Tuesday, 19 November 2019

Phone makers seek clarity on export duty relief scheme

Key executives from electronics makers that are among the top manufacturers of mobile phones will meet Niti Aayog officials this week and seek details on the quantum of benefits, its time period, and the category of companies that will get the incentives.

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Facebook forms Ideal Internet Consortium for online child safety

The consortium is a working group of child safety practitioners that will deliberate over safety issues and give recommendations to civil society, industry and government. The findings will help to create strategies focused on keeping young users safe online.

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Infosys is Karnataka IT Ratna for topping Rs 10,000 cr exports

As many as 15 global companies were recognised as IT Prides of Karnataka, for exports greater than or equal to Rs 2,000 crore and less than Rs 10,000 crore. IT Pride awardees included Oracle, Goldman Sachs, SAP Labs, and Intel, among others. In the category of highest new IT jobs creator, Technicolor India emerged the winner.

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TCS launches Microsoft Business Unit to help enterprises leverage AI, ML

The MBU will be led by Siva Ganesan, who has been with TCS for over 29 years and held various global leadership roles.

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Monday, 18 November 2019

State takes a cue from Singapore, plans tech board to promote IT

The board will be responsible for investment promotion, industry development and manpower development of the technology sector, and will work to strengthen the state’s reputation as a technology hub. The Karnataka government is also planning to take ideas from New Zealand, which has emerged as the number one country in the world for Ease of Doing Business.

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Ex-RSS ideologue writes to Shashi Tharoor to fast-track data bill

KN Govindacharya, who recently filed a criminal writ petition in the SC after the WhatsApp-NSO alleged snooping scandal came to light, has argued that the cyber attack caused a violation of citizen's privacy and was a risk to national security.

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Game set for big bucks on YouTube arena

Gaming is one of its most important verticals for YouTube in India, amid rising competition within the video category, with new entrants like the Chinese ByteDance-owned short-videos platform TikTok disrupting its unchallenged market.

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