Extentia in the News
'GDPR: Its Implementation and Implications' -- article by Extentia CEO Umeed Kothavala in PCQuest
GDPR stands for General Data Protection Regulation, its aim – to protect the personal data and privacy of all citizens in the EU, and limit its export. It largely focuses on protecting Personally Identifiable Information (PII) – basic contact information, web data, health and biometric data and other social data which can be used to identify any specific individual.
The Times of India: 'Extentia Opens Development Center in Bangalore'
Extentia, inaugurated a new development center in Bengaluru, at Akshay Tech Park, Whitefield. Bengaluru – the 'Silicon Valley of India' – is a global IT hub. Along with Extentia's corporate headquarters in Pune, this new location substantially expands the company's India footprint.
VARINDIA Magazine: 'Geocoding and its benefits for businesses.'
To understand the concept, let us take a quick example – if we want to ascertain a destination, the basic requirement is a comprehensible address. This is clearly defined in terms of a street name, lane number, and so on. In the same way, a system understands addresses in a certain pattern of latitudes and longitudes. So, in order for the addresses to be fed into a system, they must be converted into the language that the system understands. The process of converting addresses into numerical coordinates and representing them as latitudes and longitudes is called geocoding.
Design Thinking and User Experience – Extentia's CEO Umeed Kothavala is quoted in the Hindustan Times
XTND is Extentia's platform for sharing technology and user experience insights. This year there were two tracks at XTND 2018 – engineering and UX, and among the panelists for user experience was Manoj Kothari from Turian Labs. The discussion focused on demystifying the meaning of UX, Design Thinking and developing UX solutions for clients. Extentia's CEO Umeed Kothavala was asked for inputs on these as well by the Hindustan Times.
'Project Parsi' – Extentia's 'Aapro' social connections app for Parsi-Zoroastrians is featured in this Business Standard article
From dating apps to events, the shrinking Parsi-Zoroastrian community is using innovating ways to encourage the young to marry within the faith. The Aapro app is available for Android and iPhone.