The new restrictions on online sale of drugs will make doorstep delivery of medicines difficult, according to an industry body which represents various e-pharmacy startups. The Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) expressed concerns over the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare’s (MoHFW) circular issued on March 26. The notification lays down these conditions: […]
Archives for March 2020
Facebook commits $100 million to support news media hurt by virus crisis
Facebook on Monday pledged $100 million in financing and advertising spending to support news organizations, including local publishers in the United States, reeling from pressure due to the coronavirus pandemic. News publishers, especially print media, have taken the brunt as many advertisers pulled their marketing budgets to rein in costs because of virus-related uncertainty. Vatican’s […]
Kaggle Competition Aims AI at COVID-19
A challenge on the data science community site Kaggle is asking great minds to apply machine learning to battle the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. As COVID-19 continues to spread uncontrolled around the world, shops and restaurants have closed their doors, information workers have moved home, other businesses have shut down entirely, and people are social distancing […]
Try These Tips On How To Protect Your Data From Your ISP
Online privacy is becoming more important to people than ever before. In part, this has to do with scandals involving large online companies like Amazon, Facebook, and Google. People are surprised to learn how much information these companies and others like them are gathering about them online. They are even more surprised when the personal […]
Microsoft says ‘775% Azure surge’ report was inaccurate
Microsoft’s massive 775% surge in Azure usage was actually just for Teams users in Italy, the company has confirmed. The company reported on Monday that it had seen a massive spike in Azure services such as Microsoft Teams, Windows Virtual Desktop and Power BI in areas where lockdowns and mass remote working had been forced. […]
Microsoft’s 775% surge in Azure services was just for Teams in Italy
Microsoft’s massive 775% surge in Azure usage was actually just for Teams users in Italy, the company has confirmed. The company reported on Monday that it had seen a massive spike in Azure services such as Microsoft Teams, Windows Virtual Desktop and Power BI in areas where lockdowns and mass remote working had been forced. […]
Extending the power of Azure AI to Microsoft 365 users
Today, Yusuf Mehdi, Corporate Vice President of Modern Life and Devices, announced the availability of new Microsoft 365 Personal and Family subscriptions. In his blog, he shared a few examples of how Microsoft 365 is innovating to deliver experiences powered by artificial intelligence (AI) to billions of users every day. Whether through familiar products like […]
Indian healthcare companies see big boost with govt move on telemedicine
Illustration: Rahul Awasthi The government’s recent notification regulating telemedicine amid the Covid-19 pandemic has given a boost to the business of healthtech startups operating in the segment, despite certain restrictions imposed on prescribing medicines to first-time patients. mfine, 1MG, and Practo expect more hospitals and doctors to line up to teleconsult on the platforms, as […]
Presentation: What Does It Mean to Be a Data Scientist? Definitions and Lessons Learned from the Trenches
InfoQ Homepage Presentations What Does It Mean to Be a Data Scientist? Definitions and Lessons Learned from the Trenches AI, ML & Data Engineering Like Bookmarks View Presentation Vertical Horizontal Full Speed: 1x 1.5x 2x Summary Brian Korzynski discusses what Data Science and Big Data are, focusing on the data preparation that needs to take […]
Mother Dairy seeks to use e-grocers’ network
Mother Dairy, one of India’s leading dairy companies, has written to major food e-commerce players, including BigBasket, Milkbasket and Supr Daily, to operate as a team to maintain a smooth supply of milk. Senior executives at Mother Dairy said the dairy giant is ready to increase production and use the distribution network of the online […]