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The Great War, online

The Great War, online

Rediff.com30 Dec 2014

Facebook owns WhatsApp and Microsoft owns Skype, the two services that are at the centre of the current "net neutrality battle".

Indian Oil, RIL, Tata Motors among world's 500 largest companies

Indian Oil, RIL, Tata Motors among world's 500 largest companies

Rediff.com23 Jul 2015

Companies are ranked by total revenues.

How entrepreneur Girish built $94 mln worth Freshdesk in no time

How entrepreneur Girish built $94 mln worth Freshdesk in no time

Rediff.com24 Aug 2015

Freshdesk also launched an IT service management product Freshservice to offer cloud-based service desk solution for smaller companies for their internal IT support.

Lumia 830 is the last Nokia phone!

Lumia 830 is the last Nokia phone!

Rediff.com28 Nov 2014

Lumia 830 is the last phone to carry the iconic Nokia branding. But is it geared to take on the competition? Himanshu Juneja has the answer.

Best April Fools' pranks: Meat cleaver phone, a selfie car...

Best April Fools' pranks: Meat cleaver phone, a selfie car...

Rediff.com2 Apr 2015

Don't believe us? Take a look for yourself:

Former Forbes India editor floats digital media platform

Former Forbes India editor floats digital media platform

Rediff.com17 Mar 2015

The company has signed deals Mint and digital television network Ping.

Mozilla to launch Firefox smartphones in India @ Rs 1,500

Mozilla to launch Firefox smartphones in India @ Rs 1,500

Rediff.com12 Jun 2014

Mozilla showcased a smartphone prototype costing as little as $25 at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in February, targeting developing countries including India and China.

Mangalyaan among Time's 25 best inventions of 2014

Mangalyaan among Time's 25 best inventions of 2014

Rediff.com21 Nov 2014

Mangalyaan has been named among the best inventions of 2014 by Time magazine which described it as a technological feat that will allow India to flex its "interplanetary muscles."

'India needs out-of-the-box thinkers'

'India needs out-of-the-box thinkers'

Rediff.com22 Feb 2016

'Every educational institution should have incubating centres so that students will get exposed to entrepreneurship early.'

New tool to help robots 'see' better

New tool to help robots 'see' better

Rediff.com8 Oct 2013

Object recognition is one of the most widely studied problems in computer vision, researchers said.

US trade body explains why H-1B visas need to be expanded

US trade body explains why H-1B visas need to be expanded

Rediff.com31 Aug 2015

Indian tech professionals are one of the major beneficiaries of H-1B visas.

Fantastic gadgets that will rule the market in 2015

Fantastic gadgets that will rule the market in 2015

Rediff.com29 Dec 2014

With the world of technology evolving at a rapid pace, 2014 witnessed a sea change in terms of the gadgets that arrived to the party.

Trump's travel ban: Immigrants detained; judge stays deportation

Trump's travel ban: Immigrants detained; judge stays deportation

Rediff.com29 Jan 2017

"It's working out very nicely. You see it in the airports, you see it all over. It's working out very nicely," Trump said.

Buffett on US-China, missing Amazon story, cryptocurrency

Buffett on US-China, missing Amazon story, cryptocurrency

Rediff.com7 May 2018

Here's a pick of what Warrenn Buffett had to say over the weekend, and his annual 'Woodstock for Capitalists'.

5 signs your start-up idea is a BAD one

5 signs your start-up idea is a BAD one

Rediff.com21 Dec 2015

Here's how to know if you're on to something huge, or it is just a mirage. Read on...

US threatened Yahoo with huge fine over surveillance

US threatened Yahoo with huge fine over surveillance

Rediff.com12 Sep 2014

The documents shed new light on how the government dealt with US Internet companies that were reluctant to comply with orders from the secretive US Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, which rules on government requests to conduct surveillance for national security issues.

Carnegie Mellon receives $35 million gift from TCS

Carnegie Mellon receives $35 million gift from TCS

Rediff.com25 Aug 2015

Largest industry gift to CMU and largest gift from outside US will support new facility and student scholarships

Beware of new mobile malware attacks on Android devices!

Beware of new mobile malware attacks on Android devices!

Rediff.com8 Jan 2015

536 new malware families and a further 616 new variants affecting the Android platform were detected.

'Learning is a lifelong process'

'Learning is a lifelong process'

Rediff.com19 Jan 2015

Aditya Bhushan Dwivedi profiles Amitava Ghosh the chief technology officer at TaxiForSure.

Economy: 'Modi's the right man for the job'

Economy: 'Modi's the right man for the job'

Rediff.com10 Oct 2019

'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.'

Top 8 biographies every entrepreneur should read

Top 8 biographies every entrepreneur should read

Rediff.com20 May 2015

Presenting tips and case studies about innovation, management, leadership, growth, technology and investment.

