Daily Archives: March 23, 2016
NEWS 
March 23, 2016 For Google, India to be bigger market than US by next year: Pichai
Sundar Pichai, global chief executive at Goggle, the giant search engine, believes India will become a bigger marketfor the company than the US sometime in the middle of 2016. In an interaction with half a dozen journalists here on Wednesday, he said it was not only with regard to the use of Android-based phones that […]
NEWS March 23, 2016 Project Loon: How Google plans to use balloons to connect India
obal search giant Google’s Project Loon to provideinternet across geographies comes across as an intriguing idea, especially as it is to be done using floating balloons. The idea caused more curiosity in India when GoogleChief Executive Sundar Pichai said in a press meet on Wednesday that his company was bringing balloon-powered internet to India. […]
COMPUTERS March 23, 2016 Microsoft Surface Pro 4: A lethal combination of efficiency and style
Microsoft launched the latest version of its Surface tablets in India on Thursday. Surface Pro 4, a device combining style with computing efficiency, will be available from Rs 89,990 onwards to customers. Conceived as a tablet, it can transform into a full-fledged laptop in the blink of an eye with the help of the additional […]
NEWS 
March 23, 2016 Zoho Corp to expand presence in domestic market
Chennai-based cloud services firm Zoho Corporation is planning to increase focus in domestic market at a time when various overseas markets are slowing down. The company, as part of its strategy, is expected to intensify its marketing and sales in India and expects to increase the contribution of domestic business to its revenue from the […]
ELECTRONICS 
March 23, 2016 Phishing emails: IT dept sends over 100 fraud links to cyber
Taking note of the spate of phishing and cheat refund emails landing in inboxes of taxpayers, the Income Taxdepartment has referred over 100 such instances to the country’s premier cyber security agency to block thesehackers lurking in the e-world. The department is particularly worried after taxpayersrecently brought to its notice certain emails which have very […]
COMPUTERS 
March 23, 2016 Kiddle, the new Google-enabled ‘safe’ search engine for children
(This article has been revised from the original. For details, please scroll to the bottom of this article.) Now, you no longer need to watch over your child’s shoulder while s/he is searching for something on the internet. Kiddle, a new customised search engine for children, uses a modified version of Google search to make […]
ALL DEALS 
March 23, 2016 Good News For Entrepreneurs: SmartUp for Startups Launched by HDFC
Image credit: World Wide Web You know things will continue to look up for startups when the banking and finance industry is addressing their needs exclusively. This March 16, HDFC Bank announced the launch of SmartUp, a dedicated solution platform to address banking needs of startups. SmartUp was launched in association with Zone Startups India, […]
HOME & GARDEN March 23, 2016 5 Top Jobs For Stay-at-Home Moms
There’s no getting around the fact that most stay-at-home moms are constantly pulled between the urge to get back to work and excel, and taking good care of the child and home. Thankfully, times have changed, and women can have their cake and eat it, too. There are innumerable work-from-home opportunities for women to choose […]
NEWS 
March 23, 2016 Mukesh Bansal, Ankit Nagori to launch healthcare start-up
Mukesh Bansal quit Flipkart this month. Photo: Hemant Mishra/Mint Bengaluru: Mukesh Bansal and Ankit Nagori, who left Flipkart this month, are teaming up and pooling $5 million to launch a start-up in the area of healthcare and sports and fitness. The two will register the company over the next month and have started the process […]
ALL DEALS March 23, 2016 Infibeam’s Rs450 crore IPO subscribed 0.63 times on Day 2
A file photo of founder Vishal Mehta. The Ahmedabad-based e-tailer, which aims to raise Rs450 crore from the share sale, has run into problems with two of the four domestic investment banks opting out on concerns over pricing and timing of the issue. Mumbai: Infibeam Incorporation Ltd, the first Indian e-commerce firm to go public, […]
