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Spotify beats expectations, shuts down Car Thing

Spotify reported second-quarter revenue above analysts' estimates on Wednesday helped by a 14 percent jump in paying subscribers, and forecast an upbeat current quarter although it will stop production of its dashboard accessory, Car Thing.

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Instagram to become more video-focused over time

Meta-owned platform's head Adam Mosseri shared a video explaining the recent changes to the platform and said it will become more video-focused over time. On the microblogging site Twitter, Mosseri shared a video and mentioned that "there is a lot happening on Instagram right now". "I wanted to address a few things we are working on to mak...

Google Play gets new logo

As tech giant Google's Play Store officially completed 10 years, it is now getting a new logo to celebrate its 10th anniversary. The tech giant has slightly tweaked the overall shape of its Google Play Store logo, but the most notable changes are the less vibrant colors that more closely match the green, yellow...

Telcos’ aggressive bidding takes 5G spectrum sale to 3rd day

India’s first 5G auction on Wednesday received bids worth Rs 1.49 lakh crore on day two, as aggressive bidding across bands by players like Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel pushed the sale over to the third day. As many as five rounds of bidding were conducted for the 5G spectrum, capable of offering lag-free connectivity and ultra-high-speed i...

Google Maps launches Street View in India after 11-year wait

Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.O) Google Maps on Wednesday launched its panoramic Street View service in 10 Indian cities in partnership with Tech Mahindra and Genesys, 11 years after a first attempt ran into regulatory troubles. The feature, which offers 360-degree views of streets around the world using photos taken by cruising vehicles, has faced p...

WhatsApp unveils ‘Scam Se Bacho’ campaign

Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp on Tuesday launched a campaign titled ‘Scam Se Bacho’ in a bid to create awareness and educate users about the safety measures to be taken while making digital payments. This campaign which is accompanied by a music video signifies the company’s emphasis on ensuring the safety of users in India’s digital...

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“This initiative will empower subscribers to pay online and subscribe to the channels they want to watch and get it activated on their TV sets in real-time without any delay. Without needing to undertake any software development, LMOs can approach Mobiezy for their pre-built and pre-integrated solution that uses NXTDigital’s news APIs and can be up and running with their own mobile apps within just a few days.”

RU Ediriwira, Group CTO, NXTDigital Limited

“With the launch of Partnership for Growth 3.0 we intend to expand our network with 40 new NXTHUBs, each offering up to 650 live TV channels and broadband. Our efforts are focused on harnessing the convergence of technologies, developing robust apps and creating new business models that will help the overall ecosystem, delivering the best experience to our subscribers. We hope to achieve a stronger foothold in the rural regions of the country and grow our subscriber base.”

N.K. Rouse, COO, NXT Digital Ltd

“One of the key principles of the Hinduja Group is ‘Partnership for Growth’. After 2.0 saw the launch of HITS to connect LMOs in even the most remote locations through the only satellite-based cable TV platform in India; 3.0 focuses not just on strengthening the overall ecosystem we have built, but harnessing the convergence of technologies – to be delivered through a national network of NXTHUBs. Video and broadband are only the beginning of the digital highway of services that we have developed for roll-out backed by a robust suite of innovative apps developed by service providers exclusively for our LMOs and subscribers.”

Vynsley Fernandes, MD & CEO, NXTDigital Limited

“Wireline broadband is becoming ever more important not only in connecting homes across the country but also small to large enterprises-to the digital economy. The NXTHUBs will be the perfect point-of-presence to offer broadband services to cater to these consumer needs.”

Yugal Kishore Sharma CEO, ONEOTT Intertainment Limited

Amazing and grim battle for survival. Guess it will end up in Supreme Court. All that NCLT asked Zee to do was to file a reply to Invesco petition for a EGM. Now this is getting too serious. So far Invesco has been hammered for demanding an EGM. What is Zee upto? Ofcourse my lawyer community knows better!