ea Amazon woos offline stores after Facebook-Jio deal By cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com Published On :: 2020-04-24T08:39:47+05:30 Amazon India has announced a Rs 10 crore investment to sign up, train and help businesses catalogue products. Full Article
ea India witnesses 40% increase in peak Internet traffic: Report By cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com Published On :: 2020-05-09T12:29:00+05:30 There was significant spike in downloads and uploads per user, owing to the high volume of work and streaming content across India. Full Article
ea Xiaomi phones may reveal your private search, usage: Report By cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com Published On :: 2020-05-02T09:24:21+05:30 Cybersecurity researchers have accused Xiaomi of infringing on the privacy of its phone users by recording their 'private' web and phone use habits. Full Article
ea 'Significant' increase in cybercrime against women during lockdown: Experts By cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com Published On :: 2020-05-02T11:31:00+05:30 There has been a significant increase in cybercrime against women, especially sextortion, during the COVID-19-induced lockdown with "caged criminals" targeting them online, say experts. Full Article
ea 131 percent increase in viruses targeted towards remote workers: Fortinet By cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com Published On :: 2020-05-04T16:38:22+05:30 Cybercriminals are unleashing a surprisingly high volume of new threats in this short period of time to take advantage of inadvertent security gaps as organizations are in a rush to ensure business continuity. Full Article
ea Zoom now adds security feature to avoid Zoombombing By cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com Published On :: 2020-05-07T10:45:00+05:30 The new features will allow admins to disable the use of a Personal Meeting ID (PMI) for scheduling or starting an instant meeting. As per the company, disabling the use of PMIs reduces that risk altogether and doesn’t leave PMI security up to individual users. Full Article
ea Hacking attacks on educational portal tripled in Q1 amid online learning By cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com Published On :: 2020-05-09T16:02:00+05:30 DDoS attacks during the first three months of this year have seen a significant spike in attacks on educational websites. Full Article
ea Facebook expands Community Help feature for COVID-19 efforts By cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com Published On :: 2020-04-01T14:47:22+05:30 Facebook has announced to expand its Community Help feature as part of COVID-19 efforts which will help people offer help to those affected by the new coronavirus pandemic, as well as donate to nonprofit organisations. Full Article
ea Twitter lets developers study real time COVID-19 conversations By cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com Published On :: 2020-05-01T09:47:46+05:30 Twitter has introduced an update to its API platform to allow developers and researchers to study crucial public conversations around COVID-19 in real time. Full Article
ea View: Big data - Next year will see a big shift in big tech By cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com Published On :: 2018-12-31T08:52:42+05:30 The short point is that data protection is not just about Aadhaar. Full Article
ea Microsoft joins tech race to clean up shipping with big data By cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com Published On :: 2019-04-05T17:22:48+05:30 Maritime ships, which transport around 90 percent of the world’s goods across the seas, generate about 3 percent of global carbon emissions. Full Article
ea Reliance Retail's fashion business invests in data intelligence to go hyperlocal this year By cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com Published On :: 2020-01-09T09:04:13+05:30 Reliance Retail has deployed a technology team to develop applications in order to create seamless online and offline experience in the coming financial year. Full Article
ea IT companies want government to release past dues to tide over coronavirus crisis By cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com Published On :: 2020-04-22T08:21:22+05:30 A Nasscom study said the central government, as well as several state governments and public sector undertakings, owed close to Rs 5,000 crore for just technology projects to the IT industry. Full Article
ea Walmart Labs will hire 2,800 in India this year By cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com Published On :: 2020-04-28T10:41:00+05:30 Since its inception in Bengaluru in 2008, Walmart Labs India has built cross-disciplinary teams engaged in cutting edge engineering, product development and data sciences. Full Article
ea IT services companies to suspend hiring this year: Mohandas Pai By cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com Published On :: 2020-04-29T08:49:53+05:30 Pai said IT cos won't hire more and they will suspend recruitment, except honouring prior commitments. Full Article
ea NABH to set Digital Health Standards, Telemedicine accreditation in focus too By cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com Published On :: 2020-05-02T12:34:00+05:30 The NABH Digital Health Standards aims to consider all relevant aspects of the application of patient interfacing technologies across the continuum of care applicable for outpatient, inpatient, and remote patient monitoring. Full Article
ea Covid-19 impact may set India's smartphone production back by four years By cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com Published On :: 2020-04-01T16:58:24+05:30 India's contribution to global smartphone production had jumped to 16 per cent in 2019 from 9 per cent in 2016, as several handset makers cut down output in China or moved out due to the US-China trade war and received heavy incentives by the Indian government to beef up manufacturing in the country. Full Article
ea Apple brings hardware disconnect feature to iPads By cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com Published On :: 2020-04-04T12:21:00+05:30 Apple has finally rolled out its hardware disconnect feature to its iPad models for improved security. Full Article
