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BGMI Banned in India: Here’s What Google and Krafton Said.

The most addictive and famous game, Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI), is removed from the Google Play Store and Apple App Store after a Government order. Despite its disappearance from app stores, it will run on the devices it is already installed on. This game was the altered version of PUBG (PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds) which was a battle royal game, developed by Krafton. BGMI had over 100 million registered users in the country just after a year it was relaunched after PUBG was deemed illegal in India.

In 2020, the Indian government banned twenty Chinese apps and it was on the list of banned apps because of its involvement with the Chinese game development firm Tencent Games. Those apps were banned due to security risk reasons.

An NGO, PRAHAR, has requested the government to ban the Chinese gaming application BGMI in February 2020 and to enlist it in the fifty-four Chinese app list, stating its unavailability in the list is a “clear lapse in judgement on part of the Government”.
Source: www.news18.com

RSS, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh confederate Swadeshi Jagran Manch, has also supported PRAHAR’s request and urged for an investigation on antecedents and Chinese influence on BGMI, according to a report by IANS.

Google has officially announced that it has received an official order for the removal of BGMI from the India Government and Krafton confirmed the same.

Google in a statement said, “On receipt of the order, following established process, we have notified the affected developer and have blocked access to the app that remained available on the Play Store in India.”
Source: www.91mobiles.com

Why It Is Banned?

Meanwhile, Krafton said, “we are clarifying how BGMI was removed from Google Play and will let you know once we get specific information.”
Source: www.91mobiles.com

While there is not any proper statement or reason given for its ban, #BGMI, and #BGMIban hashtags are trending on Twitter. It seems to have connected to the violent incidents happening. Recently, there was an incident where a 16-year-old boy shot and killed his mother only because of some argument over online games such as PUBG. The incident was under investigation.

While some reports mentioned the reason as the same as PUBG Mobile, the government is distressed about the issues regarding data transmigration and its connection to the Chinese firms. The real reason will be soon disclosed by the government.

Rajeev Chandrashekhar, Union Minister, also noted that banned apps such as PUBG, which were banned in India, are resurfacing in new forms targeting BGMI, as it was also launched as the latest version of PUBG Mobile.

BGMI has been the most renowned app among Chinese apps that was rebranded and relaunched with similar features and managed to stay out of government eyes. Maybe because of its high popularity among gamers.

Its developer Krafton seemed to have invested about 100 million U.S dollars for the development and relaunching of BGMI and an esports ecosystem over the past years in India. So, the ban of this game will be a big blow to it in India. It will also affect the gaming market in India. The firm recently declared surpassing 100 million registered android and Ios users. chief Executive officer of Krafton, Changhan Kim, said

“India is an important market for Krafton. We are positive about the opportunities in the country and are committed to create a robust gaming ecosystem. Our focus is pivoted towards constantly elevating the mobile gaming experience for our growing community and invest in the flourishing start-up landscape here”.
Source: gadgets360.com

Suhani Jain

I am a student pursuing my bachelor’s in information technology. I have a interest in writing so, I am working a freelance content writer because I enjoy writing. I also write poetries. I believe in the quote by anne frank “paper has more patience than person

Google Maps Street View Feature Is Coming To These Indian Cities First, Check If Your City Is On The List.

Google Maps brought in a new feature in India which is one of the major add-ons to the services. It introduced brand new features of the street view at the Google I/O administered this year. With this street view feature, Indians will experience a 360- degree outlook of the different small regions like landmarks, streets, and regions that were not shown on the map like residential areas or any other location. This feature will provide great help to those who want to know about or explore different unpopular regions in India before investing money or time. Also, it shows local cafes and cultural hotspots. It will enhance the whole tourism experience In India.

