• COMPUTERS
    Microsoft CEO Visiting China as Anti-Trust Probe Nears Third Year

    HIGHLIGHTS Nadella is expected to meet government officials to discuss the probe. Investigation relates to compatibility issues with Windows. Microsoft is one of several firms to have come under scrutiny in China. Microsoft Corp chief executive Satya Nadella is in Beijing this week, a company spokesman said on Tuesday, as China’s anti-trust investigation of the […]

  • NEWS
    Personally Tech With Soft Machines CEO Mahesh Lingareddy

    What are the different tech gadgets and apps that leaders from different walks of life are using? We try and find out in our weekly column Personally Tech, where we talk to the people behind our favourite services and products. Some of these include authors like Shweta Taneja, and restaurant bosses such as Sbarro head […]

  • ELECTRONICS
    Personally Tech With Soft Machines CEO Mahesh Lingareddy

    What are the different tech gadgets and apps that leaders from different walks of life are using? We try and find out in our weekly column Personally Tech, where we talk to the people behind our favourite services and products. Some of these include authors like Shweta Taneja, and restaurant bosses such as Sbarro head […]

  • NEWS
    Foxconn CEO Says Agreed With Sharp on Most Points of a Takeover Deal

    Taiwan’s Foxconn is aiming to finalise a deal to acquire Japan’s Sharp Corp by the end of the month, after the two firms reached a consensus on most points, Foxconn Chief Executive Officer Terry Gou said. Foxconn, known formally as Hon Hai Precision Industry Co, has been given preferred negotiating rights and most remaining issues […]

  • ALL DEALS
    Flipkart flips CEO post, Binny Bansal replaces Sachin Bansal

    A file photo of Sachin Basal (left) and Binny Bansal. Photo: Hemant Mishra/Mint New Delhi/Bangalore: It was the flip no one saw coming. On Monday, India’s largest e-commerce platform Flipkart.com named co-founder Binny Bansal as its new chief executive officer (CEO), replacing Sachin Bansal, in a move that it claimed would strengthen its management bandwidth […]

  • ALL DEALS
    Uber CEO Travis Kalanick to offer start-up tips at IIT-B on 19 January

    At IIT-Bombay, Travis Kalanick will speak to entrepreneur hopefuls on how to build a business, drawing parallels from his own entrepreneurial journey, and “what it takes to build the world’s fastest-growing start-up”. Photo: AFP Mumbai: Travis Kalanick, the co-founder and chief executive officer of taxi-hailing service Uber Inc., the most valuable start-up, will be in […]