MediaNama would like to thank its sponsors: Getit, Times Internet, IMI Mobile, Vserv and E2E for their support. Earnings Sep-15 - Microsoft revenues decline 12% in Q1-FY16 as gaming and hardware biz slows - Google revenues up 13% $18.7B for Q3 on the back of mobile search and YouTube - Gati’s net profit falls 16.15% to Rs 5.8 crore due to higher staff benefit costs Data - 4.30 Million Mobile Number Portability Requests In India In August 2015 - India added only 0.78M active mobile connections in August 2015 Investment & M&A - Citrus acqui-hires payments company Zwitch Other Updates: - Fork Media acquires equity in WiFi ad network Spid - Drones in the US to require registration; what about India? - Now view videos of properties in IndiaProperty’s Android app - Paytm will now allow wallet top ups at Bank of Maharashtra ATMs - ErosNow ties with Ortel to offer subscription based movie streaming - Cap surge pricing of online cab aggregators – Maharashtra Govt - The Economics of Uber in India: should you sell your car? - Facebook now lets you search through 2 trillion public posts - Vidooly launches CMS for YouTubers, MCNs & brands - Apple removes over 250 apps for violating user privacy - Apple Music clocks 6.5M paid customers; 15M subscribers - Reduced voice minutes hits Idea Cellular’s net profit; Data still driving growth - YouTube Red will give ad-free videos, music & original content for $10/month - The problem with white-label banking correspondents for payments banks - Uber Bangalore office vandalised by drivers protesting incentive cuts - Sony Liv launching second web exclusive show called…
