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Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
Video conferencing provided a way out of the chaos sparked by the pandemic. Now it is threatening to take over life as we know it.
Editor's note: “I want you to come and see me.” Vashti watched his face in the blue plate. “But I can see you!” she exclaimed. “What more do you want?” “I want to see you not through the Machine,” said Kuno. “I want to speak to you not through the wearisome Machine.” Vashti and her son Kuno inhabit opposite ends of a dystopian world where humans live underground in beehive-shaped isolation pods. Direct contact is considered impolite and discouraged. The “clumsy system of public gatherings had been long since abandoned”, and all communication happens through a speaking apparatus, which is not much different to video chatting. Travel to the surface of earth or other pods is allowed but needs approval and is largely frowned upon. All necessary requirements to sustain life are provided for by the omnipotent Machine, an allegory of the internet. Things move at the click of a button. Sounds familiar? Because it is. Give me a moment to set it all up. The Machine Stops, a science-fiction short story written by E M Forster in 1909, is remarkable for …
Video conferencing provided a way out of the chaos sparked by the pandemic. Now it is threatening to take over life as we know it.
Editor's note: “I want you to come and see me.” Vashti watched his face in the blue plate. “But I can see you!” she exclaimed. “What more do you want?” “I want to see you not through the Machine,” said Kuno. “I want to speak to you not through the wearisome Machine.” Vashti and her son Kuno inhabit opposite ends of a dystopian world where humans live underground in beehive-shaped isolation pods. Direct contact is considered impolite and discouraged. The “clumsy system of public gatherings had been long since abandoned”, and all communication happens through a speaking apparatus, which is not much different to video chatting. Travel to the surface of earth or other pods is allowed but needs approval and is largely frowned upon. All necessary requirements to sustain life are provided for by the omnipotent Machine, an allegory of the internet. Things move at the click of a button. Sounds familiar? Because it is. Give me a moment to set it all up. The Machine Stops, a science-fiction short story written by E M Forster in 1909, is remarkable for …
Indian youngsters are experimenting with newer D2C brands like never before. Bewakoof’s early success and its 2022 acquisition by retail giant Aditya Birla Fashion should have given it the edge, but the company has been left behind.
The earnings of India’s oil refiners and other Nifty 50 companies have taken a hit. But IPO premiums suggest that investors seem unfazed.
As the face of the company, tasked with taking care of its PR and branding, she was obsessed with her own celebrity, doing little to stem the slide.
Indian youngsters are experimenting with newer D2C brands like never before. Bewakoof’s early success and its 2022 acquisition by retail giant Aditya Birla Fashion should have given it the edge, but the company has been left behind.
The earnings of India’s oil refiners and other Nifty 50 companies have taken a hit. But IPO premiums suggest that investors seem unfazed.
As the face of the company, tasked with taking care of its PR and branding, she was obsessed with her own celebrity, doing little to stem the slide.
