Amazon to launch a storefront ahead of Women’s Day in India; Two-wheeler sales to grow 6-8% over the next 5 years
Honda launches world’s most advanced self-driving cars in Japan; Google raises ad rates by 2% in France
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Amazon collaborates with UN Women to launch a storefront ahead of International Women’s Day in India
Over 280,000 women entrepreneurs and artisans are likely to be benefited from the IWD Storefront.
Tech Mahindra ties with ThoughtSpot firm to offer AI-driven analytics for enterprises globally
The company focuses on investing in technologies that enable digital transformation.
Ind-Ra says the acquisition of the 4G spectrum by Jio and Airtel will not impact their financial and credit profiles
Ind-Ra rates Jio at AAA with a stable outlook and Bharti’s debt at A1-plus.
Launch of Tata Super App delayed once again as Tata-BigBasket deal awaits CCI approval
Tata Group signed a $1.2 billion deal with BigBasket in Feb 2021.
India two-wheeler sales estimated to grow 6-8% over the next 5 years
After a recovery economic activity, sales of scooters started to improve, albeit on a low base.
Android and iOS apps leak personally identifiable information due to cloud misconfigurations: Zimperium report
It found cloud misconfiguration problems on 14% of more than 1.3 million Android and iOS apps.
NHAI deploys an AI-based face recognition system for monitoring attendance in the project site
The technology also comes with a real-time location tracker.
54% of Hyderabad city’s residents developed antibodies against SARS-CoV-2, indicating prior exposure to corona: Study
Women showed a marginally higher seropositivity rate of 56% than men.
“Mobile firms urge government to make policies to compete with countries, not companies”, ICEA to Centre
Also suggests, the policies should address disabilities, stable tax regime aligned with the manufacturing plan.
India is threatening to jail Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp employees to give up data related to the farmers’ protests
Centre wrote to the companies citing employees may risk jail time if the firms don’t comply.
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“Looking for methods where experimentation can occur within the digital world and cryptocurrency” - FM Sitharaman
RBI to decide on what sort of cryptocurrency should be deliberate.
#Dhandha Corner
Microsoft is at risk of losing $10 billion Pentagon deal amid Amazon fight
After Microsoft’s win, it again filed a lawsuit arguing that its rivals’ private manoeuvring with Donald Trump.
Samsung, Mastercard collaborates to introduce a Biometric card with a fingerprint scanner
Samsung’s fingerprint-reading card to debut in South Korea.
Honda launches the world’s most advanced self-driving cars in Japan; Capable of adaptive driving in lanes
The company released an initial batch of 100 models in Japan.
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Google raises ad rates by 2% in France, Spain after digital media tax
This is made to cover the cost of laws concerning taxes on digital services in France and Spain.
Microsoft Whiteboard releases in Android over two years after its release on Apple’s iOS devices
Microsoft Whiteboard is a tool for teams who are not in the same office to be able to work seamlessly.
YouTube takes down 5 Myanmar military-run TV channels from its platform after the blackout
Reportedly, Myanmar soldiers and police were also using TikTok to deliver death threats.
Apple works on an alternative charging port and connector for iPhones; Receives patent for new magnetic connector
The patent suggests that the new magnetic connector will also support data transfer.
More #GlobalTechNews
Google assures to not adopt replacements for tracking users after disabling third-party cookies
Experts say it could be a cynical business ploy to consolidate its ads empire.
Microsoft under a close monitor of White House after emergency patch
“We encourage network owners to patch ASAP,” tweets President Biden’s national security adviser.
Square’s $297 million deal for Jay Z’s Tidal could popularize Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies to the masses
The alliance would work on simple integrations for merchandise sales and financial tools for artists.
After MicroStrategy’s additional bet of $10 million, its total holdings raise close to 100,000 bitcoins
The value of MicroStrategy’s total bitcoin holdings amounts to about $4.4 billion.
#NationalNews
To mark the 100th day of their ongoing protest, farmers’ announce a 5hr blockade of KMP Expressway (Haryana) on Mar 6
Thousands of farmers will block the expressway between 11 am-4 pm.
Toolkit Case: Bombay HC grants bail to environmental activist Subham Kar Chaudhari
Chaudhari says he was falsely implicated, has no connection with the case.
Experts say the Haryana quota law will affect economic recovery and hinder investments coming into Haryana
They also added the law would also affect the competitiveness of Haryana.