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Preview: Google Pixel 4a

Preview: Google Pixel 4a

Rediff.com17 Aug 2020

The Google Pixel 4a mobile phone, discovers Ashish Narsale, is all about photography and software experience.

Suresh Vaswani set to drive IBM's global tech services

Suresh Vaswani set to drive IBM's global tech services

Rediff.com31 Jul 2017

It looks like IBM is betting on Vaswani to replicate the success he had with Dell

'I never felt I was sitting in front of such a big celebrity'

'I never felt I was sitting in front of such a big celebrity'

Rediff.com12 Nov 2021

'I had always told my children that if I got through the fastest finger round, the hot seat was not going to be tough for me.'

How chip shortage is impacting automakers, other industries

How chip shortage is impacting automakers, other industries

Rediff.com27 Sep 2021

Time was when you turned on your car's ignition, all that happened was that the mechanical system fired up your engine and made it run. Today, the moment you do so, your stereo system probably lights up, connects to the Bluetooth on your smartphone, and lets you make calls through an audio assistant or play music from your phone, which you can hear on the car's speakers. All these smart features in a car are powered by semiconductors, or chips, as they are commonly called.

6 feet apart may not be enough to stop COVID-19

6 feet apart may not be enough to stop COVID-19

Rediff.com20 May 2020

According to the scientists, shorter adults and children could be at higher risk if they are located within the trajectory of the saliva droplets.

Did India discover flight before the Wrights?

Did India discover flight before the Wrights?

Rediff.com9 Feb 2019

'There is enough proof of science-driven research in the India of early centuries,' argues Kumar Abhishek.

Nadella on how Microsoft plans to transform the world

Nadella on how Microsoft plans to transform the world

Rediff.com27 Sep 2016

We are not pursuing AI to beat humans at games. We are pursuing AI so that we can empower every person and every institution that people build, said Nadella

'The new mantra is, reskill or perish'

'The new mantra is, reskill or perish'

Rediff.com15 Mar 2018

'30 to 40% of the industry needs to be reskilled as existing jobs will go to automation.' 'Reskilling is required as some existing jobs will not be required in the future.'

Bold step of rationalising spectrum base price worked: Sibal

Bold step of rationalising spectrum base price worked: Sibal

Rediff.com4 Feb 2014

Rationalisation of reserve prices in the ongoing spectrum auction helped the government to get Rs 40,000 crore of bids on the opening day.

Sports should become a part of our lives: PM Modi tells India's youth

Sports should become a part of our lives: PM Modi tells India's youth

Rediff.com27 Aug 2017

Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked the youth to sweat it out on the play fields instead of spending time in playing computer games, saying 'playing field is more important than play station'.

New age technologies will shape the future of young India

New age technologies will shape the future of young India

Rediff.com23 Dec 2014

New age technology will reshape India's future.

The Rs 35,000-cr business of making India GST-ready

The Rs 35,000-cr business of making India GST-ready

Rediff.com12 Jun 2017

Some of the players in the GST race are Payworld, Dell, Tally Solutions

21st century is India's century: IBM chief

21st century is India's century: IBM chief

Rediff.com14 Jul 2015

With strong GDP growth, expanding base of start-ups and growing trend of new technologies like cloud in the country, the 21st century is Indian century, IBM chief Virginia Rometty said.

Modi 9th on Forbes' most powerful person list; Xi tops

Modi 9th on Forbes' most powerful person list; Xi tops

Rediff.com9 May 2018

The Chinese President dethroned Russian President Vladimir Putin as the most influential person on the planet.

How Microsoft plans to empower people

How Microsoft plans to empower people

Rediff.com15 Jul 2014

With its "mobile-first, cloud-first world" concept, Microsoft aims to reinvent productivity to empower every person and organisation on the planet, company's CEO Satya Nadella said on Monday.

Will launch Lumia 950 soon, Surface Pro 4 in Jan 2016: Nadella

Will launch Lumia 950 soon, Surface Pro 4 in Jan 2016: Nadella

Rediff.com5 Nov 2015

Come January, Microsoft Corporation will launch the Surface Pro 4, its latest mobile computing device, in the country.

Satya Nadella reveals Microsoft's 'one big mistake'

Satya Nadella reveals Microsoft's 'one big mistake'

Rediff.com15 Jul 2015

Microsoft's India-born CEO Satya Nadella acknowledged that 'one big mistake' the company made in the past was to think the personal computer will reign supreme forever and failing to anticipate the technological transformation of the mobile phone.

Soon tech maybe the biggest input in your food delivery

Soon tech maybe the biggest input in your food delivery

Rediff.com17 Feb 2019

From using Artificial Learning to Machine Learning to deploying drones food delivery platforms are going all out to reach the extra consumer, says Peerzada Abrar.

Indian scientists detect crack in Earth's magnetic shield

Indian scientists detect crack in Earth's magnetic shield

Rediff.com3 Nov 2016

The burst occurred when a giant cloud of plasma ejected from the solar corona struck Earth at a very high speed.

The politics of Photoshop

The politics of Photoshop

Rediff.com11 Dec 2007

Of late, a new class of hoardings has sprung up. One that brings together the best of political opportunism and the many benefits of information technology.