ea Apple releases budget iPhone SE priced at $399 as coronavirus stalls economy By cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com Published On :: 2020-04-16T09:23:21+05:30 The updated iPhone SE will start at $399, or less than half the price of its leading flagship devices and be available as of Friday. Full Article
ea India phone exports more than doubled on-year to 3.6 crore units in FY19-20 By cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com Published On :: 2020-04-17T14:00:20+05:30 “We have attracted interest from companies such global giant Samsung and Chinese OEMs in the mobile phone segment coupled with the right set of incentives for them,” said Faisal Kawoosa, founder and chief analyst, TechArc. “The mass domestic market, which was underpenetrated for long, has provided an opportunity to these players to address local demand as well as set-up base here,” he added. Full Article
ea Apple clears bills of partners in India for 2 months By cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com Published On :: 2020-04-24T08:35:57+05:30 Apple has also provided an additional credit period of 60 days to help them tide over business disruptions due to Covid-19. Full Article
ea How Facebook’s Reliance deal upends a $1 trillion digital arena By cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com Published On :: 2020-04-30T17:06:24+05:30 Reliance and Facebook know a friction-less payments service is key to successful online commerce — but so are mom and pop shops. JioMart and WhatsApp’s embryonic Mumbai service is intended to first get Indians accustomed to messaged transactions with local businesses known as kirana: the tiny neighborhood stores where most Indians buy daily essentials. Full Article
ea Experts see unhealthy angle in Aarogya Setu order By cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com Published On :: 2020-05-04T13:30:00+05:30 Tech lawyers say enforcement violates SC's 2017 privacy ruling and IT Act, which emphasises consent, proportionality & purpose limitation Full Article
ea Zoom heads for end-to-end encryption launch with Keybase acquisition By cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com Published On :: 2020-05-08T10:38:00+05:30 The company is planning to develop tools that will give more controls to meeting hosts and allow users to securely join a meeting. Full Article
ea Patent issues leading to unprecedented growth of IoT companies By cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com Published On :: 2019-08-29T07:00:00+05:30 It is unclear today how to draft a patent framework that allows seamless communication between IoT devices manufactured by different companies adhering to different standards Full Article
ea Vodafone Idea, Airtel to launch NB-IoT services By cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com Published On :: 2019-11-05T17:15:07+05:30 New standard can make communication between machines better and cheaper. “We'll be going with a pilot in a denser way rather than just a few trial sites…in a couple of months, we will be commercially rolling out,” Ajay Chitkara, CEO, Airtel Business, told ET. Vodafone Idea, on the other hand, has already conducted commercial pilots in eight cities. Full Article
ea IoT may expose connected cars, smart healthcare systems to security risks: Analyst By cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com Published On :: 2019-11-28T17:36:50+05:30 Internet of Things (IoT) technology can expose connected cars and smart healthcare systems to a lot of security threats, research analyst Satyajit Sinha said on Tuesday while presenting a webinar for ETTelecom. Full Article
ea How IoT helps Smartworks increase employee productivity By cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com Published On :: 2020-03-03T08:13:47+05:30 IoT is helping Smartworks create workplace of the future by increasing employee productivity and lowering down energy consumption by 15 percent. Full Article
ea How Eureka Forbes' CIO uses IT to ensure pure, healthy water to customers By cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com Published On :: 2019-09-24T07:17:50+05:30 Through AI and ML, Eureka Forbes automatically knows when a filter is approaching end of life. "So, even before the customer approaches us for service, we will initiate communication with him, asking him to get the service done," says Khushru Mistry, CIO, Eureka Forbes. Full Article
ea Indian IT leans on govt spends, managed services as deals slow By cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com Published On :: 2020-05-08T08:58:09+05:30 IT advisory IDC estimates that domestic IT spending will decline 4.5% to $55.5 billion this fiscal Full Article
ea Zoom heads for end-to-end encryption launch with Keybase acquisition By cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com Published On :: 2020-05-08T10:38:00+05:30 The company is planning to develop tools that will give more controls to meeting hosts and allow users to securely join a meeting. Full Article
ea Value-driven Indian firms to sustain as pandemic impact to last till early 2021 By cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com Published On :: 2020-05-08T14:32:00+05:30 As Indian firms realign their focus on revenue growth, they need to leverage customer and market behaviour to place their bets on long-term, sustainable growth, a new report said. Full Article
ea Google, Facebook to let most employees work from home till year-end By cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com Published On :: 2020-05-09T10:57:00+05:30 Tech giants Google and Facebook allowing most of their workforces to WFH through the end of this year. Full Article
ea India witnesses 40% increase in peak Internet traffic: Report By cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com Published On :: 2020-05-09T12:29:00+05:30 There was significant spike in downloads and uploads per user, owing to the high volume of work and streaming content across India. Full Article
ea Hacking attacks on educational portal tripled in Q1 amid online learning By cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com Published On :: 2020-05-09T16:02:00+05:30 DDoS attacks during the first three months of this year have seen a significant spike in attacks on educational websites. Full Article
