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Big tech companies show resilience to Covid-19 pandemic, politics

Combined sale leapt 18% YoY, 4% higher than expected

India set to become global AI hub through tech-based skilling: PM Modi

E-courses will be developed in regional languages and dialects, NLP-based technology will be used to reskill youth

Palantir Technologies slips 5% on first day after long-awaited listing

Palantir ended the day with a market capitalization of about $15.7 billion based on its listed shares

3one4 Capital launches $100 million fund to back early-stage start-ups

Fund will be invested in about 30 start-ups in areas such as health, machine-driven intelligent services, edtech, agritech, and logistics with an average ticket size between $500,000 and $4 million

Apple hits $2 trn market valuation, but the next trillion won't come easy

With its shares up roughly 60 per cent this year, Apple is among the Big Tech winners that have benefited from a safety premium

SoftBank bets $3.9 Billion on tech companies including Amazon, Tesla

The Japanese conglomerate owned $1.04 billion of Amazon stock, its biggest investment, a $475 million stake in Alphabet, $248.6 million of Adobe and $189 million of Netflix

Tech companies could be brokers of tomorrow, says Zerodha's Nikhil Kamath

Retail investors enter the market ahead of a correction but this time could be different, says Nikhil Kamath.

Facebook to Amazon: What years of emails and texts reveal about tech firms

Big Tech companies insist that their rise to power has been the first story, a saga of ingenuity and courage, and that their market dominance is a byproduct of excellence

Tech major HP appoints Ketan Patel as Greater India Managing Director

Tech major HP on Friday said it has appointed Ketan Patel as the managing director of its Greater India operations.

Huawei to ByteDance: Big tech firms in a spot as China riles US, India

ByteDance could be forced to sell TikTok as Washington considers following India in banning the short video app, which analysts say is worth at least $20 billion.

US House panel hearing with big tech CEOs rescheduled for Wednesday

The panel has conducted a bipartisan investigation over the past year of the tech giants' market dominance and their effect on consumers

Facebook, Google, Twitter suspend processing Hong Kong govt data requests

Facebook, which also owns WhatsApp and Instagram, said in a statement it was "pausing" reviews for all of its services "pending further assessment of the National Security Law."

Let's come together to tax tech cos, say G20 officials eying $100 bn boost

The taxing of digital firms and the effect of the coronavirus outbreak on the global economy are among the hot topic for G20 financial leaders

Slowing spend by telcos drags IBM India earnings; FY19 net down 12%

The company's net margin stood at 8.89% in FY19, compared with 9.88% in the year-ago period

Google, Facebook and Twitter urged to take more steps to curb fake news

EU says companies need to do more to tackle disinformation

Not a good idea to break up biggest US tech companies, says Bill Gates

Microsoft is one of the few big U.S. technology companies not under regulatory scrutiny in Washington

Google, Facebook, Amazon decry French digital tax as 'discriminatory'

Some 58% of Amazon's sales are through partner companies, which stand to take the hit

42% companies struggle to find quality tech talent globally: Report

With digital transformations across domains, there is a surge in the demand for quality technology professionals, however, 42 per cent companies surveyed said it was the biggest challenge for them while sourcing top tech candidates. For the majority (42 per cent) of the companies surveyed, the first step of the hiring process, that is the sourcing of top tech candidates comprised the biggest challenge they faced while carrying out recruitment, according to 'Tech Hiring & Technology Adoption Trends 2019' report by Mercer|Mettl. "Rapid digital transformation across domains has resulted in a steep rise in the demand for quality technology professionals the world over. However, as everybody is onboarding the automation bandwagon, companies are finding it increasingly difficult to recruit and retain quality tech talent. This is mostly on account of inadequate knowledge regarding tech-driven best practices and widening demand- supply gap," Mercer|Mettl CEO Siddhartha ...

How tech cos make us feel like we own their apps and how that benefits them

Psychological ownership can benefit the companies because it leads users to take on valuable extra roles

We want to bridge gap between angels and $100 mn funds: Artha Venture Fund

Artha Venture Fund was originally known as Artha India Ventures