Security app start-up innovates on mobile anti-theft, women safety reaches 9 million downloads

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Priority to quickly take data protection bill to Parliament: New IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad

Prasad, 64, was on Friday appointed as the new minister for telecommunications

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TCS revenue from Tata firms grows over 13% in FY19

Companies typically spend 1-2% of total revenue on information technology, making the $100-billion Tata Group a significant source of business for IT companies in India.

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Tech Mahindra collaborates with Cisco, deploys solutions at Hyderabad campus

Tech Mahindra and Cisco have collaborated on go-to-market strategies in various areas, including smart cities, banking, and others.

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Used handset sellers expect panic selling of Huawei phones

The ban will mean that gradually the supply of Huawei smartphones on OLX will reduce over time.

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Setting minimum broadband speed not possible: Rajan Mathews

Consumers feel telcos aren't delivering their promised Internet speeds, let alone a bare minimum level of speed.

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HCL Technologies sees a scoring chance in ManU platform

The top-tier IT services firm is talking to sports franchisees and consumer-facing businesses that may have similar requirements.

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No mass job cuts, freshers to get 20% more from next year, says Cognizant

The Teaneck, New Jersey-headquartered company slashed its revenue growth guidance earlier this month and said it was looking at cutting jobs to reduce costs.

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Samsung sees ‘value’ in going online exclusive

Asim Warsi, senior vice-president, mobile business, Samsung India, said it is focusing on value market share and consumer offtake instead of shipment data.

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Niti Aayog plans index to rank states on artificial intelligence adoption

A senior government official told ET that the Aayog has been aggressively pushing for adoption of AI and it is natural that the outcome of states' initiatives on AI are assessed.

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Google relies on growing underclass: Temps who outnumber full-timers

High-tech companies have long promoted the idea that they are egalitarian, idyllic workplaces.

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Cognizant to offer higher pay package to entry-level engineers

Engineering students graduating in June 2020 will see the offer made by the US-based company increase from Rs 3.38 lakh per annum to Rs 4 lakh.

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US to help India check online child pornography

The MoU will provide access to more than one lakh Tipline reports available with the NCMEC and enable law enforcement agencies in India.

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Indian IT looks homeward as digital transformation kicks in

As cos look at more automation and start using IT for business growth, the space for Indian IT firms in the local market is widening.

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IT’s new CEOs driving double-digit growth at mid-cap companies in India

Digital-heavy strategy and deep skill sets brought by CEOs from larger tech firms pay off.

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TikTok's parent firm planning its own smartphone: Report

ByteDance, the Beijing-based parent company of TikTok, is planning to venture into the hardware world with its own smartphone.

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Tech Mahindra and MKI collaborate to develop solutions for Japanese market

Tech Mahindra will create a 300-member engineering pool for Mitsui Knowledge Industry (MKI) in Japan and offshore locations.

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Data speeds: Why India is falling behind

India's global ranking fell to 121 from 109 a year ago as other countries rose much faster on the index of data speed.

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Wipro wins deal from Fruit of the Loom

The firm is expected to begin phased transition of its IT services to Wipro and the process will continue through March next year.

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Higher US staff costs will hurt margins of IT companies

Crisil findings show that IT margins may contract by up to 80 basis points in FY20.

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SAP Concur appoints Mankiran Chowhan as India MD

Chowhan held key sales management positions during the her 15-year tenure at Gartner before becoming the country manager for sales in India.

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US visa rules to hit IT cos' profits, margins in FY20: Report

The industry's operating margins will narrow by 0.30- 0.80 per cent largely on an increase in local hires.

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Artificial Intelligence to double innovation rate in India by 2021: Study

To meet the AI skills required by business leaders, Microsoft had announced the launch of its AI Business School earlier this year.

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India should tap people strength to build its IP: CEO, Western Digital

Stephen Milligan believes that India will continue to be a hub for designing cutting edge products with local IP.

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Cognizant begins to rationalise top deck

The voluntary separation programme could be for 300-400 executives holding the title of a director.

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Data may remain at centre of NDA govt’s tech policy

Technology giants Facebook, Google, Twitter and ByteDance are expected to take a hit from the personal data protection bill.

