YouTube Shorts to Gain Shopping Features Amid Digital Ad Slowdown: Report

YouTube Shorts to Gain Shopping Features Amid Digital Ad Slowdown: Report

YouTube is bringing shopping features to its TikTok-like short-form video service, as it looks to diversify its revenue stream squeezed by falling ad spending, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday. Ad sales on Alphabet-owned YouTube slipped to $7.07 billion (roughly Rs. 57,300 crore) in the third quarter from $7.2 billion…

The Elephant Whisperers Release Date: Guneet Monga’s Heartfelt Documentary Out December 8 on Netflix

The Elephant Whisperers Release Date: Guneet Monga’s Heartfelt Documentary Out December 8 on Netflix

The Elephant Whisperers, an upcoming India-set short documentary from Netflix, just got a release date. Screened last week at the DOC NYC 2022 Film Festival in the US, the short portrays the heartwarming tale of a South Indian couple, who fall in love with an orphaned elephant Raghu, given into…

WhatsApp Companion Mode to Link Secondary Phone, Tablet Enters Testing on Latest Beta Version

WhatsApp Companion Mode to Link Secondary Phone, Tablet Enters Testing on Latest Beta Version

WhatsApp will has begun testing the ability to link a secondary phone and an Android tablet as part of the ‘companion mode’ that is said to be in development. The Meta-owned instant messaging and calling service has been working on an evolved version of its multi-device feature to support additional…

FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Says He Failed to See Warnings Signs That Led to Firm’s Collapse

FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Says He Failed to See Warnings Signs That Led to Firm’s Collapse

FTX founder and former Chief Executive Sam Bankman-Fried said he expanded his business too fast and failed to notice signs of trouble at the exchange, whose downfall sent shock waves through the crypto industry, the New York Times reported late on Monday. “Had I been a bit more concentrated on…

Apple vs Epic Games: Fortnite Creator to Fight Against Antitrust Ruling Favouring Tech Giant

Apple vs Epic Games: Fortnite Creator to Fight Against Antitrust Ruling Favouring Tech Giant

Epic Games on Monday will try to overturn portions of a court ruling in an antitrust trial last year that largely favoured Apple. The “Fortnite” creator sued Apple in 2020 alleging that the iPhone maker’s App Store rules, under which software developers must pay commissions of up to 30 percent on…

Amazon Plans to Lay Off 10,000 Employees Days After Twitter, Meta Trimmed Jobs: Report

Amazon Plans to Lay Off 10,000 Employees Days After Twitter, Meta Trimmed Jobs: Report

Technology giant Amazon plans to lay off 10,000 people in the coming days, adding to the bloodbath being witnessed in the technology world after Twitter and Facebook parent Meta significantly trimmed their workforces. The New York Times said in a report Monday that Amazon plans to lay off approximately 10,000…

Google Said to Pay 0 Million to Settle Location-Tracking Lawsuit

Google Said to Pay $400 Million to Settle Location-Tracking Lawsuit

Alphabet’s Google will pay about $400 million (nearly Rs. 3,200 crore) to settle a complaint brought by a group of states over allegations the search and advertising giant illegally tracked users’ locations, two people familiar with the matter said. The announcement will come as early as Monday, the sources said….

Elon Musk’s SpaceX Buys Advertising Package for Starlink on Twitter

Elon Musk’s SpaceX Buys Advertising Package for Starlink on Twitter

SpaceX has bought an advertising package on Twitter for its satellite internet service Starlink, said Elon Musk, who owns the rocket company and the social media platform that is seeing an exodus of advertisers. “SpaceX Starlink bought a tiny – not large – ad package to test effectiveness of Twitter…

India Smartphone Shipment Declined by 10 Percent in July-September Quarter: IDC

India Smartphone Shipment Declined by 10 Percent in July-September Quarter: IDC

Smartphone shipment in India declined by 10 percent to hit a three-year low of 43 million shipment in the July-September 2022 period, market research firm International Data Corporation said on Monday. The 5G smartphone share reached 36 percent of total smartphones during the reported quarter with 16 million units at…