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Indian-American Neal Mohan is new YouTube CEO

Indian-American Neal Mohan will be the new YouTube CEO, as current head Susan Wojcicki has announced to step down after 25 years at the Google-owned company, according to IANS report. Currently chief product officer, Mohan became part of Google, the parent company of YouTube, in 2008. He is a Stanford graduate and earlier worked with…

Google acquires video-based social commerce platform simsim

Google’s video streaming and sharing platform YouTube has signed a definitive agreement to acquire video-based social commerce startup simsim, according to ETTelecom report. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. The deal builds towards Google’s ongoing investments in India, such as the India Digitization Fund worth $10 billion. “Online video will continue to grow as the primary way to find…