With less than two months for his planned visit to India, US President Barack Obama will soon send his top IT czar Aneesh Chopra to the country with a high-powered technology delegation. The delegation to be co-led by Indian American Chopra, who is Chief Technology Officer for the US President, and Secretary of State`s Senior Advisor for Innovation Alec Ross, would travel to New
Uttarakhand Governor Margaret Alva yesterday launched the official website of Raj Bhavan here. The website governoruk.gov.in, developed by National Informatics Centre (NIC), would provide information regarding the history of Raj Bhavans of Dehra Dun and Nainital, the tenures of the governors, their profiles and addresses on special occasions in both English and Hindi.
Research firm, the Nielsen Company today said it has launched `NM Incite` in India, a joint venture with McKinsey & Company that offers solutions to brands based on consumer response on social media. "Social media is a fast developing platform for consumer opinion and can emerge as an ocean of insight for brands that care to listen. NM Incite aims to help marketers under
In order to provide practical experience for students of business administration, world`s leading provider of business software SAP AG has announced the start of a pilot project that incorporates the SAP business by design solution into the curriculum for universities taking part in the SAP University Alliances program. This global initiative is offering selected university facul
Ranks of mobile phone users are enlisting the services of a "digital secretary" that automatically snubs unwanted callers, transcribes messages, and gives loved ones special handling. California startup YouMail said Monday that it has passed the half-billion-call mark and now manages more than 1.5 million calls daily. "The growth is strong and steady
The National Stock Exchange today launched a new facility to provide stock updates on mobile phones, which the country`s leading bourse hopes will help it reach out to more customers. "For the first time in India, getting market data on a mobile will no longer be the preserve of a privileged few. From September 14, the NSE will start providing market data to a
Tens of thousands of complaints poured in as China for the first time opened a website link to the country`s top most leadership. Queries from citizens ranged from asking President Hu Jintao to kill corrupt officials and local tyrants, bring in political reforms to complaints of sky-high prices of apartments. Launched quietly last week without fanfare, the site has
An Indian-origin man has been charged in a federal court here with possessing child pornography and faces up to 10 years imprisonment if convicted. Shalin Bhavsar, 31, of Shrewsbury near here was arrested yesterday after being charged in a federal indictment with possession of child pornography. A search warrant affidavit sworn out in connection with the case alleg
A British teenager who had sent an abusive email to US President Barack Obama has been banned for life from visiting America. According to media reports, Luke Angel, 17, had sent an insulting email to the White House in a drunken state after watching a programme about September 11 attacks on the US. In his hatred email, Angel called Obama a p***k . The FBI intercep
A software firm has come up with a service whereby Ganesh pandals can upload photos about their decoration on the website designed by it. On their part, devotees can view the pandals and vote for them to choose the best ones among them. Ashwin Rajpurohit, CEO of LogosysIndia, the firm that has devised the website for the purpose www.ganeshmaharaj.com said "Thi
India`s largest software firm, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), today said it will set up a new learning and development campus at Thiruvananthanpuram (Trivandrum) in Kerala. The new campus will house up to 10,000 professionals when fully completed and will offer TCS`s cutting edge curriculum to those who join the company after a college education, the company said in a statement
State-owned telecom major Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), today launched a new payment service, which will enable credit card-owning customers to pay all their BSNL bills through their mobile phones. Under the "Billpay" service, customers in the West Zone--Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat--will have to make an one-time registration of their cre
Tata Teleservices has become the fourth largest operator in terms of wireless subscribers with nearly 77 million users and has overtaken state owned BSNL. TTSL is now behind only Bharti Airtel, Reliance Communications and Vodafone, the company said in a statement. Tatas was the first company of introducing the concept of per second tariffs in mobile telephony that
The non-executive employees union of the state-run MTNL today said it might decide to go on strike during Commonwealth games next month, if the management tries to cut jobs at the telco. The company has been designated as the official telecom service provider for Commonwealth Games 2010, to be held in Delhi, and it has already received Rs 182 crore from the government for providi
YouTube, in a move that highlights the Google-owned video-sharing site`s broadcasting ambitions, launched a two-day trial today of a live streaming video platform. YouTube`s new live streaming platform debuted featuring material from four content partners: Howcast, Next New Networks, Rocketboom and Young Hollywood. "Based on the results of this initial test, w
The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) has said it has issued guidelines for securities trading using wireless technology. Last month, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) had issued necessary guidelines for providing "securities trading using wireless technology" which includes devices such as mobile phone and laptops with data card. To avail of th
Nearly 20 months after a freeze on hiring in the wake of founder chairman B Ramalinga Raju`s Rs 14,000 crore accounting fraud, Satyam Computers -- now known as Mahindra Satyam -- is visiting IT campuses around the country to recruit 3,000 fresh graduates. This is first time that Mahindra Satyam, the new brand entity of Satyam, will visit campuses to hire talent after the Satyam C
The BJP today termed as "regrettable" the Prime Minister`s "silence" on the outsourcing issue when economies like India with its software and engineering professionals have made a mark at the global stage. Party spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad sought to know why Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is silent on the issue when US President Barack Obama, who holds the
Rising anti-outsourcing sentiment in the US, evident by Ohio State`s ban on outsourcing IT services to foreign lands, is likely to adversely impact the USD 51-billion Indian IT industry, feel analysts. Ohio`s ban came just weeks after the US government hiked the fee for H-1B and L1 visas, a move that would hurt Indian IT players. "The protectionist trend of th
Ahead of the crucial elections in the state, the CPI-M in West Bengal launched its website documenting its history, its growth and other details besides biographies of leaders. CPI-M state secretary Biman Bose said the new generation of party workers are expected to "learn from our website" {cpi(m)wb.org.in}, which is an effort to project the party`s role in steering th
