CCI seeks feedback on Google’s payments policies; TCS, Infosys Q3 results in this week; and BMW’s chameleon cars

CCI seeks feedback on Google’s payments policies The Competition Commission of India will seek a detailed report from app developers explaining the impact of Google’s payment policies on their balance sheet and also suggest an alternative payment mechanism if possible, Economic Times reports. Google is seeking to enforce its policy of limiting developers to solely use its billing system for in-app sales of digital goods, on which it charges up to 30 percent commission. It has, however, pushed the deadline for Indian app developers to integrate with Google Play’s billing system to Oct. 31 from March 31, 2022, according to ET. India’s Competition Commission is also looking into similar practices by Apple on its App Store. Last year, South Korea became the first country to ban these practices. TCS, Infosys to report Q3 results on Jan. 12 Tata Consultancy Services and Infosys, India’s top two software services companies, will announce their fiscal third-quarter earnings results on Jan. 12, for the three months ended Dec. 31, 2021, according to press releases by the companies. India’s top IT companies are expecting the accelerated investments into digital technologies and cloud computing, following the Covid pandemic, to continue. Tata Consultancy will also consider a share buyback, when its board of directors meet on Jan. 12, according to the company. Avataar, Rupifi raise funding from Tiger Global Avataar, a computer vision tech provider, focused on the spatial visual discovery, has raised $45 million in series B funding led by Tiger Global. Existing investor Sequoia Capital India joined in. The money will help the startup develop its product further in the direction of a metaverse experience. Separately, Rupifi, which offers a buy-now-pay-later product to businesses, has raised $25 million in Series-A funding led by Bessemer Venture Partners and Tiger Global. Existing Investors Quona Capital and Ankur Capital joined in, along with Better Capital. Rupifi was started in 2020 by Anubhav Jain, Ankit Singh and Jawaid Iqbal. With this latest round, Rupifi will expand its operations to build a complete B2B checkout product for marketplaces and omnichannel mobile-first B2B payments solutions for merchants, distributors and sellers. BMW says it’s developing a digital ink to make colour-changing cars BMW is developing a digital ink technology that will allow owners to change the colour of their cars at the touch of a button, the German carmaker announced at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show that ended on Saturday. BMW is calling the technology iX Flow. It features an E Ink, which offers the prospect of a future technology that uses digitalisation to adapt the exterior of a vehicle to different situations and individual preferences, environmental conditions and even functional requirements, the company said.

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