US hiring to be a sustained effort, onboarded over 7,600 people: Infosys

The Bengaluru-based company reported 20.3 per cent increase in revenue from operations at Rs 21,400 crore in the said quarter.

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Microsoft to officially kill Windows phones

According to Microsoft, its virtual assistant Cortana is no longer in direct competition with Amazon's Alexa and Google's Assistant.

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Facebook faces 'record-setting' fine over privacy violations: Report

According to a report in The New York Times citing sources late Friday, the FTC "is in the advanced stages of its investigation into whether Facebook violated privacy rules and is expected to seek large fines from the company".

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Focus on data safety to push realty demand

India is likely to bring in a data protection policy this year which is expected to push the demand for commercial real estate to house large data centres which are necessary to store Indiaspecific data locally.

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Mukesh Ambani urges PM to take steps against data colonisation

nvoking Mahatma Gandhi's movement against political colonisation, Ambani said India now needs a new movement against data colonisation.

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Facebook’s culture of secrecy behind our ‘sharing’ paranoia

The original sin of our tech hegemons is that in order to work, the rest of the world can’t know how they work.

from Tech-Economic Times http://bit.ly/2Fvtm6N

Larsen & Toubro Infotech acquires Ruletronics for $7.48 million

The enterprise value payable for the acquisition of 100 per cent share capital of Ruletronics is USD 7.48 million, including up-front consideration and earn-outs, LTI said in a BSE filing.

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