The company has also stepped up its courtship of machine-learning PhD's, joining Google, Amazon, Facebook and others in a fierce contest
The people on the front lines of fighting the Ebola epidemic are Time Magazine's Person of the Year.
Keeping a company on the cutting edge is about more than making workers happy.
Thousands of retail investors are reaping the benefits of the disruption that the latest technologies have brought to the equity market. Brokerage firms are aggressively investing in technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, big data and analytics, social media, chatbots, virtual assistants and so on.
With over 200 brands and websites as participants this year, the Google Online Shopping Festival is turning bigger.
Start-ups are adding value to the day-to-day lives of Indian women
India stands at an embarrassingly low 130 among 190 countries in the World Bank's Ease of Doing Business rankings. But in our worry over it are we forgetting the big picture -- to make India an attractive investment destination -- wonders Avirup Bose.
Start-ups that did not have a business model and, hence, could not grow or attract new funding, are shutting shop.
We sorted through countless photographs taken around the world to come up with the top photos of 2019. Together these images tell the story of the year -- capturing moments of hope and heartbreak, triumph and tragedy.
'Saying that Snapdeal is not doing well is beyond premature. Suggesting that someone has won or lost is myopic.'
In order to counter the growing penetration of e-commerce portals, the ICT industry in Gujarat is also mulling initiation of its own portal for selling products.
The long-neglected fruit may finally get the recognition it deserves.
E-commerce is awash in money, raising concerns about whether this is just another unsustainable internet trend headed for a bust.
Recent easing of restrictions does not address the pain in the sector.
Steve Case's book is filled with insightful scenes that describe how the modern online industry was put together, notes Ajit Balakrishnan.
It is all about hitting the ball high and timing it right.
'Shape up or ship out' message has been loud and clear across the new-age companies in the stressed market conditions
India is witnessing its own tech tsunami, and is poised to become the second largest global startup hub by the end of the decade
The year ahead will be all about making a personal style statement with some help from designers
His challenge now may be coping with Alibaba's undoubted status as a whale in the world of e-commerce.
Five inspiring women who travelled thousands of miles to Hyderabad recently to grow their business and skills share their tales of global entrepreneurship. Vaihayasi Pande Daniel listened in.
Saksham Karwal shares the lessons he's learned along the way.
Be extra careful while using credit cards because there is a risk of misuse
In some ways, Elon Musk's vision is even bolder and more transformative than that of Steve Jobs, says B S Prakash.
Key events that rocked India Inc in 2014 and one of them is Vishal Sikka taking over reins at Infosys.
Today, it is modish to be part of a yoga class, to post stories on Instagram while striking an impressively complex asana in a bralette and crop-top paired with neon yoga pants, to bond over green tea and yoga bars after a strenuous session at the studio and have subscriptions to yoga studios, not ashrams, says Manavi Kapur.
India's internet subscriber base is 100-150 million, depending on whose estimates you take, and is growing at 20-30% a year.
At the GO-JEK hackathon in Bengaluru, there were over 100 people working on their projects. Most were between the ages of 25 and 30. All except the CoderDragons: Mrinal Jain is 11, and Shreyas Katuri is 12. Nikita Puri meets the pre-teens who are building a virtual voice assistant named Erica.
The privately-owned Hangzhou-based group, which has been in news for its impending IPO, is already sourcing human hair from the southern regions of India and has identified this category as a 'big opportunity', along with others like machinery, agro products, apparel and spices.
Facebook owns WhatsApp and Microsoft owns Skype, the two services that are at the centre of the current "net neutrality battle".
The e-commerce marketplace is like an information intermediary these days.
Commercial flights may also help Boeing's bottom line on a rare, fixed-price, government-backed development program.
Industries with the highest number of top-rated companies at risk were hospitality/travel, media and entertainment, retail, financial services and consumer goods/manufacturing
It turns out that there is serious money in funny business these days!
Stay ahead of the game; learn the tricks from Ecom king Jack Ma.
'India is no longer the India of the '70s and the '80s.' 'It's a large country with the fastest growing economy.' 'In working with India, you just can't go and humiliate the nation publicly.' USIBC President Mukesh Aghi tells Aziz Haniffa/Rediff.com about how he advises American companies to do business with India, what he thinks of Modi's government and the way forward for the India-US relationship.
Yoga, wellness, meditation, Ayurveda, software and ... toothpaste - Sri Sri Ravi Shankar has successfully merged business with spirituality
An Indian American Silicon Valley entrepreneur has launched a unique initiative designed to get techies to volunteer their time to develop software and applications that will benefit people in India and other developing countries.
Shopkeepers are losing buyers in droves to e-tailers for everything from fashion to smartphones, and are struggling to find solutions.
With the festive season underway, retailers in the online and the offline world need to prepare well to offer the best deals to consumers and earn trust.
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