Illustration: Rahul Awasthi Homegrown ecommerce firm Flipkart is organizing its first big sale event since the lockdown was lifted from June 23-27, with a focus on smartphones, television, laptops and fashion, at a time when overall industry sales volumes have recovered 80-90% of levels seen before the Covid-19 pandemic. The Walmart-owned etailer has launched an […]
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India considers license fee cut for household broadband service
By Abhijit Roy Chowdhury and P R Sanjai India is considering a proposal to reduce the license fee for fixed-line broadband services to households, a move that would boost access and lower cost for internet service in Asia’s third-largest economy. Under the proposed plan, license fee on the so-called adjusted gross revenue earned from households […]
ETtech Top 5: Zerodha’s Esops buyback, e-commerce sales rebound, Swasth app & more
At a time when most Indian startups are using employee stock ownership plans (Esops) to conserve cash to ride out the Covid-19 crisis, discount brokerage Zerodha will buy back Esops in an effort to unlock liquidity for some of its senior and long-serving employees in the absence of any plans to raise funds or go […]
Andhra Pradesh HC issues notice seeking regulation of social media posts against judiciary
The High Court of Andhra Pradesh has issued a notice to Centre, AP government, AP police, and Internet companies Google, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and WhatsApp in a writ petition filed by the Court itself seeking action against defamatory social media posts against the judiciary. The petition filed through the High Court’s Registrar seeks action on […]
Apple to update developers, possibly signal split from Intel
Apple on Monday will hold its annual conference for software developers, rolling out new features in its operating systems for iPhones and iPads and possibly signaling a departure from Intel‘s almost 15-year run supplying Mac computer processors. Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference comes as paid services sold through the App Store have become central to the […]
Business Intelligence before Artificial Intelligence
BI is the transformation of data from services, including software and assets, into accessible insights and reports. But, otherwise, why is BI important? Image: ipopba – stockadobe.com Artificial intelligence. It’s the miracle solution to all our problems, right? AI will give us more insight, tell us what we’re doing well, what we’re doing wrong, and […]
Rapid recovery planning for IT service providers
Azure Lighthouse is launching the “Azure Lighthouse Vision Series,” a new initiative to help partners with the business challenges of today and provide them the resources and knowledge needed to create a thriving Azure practice. We are starting the series with a webinar aimed at helping our IT service partners prepare for and manage a […]
Closer to the edge: How edge computing will drive Industry 4.0
We’ve been in the process of transitioning to Industry 4.0 (aka the fourth industrial revolution) ever since the German government coined the term in 2011. It’s proven to be a long and complex journey, and by 2025, the World Economic Forum has estimated that the worldwide impact of Industry 4.0 will reach UK£2.7 trillion(€2.9 trillion) […]
Hospitals, health-tech startups to start free telemedicine app Swasth
Illustration: Rahul Awasthi More than 100 leading private hospitals, health-tech startups, technology companies and investors have come together voluntarily to launch a free telemedicine consultation app ‘Swasth’ to help fight the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic in India. The initiative is being led by Infosys co-founder Kris Gopalakrishnan, Manipal Group’s Ranjan Pai, iSPIRT’s Sharad Sharma, […]
CCI gives clean chit to Swiggy
The country’s competition watchdog has disposed of a complaint alleging that a food delivery platform abused its market dominance through unfair pricing. Swiggy acts only as an intermediary and its role is limited to providing access to a communication system over which information made available by third parties is transmitted, the Competition Commission of India […]