Byju’s $800 million funding round yet to close; edtech says Byju Raveendran completed $400 million infusionRaveendran, 42, the son of educators, founded his startup in 2015. Byju’s, whose parent company is formally known as Think & Learn Pvt, is ...
12 Jul, 2022, 02.00 PM IST
TikTok takeoverOriginally launched as a short-form video sharing platform for lip-syncing and dancing videos, TikTok has grown into a full-fledged video s...
02 Jul, 2022, 07.11 AM IST
Byju’s defers payments for Aakash deal; Zomato sheds $1B market cap in two daysOnline education provider Byju’s, India’s most valuable startup, is pushing back payments for its nearly $1 billion acquisition of Aakash E...
28 Jun, 2022, 07.25 PM IST
View: The world is looking at India to show the way in EdTechWhat is common among these edtech unicorns? The founder of PhysicsWallah (PW), Alakh Pandey, comes from a modest background in Allahabad, s...
14 Jun, 2022, 10.21 AM IST
Return of ET Startup Awards; new CEO for WhiteHat Jr?We announced the winners of ETSA 2021 on September 27, after our jury, led by Infosys cofounder and non-executive chairman Nandan Nilekan, ...
04 Mar, 2022, 08.12 AM IST
How Nykaa's IPO is different from other startups'This is not your typical, hyper funded consumer internet startup, as everything about it is different when compared to the other tech IPO c...
05 Aug, 2021, 10.29 AM IST
Upstox alerts users of data breach; says funds, securities remain safeThe development comes close on the heels of reports of data breaches at organisations like MobiKwik, Facebook and LinkedIn.
11 Apr, 2021, 05.52 PM IST
2020 Year in Review | Of startup squabbles and billionaire battlesFrom Khatabook Vs Dukaan over IP rights to Reliance vs Amazon over Future Retail, 2020 saw its fair share of tiffs between Indian tech comp...
29 Dec, 2020, 06.43 PM IST
Whitehat Jr to foray into Brazil, Mexico; create 1 lakh teaching jobs in India in 3 yearsIn an interview to PTI , WhiteHat Jr Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Karan Bajaj said the barely two-year old online education platform has s...
13 Dec, 2020, 01.35 PM IST
WhiteHat Jr says it has fixed a leak that exposed data of 2.8 lakh usersThe exposed data at the online coding platform for school kids included student names, age, gender, images, user IDs, and progress reports
26 Nov, 2020, 05.00 AM IST
Byju's WhiteHat Jr agrees to withdraw ads after ASCI flags code violationThe ads were criticised on social media for suggesting that knowledge of coding enables children as young as six and seven to develop apps ...
28 Oct, 2020, 08.54 AM IST
If you want to retire rich, don’t leave too much to your childrenDon’t be surprised if those retiring in 2035 need an extra 5 years or more of future income because of longevity alone. Where will that mon...
26 Oct, 2020, 09.41 AM IST
WhiteHat Jr buy to help Byju’s ramp up its US playThe opportunistic play to acquire WhiteHat Jr by the country’s largest edtech company comes at a time when the firm was already in the mark...
07 Aug, 2020, 02.45 PM IST
Vedantu eyes $100 million from Coatue at $600 million valuationNew York-based Coatue is a known technology investor, having backed Uber, Meituan Dianping and DoorDash globally, along with bets on Swiggy...
30 Jun, 2020, 07.57 AM IST
Facebook doubles advertising bug bountyMarket analysts suggest the move is part of the social networking giant's strategy to expand its share of the online advertising pie and to...
19 Oct, 2014, 11.33 AM IST
Facebook to reward people who find glitches on its security networkFacebook has paid out more than $40,000 in only three weeks and one person has already received more than $7,000 for six different issues f...
01 Sep, 2011, 12.05 PM IST
- 'Ethical' hackers assist security agencies and finance firms to check cyber crime
Once perceived as a badge of honour, the term ‘‘ hacker’ ’ and the practice of hacking have over the years acquired a taint.
16 May, 2010, 09.30 AM IST