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Friday, November 29, 2019

Lightspeed and Sequoia close $1.5 billion share sale from Oyo

The size and return multiple on the exit from Oyo was last seen when Walmart spent $16 billion to buy 77% stake in Flipkart, out of which $14 billion was spent buying shares of existing investors. https://ift.tt/2OvUxBs https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Samsung India revenue crosses $10 billion in 2018-19

In the flagship mobile phone business, Samsung India revenue increased by 15.4% at Rs 43,087.9 crore in FY19 as compared to Rs 37,349.7 crore in FY18. https://ift.tt/35KcUbI https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

20 tough questions Google asked in job interviews

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Black Friday 2019 deals on Apple Watch, Fitbit Versa, Samsung Galaxy Watch Active, and more

A few sales have already started, but you'll need to be ready on Black Friday to grab the doorbusters.

Interview with the Internet Society CEO, as he tries to defend the sale of the .org top level domain registry to private equity firm Ethos Capital (Kieren McCarthy/The Register)

Kieren McCarthy / The Register:
Interview with the Internet Society CEO, as he tries to defend the sale of the .org top level domain registry to private equity firm Ethos Capital — Inside the decided mind of Andrew Sullivan — Interview El Reg has quizzed Andrew Sullivan, the president and CEO of the Internet Society …

Hoaxes, political posts, conspiracy theories won't come under ambit of Govt's fact-checker unit

The team to check facts has been formed basically to refute “fake news on government schemes and announcements” has put in place a mechanism using 12 free software tools such as InVid and others, to send out instant posts on social media, to counter them. https://ift.tt/34yWxyz https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Techies take 'fast' lane on Internet highway

Tech workers finding ways to wean themselves off the internet, with a deliberate and phased fasting https://ift.tt/2L7GOip https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Xiaomi touches $5-billion revenue milestone in India in 2018-19

As per Xiaomi Technology India’s latest regulatory filings with the Registrar of Companies (RoC), the company’s total revenue in 2018-19 grew by 54% to Rs 35,426.92 crore as compared to Rs 23,061.11 crore it had clocked in FY18. https://ift.tt/2R2spHW https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

FASTag to Be Mandatory From Tomorrow: Here's How to Buy and Recharge

FASTag will become mandatory from tomorrow. Here's how you can purchase a FASTag for your vehicle or recharge an existing FASTag using an online or offline method. https://ift.tt/2DvRTFy

Realme 5s to Go on Sale in India Today at 12pm via Flipkart

Realme 5s key features include quad rear camera setup, a large 5,000mAh battery and runs Android Pie with ColorOS 6 skin on top. https://ift.tt/33zYZmY

iOS apps could really benefit from the newly proposed Security.plist standard (Catalin Cimpanu/ZDNet)

Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet:
iOS apps could really benefit from the newly proposed Security.plist standard — Security.plist was inspired by the already-existing and highly popular security.txt standard. — Earlier this month, security researcher Ivan Rodriguez proposed a new security standard for iOS apps, which he named Security.plist.

Only seven out of 21 US presidential candidates have implemented DMARC on their domains' email, a basic security feature that could have prevented the DNC hack (Zack Whittaker/TechCrunch)

Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch:
Only seven out of 21 US presidential candidates have implemented DMARC on their domains' email, a basic security feature that could have prevented the DNC hack — Just one-third of the 2020 U.S. presidential candidates are using an email security feature that could prevent a similar attack …