Indian and Indian-origin employees of technology companies — including Google, Uber, Salesforce, Amazon, Facebook, Accenture, Microsoft, Tata Consultancy Services, HCL, and Wipro — have signed up in an open letter against India’s new Citizenship law and a planned national citizenship register. The letter – ‘TechAgainstFascism’ on online publishing platform Medium – comes at a time […]

Wikimedia Foundation, a nonprofit that hosts and operates Wikipedia along with other free and collaborative projects, has expressed concerns over proposed changes to the IT intermediary rules. Wikimedia wrote to the Union minister for electronics and IT, Ravi Shankar Prasad, on issues around automated filtering of content, setting up of a local entity and traceability […]

U.S. shoppers spent more online during this year’s holiday shopping season, a report by Mastercard showed on Wednesday, with e-commerce sales hitting a record high. The holiday shopping season is a crucial period for retailers and can account for up to 40% of annual sales. But this year, Thanksgiving, which traditionally starts the U.S. holiday […]

New York-headquartered collaborative workspace major WeWork’s India arm has picked up nearly 2.3 lakh sq ft office space at Nesco IT Park in Goregaon suburb of Mumbai on a long-term lease, several persons with direct knowledge of the development, said. The company has leased eight floors and the total tenure of the deal is 10 […]

Rejections await many of the 150-odd insurance and fintech applicants that are keen to participate in the sandbox project of India’s insurance regulator, regional precedents show. In Singapore, the rejection rate for the regulatory sandbox project was as high as 90%, and the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (Irdai) may have a similar […]

Ecommerce companies and startups are stepping up hiring by 50-100% from India’s leading engineering colleges and B-schools this placement season as they seek candidates who are quick to learn new-age tech skills such as Big Data and Internet of Things and adapt to fast-paced business environments. Udaan, Droom, Flipkart, Amazon, Toppr, Testbook and NoBroker are […]

Following the footsteps of France, Italy has approved a new tax to be levied on large tech companies, a move that is likely to put more strains on the country’s relations with the United States. Passed this week by Italy’s Parliament, the new tax will come into force on January 1, the Wall Street Journal […]

Common service centres will give internet free to individuals and institutions through BharatNet — a countrywide optical fibre network — till March next year, Union minister for electronics and IT, Ravi Shankar Prasad, said on Wednesday. “We have already connected 1.3 lakh gram panchayats through BharatNet…Our target is to take this to 2.5 lakh panchayats. […]

The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) is expected to soon issue a clarification on the issues raised by certain stakeholders over the government‘s decision to permit 26% FDI in digital media sector, according to sources. Certain industry players and experts have stated that the move to cap foreign direct investment (FDI) […]

The internet shutdown in parts of Uttar Pradesh due to the protests over the Citizenship Amendment Act has hit banking services, including movement of cash and branch operations. Bankers told ET that transactional services had come to a halt, and merchants were finding it hard to conduct business. “We have seen our business in certain […]