“Street View will help people navigate and explore new corners of the country and the world more visually and accurately, enabling them to fully experience what it’s like to be in these places, right from their phone or computer”, Google said.
Source: www.indiatoday.in

Street View will be accessible in India on Google Maps with the latest imagery licensed from local collaborators. It will cover about 1,50,000 km over ten cities in India. Google maps proposed this deal back in 2016 but was rejected by the government of India because, according to their policies, it is not allowed to retain imagery data of the country. Although, a new policy, the new National Geospatial policy, 2021, is introduced which allows such features on the condition that the foreign firms won’t own the imagery data. Genesys International and Tech Mahindra played an important role in bringing this feature to India.

Google maps collaborated with an advanced mapping solutions firm, Genesys International and Tech Mahindra to provide a more thorough and detailed look at any location. This tech Giant has announced to extend this feature to 50 cities in India by 2022. For Now, it will be introduced in the following cities:

Bengaluru, Chennai, Mumbai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Amritsar, Ahmedabad, Pune, Vadodara and Nashik. It is already available in Bengaluru.

Google has confirmed its partnership with the traffic authorities and collectors to provide help to people in above right cities and make them aware of travel decisions and avoid overcrowded areas with information about different road closures and incident zone.

It has also collaborated additionally with CPCB (Central Pollution Control Board) to provide knowledge and details about travel decisions in provision with authoritative air quality details. Everyone can get access to this information by tapping into layers and selecting the ‘Air Quality option.

How to use this feature:

To use this street view feature, search for a place you need information about, set the pin, select an area for a place marker, or you can use the street view layer.
Search for a region, and place the pin.
On Your android device, phone or tablet, open the Google Maps application.
Hold the place to drop the pin
In the end, add the place name or address
Scroll down and tap on the photo with the label “street View” or you can select the thumbnail with a street view icon 360 images.
After you’re done with all this, tap on back at the top left twice.
Now click on the place marker.

How to view the street view layer:

On your android device, smartphone or tablet, open the Google Maps app.
Click on the Layers shown at the top and then the street view
Street View coverage is shown by a blue line on the map. Tap on any blue line to enable the street view.

This feature will bring many great, revolutionary, and innovative changes to India. It will be a great experience for all the explorers and travelers. Brace yourself for a whole new experience.

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5G spectrum Auction Begins: These 13 Cities Will Get 5G Services First In India.

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The auctions for the deployment of the 5G spectrum has initiated in India for a nationwide 5G roll-out. They are supposed to be concluded over the next few days and hopefully by the month-end. A spectrum with a 20-year time frame with a validity of over 72 GHz is up for auction. The spectrum auction includes spectrum in several frequency bands having both low (600 GHz, 700 GHz, 800 GHz, 900 GHz, 1800 GHz, 2100 GHz, and 2300 GHz) and high (26 GHz).

There have been claims about the speed of 5G by the government that it will be about ten times faster than the 4G we’re currently using. It will bring an enormous change to the telecommunication industry. Now, after speculation by DOT (Department of Telecommunication), the 5G service will be established in India in 2020 as you know, the auctions have already started.

It is also claimed by the department of telecommunications that the 13 cities all over the country will get the chance to establish 5G at first. Then it will slowly expand over the other parts of the country as there are many parts of the country where there are places with no 4G connectivity and last week Jio established 4G connectivity in a town named Pangong Lake in the Ladakh region. The cities that will get the 5G are Delhi, Gurugram, Gandhinagar, Mumbai, Pune, Jamnagar, Lucknow, Bengaluru, Chennai, Chandigarh, Hyderabad, Kolkata, and Ahmedabad.

Currently, there is no information about the telecom operator corporation, which will be the first to commercially and successfully deploy this 5G spectrum services in India. The leading telecom operator firms such as Airtel, Jio, and Vi (Vodafone and Idea) have already initiated setting up their trial sites in mentioned cities.

The Department of Telecommunication has collaborated with eight agencies that are IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Hyderabad, IIT Madras, IIT Kanpur, IISC Bangalore, Society for Applied Microwave Electronica & Engineering, and Center of Excellence in Wireless Technology, for the national 5G test bed project initiated in 2018.

