Month: December 2023

Dark pattern guidelines a step forward in tackling deceptive practices

there is no effective or transparent mechanism to ensure that platforms do not resort to practices such as creating ‘False Urgency’, as there is no real time mechanism to keep a check on the truth of the claims. (Representative image by Kyle Glenn via Unsplash)

Awareness about unfair practices that qualify as dark practice is very low among Indian users. India has the second highest number of internet users and these guidelines will go a long way in curbing misuse of data.

2023 wrap: A year of transformations for India’s gaming sector

WinZO also partnered with the Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi (IIT-D), the Delhi Technological University (DTU), the Netaji Subhash University of Technology (NSUT), and the IIITD to launch its new cyber security programme, Code Health and Security Evaluation (CHASE). (Representative Image: Omid Armin via Unsplash)

The gaming sector was hit by the 28 percent tax on the full face value of bets placed on online games. However, the year also saw India retaining its spot as a key leader in global game downloads. Future growth is expected by in- app purchases and ad revenues in casual and mid-core games.

Coca-Cola renews its partnership with ICC until 2031

During the recent ICC Men's Cricket World Cup India 2023, Thums Up and Limca Sportz were the exclusive beverage and sports drink partners, activating a host of online and offline fan engagement activations. (Representational image by Maximilian Bruck via Unsplash)

The agreement includes all men’s and women’s events at the pinnacle of the sport including the ICC Cricket World Cups, ICC T20 World Cups and ICC Champions Trophies through to the end of 2031.

Google announces 30000 layoffs from ad sales division post new AI innovation

1.5 Flash excels at summarization, chat applications, image and video captioning, data extraction from long documents and tables, and more. (Representative Image: Lauren Edvalson via Unsplash)

The new innovations can automatically suggest and create ads for customers, requiring basically, no human intervention. This development renders the ad sales unit essentially redundant.

66 percent of CEOs in India consider AI as a top investment priority for their organisation

Google's AI head Jeff Dean and former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki have also backed the company in a personal capacity. (Representative Image: Steve Johnson via Unsplash)

Despite ongoing economic uncertainty, generative AI remains a crucial investment for CEOs both in India and globally who are looking to stay ahead of the curve.

GfK reveals 9 percent surge in smartphone value amidst 2 percent volume decline

The overall impact of this volume decrease, however, is mitigated by 11 percent growth in the Average Selling Price (ASP).(Representative Image: shri via Unsplash)

The categories of desk computing, mobile computing, and media tablets underwent fluctuations in volume, value, and ASP over the specified period, highlighting the inherent dynamism within these segments of the consumer electronics market.

Telecommunications Bill 2023: Landmark law gets President’s assent

Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam have high conversion ratios, Hindi and Kannada record mid conversion ratios, Gujarati, Marathi and Bengali record low conversion ratios. (Representative Image: Nicolas J Leclercq via Unsplash)

Telecommunications Act, 2023 that’s set to make the sector investor-friendly, puts user protection first while extending powers to the government to intercept communications.