MUMBAI: Bharti Airtel is set to acquire Loop Mobile in a Rs 700-crore deal that may be announced as early as this week in what will be the first consolidation move in…
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Of Plato and iPads: Should We Use Technology in the Classroom?
Elise Italiano fears that the push to “personalize” education through technology will, in actuality, individualize education and hamper classroom relationships. She wrote a thoughtful piece Thursday at The Public Discourse on the…
Narendra Modi woos India Inc, Calls himself Great Advocate of Technology
Ahmedabad: Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, BJP’s prime ministerial candidate and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, in a bid to woo the India Inc, stressed that social media can be effectively…
Microsoft Accelerator Launches New Program For Late Stage Startups In India
As we have been writing, startup accelerators in India’s nascent ecosystem are beginning to seek more mature, late stage companies to work with. The latest to join this trend is Microsoft Ventures,…
Seven Things To Think About Before You Register That New Domain
We’ve all grown comfortable with existing Internet domains — which have suffixes like .com, .net, and .edu — to the point where they seemed fixed in the universe like the North Star. …
New mobile app to track train schedules on a real-time basis
Railway officials claim a new mobile app will allow commuters to track train time, expected arrival time, platform number and the following train; app likely to be launched in six months Joining…
Revenue and profit rise at Google, but mobile is a persistent challenge
here is no denying that Google has become a mobile company. Now, Google – along with shareholders, industry partners and advertisers – is trying to figure out what that means. In mobile…
How YouTube and Twitter Ruined Super Bowl Commercials
In a few days, the largest television audience it is now possible to assemble will see a new ad for Oikos Greek yogurt. The stakes couldn’t be higher: Getting in front of…
A Closer Look at Satya Nadella, Possibly the Next CEO of Microsoft
When it comes to name-brand recognition, he’s no Stephen Elop (former CEO of Nokia), Alan Mulally (CEO of Ford) or even Julie Larson-Green (Executive Vice President at Microsoft). The alleged CEO designate…
Web gets new domain addresses like .guru, and .bike
The humble .com is set to receive some competition from a new set of unusual web addresses such as .guru and .singles! Internet users will now be able to register in targeted…