Infosys is back in the reckoning. After two years of many misses, Infosys on Friday beat the Street on almost every parameter in the third quarter results announced on Friday. India&rsquo;s second-largest Information Technology services company not only reported a 5.7 per cent quarter-on-quarter growth in its top line, well above the estimated two-three per cent; it also revised the revenue guidance forecast upwards.

After many misses, Infy is back in the reckoning

Business Standard

The Microsoft Accelerator for Windows Azure announced the graduation of its first India batch of 11 technology start-ups. At a Demo Day held at the Microsoft India, the 200-plus audience of mentors, venture capitalists and angel investors witnessed the progress each start-up team has made over the last four months at the Microsoft Accelerator.

Eleven tech start-ups complete Microsoft training

The Income Tax (I-T) Department, which is investigating the alleged tax evasion of Rs 2,500-3,000 crore by Nokia, has said the enquiry would be completed in a month, adding it would collect the amount before the end of this financial year.

Will collect tax from Nokia by March-end: I-T dept

Thanks to the enquiry into the Nokia tax evasion case, T M Ramalingam, who reportedly holds international bills of exchange for US Treasury bonds worth $5 billion, was asked not to appear before the I-T department yesterday.

Ramalingam probe delayed

In February 2011, Facebook Inc announced that it would move its headquarters to the former campus of Sun Microsystems Inc in Menlo Park, California.

What Facebook should know before building a company town

The smartphone is no longer just a portable computer in your pocket. It has become the remote control for your life.

Smartphones become life's remote control

Research In Motion, VMware and Red Bend Software are working to give phones a split personality, seeking an edge in the emerging market for tools that let employees use their own gadgets on the job.

Dual-identity phones helping separate work-home lives

The high cost of internet, which attracts 12 per cent service tax, in line with other telecom services, is one of the factors behind the slow growth of the service in India, DoT said in its recommendations for Budget 2013-14. It has set a target for 175 million broadband users by 2015. As of November-end, the number of broadband users in India stood at just 14.88 million, according to data by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India.

Abolish service tax on broadband services: DoT

A move by the government to make foreign direct investment (FDI) policy more stringent in the telecom sector has raised hackles among international companies.

Foreign telecom companies oppose new FDI bar

Nokia's stronger-than-expected quarterly results mean the mobile phone maker now has breathing space and better options to help it claw back a place alongside Samsung and Apple in the smartphone market.

Nokia's breakthrough results buys it time and options

Reuters

The increasing preference for tablets led to a fall in the sales of personal computers (PCs) worldwide in the quarter ended December.

PC shipments fall 5% in Q3

The income tax (I-T) department, probing a charge of Rs 2,500-3,000 crore tax evasion by the Indian arm of Nokia, the Finland-based telecom multinational, has summoned the company's audit firm, Price Waterhouse and Co.

I-T summons Nokia auditor PwC arm in tax evasion case

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) joined rival Infosys in topping market forecasts by posting a 23 per cent rise in its third quarter profit.

TCS joins party, beats Street

WinIT Software, a Hyderabad-based mobile application strategy and development company, has created a new mobile website for West Asian low-cost carrier Air Arabia. The airline's customers can now access the mobile website from their smartphones from anywhere in the world, purchase air tickets, check and alter reservations and pre-book check-in baggage.

WinIT creates mobile site for Air Arabia

Facebook and other social networks may promote your self-esteem but they can also lower your self-control both on and offline, US researchers say.

Facebook may lower your self-control: study

Press Trust of India

N Chandrasekaran, managing director and chief executive, Tata Consultancy Services, does not want to use the phrase &lsquo;cautiously optimistic&rsquo;. After the third quarter numbers, he&rsquo;s all the more bullish about the FY14 business environment. In a chat with Shivani Shinde, he spoke about client budgets and business drivers.

It's business as usual, you should see an uptick: N Chandrasekaran

Facebook Inc CEO Mark Zuckerberg unveiled on Tuesday a feature to help its users search for people and places within the social network, in the company's first major product launch since its May initial public offering.

Facebook unveils new friends-based search tool

The foundation behind crowd-sourced knowledge compendium Wikipedia launched a free online travel guide built collaboratively by volunteers from around the globe.

Wikipedia launches online travel guide

The Centre for e-Governance, Government of Karnataka in collaboration with OnMobile Global Ltd., a provider of telecom value-added services (VAS), has launched the Phase 1 (Pilot) of the mobile governance services for the citizens of Karnataka.

OnMobile Global partners Karnataka to launch mobile governance services

Enterprises realise an average only 43% of technology&rsquo;s business potential, according to a global survey of CIOs by Gartner Inc.&rsquo;s Executive Programs. That number has to grow for IT to remain relevant in an increasingly digital world, it said.

Digital technologies top priorities in 2013: Gartner

Men looking to boost their facebook status can now apply for a &#39;virtual girlfriend&#39;.

Men can now apply for 'virtual girlfriend' on Facebook

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