April 1, 2016 - Digital to account for 25% of overall advertising revenues by 2020

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Invite Friends Blog Sree Vijaykumar From the Editor's Desk Nasty humans teaching machines to do nasty stuff is the real reason why machines might become dangerous to humans. After all, they learn from us (training datasets). Trolls caused havoc with Microsoft's teen chat bot experiment a few days ago. The bot started spewing racist hatred and sexist comments when asked questions, putting Microsoft in an embarassing position. Are our algorithms good enough to detect and prevent the worst human behaviour from influencing our AI-powered friends? Update: Microsoft accidentally opened up Tay again and shut it down after it tweeted that it's smoking marijuana in front of the police! - Comment Digital Digital to account for 25% of overall advertising revenues by 2020 Ad spend on digital media touched Rs 6,000 crore in 2015, says Ficci-KPMG report. Advt: The Power of a Great Digital Hospitality Experience A tsunami of game-changing digital disruptors has swept into the hospitality industry, raising the stakes in delivering the supreme guest experience. Join Chinmai Sharma, Chief Revenue Officer, Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces, at Adobe Symposium to get insights into how Taj Hotels plan to bring alive experiences directly from each of their fantastic hotels to screens around the world with breathtaking velocity. Complimentary Registration (for TradeBriefs subscribers).   Digital Robin Uthappa-backed Bangalore-based food-tech startup iTiffin shuts down Bangalore-based online meal service provider iTiffin.in has stopped taking orders and advised employees to look for jobs, in yet another reminder of distress in the food-tech sector despite new ventures continuing to raise funds. Three people familiar with the development told Techcircle.in that Digital 'Including services within the ambit of e-commerce is one of the biggest flaws of new FDI norms' Including services within the ambit of e-commerce is one of the biggest flaws of the regulations. Advance to a Proactive I&O Organization in Four Steps Advancing I&O maturity increases the value that I&O delivers. This essential piece of Gartner research shares 4 easy steps to advance your I&O organization. Digital Fin-tech startup SwitchMe raises funds from Mohandas Pai, others Fin-tech Startup SwitchMe Raises Funds From Mohandas Pai, Hiro Mashita and Singapore Angel Network, Y Combinator's Sam Altman Invests $50M in Asana, & Spotify Raises $1B in Convertable Debt From TPG, Dragoneer, and clients of Goldman Sachs Digital Health tech startup Portea Medical acquires majority stake in Health Mantra This acquisition comes right after Portea picked up a majority stake in PSTakeCare, a health-tech startup, in January. Digital Ola to make Wi-Fi services available across categories soon Ola announced the launch of Ola Wi-Fi that will allow users to auto connect to Internet in an Ola cab without having to enter credentials every single time. Retail Bigbasket should be shut under new norms: Kishore Biyani They don't have any seller and directly sell to the consumers, said Biyani. Retail FDI in e-commerce: no more fifty shades of grey At an impromptu fun-filled riddle competition among friends, family and single malts sometime ago, I was asked “What have you read recently that is suppose Retail Legal teams of ecommerce companies look for a way to continue with the discounts The guidelines restricting online marketplaces from offering discounts could also have a negative effect on the soaring valuations. Retail Why business tycoon Kishore Biyani encouraged daughters to pursue non-management fields While Ashni Biyani studied textile designing, younger daughter Avni pursued sociology at New York University. Telecom Apple iPhone SE and iPad Pro released globally, India launch on April 8 Keeping up growth in its iPhone sales will probably see it look to find more buyers in developing markets like India and to bring over those buyers who tend to focus on cheaper Android handsets. Telecom India launches pilot project for testing TV whitespace technology The project is aimed at improving mobile connectivity in every nook and corner of the country. Telecom India to allow MVNOs Xiaomi Mi 5, the 2016 flagship killer from Chinese smartphone maker has been officially launched in India. The smartphone is priced at Rs 24,999 for 3GB+32GB variant and will be available from Mi.com Telecom 5 Best selfie phones in India that every selfie lover must check out atleast once! Doesn't matter what features these phones have or even how they perform. The only thing that people want, that excites them about the