An Algerian military transport plane has crashed in mountains in the north-east of the country with 103 passengers and crew on board.
It is not clear as to whether we are in a bubble in technology stocks. What is clear, however, is that there is no reason why this potential bubble will pop anytime soon, notes Akash Prakash.
Is this Rahul on Kailash Mansarovar Yatra? Fake photos, says BJP
Taking the supporters of Telangana supporters by surprise the Union government has given its nod to the ambitious Information Technology Investment Region proposal for Hyderabad which envisions an investment of Rs 2.19 lakh crore in and around the city over the next 25 years.
Investors seem to be very keen on investing in startups.
While Team Indus had backing from Nandan Nilekani, Ratan Tata and Flipkart founders Sachin and Binny Bansal, it could not even muster half of the Rs 4.5 billion it required for the mission to the moon.
'The expectation was that Modi would become even bolder in his approach, and after only four months into his second term, we are starting to see evidence of this.'
Khosla said 85 per cent of Indian e-commerce firms were over-valued.
IT body Nasscom has helped four start-ups raise funding of Rs 40 lakh as part of its programme to help entrepreneurs turn their ideas into successful businesses.
Twitter Inc named Anthony Noto as CFO, putting the well-regarded former Goldman Sachs executive who led its successful November IPO in charge of finances.
There is ample fuel in the computer revolution to do many useful things.
In the backdrop of alleged involvement of a 'Ranchi module' of Indian Mujahideen in the October 27 serial blasts near a Bharatiya Janata Party rally in Patna, police on Monday recovered nine live bombs matching those found in Patna from a lodge at Hindpiri in Ranchi.
How many times can you read the same book? Instead, T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan turns to different books by same writers for comfort.
Peru fans take $800 taxi to get to World Cup game
Swiggy is following a path that seems similar to what Meituan, one of China's largest O2O (online-to-offline) platforms that delivers food, sells movie tickets and offers hotel reservation, has done so far, reports Patanjali Pahwa.
HealthifyMe is an app that connects users to fitness trainers virtually, motivate them on goals.
If the employee is at a customer's location in some other country, his location and the amount of tine he spends with the client would be reflected
The expansion into smaller towns is coming at a time when the online retail space has not only seen consolidation but is actually looking to collaborate with physical stores. Abhineet Kumar reports.
The state police is yet to confirm if the recent suicides are linked to the cyber game.
'No analogy is perfect, but a better liquid to liken data to is water, with the global internet like a great borderless ocean of currents and tides,' Facebook's vice-president, global affairs and communications, Nick Clegg, said in New Delhi.
For podcasters -- those who create podcasts -- the medium's appeal also owes to the fact that its content remains unregulated. Uncomfortable conversations, taboo subjects, stigmatised issues, are all encouraged.
Nikesh Arora is indeed paid a lot, networks hard, and has made some punchy bets.
Pantech, South Korea's No.3 smartphone maker, has been under a debt-restructuring programme after suffering six consecutive quarters of losses.
Windows 10, which comes almost three years after the launch of the company's last operating system, will be available in 190 countries.
'There is no tried and true recipe for creating Silicon Valleys.' 'Attracting and creating a mass of truly dynamic entrepreneurs is at the core and among the hardest and most necessary ingredients.' 'In the US, close to 60% of the top valued tech companies were started by immigrants who found the start-up climate to be superior to where they came from.' 'India would clearly benefit from attracting back its talented Diaspora, but it also needs to hold onto those entrepreneurs.'
Following the surge in demand, Bitcoin is being quoted on Indian exchanges at 25-28 per cent higher than the international price, reports Rajesh Bhayani.
Bangalore-based couple Sneha Sundaram and Bharath Bevinahally tell us how Kutuki, an early learning app, will change the way 200 mn kids in Indian will access education.
With a new $100-billion technology fund, SoftBank is likely to go after market leaders.
Leading the Indian-Americans on the list is 49-year old Aneel Bhusri.
Higher dividend taxes, falling valuations make alternative shareholder payment attractive.
'The pressure on relative performance and the feeling of being left out among many investors may also account for the belief among many that this has to be a technology stock bubble.' 'The feeling of a bubble is also reinforced by the extreme performance gap between growth and value investing.' 'While at first glance, one can only stand back awestruck by the wealth creation delivered by technology stocks globally. It does not seem at all like the internet bubble of 1999-2000, says Akash Prakash.
The reason for digital and IT interventions increasingly being adopted is not just the change in ways commuters move but also the mode on which this transport moves, says Jyoti Mukul.
It's seen as a signal that he wants to engage with India Inc at a time when the economy has started looking up.
'We had a great product for the global market and we could sell it globally resulting in this amazing growth.' 'When customers come online and buy a product, they don't look at whether it is created in India or somewhere else.'
Don't bet everything you have, Lemon Tree's Patu Keswani tells Pavan Lall.
Here's a pick of what Warrenn Buffett had to say over the weekend, and his annual 'Woodstock for Capitalists'.
'Poor home work, and a subsequent loss of nerve.' 'This sums up the Modi government's current travails, the stall in key sectors, fading momentum, irritability,' points out Shekhar Gupta.
The need for larger investment in infrastructure that is the biggest shortcoming, says A V Rajwade.
India's IT/BPO story isn't over yet, believes Ganesh Natarajan.
India's IT/BPO story isn't over yet, believes Ganesh Natarajan.
