Health care, generative AI among major bets, in talks with Indian telcos for OpenRAN: Rakuten India CEOFrom around 100 employees in 2016, to housing 2000 people in its largest office outside Tokyo, the Indian arm of Rakuten, the Japanese tech...
23 Aug, 2023, 10.46 AM IST
CoinSwitch CEO Ashish Singhal on why crypto is essential for Blockchain and Web3“I am really hopeful that companies like Truebill and Microsoft, Facebook which today dominates most of the internet – in the new Web3 worl...
19 Apr, 2022, 11.39 AM IST
UIDAI to host "Aadhaar Hackathon 2021" from October 28-31Aadhaar Hackathon 2021 is themed around two topics. The first theme is around "Enrolment and Update", which essentially covers some of the ...
19 Oct, 2021, 06.57 AM IST
Why startups are wooing state governments as customersGovernment bodies are working with startups that have possible solutions to core problems in healthcare, sanitation, agriculture, transport...
15 Apr, 2018, 11.19 AM IST
Crowdsourced innovation for government projects and services is easier said than doneThe digital dream has never showed more promise in India—the chance for a few developers to build a platform that can digitise government s...
03 Feb, 2017, 12.41 AM IST
Open Source gains currency among Bengaluru's techiesCompanies like Flipkart and IBM promote open source innovation as a way of giving back to the open source community.
17 Nov, 2015, 10.41 AM IST
Government needs to think beyond building websites: Viral B Shah, coder and authorBy the time he was in his eighth standard, Viral B Shah, co-author of 'Rebooting India Realising a Billion Aspirations', knew that coding w...
09 Nov, 2015, 10.54 AM IST
Wingify creates online forum 'NotCRUD' to discuss and discover software productsWingify has created an online forum where enthusiasts can discuss, discover and evangelise software products, especially those built on the...
03 Sep, 2015, 05.37 AM IST
Aadhar hackathon results out: Student verification app emerges winnerAngelPrime, a seed-stage fund, along with incubator Khosla Labs picked Bengaluru's Anantha Padmanabha as the winner of the online Aadhaar h...
26 Jun, 2015, 07.09 PM IST
Hackathons seek to tap business models that can scale up ideas into startups; catch the eye of TCS, Google, Microsoft and WiproTwo hackathons kicked off in different parts of India last weekend to address specific objectives, signifying coming of age of marathon cod...
29 Jan, 2015, 06.13 AM IST
No more goofing about, hackathons mean businessUS-based Science Inc conducted its first hackathon in the world in Bengaluru with the intention of converting ideas into companies if possi...
28 Jan, 2015, 10.37 AM IST
Smart, young startups develop apps which use Aadhaar for verificationGroup of 140 people mostly entrepreneurs, IT professionals and students thronged the country's first hackathon dedicated to innovating the ...
15 Jan, 2015, 12.53 PM IST
Codes fly thick and fast in first Aadhaar HackathonAadhaar is a 12-digit individual identification number issued by the Unique Identification Authority of India on behalf of the Government o...
12 Jan, 2015, 04.12 AM IST
Bengaluru startup HackerEarth spots business opportunity in hackathonsCalled HackerEarth Sprint, the platform will also be used for the Aadhaar Hackathon, which will be conducted in association with Nasscom th...
10 Jan, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
Aadhaar-linked startups to get Rs 5 crore from UnitusImpact investor Unitus Seed Fund will invest Rs 5 crore in startups that are building products and services based on Aadhaar.
23 Dec, 2014, 07.55 PM IST
Uber ban: Use of Aadhaar in police verification can make transportation secure, says Vinod KhoslaThe Uber problem will be reduced but never eliminated because we are dealing with human beings, said Khosla, referring to the Uber rape cas...
13 Dec, 2014, 05.00 AM IST
Rebooting Government: Nandan Nilekani's book to show government how to play with technologyThe book is expected to be out in December and will narrate ideas on crowdsourcing, hackathons and app ecosystems
13 Aug, 2014, 10.14 AM IST