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Wipro Loses Nike SAP Maintenance Project
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Rajan Anandan Quits Google India, To Join Sequoia India As MD
Rajan Anandan, who led Google’s operations in India and South-East Asia, is leaving the company to join Sequoia Capital India. Anandan, who had an eight-year stint at Alphabet Inc.’s Google, will become managing director at Sequoia Capital India, the venture capital…
Rahul Gandhi’s Promise On Ease Of Doing Business Is Election Rhetoric At Best; Implementation Is Key
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Tech Mahindra At Work On Larger Bench Of Executives For Key Roles
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India’s InMobi Ramps Up Ad Challenge To Google And Facebook
Low-profile Indian tech company InMobi aims to take advantage of the headwinds facing Google and Facebook to grab a bigger share of the nearly $140 billion market for online advertising. The Bangalore-based company, which brings together advertisers and app developers,…
No Walkover: Spotify Faces Tough Competition From Amazon, Apple Apps
Within a week of its launch in India, international music streaming platform Spotify made headlines by clocking one million users. While it is late to the party — Apple Music, Amazon Music and Google Play Music have been around, along with long-standing Indian players…
Spotify Had No Choice But To Offer An Excellent Free Service In India
It might be late to the party, but the Swedish music streaming app Spotify is trying really hard to make up for the lost time in India. The Stockholm-based company launched in the country yesterday (Feb. 27) with freebies and…
Who Wins And Who Loses If India’s Draft eCommerce Rules Are Implemented
In proposing to tighten the rules around e-commerce, India is both offering respite and ruffling feathers in equal measure. The draft e-commerce policy released by the Modi government on Feb. 23 is poised to shake up the country’s nearly $40 billion (around Rs2.8 lakh crore) online…
E-commerce Policy Draft: DPIIT Digs Heels On Data Localisation
Following the ‘data is oil’ argument often used by businesses, the latest e-commerce policy draft focuses on different aspects of data localisation, while also seeking to establish data as an economic resource, said experts. The government has made its intent to regulate…
Will New Online Shopping Rules in India Hit Your Cashback Wallets?
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WhatsApp Business: How Companies Are Using App To Cut Costs And Communicate Better
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How Jeff Bezos Lost Out to Billionaire Ambani in Poll-Bound India
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Big e-Tailers Will Wriggle Their Way Through
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Mphasis Eyes Double-Digit Revenue From Blackstone
Mphasis is eyeing double-digit revenue contribution from companies in the portfolio of Blackstone, American private equity firm that owns a majority stake in the software services firm, up from around 5% at present, said its chief executive Nitin Rakesh. Historically, the IT and business…
Amazon Has Ambitious Plans To Earn From Virtual Assistant Alexa
Amazon is working with brands across sectors to enable them to build skills on its Alexa platform. From daily news updates to smart-home integrations, banking services, food ordering and cab hailing, Alexa has been equipped with skills as the service expands.…
Revised eComm Rules May Hit Online Sellers, Shoppers
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Intel India FY18 Profit Up 4.6% To Rs 379 Cr, Revenue Grows 23%
Intel India saw profits grow 4.6% to Rs 379 crore and revenue by 23% to Rs 4,149 crore in fiscal 2018, according to the company's filings with the Registrar of Companies (RoC). The company has seen increased competition from peers such as…
Theresa May’s Brexit Vote Defeat Complicates Indian IT Firms’ Future
The huge blow to British Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal in the House of Commons has further complicated an already-uncertain environment for Indian IT services firms. The UK is the second-largest market for the Indian IT industry after the US, and…
Netflix Hasn’t Increased Prices In India Probably Because It Can’t Afford To
On Jan. 15, video streaming service, Netflix, made headlines as it increased its subscription cost by 13-18% across the US and Latin America. This is the biggest increase by the company since its inception 12 years ago and will impact 58 million American subscribers,…
Hike Shows Why Super Apps Don’t Work In India The Way They Do In China
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India’s eCommerce Crackdown Upends Big Foreign Players
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Flipkart Co-Founder Sachin Bansal Boards Ola With Rs 150-crore Investment
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TCS Q3 Profit Rises 24.1% To INR 8,105 crore
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DXC’s Acquisition of Luxoft Will Likely Reduce Its Dependency On Mphasis
DXC Technology’s decision to acquire niche engineering services firm Luxoft may be considered as a step towards eventually reducing its dependency on Mphasis, said analysts. DXC, an IT and digital services company, was formed in April 2017 after the merger of CSC and the…
Kavin Mittal Redraws Game Plan, To Unbundle Hike
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eComm Policy Scrambles Online Market For Phones
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As Action Moves To Cloud, Server Sales Take A Hit
Server sales in India declined for the first time due to weak demand from IT services firms, whose clients are increasingly renting space on the cloud to host applications instead of setting up their own infrastructure. Analysts said there were examples of…
Microsoft India’s Software Sales Stay Flat In FY18
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Centre Tightens Norms For e-Tailers, Curbs Deep Discounts
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