Samsung wants crown back, seeks to blunt Xiaomi’s edge

The company’s new M-series of smartphones will be targeted at ‘millennials’, who are flocking to ecommerce platforms to buy smartphones.

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New Indian IT rules take social media giants to task

Facebook, with close to 300 million users and over 200 million users for its WhatsApp service in India, is also bullish on the future growth prospects.

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Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw gets second term as Infosys' lead independent director

Mazumdar-Shaw also serves as the chairperson and managing director of biopharmaceutical company Biocon.

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Hold robust consultation, ensure safety-privacy balance: Twitter, Internet companies on social media norms

Against this backdrop, Twitter's Global Vice President (Public Policy) Colin Crowell told PTI that any promulgation of new rules in this area should only come after a robust consultation.

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TCS appoints Daniel Hughes Callahan as Independent Director

Daniel Hughes Callahan has been appointed as an Additional and Independent Director for a period of five years with effect from January 10, 2019, TCS said in a statement.

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Social media giants plan push-back on India's new regulations: Sources

The rules would compel platforms such as Facebook , its messaging service WhatsApp and Twitter to remove unlawful content, such as anything that affected the 'sovereignty and integrity of India'.

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Google can limit 'right to be forgotten' to European Union says top court adviser

Maciej Szpunar's opinion was welcomed by Google, which locked horns with France's privacy watchdog after being fined in 2016 for failing to delist sensitive information beyond the borders of the EU.

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