Telecom
Vodafone offers $10.1 bn for Germany's Kabel Deutschland
24 Jun 2013
The acquisition will enable Vodafone to add 8.5 million fixed line subscribers to its mobile offerings and expand its services in digital, high definition and analog TV, Pay TV and DVR offerings, Video on Demand and broadband services
Almost half of mobile apps access privacy-sensitive data on iOS devices, computer scientists find
22 Jun 2013
Sprint Nextel raises bid for Clearwire by 47 %
22 Jun 2013
Clearwire is the fifth-largest wireless operator in the US providing high-speed mobile internet and residential internet access services to 88 markets in the country covering 134 million subscribers, a majority of which are Sprint subscribers
Samsung unveils Ativ Q tablet running both Windows 8 and Android
21 Jun 2013
Samsung Electronics Co has introduced its first tablet capable of running on both Microsoft Corp Windows 8 and applications based on Google Inc Android
Now 60 million women in India are Internet users
21 Jun 2013
Vodafone receives fresh spectrum in 14 circles
20 Jun 2013
SC to hear PIL over NSA snooping on Indian data
19 Jun 2013
Nine US-based internet companies operating in India through agreements signed with Indian users, shared 6.3 billion information / data with the US National Security Agency
Vodafone raises Kabel Deutschland bid to $10 bn
19 Jun 2013
By acquiring the biggest cable provider in Germany, Vodafone would add 8.5 million connections and fixed-line services to its mobile offerings
China's WeChat says complied with all Indian laws and regulations
19 Jun 2013
China’s text and voice messaging service operator, Tencent, which may be facing a likely ban in India, said, it had complied with all relevant local laws and regulations, PTI reports
EU to scrap mobile phone roaming charges
17 Jun 2013
Roaming charges to fall from 1 July
17 Jun 2013
Apple to launch iPhones for $99
17 Jun 2013
The company is reportedly looking at iPhones with bigger screens and would launch the low-cost phone in a range of colours as soon as this year
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Lighter than air, yet very, very powerful
By Kiron Kasbekar | 03 Jan 2024
In March 2013 Chinese scientists pulled off a remarkable feat. They created the world’s lightest aerogel. Tipping the scales at a mere 0.16 milligrams per cubic centimeter – that’s a sixth of the weight of air!
COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
By Aniket Gupta | 27 Dec 2023
The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, took place from 30th November 2023, to 13th December 2023, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
What is a Ponzi scheme?
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
03 Jul 2023
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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Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
06 Mar 2023
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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