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Silicon Valley Revisited

A year ago, totally new in these parts, I wrote my first rediff column titled Sounding silly in Silicon Valley. It did capture my state of befuddlement then about not only technology, but......

Is Silicon Valley reinventing itself?

The challenge is to go out and do something different; not one more 'application' to download, not one more 'Angry Birds', a YouTube sensation. Something is changing yet again in the innovation......

Registrations begin for Modi's Silicon Valley event

Organisers of Narendra Modi's September 27 Diaspora interaction in Silicon Valley are making sure that all faith groups and professionals are present when the prime minister visits. Ritu......

Silicon Valley desis power Hillary campaign

Several Indian-American heavyweights in Silicon Valley came together at a recent fundraiser at the home of venture capitalist Kamal Hasan and his wife Talat at their home in Saratoga, California,......

California calling: Modi makes his way to Silicon Valley

After hosting a crucial G-4 summit on UN Security Council reforms, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday left for San Jose to begin another crucial part of his US visit with a packed agenda of......

Silicon Valley's coolest investments

Anybody can fund a Web company. Silicon Valley venture capitalists pumped $30 billion into 2,600 new ventures last year--surely there were some surprises among all those social networks and green......

Bangalore: Silicon Valley or Coolie Valley?

Politicians, bureaucrats and residents of Bangalore take pride in the fact that they live in what they call the Silicon Valley of the East. The city is considered high tech because of the number of......

Silicon Valley last among US tech hubs

Silicon Valley -- a name synonymous with the information technology boom and home to many a billionaire -- is no longer hot. Of the top 12 technology hubs in the United States, Silicon Valley has......

HSBC acquires Silicon Valley Bank's UK arm for 1 pound

The UK government announced on Monday that it has facilitated London-based banking major HSBC to buy the embattled UK arm of Silicon Valley Bank for 1 pound, securing the deposits of more than......

Silicon Valley eyes green power generation

Indian entrepreneurs settled in the US-based Silicon Valley are keen on power generation in Orissa using alternate energy sources. To start with, this group of potential investors is looking at a......

Chinappa enters Japan Open semifinals

IMAGE: Joshna Chinappa. Photograph: Joshna Chinappa/Instagram Seasoned Indian squash player Joshna Chinappa defeated Egyptian Nardine Garas in straight games to storm into the semifinals of the......

Unseeded Joshna Chinappa triumphs in Japan Open

IMAGE: Joshna Chinappa, currently ranked 117 in the world, beat Egypt's Haya Ali in four games of the final of the Japan Open. Photograph: Joshna Chinappa/Instagram Two-time Asian champion Joshna......

Tennis Round-up: Serena suffers worst career defeat in Silicon Valley opener

IMAGE: Serena Williams of the United States reacts during her match against Johanna Konta of Great Britain on Day 2 of the Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic at Spartan Tennis Complex in San Jose,......

MI's Hundred move: 49% stake in Oval Invincibles

IMAGE: Mumbai Indians won a fiercely contested e-auction, fending off competition from a Silicon Valley tech consortium, comprising the chief executives of Google, Microsoft, and Adobe as well......

From Yoga to Bollywood, T20 is America's next obsession

IMAGE: General view of India fans in the stands before the match. Photograph: Ash Allen/Reuters Indian-American businessman Sanjay Govil is convinced Twenty20 cricket can be the next big cultural......