Archives for February 2019

A moral reckoning in Silicon Valley, an unconventional US President, an aggressive government in Delhi, and a bunch of newly confident Indian startups have created a perfect a storm of events. The Indian technology lobby has never had it this good. In the last 12 months, Indian technology lobby supported key policy changes: stringent rules […]

Goldman Sachs Group has teamed up with Apple to issue credit cards that will be paired with iPhones and will help users manage their money, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. It said the card, which will be linked with Apple’s Wallet app, will allow users to set […]

Security researchers have revealed that some of the most popular password managers around are also the most vulnerable, allowing hackers to break in and steal information as easily as they would be able to if the information was stored in a text file. Independent Security Evaluators (ISE) tested a range of password managers – those […]

India will hold wide consultations with internet companies before finalising rules to regulate content on social media but will not hold back from framing laws that safeguard national interest, the country’s technology minister said. India, one of the world’s biggest internet markets, in late December proposed rules that will compel platforms such as Facebook, its […]

British consumer healthcare products maker Reckitt Benckiser (RB) will hyper-target consumers on ecommerce in India and China, the company’s global president (hygiene and home) Rob de Groot said in a post earnings call. “In India, we have seen 10x growth in e-commerce over the past three years. Today’s technology really gives you that possibility that […]

For the first time, small sellers on Amazon and Flipkart, recently appointed to sell some fast-selling smartphones and electronics, are offering prices similar to or lower than those set by large, preferred sellers such as Cloudtail, Appario and OmniTech Retail. Two senior industry executives said the country’s two largest online marketplaces have adopted this strategy […]

We recently announced the strategic alliance between Jidoka and BigML, where we explained the integration of RPA with other technologies such as Machine Learning. With this integration, Jidoka can provide Machine Learning capabilities in their RPA process automation platform. To explain the advantages and possibilities offered by this integration, today we present a practical example […]

Google has announced plans to buy cloud migration company Alooma in a bid to boost its cloud migration capacities. In a blog post, Amit Ganesh, vice president  of engineering at Google, said that the addition of Alooma, subject to closing conditions, “is a natural fit that allows us to offer customers a streamlined, automated migration […]

Hospitality firmOYO has launched operations in Saudi Arabia with signing of deals for 50 hotels having more than 3,000 rooms across seven cities. These properties will be operated under the franchise model with full inventory control similar to other markets like India and China, OYO said in a statement. The company plans to create jobs […]

Hackers are increasingly aiming cyber attacks at cloud infrastructure, using it as an entry point to drive other attacks and relying on employees and businesses to misconfigure their infrastructure, leaving it open to attack. That’s according to cyber security firm Symantec’s latest Internet Threat Security Report, which noted misconfigured servers and cloud infrastructure are providing tempting targets for […]