device is the presence of a great front-end camera, a camera that helps them take that perfect selfie! Finance How bankruptcy code will save lenders A key design focus in the proposed code is speed of resolution. Delay is disincentivized at various stages Finance US investment in India has outpaced China since Narendra Modi government came to power Obama administration has said that the United States has stepped up investment in India since the advent of the Narendra Modi government. Finance India's medical devices startups grabbing the world's attention with advanced and affordable technologies In an industry dominated by global giants, medical devices startups are making inroads with technology thats advanced, affordable and more accessible. Finance Worst loss in five years for Sensex Indian equities suffer in 2015-16 as foreign investors pull out of emerging markets in flight to safer havens Software Google awards $20,000 to Kolkata boy for emotion recognition technology City boy Sumesh Dugar has developed a software that can recognize emotions. Dugar, who won the top honour among 10,000 startsups at Launchpad by Google, was also awarded credit worth $20,000 by Google to develop `TrueEmoji' further. Software Chinese handset maker Xiaomi eyeing start-up acquisition in India To expand product portfolio beyond smartphones Software Smartphone sales to slow down globally, except India, says Gartner Sales of smartphones in India is on pace to reach 29 per cent growth in 2016 and continue to exhibit double-digit growth in the next two years, it added. Software IT companies bracing for slowest topline expansion on annual basis At least half a dozen brokerages, that ET spoke to, expect Indias top five software exporters to post sequential revenue growth of about 2 per cent. Ecommerce Snapdeal planning to add 450 engineers to its technology and products teams by the end of this year This is in contrast to Snapdeal's move in February to put 200 employees on notice. Ecommerce PayPal announces 1% rebate in currency conversion processing fee for small merchants, freelancers The rebate will help improve merchant economics in the ecommerce economy. Ecommerce Transcell Biologics raises funds from Indian Angel Network; plans to use the investment to develop products out of stem cell The company plans to use the investment to develop products out of stem cell based platforms in both the therapeutic and non-therapeutic areas HR Flipkart's Manish Maheshwari is the New CEO of Web18 Web18 Latest Breaking News, Pictures, Videos, and Special Reports from The Economic Times. Web18 Blogs, Comments and Archive News on Economictimes.com HR Tata Steel exit: UK 'doing everything it can' to save jobs, David Cameron says British Prime Minister David Cameron on Thursday assured the nation that his government is "doing everything it can" to save some 20,000 jobs at Tata Steel, but warned there were "no guarantees of success" after India's steel giant decided to sell its loss-making UK businesses. HR Here's your quick guide to Friday's jobs report ReutersJobs day is upon us once again.At 8:30 a.m. ET on Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics will publish details of how the US labor market performed in HR Overseas jobs fraud: 10 travel agencies busted The drive, codenamed Operation Overseas, was conducted by the special branch of city police.Officials said that the operation was launched after checking the functioning of recruitment agencies for over a month. Logistics Congress talks tough, but holds out hope over GST Bill, despite BJP 'threats' Congress today struck a positive note on the GST Bill saying its support to the Narendra Modi government in the passage of legislation would be issue based and on merits, notwithstanding BJP's "open threats" to topple party governments in the backdrop of Uttarakhand developments. Party's senior spokesman Anand Sharma told reporters that there cannot be any cooperation possible with the government as it has continued unabated its "politics of confrontation" with the opposition. "There is a world of difference between Prime Minister Narendra Modi's precept and practice. He talks of cooperative federalism, but does exactly the opposite. In such a situation, any sort of cooperation is not possible", Sharma said. Logistics Indian Oil fights back airlines' allegation of usurping the gains from reduction in crude by not passing on price benefits Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) on Thursday fought back on the allegation by airlines that company is usurping gains from the reduction in crude oil prices by not passing on the lower costs. Four airlines that account for 95 per cent of the aviation Logistics Reliance Defence to sign