With nearly two billion monthly logged-in users, video-streaming platform YouTube is poised to bring in big moolah for Google in the coming years, the company’s CEO Sundar Pichai hinted in an earnings call with analysts on Monday. Google’s advertising business accounted for $32.6 billion of its parent company Alphabet’s overall revenue of $39.3 billion for […]

Google-owned video sharing platform YouTube has expanded its test ‘Explore’ feature to iPhones, iPads, Android phones, tablets and web that is intended to help users find relevant content recommendations based on their search history for viewing. YouTube confirmed that the test feature now comes with ‘On the Rise‘ recommendations, suggesting content from smaller, up-and-coming creators […]

by P R Sanjai and Saritha Rai Amazon and Walmart’s plans to dominate India’s online retail landscape have been ambushed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s political priorities heading into a tightening election. The vote, which must be held by May, has increased the influence of local retailers that lobbied for growth-crimping curbs on the U.S. […]

Micro-blogging site Twitter on Tuesday globally rolled out the “Go Live Together” feature to its live-streaming app, Periscope, allowing users to go live and even add people from the audiences to the chat. The chosen guests could be heard by everyone and can drop off at any time and broadcasters would be able to read […]

By Brad Stone A day before it delivered relatively good earnings to Wall Street last week, Amazon got roughed up in a New York City Council hearing over the company’s plans to locate half of second headquarters in Long Island City, Queens. “It’s a cold day in New York,” shouted one union organizer at a […]

News VMware Changes Its Recertification Requirements for VCPs By Wendy A Hernandez 02/05/2019 In a move to appease its certification community, this week VMware Inc. announced it will no longer require mandatory recertification every two years for VMware Certified Professionals, effective immediately. As Karl Childs explained in his blog post , “We want you to […]

It’s been less than three months since Binny Bansal’s shock ouster from Flipkart, the e-commerce giant he founded over a decade ago. The entrepreneur once celebrated for jumpstarting India’s internet retail industry is now dedicating himself to helping other founders get their startups off the ground. Bansal, who departed after Flipkart’s new owner Walmart investigated […]

The Google logo is pictured at the entrance to the Google offices in London, Britain January 18, 2019. REUTERS/Hannah McKay Google parent company Alphabet beat Wall Street expectations for its fourth quarter earnings on Monday, although its stock slid in after-hours trading over investor concerns about increased spending. Alphabet swung to a profit of $8.9 […]

India has framed stricter rules for foreign online sellers. But it’s not as if the likes of Amazon aren’t attracting questions elsewhere. US President Donald Trump’s frequent outbursts against the Jeff Bezos-owned online retail giant may be influenced by the latter’s ownership of a newspaper. But thoughtful critics of Amazon’s business practices have also found […]

One of India’s original techpreneurs behind business process outsourcing company WNS, Neeraj Bhargava, is making a comeback with the launch of digital media and entertainment venture Rainshine. For starters, Rainshine has acquired significant stakes in digital video network Culture Machine, stand-up comic Vir Das-founded content studio and consultancy Weirdass Comedy, and kids entertainment startup Kinsane. […]