India's top services outfits still growing strong, but bracing for tough times Demand for consulting eases and that's often – gulp – the canary in the economic coalmine Off-Prem25 Oct 2022 |
Infosys reverses opposition to staff taking side gigs Moonlighting is now now OK – if you do it the Infosys way, says CEO Salil Parekh Legal21 Oct 2022 | 11
India fines Google $162 million for abusing Android monopoly That's a whole six hours of revenue, but requirements to open the Android ecosystem will hit harder OSes21 Oct 2022 | 3
India to lead drive for global crypto regulations to bust money laundering As president of the G20, it will have the platform to make it happen Personal Tech19 Oct 2022 | 6
Meta mad as hell over allegations it let Indian politicians block content Local outlet claims to have insider docs that prove takedown powers. Meta says they're fake. And around and around they go Legal17 Oct 2022 | 8
India set to extend deadline for absurd infosec reporting requirements 60 days becomes five months and counting, without any indication government can process or learn from flood of trivial incident reports Security14 Oct 2022 | 6
Big win for Big Tech as Indian IT minister signals reversal of data sovereignty plan Opponents want data to flow across borders for business and democracy. Privacy? They've heard of it Legal12 Oct 2022 | 2
South Korea relieved US China chip ban won't bite, as Beijing fumes Asia In Brief PLUS: SK hynix outgasses Putin; Canon's new litho plant; Equinix into Indonesia; and more! On-Prem10 Oct 2022 | 5
VideoLAN to India: If you love FOSS so much, why have you blocked our downloads? Activists help pen letter to New Delhi demanding answers Software05 Oct 2022 | 10
Xiaomi India names Qualcomm as destination for allegedly illegal payments Asia In Brief PLUS: Toshiba considers offers, clams up; India's HFCL claims Wi-Fi 7 first; Vietnam may censor SocMed; and more Legal04 Oct 2022 | 1
Indian authorities probe Singapore gaming payments outfit Coda Claims kids unwittingly click up huge bills in games, only for their cash to fly offshore Legal29 Sep 2022 | 2
India reportedly asks smartphone makers to add local satnav silicon Manufacturers allegedly told to connect to NavIC by 2023, which did not make them happy at all Personal Tech28 Sep 2022 | 15
Salesforce set to hire thousands in India after hitting brakes on US recruitment Headcount in subcontinent quadruples in 3 years thanks to CFO's 'measured approach' to recruitment SaaS27 Sep 2022 | 9
India seeks verified IDs to register email accounts Asia In Brief PLUS: Warnings on Chinese payment schemes; AWS brushes up its Cantonese; Hong Kong ponders digital dollar; and more! Security26 Sep 2022 | 3
Chinese-linked cyber crims nab $529 million from Indian nationals Authorities also bust a shell company scam operation with links to the Middle Kingdom Security13 Sep 2022 | 6
India’s Supreme Court demands government detail internet shutdown rules There may not be any, which is the point of the lawsuit Networks13 Sep 2022 | 7
India's IT services exports top $150 billion for the first time, US and UK are biggest buyers Asia In Brief PLUS: APAC IT spend grows at over 5 percent; China's pop-up clampdown; Pakistan VPN exemptions; and more! Software11 Sep 2022 | 9
Google allows test of real-money gambling apps in India, but without its billing systems Local regulators think such apps should be banned because of incidents including suicides Software09 Sep 2022 | 4
Indian tech minister picks a fight with Wikipedia over cricketer's dropped catch Also separatism, nationalism, and whether Big Tech does enough to police user-generated content Bootnotes06 Sep 2022 | 17
China orders tech companies to 'improve traceability' of users to control 'rumours and false information' PLUS: Australia mints a physical crypto-coin; Alibaba Cloud claims world's biggest DC; India’s space airbags; and more Security05 Sep 2022 | 3
India wants to quadruple electronics biz in just four years Minister says it needs to copy Vietnam and China's 'first globalize, then localize' strategy Personal Tech31 Aug 2022 | 6
Meta picks India for WhatsApp's first e-commerce service Indian residents will be able to buy their groceries through the chat app – for as long as the government is happy with the idea Personal Tech30 Aug 2022 | 7
Indian services giants fight over moonlighting employees Asia In Brief PLUS: Trustwave's Singapore owners selling?; Pakistan's suspiciously political internet brownout; Indonesian data leaks; and more! On-Prem29 Aug 2022 | 10
Xiaomi could be 'adversely affected' by tax allegations in India India wants low-end Chinese smartphones out – and its efforts may be working Personal Tech25 Aug 2022 | 3
Open source VideoLAN media player asks why it's blocked in India Rubbishes suggestions poisoned clones or ancient malware are worthy reasons for ban Software17 Aug 2022 | 29
Indian military ready to put long-range quantum key distribution on the line Local startup can make it happen over 150km Security15 Aug 2022 | 2
Microsoft joins India's monopoly-busting e-commerce multi-mart The Open Network for Digital Commerce could hardly ask for a more credible participant Software11 Aug 2022 | 3
India to revisit hardware incentives after struggling to move manufacturers out of China Minister laments Dell, HPE and pals have the market locked up and little incentive to change Systems08 Aug 2022 | 10
India’s latest rocket flies but payloads don't prosper Satellites end up in 'unusable' orbit Science08 Aug 2022 | 24
