Bahrain to soon enact data privacy, data sovereignty laws
Bahrain will enact data privacy and data sovereignty laws in the next few months, Khalid Al Rumaihi, Chief Executive Officer of Bahrain Ec
Chinese company Gionee to stop making feature phones
Aims to up smartphone market share in North and East
BharatMatrimony launches web app
Online matchmaking platform BharatMatrimony launched the Progressive Web App (PWA) that offers an app-like experience on smart phones with
Intellecap facilitating firms to meet automation, AI challenges
Intellecap, which helps entrepreneurs in the social sector to scale up with solutions and in facilitating funding, is embracing a tech-dri
Nikon to focus on smartphone users to capture DSLR market
Television commercials of all major smartphone firms proclaim the camera capabilities of their devices, making you believe that it’s all
Tribes India products to be sold on Amazon
To popularise the ‘Tribes India’ brand in national and international markets, Trifed has signed a memorandum of understanding with Ama
Ecom Express Pvt Ltd, an end-to-end logistics solutions provider for the e-commerce industry, has appointed Mayank Gupta as Senior Vice-Pr
Flipkart, Amazon high on smartphone sales, but far away from profitability
E-tailers go all out to grab market share, but hardly aim at making profits: experts
Instagram Monthly Users Cross 800 Million
Instagram is marching on its way to become a service that boasts one billion users. The Facebook-owned service today announced that it now
Obama Warned Zuckerberg To Take Fake News Threat ‘Seriously’
There has been a lot of talk about whether or not the spread of fake news and disinformation on Facebook influenced the 2016 presidential e
Telcos want TRAI to defer new call drop rule by six months
Telecom operators have requested the sector regulator TRAI to defer new call drop rules by six months in order to tune their networks as p
Sony brings 3D scanning to the pocket with the Xperia XZ1 smartphone
Sony's latest smartphone the XZ1 come with a host of new features including the ability to scan objects in crisp and clear 3D. The phone w
Triocodes launches Smart Force app for tracking salesmen working outdoors
The Kochi based software firm Triocodes Private Limited has launched – Smart Force -- a mobile app to help companies for tracking salesm
Google Introduces News Tools for YouTube Video Advertisers
The new tools are designed to help businesses deliver more personalized ads and measure effectiveness, company says.
Infosys Foundation inks Rs 5-cr pact with IISc to enhance research at CIDR
Infosys Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Infosys, has signed a Rs 5-crore MoU with the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, to enha
L&T Technology Services sets up design centre in Chennai
L&T Technology Services Ltd (LTTS), an engineering and R&D services (ER&D) arm of infrastructure major Larsen & Toubro, ha
I don’t see any competition, says Flipkart CEO
‘E-commerce is an infinite market if you offer a good value proposition’
Amazon picks up 5% stake in Shoppers Stop
Amazon’s strategy to tap into India’s offline market has got a boost with the firm picking up 5 per cent stake in Shoppers Stop.The tw
85% of Amazon’s new customers in festival sale from tier-2, 3 cities
Amazon.in’s Great Indian Festival sale, which ended at Sunday midnight, witnessed a sharp spike in customer acquisition, with 85 per cen
‘Majority of elderly in Delhi-NCR feel excluded from India’s digital lite..
The Centre’s flagship Digital India scheme, to create a digitally-empowered society, may elude a vast section of the country’s populat
SBI has provisioned for stressed telecom sector, says Chairperson Arundhati B..
The telecom sector continues to be under stress and the State Bank of India is making extra provisions for this, according to the bank’s
NDTV shareholders approve sale of its auto e-commerce unit
Media house NDTV today said its shareholders have approved sale of its automobile e-commerce firm Fifth Gear Ventures Limited to Autobyte
Mobile tower players welcomes Odisha’s new policy
* Time-bound approvals and minimum charges for erection * Comprehensive tower policy * To address issues such as call drops, network outag
Zuckerberg to sell shares for charity efforts
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has said he will sell a large number of his company’s shares that could raise upto USD 12 billion that
Nasscom expects IT industry to deliver strong performance next fiscal
Sees revival of financial sector investments and a greater hardening of demand in the US
Google launches crowdsourced movie reviews feature in India
Google has launched a feature that allows users to contribute to movie and television reviews within Search results. The tech giant has co
Telecom sector under stress: SBI chief
The country’s largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) today reiterated that the telecom sector was under stress and the bank was doing
India calls for global action to counter use of Internet for radicalisation
Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar made the remarks during a high-level meeting at the UN on ‘Preventing Terrorist Use of Internet’
Google celebrates Indian scientist Asima Chatterjee’s centenary birth anniv..
