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Article | 18/03/2011 Nokia ties with Indian bank for mobile payments

Nokia has tied with Union Bank of India to roll out mobile payment services that are targeted at the large number of Indians who do not have banking f...

Article | 18/03/2011 SAP plans cloud version of HANA

SAP plans to offer a version of its HANA (High-Performance Analytic Appliance) software that will allow customers to upload data to the vendor's own c...

Article | 17/03/2011 India’s mobile boom over-stated, government figures suggest

India’s mobile boom may be exaggerated if one takes into account the large number of mobile connections that are currently inactive.

Article | 11/03/2011 FarmVille game developer opens studio in India

Zynga, the gaming company behind the popular FarmVille app on Facebook, has set up a studio in India to develop games for global markets, a company e...

Article | 10/03/2011 Cisco to stay out of the services business

Cisco Systems plans to collaborate rather than compete with IT services providers as it targets new market opportunities such as virtual education and...

Article | 8/03/2011 YouTube acquires Next New Networks to aid video creators

YouTube has acquired web video production startup Next New Networks to help contributors to YouTube make successful videos.

Article | 8/03/2011 New Indian rules may make online censorship easier

Draft rules proposed by the Indian government for intermediaries such as telecommunications companies, Internet service providers and blogging sites c...

Article | 4/03/2011 IBM uses mobile web to aid illiterate job-hunters

IBM is deploying its voice-based web technology in India to enable illiterate people in the state of Karnataka to find jobs by talking on their mobile...

Article | 25/02/2011 India plans to tighten rules for cyber-cafes

New rules proposed by the Indian government would require users at cyber-cafes to establish their identities, while placing the onus on cyber-cafe ope...

Article | 23/02/2011 India's MindTree offers remote IT management tools

MindTree, a mid-size Indian outsourcer, has developed its own remote IT infrastructure management service delivery platform, MWatch, in a bid to diffe...

Article | 23/02/2011 RIM says competition taking advantage of India problems

Research In Motion has accused unnamed competitors of trying to compound and profit from its problems in India by "suggesting or implying" that RIM's ...

Article | 23/02/2011 India's Parliament to investigate 2G scandal

India is appointing a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC), consisting of representatives of the government and the opposition, to probe into an allege...

Article | 23/02/2011 Nokia's Ovi Store moves to rupee payments in India

Nokia has introduced rupee payments on its Ovi Store in India, in a bid to boost downloads from the store.

Article | 17/02/2011 India cancels satellite spectrum deal after controversy

India has decided to annul a controversial agreement to lease satellite spectrum to a private company, claiming that it needs the S-band spectrum for ...

Article | 17/02/2011 HP regains top position in India's PC market

Hewlett-Packard regained the top position in India’s PC market in the fourth quarter of last year, after falling behind Dell in the previous two quart...