Clientele from these businesses are growing for soft-skill trainers. These sectors are still nascent, but demand is rising. These firms have witnessed an overall growth close to 30% in 6 months and 75-80% monthly. A majority of this hiring is in Bengaluru, Mumbai and Delhi. These trainings cater to blue-collared, grey-collared and white-collared workforce.
A close look at the complaint filed in a California court by WhatsApp against NSO Group, the Israeli technology firm that developed Pegasus, reveals the extent to which the spyware can collect data from an affected device.
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey recently said the company was banning political advertising as internet political advertising presents new challenges to civic discourse including unchecked misleading information and deep fakes at an increasing velocity and overwhelming scale.
On Thursday, IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad took to Twitter to reiterate the Centre’s concern at the breach of privacy of Indians, and said his ministry had sought an explanation from the app. WhatsApp has to reply by November 4. Home ministry officials aid attempts to 'malign the govt' for reported breach were misleading.
The Cybersecurity Policy of 2013 is open and technology neutral. But it needs upgradation. The digital economy today comprises 14-15% of India’s total economy, and is targeted to reach 20% by 2024. India has more than 120 recognised ‘data centres’ and clouds.
All the 'Airtel Xstrema Fibre' plan will now come with minimum of 100 megabit per second speed in the range of Rs 799 to Rs 3,999 with video entertainment platforms bundled with them. Except the basic plan, Airtel has bundled access to Netflix for three months, Amazon Prime for 12 months and unlimited Zee5 and Airtel Xstream content in all the plans.
Qualitest, an independent quality assurance and engineering company said former Cognizant President Rajeev Mehta has joined the board. Mehta will spend the next three months visiting a selection of Qualitest’s global offices in London, the United States and India to get an understanding of the company practices.
Earlier this year, the company said, it rolled out Touch ID and Face ID for iPhone users to provide an extra layer of security for WhatsApp users. "Today we’re introducing similar authentication, allowing you to unlock the app with your fingerprint, on supported Android phones," the company said in a statement.
Ravi Shankar Prasad tweeted that the government is committed to protecting the privacy of Indian citizens. He asserted that government agencies have a "well-established protocol for interception which includes sanction and supervision from highly ranked officials in central and state governments, for clear stated reasons in national interest".
Agarwal, the former chief transformation officer of Future Group, has been tasked to develop and direct the company’s strategies and teams towards revenue and growth objectives, the Bengaluru-headquartered company said in a press release.
Twitter Chief Executive Jack Dorsey tweeted that political advertising on Twitter is an effective way to influence followers, yet poses significant risks of misinformation that could mislead on a massive level. On the other hand, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg supports free campaigning through online platforms, letting the netizens decide for themselves.
This will be the largest dedicated team from an IT services provider for Google Cloud, top execs said. HCL will set up three Google Cloud-specific labs, one each in Dallas, London and Noida. HCL will work on pilots for clients and enable their shift to Google’s cloud platform. Google and HCL Technologies will jointly market the solutions to clients
The social networking company said about 2.2 billion people used at least one of its apps on a daily basis in September, and around 2.8 billion were active on a monthly basis. The company, which is one of the largest ad platforms globally, saw its ad revenue in the September quarter rise 28 per cent YoY to $17.38 billion.
Facebook's messaging platform alleged that the Israeli NSO Group targeted some 1,400 users. While WhatsApp declined to reveal the identities and exact number of those targeted for surveillance in India, its spokesperson confirmed that the it was aware of those targeted and had contacted each one of them. The NSO Group said it disputes the allegations and will vigorously fight them.
Net profit at Twitter Communications India rose 108% to Rs 5.8 crore, according to company filings sourced from Veratech.
Founder NR Narayana Murthy and former senior executive TV Mohandas Pai were also marked in the mail that was sent to the board of Infosys last month by a whistleblower who alleged financial malfeasance by top executives.
Cognizant is also exiting its content moderation business for clients such as social media giant Facebook. The Co will remove 10,000-12,000 mid-to-senior employees from their current roles, and resell and redeploy about 5000 of those impacted.
With digital becoming part of most deals, CEO says firm may switch to traditional segmentation of services.
The target of the iPhone maker is to ship at least 80 million of the new 5G iPhone models in a bid to overtake embattled Chinese tech giant Huawei, CNET reports.
Angela Merkel and PM Narendra Modi are expected to discuss trade, investment, regional security and climate change. Both countries could sign agreements in areas such as AI and green urban mobility, German ambassador said.
