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App-based businesses with a focus on localised content supported by regional language interfaces are the future. These digital startups hold the key to the growth of Indias digital economy and they require government assistance to become national champions.

Government must galvanise India's app ecosystem to pare down Chinese...

Quick disbursal of the Rs 20,000 crore Startup India corpus to app-based businesses is key, not reliance on large firms...

16 July 2020 8:05 AM IST

Reliance no doubt seeks to capture a bigger user base for digital services and ecommerce by offering an inexpensive smartphone. (Representative Image)

Google to develop entry-level smartphone for Reliance

The two firms will also develop an Android-based smartphone operating system.

15 July 2020 5:02 PM IST

Jio Platforms which is set to offer a wide range of services from music streaming to online retail and payments is expected to use its 388 million mobile phone subscribers as the cornerstone of an e-commerce and digital services business to rival Amazon and Walmarts Flipkart. Jio has become Reliances growth engine, combining with the companys fast-growing retail arm to help in offsetting the decline in oil and petrochemicals. (Photo | AFP)

Google invests Rs 33,373 crore in Jio for 7.7 pc stake

With this deal, Reliance has sold 32.84 per cent stake in Jio Platforms Ltd and has raised a total of Rs 1,52,055.45...

15 July 2020 4:21 PM IST

This year alone, major players including Facebook, Intel, Qualcomm and others have ploughed some $15 billion into Jio Platforms. (Photo | Instagram - Reliance Jio)

Google looks to pick up USD 4 billion stake in Jio, says report

The Bloomberg report came a day after Google's chief executive Sunder Pichai said it would invest USD 10 billion in...

14 July 2020 8:09 PM IST

Google, Facebook, Microsoft and other tech companies say the US Immigration rule requiring international college students whose classes have gone online to leave the country will disrupt their recruiting plans.

Google, Microsoft, Facebook join lawsuit against US visa rule forcing...

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement rule bars international students from staying in the country if their classes...

14 July 2020 4:38 PM IST

Google in talks to invest $4 billion in Reliances digital arm. (PTI Photo)

Google in talks to invest $4 billion in Reliance's digital arm

Investors, including Facebook and KKR & Co, have already poured in a combined $15.64 billion for just over 25% in Jio...

14 July 2020 3:23 PM IST

Google CEO Sundar Pichai. (AP Photo)

Sundar Pichai announces Google's Rs 75,000 crore fund for India's...

Investments will focus on four key areas of India's digitisation, he said

13 July 2020 3:26 PM IST

The punitive duties of 25% on $1.3 billion in French cosmetics, handbags will be delayed till January 6, 2021 as discussions continue.

US hits back at France with tariffs on cosmetics, handbags for taxing...

The office of US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said France's digital services tax unfairly targets US digital...

11 July 2020 7:21 PM IST

Facebook software that allows you to login to Spotify, Tinder, Pinterest blamed for apps crashing

Facebook software that allows you to login to Spotify, Tinder,...

The crashes Friday happened even if users were not logged in to the apps using Facebook.

11 July 2020 6:17 PM IST

Wont allow private data of Americans to get into the hands of the Chinese, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says, about blacklisting Huawei and ZTE and evaluating whether Chinese companies such as TikTok can operate in the US.

Future of communications infra should be founded on Western Ideals of...

Decrying Chinese spying, the US Secretary of State praised Google, Facebook and Twitter for not sharing user data with...

9 July 2020 4:50 PM IST

Wont entertain Hong Kong user data requests, say Microsoft, Zoom joining Twitter, Facebook, Google

Won't entertain Hong Kong user data requests, say Microsoft, Zoom...

Police have stepped up requests on user data to pick up dissidents in the wake of the national security law being...

8 July 2020 4:10 PM IST

Googles $2.1 billion acquisition of the maker of smartwatches and fitness trackers was unveiled in November and rang alarm bells among global regulators over antitrust and privacy worries.

Google's purchase of Fitbit will stifle the competition, say consumer...

Regulators around the world... must therefore give it their utmost attention, they said, calling it a test case on...

2 July 2020 9:28 PM IST