The usage of the most popular program in the Microsoft Office suite, the versatile Excel, is in a word – enormous. All around the globe, numerous business people, students and educators alike benefit on a daily basis from this truly handy program. The secret to its success lies in its multi-functional structure of rows and […]
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and a group of high-profile executives are investing USD 1 billion in a fund to spur clean energy technology and address global climate change a year after the Paris climate agreement. Gates launched the Breakthrough Energy Ventures fund on Monday along with billionaire entrepreneurs such as Facebook Inc head Mark Zuckerberg, […]
WhatsApp has temporarily suspended giving parent company Facebook information about users in Europe for ad targeting, responding to concerns there over privacy, a source close to the matter has said. Conversations with officials in Europe over the past few months resulted in the social network deciding to only tapping into WhatsApp user data there for […]
Popular messaging app WhatsApp will focus on rolling out commercial messaging next year for businesses as it looks to tap enterprises for monetising its platform. Earlier this year, WhatsApp had said it will stop charging USD 1 per year subscription fee to go completely free for its users across the world. While WhatsApp maintained that […]
Anil Ambani promoted Reliance Group today announced a strategic partnership with Cisco Jasper for the launch of its new venture ‘UNLIMIT’ to provide Internet of Things (IoT) services to enterprise customers across India. The outlook for IoT services in India is virtually UNLIMITed, with the number of connected devices projected to rise from 200 million […]
Tech giant Microsoft’s India-born CEO Satya Nadella has congratulated US President- elect Donald Trump and said he looks forward to working with all those elected in the general election. “Yesterday, we witnessed the democratic process in action here in the US. The results are of importance around the world, and I know that interest is […]
Internet giant Google on Tuesday challenged heavyweight rivals including Apple and Amazon with an array of new gadgets aimed at digital lifestyles. Smartphone ‘Made by Google’ Pixel is the first smartphone designed by Google, with the Silicon Valley powerhouse dictating the hardware, software and services the way Apple does with its iPhones. […]
Google will open a new Cloud Region in Mumbai that will help the tech giant offer its cloud platform services to developers and enterprise customers in India. Expected to be live in 2017, the local region in India will help make Google cloud platform services even faster for Indian customers, company said in a statement. […]
Professional networking site LinkedIn today launched a lighter version of its mobile website and other products as part of its efforts to tap into students and young professionals beyond the metros in India. The company has followed the footsteps of Facebook, which picked up India as a testbed for the lighter version of its app. […]
Single and Still in Trouble!! Back in 2011, Parikshit Agarwal felt awesome as he packed his bags for Hyderabad to work with Microsoft as their campus hire. Being an IIT Bombay Alumnus, his reputation was something that surpassed an introduction. All of that lay behind him as he went house hunting in the city. Parikshit […]
Alphabet Inc’s Google is acquiring software developer Apigee Corp in a deal valued at about $625 million, as it strengthens its cloud business. San Jose-based Apigee’s software helps a company’s backend services interact with mobile and web-based apps used by customers and partners. “Companies are moving beyond the traditional ways of communicating like phone calls and visits […]
IT Ministry reported plan to rope in private companies like Microsoft and IBM for providing cloud computing services to government departments has come under flak from cyber security experts. “I think by using cloud services of foreign companies like Microsoft and IBM, IT Ministry has decided to throw all Data and National Security concerns into […]