MTS wants staff to help monitor exclusive retail outlets

KOLKATA: Russian conglomerate Sistema JSFC’s Indian arm Sistema Shyam Teleservices is seeking volunteers among its 2,000-odd staff to monitor performances of exclusive company retail outlets during off-duty hours, mirroring similar initiatives by global players

YouTube revamps comments feed

NEW DELHI: YouTube, the Google-owned video sharing website, said on Tuesday it was revamping its comments feed which some web users claimed had turned into a magnet for crude and vulgar postings.

Apple updates iMac with Intel processors

NEW DELHI: Apple said it has updated the iMac with fourth-generation Intel processors, better graphics, next-generation Wi-Fi and faster flash storage options. The entry-level 21.5-inch iMac features a 2.7GHz quad-core Intel Core i5 processor and new Iris

Placements no worry at non-IIT engineering colleges

MUMBAI: K Gopi Krishna is this year’s poster boy at National Institute of Technology (NIT), Warangal. Social networking site Facebook offered the computer science student an annual salary of $135,000 (approximately Rs

Oracle to spend $5 billion on R&D

SAN FRANCISCO: Business software and database systems major Oracle will be spending $5 billion on research and development efforts across multiple areas including product development in cloud, applications, vertical integration. Mark Hurd, president, Oracle annonuced

HTC facing supply chain troubles

TAIPEI: HTC is facing supply constraints on its latest smartphone, sources familiar with the matter said, piling pressure on already disappointing sales and increasing the likelihood the firm will post its first net loss

Google plans to make cookies passe

In the short story, “A Case of Identity” , Sherlock Holmes says, “It is a curious thing that a typewriter has really quite as much individuality as a man’s handwriting.” It’s not

Now, remember your dreams

An app that helps people record, remember and analyse their dreams has been developed. Called Shadow, it looks like an alarm clock but works differently. The project is seeking funding on Kickstarter website. It