BUSINESS
Android engg team in India will look at developing devices beyond smartphones: Google India GM
Device financing will be one of the most important drivers to solve the challenge of affordability in the country, said Ram Papatla, general manager and India engineering lead for Android.
STARTUP
Clevertap appoints former Freshworks exec Sidharth Malik as its global CEO
CleverTap helps digital consumer brands to increase their customer retention and lifetime value
BUSINESS
Instagram's latest pilot allows users to add music to their feed posts in India, Brazil and Turkey
Users having this feature will be able to add music while uploading their feed photo. Quite similar to how people can add music to Stories, they will be able to browse through various music clips in the “Trending” or “For You” sections or search for any specific song.
BUSINESS
Google announces Assistant-enabled vaccine booking pilot, several India-first features
These features are aimed at helping new Internet users in the country get easier access to information in Indian languages and create more natural ways for local language speakers to interact with the internet.
BUSINESS
Hotmail creator Sabeer Bhatia's next big idea: ShowReel
ShowReel lets users make short video profiles by responding to a set of 8-9 recorded questions in a conversation format.
BUSINESS
India is 18 months away from fundamental change in online video advertising: Amagi co-founder
In September, Amagi raised $100 million from investors such as Accel, Avataar Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners and existing investor Premji Invest to double down on its cloud-based solutions for broadcast and streaming TV firms.
BUSINESS
Spotify to accelerate its audiobooks expansion with Findaway purchase
The audiobooks market is currently dominated by Amazon's Audible with other players such as Apple and Google in the fray.
BUSINESS
Disney+ Hotstar sees first-ever quarterly decline in its subscriber base
Disney+ Hotstar accounted for about 37% of Disney+'s total paid subscriber base at the end of the fourth quarter that stood at 118.1 million
BUSINESS
TV streaming service fuboTV to acquire Bengaluru-based sports tech startup Edisn.ai
This acquisition will help fuboTV bolster its technology capabilities, especially in terms of integrating interactivity to its live streaming platform
TRENDS
Netflix is launching mobile games for iOS users
At launch, Netflix will offer a lineup of five mobile games to its paid members.
BUSINESS
Dream11 FIR: Karnataka HC extends interim order till next hearing date
On October 28, the court had directed the state not to take any coercive action against the Dream11 duo over the online gambling law that came into effect on October 5.
BUSINESS
Freshworks employees, others to sell shares worth over $500 million
Girish Mathrubootham-led Freshworks had become the first Indian SaaS firm to go public on the US stock exchanges in September this year.
BUSINESS
Google's philanthropic arm announces $2.5 million grant to 3 Indian nonprofits for women empowerment
Google had earlier announced plans to support 1 million rural women entrepreneurs in the country as part of its 'Women Will' programme
BUSINESS
Moneycontrol Masterclass | Why a central law is needed for skill-based gaming industry
The overall gaming market was estimated to be at Rs 13,600 crore for the financial year 2021 and is expected to touch Rs 29,000 crore by the financial year 2025, according to a KPMG report.
BUSINESS
Live audio brings new challenges in terms of content moderation: Clubhouse CEO Paul Davison
Clubhouse, which pioneered the social audio format last year, has faced intense criticism over moderation issues on its platform in its year-long history.
BUSINESS
Clubhouse rolls out support for 5 Indian languages on Android
Clubhouse will now show in-app prompts, descriptions, topics, notifications and community guidelines in these 5 languages on Android.
TECHNOLOGY
Netflix launches mobile games for Android users around the world
These games will be bundled with the user's existing Netflix membership at no extra cost. It will be available ad-free with no in-app purchases or any additional fee.
BUSINESS
Ola's consolidated pre-tax loss dips to Rs 839 crore in FY21 due to lower expenses
On a standalone basis, Ola posted a profit before tax of Rs 76.3 crore in FY21 due to a 75 percent reduction in its overall expenses.
BUSINESS
Amazon's miniTV partners Pocket Aces for exclusive shows
Pocket Aces was one of the launch partners of Amazon's miniTV service when it debuted in India in May this year.
BUSINESS
How Nazara Technologies is approaching skill-based real money gaming sector
India's first publicly listed gaming firm doesn't intend to invest a substantial amount of capital to gain market share in the segment.
STARTUP
Coinbase buys Agara, its first startup acquisition in India
Coinbase said this deal would bring Agara's deep expertise in machine learning and natural language processing to the company's engineering team.
TECHNOLOGY
JioPhone Next launch: Excited to see the device help more Indians access the Internet, says Sundar Pichai
Google also shared additional details on the operating system that will power the smartphone, which has been co-developed with Reliance.
BUSINESS
Apple doubled business in India in fiscal 2021: CEO Tim Cook
Apple now have more than 745 million paid subscriptions across various services on its platform, said CFO Luca Maestri
BUSINESS
More than 700M people use AR effects across Facebook's apps & devices every month
At its annual Facebook Connect conference, the social networking giant provided an early look into various upcoming features and functionalities in its AR creation and distribution software for developers and creators.
