NEW DELHI: Mobile wallet venture MobiKwik will apply for a payment banking permit, a top executive said, as the company is keen to offer the service that is part of the Reserve Bank of India’s financial inclusion initiative.
BENGALURU: Wipro has won a $400 million, multi-year IT infrastructure management contract from Swiss engineering giant ABB, making it the largest deal for the technology company since the $1.2-billion contract it received from Canadian utility ATCO last July.
Security and loss of data, mobile working and the cloud are the top things that keep digital leaders awake at night, according to a survey from BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT.
MediaTek is collaborating with Google on its new Google Cast for audio offering for music lovers globally to address consumer desire to connect with music quickly and easily. MediaTek’s audio System on Chip (SoC), MT8507, will power a seamless home audio experience that allows consumers to easily connect with Google Cast Readyspeakers and sound bars from their personal devices, such as iPhones, iPads, Android smartphones and tablets, Macbooks, and Windows PCs using Google Cast Ready apps.
Worldwide semiconductor revenue totaled $339.8 billion in 2014, a 7.9% increase from 2013 revenue of $315 billion, according to preliminary results by Gartner, Inc. The top 25 semiconductor vendors’ combined revenue increased 11.7 percent, which was more than the overall industry’s growth.
NEW DELHI: The government’s decision to limit the auction of third generation spectrum to just one block of 5 Mhz has exacerbated the telecom industry’s fear of fierce bidding, which could worsen the sector’s already-high debt position by inflating it beyond Rs 3 lakh crore.
Mumbai: Digital connectivity should become a basic right, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said as he reached out to the scientific community, promising to cut red tape and sought their cooperation in “transforming” the country.
Microsoft’s decision to offer Windows with Bing (WWB) for free on devices with a screen smaller than 9-inch could boost sales of affordable business tablets.
Car dashboards have become a bewildering array of screens, buttons and knobs to control functions like the radio, ventilation, advanced safety systems and Internet services.
Looking to simplify such cockpitlike controls, automakers are starting to take design cues from a familiar household gadget, the tablet computer.
MUMBAI: Reserve Bank has directed entities offering services such as e-wallets, smart cards and White Label ATMs to prominently display their company name in products to ensure transparency.
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