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Modi hooks Microsoft, Google, Qualcom and Facebook to `Digital India'
28 Sep 2015
While Google plans to enable Wi-Fi internet to 500 railway stations, Microsoft wants to help the government take low-cost broadband to five lakh villages, Chip-maker Qualcomm will set up a $150 million fund for start-ups in India and Facebook has started a project to enable Wi-Fi hotspots in rural India
Cyber security firm offers $1 mn bounty to hack iOS 9
23 Sep 2015
To win the money, hackers would have to use a web page or text message to remotely bypass the iOS 9 security and discretely install an application on the iPhone or iPad by 31 October
Indian IT firms in US paid $22 bn in taxes in 5 years; boosted jobs: report
22 Sep 2015
The report also asserted that while overall unemployment in the US was 6.2 per cent, it was only 2.7 per cent in tech sector, belying the impression that foreign guest workers were adding to the US unemployment situation
Bengaluru’s billionaire club floats Rs100-cr trust to promote responsible media
22 Sep 2015
Rohini Nilekani, a former journalist, , author and philanthropist, is believed to have invested Rs30 crore in the trust that will give a fresh lease of life to new age media
Google launches app to predict future
21 Sep 2015
Apple App Store hit with malware in China
21 Sep 2015
Apple confirmed last night that it was removing several infected apps after a malicious program dubbed “XcodeGhost” was found embedded in hundreds of legitimate apps
HCL, IBM tie up for Internet of Things solutions
21 Sep 2015
Marco Arment withdraws ad blocker Peace app over concerns of hurting independent web publishers
19 Sep 2015
Google probe report ‘only beginning’: CCI chief
19 Sep 2015
Facebook to push ahead with internet.org in India
18 Sep 2015
Facebook on Thursday said it will not pull out its controversial internet.org from India despite widespread criticism that it favoured provided access only to select providers
HP to cut 25,000 to 30,000 jobs in enterprise business
16 Sep 2015
Ahead of splitting itself into two separate entities, HP aims to save $2 billion annually through the new job cuts, which follow 55,000 cuts over the past three years
IBM launches health initiative around Watson
11 Sep 2015
Sebi asks 10 Satyam scam accused to return Rs1,800 cr
11 Sep 2015
In the nearly seven-year-old Satyam scam case, market regulator Sebi on Thursday asked 10 entities linked to the main accused B Ramalinga Raju - including his mother, brother and son - to disgorge over Rs 1,800 crore worth of illegal
Dell to expand in China
10 Sep 2015
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