Search Engine giant Google, on Saturday, paid tributes to Indian scientist Asima Chatterjee with a special doodle, on her 100th birth anni
Aditya Birla Group shuts down its online fashion retail unit
Diversified conglomerate Aditya Birla Group might just have shut its e-commerce venture too early. The textile to telecom major had launch
Taiwan firm ATEN eyes 30% revenue growth this year
Taiwan-headquartered ATEN International, a provider of IT connectivity and total management solutions, expects to grow 30 per cent revenue
Tax tech solutions firm Adaequare gets nod to serve as GST Suvidha Provider
Adaequare Group, a Hyderabad-based tax technology solutions company, has been selected to facilitate tax transformation and compliance man
Intex targets 20% growth in mobile accessories vertical
Indian consumer electronics company Intex is targeting a 20 per cent growth in its mobile accessories business. “This business clocked r
Flush with funds and thanks to festival sale, Flipkart may defer IPO
The IPO plans were in the offing late last year after Flipkart was struggling to raise funds as its valuation had dipped to about $6 billi
Apple’s iPhone 8 sees muted launch in Asia
Apple Inc’s launch of iPhone 8 kicked off in a less lively mood in Asia, versus previous debut, as fans held out for the premium iPhone
Samsung’s Bixby Voice now works in India
Owners of Samsung’s flagships - the Galaxy S8, S8+ and Note 8 - will now be able to use another voice assistant besides Google’s on th
Microsoft Debuts Azure Availability Zones to Reduce Outage Risk
Azure Availability Zones add fault tolerance and high availability for business-critical cloud applications that can't fail.
Bombay HC sets aside CCI order in Reliance Jio case
In a relief to cellular operators Idea, Airtel and Vodafone India, the Bombay High Court has set aside a Competition Commission of India (
Facebook Drops Plan for New Stock Type to Benefit Zuckerberg
Stockholders claimed the proposed non-voting stock shares, insulated from those sold on the public market, would have weakened stockholders
Microsoft Facebook Complete Undersea Cable Link Between U.S., Spain
The high-speed cross-Atlantic link will help Microsoft and Facebook reach more users in Southern Europe and points beyond.
Application of air-sensitive semiconductors in nanoelectronics
A research group consisting of scientists from Tomsk Polytechnic University, Germany and Venezuela proved the existence of chemical bonds b
Indian e-governance model unique on many counts: UST Global
Received wisdom in e-governance is that going digital is not a choice anymore, but is the only option to maintain the quality of life of c
New IUC rates will jeopardise rural coverage: Idea Cellular
Idea Cellular has said that the decision by the telecom regulator to reduce mobile termination rates was riddled with egregious infirmitie
Caricatures become an obsession
For Anokhy Desai, a new haircut or outfit requires more than a trip to the shopping center. These days, she also finds herself also diving
Ellison Claims Simplified Cloud Pricing Gives Oracle an Edge Over AWS
DAILY VIDEO: Oracle aims to overtake AWS with simplified cloud services pricing; Cloudflare and Google collaborate on app developer incenti
ShopClues launches fashion brand Meia for women
Online marketplace ShopClues on Thursday launched Meia, its first fashion wear exclusive label, to coincide with the festival season sales
HC sets aside competition panel order on RJio’s plea against three operator..
Dealing a blow to industrialist Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio Infocomm, the Bombay High Court has quashed a ruling by the country’s ant
Tata Tech plans to hit $500 m in revenues
Company will focus more on electric vehicle and automotive segments
With HTC deal, Google eyes a big bite of Apple’s pie
In the premium ?50,000 plus segment, iOS platform commands 50% market share