China Outside China 22 May 2023 How China’s ShareIt became the world’s go-to file-transfer app Virtually unknown in the West, ShareIt boomed in places where data is expensive. But as the cost of data falls, can it stay relevant?
Bento 🍱 12 May 2023 Five of the coolest projects to come out of India’s first AI hackathon From a plug-in that lets you interrogate YouTube videos to creating comic strips with text prompts, India’s first generative AI hackathon was a peek into what’s to come.
Labor 12 May 2023 Apple’s top suppliers are on a hiring spree in India Every Saturday, a clutch of engineering colleges in south India turn into venues for walk-in interviews for Apple contract manufacturers.
Politics 3 May 2023 Apple’s reluctant shift toward India Apple apparently sees India as a destination to assemble and sell its iPhones. But CEO Tim Cook hasn’t made any big promises yet.
Q & A 1 May 2023 What the U.S.-China chip war means for India A Q&A with Pranay Kotasthane, who explains how India is pushing itself as an alternative to China in the ongoing trade war between Washington and Beijing.
3 Minutes With 18 April 2023 Meet Newme, India’s Shein replacement A year after India banned the Shein app, Newme emerged to fill the gap. Founder Sumit Jasoria talks about Gen Z fashion in this "country of countries."
Money 10 April 2023 India’s plan to export its wildly successful digital payments system After starting cross-border payments with Singapore, India is now setting up more international partnerships.
Creators & Communities 21 March 2023 Meet India’s MrBeast — selfless saint or fame-hungry vlogger? Turning charitable acts into spectacles has earned Harsha Sai a rabid fan following. But this has also raised questions about his wealth and intentions.
Global Tech Downturn 15 March 2023 How the global startup economy is reacting to SVB’s crash Entrepreneurs and investors in India, Mexico, Morocco, Singapore, and China are worried about the fallout of the crisis on the funding and regulatory environment.
Reports 6 March 2023 YouTube has created a multimillion-dollar dubbing economy MrBeast and PewDiePie are part of a booming business that localizes social media videos for fans around the world.
3 Minutes With 28 February 2023 How Bangladesh’s first and only unicorn used “human ATMs” to promote financial inclusion BKash changed the way business is done in Bangladesh by providing services accessible with the most basic mobile phones and a network of agents.
E-commerce 22 February 2023 Amazon’s plan to lure shoppers with free streaming is working in India If the e-commerce giant cracks the ad-free, shop-as-you-watch code in the country, nothing stops it from rolling miniTV out internationally.
