Infosys announces average 8% raise for India staff

Infosys has announced an 8% increase in salaries for employees based in India, effective July 1. The company's offshore employees, who were not given hikes in February, can look forward to a 3% increase in their salaries. The global sales team has been given 8% hike effective May 1. The Times of India was the first to report on May 25...

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Nasscom to fund, incubate 25 start-ups

The National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom) will fund and incubate 25 start-ups to be set up by young entrepreneurs across the country, the Indian IT industry representative body said.  "Of the 4,000 applications we received for our '10,000 start-ups programme', we will 25 best entrepreneurs for angel...

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Apple planning 5.7-inch iPhone: Sources

Apple is exploring launching iPhones with bigger screens, as well as cheaper models in a range of colours, over the next year, said four people with knowledge of the matter, as it takes a cue rival Samsung Electronics.  The moves, which are still under discussion, underscore how the California-based firm that once ruled the smartphone...

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Dell India names Alok Ohrie as president and MD

PC maker Dell named Alok Ohrie as the president and managing director of its India operations.  India is strategic to Dell both as a market as well as for its service delivery capability and Ohrie will carry the responsibility of further enhancing the company's end-to-end solutions capabilities, Dell said in a statement.  In...

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Amazon India launches Kindle Fire HD, Paperwhite

Just a week after rolling out its online marketplace in India, online retail giant Amazon has launched its Kindle series of tablets and e-reader in the country. The company has brought the Kindle Fire HD tablets and Kindle Paperwhite e-book reader in the market, with prices varying between Rs 10,999 and Rs 21,999.  Amazon India...

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Now,ge mobile phone with your shorts

Scientists have invented a pair of shorts which stores energy toge wearer's phone battery while they are on the move. An average person wearing the Power Shorts and going for a stroll can generate enough energy toge a battery for four hours, the Sun reported.  This happens with the help of a fabric that turns walking into electrical...

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India is strategic market for Ericsson

While Ericsson India's new head of operations Chris Houghton believes telecom operators must reembark on building out networks, for now it will focus on their efforts to use mobile broadband, using Wi-Fi to lower clogging, and making full use of operational expenditure. Houghton tells Gulveen Aulakh, there will be no lay-offs of the...

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Indian cos yet to upgrade to IPv6 web addresses

Many Indian enterprises are unprepared to cope with a shift to a new format of internet addresses when the existing format of addresses runs out some time in 2014. Operators offering internet connections and network devices alike will need to move to a new format of addresses (IPv6), muchchanging a seven to eight digit phone number.  Indian...

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Most US citizens worry about online privacy: Study

More than half of Americans polled in a survey said they agreed with the statement "We are really in the era of Big Brother."  The survey the University of Southern California was conducted last year, before recent revelations of large-scale, secret US government surveillance programs. It found that some 35 per cent of respondents...

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