• COUPONS
    CCI approves Amazon.com’s investment in Future Coupons

    Mumbai | Kolkata: Competition Commission of India (CCI) has approved Amazon’s proposed acquisition of minority stake in Future Group, paving the way for a closer integration of one of country’s leading retail chain into the Amazon India online marketplace. Amazon and Future Group are now rolling out a joint business plan that will help the Kishore Biyani owned […]

  • ELECTRONICS
    IEEE Unveils Roadmap Addressing the Future of Electronics

    IEEE, the world’s largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for humanity, today announced the 2019 release of the Heterogeneous Integration Roadmap (HIR), a roadmap to the future of electronics identifying technology requirements and potential solutions. The primary objective is to stimulate pre-competitive collaboration among industry, academia and government to accelerate progress. The roadmap offers professionals, industry, academia and research […]

  • COUPONS
    Amazon to acquire 49% stake in Kishore Biyani’s Future Coupons

    Mumbai: Kishore Biyani-led Future Group on Thursday evening said that American e-commerce giant Amazon.com is acquiring a 49% stake in a group entity — Future Coupons Ltd. “We have been informed by Mr. Kishore Biyani on behalf of the existing shareholders forming part of the promoter group and Future Coupons Ltd that they have entered into […]

  • ELECTRONICS
    Samsung Electronics to Strengthen its Neural Processing Capabilities for Future AI Applications

    Samsung Electronics, a world leader in advanced semiconductor technology, today announced that it will strengthen its neural processing unit (NPU) capabilities to further extend the reach of its artificial intelligence (AI) solutions. In line with its focus on next-generation NPU technologies, Samsung plans to create over 2,000 related jobs worldwide by 2030, which is about […]

  • COUPONS
    Amazon considers buying up to 49% in Future Coupons

    Online giant Amazon is not ready to give up on Future Retail just yet. Amazon is working on a new deal structure that will enable it to own stake in Future Retail indirectly, sources close to the development have told CNBC-TV18. The revised FDI policy on e-commerce says that an entity having equity participation by […]

  • CLOTHING
    If Rental Is the Future of Clothing, This Woman-Led Company Will Power How We All Dress

    It’s 2019, and Christine Hunsicker finally admits that her company, Gwynnie Bee, was a massive experiment. The company, which was founded in 2011 as a plus-size clothing subscription rental service, and has now shipped more than five million boxes of clothing sized 0-32, was Hunsicker’s way of testing her more ambitious business hypothesis: Could you build a technology and warehouse engine […]

  • COUPONS
    Amazon may buy a stake in Future Coupons to bag Future Retail prize

    Amazon is in talks to buy a stake in Future Coupons, a firm owned by Future Group promoter Kishore Biyani, to ensure that the global web retailer is in compliance with the amended foreign ownership rules that bar e-commerce companies from holding shares in entities selling on their platforms. The US-based online giant was earlier in talks to acquire […]

  • COMPUTERS
    Calculating Quantum Computing’s Future

    In 1982, Nobel Prize–winning physicist Richard Feynman conceived of an ultrapowerful calculator that relies on microscopic particles to operate. He called his idea a “quantum” computer, referring to the laws that govern nature at a subatomic level. Today, some of the technology industry’s biggest companies, such as IBM, Google, Intel, Microsoft, and China’s Alibaba, have latched onto the idea. They, […]

  • COMPUTERS
    Apple’s Patent Hints at Plans for Water-Resistant Keyboards in Future MacBooks, iMacs

    Apple’s new MacBook Pro 2018 models HIGHLIGHTS Apple’s latest patent hints at water-resistant keyboard This new keyboard could be integrated into future iMacs, MacBook Apple’s new MacBook Pro comes with dust protection layer Apple has been granted a patent that could enable the Cupertino giant to make water-resistant keyboards for its upcoming iMacs and MacBook devices. […]