The chief executives of Facebook and Twitter confirmed on Friday that their CEOs, Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey, respectively, will appear, while a source said that Google‘s Sundar Pichai will appear. That came a day after the committee unanimously voted to approve a plan to subpoena the three CEOs to appear before the panel. Twitter’s […]
Archives for October 2020
JioMart pilots milk deliveries in Bengaluru, Chennai
JioMart has started testing subscription-based daily morning deliveries of essentials like milk, eggs and bread in Bengaluru and Chennai. This will pit it directly against online food delivery platform Swiggy’s Supr Daily and Bigbasket’s BB Daily services, besides standalone player Milkbasket. Sources said the company aims to launch it nationally by Diwali, depending on the […]
JioMart bets on private labels
Illustration: Rahul Awasthi Reliance Retail has started pushing its array of existing private brands with kiranas across metro and non-metro markets, offering high margins of 20% as in-house label sales jump in online grocery. Multiple sources said this would result in higher availability of private labels on Reliance’s e-commerce platform JioMart, which is aggressively on-boarding […]
The digital transformation of boomers and beyond during the pandemic
Illustration: Rahul Awasthi A lot has changed in the life of Vinaya Katre over the last six months. Until the Covid-19 pandemic began spreading in March, the 59-year-old Jamshedpur-based schoolteacher had never imagined that she would have to learn to do anything “online” except perhaps chat through WhatsApp. However, overwhelmed by an increased workload during […]
COVID-19’s impact on remote work life: Top 5 advantages and disadvantages
A new report from entertainment technology company FunCorp takes a hard look at the dramatic differences the COVID-19 crisis imposed on the enterprise, both good and bad. Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto Coping with the new normal—of working from home, physically isolating from colleagues, and maneuvering the necessary technologies dictated by remote work—was not a choice, but […]
Pandemic accelerated the adoption and sophistication of IoT technology
The enterprise is finding its digital capabilities have been put to the test amid the coronavirus crisis, and a new report from Vodafone Business shows IoT’s significant impact. Image: iStock When it became apparent to Americans that our only recourse in dealing with COVID-19 was to isolate, as well as work and learn remotely, businesses […]
Lossless or lossy: If you have big data, know what type of compression to use
The different types of compression can have a huge effect on your big data transfers. Knowing what types to use is important for your business. Illustration: Lisa Hornung/iStockPhoto More about Big Data The world is generating 2.5 quintillion bytes of data per day, and unstructured data is a problem for 95% of companies. One problem […]
Data visualization and the pandemic spread
With just about everyone stuck at home to reduce the spread of COVID-19, lots of people are taking an interest in following the progression of the virus data and understanding what it means. Health experts, economists, and others who are trying to mitigate the damage the virus has caused use data to give context to […]
Six steps to securing embedded systems in the IoT
Security continues to be an overriding concern for a vast array of embedded systems in the Internet of Things (IoT). If infiltrated, systems buried in the electrical grid, power generation, manufacturing, automotive systems, medical devices, building management, gas pumps, toasters and much more, can be a significant risk, Mark Pitchford of LDRA reports. Fortunately, with security, the old […]
Facebook steps up promotion of groups content in feeds, around the web
Facebook said on Thursday it would start promoting content from public Facebook Groups in users’ news feeds and in search engine results, defying calls by watchdog groups to limit algorithmic recommendations ahead of U.S. elections next month. In a blog post, Facebook app chief Fidji Simo said the company would surface recommendations in news feeds […]