The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is raising the ante in its antitrust confrontation with Google with the commission staff preparing a recommendation that the government sue the search giant.

Drafting antitrust case, FTC raises pressure on Google

Business Standard

Google is clear that it wants to make itself attractive to the kind of organisations that in previous years would have fallen through the cracks &mdash; small businesses like neighbourhood dry cleaners, local footwear manufacturers or garment dealers on the high street, whose owners have neither the time to learn technology nor the money to pay consultants to run the same for them.

Google trains ad guns on small and medium businesses

A majority of mobile phone users in India prefer unlimited Internet data plans to usage-based plans, a survey by Ernst &amp; Young has found.

Indians prefer unlimited Internet data plans: survey

Press Trust of India

The country&rsquo;s most cash-rich information technology (IT) firm Infosys has doubled its investments in liquid debt mutual funds to Rs 4,986 crore &mdash; the highest in nearly three years. At the same time, bank deposits remained almost stagnant at Rs 14,569 crore as on September 30, 2012, compared with Rs 15,267 crore at the end of June, according to the company&rsquo;s latest quarterly financial accounts.

Infosys doubles debt fund investments

If you are one those who took to the largish-looking original Samsung Galaxy Note, then you will love the new Galaxy Note II even more. The latest mobile-tablet hybrid is an evolution of the original Note that debuted last year, and even though at 5.5 inches, the size of the device is big but not inconvenient. At 5.9 x 3.2 x 0.4 inches, it fits in just fine in your hand and at 180 g, you don't mind lugging it round, too.

Note: Supersize is good

About three weeks back, Apple launched its latest operating system, iOS 6, and decided to replace Google Maps with its own maps. But, Apple&rsquo;s navigation software comes with numerous defects such as incorrect directions, irritable 3D mapping, misplaced locations of villages and inaccurate searches, among others.

Here's how not to lose your way, after Apple map mess 

Pet lovers will agree that if there&rsquo;s a device to make their pets&rsquo; lives easier, safer or simply more fun, they would love to have it. With most people treating their pets like a person rather than an animal, it is not unusual for them to splurge on the latest technology, specially since there are electronic devices in the market designed just for pets.

Tech shift: Gizmos for pets

For the past two years, Cognizant Technology Solutions and Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Tamil Nadu, have been figuring in the Limca Book of Records for the highest placements done by a company on a single day. Cognizant had given 1,820 job offers in 2012 and 1,643 in 2011 to students at VIT. No longer. This year, Cognizant offered only 803 jobs at VIT, less than half of what it did last year.

IT companies go slow on campus recruitment

Business process outsourcing firm ExlService Holdings on Tuesday announced the acquisition of Landacorp, significantly increasing its capabilities in the healthcare industry. The financial details of the deal were not disclosed.

ExlService acquires US-based Landacorp

Raising concerns over the uncertain global economic environment, midsize information technology services company MindTree has moderated its growth projection for the financial year 2013. The Bangalore-based company, which had earlier projected revenue growth of 11-14 per cent on a par with the Nasscom guidance, today said it was expecting the growth to come down to below 11 per cent.

FY13 growth will be less than Nasscom projection: MindTree

NIIT Technologies Ltd has reported a 5.8 per cent fall in net profit to Rs 45.8 crore in the quarter ended September 30 against Rs 43.1 crore posted a year ago, mainly due to appreciation in the value of the rupee.

NIIT Technologies net down 5.8% 

&ldquo;We must always set an aspirational target so that we stretch ourselves. We should think outside the box and look at new ways of doing things,&rdquo; he told reporters here at BangaloreIT.

'IT sector needs products to meet $300 bn target'

The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has selected Chennai-based financial software testing company Thinksoft Global Services Ltd to validate its payment systems.

NPCI selects Thinksoft

Learnpedia Edutech, a Hyderabad-based provider of digital learning solutions, on Wednesday launched &lsquo;JEE Study Mate&rsquo;, its new technology-based supplement for JEE (Joint Entrance Examination) aspirants.

Learnpedia offers JEE syllabus on tablet PC

HCL Technologies&rsquo; stock has been on a run since the company announced its good first quarter results. Anant Gupta, president and chief operating officer, talks to Shivani Shinde on strategy, challenges and customers.

With contract renewals in the US and Europe, we want to focus there for now: Anant Gupta

The number of active Facebook users in India has swelled to 65 million, according to Kirthiga Reddy, director (online operations) at Facebook India. This is an eight-fold jump in a span of two years.

Facebook has 65 mn active users in India

Lenovo Group Ltd said slowing demand in the personal-computer market, where it overtook Hewlett-Packard Co (HP) as the global leader last quarter, was good reason for the company to expand into smartphones.

Lenovo makes smartphone play

SophosLabs, a global IT security and data protection firm, in its latest research has said that one in every six spam messages are now relayed via computers in India, according to its latest 'Dirty Dozen' report of&nbsp; spam-relaying countries for the third quarter of 2012. Since the previous quarter, India has grown its lead at the top of the hall of shame, and now relays 16.1 per cent of all spam captured in SophosLabs&rsquo;s global network of spam traps.

India spews more spam than ever before 

Mobile may be the future of technology, but even with the worldwide proliferation of high-powered devices like smartphones and tablets, some companies are struggling to maintain consistent revenue streams.

Mobile revolution, economy trip up tech giants

Reuters 

Microsoft Corp's quarterly profit fell a greater-than-expected 22 per cent, as sales of computers running its Windows operating system dipped and some revenue was deferred ahead of upcoming releases of its core Windows and Office products.

Microsoft profit slips as PCs fizzle Windows 8 awaited

After Bangalore and Kolkata, Bharti Airtel yesterday the launch of Airtel postpaid 4G services in Pune, &nbsp;the first 4G service in Maharashtra.

Airtel launches 4G service in Pune

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