TCS revises hiring plans

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), country's largest IT services exporter, is considering accelerating its hiring plans after beating quarterly profit expectations on increased demand from financial clients and in Europe.  Companies such as TCS have stepped up efforts to increase their market share in continental Europe in recent...

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Google Nexus 5 price leaked

News details are trickling in about the Google's upcoming Nexus 5 smartphone. A Romanian Android blog has revealed the device's pricing. According to the blog, the 16GB Nexus 5 will be priced $399, while the 32GB model will have a price tag of $449 in Play Store. The blog notes that the new Nexus will be priced higher than Nexus...

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Suggest external hard drives within Rs 12,000 range

I'm looking for an external hard drive within a budget of Rs 12,000. Could you please inform me of what I should be looking for, and also suggest a few models? — Siddharth Sharma, Manav Parekh, J Rodricks External hard drives are of two types: portable and desktop. Regardless of whichever you decide upon, make sure it supports...

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Canon launches digitisation services for corporates

Electronics giant Canon India said it is eyeing Rs 100 crore business from scanning and digitisation services by next year, on the back of demand from households and insurance sector. The company today launched a portable scanner for Rs 11,995 and also announced a new business segment, which the company is calling managed digitisation...

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Snapchat wont give away users‘ pics

Snapchat has reportedly claimed that it would not hand over photos shared through its site or app without court's order. The reason for which Snapchat is a preferred app by users is its feature of automatic deletion of a picture taken and sent within a few seconds after the recipient opens it. However, the Snaps which remain unopened...

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Samsung Mobile India‘s most attractive brand: Survey

Samsung Mobile has emerged as the most attractive brand in the country according to 'India's Most Attractive Brand 2013', a research-based report by Trust Research Advisory (TRA).  The report is based on primary research conducted with 2,505 'consumer-influencers' from across 16 cities based on TRA's proprietary matrix of 36...

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HTC to make Amazon smartphone: Report

Amazon.com is developing smartphones with HTC, putting it in a position to compete with Apple and Google, the Financial Times reported.  One device is already in an advanced stage of development, the paper reported, citing a source. However, another source said Amazon may decide not to release it, according to the paper.  The...

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Yahoo‘s revamped email service frustrates users

Yahoo's so-called 'revamped' email service is apparently putting off its users, who are finding the redesigned overall appearance of the service, similar to that of Google's Gmail. The makeover, which went live on October 8, has been touted as a total disaster by many frustrated Yahoo users, who discovered that many of the most useful...

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Now, apps to motivate you in healthiness

Welcome to the measured life.  When Tim Davis of Beaver, Pennsylvania, tipped the scales at 318 pounds (144 kilograms) two years ago, he bought a Fitbit gadget to track his physical activity and the Lose It! app on his phone to track calories. He bought a Wi-Fi-enabled scale that published his daily weight on his Twitter feed...

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Apple slashes iPhone 5C orders: Source

Apple has told manufacturers of its new iPhone 5C that it will cut orders of the smartphone for the final three months of the year, a source familiar with the supply chain situation said.  Pegatron, a major manufacturer of Apple's new phone, had iPhone 5C orders reduced by less than 20%, the source told Reuters.  Hon...

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Access your mobile phone remotely with this app

Kerala startup company Livares Technologies has come out with a new application PhoneAway that enables users to access their mobile phones remotely.  By using the 'PhoneAway' application, users can access contents in their phone from another mobile phone or PC. The application can be downloaded for free from Google Play (goo.gl/nNqMDR).  Jaseel...

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Why Apple hired Burberry chief Angela Ahrendts

Apple's brick-and-mortar stores are among the most lucrative in the world. Now the company is trying to make its online stores just as successful, and with a dash of style from the high fashion world.  On Tuesday, Apple said it had hired Angela Ahrendts, who transformed Burberry from a faded British icon into a symbol of global...

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Intel‘s Broadwell chip delayed

Intel's third-quarter results modestly beat expectations, but its current-quarter revenue outlook fell short and it warned that production of its upcoming Broadwell processors was delayed.  The world's top chipmaker is betting that its current Haswell PC processor with improved battery life will...

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