Aadhaar’s use of biometrics might not allay the fears of privacy activists but Anil K Jain, the 68-year-old computer scientist who helped build the system, says it offers more privacy than what
Networking has undergone radical changes in the past few years, and two startup launches this week show the revolution isn’t over yet. Barefoot Networks is making what it calls a fully programmable
A San Francisco-based startup has raised $17 million to “rehumanize the interaction” between doctors and patients by using the Google Glass eye-wearable device. Using Google Glass, Augmedix has developed a platform for
Saket Modi, a 25 years old tech entrepreneur and co-founder of Lucideus Tech is garnering a lot of media attention these days.Of course, he deserves every bit of it. Modi and a
Microsoft on Wednesday kicked off its annual Build developer conference in San Francisco with its first keynote spearheaded by CEO Satya Nadella. The company showcased its move towards conversational intelligence with cloud
New virtual gold rush is underway. Even as Bitcoin, driven by internal divisions, has struggled, a rival virtual currency -Ethereum -has soared in value, climbing 1,000% over the last three months. Beyond
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has approached Tata Sons for a possible partnership as it looks to set up shop in India later this year in a development that looks set to shake
The world’s largest private equity investor Blackstone Group is close to acquiring IT firm Mphasis in an over $1-billion deal, outbidding two other strong contenders — Apollo Global Management and Tech Mahindra.
With Infosys and IBM doing away with the so-called bell curve system of employee appraisal, more companies are likely to follow suit and find new methods of assessment as more millennials join the
The National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) is going to develop power projects to the tune of 6.25 GW in Andhra Pradesh. This will involve the construction of a 4 GW coal-fired thermal
In line with its CSR initiative, Sophos has adopted Ropda village which is situated at a distance of 11 km from Ahmedabad, as a part of its CSR initiative to contribute to
Earlier this week Oracle announced that it’s planning to build a brand-new cloud-computing campus in Austin, Texas, but since then a darker backstory has come to light. Roughly 100 low-income families were
