Surrounded by hills, Nandanam village in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh had never experienced Internet connectivity before. Babu Reddy, a village-level entrepreneur who runs a digital kiosk or Common Service Centre, is however providing high-speed Fibre-to-Home connections to citizens now, utilizing the BharatNet fibre backbone, which is transforming the life of the villagers, especially its […]
Archives for June 2020
IoT and education: Bridging the digital divide
Due to the global outbreak of COVID-19, schools worldwide had to shut down quickly. While many schools already operated with some online component, most were not equipped to become 100% digital in a matter of days. Our own online portal for digital learning saw a 200% increase in activity after the outbreak put schools on a […]
MakeMyTrip lays off 350 employees
Illustration: Rahul Awasthi Nasdaq-listed MakeMyTrip has laid off 350 employees, as India’s largest online travel operator struggles to survive the fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic, which has ravaged the travel, tourism and hospitality sector globally. The layoffs have been primarily undertaken in non-tech functions such as international holidays and related segments, and is across units, […]
ETtech Top 5: ByteDance’s new India entity, e-commerce discounts, WFH hassles & more
Happy Monday! TikTok is going through a rough patch in India. Fewer people downloaded the Chinese video-sharing app in April and May compared to the previous two months amid reduced marketing and advertising spend due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The platform has been widely criticized on social media following a fight between two content creators, […]
Data and Analytics Pros Navigate Job Market Changes
Data scientists, machine learning specialists and other data and analytics pros are seeing a changes to the job market in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis. What will the lasting impacts be? Data scientists, machine learning specialists and other data and advanced analytics professionals have been in huge demand over the past several years, commanding […]
How AI and Machine Learning are Evolving DevOps
Artificial intelligence and ML can help us take DevOps to the next level through identifying problems more quickly and further automating our processes. Image: Asha Sreenivas – stock.adobe.com The automation wave has overtaken IT departments everywhere making DevOps a critical piece of infrastructure technology. DevOps breeds efficiency through automating software delivery and allowing companies to […]
How AI and Machine Learning are Evolving DevOps
Artificial intelligence and ML can help us take DevOps to the next level through identifying problems more quickly and further automating our processes. Image: Asha Sreenivas – stock.adobe.com The automation wave has overtaken IT departments everywhere making DevOps a critical piece of infrastructure technology. DevOps breeds efficiency through automating software delivery and allowing companies to […]
Azure Maps Creator now available in preview
As enterprises continue to evolve in their digital transformation journey, there is a need for augmenting Azure Maps content with project-specific and private business knowledge of places. Today we’re launching Azure Maps Creator in preview to extend location intelligence to indoor spaces. Enterprises are taking advantage of Azure Maps capabilities to optimize business operations and […]
Govt rejects Flipkart’s plan to enter food retail
The government has rejected Flipkart’s proposal to enter the food retail business, citing regulatory issues. Last week, almost a year after Flipkart FarmerMart filed its application, the department for promotion of industry and internal trade (DPIIT) wrote to the Walmart-controlled company that it cannot be allowed into food retail — which was carved out as […]
Twitter had been drawing a line for months when Trump crossed it
By Kate Conger Jack Dorsey was up late Thursday at his home in San Francisco talking online with his executives when their conversation was interrupted: President Donald Trump had just posted another inflammatory message on Twitter. Tensions between Twitter, where Dorsey is chief executive, and Trump had been running high for days over the president’s […]