In 1998, the founders of Google set out on a mission to do one thing: organize the world’s information. Google has come a long way since then, however, and so has digital media. Until recently, social media content was somewhat ephemeral: The more content that was created, the more possibilities got lost in the noise. But popular social networks are at last creating order from the chaos, and turning social […]
When we became a Rs 100 crore company in October, we celebrated in grand scale. We have grown from producing 10 packets a day in 2005, with just my cousin managing the kitchen, to 50,000 packets a day with 1,100 employees in 10 years.’ ‘If you have the passion to start something, do it immediately. Don’t wait for tomorrow.’ P C Musthafa’s incredibly inspiring story. This is the story of […]
For some pre-1991 generations, the memory will still be stark. Everyone – even Ratan Tata and Mukesh Ambani – needed a ration card. While for many middle class people and the poor, queuing up for rations at the fair price shop was par for the course, many well-off people did not (the ration cards were merely compulsory identity and address proofs). They would let their servants/ drivers use their ration […]
Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg said on Monday he was “sympathetic” with Apple’s chief executive Tim Cook in his stand-off with the US government over breaking into the iPhone of a mass shooter. “I don’t think that requiring back doors to encryption is either going to be an effective thing to increase security or is really the right thing to do. We are pretty sympathetic to Tim and Apple,” he said […]
Alexa von Tobel is a startup founder, a New York Times bestselling author, and a Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship. And her advice to other young entrepreneurs is simple: “Get mentors.” Von Tobel, who remains CEO of LearnVest, the financial planning company she sold last year for $250 million, told Business Insider how she found her own mentors – and how she knew they were keepers. “How I started that […]
Even as the Government is grappling with the JNU row, am sure the South Block is busy preparing its strategy for the action next week. The Parliament’s Budget session kicks off on February 23. Given the ongoing imbroglio on the JNU issue and the Rohit Vemula suicide case before that even the most optimistic ones amidst the Government machinery cannot pin their hopes on a smooth sailing. If the Monsoon […]
Domestic handset maker Ringing Bells is all set to launch the world’s cheapest smartphone, Freedom 251 for a price of Rs 251, a move set to disrupt the handset market in the country. The booking of the smartphone will commence from 6am tomorrow on company’s website and will end on February 21 at 8pm, the Noida-based company said in a statement. At present, smartphones available in the market are priced […]
The question is at the forefront again after a French court ruled Friday that a French art teacher can sue the social media service after it suspended his Facebook account. Although Facebook hasn’t given a reason, the account suspension came after he posted an image of a classical painting featuring a female nude. Facebook’s rules on nudity have evolved over time. The latest community-standards policy, from March 2015, says Facebook […]
Eighteen months ago when Prime Minister Narendra Modi revealed the Make in India campaign to corporate leaders, diplomats and ministers, he called it the step of a lion. Modi expects his government’s policies to boost manufacturing enough to create a 100 million jobs and increase its contribution to the national output to 25% from the current 17%. For many years, India has harboured hopes of chasing down China to the […]
This morning, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India effectively banned Facebook’s Free Basics program from the country, ruling that the system and others like it violate the principles of net neutrality. It’s a big setback for Facebook’s Internet.org program, which looks to provide basic connectivity to poor nations — but in a post today, Mark Zuckerberg said the ruling would not push Internet.org out of India entirely. “Our mission is […]
