Alibaba plans to train a million teenagers in rural China to help start their own online businesses, taking e-commerce to the country’s vast rural areas, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Tuesday. China’s biggest…
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UK’s Contentious Online Spying Law Passes Test in Parliament
A proposed British law that gives police and spies unprecedented powers to look at the Internet browsing records of everyone in the country passed its first major vote in Parliament on Tuesday. The country’s interior…
Man Pleads Guilty to Phishing Scheme Behind Celebrity Nude Photo Leak
A Pennsylvania man has agreed to plead guilty to hacking into the email and online accounts of several female celebrities and stealing private information, including nude photos and videos, federal prosecutors announced Tuesday. Ryan Collins,…
Inbox by Gmail for Web Gets ‘Smart Reply’ Feature
Google back in November rolled out the ‘Smart Reply’ feature to its Inbox by Gmail application. The feature, after four months has finally made its way in to the Web version. Just like the app,…
ICC World Cup 2016: Google Search Gets Player Quotes, Live Commentary
The 2016 ICC World Twenty20 (aka ICC World Cup T20 2016) tournament hit its full swing on Tuesday, with the India vs New Zealand match. Alongside, Google unveiled two features to help fans engage with…
Google Asked to Submit Fresh Proposal for Project Loon: Prasad
Government has asked IT giant Google to submit fresh proposal for testing its balloon-based Internet technology for the Loon Project following objections to the use of spectrum band it had proposed earlier. In a written…
FreeCharge to Roll Out ‘Chat and Pay’ Feature On Thursday
Mobile wallet and digital payments player FreeCharge announced Wednesday the launch of its ‘Çhat and Pay’ feature, which the company said enables social payments between users and merchants. The chat-based payments interface will let merchants…
Amazon Web Services Says Over 1,000 Databases Moved to Cloud Since January 1
Amazon.com’s cloud business, Amazon Web Services, said that more than 1,000 databases have been moved to the AWS cloud by customers since the beginning of the year. The AWS Data Migration Service, which allows migration…
Amazon Says Its ‘Tatkal’ Service Will Help People Sell More Products
E-commerce major Amazon’s studio- on-wheels service, Tatkal, would enable hundreds of sellers sell products online and experience the benefits of launching an online business, a top official of the company has said. Stationed in the…
India Funding Roundup: A Home Tutoring Marketplace, Rickshaw Advertising Startup, and More
Our latest funding roundup compiles seed and late stage investments in Indian startups engaged in tech-based recruitment, tutor aggregation, fashion discovery, home services, and more. WorkIndia Recruitment marketplace WorkIndia founded by a group of IIT/…