Lot of concerns about behaviour of big tech firms: Piyush Goyal

There are a lot of concerns about the behaviour of big tech companies including American firms and India would like to protect its policy space and express its concern regarding these entities not willing to adhere to the law of the land, commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal said on Wednesday. He said India is … Read more

A Google and Microsoft alum who raised $140 million to take on Microsoft Office explains why productivity is one of the most attractive ‘jokes’ in Silicon Valley.

For billions of people around the world, Microsoft Office and Google Docs are the default apps for writing documents. But they are ready to be challenged as people working from home reach for better tools for collaboration, believes Shishir Mehrotra, founder and CEO of Coda. Mehrotra worked for both Google and Microsoft before starting Coda, … Read more

Bharti Airtel enters cloud communications market, launches ‘Airtel IQ’

Telecom operator Bharti Airtel on Monday entered the rapidly-growing cloud communications market with the launch of business-centric Airtel IQ’. A cloud-based omni-channel communications platform, Airtel IQ, aims to enable brands to deepen engagement with customers through timely and secure communication, a company statement said, terming the move as a “game changer” for the fast-evolving Indian … Read more

Paytm takes the challenge to Google, launches its own mini app store

Paytm has taken the challenge to Google’s Play Store by launching its Android Mini App Store, through which it seeks to help developers take their applications to the masses. This is the start-up’s latest move to break Google’s monopoly over distribution of Android applications. Paytm is providing listing and distribution of these mini apps from … Read more

‘Embrace the coming crash’: A notorious market bear who called the dot-com bust warns big tech stocks are on the verge of succumbing to the economy’s downturn

Societe Generale’s Albert Edwards says tech stocks face a downfall similar to the dot-com bust he forewarned about in the late 1990s. While acknowledging their market leadership so far during this pandemic, he warns that their prices are rising at an unsustainable pace relative to profit growth. He likened the appeal of tech stocks today to … Read more