Technology Boom

iMessage can now be used for Windows Insiders through Phone Link app

iMessage makes it easier for people to communicate across platforms and bridges the gap between Windows and iPhone users

5G to digital rupee, India made great strides in digital domain in 2022

2022 has seen India make great strides in the digital domain

Tech developments have made it challenging to trace corruption: PK Mishra

The technological developments, while giving opportunities to prevent corruption, have also made it difficult to trace it, particularly in areas like cryptocurrency, Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, PK Mishra, said on Friday. Delivering the keynote address at the International Anti-Corruption Day-2022 organised by the CBI on 'Anti-Corruption efforts - A sine qua non for Development and Security,' Mishra said the impact of corruption is especially heavy on common citizens, and even more on poorer and vulnerable persons in communities. Mishra said corruption encourages dysfunctionality in government and perpetrates economic inefficiency and can be a serious threat to national security. The top bureaucrat said that since liberalisation in India, the nature of corruption has become more complex. With technological development, there are opportunities to prevent corruption but also areas where corruption can be much more difficult to trace, particularly in areas like ...

HCLTech joins hands with Intel and Mavenir for enterprise 5G solutions

The three will develop cloud-native E2E architecture of an Intel Xeon processor-based 5G solution, leveraging Mavenir RAN, Intel SmartEdge, and HCLTech's management and automation services

PhysicsWallah, the unassuming underdog among edtech firms in India

While its rivals battled to stay afloat, PhysicsWallah has recorded consistent growth since the pandemic

India fast emerging as leader of technological change in geospatial sector

India is fast emerging as one of the most important leaders of technological change, especially in the arena of digital technology and other frontier technologies

FakeCatcher: Know everything about Intel's real-time deepfake detector tech

Intel claims that FakeCatcher is the world's first real-time deepfake detector, which can detect fake videos in milliseconds with a 96% accuracy rate

Google Maps gets 'search with live view' and other features: Know more

Showcased at the Google's Search On event in September, the new search features on Maps includes the ability to search surroundings using the phone's camera

Comviva partners with KIIT, ITER to develop market-appropriate talent

Comviva will provide content, technologies, faculty training, and access to industry experts in its core areas of focus like digital payments, real-time marketing & analytics, etc

I hope to attract a bunch of interns from IIT-Bombay: Binance's Rohit Wad

Binance's Chief Technology Officer Rohit Wad talks to with Shivani Shinde about hiring more interns from India, making crypto easy to use and ensuring regulatory compliance

The new wave of process automation is intelligent

Intelligent process automation adds advanced cognitive technologies such as AI to expand business process automation across entire enterprises

India wearables mkt grows 56.4% YoY; 37.2 mn units shipped in Q3FY22: IDC

Smartwatches remained the fastest-growing category, recording 178 per cent YoY growth while earwear accounted for 67.3 per cent of the overall wearables category

Deloitte expands pact with Google Cloud to double down its specialisations

The two firms will help clients across industries innovate and implement Google Cloud technology at scale

AdaniConneX launches 'Chennai 1', a 17 Mw data centre in Sipcot IT Park

The 'Chennai 1' campus hosts Tamil Nadu's first pre-certified IGBC Platinum Rated data centre, and will be powered with up to 100% renewable energy

Walmart's PhonePe investing $200 mn to set up data centres in India

The Bengaluru-based firm is setting up data centres in India at a time when it has completed three steps to move its domicile to India

HCL founder Shiv Nadar gets USISPF's Lifetime Achievement Award 2022

Bilateral non-profit organisation honours billionaire for his contribution to technology industry and philanthropy

Channelling tech talent: IT majors face headwinds, may cut hiring in India

A Nasscom report indicates that digital core talent has grown faster than IT core talent, as companies undertook skilling initiatives to reorient the workforce.

Lawmaker Karti P Chidambaram asks ICAI to investigate Byju's finances

Says nearly 81% of Byju's operating revenue for FY2021 constitutes sale of products like tablets, SD cards and laptops, which is a blatant misrepresentation of facts to classify hardware as edutech

Reliance Jio True 5G: What is it, availability, supported devices, and more

Reliance Jio is currently testing its 5G services in Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, and Varanasi. It plans to roll out 5G services across India by the end of 2023

Countdown to a new tomorrow: PM Modi to launch 5G services on October 1

The Indian economy is expected to rake in $455 billion between 2023 and 2040 as a direct result of 5G, according to the GSM Association