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BILL GATES FOUNDATION TO TURN HUMAN FAECES INTO POTABLE WATER
HOUSTON (TIP): With an aim to prevent diseases caused by contaminated water supply, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has joined hands with a US firm to develop a plant which can turn human faeces into potable […]
India
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella meets PM Narendra Modi
NEW DELHI (TIP): Keen to invest more in India, Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella on December 26 pledged support to Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s Digital India initiative. He is the third major tech executive to […]
United States
Sharada Bhansali named one of the Top Most Powerful Women
HAUPPAUGE, NY (TIP): CPA Practice Advisor has named Sharada Bhansali, Co-founder of AccountantsWorld, one of the Top Most Powerful Women in Accounting. The announcement and awards were presented at The Sleeter Group’s 2014 Accounting Solutions […]
United States
PlayStation, Xbox networks go offline
WASHINGTON (TIP): The online gaming networks for Sony’s PlayStation and Microsoft’s Xbox consoles —hot gifts this Christmas — have gone dark in what hackers said was a coordinated attack. The outage started Christmas Day and […]
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MICROSOFT: WINDOWS 10 TO BE LAUNCHED NEXT YEAR
SEATTLE (TIP): Microsoft expects to have its new Windows 10 operating system on the market by autumn 2015, slightly later than previous comments had suggested. Chief operating officer Kevin Turner told Japanese news service Nikkei […]
United States
Business & Economics
Nokia X not to be made in India
CHENNAI: (TIP) Finnish handset maker Nokia will not manufacture its recently launched Nokia X phone at its Chennai plant, which has become the focal point of a Rs.21,000-crore tax dispute, according to people with direct […]
India
Indian Americans ensure a full house at FICCI FRAMES 2014 in Mumbai
The 15th Annual FICCI FRAMES conference on the Media & Entertainment (M&E) industry is back at the Rennaissance Hotel & Convention Centre situated on the picturesque Powai Lake in Mumbai. It’s Wednesday, March 12th 2014; […]
India
India
Parliament erupts in chaos, pepper spray used as MPs shame India
NEW DELHI (TIP): Parliament erupted in chaos on February 13 over a bill to create Telangana, with angry MPs coming to blows, pulling out a microphone and pepper spraying the chamber. Waving banners and shouting […]
United States
United States
USINPAC congratulates Satya Nadella, the new Microsoft CEO
WASHINGTON D.C. : US India Political Action Committee (USINPAC), a leading advocacy organization representing the over 3 million Indian Americans in the US congratulates Indian American Satya Nadella, who became the third ever CEO and […]
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Satya Nadella named Microsoft CEO
WASHINGTON (TIP): Microsoft’s board on February 4 named Hyderabad-born Satya Nadella as chief executive of the legendary tech giant that has given the world products which have become household names like Windows, Word, Excel, PowerPoint […]
India
Satya Nadella likely to be next Microsoft CEO: Report
NEW DELHI (TIP): Senior Microsoft executive Satya Nadella would replace Steve Ballmer as Microsoft CEO, two media reports said today, citing sources familiar with the processes of selecting the new leader at the Redmond-based company. […]
Business & Economics
NOKIA NARROWS 3RD QUARTER LOSS TO 104 MN EUROS
NEW DELHI (TIP): Finnish telecom major Nokia has narrowed its loss to 104 million euro (about Rs 880 crore) for the third quarter to September from 934 million euro (Rs 7,901.1 crore) in the same […]
Business & Economics
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India-US Partnership
Defense Trade to be the Driving Engine Contrary to the forecasts of doom and gloom and the skepticism surrounding his visit to Washington, the third Manmohan- Obama Summit meeting on September 27 has been quite […]
India
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Famous Indian nuclear physicist Homi Jehangir Bhabha was born on 30 October 1909 in Mumbai. Bhabha played a key role in the development of the Indian atomic energy program. Widely referred to as the father […]
United States
Indian Analyst SANDEEP AGGARWAL Charged With Insider Trading On Microsoft-Yahoo Deal
NEW YORK (TIP): Sandeep Aggarwal, 40, a former analyst for San Franciscobased Caris & Co., who was arrested by FBI agents Monday, July 29, at his home in San Jose, California, was released on $500,000 […]
Europe
Microsoft Helped US Govt Spy On Skype, Hotmail Users: Report
NEW DELHI (TIP): A report published by the British newspaper Guardian on july 11 claimed that Microsoft not only provided users data to National Security Agency (NSA) in the US but also worked with spies […]
United States
United States
Us Entices Future Techies With H-1b Visas, Green Cards
WASHINGTON (TIP): The United States is poised to turn the so-called outsourcing visa into a skill importing programme. American lawmakers are on the verge of overhauling immigration laws, including the infamous H-1B visa, which critics […]