San Francisco, Dec 12 : Google has turned to departing PayPal executive Bill Ready to fill up the position of the new president of commerce at the company. Earlier in June, PayPal had announced its COO Ready would be leaving the company at the end of this year. Ready will officially join Google in January […]
Category: Science
Netflix to create a series on Spotify
San Francisco, Dec 12 : Netflix has announced an untitled scripted series about Spotify, a Swedish startup that shook the entire music industry and evolved into becoming one of the worlds leading music services. The limited series is inspired by the book ‘Spotify Untold’ by authors Sven Carlsson and Jonas Leijonhufvud – both business reporters […]
Tech Mahindra bags Rs 500cr smart city project in Pune
Pune, Dec 12 : IT major Tech Mahindra on Thursday said it has won a Rs 500 crore smart city project from Pune’s Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC). Through this project, Tech Mahindra will engage with more than 15 lakh citizens of PCMC by enabling technology-led transformation to convert it into a smart and sustainable […]
TikTok owner ByteDance starts testing music app Resso in India
Beijing, Dec 12 : Chinese short video making app TikTok’s owner ByteDance Technology Co Ltd has begun testing its new music-streaming service ‘Resso’ in India and Indonesia, aiming to take on the likes of Spotify, Apple Music, Gaana, among others. Developed by Moon Video Inc. it has already inked deals with Indian labels like T-Series […]
‘Confidence in local weather forecasts lower in India than US’
New Delhi, Dec 12 : People in India are nearly twice as likely than those in the US to state that they are not confident about their local weather forecast, an IBM study said on Thursday. The results revealed that 72 per cent Indians believe that the local economy has been disrupted by a severe […]
Samsung aims to become top AC player in India by 2022
New Delhi, Dec 12 : Electronics major Samsung India is renewing its focus on the air conditioner (AC) business in India and aims to become the top player in the country by 2022, a senior company executive said on Thursday. To achieve this target, Samsung is aiming to double its AC business every year over […]