In the basement of Paris&rsquo;s Louvre museum, the early line for Apple Inc&rsquo;s iPad far surpassed that for entry to see the Mona Lisa.

Apple iPad pips Mona Lisa as global sales start

Business Standard

Amazon.com, the world&rsquo;s largest online retailer, plans to introduce the next version of its Kindle electronic-book reader in August, according to two people familiar with its plans. The device will be thinner and have a more responsive screen with a sharper picture, the people said, who didn&rsquo;t want to be identified because the plans aren&rsquo;t public. The new Kindle won&rsquo;t include a touch screen or color, they said.

Amazon's Kindle to get thinner

The rise in the number of tech-savvy mothers in India has given advertisers a new platform to promote their brands on the internet.

Digi-moms open up new windows for brands

Leading software firm Infosys, living up to its reputation of being a dream employer, got over 4 lakh job applications last fiscal and had to reject a whopping 94 per cent of them.

Infosys rejects 94% job applicants

Press Trust of India

Deal will put BPO arm, Aegis, among top five IT solution providers in India.

Essar to buy AGC for Rs 205 cr

With third-generation (3G) mobile telecom set to roll out by this year-end, general entertainment channels (GECs) are planning to make the most by investing in digitisation of their content.

TV networks see a 3G promise in digitisation

GTL, the Mumbai-based tower and telecom infrastructure company, is close to an agreement with US telecom giant Qualcomm Inc to take up to 26 per cent stake in the latter&rsquo;s proposed broadband wireless access (BWA) services company.

GTL likely to take 26% stake in Qualcomm's BWA foray

Systems designer Matthew Milan and technologist Joseph Dee are two of the over 24,500 users who have committed to unplug themselves from social networking site Facebook tomorrow. A seemingly minuscule population (0.005 per cent) of the over 450 million global users of social networking site Facebook, they plan to commit &lsquo;digital suicide&rsquo; to protest against the social networking site &ldquo;ignoring privacy issues and not being open&rdquo;.

Facebook faces digital suicides today

Telecom players are set to use 3G technology to woo the ever-expanding mobile user base with value-added services and much higher speeds.

Talk about a revolution

If you live in New Delhi or Mumbai and have a BSNL or MTNL mobile third generation (3G) connection, you may be among the 1,650,000 users who can brag about knowing what 3G technology is all about &mdash; in terms of data speeds. We tested some top-of-the-line 3G handsets on an MTNL prepaid connection in Mumbai and were pleasantly surprised with an average speed of 256 Kbps (for downloads) and 128 Kbps (while uploading data). Not exactly the typical 3G speed, but it was definitely faster than existing data connections with MTNL charging just Rs 2 per MB (pulse rate is 2 paise/10KB). Although MTNL claims to deliver broadband speeds of up to 2 Mbps, what is actually delivered is not entirely unacceptable.

Handsets for surfing at 3G speeds

Adoption of information and communication technology (ICT) by post offices in different countries has contributed to inclusive growth and more responsive governance besides giving the postal sector a competitive edge, according to a study by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the Universal Postal Union (UPU).

Cyber-savvy post offices  to push inclusive growth

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU)has signed a cooperation agreement with the Turk Telecom group, a private telecom operator in Turkey, at the World Telecommunication Development Conference (WTDC) 2010 in Hyderabad.

ITU signs pact with Turk Telecom

Since April 13, 2009, when Tech Mahindra took over the then scam-hit Satyam Computer Services, the information technology (IT) services company has regained almost 100 per cent of its lost clients, according to Chief Executive Officer C P Gurnani. Addressing media persons on the occasion of the first anniversary of the rebranding as Mahindra Satyam, Gurnani said on Tuesday that the company would like to play a significant role in the US market where there was an uptick for IT services.

Mahindra Satyam regains all clients

Gujarat pipped Delhi on the fourth day of auction of third generation (3G) spectrum to become the most valuable telecom circle. The highest bid reached Rs 459.52 crore in Gujarat, ahead of Delhi&rsquo;s Rs 437.65 crore.

Guj pips Delhi in 3G bid value

The quarterly results of Infosys Technologies were ahead of its own guidance, but more or less mirrored street expectations.

Infosys: Guidance surprise

Infosys Technologies &mdash; the country&rsquo;s second largest software company &mdash; posted a marginal 0.9 per cent dip in its consolidated net profit for the quarter ended March, compared to the same period a year ago. However, a better-than-expected prediction for 2010-11 saw the company's share price spurt 3.7 per cent to Rs 2,782 at the Bombay Stock Exchange today.

Infy Q4 profit down, stock up on guidance

Gives impressive revenue growth guidance of 16-18 per cent.

Infosys rides out recession year

Infosys Technologies, India's second-largest software services company, will hire close to 30,000 this financial year to its existing headcount, as part of its business expansion plans.

Infosys to recruit 30,000, give 14-17% raise

Infosys Technologies, India's second-largest information technology (IT) services company, is known for giving a conservative outlook and then outperforming it. While its fourth quarter net profit growth was almost flat, there are reasons to be upbeat about performance. The company outperformed all parameters &mdash; growth of main service lines and industry segments or adding record numbers of clients .

'Growth is back, employment is back and that's positive'

Custody and probe still on after 15 months, 800 witnesses, 160,000 pages of evidence so far.

Logistics of Raju's trial might be a bigger story than the scam

Nasdaq-listed IT services company iGATE today said net income for the quarter ending March has more than doubled to $11.6 million over the same period a year ago.

iGATE earnings double in Q1, revenue up 29%

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