Facebook Inc plans to introduce real-time bidding for advertising on its site, a technology used by Google Inc and other Web companies to more effectively target ads to consumers.

Facebook to debut real-time bidding on ad prices

Business Standard

Microsoft Corp will announce plans to sell a tablet running the next version of the Windows operating system under its own brand, a major departure from its strategy of partnering with computer makers, according to a person familiar with the plans.

Microsoft to debut own Windows tablet 

The fight in recent years has primarily been between Canon and Nikon. Consequently, they remain the safest bet for any amateur photographer to begin with, more so since the lens that you&rsquo;ll pick up will work across each brand&rsquo;s range of camera bodies.

Making it click with amateurs

Many medical experts recommend swimming laps as an exercise to keep fit. And unlike running, it doesn&rsquo;t put strain on your legs, hips and lower back. But pools can be very uninspiring places, sonically as well as visually. That&rsquo;s where Finis SwiMP3 comes into the picture bringing you music while in the pool.

Gizmo-gadgets for summer fitness 

The combination of novelty, a (usually) low price and an industry that has no shortage of innovation means we have opportunities to get new apps almost daily. The end result is app overload. Too much clutter. Memory wasted on apps that were cool on Christmas morning, but now lie at the back of the closet, unused and unloved. This is not what one wants.

Six steps to declutter your app-loaded smartphone

MicroGraam, an online marketplace that connects people, companies and institutions with micro entrepreneurs, is set to expand the scope of micro-equity as an parallel tool along with the largely prevalent micro-credit. The company which relies heavily on crowd-sourcing route of funding various people in the rural areas is looking at many socially-minded individuals and organisations to expand the base of micro-equity.

MicroGraam on a drive to expand scope of micro-equity in India

In India, the rules of the game in cyberspace have changed forever. Almost overnight, the internet has spawned web renegades whose mission it is to bring down all forms of authoritarian control over what is generally regarded as a medium that should be freed from the shackles of the state, individual or corporation.

India gets into a torrent of trouble

The request from governments across the globe to remove content from the web seems to be on an increase, and India is catching up.

Content removal requests from India up 49%: Google

N R Narayana Murthy makes. After having helped build Infosys as a force to reckon with in the international arena, he formed Catamaran Ventures. The money came from his wife and he selling part of their stake in Infosys to create a corpus of a little over Rs 600 crore.

2 years on, Murthy's VC fund Catamaran tunes its rudder

In its most strategically significant push yet into the hardware business, Microsoft on Monday unveiled a tablet computer called Surface that is intended to challenge Apple&rsquo;s iPad.

Surface takes on iPad

Go Daddy, the world&rsquo;s largest provider of web hosting services, domain name registrations and new secure socket layer certificates today, launched operations in India. The company has appointed Rajiv Sodhi as managing director, Go Daddy India.

Go Daddy launches operations in India

Computer and printing products company, HP, expanded its notebook portfolio with the launch of new Ultrabooks and Sleekbooks in Hyderabad on Wednesday.

HP launches new notebooks

Microsoft Corp, trying to boost its share of the mobile-phone software market, said it would release a new version of the Windows Phone programme in handsets .

MS to launch new Windows 8 phone software 

HP, the computers to printing major said that within the next 6 months, 15 per cent of its shipments would be ultrabooks-the new category of notebooks launched in January this year.

15% of all shipments to be ultrabooks by January, 2013: HP

When Apple Inc sends out its coveted invitations to major events, one CEO has always been making the guest list of late: Jeremy Stoppelman.

With Siri and new alliances, Apple takes on Google search

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Microsoft&rsquo;s share price has gained 0.75 per cent on Nasdaq after the company announced on Monday the launch of its tablet, Surface. Investors saw in it an attempt by Microsoft to ring-fence its Windows franchise. The personal computer market is fast evolving from laptops to tablets, and Apple&rsquo;s iPad lords it over this market with a share of almost 50 per cent. With its own tablet, Microsoft will perhaps be able to ensure a longer life for Windows, the latest version of which, Windows 8, is to be launched soon. That the Surface might bring Microsoft in conflict with its big customers like Dell and Hewlett-Packard doesn&rsquo;t seem to bother investors, nor does the question of whether Microsoft will be able to develop a sufficiently large ecosystem of software applications, or apps.

Microsoft's big gamble

This was a comment on a blog in reaction to the launch of Microsoft&rsquo;s new tablet, &lsquo;Surface,&rsquo; featuring a cover-cum-keyboard and a kickstand. The &lsquo;Surface&rsquo; is Steve Ballmer&rsquo;s answer to the iPad produced by arch nemesis, Apple Inc.

Newsmaker: Steve Ballmer

For 68-year-old Ratnakar Bank, sitting on laurels isn&rsquo;t enough -- the bank is now reinventing itself as a force to reckon with.

Using cloud means better connectivity and collaboration between branch users and head office

For Sakthi Finance Ltd, using cloud means better collaboration between branch users and head office, though concerns about data security remain.

Our touring marketing officers use hand-held devices for providing instant receipts to customers after collecting payments

Despite the recent slowdown, the Indian IT companies have been getting healthier with the number of active clients for leading players going up by seven per cent in 2011-12, according to Nasscom chairman Som Mittal.

IT sector doing well despite slowdown, says Nasscom chief 

Though Google&rsquo;s Transparency Report shows a rise in demand from the government of India to remove content from the website, Indian authorities are not finding anything out of place. &ldquo;There is nothing out of place, and the number does not indicate the Indian government is trying to monitor the web,&rdquo; said Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology Sachin Pilot.

'India not trying to monitor web content'

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