The survey, titled 'Are You Being Sold?', focused on 14 multinational brands in IT hardware and software, as well as consumer electronic space across countries, including India, China, Singapore, Thailand, South Korea, Indonesia and Australia. The performance of sales staff was judged on the basis of the complete shopping experience, including a salesperson's response time, product knowledge and attempts to close a sale.
The IT modernisation project with this outlay was approved by Cabinet Committee of Economic Affairs in November 2012.
'When an enemy country is looking for information to sabotage a system from a remote location, they can access your data, they can stop the functioning of our power plants, they can stop the functioning of critical systems in the network.' 'It is very important that we should have full control of everything in the network.' 'Most Indian companies buy from China only because of the kind of incentive they are getting.' 'By doing so, these Indian companies are exposing themselves to dangers in the coming years.'
'If India has to emerge as the world's laboratory and a global innovation hub, the minds of our youngsters must get an opportunity to flourish.'
The department has joined hands with BSNL and Pantel Technologies.
So far Blackberry has been the only and the preferred smart phone of choice for the White House, including President Barack Obama.
The United States military has tested a 'smart' bullet that can change direction mid-air after it has been fired to hit its target. The precision guided bullet will make it harder for a soldier to miss a target, even when taking aim in strong wind.
Modi called on the people of the state to vote for the BJP-NDPP alliance 'which would ensure that the funds reach the people'.
Apple Inc's iPod upended the music industry, and its iPhone knocked Nokia off its smartphone perch, but Swiss watch makers breezily dismissed warnings that the technology giant's new wristwatch gadget could do something similar to them.
'Education is disconnected from social reality and does not even attempt to solve the real problems of our country,' observe Peehu Pardeshi and Sandeep Pandey.
Piyush Goyal emphasised that India is committed to pursue a green path to growth.
South Korean giant LG Electronics is working on using technology to revamp its product line by next year, based on three key parameters.
'You are always busy' is no longer a compliment but feedback that needs to be acted upon.
Bhupendra Kumar Modi is the founder of $2-billion Spice Group.
He said it is natural for India to hold its 1st overseas start up event in the Silicon Valley.
Roger Federer, Rafa Nadal and Novak Djokovic have won the last 11 Grand Slams between them and an incredible 54 since 2003.
In India, 60 per cent said they think they have the skills needed for their careers
Nearly 72 per cent said productivity is 'much better', 20 per cent said it is 'slightly better' while three per cent said productivity was lower and six per cent said it made no difference, a study by Kelly Services, provider of workforce management services and human resources solutions, said.
Indian companies seem to be trailing behind. They will have to catch up by reskilling the workforce and ramping up investments.
Vodafone's focus is to increase consumer data adoption along with Micromax's product expertise, it said in a statement.
The $306-million investment in Ola Electric Mobility by SoftBank Corp, Arun Sarin Family, Ratan Tata and Matrix has been the biggest funding in this space in value terms this year.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, who was instrumental in developing Hyderabad as a key information technology services destination in the country, is now embarking upon a mission to establish the state as an electronics manufacturing hub.
Thousands of retail investors are reaping the benefits of the disruption that the latest technologies have brought to the equity market. Brokerage firms are aggressively investing in technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, big data and analytics, social media, chatbots, virtual assistants and so on.
Qualities that relate to emotional intelligence such as empathy and curiosity will be a big consideration factor for hiring managers of the future, says Sanjay Bahl.
Experts say launches would pick up pace from mid-March.
Finding enough shows to air, creating content that gets people to pay and watch and wooing advertisers back into the fold are going to be the biggest challenges the M&E industry faces.
Group Captain Murli Menon (retd) reveals how India can neutralise the Pakistan air force's combat capabilities without firing a shot.
Sector added only 200,000 employees in FY16, down from 230,000 in FY15
Private firms' offer to print Aadhaar details on plastic card a breach of law
The PM said Japan and the Indian diaspora has a big role to play in India's growth story.
'Anyone can string together a few alliterative words, but are they a substitute for serious thought?' 'And do they make for a strategy or plan for coherent action?' asks T N Ninan.
'We want to make in India but it will depend on volumes and partner ecosystem.'
'As far as Kashmir is concerned, a 'solution' was very much in play, and had brought endemic violence across the Jammu and Kashmir regions very much under control before the disruptive adventurism of the present regime resulted in a limited and localised escalation.'
Though chief executive officers from Google, Yahoo and Facebook have declined to attend the summit, the Apple CEO Tim Cook will address the meeting during which he will announce his intent to fold the government's cyber security recommendations into its own cyber strategy.
Although residential sales faced a major set back in Q2, they made a comeback with help of pent up demand.
Pricing is a vital part of strategy to take high speed broadband to 265 million homes
Be it a terrorist attack, mass tragedy or police verification, this bank can be of great use for security agencies and doctors. Combining Biometric, anthropology and information technology together, Asia's first human DNA Bank has been set up in Biotech Park of Uttar Pradesh capital Lucknow.
In April, RBI had to issue a warning about a mobile application.
Built on the Ford Figo platform, this car is a lot different because it has got a wider track, a better ride height, new set of 15-inch tyres wrapped around in smart black alloys and a ground clearance of 190 mm, says P Tharyan.
