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Invite Friends Blog Sree Vijaykumar From the Editor's Desk Facebook is either the savior or destroyer of journalism in our time. An estimated 600 million people see a news story on Facebook every week, and the social network's founder Mark Zuckerberg has been transparent about his goal to monopolize digital news distribution. Publishers see Facebook as a frenemy. They rely on traffic from it, but are nervous about losing control on their audience to the social media giant. What does Facebook think of journalists though? Not much, if you were to believe this article which interviewed a bunch of news curators at Facebook. These are the people who come up with the 'Trending News' on the right side on your Facebook feed. Yes, this work is being done by humans! That may not be the case for long though. Several of the curators felt like they were being used to produce training data for algorithms which would eventually take over their jobs. - Comment Digital Taxi aggregator Ola twice as large as rival Uber: Truecaller report In a bid to understand penetration of cab services in the country, it analysed around 2.5 billion calls made between consumers and service providers. Outlook Business Smart Enterprise 2016 - May 17, Hotel St. Regis, Mumbai A unique one-day event that will bring together all stakeholders on a single platform to deliberate over how India can harness the true potential of its SMEs. Register Now Digital IRCTC hacked? No, it's not, says IRCTC officials. Govt forms probe panel Social media was abuzz on Thursday over reports that the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) website had been hacked and apprehensions that personal data of around 10 miIlion customers could have been stolen from the server of India’s biggest e-commerce player, which sees mor Digital Massive data breach uncovered: Millions of Google, Yahoo email accounts hacked The discovery of 272.3 million stolen accounts included a majority of users of Mail.ru, Russias most popular email services. Property Listing: Godrej Infinity, Keshav Nagar, Pune Luxury 2/3 BHK apartments, from Rs 38 Lacs - Rs 92 Lacs. Know more   Digital Product recommendation platform for ecom Unbxd raises Series B funding from IDG, Inventus and others Bangalore-based Unbxd Inc, which runs a product recommendation platform for e-commerce companies, has raised an undisclosed amount of capital in Series B funding led by existing investors IDG Ventures, Inventus Capital and Indian Angel Network (IAN). Nirvana Venture Advisors also participated Digital Nasscom, Facebook partner to push product development in India With this initiative, NASSCOM plans to scale up the focus on product design and engage the young entrepreneurs into becoming problem solvers and solution builders. Digital Flipkart launches its map services, ties up with MapUnity In Bengaluru, the agencies whose data may be integrated into this platform are BWSSB, BBMP, BESCOM, BMTC, BMRCL, Bangalore One, BMRDA, BDA, the traffic police etc. Retail Ram Bharat: Meet Baba Ramdev's low-profile younger brother who handles Patanjali's day-to-day operations Bharat has worked his way up the organisation & today teams of several functions including finance, human resource, production and supply chain report to him. Retail Former Tata-Starbucks CEO Avani Davda joins Godrej Nature's Basket as MD Mohit Khattar who was until now the managing director of the company will now move to a new role as Head-Retail Strategy and Branding in the company. Retail Kishore Biyani reboots for the digital era As the lines between offline and online retail blur, India's retail king is tweaking his strategy to stay ahead of the competition Retail 100% FDI allowed in online retail under new rules: Centre to Delhi High Court The Centre today told the Delhi High Court that it has issued a press note in March this year clarifying that 100 per cent FDI through automatic route was permissible in online retails running under 'marketplace model'. Telecom Reliance Jio extends trial launch of 4G services to public through invite Jio has now empowered the group employees, who had got the trial SIM earlier, to bring 10 more people to the 4G network through a referral invite system. Telecom DoT's move could improve 3G, 4G networks in India The DoT in a letter to telecom operators said that "shifting of carriers shall commence with effect from May 23, 2016 and be completed by June 15, 201.. Telecom Usage of Data Services is Decisive for 4G Investments: LTE India 2016 Telecom India's Internet user base to touch 50 crore in 2016: Telecom minister Union telecom minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said smartphones are expected to make internet more accessible to people across India. Finance Lok Sabha passes Bankruptcy code; Will this change life for Indian banks? The Lok sabha, on Thursday, passed the Bankruptcy Bill, which promises banks, which promises to enable banks faster winding up of troubled companies and recover money before the value of the underlying assets get eroded fully. Finance Three reasons for cheer in the venture capital market There’s still plenty to cheer despite valuation markdowns, shutdowns and investment write-offs Finance Lakshmi Vilas Bank may raise up to Rs 400 crore from institutional investors "The bank will raise money through a qualified institutional placement, or a preferential route," said Managing Director Parthasarathi Mukherjee. Finance HDFC said to pick banks for $400 million IPO of insurance unit Citigroup, JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley and Kotak Mahindra are among banks chosen to work on a listing of HDFC Standard Life Insurance, people familiar with the matter said Software Apple partners with commercial software giant SAP to develop Apps for business software Apple is partnering with SAP to develop apps that run the German company's widely used business software on smartphones and tablets. Software Why is YouTube planning an internet television service? YouTube has made a priority of creating the service, called Unplugged, which could debut as early as next year, according to the report. Software Public