Milestone Interactive, console game distribution and marketing company, will now develop games for hand-held devices. With investments of about $10 million, the company will work with small animation and content creation studios (based in India) to develop casual gaming titles and will distribute the same on online app stores and in its retail stores.

Milestone Interactive to develop games for mobile devices

Business Standard

KPIT Cummins, a product engineering and IT consulting partner to global manufacturing corporations,signed a priority customer agreement with Pune-based InnovizeTech Software, to deploy their patent-pending software product, Sapience.

KPIT Cummins selects Sapience to boost productivity

The top US transportation safety investigator said companies such as Intel Corp that are investing in in-car information technology are slowing efforts to reduce hazards from distracted driving.

'Tech firms share fault in distracted driving'

The income tax (I-T) department has frozen the shares owned by real estate company Unitech Ltd in its mobile phone joint venture with Norway&rsquo;s Telenor, the joint venture said on Wednesday, citing notices from the tax authorities.

I-T dept seizes Unitech shares in Telenor JV

Bharti Airtel subscribers would soon be able to withdraw cash by using their mobile phone, without going to bank branches or any ATM. The company, which recently launched Airtel Money (AM) to allow users to transfer money, as well as pay bills, is in discussion with various banks to launch the cash withdrawal service.

Soon, Airtel users can withdraw cash using cellphones

BlackBerry maker Research in Motion (RIM) slashed prices of its major models in India by up to 26 per cent, in an effort to increase the adoption of its smartphones in the world&rsquo;s second-biggest mobile phone market.

Blackberrys cheaper by 26% as RIM India cuts prices

The personal computer (PC) industry in India is set to increase the prices after the recent hike in the excise duty and countervailing duty on certain components.

PC prices set to rise despite slow demand: Industry body

The Indian printer copier and multi-functional product (MFP) market declined 5.8% to 6.41 lakh units in October-December 2011 as compared to the same quarter last year, research firm Gartner said today.

Printer sales decline 5.8% in Oct-Dec

Press Trust of India

Facebook, Twitter might be flavour of the season, but email remains more popular than social media as a method of Internet communication for Indians, a survey said.

For Indians, email more popular than social networking

Cisco, a global leader in networking on Thursday revealed its plan for expansion in Maharashtra at the meeting between the chief minister Prithviraj Chavan and the company's chairman John T Chambers. Chavan told Business Standard, &quot;Cisco has expressed its desire to identify areas of cooperation and expansion in Maharashtra. Cisco chief said the company's expertise can be used to accelerate economic and social development in the state.

Cisco plan for expansion in Maharashtra

Social networking site Facebook is halting the sale of its shares on secondary markets effective next week as the company prepares to hold its initial public offering in May, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Facebook halts secondary market trading, plans May IPO

Reuters 

It is called &ldquo;shoulder-surfing&rdquo;, and it is getting increasingly common. Applicants at job interviews are being asked, at some point in the proceedings, to either hand over their passwords to social networking sites like Facebook so that the interviewers can have a quick look, or log in there and then so the interview panel can, quite literally, look over their shoulders.

Your password, please

Adam Guli, a 35-year-old social media entrepreneur who commutes across Beijing on a Vespa scooter, is giving Nokia Oyj a ride in its race against Android handsets and Apple Inc's iPhone in China.

Nokia recruits Vespa rider in race against Androids in China

Finnish handset maker Nokia on Friday said it has added a new feature to its location-based services, enabling its smartphone users in Delhi and Mumbai to get real-time traffic updates in their cities.

Delhi, Mum traffic updates to be on Nokia smartphones

Sistema Shyam Teleservices on Friday took an enabling resolution to raise as much as Rs 6,000 crore via preference shares.

Sistema Shyam plans to raise Rs 6,000 cr

For a successful delisting of Patni Computer Systems from the Indian bourses, iGate will need to shell out Rs 520 per share.

Patni delisting gets 60% offers

Google Inc is planning to open an online store to sell tablet PCs directly to consumers, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal yesterday.

Google to sell tablets online

Books &amp; music replace solitaire pendants as best-selling items on online marketplace, eBay India.

Change in e-shopping trend shows holiday spirit

Mobile phones, long seen as safe amid rising threats to computer security, have become a key target for hackers and an increasing worry for corporate IT departments.

Hackers, IT units focusing on smartphone security

Company is in talks with several telecom operators for offering email and social networking applications.

Net4Nuts joins hands with French firm for mobile apps

The year 2011 truly belonged to the digital consumer. Social networking sites became the meeting point for almost anything &mdash; from finding friends to protesting against corruption. In 2011, India touched the 100-million mark in terms of internet users, 85 million being active users. The numbers may be relatively small compared to other markets, but this is a significant base for online firms. For LinkedIn, India is the second-largest base after the US.

Networking ties

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