Bytedance isn't the only Chinese company which is looking to build a phone for its apps. Selfie app maker Meitu had earlier built a smartphone preloaded with its collection of photo editors

According to market intelligence firm Sensor Tower, TikTok recorded its best first quarter yet for new users in the quarter ended March, with 188 million new installs, of which India accounted for over 47%

Even though as CEO Susan Wojcicki was on her maiden visit to India - YouTube's largest user base - she cut her teeth in the media industry as an intern with the India Today Group way back in 1991. \"I used to live in Kalkaji (New Delhi) and travel to the India Today office in Connaught Place by bus,\" she fondly remembers. In fact, her first assignment as an intern was to write about the birth of e-mail. From there, Wojcicki went on to rent out her garage in the US to the Google founders and eventually became Google's first marketing manager in 1999. In conversation with Business Today's Rajeev Dubey and Ajita Shashidhar, Wojcicki talks about YouTube's ambition, its brush with regulators, fake news and her unflinching faith in YouTube's ad-supported business model. Edited excerpts:

The Sero TV is set to go on sale at the end of May in South Korea for approximately Rs. 11.3 lakhs

The move comes hours after a court in southern Tamil Nadu state refused a request by China's Bytedance Technology to suspend a ban on its TikTok app, putting its future in one of its key markets in doubt.

Local and global players are wooing Indian consumers with music streaming services. Differentiation will decide who wins and who loses.

If you are still affected by the bug and seeing the ads on YouTube, try disconnecting the Bluetooth or any wired headphones from the device and restart the application

YouTube Music can play files with all the popular extensions including MP3, Ogg, FLAC, and WAV. It is competing against Amazon Music, Apple Music, JioSaavn, Gaana, and Spotify.

India is emerging as one of the largest gig economies thanks to technology and digital economy.

Amazon is using its tech prowess to keep employees engaged.

The YouTube Music is said to be a reimagined, made-for-music app and web player with official songs, albums, thousands of playlists and artist radio plus YouTube's catalogue of remixes, live performances, covers and music videos.

This new species of AI-powered voice assistants could build deep emotional connectivity between humans and machines.

The Swedish company is offering a free version that will run with ads, alongside a premium ad-free variant that will charge users 119 Indian rupees ($1.68) per month.

Spotify launches in India: Founder Daniel Ek said that as the platform grows, their goal is to bring millions of artists and billions of fans together from every country and background.

Amazon's Echo Input houses a four-microphone array for capturing your voice from anywhere in the room even when the music is playing.

While YouTube and OTT players jostle for dominance in the video segment in India, it is the creators who are making merry.

As part of the transaction, a portion of Fossil Group's research and development (R&D) team currently supporting the transferring IP will join Google.