The Department anticipated a price range of 70,000 crores to 1,00,000 crores from the 5G spectrum auctions that would usher in great new age offerings and innovative business models which would enable high-speed connections, and generate high revenue for various enterprises, and provide employment emerging from the allocation of innovative use-cases and technologies. The biddings are expected to last for about two days. The 72 GHz will be worth 4.3 lakh crore INR.

It is also anticipated that Mukesh Ambani’s Jio will be leading the expense, followed by Bharti, and Airtel while there is meager participation seen from Vodafone Idea (Vi) and Adani Group. Reliance Jio has an Earnest Money Deposit of 14,000 crores, while its competitor Adani Group has made a minor deposit of 100 crore INR. There would be less chance of aggressive bidding as there are only four participants in the race. While Reliance Jio may be intensely bidding in the auctions, there is not any major bidding by Adani Group.

The government is searching for various measures to cut off the expense of performing business for Telecommunication Service Provider firms. It announced reforms in the telecom sector in September 2021, which will serve as a huge benefit for this spectrum auction. The reform comprises zero Spectrum Usage Charges (SUC) on the spectrum that will be purchased in the coming auctions. The telecom Service providers will be receiving a significant relief from SUC being the cause as it will reduce their operational costs for them. It will be seen as an immense revolution in the telecom industry, providing many opportunities for providers and consumers.

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Swiggy – A Bangalore-based Food Ordering And Delivery Platform.

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Swiggy is a leading Indian food ordering and delivery platform which also provides services like on-demand grocery delivery known as Instamart and a same-day package delivery called Swiggy Genie. It was founded eight years ago in July 2014 by Sriharsha Majety, Nandan Reddy, and Rahul Jaimini, headquartered in Banglore, India, with its business expanded across 500+ Indian cities (2021). Naspers owns it. SuprDaily and Dineout are its two subsidiaries. Besides the founders, Dale Vaz, who is the Chief Technical Officer of Swiggy, contributed a lot to it and is one of the key people. It achieved a revenue of 2,776 Crore INR in 2020.

History

In 2013, Sriharsha Majety and Nandan Reddy devised an e-commerce website to provide shipping and courier services called Bundl in India. It was discontinued due to various reasons. They decided to rebrand it to enter the food delivery industry. The food delivery industry was in chaos at that time because of the rising competition. The different startups like Foodpanda, acquired by Ola Labs, Ola Cafe (later discontinued), and TinyOwl, purchased by Zomato, were struggling. Swiggy founders joined hands with a former senior software engineer at Myntra, Rahul Jaimini, and established Swiggy and Its parent company Bundl Technologies in 2013.

In 2019, Swiggy started Swiggy Stores, a general product delivery service, sourcing items from local stores. The firm launched an instant grocery service known as Instamart with the help of dark stores in August 2020. Swiggy Stores were closed in early 2021, and the firm decided to expand its services using Instamart. In September 2019, Swiggy came up with a new service, a pickup and delivery service known as Swiggy Go which provided services such as delivering documents, laundry, parcels, etc., from business owners to retailers, and was rebranded as Swiggy Genie.

Unfortunately, In May 2020, Due to the covid-19 pandemic, it fired over 1000s of employees, and later in 2021, it decided to cover vaccination costs for its delivery partners.

Revenue

The company experienced growth in revenue from 2015 (0.11 crores INR) to 2020 (2,693 crores INR), which got reduced in 2021 (2,145).

Acquisitions And Investments

In 2015, Accel and SAIF partners invested 2 million U.S dollars in Swiggy. It also received additional investment from Norwest Venture Partners. In 2016, it obtained an investment of about 15 million U.S dollars from its investors, including some new investors such as Bessemer Venture Partners and Harmony Partners. Naspers entrusted funding of 80 million to Swiggy in 2017. Due to this growth of investments and investors, Swiggy’s value increased to 3.6 million USD in April 2020.

It acquired 48East, a Banglore-based Asian Food start-up in 2017 and Mumbai-based Scootsy Logistics, a fashion and food delivery service which was later shut down. Also, in September 2018, it purchased a Mumbai-based milk delivery start-up SuprDaily and invested about 31 crores INR in a ready-to-eat Mumbai-based food brand, fingerLix, in 2019.

