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 […]
Archives for August 2020
JioFiber launches 30-day free trial plan, offers free access to up to 12 video streaming services
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 […]
Report claims data breach at Paytm Mall; firm denies
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 […]
Tie-ups, tech will help us touch base in India, South Asia: Pine Labs CEO Amrish Rau
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 […]
Study, work from home may light up festive online sales
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 […]
Google Announces a New, More Services-Based Architecture Called Runner V2 to Dataflow
Google Cloud Dataflow is a fully-managed service for executing Apache Beam pipelines within the Google Cloud Platform(GCP). In a recent blog post, Google announced a new, more services-based architecture called Runner v2 to Dataflow – which will include multi-language support for all of its language SDKs. The company redesigned the Dataflow runner for Apache Beam […]
Unacademy is now an Official Partner for IPL
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 […]
How to recognize the IoT as it rolls into 2021
By Marc Kavinsky, Editor at IoT Business News. Rather than blockchain usurping the world, it seems that the IoT is going to give blockchain its consolation prize. Along with distributed ledger technology in play at various levels and in various applications, the unfolding IoT has other regular friends and emerging stars. Edge computing and 5G […]
Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook’s failure to remove militia page ‘an operational mistake’
Facebook Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg took responsibility and faulted his company for not removing the page and event for a militia group before two people were killed at a protest in Kenosha, saying it was “largely an operational mistake”. The page and event listing violated Facebook’s policies and should have been removed after numerous […]
Online shoppers double amid pandemic
The consumer base of e-commerce shoppers has doubled to 42% of urban active internet users in India over the last three months (amid the Covid-19pandemic), according to a study by consulting firm Kantar. Nearly 50% of these are new users of e-commerce coming from tier-1 and -2 cities. For new shoppers, Amazon and Google have […]