VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

Disney Plus hits 28.6 million subscribers : Disney Plus is already a huge hit in the US, racking up 28.6 million US subscribers in less than three months of its launch, Disney said Tuesday. It’s popular fairy-tale dreams to come true soon. Disney initially expected Disney Plus VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Facebook knows a lot about your online habits - here's how to stop it : Facebook is rolling out a global tool to help you understand what other sites and apps tell it about your activities, to make it forget what they’ve shared in the past, and to control what they share in the future. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

ACT Fibernet launches 'Dilli, Dil Todo' On Valentine's Day : ACT Fibernet (Atria Convergence Technologies Ltd.) One of India’s leading ISPs (Internet Service Provider) today announced the launch of a unique ‘Dilli, Dil Todo’ campaign exclusively for the consumers in Delhi. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Security Professionals are Overconfident in the Effectiveness of their Security Tools : Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS), a leading technology company that helps enterprises, service providers and governments accelerate innovation to connect and secure the world VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

India's banking sector to see increased use of blockchain technology in 2020 : With several leading banks proactively investing in blockchain platforms as part of their digital transformation initiatives, the Indian banking sector is set to witness growth in the mainstream use of blockchain technology in 2020 VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

GoDaddy buys Uniregistry's registrar and marketplace business : GoDaddy Inc. announced it is acquiring Uniregistry’s domain registrar and marketplace businesses. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. The deal is expected to close sometime in Q2 2020. The Uniregistry domain registry is not part of the transaction. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Ola hits the streets of London : London streets on Monday were hit with 25,000 drivers registering on a platform offering rides in a market estimated to be worth nearly $3 billion. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

DBS Singapore makes 300 staff work from home as one contacts coronavirus : DBS Group Holdings bank in Singapore has asked its 300 staff to leave its head office in the financial district on Wednesday and work from home as a precautionary measure after an employee tested positive for coronavirus. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

US do not consider India, China as developing countries for trade benefits : The U.S. admiration is making a change in a key exemption to America’s trade-remedy laws so that it becomes easy to penalize about two dozen so-called developing countries including China, India and South Africa. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

MWC cancelled due to coronavirus concerns : The world’s biggest and most awaited phone show, Mobile World Congress (MWC) has been called off by the organizer due to the novel Coronavirus. The GSM Association (GSMA), which organizes the show, has now cancelled it. This step has been taken after more than a week of exhibitors and companies pulling out of MWC. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Govt to revise policy on cab aggregators : The Indian government has proposed to consult stakeholders before finalizing a policy to regulate ride-hailing companies such as Ola and Uber. It may revise some of the guidelines for the companies which they proposed last year. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

5G is Coming – What are We Going to Do with It? : When the last generation of wireless technology - 4G LTE - debuted in 2009, no one could have predicted the changes that would follow. The use cases that drove the development of 4G LTE had nothing to do with disrupting the taxi industry VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Revenue Skids With Raised Economic Risks : Cisco : Cisco Systems registered a 4 percent slide in revenue as customers slowdown spending on networking equipment in its latest quarter and predicted a further contraction in the current period. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

HPE buys Scytale, a cloud native security startup : HPE has announced its acquisition of a cloud native security startup, Scytale. The acquired company has built on the open-source Secure Production Identity Framework for Everyone (SPIFFE) protocol. HPE has not mentioned price of the acquisition. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

CRISIL upgrades LTI’s long-term rating to AAA/Stable : CRISIL, India’s leading credit rating agency, has upgraded Larsen & Toubro Infotech’s (LTI) long-term rating to AAA/Stable from AA+/Positive. Headquartered in Mumbai, LTI is a global technology consulting and digital solutions company with more than 31,000 employees in 30 countries. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Kejriwal’s dual celebrations on winning day : Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, who won the elections, had dual celebrations as yesterday was his wife’s birthday too. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

TCS wins $1.5 billion deal from Walgreens Boots : Tata Consultancy Services has won a $1.5 billion deal across a ten-year period from US pharma retailer Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) to transform its technology operations, making it the largest deal in the retail space for the company. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Samsung aims to come back with premium smartphones in India : As the Indian smartphone market witnessed a modest 8 per cent (Year-on-Year) growth in 2019, Samsung registered declining shipments among the top five brands. Chinese smartphone brands captured 72 per cent of the Indian market in 2019 compared to 60 per cent VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Wearable tech is maturing, but is still out of the mainstream, says GlobalData : Wearable technology is an emerging sub-market in the Internet of Things (IoT) theme, but is yet to establish itself in the IoT mainstream due to limited interoperability VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Increase of Payment card Fraud increases across the Globe : $24.26 Billion was lost in 2018 due to payment card fraud worldwide. Fraud has also moved to new areas such as merchant debit cards and prepaid cards, reward programs and takeover of mobile phone accounts VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE