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Tuesday, May 21, 2019

TikTok owner Bytedance to start music service, secures rights from T-Series, Times Music

Paid music services have boosted music sales across the world, and are now the single largest source of revenue for the global record business. http://bit.ly/2WVH6N5 https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Decoding Bytedance's India gameplan

Bytedance is banking on its global product approach and user-generated content to win over the Indian market and take the battle right to Facebook http://bit.ly/30zcWkQ https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Slack expects to raise about $197 million in direct listing

Slack is the latest tech company looking to go public this year, following the market debuts of Uber, Lyft, Pinterest, and Zoom Video Communications. http://bit.ly/2VCVaJJ https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Under Armour in talks with Myntra for offline business

Once finalised, this would be the first major foreign brand being on-boarded for offline store management by the new leadership team of Myntra http://bit.ly/30zcUJK https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

More global brands land in Ajio cart

Toys from Hamleys, the iconic UK toy retailer that Reliance Brands acquired earlier this month for Rs 620 crore, have also been placed in Ajio Gold. http://bit.ly/2VENcA3 https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Why Amazon is betting on Kohl’s for expanding its physical presence

Kohl allowed Amazon customers to return packages at stores in Chicago and Los Angeles two years ago. The two companies expanded their partnership this summer to more than 1,150 stores. Kohl’s has, in an announcement in March, also said it would feature Amazon devices in 200 locations. http://bit.ly/2JrIWCp https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Morgan Stanley’s Teflon Banker chases next deal after Uber flops

It was 2012 and the humiliating stock-market debut of Facebook was spawning investor losses and lawsuits. That left Grimes -- the offering’s architect and Morgan Stanley’s premier banker -- a wounded man in the eyes of competitors. http://bit.ly/2JQ5uvP https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

IIIT-Delhi scans social media use with AI to predict personality

Working with Mahindra Ecole Centrale of Hyderabad, they have developed the system using machine learning, natural language processing and social network analysis. http://bit.ly/2wc5uON https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Human atlas project Manav looks to partner with technical and scientific research centres

Manav, which is being spearheaded by the Indian Institute for Scientific Education and Research (IISER) and the National Center for Cell Science (NCCS), has received initial funding of Rs 13 crore from DBT for three years. http://bit.ly/2HEP4Uv https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Telcos rue inadequate checks on competing OTT services

While mobile phone operators pushed for regulating the likes of WhatsApp and Facebook,the apps pushed back, saying they were already regulated under the IT Act, and further regulation would stifle innovation. http://bit.ly/2HsjSJ3 https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Got enough 4G equipment for a year, says Huawei

Both Voda Idea and Airtel use Huawei’s 4G gear in several circles, besides those from Sweden’s Ericsson, Finland’s Nokia and China’s ZTE. http://bit.ly/2YG9TFY https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Huawei, Honor sales set for a massive impact in India, courtesy US ban

Huawei’s India smartphone business is set for a massive impact as Alphabet Inc's Google decides to suspend business with the world’s second-largest handset maker after the Trump administration added Huawei to a trade blacklist. http://bit.ly/2HttRxC https://ift.tt/eA8V8J