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Urgent steps to address Fiscal and Market anomalies can enable doubling of IT hardware production in one year to US$ 2.6 billion, help to achieve the vision of ‘Net Zero Imports’ of ICT and Electronics hardware products by 2020, establish India as a global ESDM supply hub Favourable duty differential regime can potentially generate 10,56,000 jobs in India IT manufacturing and …

Users will be able to integrate frequently used external apps, like Trello, Github, Twitter, Jira and Bitbucket, directly into Flock Flock, the enterprise collaboration app that has been consistently redefining the manner in which teams communicate has recently launched its App store. Users will now be able to connect external work apps and services that they frequently use, directly into …

Supply chain transformation is a massive undertaking that requires leadership and vision at the C-level, and a holistic transformation approach that fosters automation, connectivity, data sharing and collaboration across the entire value chain but executives see a large gap between the current state of Digital Transformation across their extended global supply chains and what they expect to see just five …

Calling out developers and smartphone enthusiasts, Lenovo India today announced the “Make it Yours” theme contest where participants are invited to create and submit UI (user interface) themes running on the Cyanogen operating system for the Cyanogen Theme store. The theme will be based on the Cyanogen operating system and should feature Lenovo in its name. The entries will close …

Acquires worldwide digital rights for BIG Magic and BIG Magic Ganga In a promising move, nexGTv, India’s biggest subscription-driven video entertainment app, has announced its partnership with Reliance Broadcast Network to gain worldwide digital rights to the network’s popular channels BIG Magic and BIG Magic Ganga. The channels will be available for viewing through nexGTv’s platform for viewers around the …

The Indian press recently reported a shocking story of how a young girl of 17 was lured to a hotel and raped by a college friend. He was blackmailing her with photos and videos he said he would post on WhatsApp if she refused his sexual demands. It is not clear how these photos and videos got into the hands …

The four years between 2010 and 2014 saw funds to startups increase from $13 million to $1,818 million, while angel investments grow eightfold in the same period from $4.2 million to $32.2 million. In 2015 risk capital worth USD 9 billion was pumped into the sector, across 1005 deals. So , in effect, between 2010 and 2015, the sector saw …

Attracted by phenomenal talent that is leveraging technology in a massively successful manner, the startup business has never had it so good in India. Today five of the top seven Indian startups valued over $1 billion (more than Rs. 6,400 crore), have been founded by IITians. 2014 saw 3100 startups and the numbers projected for 2020 are 11,500. This new …

The Modi government, if nothing else, has given young India hope. In the 2015-2016 budget, Rs. 1000 crores were allocated for funding startups. In addition, a number of initiatives that help in all kinds of support through government led agencies have been initiated. The business ecosystem has really seen some hardcore disruptions, loads of risks taken and some great successes, …

“Internet of Things” is radically shaping our future and and will also change the face of safety, privacy and security. With rising complaints against cab services ranging from disrespectful behaviour to sexual assaults on female passengers, there is a responsibility that falls on organizations transport department and ride-hailing service providers to strengthen personal safety on the highest priority. And IoT …