Facebook reported better-than-expected profit on Wednesday, showing that digital advertisers were still flocking to spend money on the service in order to reach customers even after a series of high profile embarrassments for the world’s largest online social media network. Investors have worried that Facebook’s pledge to invest heavily to improve its privacy and security […]
Archives for January 2019
Less choice, pay more on Amazon & Flipkart as new e-comm rules kick in
On Friday, Indian consumers will wake up to an emptier, more expensive version of Amazon’s shopping service. Gone will be iPhones and cheap jumbo packs of Pampers diapers. Fewer varieties of Maybelline cosmetics will be available, and Amazon’s own Echo smart speakers will vanish entirely. In all, more than 400,000 items that account for nearly […]
Bengaluru is India’s cybercrime capital
By Tushar Kaushik Bengaluru registered the most number of cybercrime cases in 2018. The country’s technology capital saw a whopping 5,035 FIRs registered at the lone cybercrime police station in the city. A city-wise comparison of cybercrime cases indicates the figure is a lot more than in other big cities in the country. As per […]
Restaurants seek clarity on E-commerce FDI rule tweak
Restaurants in India have asked the government to clarify whether online food ordering entities such as Zomato, Swiggy and UberEats are covered by the policy on foreign direct investment (FDI) in ecommerce. The National Restaurant Association of India, which represents over 100,000 eateries, had asked the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion earlier this month […]
Attackers Can Track Kids’ Locations via Connected Watches
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Cisco Extends Reach of ACI for Intent-Based Networking
News Cisco Extends Reach of ACI for Intent-Based Networking By David Ramel 01/30/2019 A new “ACI Anywhere” initiative from Cisco seeks to extend the reach of its ACI solution, born in the early stages of the software-defined networking (SDN) transformation and subsequently pivoted to provide “intent-based networking.” The ACI Anywhere program brings the company’s intent-based […]
Oyo launches in Philippines with over $50 million commitment
Oyo Hotels and Homes announced on Wednesday that it has launched operations in the Philippines. Oyo said it will start with over 21 franchised and leased hotels in the country and its current footprint includes presence in Metro Manila, Tagaytay and Cebu and it plans to grow to 10 cities by 2020. Oyo said it […]
Rubrik security slip-up exposed masses of its corporate clients’ data
Data management company Rubrik was found to have an unsecured server that exposed, in some cases, sensitive client information. The server itself wasn’t password protected which meant that anyone who knew the location of the server could access it, according to TechCrunch. It held tens of gigabytes of data including client names, email addresses, email […]
Key UX design trends for 2019
By Himanshu Khanna, Sparklin 2018 was a gigantic year for the UX design industry in India, and more so, for the future of UX worldwide. The future will have a new map for cities. We might never need to own cars. When the commute is autonomous or flying or both, we might not need traffic […]
Global Microsoft outage leaves users unable to login
A host of Microsoft’s cloud services including Azure Government Cloud and LinkedIn sustained a global authentication outage just a few days after users were blocked from accessing Office 365 in Europe. Users in parts of Europe, the US, as well as Australia and Japan were blocked from logging into their services between 9pm GMT yesterday […]