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NASSCOM’s 10,000 Start-ups program has successfully paved way for 3 inevitable trends that are shaping the Indian economy with the potential to shake things up:Digitalization, faster innovation cycles, and the rise of young, ambitious talent. 10,000 Start-ups is a NASSCOM initiative supported by Google for Entrepreneurs, Microsoft Ventures, Verisign, Kotak and Intel. Deltax, a pioneer in self-serve digital media platform has been selected for Blackbox …

For those who love travel can now preferred flights as Google makes it easier to search for flights in India. Flight Search can offer inspiration and help you find the best flights available. You can now search directly for flights within Google or access google.co.in/flights to quickly find, compare and book flights from your mobile device, tablet or desktop. Someone …

Trend 1 – Fire drills IT security ‘fire drills’, supported by executive management and the risk committee should be conducted regularly in organisations, in order to understand the appropriate course of action in advance of a security breach. So says Neil Campbell, Group General Manager for Dimension Data’s Security Business Unit who points out that technologies and services focused on …

Today, channel partners help customers decipher the deluge of information to make more informed decisions – saving on costs and improving performance. Complex and heterogeneous implementations, take a good service support, to avoid business disruptions.  Channel partners are increasingly becoming trusted consultants more than merely solutions integrators for small businesses.  Small businesses have learnt to improvise along the way.  Customers …

Robotics is by its essence a multidisciplinary science. Research into autonomous navigation gathers knowledge from physics, electronics, mechanics and computer science. In the transportation sector the motivation for developing autonomous vehicles is driven by safer roads, better traffic management systems and energy efficiency. However as technology evolves there are other types of opportunities arising in the future. In hardware terms …

Mobile security threats are becoming more prevalent as the popularity of smartphones increases. But just as mobility is sweeping the world so is Android malware which is soaring in number every year. Trend Micro announced a partnership agreement with ASUS, under the terms of which ASUS will preload Trend Micro’s Dr. Safety app on the latest ASUS ZenFone 2smartphones to …

The Indian healthcare industry is projected to continue its rapid expansion, with an estimated market value of US$ 280 billion by 2020, on the back of increased population growth in India’s low income communities. Mobility being a buzz word in 2014 moving forward in 2015 will see some emerging trends and different sectors adopting mobility to a great extent. The …

Most consumers experience challenges using several new types of smart high tech devices, according to a new report from Accenture titled Engaging the Digital Consumer in the New Connected World. Overall, 83 percent report various problems when they use new device types such as wearable fitness monitors, smart watches, smart home thermostats, in-vehicle entertainment systems, home connected surveillance cameras and security …

To educate tribals and help them with employment opportunity, Zyxel laid the foundation stone of the grand Veer Birsa Bhawan in the Binnaguri district of West Bengal, marketing a robust launch of its Corporate Social Responsibility in India. The building is dedicated to the tribals of land. The Veer Birsa Bhawan in Telepara-Hatkola area which is the tribal heartland in …

The government is in the process of setting up Consumer Care Centres (Grahak Suvidha Kendras) in more than a  dozen cities in the country. “The Department of Consumer Affairs has invited applications from registered and eligible voluntary consumer organisations for setting up and running the centres,” according to an official release. The Centres will be set up at New Delhi, …