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COMPUTERS 
October 14, 2016 Windows 10 Now Running on 400 Million Active Devices, Says Microsoft
Windows 10 Now Running on 400 Million Active Devices, Says Microsoft HIGHLIGHTS Active devices are those devices that have been active in last 28 days Company initially aimed to have Windows 10 on 1 billion devices by FY18 Microsoft said in July that it will not achieve target in time Microsoft had set an ambitious […]
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ELECTRONICS 
October 3, 2016 Raspberry Pi Sells 10 Million Computers, Celebrates With New Starter Kit
HIGHLIGHTS The Raspberry Pi is widely used as an educational tool for programming Starter Kit includes a Raspberry Pi 3, 8GB SD card, NOOBs OS and more The Starter Kit is priced at GBP 99 and will be available in a few weeks Raspberry Pi has come a long way (in a very short package) […]
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COMPUTERS 
September 23, 2016 Raspberry Pi Sells 10 Million Computers, Celebrates With New Starter Kit
HIGHLIGHTS The Raspberry Pi is widely used as an educational tool for programming Starter Kit includes a Raspberry Pi 3, 8GB SD card, NOOBs OS and more The Starter Kit is priced at GBP 99 and will be available in a few weeks Raspberry Pi has come a long way (in a very short package) […]
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ALL DEALS 
September 19, 2016 Hike Messenger Raises $175 Million in Funding From Tencent, Foxconn, Others
HIGHLIGHTS Hike Messenger announced funding of $175 million Hike Messenger is now valued at close to $1.4 billion The funding round was led by Tencent and Foxconn Hike Messenger, started as a joint venture between Bharti Enterprises and SoftBank, just announced its Series D funding round of $175 million (approximately Rs. 1,170 crores) at a […]
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ALL DEALS 
September 1, 2016 Monster.com Sold to Dutch Employment Agency Randstad for $429 Million
Monster.com Sold to Dutch Employment Agency Randstad for $429 Million Dutch temporary employment agency Randstad announced Tuesday it is buying up US jobs site Monster for $429 million (EUR 386.8 million or roughly Rs. 2,868 crores), boosting its foothold in the United States. “Under the terms of the merger agreement, Randstad will pay $3.40 per […]
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NEWS 
August 26, 2016 Flipkart, Paytm founders lead $1 million investment round in online learning platform Unacademy
Image credit: Unacademy – YouTube Online learning startup Unacademy has secured $1 million (approximately Rs 6.7 crore) in an investment round in which entrepreneurs such as Flipkart co-founders Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal as well as Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma participated. The round, led by Blume Ventures, is the second such for the company, which […]
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NEWS 
August 26, 2016 Tata Consultancy Services pays $26 million to settle three-year-old dispute with Orange County
Image credit: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters Ending a three-year-old dispute with Orange County, India’s outsourcing giant Tata Consultancy Services settled its legal battle with the California county for $26 million (Rs 174 crore approximately). The Indian consultancy firm was accused of making “a series of false promises and intentional misrepresentations” while bidding for a contract in 2013, mint […]
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ALL DEALS 
August 24, 2016 Yahoo Investigating Claims of Huge Data Breach Affecting 200 Million Accounts
HIGHLIGHTS Hacker also responsible for selling LinkedIn data dumps earlier Yahoo’s exposed considered to be really old Verizon recently bought Yahoo for roughly Rs. 32,500 crores After a hacker going by the name of Peace put up for sale a cache of what’s alleged to be 200 million stolen Yahoo user account credentials earlier this […]
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NEWS 
August 11, 2016 ShareChat raises $1.35 million from SAIF Partners, India Quotient
ShareChat is a social networking platform for vernacular language users, available in four Indian languages, namely Hindi, Marathi, Malayalam and Telugu. Photo: Bloomberg Mumbai: Bengaluru-based Mohalla Tech Pvt. Ltd, which operates the vernacular language content app ShareChat, has raised $1.35 million in a seed round of funding from SAIF Partners and existing investor India Quotient. […]
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ELECTRONICS 
August 5, 2016 Formula E to Organise Virtual Race Next Year; May Offer USD 1 Million Prize
STORY HIGHLIGHTS The event will see regular race drivers set against fans on simulators 5 gamers are likely to secure slots in the competition The race will be a part of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) next year Gamers across the world may soon have a thrilling reason to rejoice, for Formula E is contemplating […]
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NEWS 
June 24, 2016 formula E to Organise virtual Race subsequent year; might also provide USD 1 Million Prize
HIGHLIGHTS The event will see ordinary race drivers set towards fans on simulators five gamers are probable to relaxed slots inside the opposition The race can be a part of the customer Electronics show (CES) subsequent 12 months gamers the world over might also soon have a interesting cause to rejoice, for formulation E isthinking […]
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NEWS 
June 13, 2016 Indian-beginning man Named in US $40 Million Lawsuit in opposition to Spanish garb employer Zara
big apple: An Indian-origin government at Zara has been named in a US $40 million lawsuit filed againstthe leading Spanish clothing massive through a former employee alleging pay discrimination and firing him for being “Jewish, American, and gay“. The lawsuit, filed in the splendid court docket in the country of latest York this week by […]
