UpFront
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News By Numbers: Most powerful passports in 2021
The world's two most desirable passports belong to two Asian countries, and determines the number of countries a passport permits a tourist to travel without a prior visa
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Whatsapp, Telegram, Signal: Which one is more secure?
As users flock to Telegram and Signal amid concerns over data privacy at Whatsapp, a look at which of the three instant-messaging apps are more secure
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I am the David going against the Goliath that I created: Brian Acton of Signal
Acton, the head of Signal Foundation and the co-founder of WhatsApp, on the swirling debate on privacy and the future of messaging platforms
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WhatsApp fallout: Who's flocking to Signal, Telegram
As concerns about Facebook-owned WhatsApp's aggressive privacy policies irk users, many bigwigs in the business world in India and abroad are flocking to alternatives like Signal and Telegram. Here are a few of the significant ones
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An urgent reckoning for the Trump brand
The mob attack on Congress last week by Trump's supporters has spurred a reckoning for the Trump organization by businesses and institutions, at a scale far greater than his previous polarizing actions.
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Kool-ex: The Covid-19 vaccine transit hero
As India gets ready to vaccinate millions, the little-known logistics company has emerged as a transporter of choice for pharma companies
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He created the web. Now he's out to remake the digital world
Tim Berners-Lee devised simple yet powerful standards for locating, linking and presenting multimedia documents online. He set them free into the world, unleashing the World Wide Web.
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A film is a One-Day cricket game but a OTT show is a Test match: Ali Abbas Zafar
Ali Abbas Zafar, known to deliver Rs 300-crore club blockbusters such as 'Sultan' and 'Tiger Zinda Hai', talks about his journey of creating and directing his first OTT web series—Tandav
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WhatsApp fallout: Walmart's PhonePe moves over 1,000 staff to Signal
Sameer Nigam, founder and CEO of the business tweeted about the move on Monday. PhonePe could see increasing competition from WhatsApp, which was recently given the go-ahead to offer payments services in India.
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Hair & handsome: The story behind the world's first salon and spa unicorn, Zenoti
How Sudheer Koneru, an engineer from India, built Zenoti into a billion-dollar company by scaling its payments and B2B businesses
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How Parler, a chosen app of Trump fans, became a test of free speech
Parler has now become a test case in a renewed national debate over free speech on the internet and whether tech giants such as Facebook, Google, Apple and Amazon have too much power