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Smaller rivals may gain in India at Huawei’s cost

Oppo is making a second attempt at cracking the premium smartphone segment — those costing over Rs 30,000 — with the launch of its new premium series Reno.

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Infosys completes acquisition of 75% stake in ABN AMRO Bank subsidiary Stater

In March, the country's second largest IT services firm had said it will acquire 75 per cent stake in Stater for 127.5 million euros (about Rs 989 crore).

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No private user details leaked: Instagram

An Instagram spokesperson said the database of Chtrbox had publicly available information from many sources, one of which was Instagram.

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India 2nd in government requests for users' data on Facebook

During the second half of 2018, the volume of content restrictions based on local law increased globally by 135 per cent, from 15,337 to 35,972.

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Tech policy to be predictable; privacy bills, focus on local internet and hardware ecosystem

“It’s going to be predictable 5 years on where the technology policy is moving,” said Nikhil Narendran, Partner at Trilegal.

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India PC market declines 8.3 pc to 2.15 mn units in Jan-Mar quarter

Besides, big commercial deals, market remained weak due to weak consumer demand, high inventory from previous quarters, and supply issues for Intel chips.

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WhatsApp tipline gets 70k requests to verify messages

The India tip line was set up under a research project to combat fake news during the general elections held over seven phases from April 11 to May 19 and was launched by PROTO, an India-based media skilling startup.

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Leaked data were already public: Chtrbox

Accounts said to have been leaked are in the early thousands, not in millions, says company.

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4.8 billion downloads in just 3 months, India tops in app instals

MXPlayer only Indian firm to figure in top 10 most downloaded.

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After US muscle flexing, Flex halts shipments to Huawei

US contract manufacturer stops all shipments to Chinese firm, including from Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu.

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Google experiences 'indexing' issues, users see stale search results

Users searching for updated news content -- not finding latest results for a few hours.

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UST global elevates Krishna Sudheendra as CEO

Sudheendra is taking over as the CEO from Sajan Pillai, who has retired.

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4G tablet market grows 62% in India in Q1, Lenovo leads

Lenovo with 26 per cent led the market, followed by Samsung at 17 per cent and iBall also at 17 per cent. Apple was fourth with 9 per cent market share.

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Apple nurturing young Indian coders to create Next-Gen apps

Apple has taken another significant leap: nurturing young talent in coding across schools and colleges in India.

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Make Microsoft president new FB CEO: Ex-security chief

Speaking at the Collision Tech Conference in Toronto on Tuesday, Alex Stamos said Zuckerberg needs to give up some of his control of Facebook and hire a new CEO, reports CNN.

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Real threat: Truecaller data available for sale

Data of Indian users, who make up 60-70% of Truecaller’s global user base of nearly 140 mn, is being sold for about Rs 1.5 lakh on the so-called dark web.

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Here’s why your video calls freeze and drop so often

Countries like China or Singapore have 75-80% of their telecom towers connected to fibre, but in India the number is at a mere 20%.

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WhatsApp says it moved fast to contain spyware attack damage

"We are committed to doing all we can to prevent these abuses to our systems,” the Facebook-owned company said in its response to the government.

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Instagram investigates user data mishandling issue

Mishandling linked to Indian firm Chtrbox as per reports, company denies involvement.

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Freshworks acquires SF-based customer success company Natero

Natero uses analysis of past behavior to create customer health scores that companies use to increase their customer base and retention rates.

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Without Google, Huawei phones could become paperweights: Report

Rival phone brands Samsung, Xiaomi, Oppo would benefit from Google's suspension of services to Huawei, Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post reported.

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US-based Array Networks to supply networking hardware for Agra smart city

In September 2016, Agra that houses historic Taj Mahal has been selected for the smart city with Rs 2,133 crore makeover spend.

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Alarming lessons from Facebook's push to stop fake news in India

Facebook, Twitter Inc. and Google parent Alphabet Inc. are discovering the harsh reality that disinformation and hate speech are even more challenging in emerging markets than in places like the U.S. or Europe.

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Infosys asked to produce code, documents in Australian dispute

Qudos Bank had accused Indian firm of copying its intellectual property to help Australian Military Bank.

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