Executives of Internet services firm AOL and software giant Microsoft held formal talks to discuss the possible $40-billion breakup of internet major Yahoo! on Wednesday, a media report said on Thursday.The Times reported that a team from AOL, the internet arm of media conglomerate Time Warner, met Microsoft officials to negotiate the possible split of Yahoo! which could lead to the software giant seizing control.
Microsoft was in for a rude shock late Sunday night when the leading packaged software maker discovered that its Indian retail website has been hacked.
A month after taking over as Microsoft chief, Satya Nadella on Tuesday announced a major top-level reshuffle, which saw the heads of marketing and business development resigning.
The India centre, which is the seventh such facility for the company globally, will function as a satellite to Microsoft's Redmond-based Digital Crimes Unit.
Cognizant Technology Solutions is infusing generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) into all its core offerings, chief executive Ravi Kumar S wrote in an internal note to its employees. Cognizant has 351,500 employees, a majority of whom are in India. Kumar cited the example of a GenAI-enabled conversational virtual assistant (VA) that Cognizant has introduced to help clients reimagine experiences beyond chatbots.
Guardian enables users to switch on a 'track me' feature in the app that lets friends and family track them in real-time using Microsoft Windows Azure cloud services and Bing Map APIs, the company said.
Microsoft Corp announced its 'Windows 10' operating system on Tuesday to replace the largely unpopular Windows 8, skipping a number to mark a leap toward unifying the way people work on tablets, phones and traditional computers.
The Bangalore team will focus on product development and applied research in web search and online ad technologies.
200 engineers may join its Bengaluru R&D centre.
'Good for us, bad for them'. That's what Microsoft's Chief Information Officer, Tony Scott, has to say to competitors like and Google.
The latest ruling by the Registrar of Companies (RoC) in the LinkedIn Technology Information case for violating significant beneficial ownership (SBO) norms has brought the amended rules into the spotlight. Experts suggest that more entities, particularly multinational companies (MNCs), are expected to face greater scrutiny. "Companies are closely watching this space.
It has also filled a key gap in its payment systems team by hiring Ravi Byakod, a senior Google engineer.
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Finland's Nokia, once the undisputed leader in mobile phones, has been struggling to respond to the challenge from smartphone makers such as Apple and Samsung.
For Microsoft so far, Nadella has proved a Santa
S Somasegar, corporate VP, Microsoft, speaks about Vista and other products that the team at IDC, Hyderabad are working on.
The second edition of the Microsoft Corporate Challenge began in Kochi on Friday with 34 teams from across India, representing various companies, including Infosys, Microsoft, Reliance Capital and Pepsi Foods, participating in the three-day event.
The TIME 100 AI list is an interesting assortment of titans. Indians make up about 20 per cent of the coveted list, which is pretty commendable, notes Sandeep Goyal.
Foxconn's business in India has grown to over $10 billion till 2024.
As per Microsoft's work trend index report, most Indian employees felt that their employers are too demanding and their workload has increased significantly.
'It is mind-blowing to see how e-commerce is progressing in this country...am not bothered about their valuations but am more interested in the quality of their ideas, which is pretty good, Satya Nadella said.
Three students of a Mumbai institute won the award for a software solution for the healthcare industry to empower doctors and surgeons to diagnose and treat patients more efficiently.
We asked colleagues, present and past, to reflect on a man who has made such a difference to their lives and careers. Here it is then, a rich collection of memories that offer enchanting glimpses of the enigmatic Ajit Balakrishnan.
They wanted to learn about the set-up and support entrepreneur there.
The young student has started working with a Windows team.
Microsoft India employees have developed a technology that would help the hearing and speech impaired to communicate with others.
While prevalent web conferencing apps have been charging fees for getting a large number of users in a session, Jio is neither charging any fee nor has put any time limit on the sessions at present.
'As a cricketer, you have to hit refresh literally at the end of the every series. Challenges from one series to another are different'
Rajan Anandan, the former Managing Director of Microsoft, has joined search giant Google as the Vice President (Sales and Operations) and Head of India region.
US firms are seeking Indian engineers to work on technologies similar to their global counterparts
Microsoft India development centre is betting big on its Hyderabad operations. In 2005-06, it is planning to file applications for 70 patents for various projects that are underway at its centre. MIDC filed for 40 patents in 2004-05.
The writing has been on the wall for some time. Exodus of senior leadership and growth behind its peers are reasons that have prompted Thierry Delaporte, the chief executive officer (CEO) of Wipro to resign, analysts said. Delaporte, Wipro's seventh CEO, also resigned without completing his five-year term, like his predecessor Abidali Neemuchwala decided to end his tenure prematurely in 2020. Phil Fersht, HFS Research CEO and chief analyst believes the change in leadership was at least six months overdue.
Franchise is the future but Australia rule the here and now
'We are looking at the next target which is to be a $1 billion ARR firm in the next 4-5 years.'
A group of Los Angeles investors also bid $1.2 billion for the team.
After startups and Big Tech, the layoff season may have begun at the $245 billion Indian information-technology (IT) industry. Bengaluru-based IT major Wipro is looking to cut hundreds of jobs, targeting mid-level employees working onsite as the company looks to improve margins, according to a media report, citing two sources. The company has said it is aligning its business and talent to the changing market environment.
Satya Nadella was drenched with a bucket of ice water on his head as part of a challenge he took to raise awareness about a neurodegenerative disease and in turn challenged Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and Google co-founder Larry Page to do the same.
As per Mashable, Zain, who had been born with cerebral palsy, died on Monday at the age of 26.
Named Jahnabi, the word processor has came as a boon for those who need help in writing the language and can be easily used by those with a rudimentary knowledge of Assamese.
If you are interested in working with OpenAI, feel free to email Sam Altman. In a free-wheeling fireside chat with university students on Thursday in Delhi, the CEO of OpenAI and his team seemed eager to welcome bright young IT practitioners of India into the OpenAI work space. Asked about the steep degree requirements for applying to tech giants such as Microsoft and Google, Altman said that his company was open to hiring undergraduates and even college drop-outs.