Partnerships

It has partnered with several renowned brands such as Burger King, Google Local Guide, Sodexo, ICICI Bank and ANRA Technologies.

Founders – Nandan Reddy, Sriharsha Majety, Rahul Jaimini

Rahul Jaimini is the Co-founder of Swiggy and Pesto Tech, born in Banglore. He also worked as a senior software engineer at Myntra, a member of technical staff at NetApp, and a research lab intern at Philips Research. Rahul holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s dual degree in computer science and engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.

Co-founder Nandan Reddy is also a BITS Pilani alumnus and worked as a consultant. He also built a start-up around tablet-based POS for different restaurants and Café and has been in the core management team of India’s first rural BPO, Source Pilani. Bundl, a logistic platform, was also built by him.

CEO – Sriharsha Majety

Chief Executive Officer Sriharsha Majety is also the co-founder of Swiggy and Bundl. He also worked as an associate member in Nomura International, Recruitment coordinator in IIM Calcutta, and holds a degree in finance from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta.

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Sega Corporation – World’s Most Prolific Arcade Game Developers.

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Sega Corporation is a Japanese-Based Multinational Video Game and entertainment firm. It is headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo, and was founded in 1960. It has its other subdivisions overseas. One is established in Irvin, California, known as Sega of America. The other is Sega Europe, located in London. It is a subsidiary of Sega Group Corporation (Sega Sammy Holdings) which develops video game consoles. It has a division called Saga Games which develops arcade and home video games. They were different entities that merged in 2020. It has achieved a revenue of 247.7 billion Japanese Yen in 2020. They have about 3,000 employees working in the firm. Key people who contributed a lot to the corporation are Haruki Satomi (Chairman and CEO), Yukio Sugino (President and COO), Shigeru Yamashita (vice-chairman), Ian Curran (President, Sega of America), and Gary Dale (President, Sega Europe).

History

Sega Corporation was founded on 3 June 1960 by American Businessmen Martin Bromley and Richard Stewart as Nihon Goraku after it acquired the fortune of its predecessor, Service Games of Japan. After five years, its name was changed to Sega Enterprises, after the acquisition of a coin-operated game importer, Rosen Enterprises. The firm created its first-ever coin-operated game in 1966 which was called Periscope. But In 1969, it was sold to Gulf and Western Industries. In the early 1980s, it experienced a downturn and initiated the development of video game consoles such as SG-1000 and Master System, but there was great competition with companies like Nintendo Entertainment System in the market.

Subsidiaries

It has various subsidiaries.

Amplitude Studios
Atlus
Creative Assembly
Hardlight
Ignited Artists
Play Heart
Relic Entertainment
Sports Interactive
Two Point Studios
TMS Entertainment

Renowned Products

The firm has developed numerous multi-million-selling game franchises, which include Total War, Sonic the Hedgehog, and Yakuza Sonic. It has developed several long-running series such as Virtua Fighter and Initial D Arcade Stage. It is mainly renowned for its game consoles, creative approach, and innovative thinking.

Acquisition

In 2001, the firm stopped the production of game consoles and decided to become a third-party developer and publisher. In 2004, it was acquired by Sammy Corporation. After that, its profit started increasing and its name was changed to Sega Games Co., Ltd. The different domains like entertainment, arcade, and toy were divided into various companies which merged in 2020 as Saga Corporation.

Achievements

Sega Corporation is known as the world’s most abundant arcade game developer. It has more than 70 franchises, 500 + games, and 20 arcade system boards since 1981 and was recognized by Guinness World Records for the same. The Sega Genesis is one of the best consoles.

Founders – Martin Bromley, Richard Stewart

Martin Jerome Bromberg also known as Martin Jerome Bromley was born on 8 August 1919 and died on 7 September 2008 at the age of 89. He was a great entrepreneur and was one of the primary founders of Service games, a predecessor of Sega before its merger with Rosen Enterprises in 1965. He worked in coin-operated amusements with his father at Standard Games and also participated in World War II with his duty at a shipyard.