cloud services in India to reach $1.26 billion this year, says Gartner According to the research firm, public cloud services market, which stood at $968.1 million in 2015, will reach $3.52 billion by 2020. Software Wipro bags multi-year deal from UK firm Thames Water Wipro today said it has bagged a multi-year deal from the UK-based utility firm Thames Water to transform the company's customer service and retail billing capabilities. Ecommerce Flipkart launches its map services, ties up with MapUnity; deal expects to give it a competitive edge in terms of supply chain and logistics In Bengaluru, the agencies whose data may be integrated into this platform are BWSSB, BBMP, BESCOM, BMTC, BMRCL, Bangalore One, BMRDA, BDA, the traffic police etc. Ecommerce Unbxd raises funds from Nirvana, IDG Ventures, others; to use the funds to improve its product, accelerate sales growth and expand team Unbxd will use the funds to improve its product, accelerate sales growth and expand its sales and marketing team Ecommerce Flipkart and Snapdeal slash hiring, along with spending on discounts and advertising, as they seek to cut losses amid a sharp slowdown in sales growth Apart from hiring a few senior leaders, both firms have reduced hiring to a trickle over the past two months Ecommerce E-commerce company flouting FDI norms? Vendors protest against Paytm's cashback model The department of industrial policy & promotion in response to the query raised in Twitter clarified that giving discount is a prerogative of the seller only. HR Apple and SAP to Develop IPhone, IPad Apps for Businesses Apple Inc. and SAP SE are joining up to deliver software for iPhones and iPads, opening a new avenue for Apple to reach businesses at a time when sales of its mobile devices have tapered. HR Here's your complete preview of Friday's jobs report Reuters/Jim YoungThe Bureau of Labor Statistics will release the April jobs report on Friday.Here's what Wall Street is expecting, via Bloomberg:Nonfarm payrolls:+200,000Unemployment HR Variable pay for CEOs: Are Indian companies doing it the right way? Variable pay became part of corporate culture in India only in the 1990s when economic reforms opened the doors wider for multinational firms HR Foxconn-backed migme Limited plans to triple its head count in India “We see India at the forefront of the new digital age and we are very excited to co me here and play a part in this,“ said Steven Goh, cofounder and CEO at migme. Logistics India passenger growth number 6 times higher than the US, in march 2016 itself a growth of 27.4 % has been registered The gap between air passenger growth in India and other countries widen further with the country registering a growth of 27.4% during the month of March. Logistics Fadnavis gives a nod for water transport regulator to play a watchdog for Ferry, Ro-Ro and Cargo services Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today gave in-principle approval for setting up a Water Transport Corporation to develop jetties on the coastline which are not in good shape and decided that other jetties can be used for promoting Logistics Large waves ahead: Port-based 29 industrial projects to boost exports by $110 billion Projects have been formulated as part of NPP for the Sagarmala programme, which is an ambitious project for port-led development of India's coastal cities. Logistics 10m users' data reportedly stolen from Indian Railways site and sold for $225 India Today reports that the IRCTC site was hacked and roughly 10 million users' details, including phone numbers and dates of birth were stolen. Construction Special cell for homebuyers is requested by Buyers' body to Akhilesh Yadav The magnitude of the problem could be gauged from the fact that in Ghaziabad, Noida and Greater Noida more than 78% of around 400 projects are delayed Construction 18-month delay for Hyderabad Metro project S N Subrahmanyan, Deputy Managing Director and President, L&T said they are in discussions with the government on the delay and possible financial.. Construction Assocham says Delhi-NCR has highest unsold housing inventory Mumbai which had been witnessing an increased activity around Navi Mumbai, Thane and other suburbs, is carrying the second largest unsold inventory, f.. Construction Godrej Properties net profit slides 65% in Q4 to Rs 18 crore Total income for the quarter declined 26% to Rs 533 crore, the company said in its earnings release Marketing The emotional British Airways ad about an Indian granny just won an award : Report Marketing Indian Railways creates Non-Fare Revenue Directorate to explore advertising in train coaches : Report The decision to create a directorate was taken to increase the revenue substantially from non-tariff sources. Marketing What Ails Rio 2016 Games' Global Marketing Campaign? : Report Ad Age is the leading global source of news, intelligence and conversation for marketing and media communities Marketing Reliance Jio SIM are now offered to the public on an invite-only basis: Report Reliance Jio, the telecom operator with pan-India 4G spectrum, has started opening its operations to the public on an invite-only basis. Reliance Jio has distributed the invites through its employees. Each employee gets 10 invites to share with the public. The development was first reported by P Politics AgustaWestland Chopper Scam: Alleged Middleman Claims Modi Govt Pressurised Him To Implicate Gandhi Family The alleged middleman in the VVIP chopper scam, Christian Michel, has claimed that the Modi government had put pressure on him to implicate "any member of the Gandhi family" in exchange of a Politics Lok Sabha gives nod for insolvency and bankruptcy code The new Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code aims to slash the time it takes to wind up a company or recover dues from a defaulter. Politics West Bengal polls: A fierce battle ends but when vendetta politics will? West Bengal’s 2016 election can be compared to the 1993 blockbuster film Muqabla, with two stereotypical cops – one good and the other bad, a police force that was paralysed into inaction, a bad guy who cannot be arrested and a heroine. 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