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An economic powerhouse of over 1 billion people, India continues to be a hotbed of technology that molds the old with the new.

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The rise of India's latest edtech unicorn holds lessons for other startups

Alakh Pandey has produced astonishing results with no marketing spend, while his competitors burned billions of dollars. How did he do it?

July 20, 2022 by Rajiv Rao in Innovation

As kids return to school, Indian edtech faces challenges ahead

Companies have spent billions of dollars to expand their services but there could be change ahead for some.

July 7, 2022 by Rajiv Rao in Innovation

Remote work is fuelling global IT's unsustainably sky-high attrition rates

While remote tech workers hold the advantage in the short run, they will need to constantly upgrade their skill set in order to prevent their replacement by automation.

May 26, 2022 by Rajiv Rao in Productivity

India reaffirms commitment to new cybersecurity rules

Service providers will be required to maintain a database that includes user IP addresses, names, and contact information.

May 19, 2022 by Julian Bingley in Security

Musk's vague ideas of free speech and Tesla's ambition could spell doom for India's minorities

OPINION: His position may allow a lethal flow of hate speech targeting minorities to flourish on Twitter, while Tesla could be given a special deal in return for a free pass to stifle Twitter-based criticism of the Modi government.

May 10, 2022 by Rajiv Rao in Social Media

Directorate of Enforcement seizes $725 million from Xiaomi India

The company responded by claiming its actions were all 'legit and truthful'.

May 1, 2022 by Julian Bingley in Mobile Carriers

India's EV industry faces heat as electric scooters go up in flames

Just as the industry was poised to soar, e-scooter makers will have to work fast to win back consumer confidence.

April 21, 2022 by Rajiv Rao in Innovation

Extended cyber detection and response facing implementation challenges in APAC

The lack of implementation expertise, in-house staff resources, and recognition of cyberthreats by organisation leaders are the main reasons for the lack of certain cyber solutions, according to a Trellix survey.

April 13, 2022 by Campbell Kwan in Security

Paytm's greater fools: Lessons from a disastrous IPO

How did so many people dupe themselves into thinking that Paytm was a sure bet? Not paying attention to some basic rules of how to value a fintech company, or any company, did them in.

March 23, 2022 by Rajiv Rao in Innovation

ServiceNow APJ president eyes growth in multiple workflow applications

Mitch Young has told ZDNet that it's time to convince enterprises that they can use the ServiceNow platform to digitise more than just one workflow.

March 7, 2022 by Aimee Chanthadavong in Cloud

The fall of Paytm: Warren Buffett's only Indian investment

Analysts believe that Paytm's problems were masked by promoter and banker-driven hype.

March 1, 2022 by Rajiv Rao in E-Commerce

Asia most targeted region in 2021, taking on one in four cybersecurity attacks

Financial services and manufacturing sectors bore the brunt of attacks, taking on almost 60% of cybersecurity incidents in the region where Japan, Australia, and India were the most targeted markets, according to IBM data.

February 24, 2022 by Eileen Yu in Security

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