Archives for February 2019

Airbnb announced the introduction of Plus Homes in India on Friday. Airbnb said verified for both quality and design, Airbnb Plus is a new range featuring ‘high calibre’ Airbnb homes and that every Plus home is visited in person and verified against a 100+ point inspection checklist to ensure greater comfort and quality. Currently available […]

Nathan Blecharczyk, cofounder of Airbnb, said the first year of starting up was a disaster for the peer-to-peer room and home rental company as they had not raised any venture capital and were on the verge of quitting. Airbnb, cofounded by Brian Chesky, Joe Gebbia and Blecharczyk in 2008, has since emerged as one of […]

Criminals are increasingly targeting the cloud and mobile environments of businesses because they’re the least protected infrastructure, Check Point has revealed. The insights are backed up by evidence in the form of the cyber security company’s 2019 Security Report, with almost a fifth of businesses having experienced a security incident over the last 12 months, including […]

Google has launched itself into the hybrid cloud arena, launching Google Cloud Service Platform to help businesses take advantage of a mixed on-premise and cloud services at once. CSP is built upon Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) and integrates GKE On-Prem, which allows all of Google’s services to be pushed through to datacentres if a business […]

Google-owned YouTube said on Thursday it was taking action to close a loophole that enabled users to share comments and links on child pornography over the video-sharing service. The response came after a YouTube creator this week revealed what he called a “wormhole” that allowed comments and connections on child porn alongside innocuous videos. “Any […]

Bulge-bracket private equity firm TPG Capital is close to investing $30 million (Rs 213.50 crore) in online beauty and skin care retailer Nykaa, according to people aware of the development. The deal, if it goes through, is expected to value the Mumbai-based company at about Rs 4,500 crore, up from Rs 3,000-3,500 crore last year, […]

OYO’s Ritesh Agarwal and FreshMenu’s Rashmi Daga Hospitality chain Oyo Hotels & Homes is in talks to acquire cloud kitchen startup FreshMenu for $50-60 million, three people aware of the developments told ET. The round closure is subject to due diligence, these sources said on the condition of anonymity. “The move will help Oyo standardise […]

In what would be one of the most significant consolidation moves in the sector, Uber Eats, the food delivery arm of the global ride-hailing platform, is in final stages of negotiations to sell its India business to rival Swiggy, three people privy to the development told ET. The deal, which is expected to close by […]

News VMware, Ericsson Partner for Service Provider Virtualization By David Ramel 02/21/2019 VMware’s vCloud NFV platform, featuring new-age network functions virtualization, is the centerpiece of a new partnership with Ericsson formed to simplify network virtualization for Communication Service Providers (CSP). The five-year agreement will specifically seek to simplify deploying and running combination implementations of Ericsson […]

Cisco this week identified two “High” security vulnerabilities in its HyperFlex data-center package that could let attackers gain control of the system.   HyperFlex is Cisco’s hyperconverged infrastructure that offers computing, networking and storage resources in a single system. More about edge networking How edge networking and IoT will reshape data centers Edge computing best […]