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Some progress, but still a long road ahead for WhatsApp with govt

From government officials' perspective, the messaging service has not fulfilled most of the earlier demands, while making a half-hearted attempt

Let data protection Bill deal with personal health data, says IAMAI

The IAMAI counts technology majors like Google, Facebook, and Apple as members as well as health tech firms such as Netmeds, Practo, 1mg, and mfine

Zomato and Swiggy agree to resolve issues, meet in September again

On August 26, NRAI had written to Zomato, Swiggy, UberEats, and Foodpanda, raising eight critical issues it has with the companies

Mastercard continues to battle rising challenge of digital fraud

As businesses go digital, mitigating cybersecurity issues remains prime focus for the company

Oyo to rebrand Las Vegas-based Hooters, bring a 35,000 square-foot casino

Hooters is an American brand of restaurant with casino floors full spectrum of gaming choices and guest rooms and suites

Start-ups welcome end of 'angel tax', hope relief for already served notice

Sitharaman also said a dedicated cell will be set up under a member of the Central Board of Direct Taxes for addressing issues faced by start-ups

Smaller food aggregators rejig plans after eateries say no to Zomato Gold

NRAI has led the charge against Zomato's deep discounting membership based scheme Zomato Gold

Logging out of #logout campaign, getting back to work: Zomato founder

Rahul Singh is the president of NRAI, which has led the charge against Zomato's deep discounting membership-based scheme Zomato Gold

Eateries say no to revised plan of Zomato Gold, want deep discounts to end

NRAI has made it clear it wants deep discounting to end and therefore would not rejoin the Gold scheme

Indian banks trail global peers on e-sale capabilities, finds BCG study

Indian banks trail their global peers in three areas: Absence of personalised marketing messages, lack of straight-through processing, and low quality of in-app sales support

Eateries may quit Zomato, Swiggy over steep ad costs, deep discounts

Owners say the cost of deep discounting by Zomato, Swiggy falls on them

Zomato Gold has 1 million subscribers, but for investors it's not a feast

Sources said that Zomato has been told by investors that it has to make a host of internal changes, including doing a complete revamp of Gold before its next funding round

Reliance Jio looks to heat up cloud business, sets sight on 10 mn MSMEs

Company plans to bring 5 million retailers and kirana stores on cloud

Paytm Mall eyes international sellers in a bid to take on competition

The e-commerce platform of Vijay Shekhar-founded One97 Communications believes it could serve as a gateway for international brands and sellers to do business in India

From Amazon to Flipkart: E-commerce firms bet big on brand Handloom

Flipkart, Amazon look to leverage the country's vast cache of handloom and hand-crafted products to push the cart on sustainable fashion

Banning cryptocurrency in India is not constructive: Nasscom

A ban would inhibit new applications and solutions from being deployed and would discourage tech startup, said Nasscom

Account aggregator to make applying for loan less cumbersome for users

An app will take a user's consent to share financial data with organisations

Women in shorts are okay: How 6,000 Uber drivers were sensitised on gender

While efforts like this will not eliminate the problem, they do have an impact in terms of explaining a cultural shift for drivers

Open learning institutes embrace tech through apps, conversations

Twitter and Slack are not as popular for learning modules or coordination

Google Maps gets 3 India-first features, to show dining offers and more

The Offer feature is being launched in partnership with online table reservation company EazyDiner