Microsoft to let employees work from home permanently: Report

The Verge said most Microsoft employees are still at home as the health crisis drags on, and the company doesn't expect to reopen its US offices until January of next year at the earliest.

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Tech Mahindra expands strategic partnership with BMC Software

Tech Mahindra and BMC Software said they would aim to reinvent business operations through best-in-class solution offerings for next-generation service and operations management, multi-cloud management, and automation to streamline business applications, enhance business delivery, and reduce risk.

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Tata Technologies, GKN Automotive set up global e-mobility software engineering centre in India

The centre will leverage Tata Technologies’ expertise in electric and embedded systems to work on GKN Automotive’s next-generation e-Drive technologies. There are currently 42 engineers at the lab, which will increase to over 100 by the end of the year.

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Handset makers cleared for PLI benefits seek clarity over targets, time frame

Government on Tuesday approved the applications of 16 electronics companies including 10 mobile phone manufacturers for rewards under the product-linked incentive (PLI) scheme - an announcement which was delayed by two months.

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Instagram launches campaign to highlight business impact of influencer marketing

Instagram said it's the platform's first campaign in India aimed at marketers and advertisers and will look at measuring the business impact of influencer marketing.

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Infosys to acquire Blue Acorn iCi for up to USD 125 million

Infosys said the move further strengthens the company’s end-to-end customer experience offerings. It added that Blue Acorn iCi will bring significant cross-technology capabilities through the convergence of customer experience, digital commerce, analytics, and experience-driven commerce services.

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Skoda DigiLab partners with Lumos Labs, Microsoft for blockchain solutions

The DigiLab aims to use its development expertise and knowledge in digitisation to identify the problem statements for the startups to work on innovative blockchain-based solutions, Skoda Auto DigiLab said in the release.

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