Microsoft-backed consumer intelligence company Affle has acquired Singapore based online-to-offline (O2O) platform Shoffr in a cash-and-stock deal. The acquisition includes the business, brand name, intellectual property rights, business relationships, assets and employees of Shoffr, people in the know, said. The deal is effective February, one of them said. Financial terms weren’t available. Affle India and […]
Archives for March 2019
How blockchain will manage networks
Ethernet networking technology is flawed, say some engineers. The problem is it doesn’t have any inherent security built in to it. Ethernet also hard to manage because it’s centralized. It’s out-of-date, and it needs revamping, researchers say. One attempt to address the issue is the Marconi protocol, which is a strategy to shift network and […]
RuPay has issued 64 million global cards using the Discover network
National Payments Corporation of India run domestic card scheme RuPay said that they have issued 64 million global cards meant for international transactions which run on the global card scheme Discover’s platform. The cards are accepted across 41 million merchants across 190 countries and has more than 200 offers running. “We have been focusing on […]
Can Zuckerberg really make a privacy-friendly Facebook?
FILE – In this April 10, 2018, file photo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before a joint hearing of the Commerce and Judiciary Committees on Capitol Hill in Washington, about the use of Facebook data to target American voters in the 2016 election. Zuckerberg said Facebook will start to emphasize new privacy-shielding messaging services, a […]
Department for Transport partners with Google Cloud on rail network app
The Department for Transport (DfT) is embracing digital transformation by migrating its first in-house developed application to Google’s Cloud Platform. The department has moved its Latest Earnings Networked Nationally Overnight (LENNON) application to Google’s public cloud platform in an attempt to move away from legacy data centres into a more flexible and scalable environment. LENNON is […]
Microsoft opens first Africa Azure data centre
Microsoft has unveiled its first data centre in Africa, showcasing new facilities in Cape Town and Johannesburg for customers wanting to access the company’s Azure cloud service. The move will enable local businesses to take advantage of Microsoft’s cloud for building apps and services, while also attracting significant revenues for the global tech firm as […]
Majority of UK police forces lagging behind on cloud
The majority of police forces are still heavily reliant on legacy infrastructure to access and manage their apps and services, according to new data. Although the government has pushed for all of its divisions to take a cloud-first attitude, the police service has seemingly not taken this advice and 75% are yet to migrate to […]
NBA to offer content across all Alibaba platforms in expanded deal
The National Basketball Association will offer fans in China original programming and an easier way to buy league gear through e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, the league announced on Wednesday. For the first time, NBA China will create content for Alibaba users. Game highlights, classic games and the new content – along with league […]
U.S. Democrats unveil legislation to reinstate Obama-era net neutrality rules
Democrats in Congress unveiled a bill on Wednesday to reinstate net neutrality rules repealed by the Federal Communications Commission under U.S. President Donald Trump, the latest salvo in a more than decade-long battle over how to regulate internet traffic. The bill mirrors an effort last year to reverse the FCC‘s December 2017 order repealing landmark […]
India’s mobile data is cheapest across the world
A large data-hungry base of smartphone users and a fierce price war between the country’s telcos has made India home to the cheapest mobile data price in the world. One gigabyte (1GB) of data costs $0.26 in India, compared to an average $6.66 in the UK and $12.37 in the US, finds a global analysis […]