Enabling the differently abled

India’s digitisation drive picked up after demonetisation, which happened this month six years ago. Yet, apps and platforms ignore an important segment of the population

Can Mumbai become the next Bengaluru?

Also in today’s edition: Titan’s hinterland gambit; Musk takes on PayPal; Capital gains tax overhaul incoming; No “red wave” in the US midterms

Disney’s post-IPL reality check

Also in today’s edition: BSNL 🤝 TCS; Tesla gets the stepchild treatment; China’s well-heeled look for an escape route; Binance-FTX enters saga territory

YouTube will soon short your TVs

Also in today’s edition: Amazon’s logistics play; Tiger Global stung by losses; VLCC’s snapped up; We are living in a polycrisis

K-12 won’t save edtech

Also in today’s edition: Apple’s phone crunch; Africa is the new 5G battleground; No respite for tech employees; Reliance Retail continues B2B expansion

No longer a working class Hero

Also in today’s edition: Apple’s ad gambit; COP27 and US midterms fan global currents; Crypto lobby flexes its muscle; Amazon Prime Video’s metrics muddle

Has Amartya Sen lost the debate?

Morgan Stanley says India’s shift to profits instead of redistribution will boost GDP growth and propel equity market cap to over $10 trillion

YouTube enters its Prime phase

Also in today’s edition: GM mustard sparks debate; India 🤝 China; Plastic isn’t going anywhere; Sony’s making $$$

Snap jumps on the Bharat bandwagon

Also in today’s edition: Biden goes the Modi way; Penguin hits a publisher’s block; Accountability knocks on bosses’ doors; Adobe’s Figma moment

Twitter has tick fever

Also in today’s edition: Big Tech’s Halloween boogeyman; The great Indian middle-class squeeze; Carmakers on song; Rich Indians head for greener pastures

Amazon-1, Google-0

Also in today’s edition: Will BNPL brb?; Muskverse shareholders in a soup; India burns the midnight oil; Xi’s yes ministers

JPMorgan Chase is in the midst of a corporate drama