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Rediff's Wave Rider Retires!

After steering the Rediff mothership for close to 29 years, Ajit Balakrishnan, founder, chairman and CEO, did what few businessmen in this country do -- R-E-T-I-R-E. On August 2, 2024, we were......

Virus Made Us Love the Internet Again

The wave of enthusiasm for digital technology had faded as we'd grown more and more worried about what smartphones and social media were doing to society and to us as individuals.Now that......

Clubhouse's Challenge to Facebook/Twitter

Like the other platforms, the Clubhouse will have more users in India than anywhere else because of the interest we have in knowing what others are doing and in letting others know about our......

Aarogya Setu tops charts with 75 million downloads

The exponential number of downloads can be attributed to a call by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, asking people to have the app on their mobiles, combined with the government's push for downloading......

'Covid response is highly dependent on leadership'

'If you don't have a strong political leadership, however much expertise a country may have, in pandemic preparedness or infectious disease, will not matter.''It's really about having strong......

'India Has Maths Talent To Lead AI Research'

'India has the maths talent, academic institutions, and research institutions to do the next big thing.' IMAGE: Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella. Photograph: Chalinee Thirasupa/Reuters......

Finnish phone maker HMD plans to make India its manufacturing hub

Finnish phone manufacturer Human Mobile Devices (HMD Global), which acquired the Nokia brand name from Microsoft, is planning to make India a key manufacturing hub for its phone exports.......

Wipro set to cut hundreds of jobs

After startups and Big Tech, the layoff season may have begun at the $245 billion Indian information-technology (IT) industry. Photograph: Abhishek N Chinnappa/Reuters Bengaluru-based IT major......

Microsoft makes biggest push into gaming, to acquire Activision Blizzard for $68.7bn

Microsoft has announced a deal to acquire game studio Activision Blizzard for USD 68.7 billion. If it goes through, it would be Microsoft's biggest-ever acquisition -- and by far the biggest deal......

Cloud a big game changer, says Satya Nadella

Microsoft chairman and CEO Satya Nadella on Tuesday said there is tremendous momentum in cloud adoption, as he termed cloud a "big game changer". Photograph: Saumya Khandelwal/Reuters Nadella,......

Why Emmys 2022 Was Such A Fun Show

Will Smith was not invited to the Primetime Emmys at the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles, but what's an award show without mention of his now-famous slap? Host Kenan Thompson didn't make a direct......

The JINX Shabana Wants to BREAK!

'My entire house turn their backs on me when a cricket match is happening.''The minute I look at the TV screen, an Indian player gets out.''So if I do enter the room, I have to sit with my back to......

Shabana Azmi to work with Spielberg!

Photograph: Kind courtesy Shabana Azmi/Instagram The veteran ladies of Bollywood seem to have caught Hollywood's eye. After Dimple Kapadia was signed on by Christopher Nolan, Shabana Azmi has......

Emmy 2016: Aziz Ansari wins his first, Games of Thrones wins big

The 68th annual Emmy Awards were held at the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles, California, on September 18. A look at the big winners of the night. IMAGE: Writer-producer Alan Yang and......

OUCH! Phantom poster 'inspired' from a video game?

Take a look!While Kabir Khan's Eid release Bajrangi Bhaijaan is going strong in theatres, the director is gearing up for the release of his next project -- the Saif Ali Khan and Katrina Kaif......

IPL money inflow shot in the arm for county cricket

IMAGE: Reliance bought 49 per cent stakes in Surrey County's Oval Invincibles which won The Hundred tournament iin 2024. Photograph: The Hundred/X English county cricket clubs facing hardships......

Global cyber outage crashes IT systems of Paris Olympics

Paris 2024 says impact of global cyber outage limited, ticketing unaffected IMAGE: The Paris Games are a week away with the Opening Ceremony to be held on July 26. Photograph: Marko......

Cricket's 2023 Rewind: Olympics to IPL's billion-dollar deals

IMAGE: LA Olympics could help cricket gain universal appeal. Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters Cricket got a glimpse into its future during a momentous 2023 but its present continues to be......

Big money, big names: Major League Cricket looks to crack US market

Photograph: Kind Courtesy Major League Cricket/Twitter Major League Cricket (MLC) finally got underway in the United States last week after several false starts, fuelling hopes that the sport is......

USA's MLC to create seismic shifts in world cricket

IMAGE: Former Australia skipper Aaron Finch will captain the San Francisco Unicorns in the inaugural edition of the United States' new Twenty20 tournament, Major League Cricket. Photograph:......

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