Mumbai: Legacy technology-based services and products will continue to constitute a meaningful part of revenue for IT service providers even as the share of digital business is growing at a faster pace – this was the general view at an ET roundtable organised at the Nasccom summit on Friday. CP Gurnani of Tech MahindraNSE -0.11 %, Keshav Murugesh of WNS … Read more
Walmart owned Flipkart has scaled up its large appliances and furniture brand offerings ahead of the festival season sale — Big Billion Days. The announcement comes days after the rival Amazon expanded its furniture portfolio in tier 1 and 2 cities during the launch of its Grand Festival season sale and added nearly 60,000 products … Read more
Samsung has been making waves at IFA 2019 with its relaunched Galaxy Fold and compact 8K TV, but it didn’t show up at Europe’s biggest tech conference with only consumer electronics in tow. The company brought along a selection of appliances too, including some innovative concepts that could get techies excited about kitchen and home products. Beautiful fridges Samsung’s new … Read more
Thanks to the robust internet usage, the growth graph of online video ecosystem in India has only been going northwards, and Youtube has made the most of it. In April this year, YouTube’s CEO Susan Wojcicki announced that the platform has more than 265 million monthly active users in India (as per ComScore). “India is both … Read more
Google today pledged to include recycled materials in all of its Made By Google products by 2022. The portfolio currently includes hardware like Pixel phones, Pixelbooks, Google Home speakers, Nest, and accessories like phone cases and charging stands. In an interview with Fast Company, Google said it had begun using recycled plastic in Chromecast devices and … Read more
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — Ever notice that the old stove or washing machine you’re holding on to is still going strong while your brand-new shiny appliances are in for yet another repair? They sure don’t make them like they used to! But Consumer Reports says there are reasons for that! Appliances today have sensors and … Read more
The noise from loudspeakers attached to campaigning vehicles, usually auto rickshaws, is deafening during election time in Tamil Nadu. Traditionally, the AIADMK campaign vehicles will play old MGR songs that were penned to project his politics, like “nann ungal veetu pillai” (I am a son from your house). Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) would play revolutionary … Read more
Mumbai: Walmart Inc. is making friends in India with the kind of competitors that it spent decades putting out of business in the US—mom and pop stores. These unlikely allies are part of the latest attempt by the Bentonville, Arkansas-based behemoth to crack India’s giant consumer market, taking on e-commerce rival Amazon.com Inc. and Asia’s richest … Read more
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg made a bombshell announcement earlier this week that his company would pivot to a “privacy-focused communications platform” that prioritizes encrypted private messaging and groups over public-facing posts and the algorithm-driven News Feed. According to the company’s former security chief, Alex Stamos, the move could mean that some of Facebook’s toughest issues around moderating … Read more
Traditional concepts of pairing white meat with white wine and red meat with red wine might still work in western countries but in India, it becomes essential to match the intensity of the food with the wine, says one of the country’s youngest sommeliers. “Wine and food pairing is an individualised affair. What works for … Read more