Yuvraj Malik

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Lessons from Justdial 'data breach'

Lessons from Justdial 'data breach'

Rediff.com   26 Apr 2019

At a time when services are rapidly digitising in India, enterprises are witnessing a rise in cases of sensitive data exposure risks and breaches.

Wipro: 'Our deal pipeline is strong'

Wipro: 'Our deal pipeline is strong'

Rediff.com   25 Apr 2019

'We are not seeing any macro headwinds.'

India's unicorn club is galloping along

India's unicorn club is galloping along

Rediff.com   23 Apr 2019

Over the last 12 months, thanks to bold bets by venture capital firms like Sequoia, SoftBank Vision Fund, and foreign strategic investors like Naspers, pipeline of start-ups with potential to achieve $1 bn in valuation is at an all-time high.

Social media: 2019 election battleground

Social media: 2019 election battleground

Rediff.com   30 Mar 2019

'Political parties and leaders understand the impact the new media can have on outcomes.' 'From treating them as broadcast tools five years ago, now they look at them as arsenal that can potentially change electoral outcomes.'

Ola to launch self-drive rental service

Ola to launch self-drive rental service

Rediff.com   29 Mar 2019

With its foray into self-drive, Ola will go head-to-head with early entrants Zoomcar, Revv and a few other.

What is Byju's doing with Disney?

What is Byju's doing with Disney?

Rediff.com   20 Mar 2019

Byju's acquires licences of hundreds of characters from Disney; to use cartoon characters to teach math, science.

Mukesh to ready RIL for the Big Billion frenzy this Diwali

Mukesh to ready RIL for the Big Billion frenzy this Diwali

Rediff.com   7 Mar 2019

RIL is setting up infrastructure for a full-fledged horizontal e-commerce offering - internally called the New Commerce - to simultaneously launch pan-India by October-November.

Sachin Bansal steps on Ola's gas as investor

Sachin Bansal steps on Ola's gas as investor

Rediff.com   15 Jan 2019

The deal brings the two start-up stalwarts - Bansal and Ola co-founder and chief executive officer Bhavish Aggarwal - together in the backdrop of growing foreign control in this space.

Amazon once again in 'data breach' controversy

Amazon once again in 'data breach' controversy

Rediff.com   10 Jan 2019

Sellers downloading their monthly financial reports were served with those of other vendors, leading to a breach of competitive businesses data.

The world's most valuable edutech start-up is Indian!

The world's most valuable edutech start-up is Indian!

Rediff.com   31 Dec 2018

It's also among the top five most valuable Internet companies in India, reports Yuvraj Malik.

Google buys India's trains app maker in Next Billion User drive

Google buys India's trains app maker in Next Billion User drive

Rediff.com   16 Dec 2018

This is the second acquisition Google is making to boost its NBU initiative, having acquired four-month-old Halli Labs founded by Pankaj Gupta in July 2017, reports Yuvraj Malik.

Flipkart sees a slew of changes in top management

Flipkart sees a slew of changes in top management

Rediff.com   12 Dec 2018

These top level changes have come soon after Flipkart co-founder and Group CEO Binny Bansal resigned over allegations of serious personal misconduct in November.

Why funding for early-stage start-ups are drying up

Why funding for early-stage start-ups are drying up

Rediff.com   27 Nov 2018

From $10 billion deployed in Indian start-ups in 2017, $6 billion went to unicorns

Netflix, Amazon Prime grab large chunk of India's OTT space

Netflix, Amazon Prime grab large chunk of India's OTT space

Rediff.com   24 Nov 2018

Netflix and Amazon Prime gain market share at the cost of Indian platforms Hotstar, VOOT, Jio Cinema.

With Aero, Adobe bets on a game-changer for AR

With Aero, Adobe bets on a game-changer for AR

Rediff.com   13 Nov 2018

Project Aero will enable creative executives and developers to design AR experiences and new forms of immersive content. But, what makes it special is that for the first time users will be able to design an end-to-end AR experiences with little or no technical knowhow. But, what makes it special is that for the first time users will be able to design an end-to-end AR experiences with little or no technical knowhow.

India, a nation of Unicorns?

India, a nation of Unicorns?

Rediff.com   26 Oct 2018

As 8 new startups join the 2018 club, average time taken to be a $1 billion firm now stands at 5-7 years, next only to China, says a Nasscom report

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