Accenture narrows full-year growth guidance on uncertainty over Covid-19

Accenture has narrowed its full-year revenue growth expectations, as Covid-19 continues to impact its clients' spending. Accenture has further slashed the higher end of the growth guidance.

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Handset makers seek FM’s intervention for urgent release of Chinese cargo

ICEA, which represents the likes of Apple, Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo and contract manufacturer Foxconn pointed that even goods already cleared and loaded in trucks for transport to the users' warehouse are being recalled and examined.

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IBM rolls out free digital learning platform to reach more job seekers, provide new resources to business owners

In November 2019, IBM India, in partnership with Directorate General of Training (DGT), Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Government of India, and its implementation partners, made the SkillsBuild online learning platform available to Indian students.

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Indian IT workers waste 53 minutes a day on outdated tech: Salesforce report

This is marginally lower than the 57-minute average across all the countries surveyed. Conducted by YouGov Galaxy, the company surveyed over 1,000 IT leaders and workers across India, Australia and Singapore respectively.

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Google tweaks privacy settings to keep less user data

The change comes after Google added new controls last year that allow users to effectively put an expiry date on their data, by providing the option to auto-delete location history, search, voice and YouTube activity data after three or 18 months.

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Govt set to slash license fees on wired broadband

Such a move would cut home broadband costs and drive operators such as Reliance Jio Infocomm, Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea and state-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. to aggressively expand their networks and boost broadband availability. DoT currently earns about Rs 900 crore annually as licence fees from broadband services, which is paid by operators at 8% of their adjusted gross revenue.

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Cyber attacks in India surge since lockdown

Internet service providers ET spoke with said they receive cyberattack alerts from corporate clients almost every alternate day compared with an average of once a week before lockdown was announced as part of measure to contain the spread of Covid-19.

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