Paytm extortion case: Police trying to nab 4th accused
Noida, Oct 23 (IANS) The Noida police on Tuesday said they were working to nab a man, who was accused of trying to extort Rs 20 crore from Paytm founder with three others by threatening…
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Oculus Co-founder Brendan Iribe leaves Facebook
San Francisco, Oct 23 (IANS) After the exits of Instagram Co-founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger in September, Oculus Co-Founder Brendan Iribe has now decided to leave the social networking giant. Iribe announced his resignation…
Financial Industry Innovator Hadley Stern Joins Bloq as Chief Operating Officer
Business Wire IndiaBloq, Inc., a leading blockchain technology company, today announced the appointment of Hadley Stern as its first chief operating officer. At Bloq, Stern will be responsible for guiding the company in its…
Novel app to improve lives of people with OCD: Study
London, Oct 23 (IANS) Researchers have developed a novel “brain training” app that could help people who suffer from obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) to manage their symptoms, including excessive handwashing and contamination fears that affects…
Limelight Networks Helps Toppr Deliver Thousands of Educational Videos to 2.5 Million Students across India
Business Wire IndiaLimelight Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq: LLNW), a leading provider of edge cloud services, is helping e-learning company Toppr provide students with best-in-class video delivery performance and high availability of Toppr’s library of more than…
Philips launches first start-up programme for AI in healthcare
Bengaluru, Oct 23 (IANS) Global health technology firm Philips selected 19 start-up companies for its first global start-up collaboration programme that is focused on the application of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare, the company said…
Larry Ellison unveils second-gen Oracle Cloud, takes dig at rival Amazon
By Krishna SinhaChaudhury San Francisco, Oct 23 (IANS) Larry Ellison, Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of global Cloud major Oracle, on Monday unveiled the second generation Oracle Cloud with autonomous capabilities, improved security and upgrades for…
Nokia, BSNL to explore public safety initiatives in India
New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) Telecom equipment maker Nokia and public sector telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly explore opportunities in the public safety…
Yoti appoints Shantaram Jonnalagadda as India head
Bengaluru, Oct 23 (IANS) Yoti, a Britain-based digital identity app, on Tuesday announced the appointment of Shantaram Jonnalagadda as the company’s Country Head for India. Yoti said it was planning to hire about 100 people…
Srijan Is Now a Certified Great Place to Work
Business Wire IndiaSrijan, a digital solutions and engineering company, has recently become a Great Place to Work® certified organization. The Great Place to Work® Institute assesses over 1000 organizations every year, across 58 countries, helping them benchmark…
Rohit Khandelwal launches personal app
Mumbai, Oct 23 (IANS) Model Rohit Khandelwal has launched his personal app, and says he will be using the platform to share fitness tips. Rohit, who became the first Indian to win the coveted title…
DataCo and SES Networks to Provide Broadband Network for APEC 2018
Business Wire IndiaAhead of the 26th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum taking place in Papua New Guinea, the PNG Government through its implementing agency, DataCo with the assistance of the Australian Government have chosen SES…
Partnering with ecosystem leaders for growth of wearables: Qualcomm
By Vivek Singh Chauhan Hong Kong, Oct 23 (IANS) US-based chip maker Qualcomm Technologies on Tuesday announced a series of collaborations with ecosystem leaders to boost the growth of wearables such as smartwatches, kid watches,…
Google opens public voting for ‘Doodle 4 Google’ contest
New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) Google on Tuesday opened public online voting for 20 children shortlisted for its annual ‘Doodle 4 Google’ competition. The annual competition, announced early in August, encouraged creative, art-loving students across…
Xiaomi leads India smartphone shipments in Q3 2018: Counterpoint
New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) With a 27 per cent market share, Chinese handset maker Xiaomi dominated India smartphone shipments in the third quarter of this year, Counterpoint Research said on Tuesday. India smartphone shipments…
Google News app bug using excessive background data: Report
San Francisco, Oct 23 (IANS) The Google News app appears to be using too much background data for some Android users due to a bug, The Verge reported. Google seems to be aware of the…
Facebook shuts down 95 pro-Duterte pages as spam
Manila, Oct 23 (IANS) Facebook has shut down 95 pages and 39 accounts that supported Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte for violating the the social media giant’s spam and authenticity policies. Most of these pages, including…
‘India has been on radar for everyone at YouTube for past two years’
By Natalia Ningthoujam New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) There are 450 million Internet users in India, and so it’s an exciting time to be in the Asian country which has been on the radar for…
One Data Platform to Rule Them All – Introducing Workbench by Fynd
Business Wire IndiaFynd, the unique fashion e-commerce portal is now spreading its wings not just in the omnichannel shopping space but also in the B2B space by offering a unique Data and ML product suite…
NTT Communications Rated First for Growth in Customer Loyalty
Business Wire IndiaNTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com), the information and communications technology (ICT) solutions business within the NTT Group (TOKYO: 9432) announced today that it earned the ‘valued partner’ accolade in 5 out of 12…