Zoom‘s videoconferencing service is deepening its integral role in life during the pandemic as tens of thousands more businesses and other users pay for subscriptions to get more control over their virtual meetings. The surge in paying customers enabled Zoom to hail another quarter of explosive growth. The company on Monday reported that its revenue […]

Illustration: Rahul Awasthi People find identical twins intriguing. Indian cinema has long capitalised on our innate fascination with twins to offer at least one movie about a “double role” every decade for the past century. In a world dominated by the internet, this trend has transcended the celluloid to go for the cloud. Twinfluencers – […]

A Wall Street Journal report on Sunday, quoting sources, revealed how “Facebook declined to act after discovering that the BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) was circumventing its political ad transparency requirements.” The rules, the report added, “required advertisers to verify identities and disclose them to users.” It also said that in “addition to buying Facebook ads […]

Following a new Wall Street Journal (WSJ) report which alleges Ankhi Das, Facebook‘s public policy director for India supported Prime Minister Narendra Modi through internal posts between 2012-14 and disparaged Congress, the latter has called for a ‘thorough enquiry’ on the social media giant. “We are waiting to hear from Mark Zuckerberg on the matter. […]

Netflix is all set to move the Supreme Court challenging an order passed by a local Court in Bihar which restrained it from using Subrata Roy’s name in its upcoming web series ‘Bad Boy Billionaires‘. People with direct knowledge of the matter told ET that Netflix will move the Supreme Court today and file a […]

Reliance Jio has launched a 30 day free trial for its Jio fibre customers, in a bid to bring in more subscribers at a time when there is stiff competition from Bharti Airtel. The Mukesh Ambani led telco’s offer for the month-long trial at Rs 399, with option of free return, will help push its […]

The e-commerce arm of payment giant Paytm has suffered a data breach according to US-based cyber research firm Cyble, after a hacker group targeted the company’s Paytm Mall database. The attackers are demanding a ransom in cryptocurrency in exchange for the data, the firm said. Paytm Mall however denied the breach in a statement to […]

Mastercard-backed homegrown startup Pine Labs is emerging as one of South Asia’s foremost payment technology players, working closely with banks, card networks and regulators in India, Malaysia, and Singapore. The latest from its innovation lab is an acceptance solution that helps consumers make UPI payments through QR codes – but without scanning. Pine Labs’ CEO […]

Illustration: Rahul Awasthi Brands selling smartphones, appliances and electronic accessories are among those gearing up for a strong spike in online sales during the upcoming festive season, according to company executives, analysts and sellers who estimate an increase of nearly 30% over last year’s sales. New product launches and an almost two-fold increase in the […]

Bengaluru-based edu-tech firm ‘Unacademy‘ has been roped in the as official partner for the Indian Premier League for three seasons, the BCCI announced on Saturday. The 13th IPL is scheduled to be held in UAE from September 19 to November 10. “We are pleased to have Unacademy on board as the ‘Official Partner’ of the […]