BUSINESS
Indian gaming studios see big action in 2022; take bolder, ambitious bets
India emerged as a bright spot amid a decline in the global gaming industry this year. With demand for local content rising and capital flowing, the sector is set to take big strides in the next year.
BUSINESS
MeitY to be the nodal ministry for India's online gaming sector
This move is expected to provide more regulatory clarity to gaming startups thereby aiding the future growth of the sector.
BUSINESS
A look at India's top Android and iOS app downloads in 2022
Mobile games continues to lead the charts in terms of consumer spend on Play Store and App Store, according to estimates.
BUSINESS
How India is helping Google Search become more natural and intuitive
India is at the forefront of visual and voice search adoption across the world, Google's Reid says.
BUSINESS
Darlings, Jamtara, RRR: What India watched on Netflix in 2022
On average, every Netflix film and series from India that was released in 2022 trended in eight countries, the company said.
BUSINESS
YouTube's creator ecosystem contributed over Rs 10,000 crore to India’s GDP in 2021: Report
This is a substantial increase since YouTube last reported these findings for 2020 on March 3, 2022. In 2020, the report stated that the YouTube creator ecosystem contributed Rs 6,800 crore to India's GDP and supported the equivalent of 6,83,900 full-time jobs.
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