Movies & cricket serious business for Tim Cook's future India plans

Movies & cricket serious business for Tim Cook's future India plans

Rediff.com24 May 2016

Apple CEO landed in Kanpur for IPL match as jet to Vizag was late; he also got to see Lucknow

TCS is the only Indian company among world's 50 most innovative

TCS is the only Indian company among world's 50 most innovative

Rediff.com30 Oct 2014

Wipro makes it to the up-and-coming companies with potential to join the top 50 list.

Modi invites Indian-American business leaders to India

Modi invites Indian-American business leaders to India

Rediff.com28 Sep 2014

He is meeting stalwarts such as Google's Eric E Schmidt, Carlyle's David M Rubenstein, Cargill's David W MacLennan, MasterCard's Ajay Banga, and Pepsico's Indra Nooyi.

Flipkart confirms valuation at $15.2 billion

Flipkart confirms valuation at $15.2 billion

Rediff.com24 Sep 2015

Flipkart's valuation of $15.2 bn arrived at during latest round of $700-mn fund raise.

Why India is unlikely to see consistent growth

Why India is unlikely to see consistent growth

Rediff.com14 Jul 2017

The need for larger investment in infrastructure that is the biggest shortcoming, says A V Rajwade.

Samsung, Apple to end patents war outside US

Samsung, Apple to end patents war outside US

Rediff.com7 Aug 2014

Apple still has a request pending for a sales ban against newer Samsung phones in that proceeding.

Trump welcomes 'true friend' as Modi lands in Washington

Trump welcomes 'true friend' as Modi lands in Washington

Rediff.com25 Jun 2017

Trump will host Modi at the White House on Monday afternoon.

10 smart tips for innovators and app developers

10 smart tips for innovators and app developers

Rediff.com17 Jan 2015

Internet-based systemic wisdom connects machines and people, and will drive next-gen enterprises, said Huawei's Yatish Nagavalli.

An open letter to a young graduate

An open letter to a young graduate

Rediff.com26 Feb 2016

Saksham Karwal shares the lessons he's learned along the way.

Infosys in talks with clients on US Immigration bill

Infosys in talks with clients on US Immigration bill

Rediff.com12 Jul 2013

Infosys on Friday said it is in discussion with clients for a contingency plan to ensure business continuity in the event of the US immigration reforms bill becoming a law.

HealthifyMe: A start-up that helps people live healthy

HealthifyMe: A start-up that helps people live healthy

Rediff.com4 Jul 2016

HealthifyMe is an app that connects users to fitness trainers virtually, motivate them on goals.

Fairfax consortium offers $4.7 bn for BlackBerry

Fairfax consortium offers $4.7 bn for BlackBerry

Rediff.com24 Sep 2013

BlackBerry has signed a letter of intent agreement under which a consortium to be led by Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited has offered to acquire the company subject to due diligence, it said in a statement.

Apple's nine-year iPhone juggernaut stops with first sales decline

Apple's nine-year iPhone juggernaut stops with first sales decline

Rediff.com27 Apr 2016

Apple said it sold 51.2 million iPhones in its second fiscal quarter, down from 61.2 million in the same quarter a year ago but above analysts' estimates of about 50 million devices.

5 ways NITI Aayog is using AI to change India

5 ways NITI Aayog is using AI to change India

Rediff.com20 Mar 2018

'AI will be bigger than the advent of the Internet or the harnessing of electricity.' 'India must embrace it with all its might,' says NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant.

Mahindra's ambitious plan to become future-ready

Mahindra's ambitious plan to become future-ready

Rediff.com13 Nov 2017

E-mobility is only one among the several fronts on which Mahindra is waging a battle of aspirations, to future-proof the $19-billion tractor-to-technology conglomerate, says Nikhil Inamdar.

Starting a new venture? Choose a co-founder wisely

Starting a new venture? Choose a co-founder wisely

Rediff.com23 Jun 2014

Starting a new business is always exciting.

A fitness band from Vishal Gondal to take on gyms

A fitness band from Vishal Gondal to take on gyms

Rediff.com16 Dec 2014

The Goqii fitness tracker is a wrist band that measures one's steps, calories burnt, distance travelled, and even tracks the sleeping patterns.

What Modi proved by his Silicon Valley visit

What Modi proved by his Silicon Valley visit

Rediff.com30 Sep 2015

'If such is the ambition to effect change, India is a platform where an innovation can be tested on a scale unavailable in most places. To take the simplest example, where else are hundreds of millions in one country waiting for Internet access, for better broadband, for 4G roll out -- millions of them in each of these categories -- of the ascending scale?'

The 'manufacturing nationalism' of Modi and Trump

The 'manufacturing nationalism' of Modi and Trump

Rediff.com5 Jan 2017

Both have made factory jobs the centre of their economic agendas. Kanika Datta explains the practical limits to their ambitions.