Mark Zuckerberg's pledge on Tuesday to give away most of his Facebook shares, a roughly $45 billion fortune, helps cement his role as one of Silicon Valley's most generous donors.
The net worth of the richest Americans grew by 13% in the past year to $ 1.7 trillion.
India's Silicon Valley, Bangalore has been ranked among the world's eight largest technology innovation clusters by MIT Technology Review.
Mithali is currently the highest run-getter in ODIs. She also led the team to the ICC Women's World Cup final in England, where they lost to host England.
The Hyderabad Garage will collaborate with teams in Silicon Valley, Redmond, Vancouver, Washington, New England, Israel and Beijing.
Also on Flipkart's to-do list is getting people from the Silicon Valley on its rolls.
The move by the two Silicon Valley companies came the day when Twitter permanently suspended Trump's account due to "risk of further incitement of violence".
Tesla began taking orders for its Model 3 sedan from Indian customers in 2016 and caught the fancy of people like GOQii's Vishal Gondal, Paytm's Vijay Shekhar Sharma and venture capitalist Mahesh Murthy. Amid hints from Elon Musk, Alnoor Peermohamed reports on Tesla's Indian entry.
Welcome to the world of tech start-ups Ms Chopra!
A well known figure among the Silicon Valley elite, Sikka recently quit his job at SAP.
Bangalore scores in terms of schools and colleges, ability to attract infrastructure, office space availability and city culture.
Hundreds of Indian companies are expected to go big, issue public issues and even acquired by top global IT firms.
Employees accused them of limiting competition by colluding not to poach each other's talent.
The case has been closely watched due to the potentially high damages award and the opportunity to peek into the world of Silicon Valley's elite.
Tech workers filed a class action lawsuit against Apple Inc, Google Inc , Intel Inc and Adobe Systems Inc in 2011, alleging they conspired to avoid competing for each other's employees in order to avert a salary war.
Amazon, in recent years, has emerged as a disruptive force in shopping, attracting millions of customers across the globe - the US and India in particular - to shop online.
'Remember to pick a mentor, with whom there are one or two degrees of separation.' 'Any more than that, you are wasting time.'
When Vinod Khosla bought the Martin's beach property he put up a gate with a sign that said, 'Beach closed, keep out'. Ritu Jha reports from California.
Kamala succeeded as she identified herself with the larger minority groups rather than narrow ethnicity, prodded by her mother who did not want to return to India, observes Ambassador T P Sreenivasan, who has done multiple stints in India's embassy in Washington, DC.
While Facebook's CEO had shown up in a hooded sweatshirt and sneakers, Twitter's executives were clad in dark suits as they pitched investors over plates of pesto chicken salad and raspberry tart.
As Satya Nadella takes over as CEO of technology giant Microsoft, it is a thrilling moment for people of Indian origin in America.
The words 'industry', 'industrial development', 'jobs', and 'employment' have been ringing with higher frequency since Mamata Banerjee stepped into her third term with landslide victory after a high-octane election last year. "Our government's next target is industrial development," the chief minister (CM) had been heard stating at different public meetings in the past few months - perhaps setting the tone for the sixth edition of the Bengal Global Business Summit (BGBS) slated for later this month. Investor summits by any state are about intent, big numbers, and tall claims. Yet in competitive federalism, its importance as a marketing tool is undeniable.
The four defendants allegedly used three California corporations to orchestrate the improper submission of more than one hundred H-1B visa applications.
San Francisco Bay Area's investor community hopeful that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Silicon Valley visit will lead to policy changes.
Twitter has filed for an initial public offering with US regulators.
A coalition of over 150 US-based academicians back Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Silicon Valley next week and counter refute 130 US-based South Asian academics who oppose the Modi visit and his Digital India initiative.
Alexander Zverev got the better of older brother Mischa at the Citi Open in Washington on Thursday, winning their first meeting at an ATP Tour event 6-3, 7-5.
The locality, home to IIT-Bombay and the National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE), is steadily attracting fledgling entrepreneurs for purposes of both work and residence.
NASA's Deep Space Networks will help India to track the Mars orbiter's journey, and will also help to track it when it will go around Mars, reports Ritu Jha from California.
The seven Indian-Americans are cybersecurity firm ZScaler CEO Jay Chaudhry, founder and chairman of Symphony Technology Group Romesh Wadhwani, cofounder and CEO of online home goods retailer Wayfair Niraj Shah, Silicon Valley venture capital firm Khosla Ventures founder Vinod Khosla, managing partner of Sherpalo Ventures Kavitark Ram Shriram, Airline veteran Rakesh Gangwal and Workday CEO and co-founder Aneel Bhusri.
India's Silicon Valley Bangalore turns out to be the worst place to start a business in India, according to World Bank survey.
President Barack Obama has 60 days to review ruling.
The tax evasion battle between the tech giants and various governments is not just a fight about tax revenues but also for moral supremacy.
More companies can now get the visa rather than very few taking a lion's share.
Let's take a look world's leading cities for start-ups, including one from India.
Should we not stop uncritically celebrating NRIs' elevation without regard to what kind of companies they are getting to run, and the nature of their products or business practices, asks T N Ninan.
Suhail Rizvi, an enigmatic India-born investor, has emerged as one of the biggest gainers from Twitter's high-profile public debut.
The company has almost 900 jobs open, representing nearly 8 percent of its workforce.
$47.6 bn capital invested across 921 deals in India in 2020, despite pandemic.
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