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Music on the go for Idea Cellular subscribers
MUMBAI: Idea Cellular subscribers can now boast about unlimited access to music. The telecom service provider has launched Idea musicHUB, an offering that will add on the entertainment quotient of the subscribers.
Idea musicHUB is an application which allows subscribers to download unlimited music to their devices, stream songs as per their preference and also create their own personalised playlists in their preferred language. The application will allow users to download unlimited music through fixed data packages.
musicHUB will be advertisement free and will allow users to share songs via SMS, email and across all social networking platforms. The application is available to all Idea subscribers at nominal fee of Rs 29 for a week, Rs 49 for 15 days and Rs 99 for a month.
“Mobile phones are increasingly becoming the first screen of many users across India. Idea Cellular caters to nearly 33 million data users across the length and breadth of the country and many of these users access the internet for entertainment purposes. Keeping this in mind, it has been our consistent effort to meet our users’ requirements through innovative entertainment offerings and services. Idea musicHUB is another offering which is aimed at providing our subscribers the best in class entertainment experience at their fingertips. As consumption of entertainment on mobile phones increase we are hopeful that Idea musicHub will strike a chord with our customers,” said Idea Cellular chief marketing officer Sashi Shankar.
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Canva acquires animation and AI startups Cavalry and MangoAI
The deals strengthen Canva’s push into enterprise and AI-led design workflows
AUSTRALIA: Global visual communication platform Canva has stepped up its acquisition drive, buying UK-based 2D animation platform Cavalry and US-based AI startup MangoAI to deepen its AI-powered creative stack.
Cavalry, whose tools are used by brands including Amazon, Meta, Google and Netflix, will strengthen Canva’s motion design capabilities. The deal builds on Canva’s 2024 acquisition of Affinity, which has crossed four million downloads since launch. With Cavalry, Canva now counts seven Europe-based acquisitions, underscoring its global expansion strategy.
MangoAI, an early-stage startup focused on video advertising optimisation, will integrate its reinforcement learning systems into Canva AI. The move aims to enable brands to generate personalised marketing content in real time, cutting production cycles while improving campaign performance. MangoAI co-founder Vinith Misra will join Canva as reinforcement learning lead in its research lab.
Canva co-founder and chief operating officer Cliff Obrecht said the acquisitions reflect the company’s ambition to make professional-grade creative tools more accessible without sidelining human creativity. The goal, he said, is to bring everything from vector to motion design into a single, integrated suite.
The company now reports 265 million active users, including 31 million paid subscribers, and $4 billion in annualised revenue, up 36 per cent year on year. The latest buys further position Canva against rivals such as Adobe and Apple’s Creator Studio as it pushes deeper into enterprise workflows.
Canva head of pro design marketing Liam Fisher, said AI is intended to act as a creative assistant rather than a replacement, reinforcing the primacy of craft and individual design judgement.
