What you need to flaunt this season are touchscreen phones that are smart and sassy.
Don't be fooled by their diminutive looks - these babies have enough megapixels to portray in detail your picture-perfect moments.
VoIP services come in real handy to make cheap overseas calls.
When United States-based drug major Merck bought Schering-Plough early this month, it decided to go off the beaten track. Instead of having one managing director for the merged entity, it decided to retain both: Naveen A Rao will continue to head Merck's subsidiary MSD Pharmaceuticals in India and K G Ananthakrishnan will retain his position as MD of Schering-Plough's subsidiary Fulford India.
While pay-per-second tariff plans seem attractive, there's a lot you need to know before switching over.
Almost 80% mid-sized firms plan to raise IT budget for 2010.
WNS, an NYSE-listed business process outsourcing company, recorded good second quarter numbers, reflecting the improving market conditions in global markets. Neeraj Bhargava, Group CEO, attributed the performance to better volume growth and a robust pipeline. In a chat with Business Standard, he spoke about the recent stake sale talks with Warburg Pincus, appointing a new CEO and other issues.
Users are increasingly taking to dual-SIM handsets, which enable two connections on a single device.
That the flow of deals has resumed is evident from the third quarter Global TPI Index that tracks commercial contracts valued at $25 million or more.
With the US economy showing a positive annual growth rate of 3.3 per cent, the Indian IT industry - which gets over 50 per cent of its revenue from the US - is heaving a sigh of relief.
If you have been holding off buying a new computer, then Windows 7, the latest operating system from Microsoft, will give you a good excuse to buy one. Windows 7, or Win 7, is largely believed to be better than Microsoft's previous OS Windows Vista and way more advanced than the last generation Windows XP.
Dell says the credit goes to its campaign -- 'Take Your Own Path' -- launched in October, 2008. It was the first such campaign by Dell anywhere in the world as the company mainly relied on direct marketing earlier.
IT companies hire an average of 50 students each from engineering campuses and 20 students from management institutes. Headhunters confirm that many of the IT companies have given them mandates for hiring over the next couple of quarters. "We have seen an uptick in the hiring patterns among the IT firms. We ourselves have received good mandates from firms like Infosys and others.
Children in India received Rs 664-cr pocket money this year. The economic slowdown hasn't dented this market, courtesy indulgent parents. Indian children received Rs 664 crore pocket and gift money so far in 2009, up 39 per cent compared to the whole of 2008.
The newest CEO in the Tata group brings an aggressive pace and style to India's largest IT consultancy firm.
Dell's acquisition of Perot System for $3.9 billion is being seen by most analysts as a strategic call. This will give Dell an enlarged footprint. Both the companies will get a chance to diversify. Of course, it will make Dell a service powerhouse -- globally and in the country too.
The company, which saw a pricing pressure of 5-6 per cent in the last two quarters, believes that most of the pricing negotiations are completed and about one-third of pricing pressure has been factored in the company's guidance. However, Shibulal does not rule out some tail-wind effect in this quarter as well.
Bluetooth speakers are elbowing their way in and we are saying this because of the recent launches that will spoil you with choices.
BP is apparently targeting a higher percentage of offshoring.
Venture capitalists and seed fund providers receive around 500-1,200 business plans every year. The trend continued even among the student fraternity. Venture firms such as Morpheus Venture Partners and Centre for Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship that work closely with students and incubator centres have seen a spurt in activity.
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