Information technology (IT) services major Infosys has said its increasing focus on the domestic market wouldn&rsquo;t erode the company&rsquo;s margins. Its strategy of selectively taking up projects that require the deployment of products and platforms would help the company maintain its margins, it added.

Infosys says playing safe in domestic market

Business Standard

Samsung Electronics Co's &lt;005930.KS&gt; flagship Galaxy smartphone looks very similar to Apple's  iPhone, but the South Korean firm has not violated the iPhone design, a Seoul court ruled on Friday.

Seoul court rules Samsung didn't violate Apple design

Reuters 

Sony Mobile Communications is planning to cut 1,000 jobs globally by the end of March next year to increase operational efficiency and reduce costs.

Sony Mobile mulls 1,000 job cuts by March 2014

Press Trust of India

The application development software market in India is expected to grow 22.6% to reach over $227 million in 2012, led by increasing adoption of software delivery through cloud computing platform, research firm Gartner said today.

Application development software market to grow 22% in 2012

Handset maker Samsung today said it expects its market share to rise to 65% in the Indian tablet PC market as it expands its product portfolio during the year.

Samsung eyes 65% share in tablet mkt, launches Galaxy Note 800

Bharti Airtel Ltd, India&rsquo;s largest telephone company, picked eight banks including JPMorgan Chase &amp; Co and Barclays Plc, to manage an initial share sale of its towers unit, said two people with knowledge of the matter.

Bharti picks 8 banks for tower unit IPO

Mumbai-based Zenith Infotech Ltd, which is fighting a battle with investors in the Bombay High Court over default of its foreign currency convertible bonds (FCCB), has been sued by one of its technology partners in a US court.

Technology partner sues Zenith Infotech in US court

Apple Inc  scored a sweeping legal victory over Samsung on Friday as a U.S. jury found the Korean company had copied critical features of the hugely popular iPhone and iPad and awarded the U.S. company $1.05 billion in damages.

Apple triumphs over Samsung in landmark patent case

Calling a cab is just a tap away. Mumbai-based Olacabs is among the first in India to have launched an application that allows you to book a cab by just tapping on your phone. Having gained traction in Mumbai, the company is now expanding to Bangalore and Delhi.

Technology is core for Olacabs

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), India&rsquo;s largest information technology (IT) services exporter, on Saturday said the overall demand environment continued to be good, with clients starting to spend on discretionary projects. The company said while it expected growth to be spread across markets, growth in Europe would be more rapid than in other markets.

TCS upbeat on IT demand, worldwide client spend

Samsung&rsquo;s new tablet PC, the Galaxy Note 800, is all about making the choice between the pen and the finger, literally. The new tablet, though designed rather conventionally, bundles in a stylus that most users might not have used since capacitive screens evolved.

Tablet talk: A dissection 

India&rsquo;s rapidly growing online denizens are largely young, male, love to play games and read news online. The average transaction on the very busy Indian Railways site, IRCTC, is $17 (Rs 935) while that on popular online bookstore Flipkart is $34 (Rs 1,925). Funnily enough, this young consumer&rsquo;s third-most favourite news website is New York Times digital.

Rise of India's digital denizens

The original and ultimate casual game for many &mdash;Mario &mdash; dons a new avatar in the New Super Mario Brothers 2 and brings back a lot of nostalgia. Mario, perhaps, is one of those iconic virtual characters that will easily make it to the video game hall of fame, if one ever gets to that.

Mario in a new avatar

The first thing that strikes you about Sony&rsquo;s latest smartphone, Xperia ion, is its screen. At 4.6 inches, the screen is not AMOLED but HD, which makes the display eye-catching. While outdoors, even in the sunlight, one can very clearly see and doesn&rsquo;t have to squint to read or browse pictures. Add to that an excellent camera &mdash; 12 megapixels &mdash; the Xperia ion is certainly a phone that will catch the fancy of people who like to click pictures.

Smarter than ever

While Samsung Electronics is reeling from a patent pounding by its smartphone rival Apple Inc , this is unlikely to damage the other part of their relationship - where Samsung is the sole supplier of Apple-designed chips that power the iPhone and iPad.

Friend and foe Samsung, Apple won't want to damage parts deal

In a good news for Facebook users, the social networking website has finally decided to remove millions of embarrassing and inappropriate pictures forever after keeping them for years against users' wishes.

Finally, Facebook to delete your embarrassing photos forever

Almost two years ago, in an interview with Business Standard, the then CEO &amp; MD of Infosys, Kris Gopalakrishnan, who is currently the co-chairman of the Bangalore-based company, had said that the company was contemplating engaging in &lsquo;extreme offshoring' &mdash; in essence, conducting 95 per cent of Infosys&rsquo; overall projects outside the US, to reduce dependency on H-1B (non-immigrant work visa) and L1 (intra-company transfers of employees to the US from other locations)

Uncle Sam turns the screws on Indian IT

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Mahindra's IT biz in fast-forward mode

The Indian cloud computing market, which was estimated at $535 million in 2011, is likely to grow by more than 70 per cent in the current year, according to research firm IDC.

Indian cloud market to grow by 70% this year: IDC

With no headway into the deadlock over SEZ status stalling Wipro's proposed second unit in West Bengal, founder and chairman of IT-giant, Azim Premji on Monday said, the company will be carrying out expansion in its existing campus in the state.

Wipro to carry out expansion in existing project: Premji

Over the past couple of years, Apple and Samsung have been embroiled in an epic global dispute over a large number of smartphone and tablet patents. This has indeed been the courtroom equivalent of the &ldquo;thermonuclear war&rdquo; the late Steve Jobs promised, with lawsuits filed in South Korea, Germany, Japan, Italy, the Netherlands, Britain, France, Australia and the US.

After Apple's victory

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