Maneka Gandhi Wants Every Company In India To Provide Day Care Facilities In Office
If the WCD (Women and Child Development) ministry under the leadership of Maneka Gandhi has its way, all the offices in India would very soon be required to have a daycare facilities for children.
How A Variable Name Change Caused Myntra To Spam Thousands Of Its Users
A simple variable name change can often be the difference between a successful new code deployment and things going horribly, horribly wrong. Myntra’s CTO has detailed what went down when the app bombarded its surprised users with thousands of notifications for products that they’d never bought.
Top 5 Office Must-Haves!
There are some things that separate good offices from bad ones. Sometimes, you enter and office and are amazed by how productive and…
Citibank Brings Voice Recognition Technology To Asia
Citibank has introduced voice biometrics to identify customers calling its support centres in Asia. The facility started in Taiwan last week and will be extended to Singapore, Australia, Hong Kong and India over the next few months.
UP Farmer Is Latest Victim Of Vijay Mallya’s Bank Loans
Vijay Mallya’s flee to England has hurt big banks as they’re saddled with loans than they possibly will never recover. It’s made lots of common Indians very angry. But the whole sorry saga has claimed an unexpected victim – Manmohan Singh from Khajuria Naviram village in Uttar Pradesh.
User Claims Zomato Solicits Paid Reviews, Gets Proven To Be Deceitful In Turn
A long time Zomato user Prateek Dham claims that Zomato’s review system is corrupt. He went public yesterday with detailed Facebook status that purports to expose Zomato’s method of monetizing with paid reviews. However, Zomato hasn’t taken kindly to this user’s claims and in an unlikely move, have responded to each allegation the user has made in a public blogpost.
After Temple Visits And Parties With Bollywood Elite, Tim Cook Watches The IPL
Tim Cook has an important job to do on this trip to India, touted as second largest smartphone market after the US, and he seems to be making all the right moves. After partying with Bollywood’s A list and hobnobbing with the startup elite, he was seen enjoying an IPL match in Kanpur yesterday.
Myntra Spams Users With Hundreds Of Notifications About Purchases They Never Made
Pallavi R was in a for a shock today morning when she randomly got a push notification from Myntra about a pair of Benetton shoes costing Rs. 5000 that have been delivered. The message would’ve been a welcome communication except one little detail. She never ordered those shoes. Nobody had touched her phone to have made a purchase as her.
Within minutes, hundreds of other Myntra users complained of the same. Social media was abuzz of people sharing screenshots of the incessant notifications they got from the Myntra app.
Where Venture Capitalists Fall Short
If you are a VC thinking to make smart investments, it makes sense for you to spare some time in digging up the most common mistakes investors usually make and what you should do to avoid falling into the same pit.