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SwiftKey app can make you write like Shakespeare!
09 Apr 2016
Free to download for Android, the app marking the 400th death anniversary of William Shakespeare intersperses Shakespearean lingo with our own to make you sound like the Bard of Avon – and it learns as you go along
Blackstone to acquire Mphasis in a Rs7,701 cr deal
04 Apr 2016
The acquisition of Mphasis is Blackstone's largest acquisition in India and the largest private equity transaction in the country
Flaw in US state dept database exposes travellers to US to risk of theft of their details
02 Apr 2016
Breakthrough in cybersecurity is no phish story
02 Apr 2016
Researcher develops SCAM model to explain why people fall for spear phishing
40 years of Apple: what a long, bumpy ride it’s been
01 Apr 2016
On 1 April 1976, two young friends – Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak – got together in a garage and put together their first personal computer kit, the Apple I. The rest, as they say, is history
New app launched to keep Windows 10 at bay
29 Mar 2016
Dell to sell IT consulting arm to Japan's NTT
28 Mar 2016
Dell Inc is expected to soon announce the sale of its non-core information technology consulting arm to Japan’s NTT Data Corp for $3.5 billion as it seeks to fund its acquisition of EMC Corp
Microsoft meets investors trying to buy out Yahoo: report
26 Mar 2016
Microsoft is reported to have met with possible bidders for Yahoo such as Verizon Communications and private equity firms, who needs backing from the software maker for their offers
Bike-taxi app Baxi now goes internet-free
21 Mar 2016
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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?
By Aniket Gupta | 06 Dec 2023
Ponzi schemes have long captivated the public imagination, drawing unsuspecting investors into a web of illusion and deception.
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
02 Apr 2023
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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