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Indian IT spend to rise 6.8%, reach $88.8 bn in Calendar 2021: Gartner

Spending fell 2.7% in 2020 with focus only on 'mission-critical' tech & services during early stages of pandemic; worldwide spending pegged at $3.9 trillion in 2021, up 6.2%

Govt's Co-WIN app to track both Covid-19 vaccine and its recipients

Experts say technologies such as IoT, AI, machine learning and blockchain play a key role in tracking these vaccines and detecting any changes

Indian lawmakers keenly watching Facebook board's decision on Trump ban

The Parliamentary Committee also asked if the platforms have the right to take down or suspend accounts.

Infamous for manipulating polls, Cambridge Analytica is a non-entity today

On Friday, CBI registered a criminal conspiracy case against Cambridge Analytica and Global Science Research for illegally harvesting personal data of Facebook users in India

India's tech industry hails Joe Biden's stand on immigration, H-1B rules

Trump admin had placed several curbs and made unfavourable changes to the H-1B visa rules. Biden has either withdrawn or frozen some of these provisions

Tech played critical role in booming India-US bilateral trade: Nasscom

The Indian tech industry makes significant contributions to the US economy and workforce

Oversight Board to examine Donald Trump's Facebook profile suspension

Facebook has also requested policy recommendations from the Board on suspensions when the user is a political leader, the Oversight Board said in a statement

Ola to build Rs 2,400-crore EV manufacturing facility with Siemens

To set up global AI-powered facility in Tamil Nadu, according to a prior deal

India asks WhatsApp to withdraw new privacy policy, answer 14 questions

WhatsApp has rolled back the update deadline from February 8 to May after it faced a huge backlash

How a little known Delhi-based cyber firm became top spy for hire

While the private investigators pleaded guilty to conspiring to hack into computers, Gupta and two others continued to face charges of conspiracy as of July 2015

MakeMyTrip narrows adjusted operating cash loss to $5.5 mn in Q4

Total Adjusted Revenue falls to $137.2 million in the quarter ended March 31, 2020 from $163.3 million in the same quarter last year

Even after blow in Brazil, WhatsApp to launch payments service in India

It launched WhatsApp Pay, based on the UPI system in February 2018, as part of a trial with one million users

Draft e-commerce policy soon, to be stricter on data norms and discount

Pricing - a prime complaint of domestic retailers - is set to be the focus, with the government considering an annual review of discounts given by e-marketplaces.

Droom to launch contactless commerce services on its platform across India

Droom has already received over 125,000 new listings worth Rs 10,000 crore in listed gross merchandise volume from different cities

IndiGo, SpiceJet open bookings after govt gives nod to resume services

The lowest available one-way fare on the Delhi-Mumbai route for May 25 was Rs 6,674 for 8.30 am departure

Facebook brings in new feature to let users lock profiles from non-friends

The feature is designed for people in India, especially women, who want more control over their Facebook experience, the firm said

Zomato to show separate restaurant ratings for delivery and dining

Firm also working on weeding out fake or paid reviews using machine-learning algorithms

Indian cybersecurity services expected to grow to $7.6 bn by 2022: DSCI

More than 35 per cent companies covered by the report are re-skilling half of their security workforce

WhatsApp sharpens business pitch with efficient bouquet of services

With big brands testing out their business interface, the social messaging app seeks leverage for the vast cache of conversations on its platform

Lockdown 4.0: E-commerce majors gear up to resume operations across India

Red zones comprise about 130 districts of the country and analysts estimate that the e-commerce companies, as well as the retailers, witness at least 75 per cent demand from these locations