SINGAPORE: Anuvrat Rao has taken charge as APAC head of commerce and signals partnerships at Meta, steering monetisation deals across Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp from Singapore....
CALIFORNIA: Meta Platforms is going all in. The Instagram and Facebook owner has sharply raised its capital expenditure for 2026 to between $115 billion and $135...
GOA: Goa may become the first Indian state to draw a hard line on children’s social media use. The coastal state is studying Australia’s landmark law...
NEW DELHI: Pocket FM has brought a heavy hitter from big tech into its audio universe. The audio series platform has appointed Vasu Sharma as its...
Singapore: Simon Milner is calling time on a long and influential career in public policy. The vice-president of public policy for Asia-Pacific at Meta will retire...
MUMBAI: When walkie-talkies started speaking louder than the law, the regulator pressed the mute button. India’s consumer watchdog has fined Flipkart and Meta Platforms Rs 10...
MUMBAI: Flipkart has appointed Jane Duke as chief ethics and compliance officer, strengthening its leadership ranks as the Walmart-backed ecommerce group prepares for a potential public...
CALIFORNIA: Meta has brought in a heavyweight from the worlds of finance and public policy, with Dina Powell McCormick joining the company as president and vice...
US: Natasha Kapoor is crossing continents, and upping the stakes. After five years shaping media strategy for Meta across India and Asia-Pacific, Kapoor has moved to...
MUMBAI: The bedroom is the new boardroom. India’s influencer marketing industry once dismissed as frivolous narcissism with ring lights crossed Rs 3,600 crore in 2024 and...
NEW DELHI: Aman Jain has clearly mastered the art of the big-tech shuffle. After a two-year stint steering Amazon through India’s treacherous regulatory waters as director...
HARYANA: Aman Jain is set to join Meta as senior director and country head for public policy, taking charge of one of the most closely watched...
CALIFORNIA: Meta has hired Shivam Sharma as strategic lead for energy and data centre strategy, pulling in more than 13 years of experience from PSEG, where...
MUMBAI: India’s direct-to-consumer sector enters 2026 not with a bang but with a balance sheet and a to-do list. The Zero to Rs 100 crore playbook,...
INDIA: Generali Central Insurance has rolled out its first unified brand campaign after completing its tie-up with the Central Bank of India (CBI), marking a pivotal...
MUMBAI: Chat360 has dialled up its global ambitions with a new partnership with Meta that brings WhatsApp business voice calling to enterprises worldwide. The move plugs...
INDIA: Quick commerce has muscled its way into India’s shopping habits, powering 45 per cent of festive purchases this year as consumers shift from planned buys...
MUMBAI: If 2025 was the turbulence, 2026 is the tailwind or the test. That was the unmistakable message as the MMA India Board convened for its...
MUMBAI: India didn’t just steal the spotlight at Meta’s ‘House of Instagram’ event in Mumbai, it became the headline act. In a move that cements India’s...
MUMBAI: Meta has tapped seasoned consumer-tech hand Srinivas Rao Vishnubhotla to drive retail sales for its Ray-Ban Meta AI smart glasses in India, betting big on...
MUMBAI: Frodoh has added fresh firepower to its leadership ranks, appointing Chirag Bhatia as national sales head as the fast-growing adtech firm pushes into its next...
MUMBAI: Verlinvest has strengthened its India play by appointing Amit Aggarwal to lead its early-growth investment strategy in the country, a move that signals sharper focus...
MUMBAI: In a sharp career pivot after a decade at Meta, Tanmaya Trivedi has taken charge as director of sales at Spotify. The move marks a...
MUMBAI: Every iPhone video carries a secret ingredient: tiny packets of data that tell screens exactly how bright and vivid to display footage. For three years,...
NEW DELHI: India has flicked the switch on its most muscular data protection regime yet—and the government is already eyeing shorter compliance deadlines for tech behemoths....
