View: Why didn’t Microsoft die?Are today’s Big Tech superstars successful and popular because they’re the best at what they do, or because they’ve become so powerful that...
05 Jul, 2021, 11.19 AM IST
Silicon Valley is a born-again believer in profitsIt was only a few years ago that investors started to become anxious about the vast sums of money flying into unprofitable startups. The bu...
08 Nov, 2019, 09.23 AM IST
WeWork CEO points to Uber's losses as example of ‘growth issues’WeWork parent We Co. is expected to begin its roadshow as soon as next week.
06 Sep, 2019, 09.43 AM IST
Can India afford welfarism based on handoutsThe greater the spending on handouts, the less that remains for spending on productive investment.
03 Feb, 2019, 06.16 AM IST
How Goldman Sachs' computers lost World CupFor 2018, the investment bank initially had Brazil, France, Germany and Portugal in the semifinals; Brazil was supposed to beat Germany in ...
15 Jul, 2018, 05.58 PM IST
Camouflage and dope in a Bull MarketFor traders, the ability to see through different kinds of camouflages has obvious advantages.
13 Nov, 2017, 01.49 PM IST
With PM Narendra Modi’s Israel visit, India crosses the rubiconPM Narendra Modi’s crossing of the ultimate frontier and going to Israel is a finishing touch to a saga of 25 years of progressively warmin...
06 Jul, 2017, 06.36 AM IST
Uber fights the odds; carries on with risk-taking and meritocracy withinAdversity remains as a nagging reminder in the backseat for Uber as it tries to scale up with ride sharing and increasing footprint.
03 Dec, 2016, 11.24 PM IST
HP launches the world's thinnest laptop, Spectre 13Unlike a regular laptop, which uses a fan to push hot air out, this technology uses a fan to draw cool air in and direct it precisely over ...
22 Jun, 2016, 11.43 AM IST
BlackBerry launches Priv in India; fight for the smartphone pie gets fiercerGoing by the first look, it seems that BlackBerry may be able to finally regain its lost India ground with its just-launched Priv.
29 Jan, 2016, 09.40 AM IST
Tiger Global to tone down current aggressive style; to come up with two-track approach in giving money to companiesTiger Global Management, the most prolific backer of startups in India, has decided to tone down its current aggressive style here.
20 Nov, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
PM Narendra Modi's UK visit stems skepticism about the path the nation has been takingPM Narendra Modi’s visit to the United Kingdom from November 12 to 14 has burnished India’s attraction in international eyes.
15 Nov, 2015, 11.40 AM IST
Facebook has given birth to a bunch of startups that want to change how businesses use techFacebook makes nearly all of its money from ads. It's also begun investing in moonshot projects from virtual reality headsets to drones and...
03 Aug, 2015, 01.17 PM IST
DFW International: Lessons Indian aviation can draw from one of the biggest and busiest airportsThe airport now has only one such checkpoint, in the middle of Terminal E. It will soon retrofit these facilities to other checkpoints in t...
23 Nov, 2014, 06.21 AM IST
- The black money monster
The high drama over Baba Ramdev's midnight eviction and action against the peaceful gathering has shifted the focus away from the central i...
08 Jun, 2011, 12.36 PM IST
- Yahoo's shift to Bing could be risky bet
Is Microsoft's Bing really a better search engine? Since it debuted last month, it has earned praise for the smart way it presents results ...
30 Jul, 2009, 08.46 AM IST
- Yahoo's shift to Microsoft's Bing could be risky bet
Microsoft can make its index catch up to Yahoo's and even Google's, but doing so will more likely take years. Microsoft, Yahoo challenge Go...
30 Jul, 2009, 04.07 AM IST