After wifi at the Taj, Modi revives campaign for "digital" India

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 1, 2015, 17:44

The government`s tech push, which plans to provide electronic governance and universal phone connectivity across the country, aims to bridge India`s digital divide, bringing in large investments in technology manufacturing.

Tech Mahindra sees weak revenue, earnings in Apr-Jun quarter

Last Updated: Monday, June 29, 2015, 16:04

IT firm Tech Mahindra on Monday warned of weak revenue and earnings in the April-June quarter due to higher visa costs and other headwinds, dragging the company shares by over 9 percent.

Tech Mahindra shares hit over one-year low on Q1 warning

Last Updated: Monday, June 29, 2015, 13:53

Shares of Tech Mahindra Ltd dropped almost 7 percent to a more than one-year low on Monday after the IT firm warned of a weak first quarter, partly due to higher U.S. visa sponsorship costs for its employees.

'Make in India - a jugalbandi of IT and manufacturing skills'

Last Updated: Sunday, June 21, 2015, 15:58

Anand Mahindra, one of India's most well-known entrepreneurs, has defined his vision for the ambitious 'Make in India' initiative as a "jugalbandi" between the country's IT and manufacturing prowess.

Croatian bank selects Infosys software for payment service

Last Updated: Saturday, June 20, 2015, 20:30

The Finacle solution will also help the bank to comply with single euro payments area (SEPA) requirements and support Croatia`s harmonisation process with the European Union regulations and payment service directive.

India IT behemoths revamp culture to attract young talent, battle start-ups

Last Updated: Thursday, June 18, 2015, 08:50

Those young set-ups say they go beyond cookie-cutter solutions and argue that they do the job more quickly and for less.

US tech industry appeals to Obama to keep hands off encryption

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 10, 2015, 09:17

As Washington weighs new cybersecurity steps amid a public backlash over mass surveillance, U.S. tech companies warned President Barack Obama not to weaken increasingly sophisticated encryption systems designed to protect consumers` privacy.

Researchers use WiFi to count people

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 9, 2015, 13:46

To enable people counting through WiFi, researchers put two WiFi cards at opposite ends of a target area, a roughly 70sqm space. Using only the received power measurements of the link between the two cards, their approach can estimate the number of people walking in that area.

Apple WWDC 2015: Five interesting things about iOS9

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 9, 2015, 09:58

With jamming the online Apple streaming site, the tech-afficinados unveiled the new versions of iOS, iOSX El Capitan, a new Apple music service and new watch OS at the its annual Worlwide Developers Conference.

Need to address cyber security at smart cities: Ramadorai

Last Updated: Sunday, June 7, 2015, 16:45

"A large number of our youth especially those in the 15-20 age group are digitally savvy. These are the people who never go to a railway station or a bus terminal or a cinema all to book a ticket but through their smartphones...Thus, smart cities will need an ideal environment to meet the expectation of the internet savvy youth," Ramadorai said.

Samsung Electronics says no plans to merge with Samsung SDS

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 3, 2015, 15:09

"The management wants me to express clearly that we do not have a plan to merge with SDS," Robert Yi, Samsung Electronics` head of investor relations, said at a company event in Seoul.

Samsung Electronics to expand mobile payments service to China, Europe

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 3, 2015, 11:01

Tech giant Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Wednesday that it will expand its Samsung Pay mobile payments service to markets such as China and Europe after an initial launch in South Korea and the United States later this year.