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Grievance Redressal Body To Address Complaints Against E-tailers Taking a note of resentment of offline players against E Commerce marketplaces on their alleged “unethical” business practices, the Commerce and Industry Ministry has set up a grievance redressal mechanism to look into the charges against e-tailers. On the lines of the ‘twitter seva’, there is now going to be grievance redressal akin to the (hashtag) ‘#mociseva’ which will have the consumer affairs people on board. Read More Flipkart Reshuffles Top Leadership To Revive Sales Growth E Commerce giant, Flipkart has announced a...

Eset researchers have discovered an Android backdoor Trojan controlled by tweets. Dubbed as Android/Twitoor, it’s the first malicious app that uses Twitter instead of a traditional command-and-control (C&C) server. After launch, the Trojan hides its presence on the system and checks the defined Twitter account in regular intervals for commands. Based on received commands, it can either download malicious apps or change the C&C Twitter account to another one. Also Read: Eset Announces Sakri IT Solutions As Its Key Distributor In India “Using Twitter to control a botnet is an innovative...

Due to the expansion of 3G and onset of 4G technologies, telecom tower industry’s tenancy ratios will increase to 2.9 times by March 2020 from 1.95 times as of March 2015, according to an ASSOCHAM-KPMG joint study. Tenancy ratio refers to the number of tenants (operators) who have put up their antennae and other active infrastructure on the towers. Increase in tenancy ratios has been the key growth driver for tower companies in India, reveals the ASSOCHAM-KPMG joint study. Growth in telecom sector has helped India emerge as a trendsetter...

Computer memory solution provider, Kingston has announced its tie-up with Saavn, India’s one of the leading audio entertainment streaming services, for its limited edition microSD Cards. With this exclusive partnership, Kingston offers its customers a two week Saavn Pro subscription for free. This offer is valid on Kingston’s three new Limited Edition microSD Cards – 8GB Class 4 (SDC4), 16GB Class 10 UHS-I (SDC10G2) & 32GB Class 10 UHS-I (SDC10G2) – which will soon be available in the leading retail as well as e-tail outlets in India. To avail this...

Telecom regulator Trai is mulling an action against annoying auto playing video advertisement. Video ads download automatically at the time of internet browsing, leading to a unwanted surge in data usage for consumers. Considering the growing concerns of consumers on these nagging video adds, Trai has decided to crack the whip on unwanted online brand publicity by advertisers. The issue, which has been noticed across platforms — mobile handsets or home broadband connections — is being taken seriously by the regulator and action may follow very soon, Trai chairman RS...

After Google, social media giant Facebook intends to offer free Wi-Fi at Indian railway stations. RK Bahuguna, chairman of Indian Railways’ communications arm RailTel, informed reporters that company would start talks with Facebook for expanding its Wi-Fi coverage to railway stations and villages in the vicinity. “Facebook India has approached us for the Wi-Fi initiative. We will engage with the company for the expansion of our Internet access program across railways stations to cover villages in the vicinity,” ET report quoted Bahuguna as saying. Also Read: Facebook Plans Expansion Of ‘Express Wi-Fi’ In...

E Commerce giant, Flipkart has announced a major reshuffle in its top management. The company has created a bigger role for Kalyan Krishnamurthy, managing director at Flipkart’s largest investor Tiger Global in an effort to streamline its business to revive sluggish sales growth. According to the report published in Live Mint, Krishnamurthy, who started his second stint at Flipkart in June, will now head Flipkart’s marketplace, retail and advertising businesses, The company communicated the development to its employees late on Thursday. Saikiran Krishnamurthy, who was hired as chief operating officer (COO)...

Tablet player DataWind has maintained its leadership position for the third consecutive year. According to CMR’s India Tablet PC Market Review, DataWind sold 37.2 percent of the approximately 950,000 tablets in India, during the three months ended June 30, 2016. The overall tablet market grew 5 percent compared to the first quarter of 2016, the research stated. DataWind’s share of 37.2 percent is up from 34.2 percent in Q1 2016 and 20.7 percent in Q4 2015. DataWind’s market share is now almost double than that of Samsung’s, which sold to...

TCL Corporation has joined hands with Reliance Jio to offer 3-month free unlimited LTE data and calls to the Indian customers. The consumers can avail the offers on TCL 560, TCL 562 and Alcatel smartphones. The offer allows users to avail unlimited voice, video, data and SMS for three months from the day the activation of the Jio SIM. Reliance is offering the Jio SIM for free. To avail the offer, users will have to download the MyJio app. The offer is non-transferable. Users will have the option to continue...

Dubai police has arrested an Indian citizen for engaging in an ill-motivated social media campaign against Malabar Gold & Diamonds using forged images. The arrested person is identified as Bineesh Ponankal Arumoghan, an ex-employee of the company, hailing from Thrissur in Kerala. Malabar Gold & Diamonds had filed a complaint with Dubai Police regarding a forged image of a cake cutting ceremony on the day of Pakistan Independence Day being circulated in social media. KshethraBhumi SamrakshanaVedhi Bharat also known as KBSV Bharat, an organization based in Kerala filed a criminal...