BUSINESS
YouTube to take on Byju’s, Unacademy with new paid learning courses
While educational content has been available on YouTube for several years, this will allow creators to provide viewers with a more comprehensive, structured learning experience.
STARTUP
How SuperGaming plans to build India's Fortnite with Indus
Indus, which is heavily inspired by Indian culture and mythology, is set in a Wakanda-like futuristic India with the Indus Valley civilisation as the backdrop of the story.
BUSINESS
Corporate Crossings | Reddit hires ex-Coinbase executive Durgesh Kaushik to lead expansion in emerging markets
Kaushik will be responsible for formulating Reddit's strategy to grow communities, scaling user adoption and identifying international expansion opportunities
BUSINESS
IPL, FIFA World Cup, Brahmastra, KGF 2: What India searched on Google in 2022
Google India has revealed the top trending search queries across various categories, including movies, sports events, How to, personalities, news events, and recipes, among others.
BUSINESS
Apple overhauls its App Store pricing structure globally, including India
Apple will provide developers access to 600 new price points, with an additional 100 higher price points available "upon request"
BUSINESS
Short-form video creators dominate YouTube India's top creator list for 2022
YouTube unveiled its 2022 list of top creators, breakout creators, and women breakout creators along with a yearly recap of the top 10 trending videos, music videos and short videos in the country
BUSINESS
Spotify's 2022 Wrapped offers users recap of their listening habits this year
Spotify's 2022 Wrapped also provides a peek into what people listened to on the platform, apart from introducing new elements to help users discover their listening history over the past year.
BUSINESS
India's data protection bill is a clear, cogent piece of draft legislation: Meta's Nick Clegg
As Meta doubles down on its metaverse ambitions, Clegg said they are trying to have foundational governance debates at the same time as the technology is being developed.
STARTUP
SuperGaming partners with Google Cloud to help developers make better games
SuperGaming is bringing its game engine SuperPlatform to developers across the world via Google's cloud unit.
BUSINESS
Amagi buys Streamwise to firm up its streaming data analytics solutions
Amagi raised $100 million investment from private-equity firm General Atlantic at a valuation of $1.4 billion earlier this month.
BUSINESS
Moment of truth for Indian startups likely next year: Flipkart's Kalyan Krishnamurthy
Panel discussion at Bengaluru Tech Summit discussed valuations, India’s strength in the tech and startup ecosystem, backing innovative local ideas and the way forward, among others.
BUSINESS
Meta appoints Sandhya Devanathan as India head
Devanathan's appointment comes about a fortnight after the departure of Meta India's country head Ajit Mohan who joined rival Snap
BUSINESS
Nazara's Sportskeeda appoints Ajay Pratap Singh as CEO; founder Porush Jain resigns
Nazara Technologies' recently appointed COO Sudhir Kamath will also join Sportskeeda's board as a non-executive director.
BUSINESS
InMobi to be more prudent amid current slowdown: Naveen Tewari
InMobi co-founder Naveen Tewari said that they have also witnessed a business slowdown due to the overall advertising market slowing down, but they don't intend to make any drastic changes in their strategy as yet.
BUSINESS
WhatsApp India head Abhijit Bose, Meta India public policy director Rajiv Aggarwal step down
Shivnath Thukral, who is currently the director of public policy at WhatsApp India, has been appointed as the director of public policy for Meta India, which includes Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
BUSINESS
Google Play adds UPI Autopay support for subscription-based purchases in India
Google has previously said UPI has been one of the key drivers of increasing consumer spend on Google Play in India
BUSINESS
Twitter's India unit swings to loss in FY22; Revenue jumps 82%
Tesla CEO Elon Musk completed the $44 billion buyout of Twitter on October 27 to take the company private.
BUSINESS
Amagi bags $100-million investment from General Atlantic; crosses $100-million ARR milestone
General Atlantic has invested $80 million in the financing round that values the company at $1.4 billion, up from the $1 billion valuation when Amagi last raised funding in March 2022
BUSINESS
Disney+ Hotstar user base rises to 61.3 million, CFO warns of decline over IPL
Disney chief executive Bob Chapek said they expect losses in the streaming business to reduce in the future.
BUSINESS
YouTube Shorts are coming to a television screen near you
YouTube Shorts will be rolled out over the coming weeks to smart television models, game consoles, and streaming devices made in 2019 or later.
TECHNOLOGY
India's paid gamer base hits 120 million in FY22; in-app purchases to drive future growth: Report
Overall, India's gaming industry revenues rose from $2 billion in FY21 to $2.6 billion in FY22 and is projected to reach $8.6 billion in FY27.
BUSINESS
Layoffs begin at Twitter India even as confusion reigns among employees
The Elon Musk-owned social media firm plans to reduce its 7,500-person workforce as a measure to save costs.
BUSINESS
Google India's profit jumps 53.3% to Rs 1,238.9 crore in FY22
Google India's gross advertising revenue grew to Rs 24,926.5 crore for the year, a 79.5 percent increase YoY from Rs 13,886.7 crore in the past year
BUSINESS
Ajit Mohan to lead Snap's expansion in Asia Pacific: CEO Evan Spiegel
Mohan will lead Snap's business in India, Australia and New Zealand, China, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Korea markets.
