Facebook has tapped former journalist Natasha Jog as its election integrity lead for India, according to multiple persons aware of the development, thereby bringing an end to a search process that began nearly four months ago. The New Delhi-based Jog will report to Katie Harbath, Facebook’s public policy director, global elections. Harbath is based out […]

Online food ordering and delivery service Swiggy is foraying into on-demand product deliveries with the launch of its newest offering Swiggy Stores. At launch, Swiggy claims it will deliver products from offline stores across various categories like fruits and vegetables, kiranas and supermarkets, florists, baby care, health and supplements, pet care stores, meat stores, and […]

Online food ordering and delivery service Swiggy is foraying into on-demand product deliveries with the launch of its newest offering Swiggy Stores. At launch, Swiggy claims it will deliver products from offline stores across various categories like fruits and vegetables, kiranas and supermarkets, florists, baby care, health and supplements, pet care stores, meat stores, and […]

Mendix has optimised its platform for IBM Cloud, adding support for Kubernetes and single sign-on onboarding. Mendix now works with IBM’s Watson AI capabilities, allowing developers to take advantage of its low-code system to create AI-ready applications and services. Developers can integrate a range of services into their creations, including Weather Channel content, App ID, […]

Reddit mascots are displayed at the company’s headquarters in San Francisco, California April 15, 2014.REUTERS/Robert Galbraith Social media network Reddit said on Monday it raised $300 million in its latest funding round, led by Tencent Holdings, giving it a market valuation of $3 billion. The series D funding round saw a $150 million investment from […]

Southeast Asian fashion startup Zilingo said it has raised $226 million in its latest funding round from existing backers such as venture capital firm Sequoia Capital, with Singapore’s Temasek Holdings joining as a new investor. The Series D financing follows a $54 million fundraising last year, taking the total capital raised by the company to […]

Alphabet’s Google has hired more than a dozen microchip engineers in Bengaluru, India, in recent months and plans to rapidly add more, according to LinkedIn profiles, job postings and two industry executives, as the search firm expands its program to design the guts of its devices internally. The Bengaluru site, which has not been previously […]

The Delhi High Court issued an interim order restraining Amazon Seller Services from selling products of Modicare after the Delhi-based direct selling company filed a case alleging that Amazon.in is illegally selling Modicare products on its platform, a source told ET. Modicare is owned by New Delhi businessman Samir Modi who is also the founder […]

The parliamentary standing committee on information technology refused to meet representatives of Twitter India on Monday, insisting that CEO Jack Dorsey would have to appear before it in 15 days, said people with knowledge of the matter. If he isn’t available, the panel has insisted on the presence of a “senior” member of Twitter’s global […]

Social media users in India erupted with nationalistic rage after Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey defied a rare government summons to attend a Parliamentary hearing on safeguarding citizen rights on such platforms, even as some legal experts termed the entire brouhaha as a “political stunt.” The panel had summoned representatives of Twitter and the Ministry of […]