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Youngsters are using WhatsApp to consume news. (Photo: Pixabay)

CII works with WhatsApp to train thousands of SMEs across India

WhatsApp and CII will work to enhance business communication for Indian SMEs through CII's SME Technology Facilitation...

30 Oct 2018 5:48 PM IST

Instagrams Apple Watch app was one of the social apps that made its debut in the early times of watchOS.

Apple Watch supplier under fire over China student labour

A labour rights group said the tech giant's supplier forced student workers to work "like robots" to assemble its...

30 Oct 2018 2:00 PM IST

Dell, Microsoft combine for simplified IoT solutions. (Pic credit: ANI)

Microsoft to keep working with US military, despite concerns

Microsoft will extend its more than 40-year relationship with the US Department of Defence.

30 Oct 2018 11:33 AM IST

Cloud computing, in which services are delivered over the internet from remote computers, accounted for nearly a quarter of IBMs total revenue over the past year. (Photo: AP)

IBM's USD 34B Red Hat deal is risky bid to boost cloud business

The USD 34 billion stock deal translates to USD 190 per Red Hat share a 63 percent premium to the closing price.

30 Oct 2018 10:16 AM IST

Google demonstrated how its AI technology is already being used to diagnose diseases, help people with disabilities, predict areas likely to flood and protect endangered species. (Photo: AP)

Google to give away USD 25 million to fund humane AI projects

The grant program announced Monday is part of a broader Google initiative called AI for Social Good.

30 Oct 2018 9:56 AM IST

In much of the nation, especially where tech expertise and budgets are thin, the companies effectively run elections either directly or through subcontractors. (Photo: AP)

US election integrity depends on security-challenged firms

The businesses also face no significant federal oversight and operate under a shroud of financial and operational...

30 Oct 2018 9:32 AM IST

The breakup fee for the deal, which would be among the largest on record in the tech sector, has yet to be announced and a high fee would also deter Red Hat from entertaining other buyers.

Red Hat jumps, IBM shares dip on cloud mega-merger

At USD 172, shares of Red Hat were still trading around USD 18 short of the USD 190 price agreed by the two companies.

30 Oct 2018 8:51 AM IST

Terms were not disclosed for the deal to buy eharmony, which was founded by clinical psychologist Neil Clark Warren.

ProSieben buys US online dating site eharmony

The acquisition of eharmony, which was founded in 2000 in Los Angeles expects to register 2.8 million new users this...

30 Oct 2018 8:43 AM IST

IBM has reported that the active number of participants in its 401(k) pension plan fell to 84,350 last year

IBM to acquire software company Red Hat for USD 34 billion

Founded in 1993, Red Hat specializes in Linux operating systems, the most popular type of open-source software.

30 Oct 2018 8:21 AM IST

A tax take of 400 million pounds or so might seem a small number when you consider that Amazon alone is expected to post sales of USD 233 billion this year. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Britain to target online giants with new 'Digital Services Tax'

The tax will be designed to ensure established tech giants, rather than start-ups, shoulder the burden.

30 Oct 2018 8:08 AM IST

Uber has been seeking new avenues of growth, including food delivery services, even as it battles intense competition in its core business of ride hailing.

Uber goes to court to defend business model over UK worker rights

An employment appeal tribunal upheld that decision last year prompting Uber to go to the Court of Appeal.

30 Oct 2018 7:57 AM IST

Intel has been increasingly catering to data centres as revenue from PCs has flattened since shipments peaked in 2011.

Intel says more women, blacks in workforce after diversity push

Intel still lags behind several large US technology companies in terms of women and ahead of many for African Americans...

30 Oct 2018 7:50 AM IST