After Dell India, around 28,000 Small and Medium Business (SMBs) in Nashik are on the radar of Microsoft. With an aim to strengthen its base in Nashik, the company is planning to target SMBs in the city. Microsoft has said it will work directly with select partners and distributors in the city to offer its end-to-end technology solutions to SMBs.

Microsoft to target SMBs in Nashik for tech solutions

Business Standard

After mobile phones, India is set to see another revolution in the technology space. According to the latest report of the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI), the number of internet users in India crossed the 100-million mark in September. This is a 13 per cent increase over last year, when the number of internet users stood at 87 million.

India's netizens: Now 100-mn strong

To fly his own Batmobile-type vehicle is every child&rsquo;s dream, and that of several adults as well. Which of us hasn&rsquo;t ever thought how wonderful it would be to be to just soar off the earth into the sky above, in our own little flying machine, without needing to book tickets, drive to an airport, take our shoes off and be frisked by suspicious-eyed security personnel? The more adventurous of us may have even tried to build our own wings, or air machines, or rockets.

Fancy a Batmobile of your own? Look no further

Search giant Google has tweaked its search algorithm to include recent results for searches. The Google search engine will now produce results with the most recent information related to trending, recurring and frequently-updated search topics.

Google refreshes search algorithm

Internet giant Google Inc has decided to extend its social networking service, Google Plus, for businesses and brands also, in addition to the individual users being tapped till now.

Google Plus starts service for businesses, brands

Press Trust of India

Nokia India's Managing Director and Vice-President D Shivakumar, will take over as the head of the newly-formed India, Middle East and Africa global sales region, next year. The restructuring has been announced at a time when the company is steadily losing its market share. In an interview with Bibhu Ranjan Mishra and Pradeesh Chandran, he discusses the company&rsquo;s strategy after the launch of its much-talked Windows-based smartphones.

Q&A: D Shivakumar, VP & MD, Nokia India

Research in Motion (RIM), the $20 billion company, and makers of the iconic Blackberry phones, on Tuesday reiterated their stand that the issue of security concerns over encryption data is an industry problem and needs a larger solution.

RIM re-confirms stand over Blackberry encryption data sharing

Infotel Broadband Services, an arm of Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), has picked up a 38.5 per cent stake in digital learning solutions firm Extramarks Education for an undisclosed amount.

Infotel Broadband buys 38.5% stake in Extramarks 

As mobile application stores see a boom, phone manufacturers are using these to vie for more consumers and sales.

App developers adopt new ways to rake in cash

Facebook Inc has broken the language barrier.

Facebook wins battle of clones in Europe 

MediaTek, a fabrication-less semiconductor company for wireless communications and digital multimedia solutions, and Facebook on Tuesday announced a global partnership that would see Facebook embedded into MediaTek's mobile platform solutions.

MediaTek, Facebook sign pact 

Harman, the premium global audio and infotainment group, which retails brands such as JBL, AKG and Harman-Kardon, is training Indian engineers based at its research and development centre in Bangalore to work on audio components for brands like BMW and Audi. This business contributes an estimated $600 million to the company's sales.

Harman tunes in to India

Spending on information technology security services worldwide is estimated to touch $35.1 billion this year, up from $31.1 billion in 2010, according to research firm Gartner.

Gartner: It security spend to cross $35 bn in 2011

Deal spread over 15 years to serve life and pension insurance clients of Friends Life, is largest-ever for the company.

TCS wins $2.2-bn UK order

Google, maker of Android software for mobile phones, will stop supporting the application for Gmail for rival Research in Motion's (RIM) BlackBerry smartphones.

Google drops Gmail support for BlackBerry users

Walmart, the world's largest retailer, said it was setting up a unit of @WalmartLabs, its social and mobile commerce technology hub, in Bangalore.

Walmart's mobile-commerce, social tech hub in Bangalore

The desktop and mobile PC market in India stood at nearly 3.15 million units in the third quarter of 2011, a growth of 13 per cent on a year-on-year basis.

Indian PC mkt grows 13% in third quarter

India's second-largest information technology services company, is facing a legal battle on alleged visa misuse, on Thursday received a setback when a US federal court rejected its plea to decide the case through arbitration.

Visa misuse case: US court rejects Infy's plea for arbitration

The buzz is that two online retailers, based out of India, did a combined transaction worth $20 million just on the Diwali day, last month. Also, 25 per cent of the total retail market in the country is tipped to be the e-commerce share in the next 10 to 15 years, from a negligible pie now.

E-retailer plans India brand for global mkt as growth story unfolds

Beating market estimates, Mahindra Satyam, the information technology consulting and services company, reported a 10-fold rise in net profit to Rs 238 crore for the second quarter ended September, compared to Rs 23.3 crore during the corresponding quarter last year.

Satyam net up 10-fold

The air of expectancy around Friday&rsquo;s beginning of the 2G telecom spectrum case trial could match that for a blockbuster movie release.

Cast of 200 in a packed house & a 100,000-page legal thriller

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