The Bennett, Coleman & Co Ltd, popularly known as the Times of India group, has decided to tweak its strategy for the online market (Internet). The group, which has always been pushing its ‘indiatimes.com’ brand, has now decided to co-opt other dotcoms in a partnership that it hopes will benefit both parties equally. Realizing that […]
As the Monsoon completes its onset across the whole of the subcontinent, latest rainfall indicate a comfortable situation for the country as a whole. At of yesterday, most of the regions of the country have received comfortable amount of rainfall and though, for the country as a whole, rainfall this season was 3% below average. […]
The return of growth has been accompanied by a strong appetite to increase spending on BPO projects, according to IT research firm Gartner. A survey of 600 mid-to-large companies in 14 countries found 54% of the respondents looking to increase their BPO spending this year by 5% or more. Out of this, 20% (of the […]
Despite Idea’s PR agency denying the accuracy of a story published by RTN almost a month ago, Vodafone India has reportedly confirmed the existence of 3g pact between itself and Idea. According to a report by the Hindu Business Line , Vodafone confirmed to the paper that the company does Indeed have such an agreement […]
The Corporate Affairs ministry, headed by Murli Deora has tried to play down the ‘clean chit’ that it allegedly gave to the Essar group and Loop Telecom on violating cross-ownership rules in Telecom. The controversy arose after the Supreme Court directed the CBI not to be influenced by the Ministry’s certifications or deviate from the […]
India’s largest IT services company TCS has announced a 6.3% jump in revenues for the second quarter. Net Profit at was Rs 2,415 crore, up 26.7% year on year, but down 2% compared to the first quarter of this year. Total revenues at were at Rs 10,797 crore up 31.4% Y-o-Y. CEO N Chandrasekaran said […]
The Motorola Droid 3, or what will ultimately be launched as the Motorola Milestone 3, is no Galaxy S2 or even an HTC Sensation. In terms of technology, the Droid 3 will perhaps score 70% marks where the Samsung Galaxy S2 scores a 100 and the HTC comes up with 90% (see chart above.) However, […]
The whole world may be going ga ga over mobile payments, but a survey by consulting firm KPMG may be enough to dampen the enthusiasm a bit. According to the international KPMG Mobile Payments Outlook survey of 1,000 executives in related fields around the World, most expect mobile payments to take four years to go […]
Nuance, arguably the World’s top speech-to-text and artificial intelligence company, has lent its technology to MapmyIndia’s in-vehicle navigation devices. Unlike traditional navigation devices, which make it difficult to understand the name of the street or area due to the in-built “American accent,” Nuance will develop a technology that will give MapmyIndia devices an “Indian accent.” […]
The whole world may be going ga ga over mobile payments, but a survey by consulting firm KPMG may be enough to dampen the enthusiasm a bit. According to the international KPMG Mobile Payments Outlook survey of 1,000 executives in related fields around the World, most expect mobile payments to take four years to go […]
Economists and experts worrying of an impending economic slowdown caused by rising prices, but hiring managers in Indian companies are not, according to the latest hiring numbers from Naukri.com — India’s biggest hiring portal. The company noted a 4% rise in hiring activity in June compared to May and a 19% jump year on year. […]
After consolidating its position in the very top-end of the power-computing market, IBM has now moved to bring the power of mainframes to the mid-range. It announced the launch of a new “affordable” mainframe targeted at both the mid-end and the emerging markets, called the z114 system. In its announcement of mini mainframes for the […]
Despite the US’ official stand favoring an expansion of the UN Security Council, new diplomatic cables leaked by Wikileaks show how it was doing everything it could to delay or mould the reform process to its ends. According to them, the US delegation to the United Nations worked out a clear strategy to delay or […]
Bollywood actor Imran Khan has decided to launch a new facebook page to gauge popular support to his recent campaign against what he sees as the interference of the Maharashtra government into personal freedoms. Imran Khan had earlier said that he will lodge a public interest litigation against the move to make it illegal for […]
VMware, the virtualization company owned by EMC, Oracle and Cisco turned out to be the fastest growing business software companies in India, according to Garnter’s assessment of the market for 2010. At 25%, Oracle recorded the fastest revenue growth among the top five firms while IBM ended up as the biggest seller of software to […]
The Congress has attacked the BJP for meeting with Civil Society activists such as Anna Hazare and Arvind Kejriwal, while refusing to come out clearly on its own stand on the suggestions by the campaigners. Abhishek Singhvi, congress spokesperson pointed out that the BJP has not come out with any clear stand, taking different excuses […]
Proving how important the thousands of crores of rupees meant for the National Rural Health Mission in UP were, the main accused in the murder of two reportedly upright officers has also been murdered. Dr Y S Sachan, Deputy Chief Medical Officer of Lucknow was found hanging in his jail cell yesterday. The Lucknow Police […]
The Congress Party has asked the opposition party BJP to “let go” off the report by the Public Accounts Committee on the 2G scam. Spokesperson Manish Tewari made the call on a day when a meeting of the Public Accounts Committee — the statutory Parliamentary body in charge of keeping a watch on government expenditure […]
Maria Susairaj, who completed her 3 year jail term for helping dispose of the body of slain Neeraj Grover, has denied that she cut her formers lover’s body into pieces. In a press conference, her advocate showed the photograph of the recovered body which showed the body more or less intact. “This photograph is part […]
Gartner India, the local unit of the global IT market research agency, seemed to be not so hopeful about the chances of the just unveiled Blackberry Playbook in India. The biggest downside, as has been pointed out by overseas reviewers, seems to be its inability to connect to a 3G or cellular network without help […]
