Todd Bishop / GeekWire: Amazon plans to hold Prime Day on July 11 and July 12 and introduce an invite-only Prime Days deals program; an Indian version will be held “later this summer”  —  In-depth Amazon coverage from the tech giant’s hometown, including e-commerce, AWS, Amazon Prime, Alexa, logistics, devices, and more. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ashutosh Joshi / Bloomberg: After Indian consumer tech startups refocused on profits, shares have rallied in 2023; Paytm grew 69%, adding over $2.7B, Zomato rose 28%, and Policybazaar 47%  —  India’s dream of developing a market for consumer-focused technology startups has gotten back on track as digital payments leader Paytm leads … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: TikTok tests “Trendy Beat”, a section selling popular items from videos, in the UK; filings and sources say the products are sold by a ByteDance-owned entity  —  ByteDance experiments with selling its own products through viral app as it prepares to challenge Shein and Amazon Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jay Peters / The Verge: Discord plans to let creators sell “Downloadables”, digital products available via one-time purchases, and rolls out Media Channels in beta  —  Discord plans to give creators a new way to make money from their communities by selling digital products via one-time purchases. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jay Peters / The Verge: Reddit suspended some moderators after they changed their subreddits to NSFW; Reddit says the mods violated its policy by incorrectly marking subreddits as NSFW  —  Reddit has started removing moderator teams managing subreddits that switched the labeling on their communities to Not Safe For Work … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kat Bailey / IGN: In a reorganization, EA splits EA Games and EA Sports, renaming the former as EA Entertainment, hinting at the company’s possible expansion beyond games  —  EA is undergoing a major internal reorganization, with EA Games being renamed “EA Entertainment.”  —  Electronic Arts is undergoing … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kana Inagaki / Financial Times: Masayoshi Son says SoftBank plans to go on the “counteroffensive” soon by resuming AI investments; the group has $35B+ after halting investments in recent years  —  Billionaire chief talks up AI and reveals he had breakdown in October where he questioned his achievements as an entrepreneur Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jesse Levine / Bloomberg: A profile of Alibaba’s next Chairman Joseph Tsai, a longterm Jack Ma ally who has become a prominent blockchain investor since co-founding the ecommerce company  —  Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. is bringing back Joseph Tsai, who has become a prominent blockchain proponent and owner … Lees verder op Tech Meme