Friday was the fifth anniversary of the&nbsp;sales debut of the iPhone, the phone that changed everything. Love it or hate it, Apple&rsquo;s touch screen handset has made an impact on some aspect of your life &mdash; whether it&rsquo;s how you work, communicate with friends, plan your day or read the news.

iPhone turns 5. Here's what it wrought

Business Standard

There was a time when smartphones were accessories for chief executives, business leaders and people who wanted to remain connected. But, in the age of social networking and WiFi connectivity, these devices have moved beyond the elite realm. A mobile survey conducted by IPSOS and Google in 2011 revealed that 36 per cent of smartphone users were in the 18-29 age group. That most of them were students meant they couldn&rsquo;t afford to spend too much on phone.

3 top smartphones priced under Rs 5,000

Tanya Sareen, a 25-year-old professional, goes for shopping anytime she wants. She chooses her dress in the store and asks for the correct fit and her preferred colour. Next, she does a trial to see how it looks on her before she decides on buying it. This does not sound any different from the usual procedure at any garment store. But, in this case, the experience is different, because Sareen is shopping online and just did a virtual trial of an evening gown.

Virtual trial rooms new feature in e-commerce

The rambling, low-slung vastness of Metro Manila, the National Capital Region of the Philippines, is broken by the steel and glass high-rises of Makati &mdash; the country&rsquo;s financial nerve centre. At one end of Ayala Avenue, the main thoroughfare of this central business district, sits Bong Borja, in a roomy corner office.

How Manila trumped the teacher

Facebook&rsquo;s debut was supposed to be Nasdaq&rsquo;s ultimate coup.

Facebook-Nasdaq ties: It's complicated

Noida-based computer maker Zync Global today launched its 3G-enabled tablet PC priced at Rs 11,990, which the company says will help it achieve a sales target half a million devices in the current fiscal.

Zync Global launches 3G tablet PC at Rs 11,990

Press Trust of India

Within days of online travel company Yatra Online Pvt Ltd acquiring Travelguru to strengthen its position in the hotels and holiday business, a top official from the Nasdaq-listed market leader MakeMyTrip Ltd said merger and acquisition (M&amp;A) was high on its agenda.

M&A rush in India's online travel space

As Syed Safawi begins a new chapter in life, he hopes to do his bit to make the world a better place to live in. The former president of RCom&rsquo;s wireless business who took over as the new CEO of Viom Networks, the country&rsquo;s second-largest telecom tower company, plans to make towers greener.

BS People: Syed Safawi

NIIT Technologies might not come across as an exciting company in the Indian software industry today, an emerging star like a young Cognizant or a Mindtree. Yet, its evolution in just the last three years could make it an example of how a software company successfully adapts with changing times.

Can NIIT Tech break into big league?

Come August, sending short messaging service (SMS) in more Inglish languages (Indian languages mixed with English) will become much easier.

Now, send SMSes in more 'Inglish' languages

With fierce competition eroding margins in the mobile handset business, home-grown players such as Micromax, Lava and Karbonn are now focusing on the tablet market, following the footsteps of their global peers.

Domestic mobile manufacturers bullish on tablet market

After the popularity of online life insurance policies last year, experts say purchase of health insurance policies online is also catching up.

More customers now opt for online health insurance policies

Yahoo! India R&amp;D, in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, has launched a grid computing laboratory in the institute's campus as an experimental cluster for students and researchers to study cloud computing, data mining and programming abstractions.

Yahoo! India launches grid computing lab 

A teacher conducting a class with a touchscreen board and students using digital tablets as textbook, notebook or a test pad may seem like a scene in a futuristic movie. But it is a reality now, courtesy MOCA (mobile learning classroom application), an interactive tablet -based education platform delivered via cloud technologies.

App replaces textbooks with tablet

The two bellwethers of the industry, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Infosys, announce the numbers on the same day (July 12).

Volume growth and BFSI's performance key for IT firms

Aiming a larger share in the country's smartphone market, Finnish handset maker Nokia today launched its Windows-based phone 'Lumia 610' at Rs 12,999, the cheapest device in the series.

Nokia launches cheapest Lumia phone at Rs 12,999

Thousands of Indian internet users&nbsp; will be hit by a blackout on Monday, as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) shuts down temporary domain name system (DNS) servers associated with a malware called DNSCharger. These servers were put in place of rogue servers operated by hackers.

Internet doomsday to hit Indian users 

With Odisha gradually implementing information technology (IT) in different sectors, Microsoft has offered to start MS Information Technology Academy (MS-ITA) in the state.

Microsoft offers to start MS-ITA in Odisha

It is hard to ascertain what percentage of the 27 million Indian urban smartphone users would opt for Microsoft's new Windows platform on mobiles and tablet PCs, but the operating system (OS) has already started creating ripples in the market for app developers.

Indian app developers bullish on Win8 apps, devices

Amazon.com Inc is developing a smartphone that would vie with Apple Inc iPhone and handheld devices that run Google Inc Android operating system, two people with knowledge of the matter said.

Amazon: Books to smartphones 

Samsung Electronics Co, the largest phone maker, will release a tablet that features Microsoft Corp&rsquo;s Windows RT software when the operating system debuts, people with knowledge of the matter said.

Samsung plans a Windows RT tablet for October debut

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