Peerzada Abrar And Yuvraj Malik

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Lessons from Justdial 'data breach'

Lessons from Justdial 'data breach'

Rediff.com   26 Apr 2019

At a time when services are rapidly digitising in India, enterprises are witnessing a rise in cases of sensitive data exposure risks and breaches.

Wipro: 'Our deal pipeline is strong'

Wipro: 'Our deal pipeline is strong'

Rediff.com   25 Apr 2019

'We are not seeing any macro headwinds.'

Data privacy a major concern in India: Nandan Nilekani

Data privacy a major concern in India: Nandan Nilekani

Rediff.com   23 Apr 2019

Data privacy, he said, is a broader argument beyond Aadhaar as it includes everything such as issues related to mobile phones and social media data.

India's unicorn club is galloping along

India's unicorn club is galloping along

Rediff.com   23 Apr 2019

Over the last 12 months, thanks to bold bets by venture capital firms like Sequoia, SoftBank Vision Fund, and foreign strategic investors like Naspers, pipeline of start-ups with potential to achieve $1 bn in valuation is at an all-time high.

Walmart CEO Doug McMillon in India to take on Amazon

Walmart CEO Doug McMillon in India to take on Amazon

Rediff.com   16 Apr 2019

Besides Jeff Bezos-led Amazon, Walmart-owned Flipkart is also facing a threat from Asia's richest man and RIL chairman Mukesh Ambani, who is also betting big to grab a share of the country's e-commerce market.

A peek into PhonePe's mega expansion plan

A peek into PhonePe's mega expansion plan

Rediff.com   10 Apr 2019

This year, PhonePe is focussed on bringing more partners across categories, including travel, commute, food, hyper-local, retail and entertainment on the platform.

Zomato's FY19 revenues jump, so do the expenses

Zomato's FY19 revenues jump, so do the expenses

Rediff.com   7 Apr 2019

Company's revenue rises 3-fold to touch $206 million while total cost jumps over 6 times to $500 million

Social media: 2019 election battleground

Social media: 2019 election battleground

Rediff.com   30 Mar 2019

'Political parties and leaders understand the impact the new media can have on outcomes.' 'From treating them as broadcast tools five years ago, now they look at them as arsenal that can potentially change electoral outcomes.'

3 more UK cities added to Ola's roadmap

3 more UK cities added to Ola's roadmap

Rediff.com   30 Mar 2019

Ola, which is now present in seven cities in the UK, said its easy-to-use app would transform commuting experiences in these areas providing the community with greater travel choice as well as quicker and easier access to cabs.

Ola to launch self-drive rental service

Ola to launch self-drive rental service

Rediff.com   29 Mar 2019

With its foray into self-drive, Ola will go head-to-head with early entrants Zoomcar, Revv and a few other.

Azim Premji-backed iD Fresh Food shifts focus to organic products

Azim Premji-backed iD Fresh Food shifts focus to organic products

Rediff.com   29 Mar 2019

The phase-wise transition of iD Fresh products into organic items has started and will include flagship offerings such as idli and dosa batter and Malabar parotta.

Ola banned in K'taka for 6 months for violating norms

Ola banned in K'taka for 6 months for violating norms

Rediff.com   23 Mar 2019

The state government says Ola was using its existing cab aggregator licence to promote bike taxi services.

N/Core to support 30 nonprofit startups

N/Core to support 30 nonprofit startups

Rediff.com   22 Mar 2019

The initiative deepens N/Core's multi-year partnership with tech giant Cisco, which has participated in the fund along with Ford Foundation and IRB Infrastructure.

What is Byju's doing with Disney?

What is Byju's doing with Disney?

Rediff.com   20 Mar 2019

Byju's acquires licences of hundreds of characters from Disney; to use cartoon characters to teach math, science.

What RCB plans to do with IPL fans

What RCB plans to do with IPL fans

Rediff.com   19 Mar 2019

VVirat Kohli's franchise wants to unite fans on an innovative digital community platform.

How WhatsApp signed up 1.5 billion people

How WhatsApp signed up 1.5 billion people

Rediff.com   16 Mar 2019

Several of WhatsApp's early features were designed keeping Indian conditions in mind, given the choppy connectivity and existence of devices of different makes. In fact, India was the first country where WhatsApp rolled out in-app video calling services in 2016, ahead of its global launch, underlining the importance of the market for the company.

Azim Premji loosens purse strings further for philanthropy

Azim Premji loosens purse strings further for philanthropy

Rediff.com   14 Mar 2019

With the latest action, the value of the philanthropic endowment corpus contributed by Premji is about $21 billion, which includes 67 per cent of the economic ownership of Wipro.

Why Cisco is wooing hi-tech start-ups in India

Why Cisco is wooing hi-tech start-ups in India

Rediff.com   11 Mar 2019

It is eyeing the transportation and infrastructure modernisation opportunity in the country, expected to attract $500 billion in investment over the next five years.

20 years later, founders of India's first e-tailer are back 'Again'

20 years later, founders of India's first e-tailer are back 'Again'

Rediff.com   8 Mar 2019

Again would offer two variants of double-toned milk with almonds, cashews, dates; and strawberry, chocolate, jaggery - and two variants of double-toned yoghurt - alphonso mango; and carrot, orange, banana.

Mukesh to ready RIL for the Big Billion frenzy this Diwali

Mukesh to ready RIL for the Big Billion frenzy this Diwali

Rediff.com   7 Mar 2019

RIL is setting up infrastructure for a full-fledged horizontal e-commerce offering - internally called the New Commerce - to simultaneously launch pan-India by October-November.