New Delhi, India is set to have more than half a billion (500 million) unique mobile subscribers, or actual individual subscribers, by 2015-end, thanks to affordable devices, easy tariff and digital literacy drives, a study by GSM telecom players global body GSMA said on Thursday. The report “The Mobile Economy: India 2015” said that 13 […]
By Nishant Arora New Delhi A “Candy Crush” freak, 30-year-old Arjun had been feeling pain and numbness in his thumb and index finger for some months now. Most of his free time went into playing games and texting messages on smartphone. Unable to understand the cause behind his misery, he sought medical help. Dr Maninder […]
India’s pending application for entry into the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) should come up for consideration at its plenary in June 2016. Indian diplomats have been in discussion with NSG members for some time, and on October 30, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj discussed the matter with visiting NSG chairman Rafael Grossi, who indicated that […]
As part of its explorations for geothermal energy, the Centre of Excellence in Geothermal Energy (CEGE) at the Gujarat-based Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University (PDPU) has found success by drilling the state’s first geothermal borewell in Ahmedabad. In common parlance, geothermal energy is about tapping the heat under the earth to generate electricity. It’s clean and […]
With the launch of the world’s first, ultra-secured silicon-based microprocessor that can detect cyber threats in real-time, the Indian companies have reacted positively to the announcement, flooding the Oracle India executives with queries about its availability and delivery to their doorsteps. The revolutionary 32-core, 256-thread SPARC M7 chip features an always-on security, the first-ever […]
India has called for reforming the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to reflect the rise of the developing and transitional economies and give them more say in governance. The share of the developing and economies in transition in the world gross domestic product has increased from 39 percent in 2008-2010 to 49 […]
Chinese technology giant Letv has launched a whopping 120-inch TV, the world’s largest, and its next generation Le 1S super phone. Leshi Internet Information and Technology (Letv), a pioneer in China’s internet content generation and technology, aims at entering the overseas markets like India and the US with these products later this year, but would […]
The digital transformation can best be achieved by adopting automation and artificial intelligence (AI) and the growing symbiosis between Infosys and Oracle is going to help achieve this goal faster than ever, said Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka. Addressing a gathering of top innovators at Oracle’s OpenWorld 2015 conference here on October 27, Sikka emphasised on […]
Giving a fillip to Oracle CEO Mark Hurd’s commitment to expand its base amid a positive mood in India, top Oracle executive Thomas Kurian announced that the leading cloud services provider fully supports the latest digital initiatives launched by the Indian government. “Oracle is committed towards Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ambitious ‘Digital India’ initiative. In […]
Not just being a leader in providing integrated cloud platforms and new-age Java, global software major Oracle has launched what is described as the world’s first microprocessor with enhanced security and better efficiency while running databases. At the OpenWorld 2015 conference here, Oracle introduced SPARC M7 processor which incorporates unique hard-wired security and performance functions […]