Beauty and lifestyle retailer Nykaaexpects online sales to recover faster compared to its physical stores amid the Covid-19 crisis which has severely affected the offline retailers. Nykaa’s founder and CEO, Falguni Nayar, spoke to ET’s Biswarup Gooptu & Samidha Sharma, in an exclusive chat, about how the company gained from being an omni-channel player, its […]
Archives for June 2020
DoorDash valued at $16 billion in pre-IPO funding round
(Image Source: DoorDash/Medium) DoorDash said on Thursday it was looking to raise about $400 million from investors, valuing the food delivery company at about $16 billion ahead of its initial public offering (IPO). The company, backed by SoftBank Group, filed for an IPO in February, setting it up as one of the most high-profile listings […]
Chinese social media users insult India, show aggression
Chinese social media users, whether citizens or officials, are getting more and more aggressive about India as the LAC stand-off continues — and some of the content is borderline ugly and much of it dismissive or insulting about India. On June 17, a China-based Twitter account — @frankwhuwhu — tweeted out, “India is a perverted […]
American Airlines bans passenger who was asked to get off flight for refusing to wear a mask on board
American Airlines Boeing 737-800 aircraft Nicolas Economou | NurPhoto via Getty Images American Airlines is temporarily banning a customer who was kicked off a flight in New York this week for refusing to wear a face mask on board, a requirement on major U.S. airlines that aims to curb the spread of Covid-19. American said crew asked the […]
Zoom to offer end-to-end encryption for all users, trial to begin in July
Zoom will offer its free and paying users end-to-end encryption for video calls and launch a trial version in July, the video conferencing provider said on Wednesday. The company said to help prevent abuse, it will only make the feature available to users who provide a verified phone number. California-based Zoom had originally planned to […]
ETtech Top 5: India-China standoff to hit startups, Saudi’s Jio bet, localisation push & more
Happy Thursday! India’s top startups that count Chinese investors among their largest backers are likely to find more hiccups in raising capital amid anti-China sentiment in the country. The military standoff in Ladakh, the worst in over four decades, may dry up fresh funding. Its impact, according to experts, will be more profound for early […]
Spotify strikes a multi-year podcast deal with Warner Bros and DC
Audio streaming service Spotify is continuing its aggressive push towards podcasts through a new multi-year deal with Warner Bros and DC. As per the deal, Spotify will produce and distribute an original slate of narrative scripted podcasts around the DC Universe. While the terms of the deal were not disclosed, Spotify said that it is […]
Helium expands hotspot network to Europe and releases personal IoT tracker
Helium Tabs allow users to easily locate lost items up to 10 miles away from one of its hotspots, eliminating the need for Bluetooth or Wi-Fi. Image: Helium More about IoT Helium unveiled its first internet of things (IoT) personal tracking device on Thursday. The device, called Helium Tabs, runs on Helium Hotspots and allows […]
New Azure maps make identifying local compliance options easy
Countries around the world are placing more compliance requirements on organizations of all types, and customers want to more easily understand which compliance offerings are available in their locale before they deploy cloud resources. Today we’re releasing a new infographic, along with a 37-page e-book showing compliance details in over 30 key geographies. Organizations around […]
Minimize disruption with cost-effective backup and disaster recovery solutions on Azure
A top of mind concern among our customers is keeping their applications and data workloads running and recoverable in the case of unforeseen events or disasters. For example, COVID-19 has presented daunting challenges for IT, which are only compounded by growing threats from ransomware or setbacks related to technical or operational failure. These considerations further […]