Richard Stewart was born on 5 January 1995 in Texas, United States, and died at the age of 74. He served as a key executive member of Sega and was a great American businessman.

CEO – Haruki Satomi

Haruki Satomi is the Chief Executive Officer of Sega Corporation born on 11 January 1979 in Tokyo, Japan. He has been a key executive member of Sega Sammy Holdings, Sega Networks, and Sega of Japan. He is a Japanese Businessman and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Arts.

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Kofax – Intelligent Automation Software Provider Founded By Fellow Workers.

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Kofax corporation is an intelligent automation software provider founded 37 years ago in 1985. It is headquartered in Irvin, California. It provides services like allowing businesses to automate and improve the workflow by elucidating the data handling with its software. It has about 2,000 employees working to improve its services and has been an independent portfolio corporation acquired by a private investment firm Thomas Bravo. It has achieved a revenue of up to 500 million US dollars (2020).

History

Kofax was founded as Kofax Image Products by Engineers David Silver and Dean Hough, fellow workers at a document processing firm, FileNet. David Silver took the leadership of the firm and became its President and Chief Executive officer. The firm’s first-ever products were introduced in 1989, primarily focused on manufacturing personal computer circuit boards to modify them into image processing machines. In the 1990s, the firm focused on the development of its primary image processing technology and went on Nasdaq in October 1997. IN 1999, the company announced a $75 million deal and was acquired by the UK- originated holding corporation DICOM group. The firm’s main objective was to pair the Kofax Image Products, their digital Capture Technology, and DICOM’s distribution services in Europe. David Silver Stepped down from his position in 2000, succeeded by Arnold Buren, who was the former deputy chief Executive Officer of DICOM. In 2000, there was again a position swap in which Rick Murphy was named Chief Executive Officer of Kofax. Arnold Von Buren was promoted to the CEO of the DICOM group. In December 2005, Buren’s position was assigned to Rob Klatell. After two years, he was replaced by Reynolds Bish, former CEO of Captiva Software 2007 who was one of the key people. The merged corporations, Kofax Image Products, Inc. and DICOM groups were renamed Kofax Inc. in 2008.

Acquisitions And Mergers

Kofax Corporation acquired Mohomine firm, which was an automated text classification and extraction developer, in April 2003.
Atalasoft Corporation, an image software company with a document imaging toolkit known as dotImage as its major product, in 2011.
In September 2014, the firm acquired an e-signature and signature verification software firm known as Softpro as a separate unit in Stuttgart, Germany.
A customer communications management firm Aia Holding was situated in the Netherlands in March 2015.
On March 24, Kofax Inc. and Lexmark International agreed to a merger resulting in Lexmark acquiring a large number of shares i.e. US$1.
In November 2018, it acquired a Document Imaging department of Nuance Communications.
In June 2021, Kofax acquired a document capture, content management and workflow automation software provider firm, PSIGEN Software, Inc. In August, It announced the acquisition of Printix.net, a cloud-based print management system provider.

Revenue

In the year 2015, the firm generated a revenue of 297 million USD, which reached 298 million USD in 2021.

Renowned Customers

The firm provided its services to several renowned companies like Xerox, Samsung, Visa Inc, HP inc., Canon Inc., and The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi.

Founders – David Silver and Dean Hough

David silver is a great entrepreneur, engineer, and former CEO. He holds a degree in electrical engineering from the University of California Irvin, California. During the initial days, he became a great inspiration for his employees. Dean Hough was born in July 1958 in Irvin, California, and attended San Diego State University from 1977-1980. He has been Vice president of Kofax Inc.

CEO – Reynolds C. Bish

Reynolds Bish is an entrepreneur, engineer, and a leading supplier of intelligent automation services and led a global business and employed over 2,000 people all over the world. During his leadership company’s revenue exceeded $600 million. He encouraged different mergers to achieve strength and enhancement.

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