a JV with Ukraine's Antonov for manufacturing transport aircraft and upgrade its existing fleet of 105 crafts of AN32 type- Firstpost The JV proposal comes at a time when India is in the midst of acquiring new transport aircraft and is in the process of upgrading the 105-strong fleet of AN 32 Logistics Chandigarh airport to be renamed after Shaheed Bhagat Singh, signages of 'Mohali' Airport to be removed Chandigarh airport to be renamed after Shaheed Bhagat Singh - Haryana CM Khattar had recently said that his government had no objection to the airport being named after Bhagat Singh. Construction UltraTech cuts price for Jaypee Group’s cement assets UltraTech cuts price for Jaypee’s cement assets by Rs600 crore; Karnataka assets have been dropped from the deal Construction Political blame game starts after Kolkata flyover collapses At least 18 killed, dozens trapped after under-construction flyover collapses in north Kolkata Construction Realty downturn effect: Lowest ever collector rate likely in Bhopal A maximum of 10% rate hike is proposed in five locations and between 3.1% and 9.1% in 15 other locations in Bhopal Construction Essar gets Rs 300 crore by selling housing project in Bengaluru SNN Builders would be taking this project forward which entails construction of 2 million sq ft Marketing Here’s Why Facebook Lead Gen Ads Will Take Off Editor’s Note: This is a guest post from Vikram Gupta, Business Director, Havas Media. You can connect with him on Twitter – @vikram_a_gupt. 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Voot, a 50:50 joint venture between V… Politics West Bengal polls: Seven candidates to contest with less than Rs 1,000 in pocket At least seven candidates in the first phase of West Bengal Assembly polls own assets worth less than Rs 1,000, with one of them having zero net worth. Politics Ink thrown at former Maharashtra AG Shrihari Aney during a protest for separate state Maharashtra's former Advocate General Shrihari Aney came under an ink attack on Thursday during a protest in Delhi for a separate state of Vidarbha, with the organisers claiming that an outfit championing united Maharashtra was behind it. Politics Why are Vijay Mallya, Lalit Modi still abroad? Rahul Gandhi asks PM Modi during Assam election meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi talked about bringing back black money from overseas, then why liquor baron Vijay Mallya and former IPL chief Lalit Modi are still abroad, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi asked on Thursday. Politics Jammu and Kashmir: Mehbooba Mufti to take oath as chief minister on 4 April Jammu and Kashmir has been under Governor's Rule since 8 January, after the death of Mehbooba's father Mufti Mohammed Sayeed - Firstpost Sports Lendl Simmons, Johnson Charles power West Indies into final; Virat Kohli’s 89* in vain Lendl Simmons, who joined the West Indies only after Andre Fletcher was injured in the last group match, remained unbeaten on 82. Sports India vs West Indies: MS Dhoni answers retirement question with his own trick question MS Dhoni was asked about his retirement after the India vs West Indies to which he trolled the journalist. Sports India vs West Indies: MS Dhoni ‘really disappointed’ with the two no-balls MS Dhoni said that it became imperative for him to finish quota of Ashish Nehra and Jasprit Bumrah much before the death as that was the only way to make a game out of it. Sports Sultan Azlan Shah Cup, Champions Trophy will serve as Olympic preparations, says Sardar Singh Sardar Singh said immediate aim is to win a gold in Sultan Azlan Shah Cup and to come up with a medal-winning show in the Champions Trophy. Entertainment Farhan Akhtar reacts to news of him being homeless Farhan Akhtar seems upset and angry about the recent news claiming that he is "almost homeless." Entertainment Experience of working on ‘Kabali’ has been great: Radhika Apte Radhika Apte says she is having a great time working on superstar Rajinikanth-starrer "Kabali". Entertainment Arjun Kapoor evolving as an actor: Ranveer Singh Ranveer Singh is all for his "Gunday" co-actor and good friend Arjun Kapoor, saying that the latter is "evolving" as an actor with every film. Entertainment New convention centre for IFFI in Goa by 2019: CM Laxmikant Parsekar Goa will get a full-fledged convention centre by 2019 to host the International Film Festival of India (IFFI), Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar. TradeBriefs Publications are read by over 10,00,000 Industry Executives About Us  |  Advertise Privacy Policy    Unsubscribe You are receiving this mail because of your subscription with TradeBriefs. Our mailing address is GF 25/39, West Patel Nagar, New Delhi 110008, India