ea Nokia bags deal from Airtel to automate data center networks in 15 circles By cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com Published On :: 2019-02-27T16:00:00+05:30 India has been recording unprecedented growth in data and this requires that service providers, like Airtel, increase the number of data centers, the telecom gear maker said. Full Article
ea Here's how Magicbricks achieved 60% higher accuracy in lead generation By cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com Published On :: 2020-02-11T08:12:07+05:30 In conversation with ETCIO, Subodh Kumar, CTO, Magicbricks, shares how data comprising 75 attributes has helped the company generate 60% more quality leads Full Article
ea How RBL Bank is using tech to create new revenue streams By cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com Published On :: 2020-03-20T08:29:49+05:30 RBL Bank’s focus on machine learning is helping it create new revenue streams that has already led to the creation of its first tech-based product--API Banking. Full Article
ea Successful re-introduction of waterfowl depends on month of release By ec.europa.eu Published On :: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:35:53 GMT New EU-funded research has provided useful guidelines for re-introducing threatened species, using a waterfowl case study. The Spanish researchers developed a method for deciding the best time of year to release the species into their original habitat. Full Article
ea Valuing nature protects biodiversity and reaps financial rewards By ec.europa.eu Published On :: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:55:36 GMT A new global study on the economics of ecosystem services and biodiversity loss suggests that governments can achieve more resilient economies and receive higher rates of return on their public investment strategies when they recognise and target the value of ecosystem services. Full Article
ea Irrigation threatening steppe birds in Mediterranean wetlands By ec.europa.eu Published On :: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 12:45:44 GMT Intensive irrigation of agricultural land in a Mediterranean water basin is altering the habitats of associated wetlands and changing the balance of the bird population living there, according to a recent study. Full Article
ea More long-term ecosystem research needed in parts of Europe By ec.europa.eu Published On :: Thu, 3 Jun 2010 11:54:56 +0100 Europe needs long-term ecosystem research (LTER) to support environmental management and fulfil its commitments to international policy. A new study has assessed the distribution of European LTER activities and indicated that urban and disturbed areas are consistently under-represented, as are Mediterranean zones. Full Article
ea European river restoration projects need to widen their scope By ec.europa.eu Published On :: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 10:45:09 +0100 A new study of European river restoration projects has indicated that their impact on the physical characteristics of rivers depends on the region, river type and restoration approach. However, regardless of the river, region or approach, impacts on the biodiversity of riverbed species is limited. Larger scale projects could be more effective. Full Article
ea Keeping historical records of protected areas By ec.europa.eu Published On :: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 10:45:38 +0100 A new internet-based tool for tracking the changing boundaries of nature protected areas has been developed for Catalonia, which the researchers say could be used to help evaluate conservation in the Natura 2000 network. Full Article
ea Restoring European grasslands takes more than just sowing seeds By ec.europa.eu Published On :: Thu, 22 Jul 2010 11:34:22 +0100 Using commercial seed mixtures to replant European grasslands tends to produce a smaller range of species than originally grew on the land. New research has identified several methods that successfully reproduce the original range of species, such as transferring of fresh hay or soil that contains seeds. Full Article
ea Wealthier European regions have more alien species By ec.europa.eu Published On :: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:57:11 +0100 Wealthier, more populated regions of Europe are more likely to have greater numbers of invasive alien species, according to researchers. A new study has indicated that human factors are more influential in encouraging alien invasions than the climate or whether the species are introduced to an island or a mainland region. Full Article
ea Best agri-environmental measures for four endangered bird species By ec.europa.eu Published On :: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:57:51 +0100 New research has found a consensus amongst experts on which environmentally friendly agricultural practices are most effective at protecting four endangered birds in Spain. Experts agreed that maintaining fallow land, preventing the use of agrochemicals and stopping agricultural practices that disrupted nesting were the most valuable measures. Full Article
ea Mapping the ecological impact of dams near Natura 2000 sites By ec.europa.eu Published On :: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 11:43:12 +0100 A recent study has developed a mapping system to show the impact on habitats and species caused by construction projects, such as dams, near Natura 2000 conservation areas. Using a Greek case study, the system was able to identify risks from a dam construction project to species including otters, toads and tortoises. Full Article
ea Environmental diagnosis for Natura 2000 forest areas By ec.europa.eu Published On :: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 18:06:47 +0100 A recent study has developed a method of diagnosing the environmental condition of wildlife habitats in forest areas. This allows biodiversity conservation to be integrated into the planning and management of the European-wide Natura 2000 nature protection areas. Full Article
ea A Census of Marine Life: measuring and understanding biodiversity By ec.europa.eu Published On :: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 15:24:56 +0100 A global team of marine biologists have recently completed a Census of Marine Life, which contributes to our basic understanding of marine ecosystems. Among its findings - marine biodiversity in the Baltic and Mediterranean are among the most threatened globally. Full Article