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Archives for September 2020
Ravi Shankar Prasad writes to Zuckerberg; condemns internal ideology war at Facebook
Union IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has asked Facebook to draw up “country-specific community guidelines”, in a letter addressed to the social network’s founder Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday. In the letter, reviewed by ET, Prasad wrote that he had been informed of instances in the run-up to the 2019 general elections, wherein “there was a […]
Orange Business Services and De Beers Co-innovate Geofencing Solution to Enhance Crew Safety in Offshore Mining
Successful pilot used digital IoT technologies and wearable sensors to monitor crew proximity to heavy machinery Co-creation approach supports De Beers’ ‘zero harm’ health and safety objectives in a heavy industrial environment Orange Business Services and De Beers Marine South Africa, a division of De Beers – the world’s leading diamond company, have jointly installed […]
ByteDance reconsidering sale options after China’s new tech export rules: Report
Illustration: Rahul Awasthi ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming is reconsidering his options and weighing the implications of Beijing’s involvement in TikTok sale, Bloomberg reported. The sale negotiations of the ByteDance-owned short-video app got another twist as China updated its more-than-a-decade-old export rules to include various technologies, including one “that sounded much like TikTok’s personalized recommendation engine”. […]
How Analytics Helped Accenture’s Pandemic Plans
Accenture’s investments in cloud, platforms, and analytics and AI proved essential in the company’s quick moves to stay on top of pandemic-driven change. There are plenty of stories now about how organizations, big and small, quickly made the decision to pivot their office employees to a work-from-home status. These organizations may have already had many […]
Google-Facebook undersea cable to China cut short by US
Plans for an underwater data cable between LA and Hong Kong have been scrapped after the US government suggested that China could use it to steal data. The project is run by the Pacific Light Data Company and includes tech firms like Google and Facebook. The issue is that the Hong Kong section would have been […]
Zoom revenues up 355% in second quarter of 2020
Videoconferencing company Zoom reported strong second-quarter earnings with revenue up 355% year on year. Shares in the firm rose as much as 25% in extended trading after beating analyst expectations for the three months ending 31 July. For the first quarter of 2020, just as the pandemic started to spread, Zoom reported revenue growth of 169%. […]
5 ways to optimize your backup costs with Azure Backup
Achieving cost efficiency in your cloud usage is more critical today than ever before. At Azure Backup, we’re committed to helping you optimize your backup costs. Over the last few months, we’ve introduced a comprehensive collection of features that not only gives you more visibility into your backup usage, but also helps you take action […]
The biggest IoT mistakes businesses make
By Marc Kavinsky, Editor at IoT Business News. The IoT is a rare kind of phenomenon. It’s so potentially enabling, it’s almost like modern magic. Everyone can see how logically beneficial the application of the IoT can be. In a real way, it’s the culmination of 50 years of persistent tech development. Like an iPhone, […]
Facebook threatens to block news sharing on its platforms in Australia
Facebook will block news sharing on its platforms in Australia if a proposal to force the U.S. tech giant to share revenue with local media outlets for featuring their content becomes law, the firm said in a statement published on Tuesday. Under Australia’s closely watched internet reforms, the country will become the first to require […]