Google will run a bus across West Bengal from tomorrow to familiarise people with the importance and usage of the internet.

Google's internet bus to begin Bengal journey

Press Trust of India

Zensar Technologies, an offshore outsourcing company announced a surge in its enterprise application business encompassing Oracle and SAP Solutions.

Zensar Technologies' business surges on key geographies

Business Standard

Chennai-based software major Polaris has announced plans to completely acquire Indigo Tx Software Private Limited, a software as a service (SaaS) player. The company, in March 2010, had acquired 51 per cent equity shares of Chennai-based IndigoTx Software.

Polaris to buy remaining 49% in Indigo Tx

Financial Technologies (India) Ltd (FTIL) on Thursday said it has launched five new software solutions in the power trading arena.

Financial Tech launches 5 new energy exchange solutions

Bharti Airtel&rsquo;s strong rural base is affected by seasonality issues, hurting its revenue market share.

Telecom firms: Revenues remain flat in Q2

Google will run a bus across West Bengal from tomorrow to familiarise people with the importance and usage of the internet. &quot;We had begun the internet bus back in February 2009 and now the bus will tour the state. We hope to create awareness about the internet as we believe that continuous efforts will enable the common man to utilise the knowledge,&quot; Google India director Vinay Goel said here on Thursday. The search engine giant is targeting to familiarise first-time users with the internet as the bus will be posted at public places and outside schools. The internet bus has already travelled 11 states covering 130 towns touching 6.5 million people, he said.

How some companies are using the social media space for having a dialogue with consumers.

Stop talking, start listening

During a one-week welcoming event here for the general management programme at business school Essec, new students are introduced to the school, the curriculum and the staff. At the end, they are handed what educators there see as one of their most important learning tools: An iPad.

A scholarly role for consumer technology

As documentation on social networking and virtual platforms becomes increasingly popular, global search giant Google is looking to leverage the trend by integrating information available on social networking platforms with search results.

Google to integrate social info with search

iDubba claims to be India's first (and only) television programme-recommendation and social-sharing platform. Adding 444 channels in the last five years, the platform aims to connect TV audiences by recommending relevant programmes.

iDubba: Watch TV, then share socially

The country's most expensive phone, iPhone 4S, would be launched at midnight. The handset had already seen many enquiries from eager customers, both at retail electronics stores, as well as mobile operators. However, none are raising their hopes just yet. This is because after the price of the device was announced, stores recorded negative reactions from most consumers.

iPhone 4S may trip on sky-high price

NetApp, a US- based storage and data management solutions provider, is looking at adding around 250 midsize enterprise (MSE) customers to its existing 600-odd MSE clientele base in India in the next 12 months, said Surajit Sen, director (channels, marketing and alliances), NetApp India.

NetApp to add 250 MSE clients in India

Mobile Internet fastest growing vertical, says Google India MD.

Mobile search queries highest from India at Google

Kalia is a stripper name, but Kaleya is not, her parents-to-be concluded.

What's in a name? Ask Google

AT&amp;T Inc is considering an offer to divest a significantly larger portion of assets than it had initially expected, in order to salvage its $39 billion deal to buy T-Mobile USA, Bloomberg reported citing a person familiar with the plan.

AT&T to offer bigger asset sale to save T-Mobile deal: Report

Reuters 

Communications Minister Kapil Sibal will meet all stakeholders to diffuse the growing controversy over the issue of three leading incumbent operators, Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular, offering 3G services without having spectrum in the circles, thus violating licence conditions.

3G spectrum row: Sibal talks tough, but will meet telcos

A website that sells just shoes and customises your footwear; another that sells eye-wear; and another that deals solely in financial products to help you put every penny to use. These are a few niche e-commerce portals that have sprung up and promise an expertise that offline retail cannot.

New click on the block

The iPhone 4S is here within a month of its launch in the US and is priced at Rs 44,500. While that&rsquo;s a steep price to pay for a smartphone, there are fans out there who cannot wait to own it. New Delhi-based financial planner, Rahul Kushwah, who has pre-booked the iPhone 4S with Airtel, says, &ldquo;I know I could have got it cheaper from the US or Singapore, but I needed an Indian warranty on my device as I am prone to dropping handsets. Devices bought internationally do not carry an international warranty and then they need to be repaired in grey markets.

Price doesn't matter

A handful of internet stars turn video views into pay cheques.

How content creators make money on YouTube

India&rsquo;s fledgling online stores are bracing up for the dollar deluge. The FDI floodgates have opened mega opportunities for not only brick-and-mortar retailers, but for their virtual peers as well. With the policy leg up, global players like Amazon, eBay and Alibaba are also expected to start shopping for Indian companies to step up operations.

Global players to shop as floodgates open

The slowdown clouds seem to have steered clear of the Indian Institutes of Technologies (IITs) this placement season. The premier engineering institutions are off to good final placements with IIT Bombay bagging the highest job offer so far from Microsoft for over Rs 52 lakh ($100,000) for a position at the company's head office in Washington.

IITs beat the slowdown blues

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