U.S. firm Epic Games is challenging Google in an Indian tribunal for not complying with some portions of an antitrust directive, alleging that the tech giant is not hosting the gaming company’s app store on Google’s Play Store app. Epic’s claims are the latest legal issues to plague the Alphabet Inc unit in India. Last month, after losing a legal fight with the Competition Commission of India (CCI).
Amid the growing data localisation demand in India, the country is likely to witness 4,900-5,000 MW of capacity with an investment of Rs1.5 lakh crore in the next six years. The key triggers for digital explosion in India are the increasing internet and mobile penetration, the government’s thrust on e-governance/ digital India, adoption of new technologies (cloud computing, IoT and 5G), growing user base for social media, gaming, e-commerce, and OTT platforms.
Cloud major Oracle on Monday launched Banking Cloud Services, a new suite of componentised, composable services for the banking industry. The Cloud-native, software-as-a-service (SaaS) suite will give corporate and retail banks the agility to modernise their banking applications to meet customer demands.
If a TV manufacturer like Roku can sell ads, why not a brand that makes personal computers? Hewlett Packard has been courting advertisers with the concept of the HP Media Network, according to reports. Given the distribution of HP PCs, the network might reach 830 million people globally across more than 100 million devices. The network would primarily offer laptop-targeted ads and streaming services.