May 19, 2016 - Is Google becoming hypocritical by ignoring India's security requests while it apparently follows them in US and China?

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Invite Friends Blog Sree Vijaykumar From the Editor's Desk More data is often not the answer. You are already measuring what can be measured. How do you separate the signal from the noise (and there's a lot of noise)? The answer to that question might get you the real insights. More importantly, as Seth Godin says here, data does not get you different. Data gives you the lazy way to get what's next. Real long-term change means rising above the data. Digital Is Google becoming hypocritical by ignoring India’s security requests while it apparently follows them in US and China? Geospatial Bill: Google should also be accountable, say experts Digital Tim Cook's maiden India visit: To set up startup accelerator in Bangalore; work closely with startups like Zomato, Paytm and others “India is home to one of the most vibrant and entrepreneurial iOS development communities in the world,” said Apple CEO Tim Cook in a statement. Digital Snapdeal parent Jasper Infotech to continue acquisition strategy in new fiscal Jasper Infotech has emerged as one of the most aggressive players in the Indian startup mergers and acquisitions landscape. Digital Food ordering app SmartQ raises Rs 1.7 crore funding from YourNest Bangalore-based Bottle Lab Technologies Pvt. Ltd, which runs food ordering app SmartQ, has raised $250,000 (around Rs 1.7 crore) in pre-Series A funding  led by YourNest Angel Fund, according to VCCEdge, the data research platform of The VCCircle Network. Vijay Jumani, former CEO of BabyOye.c Digital Edtech firm Fundamentor raises seed funding Bangalore-based Paratus Knowledge Ventures Pvt. Ltd, which runs edtech startup Fundamentor, has raised an undisclosed amount of funding in a seed round from entrepreneur and former venture capitalist Subramanya SV, as it aims to enhance marketing initiatives, a top company executive told Techcir Digital Silicon Valley mocks Donald Trump over his tech startup bubble warning The New York billionaire said technology start-ups that had never earned a profit were able to sell shares at very high prices, likening the situation to the overheated stock market in 2007. Retail Could distribution be Patanjali's Achilles heel? Is Patanjali's distribution robust enough to beat FMCG veterans? Or Will ‘out of ‘stock', out of mind' define the story of the most popular challe.. Retail The future of Indian retail The retail real estate industry in India is gradually maturing and going towards the next wave of evolution. With the rapidly changing aspirations of Indian c.. 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They clearly did not see too much of a benefit from it." Finance PNB tops list of worst losses in Indian banking history Punjab National Bank (PNB) reported a loss of Rs5,367 crore, the largest-ever loss reported by an Indian lender based on available data Finance As lure of foreign investment banks decline, banking executives move to India Jaspal Bindra gave up his job as Standard Chartereds Asia head to join Mumbai-based financial services firm Centrum as its executive chairman. Finance What are start-ups afraid of? The answers say a lot about tech Y Combinator applications provide a unique view into the rapidly changing technology scene from the perspective of up-and-comers Software Google unveils smart-home speaker, Google Home : Aiming to compete with Amazon's Echo Google is showing off just how pervasive it has become even as it's squeezed by its biggest competitors Facebook, Apple and Amazon. 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