Corporate America has sprung into action to help the people of India grapple with the devastating second wave in the Covid-19 pandemic. Here is a small sample of announcements from the last 24 hours: Air Products is allocating resources and assets from its operations around the world to support and maximize...
Google to Invest $10 Billion in India
Sundar Pichai, chief executive of Google, unveiled the Google for India Digitization Fund through which the company will be making investments in the country. “We’ll do this through a mix of equity investments, partnerships, and operational, infrastructure and ecosystem investments. This is a reflection of our confidence in the future...
Google Appoints a New India Country Manager
Google announced the appointment of Sanjay Gupta as the new country manager and vice president of sales and operations for its India business. "I am happy to join the passionate teams across Google and look forward to contributing to India’s digital journey as it becomes an innovation hub for the...
Reliance Jio Sells 60 Million Smart Feature Phones in India
In India, first-time internet consumers are connecting to the web on gadgets that only cost about $20. These inexpensive smart feature phones have physical keypads that are easier to adapt to, than touch screens for those new to mobile phone technology. They provide some basic apps and internet access in...
Twitter Localizes for India
To encourage more conversations, San Francisco, CA-based Twitter redesigned its website in India and backed it by an improved translation engine to help users localize content in seven Indian languages: Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi, Urdu, Tamil, Bengali and Kannada. "We want people in India to be able to find tweets and...
India's Airtel, Reliance Jio to Start Voice over Wi-Fi Services
New Delhi-based Bharti Airtel and Navi Mumbai headquartered Reliance Jio Infocomm (RJio) are in advanced stages of testing Voice over Wi-Fi (VoWi-Fi) services, a technology that keeps users connected even without a mobile signal. This move will enable telecom companies to take on over-the-top players such as Skype, WhatsApp, Hike, Facebook...