BUSINESS
Budget 2023: What gaming firms want from FM Sitharaman
The gaming sector is poised to offer over 200,000 direct and indirect jobs in the coming years and contribute over Rs 60,000 crore in tax revenue by 2025
BUSINESS
CCI's Android antitrust order: Google says it will cooperate with watchdog after SC's decision
Google said it will continue to appeal against CCI's Android antitrust order.
BUSINESS
Netflix's paid password sharing to roll out "more broadly" in Q1 2023
"There's no big strategy shift or big culture shifts," Netflix's new co-CEO Greg Peters said during the company's post-earnings interview
BUSINESS
Gupshup's new tool aims to help enterprises build ChatGPT-like chatbots
Gupshup is launching a new tool called Auto Bot Builder that will build powerful chatbots customised to an enterprise using proprietary enterprise knowledge base and domain expertise.
BUSINESS
Draft rules | Don't keep video games, real-money ones under same regulatory purview: Gaming studios tell MeitY
A consortium of over 40 gaming studios have sought that video games be regulated through an India-specific age and content rating mechanism by setting up a video games industry-specific self-regulatory body
INDIA
Twitter India is emptying out its offices
Sources said that the process was initiated in December. The company has around 150 seats at the WeWork facility in Mumbai’s BKC, and around 80 seats at The Executive Centre in Delhi’s Qutub area.
BUSINESS
Giga Fun Studios bags $2.4 million seed funding to build Indian culture-based casual games
Giga Fun Studios plans to use the funds to build next-generation casual games for Indian and global audiences and 'invest heavily' in building a team of casual game developers
BUSINESS
India's draft online gaming rules: What real-money gaming startups and industry bodies are saying
The draft regulations are expected to shape the future of the burgeoning online gaming industry in the country. It comes amid unprecedented growth the sector has witnessed in recent years.
BUSINESS
Govt releases draft online gaming rules for public consultation
These draft regulations come at a time when India's gaming sector has seen unprecedented growth in terms of app downloads and revenue
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.
