Representative Image Piyush Mishra, 30, started programming when he was 16. An IIT graduate who had moved back to his hometown in Balasore, Odisha, taught young Mishra the basics of coding. Gradually, Mishra, who studied in a government school in Balasore, mastered PHP, Flash and HTML, and started coding for local entities — a cricket […]
Have 60% revenue market share in food delivery: Swiggy CEO Sriharsha Majety
Talks of potential consolidation in the online food delivery space involving Zomato and UberEats does not worry Swiggy co-founder and CEO Sriharsha Majety. In an exclusive interview with TOI, Majety said Swiggy, with a $3.3-billion valuation, will continue to have a dominant market share both in revenues and number of orders. Swiggy said it crossed […]
Data policy tweaks set to keep India Inc busy in 2020
As 2019 comes to an end with the introduction of the long-awaited Personal Data Protection Bill, India Inc awaits yet another year of hectic technology policymaking that will seek to regulate everything from personal and non-personal data, technology intermediaries, ecommerce companies, over-the-top platforms, cloud services and digital taxation. Technology companies will have their hands full […]
After Google, Twitter warns Indian users about data breach
In an extremely stressful year for Internet users, Twitter on Saturday admitted a malicious code was inserted into its app by a bad actor that may have compromised some users’ information worldwide, including in India, as people woke up to an email from Twitter, warning them to update the app for Android. The vulnerability within […]
Internet shutdowns in world’s second largest net market
Over the last two weeks and especially over the last few days, internet has been shut down in various parts of India, and in Kashmir, from August 4. Here’s the map that shows India’s internet shutdowns, and some key facts.ETtech | December 21, 2019, 15:38 IST
Subscription box companies start making inroads into India
Fans of the Avengers series would probably have heard about GeekCrate. Every month, this company ships out a very special dazzling box to geeks in India who love comics, television, movies, gaming and anime. By paying about Rs 1,900 a month, they get a box of merchandise worth about Rs 2,500, with goodies such as […]
Road, Internet shutdowns disrupt ecommerce volumes
One Act, many protests — and a sudden drop in ecommerce business volume. Among the many disruptions caused by multicity agitations against the citizenship Act is the effect on deliveries and orders of large ecommerce operators. While online food delivery business has suffered a hit of 25-30%, other online categories have seen a drop of […]
India leads the world in internet shutdowns
In an unprecedented move, the Indian government suspended mobile internet services in parts of the capital New Delhi on Thursday, as protests over a citizenship bill seen as discriminating against Muslims escalated. As of 2018, India led the world in internet shutdowns, according to a report by internet advocacy group Access Now, accounting for 67% […]
YouTube Music & Premium arrive in India
India’s music streaming market is attracting global giants and YouTube is the latest to enter the fray. The Google-owned service has debuted its music service YouTube Music in the country, offering consumers access to songs, albums, personalized playlists and music videos on the web and its mobile apps through an ad-supported model or monthly paid […]
Apple says ‘it’s show time’ on March 25, TV service announcement expected
Apple on Monday invited media to a March 25 event at the Steve Jobs Theater on its campus in Cupertino, California, where it is expected to launch a television and video service. Sources previously told Reuters that the company is targeting April for the launch of a streaming television service that will likely include subscription […]