'No analogy is perfect, but a better liquid to liken data to is water, with the global internet like a great borderless ocean of currents and tides,' Facebook's vice-president, global affairs and communications, Nick Clegg, said in New Delhi.
'Many who have experimented with online education will adopt a blended model once things return to normal,' edX CEO and founder Anant Agrawal tells Anjuli Bhargava.
Indian tech professionals are one of the major beneficiaries of H-1B visas.
Though chief executive officers from Google, Yahoo and Facebook have declined to attend the summit, the Apple CEO Tim Cook will address the meeting during which he will announce his intent to fold the government's cyber security recommendations into its own cyber strategy.
Future Group said customer acquisition costs, fulfilment costs and other expenses in e-commerce add up to 50 per cent of overall business costs, making it unviable
Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter had 160 mn users but made less than Rs 100 cr in 2012-13
We enlist some of the key features of iOS 9, so sit tight.
In April, RBI had to issue a warning about a mobile application.
Facebook owns WhatsApp and Microsoft owns Skype, the two services that are at the centre of the current "net neutrality battle".
Irrespective of what the future may have in store, the year 2018 has ushered humanity towards an era of next generation technology, demonstrating that there is no looking back in scientific innovations.
Apple is loathe to use customer data to deliver targeted advertising.
Higher dividend taxes, falling valuations make alternative shareholder payment attractive.
'"We want to get the learnings from Flipkart and take it to other parts of the world," Walmart CEO Doug McMillon was quoted as saying.' 'That is a very large tuition fee for an MBA in a country that outdoes Brazil and perhaps even China in busting multinationals' knees and sometimes their heads as they try to crack a market of mostly impoverished people run by a government that has never really given up the sadistic pleasures of administering the license raj,' notes Rahul Jacob.
Transparency International, a non-profit organisation fighting against corruption and malpractices, gave Reliance Industries and ONGC ninth and 26th positions, respectively, in its latest report Transparency in Corporate Reporting.
While it is difficult to put a number on how much the impact on the ad sales tally could be, it is quite possible the broadcaster will not be able to make its Rs 2-billion target, says Urvi Malvania.
The new deal will value Flipkart at close to $19 billion on the secondary market, a huge jump from Walmart's initial offer to investors.
SBI offers reward points for various types of banking transactions.
536 new malware families and a further 616 new variants affecting the Android platform were detected.
Chinese mobile brands are deeply entrenched in the Indian market. A move to bar them may send a bold diplomatic message. But its cost for the local industry is anybody's guess. In the event that Chinese brands face curbs, two handset makers - Samsung and Apple - squarely stand to gain.
An individual might not be able to put together the data and number-crunching resources that institutional traders employ.
Snapdeal had rolled out a hike of 16 per cent and above for its top performers.
'India's print media appears to be on the ventilator, gasping for breath, cutting staff, cutting salaries, cutting editions, cutting off its hands and legs,' notes Krishna Prasad.
Rediff.com gives you a lowdown on the net neutrality issue that is today part of the national discourse.
It quickly went from being a darling of investors to a liability
Saksham Karwal shares the lessons he's learned along the way.
HealthifyMe is an app that connects users to fitness trainers virtually, motivate them on goals.
This start-up connects diners with regional cuisines that restaurants do not serve.
Silicon Valley is at the heart of the transformation of the global economy -- which has both winners and losers, writes Ajit Balakrishnan.
'I felt sorry the handsome woman had to spend her birthday in a war zone, away from her eight-year-old kid and her drifting husband, both in the US.'
TRAI seeks views to regulate net-based calling, messaging apps
Your content is the key to getting likes on Facebook, whether it's for a brand or an individual, says Zafar Rais, founder and CEO at Mindshift Interactive.
Good pay hikes, positive macroeconomic factors and the taming of inflation have had a positive effect on purchases
The past few years have seen a frenzy of phone launches.
As for Apple Pay, we're still to see it in India.
'You can't take jobs to people, you have to take people to jobs.'
Peru fans take $800 taxi to get to World Cup game
Enguru app's 40-hour programme teaches general spoken English & employability-focused English.
Paroma Chatterjee has done over 800 gigs, performed at many big clubs in India and abroad and won acclaim for her skill.
By using recycled resources to create earth-friendly gifting options, the venture Surprise Someone is changing the way India smiles.
'Where will the next 200 million users that will come online in India prefer to go? Will they buy a data pack, or will they use the free Internet?' 'What will happen when most of the Internet in India is inside a walled garden?'
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