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| Appointment |
| Yahoo co-founder David Filo returns to board |
| Yahoo on Wednesday announced the nomination of three new board members, including company co-founder David Filo, who earned the nickname and formal job title of 'Chief Yahoo'...... more |
| Enterprise |
| Google Camera app for Android KitKat devices launched |
| Google has launched a standalone Camera app for all phones and tablets running Android 4.4+ KitKat. Available as a free download through the Play Store, the app allows users to shoot photos and videos and includes shooting modes like Photo sphere..... more |
| Handset |
| LG L65 Dual with Android 4.4 KitKat launched |
| LG has added one more budget smartphone to its L series with the launch of the LG L65 Dual. The smartphone is available in Russia at a price of RUB 7,490 (approximately Rs. 12,500) and is expected to release in other markets soon...... more |
| Legal & patent |
| CAG empowered to audit private telecom companies: SC |
| Supreme Court (SC) of India on 17 April 2014 said that the national auditor, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) is empowered to audit the revenues of private telecom companies..... more |
| Telecom |
| MTNL to manage confidential government network |
| The telecom department has asked Mahanagar Telephone Nigam to take over the management and maintenance of the long-awaited government network for confidential intra-departmental communications, after the Centre for Development..... more |
| Radiation-linked concerns should shift to handsets: Cellular Operators Association of India |
| India's GSM operators want the telecom department (DoT) to drive regulation of cell tower emissions to pre-empt vested interests from derailing network expansion and hurting quality of mobile coverage..... more |
| rEPORT |
| Microsoft named 'most attractive employer' in India |
| Global software major Microsoft is the 'most attractive employer' in India, while IT, telecom and ITes are the most preferred sectors by the workforce, a survey by HR services firm Randstad said today........ more |
| Ex-Apple CEO John Sculley to launch budget Obi mobiles in India |
| John Sculley, the former chief of Apple who apparently fired the late Steve Jobs from the company in the mid-1980s, is funding a venture that aims to launch low-cost smartphones in India that will be priced between Rs 5,000 and Rs 8,000...... more |
| VAS |
| Tata Docomo launches Stretch data plans for its prepaid GSM customers |
| Tata Docomo has announced the launch of ‘Stretch’ recharges to meet the data needs of its pre-paid GSM subscribers. The launch of ‘Stretch’ recharges will cater to light and medium data users, who either end-up wasting a lot of data in their..... more |
TCS Q4 profit rises 48.2% to Rs 5,357.6 crore
The country's largest software services firm Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) today reported a 48.2% jump in consolidated net profit to Rs 5,357.6 crore for the quarter ended March 31, helped by growth in Europe and APAC and investments in digital technologies. The city-headquartered firm had posted a net profit of Rs 3,615.64 crore a year earlier, it said in a BSE filing........
