With the US government circling, Google is starting to play nice with smaller rivals

Several software firms said Google has become more collaborative on data privacy and other changes with them and industry groups, helping these entities instead of ignoring requests as they have done in the past. https://ift.tt/3ncXZjU https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Airbnb aims to raise roughly $3 billion in IPO: Report

Airbnb will be one of the largest and most anticipated U.S. stock market listings of 2020 which has already been a blockbuster year for IPOs https://ift.tt/3l3Xpms https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Facebook, Twitter, Google CEOs will testify before U.S. Senate committee

Republican President Donald Trump has made holding tech companies accountable for allegedly stifling conservative voices a theme of his administration https://ift.tt/3ikspgs https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

JioMart pilots milk deliveries in Bengaluru, Chennai

This will pit it directly against online food delivery platform Swiggy’s Supr Daily and Bigbasket’s BB Daily services, besides standalone player Milkbasket. https://ift.tt/3l8PB2V https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

JioMart bets on private labels

JioMart’s daily average order volume is learnt to be inching up from the previously announced 2.5 lakh and private brands, which are typically 10-20% cheaper, could boost that further https://ift.tt/33ryqDC https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

The digital transformation of boomers and beyond during the pandemic

Monthly active users in 55+ age-group have risen considerably for healthcare, grocery apps compared to earlier https://ift.tt/3ndosxF https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Facebook steps up promotion of groups content in feeds, around the web

Facebook would surface recommendations in news feeds by showing "related discussions" from public groups next to a link or post https://ift.tt/3liE8OD https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

The rise of home chefs in India amid the pandemic

Social media continues to be the single largest channel of discovery for these businesses. https://ift.tt/36k137E https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

It's cashless on delivery

The pandemic has done what even demonetisation couldn't do — bring about a big shift in payments from cash to the digital. And it’s here to stay, even when things get back to normal, say industry specialists while cautioning about the threat cyberattacks pose to digital payments https://ift.tt/3l1xax3 https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Ecomm recharges digital payments

Boom in online shopping giving payments industry a boost, panellists at ET webinar say https://ift.tt/3jdMne1 https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

US expected to sue Google next week as DOJ seeks support from states

The lawsuit is expected to accuse Google, builder of the world's dominant search engine, of looking to disadvantage rivals such as Microsoft's Bing by depriving them of the data about users and user preferences that they need to improve and to advertise to people. https://ift.tt/2HIBZ01 https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

A Napster moment for online video and music platforms in India as piracy soars in lockdown

Telegram saw piracy on its platform jump a staggering 1092% or about 11 times during lockdown, while the Internet and mobile on a whole saw a 348% increase, according to data shared by Markscan. https://ift.tt/30k1JpW https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

No need for payment gateways to deduct tax if e-tailer does it

Earlier, industry stakeholders had said that tax was being deducted twice — once on e-commerce operators who are facilitating sale of goods or services or both, and once on payment gateways which also happen to qualify as e-commerce operators for facilitating the service. https://ift.tt/30mnVzH https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Startups accuse 'gatekeeper' Google of not playing fair

Tech giant says companies have multiple store options, can also use websites https://ift.tt/3kTpOvq https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Fundraising clocks fastest rebound in digital sector, says Avendus CEO

Over the course of this year, Avendus helped close over 30 deals across sectors, including fundraising for some India’s top consumer internet majors https://ift.tt/33cmMfO https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Study says social groups still risky for children

The study between June and July 2020 found that as of early June, up to 110 out of a total of 182 WhatsApp group links that were shared with the social media company in 2019 were “still active and operating”. https://ift.tt/3cQQ2w9 https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

CSC eStores post record sales riding on rural demand surge

CSC has partnered with close to half a dozen packaged consumer goods companies including Coca-Cola, appliances maker Whirlpool, PepsiCo and cookies maker Unibic, and is in talks with another 20 companies including Britannia, Nivea and Adani Group, he said. https://ift.tt/3kZWNP1 https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Cloud services firms to resist Trai move to impose new rules

Later this week, the cloud companies plan to petition the department of telecom (DoT) through industry groupings — Nasscom and Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI). https://ift.tt/3n2Q9sQ https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Congress slams Surya's ‘Terror’ tweet, says slur will hit Karnataka's image

Chief minister BS Yediyurappa sought to play it down, saying the MP made the statement in the context of Karnataka’s demands for a National Investigation Agency (NIA) unit for Bengaluru. https://ift.tt/2GllO7X https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

More than a third of businesses participating in festive sales are first time online sellers: Survey

Close to 27% of the seller base is preparing to launch new products this festive season, a survey report from Amazon exclusively shared with ET indicated https://ift.tt/3mYF6RF https://ift.tt/eA8V8J