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Regina Mihindukulasuriya

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Regina is a reporter for BW Businessworld. In her previous assignments, she has worked with Independent television Network as a news anchor and reporter in Sri Lanka

Latest Articles By Regina Mihindukulasuriya

This Business School By Tata Steel & Co. Focuses On ...Empathy?

SOIL, the School of Inspired Leadership is a boutique business school that doesn’t deal with just mathematics and economics. Instead here are some questions you will hear at the school - why is Kashmir in conflict? Why can’t a woman be assertive without being called bossy? Why can’t a man cry without being called over sensitive?

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Saudi And SoftBank To Make Humongous $100Bn Tech Fund

If the fund which is expected to be about 100 billion dollars, actually becomes that large will be one of the biggest private equity funds in the world, and a force to be reckoned even within VC communities.

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IBM, Google And Co. Ready To Battle Intel

Reuters reports that technology leaders of the world like IBM and Google along with seven other tech companies have formed a consortium to create an open specification to increase data centre server productivity by up to ten times. Intel Corp will not be joining the consortium therefore effectively setting itself up as its opponent.

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Pinterest Seems To Be Waning On Users And Revenue

"...leaked Pinterest documents show it wanted to end 2016 with 218 million monthly active users. With less than 3 months to go, that’s highly unlikely."

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Galaxy Note 7 Burns 3 Billion In Samsung Profits

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd says it estimates operating profit over the next two quarters to go down by around 3 billion dollars thanks to the decision to stop sales of the combustible Galaxy Note 7 smartphone.

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“In India, 114 Million More Men Than Women Have Cellphones.”

An article from Wall Street Journal titled “Why the Vast Majority of Women in India Will Never Own a Smartphone”, looks at the gender inequality of India as a function of lack of access to mobile phones and the internet. Their findings tells us why we must continue efforts at corporate and governmental levels to make women a key beneficiary group of Digital India.

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Wise Words That Will Make You Love Your Work

"Consider your work and your workplace to be sacred. Do not think of it as a burden or tax." Michael Carroll is an American-Irish author famed for his book, “Awake At Work”. He also works with large American corporations like Disney, training its top executives in how to be a more mindful leader. Here are highlights of his insight shared recently in the NCR.

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3 Memorable Startup Twitter Wars

When someone on Quora asked, “What are best Twitter war between companies/ startups in India?” people replied with their favourite warring moments. Here you go. Featured are all the suspects you can think of.

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Uniphore Launches Advanced Version auMina 2.4 For Speech Analytics

The advanced version is expected to drive business outcomes by addressing core business issues. The news comes on the heels of all the buzz around speech analytics and fresh funding of 2 million dollars led by IDG Ventures.

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Google Acquires FameBit To Lure More YouTube Ad Revenue

The video sharing website looks to capitalize on the many brands who can’t afford to pay big bucks to MCNs (Multi Channel Networks) but can afford to pay modest sums on automated, self serve, startup, FameBit.

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