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Monday, July 22, 2019

Trai wants be country's data czar, MeitY not keen

The telecom watchdog is pitching to become the nodal authority for data security, privacy and cybercrime because all the relevant information passes through mobile phone networks. https://ift.tt/32H4NMm https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Mac developers who ship apps directly to end-users are now required to agree to App Store developer contracts to have their apps notarized for macOS Catalina (Daniel Jalkut/Bitsplitting.org)

Daniel Jalkut / Bitsplitting.org:
Mac developers who ship apps directly to end-users are now required to agree to App Store developer contracts to have their apps notarized for macOS Catalina — In the years since Apple released the iPhone, with its “locked-down-by-nature” approach to application security …

Cloudtail, Appario push brands for higher margins

The move comes after Amazon, which was a joint venture partner in both Cloudtail and Patni Group-owned Appario, significantly reduced its stake in both the firms. https://ift.tt/2XTwXVA https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Reskill to survive: Tech firms retrain staff on war footing

Companies such as Accenture, Infosys, Cognizant, Tech Mahindra, Mphasis, among others, are making an effort to reskill and prepare employees for the future. https://ift.tt/2YhloXL https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Oppo K3 Set to Go on Sale in India Today

Oppo K3 price in India is set at Rs. 16,990 for the 6GB RAM + 64GB storage variant, while the 8GB RAM + 128GB storage option is priced at Rs. 19,990. https://ift.tt/2M7dmKz

Vernacular drives growth for online firms, finds wide adoption

Hindi, Bengali, Tamil and Telugu are being widely adopted, companies say. They are offering products in these languages to enter tier II locations and beyond. https://ift.tt/2O9tbTF https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Paytm partners with Clix Capital to offer digital loans

The Paytm Postpaid loan book was recently under the glare of the Delhi High Court where a public interest litigation was filed against the company for extending loans despite being a payment bank that cannot lend. https://ift.tt/32McqB0 https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Mercedes Benz parent company Daimler partners with blockchain company Riddle & Code to create a hardware crypto wallet for the auto industry (Daniel Kuhn/CoinDesk)

Daniel Kuhn / CoinDesk:
Mercedes Benz parent company Daimler partners with blockchain company Riddle & Code to create a hardware crypto wallet for the auto industry — Mercedes Benz parent company Daimler has partnered with blockchain firm Riddle & Code to produce a hardware wallet for automobiles.

Apple’s latest Tesla hire specializes in car interiors

Another high-level Tesla engineering executive has hopped over to Apple. Steve MacManus, who was vice president of engineering at Tesla, is now a senior director at Apple, according to an update on his LinkedIn profile.

Bloomberg was the first to report MacManus had taken the position at Apple. MacManus, whose was in charge of interior and exterior engineering, is the third Tesla executive to leave and take a position at Apple this year. He had been at Tesla since 2015.

His hiring follows two other high-profile moves from Tesla to Apple, including former chief engineer Doug Field and Michael Schwekutsch, who worked on drive systems at the electric automaker.

MacManus has a deep background in industrial design, specifically vehicle interiors and exteriors. Prior to Tesla, MacManus was chief engineer of body interior and exterior of trim and hardware at Aston Martin Lagonda. He was functional manager seating and restraints at Bentley Motors and also once worked at Jaguar Land Rover.

This latest hire, and the ones before, suggest that Apple’s Project Titan, the company’s not-so-secretive effort to build a self-driving car, might be in the midst of a revival. In January, news emerged that Apple had reassigned 200 employees previously involved in its development.

At the time, an Apple spokesperson said the company had an “incredibly talented team working on autonomous systems and associated technologies at Apple” and explained that some groups were being moved to projects in other parts of the company to support machine learning and other initiatives.

Apple could not be reached for comment. TechCrunch will update the article with any new information.

Sunday, July 21, 2019

Jio to Focus on Subscriber Numbers, Not Tariffs

Reliance Industries plans to remain focused on subscriber additions rather than chase higher tariffs for its Jio telecoms business, a top company executive said. https://ift.tt/2OavfdZ

How TikTok has become Facebook's 'biggest problem' in India

Platforms such as Instagram and Facebook are facing strong competition from TikTok. https://ift.tt/2GqDjBg

Tutors for services like VIPKIDS, which links native English speakers with Chinese students, recount instances of parents abusing kids during online sessions (Emily Tate/EdSurge)

Emily Tate / EdSurge:
Tutors for services like VIPKIDS, which links native English speakers with Chinese students, recount instances of parents abusing kids during online sessions — THE DAY STARTED OUT LIKE MOST. Around 6 o'clock on a fall morning in 2018, Jordan sat down at her desk, donned her headset …