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Low-profile Indian tech company InMobi aims to take advantage of the headwinds facing Google and Facebook to grab a bigger share of the nearly $140 billion market for online advertising. The Bangalore-based company, which brings together advertisers and app developers,…
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Even as Twitter co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey makes the right noises on his maiden visit to India, experts feel the social media platform has missed several opportunities to make itself relevant in the country. “At a time when the current government…
Read More As Jack Dorsey Visits India, Experts Feel Twitter Still Has A Long Way To Go Here
A long-drawn battle for supremacy is underway in India’s online navigation space and the country’s oldest mapmaker, MapmyIndia, is busy readying its war chest to slug it out. MapmyIndia, owned by CE Info Systems that was founded by the husband-wife…
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It was a late January morning. Bitter winter had just taken leave of Delhi. Rakesh Verma, founder and CEO of MapmyIndia, settled down in his Jaguar, tapped on the built-in navigator and entered the destination: Kailash Colony Metro Station, barely…
Read More As MapmyIndia enters Google territory, can it beat the Goliath of internet?
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Albeit the judgement by the 9 judge bench on August 24, 2017, is a landmark judgement, it's a little too early to celebrate. Despite the tons of chatter on this being a blow to UIDAI, we just cannot be sure…
Read More Too Soon To Celebrate The Judgement On Right To Privacy. Here’s Why.
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Micro-blogging site Twitter on Thursday released Twitter Lite -- a much lighter version of its platform on a web based service in India first. After the turbulence of 2016, Twitter is expecting a smoother year ahead, with the micro-blogging firm…
Read More Twitter Southeast Asia And India MD Brushes Turmoil, Launches Twitter Lite In India First
On 31 January 2017, an announcement impacting H-1B visa programme has been made by the US House of Representatives making it difficult for companies in the US to employ skilled foreign workers. Among other things, the minimum wage requirement of H-1B…
Read More New H-1B Visa Announcement: Skills Not Salary The Trump Card
Let's start by considering a data point from a recent Greyhound Research study titled Global Mobile Apps Outlook 2017. From the 300+ global app makers we interviewed, nearly all state focus on a MobileFirst strategy and further simplifying User Experience as…
Read More Users Must Demand Secure, Transparent Experiences Over Better Looking Apps
Sanchit Vir Gogia, Chief Analyst & CEO of the Research & Advisory firm Greyhound Research, said operators would focus more on the enterprise side to push revenues. “Revenue is a challenge, particularly in the B2C space; we will see telcos focusing on the…
Read More Telecom Wars To Continue In 2017, Consolidation Seen
Ravi Bhaskaran, Twitter’s Platform Partnerships Head, South Asia, quit his position on Wednesday. According to Greyhound Research, the digital advertising market in India is currently worth around Rs 7,000 crore – 75% of which lies with Google and Facebook. Twitter,…
Read More Twitter Exodus Continues As Platform Partnerships Of South Asia Quits
On July 12, a day after joining Facebook, Umang Bedi met Sanjiv Mehta, chairman of Hindustan Unilever (HUL). HUL is the highest spender in advertising, in India, and Facebook lives on advertising dollars. As the new managing director of the California-headquartered…
Allowing video calls on WhatsApp, which is otherwise a simple messaging app owned by Facebook, was the last big feature launched before it starts making money. Knowing the phone number and device of use is enough, says Sanchit Vir Gogia,…
Alphabet Inc’s Google is ready to spend billions to get millions of Indians online– through a slew of India-specific products and initiatives – to stay relevant in the world’s fastest-growing internet economy. “While Google has done some good stuff, its…
Read More How Google Changed Itself For India In A ‘Mission To Connect The World’
Rishi Jaitly, Head of Twitter India, resigned and that was not surprising for most employees, who knew that the domestic market will also get effected by the micro-blogging site’s global restructuring programme, as the company failed to get new users…
Read More Head Of Twitter India Quits, More Exits To Follow Him
The exits in Twitter’s senior management who helped build the India business over years, signal the company’s co-founder and new CEO, Jack Dorsey’s, inclination to make significant changes in the way the domestic business is handled. According to Greyhound Research,…
Read More Exits Continue As Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Wants More Ad Revenue From India
Rishi Jaitly’s resignation was not surprising for most Twitter India employees, who knew that the domestic market will be impacted by the micro-blogging site’s global restructuring programme, as the company failed to get new users and generate higher advertising revenue,…
Read More Twitter India Head Quits, More Exits To Follow In Major Shake-Up
Amid a global slowdown in revenue growth and job cuts, head of Twitter’s India business, Rishi Jaitly, announced his exit from the company after a four-year stint. Sanchit Vir Gogia, Chief Analyst and CEO of Greyhound Research, said both the…
Read More Twitter’s India Head Steps Down Amid Slowing Revenues, Job Cuts
With its free listing of goods and services, Facebook could disrupt the paid model adopted by classified players in the country. “Whether you like it or not, doing something at scale and usability are big problems not many companies have…
Even as analysts said that WhatsApp’s decision to change its privacy policy, which entails sharing users’ account info with parent Facebook, is not a user friendly move, they believe most consumers will stick with the platform and not migrate to…
Read More Users Voice Concern Over WhatsApp Sharing Phone Numbers With Facebook
Is Facebook Inc. facing an identity crisis? What else could explain why the social networking company launched a stand-alone app for teenagers which does not require a Facebook account. The app called Lifestage is for those under 21, created by a…
Advertising powered Internet giant Alphabet Inc.’s revenue growth in the second quarter, as it has for years now. Revenue at Alphabet—Google’s parent firm, formed in 2015—rose 21% to $21.5 billion in April-June from a year ago. Advertising revenue reached $19.14 billion,…
Read More Google Continues To Ride High On Advertising In June Quarter
