When Amazon.com Inc CEO Jeff Bezos got word of a project at Google Inc to scan and digitise product catalogues a decade ago, the seeds of a burgeoning rivalry were planted.

Amazon, Google on collision course in 2013

Reuters 

India needs more transparent rules to allow phone operators to merge, said Vladimir Evtushenkov, whose AFK Sistema is struggling to recover its wireless licences as Russian President Vladimir Putin visits New Delhi.

Sistema boss for mobile law change as Putin visits

Business Standard

A lawsuit is seeking to stop Instagram from changing its terms of service, saying the Facebook-owned smartphone photo-sharing service is breaching its contract with users.

Instagram sued over contract changes

Press Trust of India

Facebook&rsquo;s Instagram photo sharing service has been hit with what appears to be the first civil lawsuit to result from changed service terms that prompted howls of protest last week.

Instagram furore triggers first lawsuit

China might require internet users to register with their real names when signing up to network providers, state media said today, extending a policy already in force with microblogs in a bid to curb what officials call rumours and vulgarity.

China may ask for real name registration for internet access  

Infosys has tried for a long while to maintain its prices and margins, even if this hits growth. This seems to be changing.

Infosys starts making a different trade-off

India has joined the ranks of highest risk group for online attacks in 2012, according to Kaspersky Lab.

India among highest risk group for online attack

The information technology (IT) industry in Andhra Pradesh has achieved a turnover of Rs 53,246 crore in 2012, crossing the Rs 50,000-crore mark for the first time, according to V Rajanna, president of ITsAP (IT and ITeS Industry Association of Andhra Pradesh), a registered apex body with over 300 members representing the software industry in the state.

Andhra IT industry posts Rs 53,246-cr turnover in 2012

Reliance Communications has launched their first of its kind prepaid plan &lsquo;Facebook Messenger Plan&rsquo; for all Reliance GSM subscribers in Odisha. Existing Reliance customers can now enjoy unlimited usage of Facebook messenger across the country at a nominal fee of Rs 16 per month only without paying any extra data consumption charges. The plan is available with a validity period of 30 days from the date of recharge and the plan is auto-renewed every 30 days unless unsubscribed. The Facebook Messenger feature app works on a cross platform of smart and feature phones, and allows users to be able to reach anyone regardless of what device they are using. It also recently launched a new version of Messenger service where users need only their name and phone number to sign up for a new account.

Reliance launches 'Facebook Messenger Plan' 

The information technology (IT) industry in Andhra Pradesh has achieved a turnover of Rs 53,246 crore in 2012, crossing the Rs 50,000-crore mark for the first time, according to V Rajanna, president of ITsAP (IT and ITeS Industry Association of Andhra Pradesh), a registered apex body with more than 300 members representing the software industry in the state.

Andhra  IT industry reports Rs 53,246-cr turnover in 2012

&quot;Innovative devices like the Samsung Galaxy S, Galaxy SII and SIII, Galaxy Note, Galaxy Note 2 and Galaxy Y have caught the imagination of customers and helped us democratise the smartphone experience in the Indian market,&quot; Samsung VP (Mobile) Asim Warsi told PTI.

Samsung sells 10 mn Galaxy devices in India

Tata Docomo, a strategic joint venture initiative between Tata Teleservices and NTT Docomo of Japan, is expecting a month-on-month usage growth of at least 6% in the Andhra Pradesh circle &ldquo;on the back of our newly-launched value-for-money tariff and Plus plans,&rdquo; said S Ramakrishna, chief operating officer (AP).

Tata Docomo eyes 6% usage growth in Andhra circle

Sistema Shyam Teleservices, which operates in India under the MTS brand, on Thursday informed its customers that it intended to continue operations beyond January 18. The company has also said it was taking further steps to continue service in India. It has 16 million customers in India.

Sistema intends to continue India ops, but doesn't say how

A Chinese court has fined Apple Inc 1 million yuan for hosting third-party applications on its App Store that were selling pirated electronic books, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Friday.

Apple loses another copyright lawsuit in China

2012 saw users transitioning from feature phones to smartphones as they moved from just talking and texting to tweeting, networking socially and shopping with increasing mobile Internet penetration and lower data tariffs.

Slimmer, powerful gizmos lineup for 2013

Pune based ElectraCard Services (ECS), a provider of software solutions for electronic payment systems has partnered with UAE Exchange, a remittance and foreign exchange brand, for the launch of gocash &ndash; Middle East&rsquo;s first multi-currency prepaid travel card.

UAE Exchange partners with ECS prepaid travel card

Soap to IT services business conglomerate Wipro on Friday received the shareholders&rsquo; nod for its plan to spin itself off into two different business units. The billionaire Azim Premji-promoted Wipro had earlier this year announced its intention to demerge its business into Wipro and Wipro Enterprises. In line with the proposed plan, the IT services arm would remain a listed company under the brand Wipro, while the consumer care, lighting and engineering services businesses will come under the brand Wipro Enterprises, which will be unlisted.

Wipro gets shareholders' nod for demerger

Apple Inc has agreed to withdraw patent claims against a new Samsung phone with a high-end display after Samsung said it was not offering to sell the product in the crucial US market.

Apple agrees to drop patent claims against Samsung

The government is likely to tighten the estimated expenditure for Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) in the next Budget, as both the state-run telecom operators have failed to utilise most of the funds estimated in the last Budget.

BSNL, MTNL failed to use most of the govt funds

Facebook Inc&rsquo;s Instagram lost almost a quarter of its daily users a week after it rolled out and then withdrew policy changes that incensed users who feared the photo-sharing service would use their pictures without compensation.

Instagram loses daily users after photo fiasco

The third version of low cost tablet 'Aakash' will be a delight for its users as developers are likely to equip it with a SIM slot and more exciting apps, all within the existing price band.

Aakash 3 may come with SIM slot, more exciting apps

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