During the period, the company sold over 8.5 million smartphones, with Redmi Note 7 series being the best selling series. The company also sold over 600,000 Mi TVs during the period.
Massive investments in reskilling staff as well as local hiring help IT ride out the digital disruption. Nearly a third of India’s IT revenue comes from digital, a segment that is growing over double digits for these firms.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) claims Google collected, kept and used “highly sensitive and valuable personal information” of Android phone and tablet users without giving them an informed choice.
Wipro is currently hiring graduates from Virginia Tech, Virginia Commonwealth University, University of Virginia, University of Richmond and other local institutions.
ICICI Securities said in a report released on Tuesday that it did not find any irregularities. The brokerage firm has upgraded its rating on Infosys from hold to buy.
At present, when a platform receives a takedown order in India, it blocks that particular piece of content geographically. This means the content is not visible in India, but can be seen outside its borders.
The interactive business requires more design as well as user interaction and experience building to hook end customers to a digital product or make a digital experience more enjoyable.
These apps were published by Gujarat-based AppAspect Technologies Pvt. Ltd and the iPhone maker has removed all 17 apps as they are no longer available for download on the App Store.
The appellate tribunal observed that there was a pre-existing dispute between the firm and Intex Technologies, and the NCLT has rightly rejected it.
In the previous financial year, revenues from Africa had grown at 9.5%. The number of $5 million plus clients increased from 20 to 23 in the quarter, while the revenue from the top 20 clients has grown from 56.6%.
The company's revenue from operation fell 19% to Rs 10,538.3 crore while profit plunged more than 70% to Rs 262.3 crore. "The employee benefits expense too increased by 48% in FY19," said Mohit Yadav, founder, Veratech Intelligence.
Facebook declined to say who is getting paid and how much, saying only that it will be paying ``a range of publishers for access to all of their content.'' Just last year, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said he wasn't sure it ``makes sense " to pay news outlets.
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Riding on the success of the recently launched products including OnePlus Android TV, the company has emerged as the best-selling premium brand in both smart TV and smartphone categories on Amazon and offline partner stores.
Samsung recently ended mobile telephone production in China due to intensifying competition from domestic rivals as it expands its facility in India. India now has 268 mobile manufacturing companies including some of the biggest players in industry.
Apart from Rosen Law Firm, 3 other US firms have put out notices for filing class action suits against Infosys.
US SEC has begun an investigation into whistleblower claims even as market regulator Sebi has asked the IT services firm for additional information. Infosys says it was aware of a class action lawsuit and intends to defend itself vigorously
Law firm Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas and consultancy EY has been tasked to probe the whistleblower charges.
The announcement followed the launch of its global delivery centre in Bengaluru early this week. The company plans to make India move towards the usage of electric vehicles, away from fossil fuels. TechnoPro already has its centres in Hyderabad & Pune.
Among the companies surveyed in India, nearly half of them operate with more than 10 security tools within their infrastructure to secure their Cloud.
NFRA comes under the Ministry of Corporate Affairs. Markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) and US Securities and Exchange Commission are also looking into the Infosys matter following the whistleblower complaints.
The company, which globally launched its smart televisions from India in August, claimed to have taken 42% share of the premium smart TV segment on online partner Amazon during the first few days of festive sales.
The firm posted 13% growth in revenue in the previous FY at Rs 7,301 crore.
The BSE has asked the Bengaluru-headquartered firm to provide an explanation citing Sebi regulations.
Microsoft India reported an 8% jump in net profit to Rs. 386 crore during the same period. Microsoft India's total expenses for the fiscal were reported as Rs. 6,699 crore.
“An open, incentivized ecosystem can make trillions of loyalty points fungible as digital tokens," said Lakshminarasimhan (Lakshmi) Srinivasan, Global Head, Blockchain Services, TCS.
Former NASSCOM President expressed the view that if there was a "hard" Brexit, the UK would look for new partners and also eye establishing (new) partnerships in technology space. UK's trade linkage with India will eventually help the IT sector.
“With the new R&D center, Rubrik is proving it’s unique dual development center strategy and strengthening strategic business and trade ties between the US and India,” said John Chambers, Board Advisor of Rubrik.
The whistle-blowers' letter has accused the tech major's Chief Executive Officer Salil Parekh of instigating employees to inflate profits, mis-represent the lucrativeness of deals, even of abusing travel privileges.
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