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Starbucks, which employs large numbers of racial minorities in the US, has itself faced criticism over its handling of racial issues. (Photo | Wikimedia Commons)

Starbucks battles racial discrimination complaints, but pauses social...

The company said it would continue using social media to communicate with its clients and employees.

29 Jun 2020 6:12 PM IST

Since September 2019, in phases the company first switched bubble wrap with paper cushions and plastic tape with paper tape.

Amazon India gets environmentally conscious, swaps out cling for...

Amazon India has more than 50 order fulfilment centres in the country, where changes have been made in packaging...

29 Jun 2020 4:49 PM IST

The objective is to bring around 5 lakh tribal artisans online, thus connecting them to a larger national and international market. Around 5 lakh tribal items across 20,000 categories, including textiles, paintings, home decor items, jewelry, and metal crafts, will be available on the website. (Representative Image)

Tribal arts and crafts will soon be sold on an exclusive Amazon-like...

A trial run of the e-marketplace will be held from July 30 to August 14.

28 Jun 2020 9:47 PM IST

Small and medium enterprises, especially those that do not use their own domain and hosted email service, are most at risk of cyber security threats. (Photo | WIkimedia Commons - Jaydeep)

If you're a small business, your email is most vulnerable to cyber...

Ransomware attacks are also rising but one can protect oneself using backup clouds and locking systems, such as multiple...

28 Jun 2020 8:18 PM IST

Big Bazaar has seen a jump in orders for home delivery through bigbazaar.com, Whatsapp ordering and ordering through phone. (Photo | Wikipedia)

Convenience tasted, customers are sticking to online shopping, Big...

Walmart stores in even Tier II & III cities like Karimnagar, Nizamabad, Aurangabad and Amravati have also shown high...

28 Jun 2020 7:15 PM IST

The positions for temporary global customer service staff at Amazon are open in Hyderabad, Pune, Coimbatore, Noida, Kolkata, Jaipur, Chandigarh, Mangaluru, Indore, Bhopal and Lucknow. (Photo | AFP)

20,000 jobs now available at Amazon India's global customer service

Most of the positions are part of Amazon's Virtual Customer Service' programme that provides work-from-home options.

28 Jun 2020 5:38 PM IST

Excluding Huawei is hard as there are only two alternatives for 5G equipment, Nokia and Ericsson, with Samsung, NEC having a long way to go.

With Huawei 5G being shunned by many countries, does Samsung, NEC have...

Excluding Huawei is hard as there are only two alternatives for 5G equipment, Nokia and Ericsson, with Samsung, NEC...

28 Jun 2020 5:07 PM IST

The researchers said those behind the attacks include two Russian nationals, Igor Olegovich Turashev and Maksim Viktorovich Yakubets, indicted in the United States in December for their involvement in an entity known as Evil Corp which is accused of hacking US and British banks.

Russian hackers increasingly targeting US corporations with ransomware

Cybersecurity firm Symantec says it has identified at least 31 targets in the United States, including eight Fortune 500...

27 Jun 2020 8:12 PM IST

Freddy Birdy, a bar and restaurant designer, is also an artist and adman.

Some professionals have more Instagram followers than movie stars,...

These 'influencers', who offer more than just pretty pictures, are the rage on the social media platform

27 Jun 2020 7:07 PM IST

A videograp of Mary Jo Laupp. She told the New York Times that one of her first projects would be to help build a group of pro-Biden content creators on TikTok.

TikTok Grandma' whose call to action led to poor show at Trump rally...

Mary Jo Laupp's TikTok video was viewed over two million times and boosted by American fans of South Korean pop music,...

27 Jun 2020 6:17 PM IST

In this file photo taken on June 2, 2020 A looted and boarded up Microsoft store is seen after a night of protest over the death of an African-American man George Floyd in Minneapolis in Manhattan in New York City. Microsofts physical stores, which sold Surface tablets, laptops and XBox gaming gear, never gained the momentum of rival Apple. Its retail team members will serve customers from Microsoft corporate facilities and remotely provide sales, training, and support, the company said. (Photo | AFP)

Microsoft products will now be sold solely online, all 80 retail...

It will keep four locations as Microsoft Experience Centers in London, New York, Sydney and the company's Redmond,...

27 Jun 2020 5:36 PM IST

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg had previously refused to take action against Trump posts suggesting that mail-in ballots will lead to voter fraud, saying that people deserved to hear unfiltered statements from political leaders. Twitter, by contrast, slapped a get the facts label on them. (Photo | BookCatalog)

Facebook bends to pressure, says will flag even Trump's post, if it...

Unilever became the latest and one of the biggest advertisers to join several other brands that have stopped placing ads...

27 Jun 2020 4:36 PM IST