 100 million subscriptions in 2022: Report
The growth was driven by increased spending on original content in regional languages that accounted for about 50 percent of the original titles produced in 2022
TECHNOLOGY
Jack Dorsey-backed Bluesky: All you need to know about Twitter’s hottest rival
Bluesky will be a decentralised social media platform, which is expected to give users more control, including how their data is stored and used and what content is served to them. Here’s an explainer about what you can expect from the newest kid in the social networking space
BUSINESS
Twitter looks to woo global creators by enabling them to offer subscriptions
With Subscriptions, creators can charge Twitter users to provide access to exclusive tweets across text, images and long-form videos
BUSINESS
Good news! Facebook parent Meta to resume hiring for these roles after May
Meta has witnessed a rebound in its advertising sales in the first three months of 2023, after three straight quarters of revenue decline on a yearly basis.
BUSINESS
Delhi HC rejects Dream Sports-backed Rario's plea against MPL & Striker on NFT gaming
Rario had filed a petition in Delhi HC against MPL and Striker, alleging that the startup's player caricatures and identifiers, such as player names and surnames, infringe on its personality rights.
BUSINESS
AIGF, skill gaming startups take Tamil Nadu to court over online gambling law
The Tamil Nadu government has banned online rummy and poker in the state, terming them as online games of chance in the recently passed online gambling law
BUSINESS
Alphabet's Sundar Pichai says a significant multi-year effort underway to save costs
Google will integrate AI across its products, including its mobile operating system Android and Pixel devices, in the near future, Pichai said.
TECHNOLOGY
WhatsApp now lets you access the same account on up to four phones
WhatsApp users can now switch between their phones without signing out and pick up their chats where they left off earlier
BUSINESS
Spotify crosses 500 million active users in Q1, paid subscribers rise 14%
Spotify reported its largest-ever member addition in Q1, with growth coming from nearly all age groups across both developed and developing markets
BUSINESS
Tamil Nadu gambling law: Rummy, poker startups stop users from playing real-money games
Tamil Nadu's online gambling law, which came into effect from April 21, sets the stage for a potential dispute with the Centre over regulating the burgeoning skill-based gaming industry in the country.
BUSINESS
Twitter removes blue checkmarks from MeitY, MIB accounts & several other verified users
The move comes as Twitter discarded its previous verification system and started charging people $8 per month to provide the blue checkmark
BUSINESS
Apple's Tim Cook meets PM Modi, affirms investment commitments for India
Apple CEO also met IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and sought support for building the component ecosystem in the country to further boost manufacturing of its devices
BUSINESS
Apple previews its Delhi retail store ‘Apple Saket’. Here’s a sneak peek
Apple Saket will have more than 70 team members who come from a combined 18 states across India and collectively speak more than 15 languages. The store also runs on 100 percent renewable energy and is carbon neutral.
BUSINESS
Netflix's co-CEO Ted Sarandos sees India as a 'big prize'
While India has served as key content hub for Netflix in the past few years, its price-sensitive sensitive nature has made it particularly hard for the streaming service to gain a sizable foothold in the country.
