Reddit on Monday said it yanked a forum used by supporters of President Donald Trump as part of a crackdown on hateful posts at the popular online bulletin board while the game streaming platform Twitch briefly suspended the president. “r/The_Donald” was among some 2,000 forums or “subreddits” banned as tightening of rules at the news-focused […]
Archives for June 2020
No purchase of China items on GeM: Ram Vilas Paswan
Minister for consumer affairs, food and public distribution, Ram Vilas Paswan, has directed officials to ensure that any item made in China is not purchased through the Government e Marketplace (GeM) or other sources. Pawan issued an office memorandum banning purchase of ‘made in China’ items to all its departments including public sector units such […]
Temasek in talks to serve up to $100M on Zomato’s plate
Singapore’s Temasek is in discussions with Zomato to pump in as much as $100 million into the online food delivery major, according to people aware of the developments, at a time when a previously announced investment by Ant Financial has been delayed due to the current anti-China sentiment and new foreign direct investment (FDI) rules. […]
How The Cloud Can Be Useful In Supply Chain Logistics
Everyone knows about “the Internet,” but people who don’t live and die by the tech headlines may not realize that there have been no fewer than three internets, with a fourth on the way. These aren’t parallel-universe internets. The old versions are still there, but the emergent internets built upon and came to completely redefine […]
AWS Challenges Google, Azure in Low-Code Cloud Application Development Space
News AWS Challenges Google, Azure in Low-Code Cloud Application Development Space By David Ramel 06/29/2020 Amazon Web Services (AWS) has created a new front in the cloud computing wars: low-code (or no-code) application development, announcing Honeycode to challenge existing offerings on Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure. Honeycode, just announced last week in beta, is described […]
Unpatched Wi-Fi Extender Opens Home Networks to Remote Control
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Exploring IoT’s top five challenges through the 5 Cs – Part 1
IoT deployment is happening rapidly. According to IoT Analytics, the number of connected devices in 2019 is expected to surpass initial forecasts by 14% to reach 9.5 billion. The three main drivers are explosive growth of consumer devices, much stronger than expected cellular IoT/M2M connections, and strong device connectivity growth in China due to government […]
ETtech Top 5: Facebook’s ad boycott goes global, direct-to-digital premiere & more
Pressure on social media giants like Facebook is increasing with the number of companies joining the ad boycott growing by the day. Meanwhile, more Bollywood movies are taking the video streaming route amid uncertainty over the reopening of theatres in India Facebook ad boycott Civil rights groups-led Facebook ad boycott campaign ‘Stop Hate for Profit’, […]
UKCloud signs MoU with the Crown Commercial Service
UKCloud has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Crown Commercial Service (CCS). The MoU sets out preferential commercial terms for UKCloud to offer its services to the public sector, either directly or indirectly through its partner community. The announcement comes just a month after Google Cloud signed a similar agreement with CCS, boosting its investments in cloud […]
COVID-19 highlights the need for real-time cargo tracking solutions
Berg Insight, the world’s leading IoT market research provider, today released a new market report covering the cargo tracking market. The number of active tracking devices deployed for cargo loading units including trailers, intermodal containers, rail freight wagons, air cargo containers, cargo boxes and pallets reached 7.5 million worldwide in 2019. Growing at a compound […]