India proposes increased power to vet tech mergers Asia In brief Chinese phone makers' tax deals probed; PayPal back in Indonesia; Boeing seeks sustainability in Japan; and more Legal08 Aug 2022 |
India scraps data protection law in favor of better law coming … sometime Tech giants and digital rights groups didn't like it, but at least it was a law Security04 Aug 2022 | 5
India signs local server-maker to build nodes for home-grown supercomputers Local manufacturer to build modest kit for modestly sized supers HPC01 Aug 2022 | 2
Spyware developer charged by Australian Police after 14,500 sales Asia In Brief PLUS: India open to space tourism; China/Indonesia infosec pact; Paytm denies breach; Infosys dodges government again; and more Security01 Aug 2022 | 2
Google brings Street View back to India following 2016 ban This time local companies provide the images and there's no mention of national security worries Security28 Jul 2022 | 12
Court allows Huawei India CEO to appeal travel ban Allegations of financial impropriety continue to swirl Legal28 Jul 2022 |
India is crowdsourcing ideas for its telecommunication reform Last update of telecom law occurred before the internet even existed Networks26 Jul 2022 | 4
Honor moving team out of India for 'obvious reasons,' says CEO Small market share there anyway or Indian regulatory crackdown? Personal Tech25 Jul 2022 | 3
India's big four services giants bemoan rising labor costs Business is good at TCS, Wipro, Infosys and HCL – but margin pressure and staff attrition are big problems Channel25 Jul 2022 | 24
Walmart-controlled flight booking service suffers substantial data leak India's Cleartrip is being very opaque about what happened Security19 Jul 2022 | 7
India's central bank calls for cryptocurrency ban It doesn't look, smell, or behave like money, but it's far more dangerous, says finance minister Software19 Jul 2022 | 28
Indian government starts work on right to repair rules Mobiles and tablets among sectors identified for regulation Personal Tech18 Jul 2022 | 6
India's Internet Association ends crypto advocacy to do something more productive Namely working on a central bank digital currency Software18 Jul 2022 | 7
Juniper drills into India’s oil industry, finds racks to fill Nation's second-largest petroleum producer to deploy switches, firewalls Networks12 Jul 2022 |
Indian tax authorities raid offices of Chinese smartphone maker Vivo Why does a smartphone maker have 2kg of gold bars in the office? India reckons it smells tax fraud Legal08 Jul 2022 | 18
Twitter sues Indian government over content takedown orders Local carriers are also upset with the laws, which they say will break encryption Legal06 Jul 2022 | 3
India shares its e-government tools with all as India Stack Identity, payments, data management – the lot – as digital public goods Software05 Jul 2022 | 2
Intuit pulls QuickBooks from India, uncomfortably quickly Walks away from enormous but parochial market, while leaving global development teams in place Applications01 Jul 2022 | 4
Central bank: Crypto 'derives value based on make believe', threatens financial stability India's Reserve Bank no fan of digi-dollars – even its own planned central bank digital currency Software01 Jul 2022 | 12
India extends deadline for compliance with infosec logging rules by 90 days Updated Helpfully announced extension on deadline day CSO28 Jun 2022 | 9
Indian government issues confidential infosec guidance to staff – who leak it Bans VPNs, Dropbox, and more Security20 Jun 2022 | 13
India lets Mastercard issue new cards again Compliance with onshore data storage laws took almost a year – far longer than India has given the rest of the tech world to comply with infosec changes Storage17 Jun 2022 | 4
Malaysia-linked DragonForce hacktivists attack Indian targets Just what we needed: a threat to rival Anonymous Research15 Jun 2022 | 5
Indian government signals changes to infosec rules after industry consultation Reports suggest SMBs will get more time, but core elements including six-hour reporting requirement remain Legal14 Jun 2022 | 7
Indian developer educator Scaler moves to America with $11k online courses MOOC dropouts, boot camp avoiders, and college-averse students sought Software09 Jun 2022 | 5
Infosys celebrates first birthday of glitchy Indian tax portal by fixing another bug Search fail added to list of embarrassing issues since debut Software09 Jun 2022 | 4
Another VPN quits India, as government proposes social media censorship powers New Delhi now fighting criticism of eroding free speech and privacy with two proposed regulations Legal08 Jun 2022 | 13
BSA kicks multiple holes in India's infosec reporting rules Strongly suggests extensive re-writes and consultation - backed up by Microsoft, Intel, AWS, and friends Legal03 Jun 2022 | 16
ExpressVPN moves servers out of India to escape customer data retention law Privacy service will keep working, just beyond the reach of India's government Security02 Jun 2022 | 8
India probes ZTE and Vivo over finances, sparking Chinese protests Clever asymmetrical economic warfare makes Beijing very uncomfortable Legal01 Jun 2022 | 5
Indian authorities issue conflicting advice about biometric ID card security Government authority forced to backtrack warning that photocopied Aadhaar cards represent a risk Security30 May 2022 | 11
Global tech industry objects to India’s new infosec reporting regime Eleven industry associations, representing every tech vendor that matters, warns of economic harm Security29 May 2022 | 15
Ransomware grounds some flights at Indian budget airline SpiceJet Incident comes a week after 'SAP glitch' kept some planes on the taxiway Cyber-crime26 May 2022 | 5