Bollywood superstar Deepika Padukone is set to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2026 — becoming the first Indian actress ever to earn this distinction. She has about 25 million followers on Twitter/X. Trivia: her father Prakash Padukone was a global badminton champion - and my...
Smart Phone Sales Continue to Rise
Smartphone suppliers in India shipped 46.6 million units in the most recent quarter, an increase of 9.3 percent from the previous quarter. The average selling price is much lower than in the West, just $159 and top brands are all Asian companies, Xiaomi, Samsung, Vivo, Realme and Oppo. However. the iPhone...
Twitter Localizes for India
To encourage more conversations, San Francisco, CA-based Twitter redesigned its website in India and backed it by an improved translation engine to help users localize content in seven Indian languages: Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi, Urdu, Tamil, Bengali and Kannada. "We want people in India to be able to find tweets and...
Twitter to Launch Ads Transparency Center in India
In anticipation the 2019 general elections during April-May in India, Twitter, launched its Ads Transparency Center in India on March 11. This will allow everyone to view political ads with details such as ad spend and targeted demographics--both intended by the advertiser and actually delivered by Twitter. No login or...
India, Canada Groups Cooperate on Blockchain Technology
India's tech industry body Nasscom and Canada's Blockchain Research Institute will create a center of excellence in India to provide "high-end technology capabilities." Canadian government-backed researchers will partner with India's tech industry to explore the use of blockchain in government and academic institutions, as well as businesses. Blockchain Research Institute...
Investor Outlines Macro Trends in India
Macro thinker and author of the institutional newsletter, Global Macro Investor, Raoul Pal, identifies big trends ahead of time and has 24,000 Twitter followers. He enunciates that the next big macro idea is India. Pal says, "India has built the world’s first national digital infrastructure, leaping at least two generations...