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Facebook trying to muster user support for internet.org ahead of DoT report
08 Aug 2015
Internet.org, a Facebook-led initiative partnering tech giants like Samsung and Qualcomm and mobile operators in India, proposes to bring 5 billion people online
Facebook to test drone `Aquila’ for internet access in remote areas
01 Aug 2015
The sun-powered Aquila drone would operate between 18km and 27km above the altitude of commercial airplanes and stay up in the air for 90 days at a time
Facebook's Oculus unit to buy Israeli gesture recognition technology developer Pebbles Interfaces
17 Jul 2015
Based in Israel, Pebbles Interfaces has spent the past five years developing technology that uses custom optics, sensor systems and algorithms to detect and track hand movement
Google adds real-time trends to Google Trends
19 Jun 2015
Social media usage in urban India rises by 100%
17 Jun 2015
LinkedIn crosses 30 million-user mark
08 May 2015
Facebook hit with bug that deletes users’ posts
02 May 2015
Google’s Person Finder app helps connect families with missing persons in quake-hit Nepal
27 Apr 2015
Net neutrality: Facebook’s Internet.org faces trouble in India
17 Apr 2015
The Internet.org programme and other such deals have been criticised for violating the principles of net neutrality by creating “walled gardens” that limit free access to a few preferred content providers and services
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
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HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
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Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
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Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation
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