MUMBAI: Richa Parekh’s journey at JioHotstar has reached an important new chapter as she steps into the role of senior director of marketing. Parekh joined JioHotstar...
MUMBAI: Marketing just got a turbo boost. GrowthJockey has launched Intellsys AdGPT, the world’s first prescriptive ad intelligence platform designed to tell marketers exactly what to...
MUMBAI: There are moments when life changes in a heartbeat, a new home, a long drive, a daring dream dusted off and revived. In those in-between...
MUMBAI: Spam beware, India’s digital regulators are tightening the screws. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) convened the 9th Joint Committee of Regulators (JCoR) at...
MUMBAI: Integral Ad Science (IAS), the global ad verification powerhouse, has stitched together a new layer of protection for advertisers by launching AI-driven brand safety and...
MUMBAI: From Diwali sparks to a nine-week growth blaze. India’s festive season is no longer a one-week sprint to Diwali, and Appsflyer is showing marketers how to...
MUMBAI: From scripts to circuits, storytelling just got smarter. At FICCI Frames 2025, the stage buzzed with ideas as tech titans from Jiohotstar, Meta, and Google...
MUMBAI: At the 25th edition of Ficci Frames, Meta’s top leadership: Sandhya Devanathan, vice president, Meta India, and Meta India managing director and country head Arun...
NEW DELHI: Climbing the ladder at Google takes stamina. Raveesh Dev has just demonstrated plenty of it. After nearly ten years shuttling between roles at the...
MUMBAI: Global advertising expenditure is set to surge by 7.4 per cent this year to $1.17trn, according to WARC’s latest forecast—the first upward revision in more...
MUMBAI: It’s reel life, not real life, that has India hooked. Five years since its debut, Instagram reels has danced its way to the top of...
MUMBAI: Advertising rarely gets a standing ovation outside boardrooms, but the Indiaa Awards have spent a decade proving that creativity deserves the spotlight. On 7 October...
MUMBAI: The actor and new mum has just been announced as the latest brand ambassador for All Things Baby (ATB), India’s premium parenting platform. Known for...
MUMBAI;OpenAI has appointed Sheeladitya Mohanty as its marketing lead for India, tasking him with driving awareness, adoption and responsible use of the firm’s products across the...
MUMBAI: Insurance just found its digital double. HDFC Ergo has roped in Consumr.ai, India’s next-gen customer intelligence platform, to pilot a proof-of-concept (POC) that could transform...
MUMBAI: When ad world muscle meets academic hustle, you get a creative spark like no other. In a move that blends Madison Avenue with Mumbai’s media...
MUMBAI: Ankit Rihal, a veteran of nearly a decade at Meta, has snagged a new gig as head – global partnerships, India. Rihal, who’s been a...
MUMBAI: As part of Meta’s commitment to user safety, we’ve launched the second edition of our anti-scams campaign, ‘Scam se Bacho 2.0’ that delivers digital safety...
MUMBAI: If the Indian media sector were a movie, Waves 2025 would be the montage sequence fast cuts of big money, bold ideas and breakout talent...
MUMBAI: After two decades of making other people’s platforms profitable, Akshay Mathur has decided it’s time to build his own money-making machine. The adtech veteran has...
MUMBAI: Titan Eye+ has dialled up the smart quotient with the launch of Ray-Ban Meta AI smart glasses, now available at 50+ select stores across India....
MUMBAI: It’s not every day that adtech and the auto world go full throttle together but this partnership is clearly built for speed. Adcounty Media has...
MUMBAI: Fashion just got a little more soulful and a lot more personal as Zouk, India’s proudly vegan and 100 per cent Indian lifestyle brand, has...
MUMBAI: The global advertising industry is set for a bumpier ride than expected thanks to Donald Trump’s recent trade pronouncements and the retaliatory measures by the...
MUMBAI: BBDO India has added another feather to its creative cap, emerging as the most awarded Indian agency at ADFEST 2025 in Pattaya, Thailand. With a...