Twitter revenue hits $758 mn, loses 9 mn users
San Francisco, Oct 26 (IANS) Twitter reported a surge of 17 per cent with a revenue of $758 mn in the third quarter, but also saw a decline of nine million in its user base….
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Dell EMC Powers up Channel Marketing With Inaugural Partner Marketing Summit in Vietnam
Business Wire India Over 100 marketers from channel partner companies were joined by Dell EMC’s Global & Asia Pacific & Japan (APJ) marketing leadership for three days of networking and ideas exchange around channel marketing …
Global Fintech Firm Partners With GIG to Expand Edge Cloud in India
Business Wire IndiaGIG Technology, a European software company helping companies to effectively scale their digital infrastructure at the Edge, signed a strategic agreement with the Canadian-Indian Holding, DTM Global, to develop ecosystem around a fintech…
Uber Eats, CCD partner for virtual restaurant network
New Delhi, Oct 26 (IANS) Food delivery app Uber Eats in partnership with Cafe Coffee Day (CCD) on Friday launched a network of virtual restaurants that will offer more choices of “delivery-only” restaurant brands. The…
MetLife Japan Names Six Finalists in Open Innovation Challenge: collab 4.0
Business Wire IndiaMetLife Japan today announced six finalists for its open innovation program, collab 4.0. The program invites insurtech companies globally to scale their business with MetLife while solving some of the insurer’s biggest innovation…
Frost & Sullivan Recognizes Microsoft India With ‘Indian Healthcare Artificial Intelligence and Cloud Computing Company of the Year’ Award at 2018 India Best Practices Awards Banquet
Business Wire India Microsoft India was named ‘Indian Healthcare Artificial Intelligence and Cloud Computing Company of the Year’ at Frost & Sullivan’s 2018 India Best Practices Awards Banquet in Mumbai. In line with its…
Trump dismisses NYT report on intercepted calls
Washington, Oct 26 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has dismissed the New York Times report about Chinese and Russian spies listening in on his cellphone calls as “fake” and “wrong”. “The so-called experts on Trump…
Check Point Software acquires Cloud security firm Dome9
Tel Aviv, Oct 26 (IANS) Global cybersecurity solution provider Check Point Software Technologies has announced the acquisition of Israel-based Cloud security company Dome9 for an undisclosed amount. This acquisition enhances Check Point’s fully consolidated Infinity…
Being gay is God’s greatest gift to me, says Tim Cook
San Francisco, Oct 26 (IANS) Apple CEO Tim Cook has said that being gay has been God’s greatest gift to him, the media reported. On October 30, 2014, Cook became the first CEO of a…
Twitter lost 9 mn users in Q3: Report
San Francisco, Oct 26 (IANS) Twitter has lost nine million users during the third quarter of the current fiscal, its worst quarterly decline ever. The social network revealed the drop in its earnings report on…
Facebook building AR glasses: Report
San Francisco, Oct 26 (IANS) Revving up its hardware efforts, social networking giant Facebook is now planning to build its own Augmented Reality (AR) glasses, TechCrunch reported. “Yeah! Well of course we’re working on it,”…
Kerala IT administrator first Indian to get AECT Award
Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 26 (IANS) K. Anvar Sadath, Vice Chairman and Executive Director of Kerala Infrastructure and Technology For Education (KITE), has become the first Indian to receive AECT’s International Contributions Award. The award was handed…
With 326 mn users, Twitter revenue hits $758 mn in Q3
San Francisco, Oct 26 (IANS) Twitter saw its shares surge 17 per cent after the micro-blogging platform reported revenue of $758 million in the third quarter, with monthly active users (MAUs) reaching 326 million. Twitter…
5G Future of Heilind Asia and TE Connectivity
Business Wire IndiaTE Connectivity (TE) is building the future of fast with solutions that support speeds up to 100 times those of 4G networks. With exceptionally broader bandwidth and next-generation security, 5G will be integrated…
Microsoft says will honour data localisation requests from governments
By Nishant Arora Redmond (Washington State), Oct 26 (IANS) Microsoft is committed to complying with the law of the land when it comes to data privacy and will honour data localisation requests from all countries,…
Amazon reports $56.6 bn revenue in Q3
Seattle (US), Oct 26 (IANS) Riding on its Cloud business, retail giant Amazon.com saw its net sales increasing 29 per cent to $56.6 billion in the third quarter this year, compared with $43.7 billion in…
Gemalto Third Quarter 2018 Revenue
Business Wire India Third quarter revenue at €727 million, (3%) lower at constant exchange rates Identity, IoT & Cybersecurity segment revenue (1%) lower at €345 million. The segment revenue is up +12% year-to-date at constant…
Aon and Guidewire Launch Cyber Scenario for a U.S. Dam Attack
Business Wire IndiaAon plc (NYSE:AON), a leading global professional services firm providing a broad range of risk, retirement, and health solutions and Guidewire Software (NYSE:GWRE), provider of the industry platform Property and Casualty (P&C) insurers…
Google sacks dozens over sexual harassment
San Francisco, Oct 26 (IANS) Google has sacked 48 people including 13 senior managers over sexual harassment claims since 2016. In a letter to employees on Thursday, Chief Executive Sundar Pichai said the tech giant…
Telcos to rollout 1 mn WiFi hotspots by December 2019: Minister
New Delhi, Oct 25 (IANS) The Union Communications Minister Manoj Sinha on Thursday announced that the Indian telecom industry will roll out one million WiFi hotspots in the country by December next year. “Bharat Wi-Fi,…