Airtel, Google launch Free Zone

MUMBAI: Bharti Airtel has entered into an agreement with Google to offer customers the first search page on the Google engine for free. This means Airtel users will be able to conduct a basic Google search or set up a Gmail account without subscribing to a data service plan on the network. Free Zone, as the service is called, aims to empower...

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RCom offers 50% discount on 3G plans for iPhones

MUMBAI: Reliance Communications has tied up with Apple to bundle the iPhone handset with its service plans. The Anil Ambani-owned telecom operator will offer as much as 50% discount on data service on its 3G, or third generation, network to iPhone users on its network under these plans. This is Apple's third operator pact in India,...

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Oracle, NetSuite announce cloud computing alliance

SAN FRANCISCO: Software companies Oracle and NetSuite announced an alliance to deliver cloud-based services to mid-size business customers, the third tie-up unveiled this week by Oracle as it pushes further into services delivered over the internet.  The agreement will focus on integrating Oracle's software for human resources...

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Apple co-founder backs NSA whistleblower, slams US

WASHINGTON: Apple's co-founder Steve Wozniak has expressed his support for NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden who leaked sensitive data about US surveillance programme, and has criticized the government for giving itself the permission to do what it wants.  Wozniak who invented the Apple I and II computers said that freedom in US...

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'India becomes world's third-biggest smartphone mkt'

LONDON: India has been ranked the third largest smartphone market in the world pushing down Japan, a new study has revealed.  According to Express.co.uk, the study by market research experts Strategy Analytics has found that India has moved ahead of Japan as during the first quarter of 2013 smartphone sales in India increased by...

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Cognizant tops Recruiters list in India

NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: The IT services sector is perhaps the worst hit by global economic turbulence over the past few years. But when one company this industry hires more MBAs 21 top B-schools than any other company acrosssectors, you know it is doing something right.  Cognizant, number one in India's Top Recruiters list this year,...

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Updated: 70 best free iPad games 2013

Best free iPad games 1 - 35 So you've got an iPad and have come to the dawning realisation that you've gotno cash left to buy any games for it. Best iPad mini case: 27 top covers for your iPad mini 10 best gifts for iPad owners Have no fear, because the App Store offers plenty of iPad gaming goodness for the (unintentional or otherwise)...

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Facebook app for Windows 8 on the anvil: Microsoft

WASHINGTON: Software giant Microsoft has reportedly confirmed that social media website Facebook will develop an official application for its latest version of Windows 8. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer made the announcement at the company's annual developers conference in San Francisco but did not provide any specific release date, CBS...

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Apple not allowed to add Galaxy S4 to patent case

NEW DELHI: As the patent war between Apple and Samsung advances, a US court has handed the iPhone maker a setback. Apple's appeal to add Samsung's Galaxy S4 smartphone to the patent trial has been shot down by US Magistrate Judge Paul S Grewal. Grewal said that adding yet another product to this case is a "tax on the court's resources,"...

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Online snooping: Microsoft wants to disclose more information

SAN FRANCISCO: Microsoft has joined Google in a legal push for permission to disclose more information about secret government requests for data, according to a US court filing made public.  Microsoft's legal request with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISA) on June 19th came a day after a similar petition by Google.  The...

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600% rise in malicious apps: Study

NEW DELHI: The growth in smartphones and devices has fuelled surge in malicious applications, which grew globally by over 600% to 2.76 lakh in the one year ended March 2013, with majority of the devices being targeted running on Android, a study by Juniper Networks says.  According to network solutions provider Juniper Network's...

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PayPal begins mission space

SAN FRANCISCO: Earthbound financial transactions service PayPal launched a quest for an intergalactic currency, saying it is time to figure out what space travelers will use as cash. "The time has now come for us to start planning for the future; a futurewe aren't just talking about global payments," said PayPal president David Marcus....

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What is 'threatening' Sony in Japan

TOKYO: Sony has already sold almost 1 million units of Xperia Z smartphone by some estimates. But NTT DoCoMo, Japan's largest mobile carrier, will soon stop selling it.  The Xperia Z has not even hit the United States market yet: T-Mobile says the model will make its debut on its network in the coming weeks. But it is already a...

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