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Facebook Brings 360-Degree Photos to News Feed

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 »

Vodafone To Join Data War, Announce Plans Shortly

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 »

Telecom Companies’ Data Revenues To Double In Two Years: CLSA

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 »

L&T Infotech’s Rs 1,200 Crore IPO Fails To Excite Analysts: 10 Things To Know

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 »

Finance Minister’s Response To Subramanian Swamy Suggests ‘Enough’

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 »

Finance Ministry To Review Domestic Black Money Window Issues: Report

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 »

New ETF To Monetise Government Stake In Listed PSUs, Other Firms

New Delhi: The Finance Ministry is planning to launch a new Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) as an additional mechanism to monetise government’s stake in listed PSUs and other companies. The ETF may include government stake in companies held through Specified Undertaking of Unit Trust of India (SUUTI) as well as those in which it still has some holding. The Department ... Read More »

Presumptive Taxation: No Audit For Turnover Of Up To Rs 2 Crore

New Delhi: The Finance Ministry on Monday said small businesses with a total turnover of up to Rs 2 crore will not be required to get their accounts audited if they opt for the presumptive taxation scheme. “The higher threshold (up to Rs 2 crore) for non-audit of accounts has been given only to assessees opting for presumptive taxation scheme ... Read More »

Twitter Dashboard App to Help Small, Medium Businesses Connect With Customers

HIGHLIGHTS Dashboard can be accessed on the Web and on iOS as well Dashboard can help small and medium businesses engage with their audiences Twitter recently released stickers on its website To help business owners connect with their users, micro-blogging website Twitter has launched Twitter Dashboard – an app to streamline engagement for business accounts. Available on iOS, it can ... Read More »

Twitter Wants You to Use Snapchat-Like Stickers as Visual Hashtags

HIGHLIGHTS Unlike Snapchat’s stickers, Twitter’s stickers will be searchable The stickers will also act as hashtags across the website Stickers won’t be counted as characters in the tweet limit Twitter will have stickers soon, just like Snapchat, so that you can add cute little symbolic expressions of your feelings to your photos. The stickers will be searchable, like a “visual ... Read More »