When I started using social media about 8-9 years ago, Facebook and Twitter were largely equal in their cool factor. In fact, while it was not obvious what Facebook was (a more intrusive form of Orkut, anyone?), the possibilities of Twitter seemed as limitless as the places where your ‘contacts’ lived. Over the next nine years, Facebook […]
HCL Technologies, one of India’s top IT services providers, announced a new IT Infrastructure partnership with Alstom, a railway equipment provider. HCL will offer workplace engineering services and roll out PC as a Service for 30,000 users worldwide and will enable local end-user support services across 360 locations in 62 countries. Additionally, HCL will establish […]
OnMobile Global Limited, which provides ringback tone and other value added services for telecom, said Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd has renewed a contract for the provision of ring back tones in South & East Zone with an option to extend for the 4th year. “As per this agreement OnMobile will continue to provide Ring back […]
Wipro Ltd said the number of employees leaving the company of their own accord fell to 16.3% in the year 2015 from 16.5% in 2014. Much of the improvement came from the BPO unit, where attrition fell below 10% for the first time in many quarters. For the calendar year 2015, Wipro’s BPO division saw […]
Persistent Systems, a niche IT company that focuses on products and cloud computing, said it had signed an agreement to acquire the Citrix CloudPlatform and CloudPortal Business Manager product lines from Citrix Systems International GMBH, a subsidiary of Citrix Systems. No financial details were revealed. Citrix Systems is one of the biggest companies in the […]
OnMobile, one of the biggest providers of ring-back tones in the world, said it has decided to sell its speech recognition software for 650,000 euros, or about Rs 4.7 cr. The company said the sale was in line with its decision to focus on apps and away from on-deck services of telecom. Mobile value added […]
NDTV has closed funding for a new platform that will sell healthy foods and personal care products from across the country through its subsidiary- Smartcooky Internet Limited. Smartcooky.com is based on NDTV’s current food site — food.ndtv.com which has “almost 3 million unique visitors a month.” SmartCooky Internet Limited, has raised funds at a valuation […]
Facebook, the world’s largest social media company, said it will explore the option of putting advertising in its ‘free Internet’ platform – Free Basics. Participating in a discussion on Reddit, Facebook’s Vice President in charge of Internet.org, Chris Daniels said it’s a possibility the company will look at in the future. Facebook had come under […]
Facebook’s Vice President in charge of Internet.org, Chris Daniels will answer ‘any questions’ on the discussion website Reddit at 6 pm today. The move comes in the wake of an uproar in social media in India over what many perceive as Facebook’s attempt to take over the Internet, especially in lower-income countries like India. Daniels […]
Facebook is claiming in an advertisement that 3.2 mln of its users have sent letters to the TRAI supporting its ‘free basics’ program in the context of the ongoing debate about net neutrality. However, it did not reveal how many of its users refused to send the email, or at least how many were shown […]
So you’re upgrading your TV and want to make sure that you futureproof it by buying the best available within your budget. Perhaps you’re buying a new monitor for your PC and want to ensure that it’s got at least as much resolution as your latest phone? Welcome to the world of ultra-high-definition TVs and monitors. DO […]
Facebook, the world’s biggest social network, is prompting its users to send a submission to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India to save its ‘Free Basics’ program, urging them to fight the “small, vocal group” of net neutrality activists. “A small, vocal group of critics are lobbying to have Free Basics banned on the basis […]
Infosys said one of its board members has resigned for personal reasons. Carol M. Browner was an independent director of the company. She has served as director of the White House Office of Energy and Climate Change Policy in the Obama administration from 2009 to 2011. She is a Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Center […]
Larsen & Toubro has set up a Global Internet of Things Solutions Centre in Bangalore to cater to the fast-growing sector. “The facility will demonstrate IoT solutions for different industry verticals and give customers an opportunity to see the value addition that IoT offers,” the company said. Internet of Things refers to connecting physical infrastructure […]
Google India has cancelled its three-year-old annual shopping event – the Great Online Shopping Festival, taking a step back to let the big giants like Flipkart and Amazon do their own thing. As Google pointed out, back in 2012, when it launched Great Online Shopping Festival to rival USA’s Cyber Monday, the total online shopping Industry […]
Sonata Software, one of the smaller Indian IT vendors, said it has agreed to acquire the US-based supply chain software and services provider I.B.I.S. Inc. Financial details were not disclosed. Founded in 1989, I.B.I.S., Inc. has a strategic partnership with Microsoft for the Dynamics solution and delivers world-class supply chain solutions, including its proprietary Advanced […]
Zebronics, one of India’s biggest electronics brands, is offering a 40-inch LED TV and a sound bar for Rs 29,999 as part of its Diwali offerings. “Zebronics lights up this Diwali with surround sound and best viewing experience with its latest promotional offer which includes Zebronics Juke Bar worth Rs 5499 as the compliments to […]
Facebook CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg is holding a ‘town hall’ in IIT Delhi today. You can watch the live streaming of the town hall event by clicking here. Facebook has come under criticism from the Indian online community for trying to push its version of limited Internet to ‘underprivileged’ people in India. The IIT […]
Infosys Ltd, one of India’s top IT consulting companies, said it had agreed to acquire Texas-based Noah Consulting LLC, “a leading provider advanced information management consulting services for the oil and gas industry” for $70 mln cash. Noah Consulting helps upstream oil and gas companies, including super majors, independents and oil field service companies plan, […]
Philips Lighting has introduced its Hue platform that lets people control the lights iin their homes using mobile apps and the web. “Philips Hue is the next generation of lighting innovation that has redefined the possibilities of LED technology by integrating the digital light source with the Internet of Things concept,” it said. The platform […]
