HIGHLIGHTS Nadella in a memo to employees detailed the reasons for the deal. It’s the biggest acquisition by Microsoft since he became CEO. LinkedIn will retain its independence, the companies announced. While Monday was set to be a big day for tech news, what with the keynote address of Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) due to see some major announcements, ... Read More »
HIGHLIGHTS The deal is expected to be completed by year-end. Jeff Weiner will remain as LinkedIn CEO, reporting to Nadella. LinkedIn will keep its “brand, culture, and independence.” Microsoft and LinkedIn on Monday announced that the Redmond giant will buy the social network for professionals in an all-cash transaction valued at $26.2 billion, a figure that includes LinkedIn’s net cash. ... Read More »
HIGHLIGHTS This move made Moments No.1 app in US App Store. Facebook is using notifications and emails to spread this message. The last date to migrate is July 7. Social media giant Facebook is pushing its users to download its private photo-sharing Moments app, users report. The social network has begun sending out warnings that some photos will be deleted ... Read More »
HIGHLIGHTS Cyanogen OS 13.1 is based on Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow. The Mod platform is meant to deeply integrate app and services. Cyanogen’s Mod platform is open to third party developers. Cyanogen OS 13.1 has begun rolling out to eligible devices, starting with the OnePlus One. Most notably, the update brings support for the Mod platform that Cyanogen hadintroduced back in ... Read More »
Facebook on Thursday launched a feature that allows users to upload photos with 360-degree views. Apart from photos taken from 360-degree cameras, panoramic photos taken on a mobile phone can be converted to a 360-degree view on the newsfeed, the company said on Thursday. The photos can also be seen in virtual reality compatible devices, Facebook said. The social network ... Read More »
New Delhi: With mobile services market hotting up ahead of Reliance Jio’s launch, Vodafone India on Tuesday said it will announce revised plans for data pack in a day or two to keep its promise of offering “competitive” rates to customers. “We always believe in giving value to customers. We will shortly be coming out with our plans,” Vodafone India ... Read More »
Mumbai: Predicting data revenues for telecom operators to double to $11 billion by 2017-18, top brokerage CLSA has said the much-awaited commercial entry of Reliance Jio would drive the market further. Even as existing operators have begun to focus on content, the key differentiator will be network delivery, or quality and download speed – areas that have intensified ahead of ... Read More »
Investors in the primary market have reasons to cheer, with many of the recent initial public offers (IPOs) returning huge listing gains. Blockbuster listings of Dr Lal PathLabs, Alkem Labs, TeamLease Services, Thyrocare Tech and more recently Mahanagar Gas, have boosted the confidence of retail investors in IPOs. It’s no surprise that some of the recent IPOs have therefore attracted ... Read More »
Arun Jaitley said the government has “full confidence” in Arvind Subramanian as Chief Economic Adviser. NEW DELHI: HIGHLIGHTS BJP’s Subramanian Swamy demands sacking of Chief Economic Adviser Finance Minister says Arvind Subramanian has government’s confidence Finance Minister rebukes Swamy, who called for RBI chief Rajan’s removal The BJP’s Subramanian Swamy, who demanded the removal of Raghuram Rajan as Governor of ... Read More »
New Delhi: With the first month nearing completion, the Finance Ministry will hold a high-level meeting to review the ambitious one-time compliance window that has been announced by the government to declare domestic black money. The review meeting, scheduled later this week, will be chaired by Revenue Secretary Hasmukh Adhia with Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) members and they ... Read More »
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