By the end of 2017, market demand for mobile app development services will grow at least five times faster than internal IT organization capacity to deliver them, according to Gartner, Inc. Gartner forecasts mobile phone sales will reach 2.1 billion units by 2019, which will fuel demand for apps in the enterprise that meet the […]
MMP Mobi Wallet Payment Systems, a subsidiary of Tata Teleservices, announced a tie up today with Manappuram Finance, one of India’s leading gold loan NBFCs, for providing online repayment option to its customers. At present, gold loan customers have to physically go to the NBFC’s branches every month to pay interest and keep the loan […]
Rolta India, which has found itself in the midst of allegations of financial impropriety recently, said it has appointed Distributors in China, Russia and Germany to extend its reach in these markets. “These partners will promote Rolta solutions including BI and Big Data Analytics with a special focus on the flagship Rolta OneView™ Enterprise Suite,” it said. […]
One of the questions any investor in Internet stocks must come to terms with is the future of Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG), and how it will be impacted by the rise of Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB). Should you bet on the search giant or the social networking giant? Can Facebook ever be as good as Google in […]
With every passing day almost, the next-generation ARM Cortex A72 processor core continues to surprise with its robust performance in benchmarking charts. The ARM Cortex A72 is the new heavy-hitter processor technology from UK’s ARM Holdings that will feature in nearly all high-end, and some mid-range, processors that are going to be launched starting from […]
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd has won shareholder approval for its ongoing merger with unit CMC Ltd. TCS had announced the merger late last year. A court convened meeting of shareholders of TCS was called yesterday, and over 99% of the votes cast on the subject were in favor of the merger. TCS already owned a […]
NASSCOM proposes a synergistic model for Internet platforms, applications and TSPs while strongly advocating net-neutrality National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) made a strong pitch for India to continue with net neutrality, responding to the TRAI consultative paper on Regulatory framework for OTT services. “NASSCOM believes that the Users Right to Choose is […]
New benchmark scores for MediaTek’s implementation of ARM Holdings’ latest core design indicate that MediaTek and ARM are likely to have potential chips suitable for notebooks, servers and even desktop PCs by the end of this year or early next year. These chips would be potentially more powerful than those found in the new Apple […]
Yesterday was that many Indian smartphone vendors such as Micromax, Spice Mobility, Lava and Xolo would remember. It was yesterday that Lenovo proved that it’s low-priced 4G phone, the A6000, was no flash in the pan like Xiaomi Mi3, but that it intended to follow through and put up the capable A7000 as proof of […]
e-commerce in India is set to cross $16 billion in sales by the end of this year, according to an ASSOCHAM- Deloitte joint study released today. The digital commerce market in India has grown steadily from $4.4 billion in 2010 to $13.6 billion in 2014 and likely to touch $16 billion by the end of […]
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd seems to be on track to report a disappointing full year. The company warned in an analyst meet that its revenue would be impacted by foreign exchange movements. However, such cross currency movements are unlikely to affect its profits much. At its analyst meet today, TCS stated that its final quarter […]
Even as International Data Corporation (IDC) claimed that local player iBall overtook Samsung as India’s most popular tablet brand last quarter, IDC’s rival and former partner CyberMedia has released numbers that show Samsung on top. CyberMedia Research is today an independent technology market intelligence firm and tracks tablet and phone shipments in India, among other […]
UHD-4K monitors have started coming to India in a big way. The latest is the 27-inch Asus PB279, priced at Rs 65,000. “The PB279Q has native 3840 x 2160 4K/UHD resolution and a pixel density of 163 pixels per inch (ppi). A wide 100% sRGB color gamut and 10-bit color technology means the PB279Q provides […]
It may be banned in India, but that has not prevented India’s neighbour Bangladesh from going online in a big way with Google’s Street View. The service allows users to virtually walk along any street using their computer or mobile phone using the Google Maps app. Globally, 65 countries are on Google Street View. Google […]
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation (NASDAQ: CTSH), a leading provider of information technology, consulting, and business process outsourcing services, said Q4 revenue rose to $2.74 billion, up 16.4% from the year-ago quarter and 6.2% sequentially. In comparison, Infosys and TCS have reported sequential growth in the range of 1% for the same quarter. Adjusted for acquisitions, […]
Infosys has appointed Roopa Kudva, CEO of ratings and analytics company CRISIL, as an Independent Member of its Board of Directors. Kudva has “led CRISIL’s evolution from India’s leading credit rating agency to a diversified analytical company with clients ranging from the largest investment banks of the world to tens of thousands of small firms […]
Intel has always been held up as the maker of the most powerful processors, but with yesterday’s announcement that nearly 60 phones with the Snapdragon 810 processor are in the works, the Chipzilla has lost the status in the mobile world. According to a statement from Qualcomm yesterday, Motorola, Oppo, Sony, Nokia, LG and Xiaomi […]
HP has released India’s first Broadwell, or fifth-generation Core processor, powered laptop, priced at Rs 39,990. The Core M powered laptop, called 11-n108TU x360, is available on HP’s Online store in India, as well as on Flipkart, where it is priced Rs 42,990. The HP Pavilion 11-n108TU x360 is not only India’s first laptop, but […]
FITE, which was formed by disgruntled IT workers to prevent large-scale layoffs in the sector, hailed the withdrawal of the termination letter to a female employee that has been challenged in a labor court in Chennai. The ‘Forum for IT Employees’, a semi-formal organisation that uses social media extensively for propagating its stands and attracting […]
FITE said it would hold a protest in Delhi today at 1 pm against what it called unjust termination of staff by TCS. TCS had, in its earnings press conference yesterday, asserted that the company had a policy of ‘involuntary attrition’ of those who failed to keep up with performance requirements. It also said only […]
