In this episode of The Indian Express weekly tech podcast – Our Own Devices, host Nandagopal Rajan, COO, The Indian Express Online is joined by Jeetu Patel, Executive Vice President and General Manager of Security and Collaboration, Cisco. With every passing day, the importance of cyber security is increasing. And according to our guest, Mr Patel, we need to assume that every organisation at some point in time will get breached. So, how do we deal with this? Through the concept of cyber resilience. But, what is cyber resilience? Does AI play a part in detecting and dealing with cyber threats ..read more

In this episode of The Indian Express weekly tech podcast – Our Own Devices, host Nandagopal Rajan is joined by Tomer Cohen, Chief Product Officer, LinkedIn, to talk about how the platform has become a hub for people to learn, share and connect, and how LinkedIn is learning from local markets like India. Introducing Tomer Cohen LinkedIn, the new Facebook (00:26) Thinking before posting on LinkedIn (01:07) Pandemic's impact on networking (02:53) How LinkedIn is changing (04:48) Empowering people through sharing personal experiences (06:27) Algorithm for better reach (08:11) LinkedIn in an era ..read more

In this episode of The Indian Express’ weekly tech podcast – Our Own Devices, host Nandagopal Rajan speaks to Sudhir Goel, Chief Business Officer, Acer India, about manufacturing in India, the growth of India's manufacturing industry, the schemes to attract global manufacturers and what the future holds for the Make in India initiative. Produced by Anant Nath Sharma Edited and mixed by Abhishek Kumar ----- Making in India Introducing Sudhir Goel (00:38) Best time to run a PC business in India (01:03) Opportunities of manufacturing in India (03:10)Government initiatives to ensure better manu ..read more

In this special episode of the Indian Express weekly tech podcast – Our Own Devices, host Nandagopal Rajan speaks to the former India head of Twitter, Manish Maheshwari about the steps Elon Musk has recently taken, what they entail for the platform, whether Musk has a bigger agenda behind his actions, and is there a method to his madness. A special episode with Manish Maheshwari (00:00) Is Twitter going to die? (00:37) Agenda behind Musk's actions (02:08) Is the larger agenda political? (03:33) Is there a method to his madness? (05:08) Musk's action going against Twitter's grain (08:00) Twitt ..read more

In this episode of The Indian Express weekly tech podcast – Our Own Devices, host Nandagopal Rajan is joined by Paras Sharma, Director & Head of Content & Community Partnerships, Meta. Instagram has evolved from just being a photo sharing app to becoming a massive part of our lives through the medium of its content. Growth in content has led to a growth in the concept of Content Creators and in this episode, Paras shares how Indian creators have become trend setters. The gen Z seems to be taking the lead in enhancing focus towards health and relationships via their content. To understa ..read more

In this episode of The Indian Express weekly tech podcast – Our Own Devices, host Nandagopal Rajan is joined by Miriam Karthika Daniel, Vice President - Maps Experiences, Google. Google Maps has become an integral part of our lives in the last couple of years and in this episode, they explore how it reached where it is today. Miriam also shares how AI is increasingly coming handy in making the user experience even more accurate through Google Maps. In the episode, they also discuss how Google Maps is working to solve the challenges specific to India and what all can be done to make people's co ..read more

In this episode of The Indian Express weekly tech podcast – Our Own Devices, host Nandagopal Rajan is joined by Balakrishna DR, Executive Vice President and Global Head, AI Automation and ECS, Infosys to talk about Artificial Intelligence and how it’s use is growing in the business space. Balakrishna talks about the accountability that comes with AI and the challenges that businesses face when they use AI. To find out how people are learning to adapt to AI, what kind of rules and frameworks are being worked upon and how has Infosys embraced AI, tune into today’s episode of Our Own Devices. 0 ..read more

In this episode of The Indian Express weekly tech podcast – Our Own Devices, host Nandagopal Rajan is joined by Navajith Karkera, founder of Sonic Lamb. They talk about the new-gen technology that Sonic Lamb has come up come with, where they are making an effort for make the listeners feel the music that they are listening to. Navajith shares how they are creating a more immersive listening experience through their headphones that will intensify your AR,VR and audio experiences manifold. Edited and mixed by Suresh Pawar IntroductionHow did Sonic Lamb begin and what is it? (00:58) What is the ..read more

In this episode of The Indian Express weekly tech podcast – Our Own Devices, host Nandagopal Rajan is joined by Rohan Verma, CEO & Executive Director, MapmyIndia to talk about the growth in technology of mapping and navigation. They talk about everything, from solving very specific problems like locating speed bumps and potholes to working with ISRO for expanding the scope of mapping beyond the confines of land and into the deep waters and a lot more. Introducing Rohan Verma What is Mappls (00:31) How are they planning on mapping the world (01:10) Solving specific mapping problems (03:23 ..read more

In this episode of The Indian Express weekly tech podcast – Our Own Devices, host Nandagopal Rajan is joined by Saurav Bhaik, Founder and CEO of Tagbin to talk about bridging technology and culture, immersing into a phy-gital world, using technology to build evolving museums, and much more. Introducing Saurav Bhaik Phy-gital experience (00:28) Adapting for India (01:43) Identifying technologies (03:17) Evolving museums (06:20) Creating immersive experiences (07:50) Hitmap to monitoring user feedbacks (09:38) Challenges to create a Phygital experience (11:18) Mesmerizing users (13:45) Edited ..read more