Meet India’s women Open Source warriors
“Shut the f**k up” “Feminism sucks” View the story Top Not so open Meet the dozen The crusade Meet India’s women Open Source warriors By Pankaj Mishra05 February 2018 “Shut the f**k up” “Feminism sucks” As Vaishali Thakker, a 23-year old open source programmer looked over the hall filled with around 200 people, she didn’t […]
The coming UPI battle in mobile payments
More than a year after demonetization, the action in mobile payments has shifted away from wallets. The new battleground is the Unified Payments Interface platform. View the story 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 The coming UPI battle in mobile payments More than a year after demonetization, the action in mobile payments has […]
Perpetrators, platforms, processes: The common enemies of the Indian online harassed
As online harassment explodes in India, the world’s second largest market of internet users, local police and judiciary struggle with the new-age crime — even if it ends in a suicide View the story 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Perpetrators, platforms, processes: The common enemies of the Indian online harassed […]
Slow to start, Indian tech startups, automakers in full throttle on autonomous vehicles
View the story Slow to start,Indian tech startups,automakers in full throttleon autonomous vehicles Sunny Sen and Anand Murali 11 December 2017 One sureshot – and, perhaps, foolish – way to test autonomous, or driverless, vehicle technology is to step in front of a four-wheeler equipped with it. If the tech works, the vehicle will stop […]
India’s big data hunt for cures to its mental, ageing-related diseases
The 300 million Indians older than 60 years by 2050 will owe it big time to a team of scientists, psychiatrists, and local health professionals in Kolar today. It is prospecting for gold of a different kind: data on how Indians grow old. View the story India’s big data huntfor cures to its mental, ageing-related […]
Google’s Internet Missionaries
Some 35,000 Internet saathis have brought 11.5 million Indian women online but they are taught to use only Google products View the story Google’s Internet Missionaries Some 35,000 ‘internet saathis’ have brought 11.5 million Indian women online. The catch: the wards are taught only use of Google products By Sunny Sen 20 November 2017 Until […]
Big data, real-time GPS: Tonic, not steroids, for Bengaluru’s bus service
View the story Big data, real-time GPS: Tonic, not steroids, for Bengaluru’s bus service An intelligent transport system at BMTC has helped improve productivity, reduce leakages, and save costs. Battling losses over past mistakes is another matter. By Monica Jha27 October 2017 The SMS had piqued M Ramesh’s curiosity. On a Wednesday night in October […]
Big Billion Grin
How Flipkart, under CEO Kalyan Krishnamurthy, sailed through its Big Billion Days 2017 sale and looks stronger on technology, selection and affordability View the story Big Billion Grin How Flipkart, under CEO Kalyan Krishnamurthy, sailed through its Big Billion Days 2017 sale and looks stronger on technology, selection and affordability By Jayadevan PK25 September 2017 […]
“The responsibility falls on us to grow the market”
An interview with Flipkart CEO Kalyan Krishnamurthy View the story The responsibility falls on us to grow the market An interview with Flipkart CEO Kalyan Krishnamurthy By Jayadevan PK25 September 2017 Edited Excerpts from an interview with Flipkart CEO Kalyan Krishnamurthy. He talks about the company’s plans for Big Billion Days, market share, capital and […]
We are deeply focused on AI-first culture
Ravi Garikipati, CTO, Flipkart View the story We are deeply focused on AI-first culture Ravi Garikipati, CTO, Flipkart By Jayadevan PK, Pankaj Mishra, Josey Puliyenthuruthel25 September 2017 Ravi Garikipati, the Chief Technology Officer of Flipkart talks to FactorDaily on the company’s engineering priorities, AI-first culture and Big Billion Day. Edited Excerpts. On this year’s BBD […]