The 10 highest paid Indian-American CEOs

The 10 highest paid Indian-American CEOs

Rediff.com17 Apr 2015

Satya Nadella is the highest-paid CEO in the US. So how do the other Indian-American executives fare?

Mindtree to spin off an independent subsidiary

Mindtree to spin off an independent subsidiary

Rediff.com22 May 2014

VMUnify, incubated from staffers' idea, to be spun off into an independent company.

Deepika, Virat, Ola co-founder among Time's 100 most influential people

Deepika, Virat, Ola co-founder among Time's 100 most influential people

Rediff.com19 Apr 2018

TIME said a record 45 people on this list are under 40 -- including the youngest designer ever, 14-year-old actor Millie Bobby Brown -- and a common theme in the tributes is how much people can learn from them.

Wall Street, Silicon Valley excited about India: Michael Schlein

Wall Street, Silicon Valley excited about India: Michael Schlein

Rediff.com8 Mar 2016

Enthused by India's financial inclusion drive, US-based Accion, one of the biggest micro finance organisations in the world, has renewed its focus in India. Michael Schlein, bottom, left, chief executive officer of Accicon, tells Namrata Acharya in an email interview the Wall Street and Silicon Valley are eager to participate in opportunities presented by the issuance of the small finance and payment bank licences, the expanded banking correspondent opportunities, and the Jan-Dhan Yojna.

A smartphone app that can predict your grades

A smartphone app that can predict your grades

Rediff.com27 May 2015

The SmartGPA app automatically predicts college students' grade point average based on their cellphone data that tracks their study, party and other habits.

What does a Big Data Analyst do?

What does a Big Data Analyst do?

Rediff.com22 Jan 2019

Enterprise data management will be a USD 105 bn business by 2020.

The huge opportunity for India in machine learning and AI

The huge opportunity for India in machine learning and AI

Rediff.com17 May 2017

Microsoft Research India's MD Sriram Rajamani tells Alnoor Peermohamed & Raghu Krishnan how India can reap the benefits of the changing industry.

Microsoft posts record loss as it writes down Nokia

Microsoft posts record loss as it writes down Nokia

Rediff.com22 Jul 2015

Microsoft also took a charge of $940 million related to job cuts announced this month and last year.

Let's build technology that gets the best of humanity: Nadella

Let's build technology that gets the best of humanity: Nadella

Rediff.com31 Mar 2016

Nadella showcased improvements to Cortana and announced previews of new cloud services.

Prayagraj to house Indian Railways' ambitious freight programme

Prayagraj to house Indian Railways' ambitious freight programme

Rediff.com15 Sep 2020

Built by the French railway technology company Alstom, it will host a 90-metre-long digital wall for train operation, said to be the second largest in Asia.

Infosys to hire 10,000, set up 4 tech hubs in US

Infosys to hire 10,000, set up 4 tech hubs in US

Rediff.com2 May 2017

Through these new hires and centres, Infosys will also focus on enhancing its play in new technology areas like artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, user experience, cloud and big data.

Aditya Puri's dream for HDFC Bank: Indian Alibaba

Aditya Puri's dream for HDFC Bank: Indian Alibaba

Rediff.com9 Jul 2019

Tamal Bandyopadhyay details HDFC Bank's digital journey.

Beware! Ransom-demanding virus on the prowl

Beware! Ransom-demanding virus on the prowl

Rediff.com3 Dec 2013

The audacity of the virus has been categorised as 'severe' and cyber experts say such a malicious programme has been detected for the first time which asks for a ransom of an estimated Euro or $300 to unlock the genuine files of a user through 'anonymous pre-paid cash vouchers'.

How Google's India projects will ease our lives

How Google's India projects will ease our lives

Rediff.com28 Dec 2015

Though India is a low-bandwidth geography with relatively low Internet penetration, it has a very large number of sophisticated surfers and skilled computer users

Your IT job at risk? Here's a survival guide

Your IT job at risk? Here's a survival guide

Rediff.com21 Mar 2017

Software employees can opt for company-run programmes, online courses, boot camps to upgrade skills.

World's 10 biggest tech acquisitions

World's 10 biggest tech acquisitions

Rediff.com13 Jun 2016

Take a look at the 10 biggest IT deals ever.

Sensex ends below 28,000; IT stocks drag Nifty

Sensex ends below 28,000; IT stocks drag Nifty

Rediff.com2 Jul 2015

The broader markets, however, outperformed their larger peers.

'Robo Brain' to teach robots how to mimic humans

'Robo Brain' to teach robots how to mimic humans

Rediff.com25 Aug 2014

Robo Brain -- a large-scale computational system that learns from publicly available Internet resources -- is currently downloading and processing about 1 billion images, 120,000 YouTube videos, and 100 million how-to documents and appliance manuals.

Fortune names Nadella as businessperson of the year

Fortune names Nadella as businessperson of the year

Rediff.com20 Nov 2019

"In a year dominated by political chaos and bluster, it was a rare brand of steady -- even quiet -- leadership that won the day in the business world. And no one epitomises that brand of obsessively results-driven, team-based leadership more than our new No. 1 Businessperson of the Year," Fortune said.

'Why and how did science in India stagnate?'

'Why and how did science in India stagnate?'

Rediff.com15 Dec 2020

'It looked as if India had been a major player in science at that time, raising the question when and why things changed,' says distinguished aerospace scientist Professor Roddam Narasimha.