Software products and services company, Kireeti Soft Technologies Limited has launched Gifts2NRI.com, a portal aimed at sending gifts to NRIs in US, UK and Canada from India. It is extending a special offer till August 15, wherein customers who wish to send gifts need to pay Rs 95 towards shipping cost, Sridhar Narri, MD of Kireti Soft, said.

Gifts2NRI.com

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Buying an ice-cream from a vending machine isn&rsquo;t exactly as fun an exercise as it could be. That&rsquo;s why SapientNitro (part of Sapient) and Unilever have created the world&rsquo;s first smile-activated ice-cream vending machine as part of Unilever&rsquo;s &lsquo;Share Happy&rsquo; campaign. This smile-activated ice-cream vending machine combines face-recognition technology to measure a person&rsquo;s smile and take a photo that can be uploaded to Facebook with the built-in 3G capability.

Say cheese to get a free ice-cream!

Twitter, the micro-blogging site, is now a global phenomenon, with everyone from politicians to celebrities tweeting (a term used to post messages of up to 140 characters) regularly. While most users are obsessed with the number of followers they have, an important factor is &lsquo;who are you following.

Who are you following?

This July, engineers from Consumer Reports reported that the iconic iPhone 4 can lose reception when your finger or hand touches a spot on the phone&rsquo;s lower left side &mdash; especially in areas where signals are weak.

A guide to get the best from your gadget

The Supreme Court today asked private telecom operators to give surety that they would pay BSNL's claim of Rs 366 crore if they lose the appeal in port charges case.

SC asks telcos to secure Rs 366 cr claim by BSNL

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Amid concerns raised by security agencies over push mail services (similar to Blackberry's operations) offered by Nokia, the Finnish handset maker today said it was open to setting up infrastructure to help the government monitor the contents.

Nokia open to setting up infra for monitoring push mail

IT firm Wipro Infotech today said it has bagged a project from the Ministry of Home Affairs for developing the core software for a crime and criminal tracking network system (CCTNS).

Wipro to develop criminal tracking software for Home Ministry

Global software testing services company Maveric Systems is going through the rudiments of raising $25 million (Rs 116 crore) through a private-equity funding series as part of pursuing its inorganic growth plans in Europe.

Maveric to raise $25 mn for European buyout

Mobile phone companies are pushing through a big indigenisation effort by bringing global component vendors to set shop in the country. The move is part of a strategy to make India a global manufacturing hub for mobile phones, rather than just undertake their assembly.

Mobile phone companies push for indigenisation

Research In Motion, maker of the BlackBerry smartphone, faces challenges to overseas expansion as developing countries tighten restrictions on mobile e-mail.

BlackBerry challenges set to spread as governments, RIM collide

Red Hat, provider of open source solutions, today announced six senior management appointments to boost its Asia-Pacific management team and position the company for growth in the region.

Red Hat appointments to boost APAC growth

A consortium led by HCL Infosystems has bagged a Rs 1,000-crore order, spread over 78 months, from the Madhya Pradesh government for setting up the country&rsquo;s largest food coupon-based Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) in the state.

HCL Info-led consortium inks Rs 1,000-cr pact with MP govt

Currency fluctuations coupled with the European debt crisis have taken a toll on India&rsquo;s largest business process outsourcing (BPO) company, Genpact, which posted a 6.3 per cent fall in its net income for the second quarter, ended June. However, N V Tyagarajan, Chief Operating Officer, tells Kirtika Suneja that despite these challenges, the company is looking out for expansions.

Q&A: N V Tyagarajan, COO, Genpact

Maveric to raise $25 mn for European buyout plan

California Software Company Ltd (Calsoft) has signed a letter of intent with Alten Europe to sell the Labs (product engineering services) business for an amount not less than Rs 100 crore.

Calsoft to sell Labs unit for Rs 100 cr

The industry buzz around cloud computing has become deafening these days. Just name any information technology (IT) provider and you will find it marketing its cloud computing strategy. The usual data centre virtualisation solutions and infrastructure outsourcing have suddenly become &ldquo;clouded&rdquo;.

Guest Column: Cloud computing and the CIO

There were signs of improvement, but post-recession, the Indian information technology (IT) industry was still waiting for the arrival of bulk orders from the bigger players, said Wipro executive vice president and chief global delivery officer, Sambuddha Deb.

IT industry still waits for bulk orders, says Wipro

Aditya Birla Minacs, the business process outsourcing (BPO) arm of the $28 billion Aditya Birla Group, today said it was keen on establishing a facility in Latin America with an eye on servicing its clients in the United States, which contributes about 65 per cent of the company's total revenues.

Aditya Birla Minacs keen on Latin American facility

Cognizant first, TCS third, Infosys fourth in Performance and Satisfaction study.

Indian IT firms top Europe survey

Google&rsquo;s Android software outsold Apple&rsquo;s mobile operating system for the first time last quarter among new US smartphone users, according to Nielsen Co.

Google Android outsells Apple's iPhoneOS

The makers of BlackBerry &ndash; Research in Motion (RIM) &ndash; have reached a compromise formula with the department of telecommunications (DoT). The company will provide the IP address of the enterprise server &ndash; located in the customer&rsquo;s premise &ndash; as well as the PIN and the IMEI number of each BlackBerry mobile phone in use to enable security agencies access the data in a readable format.

RIM to allow govt to access data

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