Amazon has decided to stop telling third-party sellers on its platform that they cannot offer lower prices on competing websites, a source said on Monday. The source gave no details on the decision. The decision comes in the wake of a letter from Senator Richard Blumenthal arguing that the practice would “stifle market competition and […]

Did you know Sundar Pichai still has panipuri cravings? Students of the Brihanmumbai municipal school in Andheri’s DN Nagar are now privy to that savoury secret after the Google boss’ visit here last week. And when a student asked Pichai what it takes to be an engineer, the boy next doorturned-Silicon Valley pin-up said, “Do […]

By Matt Day Kevin Deakin and his colleagues at his online trivia startup had just gotten their hands on an Echo smart speaker that Amazon was passing out to developers in 2016. They made it less than a block from the company’s Seattle headquarters before coming to a decision. “We looked at this device and […]

Social media experts and advertising agencies feel criticism of marketing campaigns that involve society or religious issues could hinder creativity. Two ads by Hindustan Unilever, one of the country’s biggest advertisers, have drawn intense criticism over the past week on social media with calls for a boycott of all its brands. While a Brooke Bond […]

Fintech founders may be rueing the lack of ‘standing instructions’ on the updated version of Unified Payments Interface, but the application in its present form is emerging as the preferred gateway for consumers to repay loans. Multiple fintech entrepreneurs ET spoke with said they are either in the process of bringing in UPI as a […]

Ebix Inc Chief Executive Robin Raina said that the Atlanta-headquartered company’s bid on Monday, to acquire Nasdaq-listed domestic online travel major Yatra Online, was “generous” one, with the potential deal likely to provide a “great outcome” to shareholders of both companies. Speaking to ET over the phone, Raina, CEO of Ebix, which has a market […]

The Election Commission will find it a daunting task to check circulation of fake news and hate speech during the upcoming general elections, considering nearly a third of the 900 million voters use social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, multiple stakeholders say. While announcing the election dates on Sunday, EC had said […]

184 decision makers, analysts, domain experts, and entrepreneurs coming from all around the world gathered on March 7 and 8 at EOI Andalucía to join the first edition of our Machine Learning School held in Seville, Spain (#MLSEV). The event was co-organized by EOI and BigML, in collaboration with the Andalusian Government and Seville City Council; […]

News Citrix Touts Its SD-WAN Security After Hackers Breach Internal Network By David Ramel 03/11/2019 Citrix Systems Inc. touted the enhanced security capabilities of its software-defined wide-area network (SD-WAN) solution only days after news that “international cyber criminals gained access to the internal Citrix network.” In a March 8 blog post, Citrix announced that the […]

In order to thrive in the current economic environment, businesses need to provide exceptional customer service. To do so, they must be able to rapidly understand and react to customer shopping behaviors. To properly interpret and react to customer behaviors, businesses need a complete, single view of their customers. What does that mean? A Single […]