Chennai boy Advay Ramesh wins Google Community Impact Award- Asia
Mumbai: Google has announced the winner of the Community Impact Award winner from Asia during its Google Science Fair Regional – Asia programme. The winner was Advay Ramesh, who is from Chennai, used science and engineering to make his community better by creating a mobile GPS to keep fishermen safe from invisible maritime boundary lines. […]
Read More →Global developer population to touch 25 million by 2021, India and China will drive APAC region
Santa Cruz, CA/ Mumbai: The worldwide developer population will reach 25 million by 2021, according to Evans Data’s recently released Global Developer Population and Demographics Report. Developer population in APAC (Asia Pacific) is growing at a faster pace than other regions led by India and China. The research report also mentioned that growth in India […]
Read More →Google launches Android skilling program for India to push mobile app development ecosystem
By Rudra Narayan Sahoo, Mumbai: India is emerging to become a global leader in mobile app development. As per Evans report 2015, India will have four million software developers by 2018, becoming the largest population of developers in the world. But today, less than 25% of these developers are trained to develop and build for […]
Read More →Apple CEO Tim Cook admires young talent in India while meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi
New Delhi: Apple Inc’s CEO Tim Cook met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and shared Apple’s future plan in India on Saturday (21st May 2016). Cook spoke of the possibilities of manufacturing and retailing in India. He acclaims the deepening young talent in India, and said Apple is riding on Indian youth’s skills. He mentioned the […]
Read More →‘Internet Saathi’ program run by Google and Tata Trusts to be extended to four more states
Mumbai: The internet inequality is a great concern in India, especially digital gender disparity in rural India. Only 1 in 10 Internet users in rural India is a woman. On this backdrop, Google and Tata Trusts in India launched the ‘Internet Saathi’ program in July 2015. ‘Internet Saathi’ campaign provides basic training on the usage […]
Read More →Apple new Development centre in Hyderabad will create four thousand jobs
Mumbai: Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, has inaugurated Apple’s new office in Hyderabad that will exclusively focus on development of Maps for Apple products, including iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch. This investment will boost Maps development and create up to 4,000 jobs. Tim Cook hailed the talent of Indian IT professionals. “The talent here […]
Read More →Three lakh logging in Google free Wi-Fi each week from 15 railway stations across India
Mumbai: High speed free Wi-Fi services provided by Google and RailTel with support of Indian Railways is gaining traction. Till date this facility is available in 15 stations in India, which was first inaugurated at Mumbai Central station in January 2016. Surprisingly, each week three lakh users are logging in through this network from 15 […]
Read More →Digital India gets thumps up from World Bank
NEW DELHI: Digital story in India is intact. At least 8 in 10 individuals in India own a mobile phone and digital technologies are spreading rapidly. The popularity and effective use of digital technologies on daily life of Indians has influenced socio-economic life positively in India, says a new World Bank report. With nearly a […]
Read More →Facebook users grows at faster pace in the globe
Mumbai: The popularity of social media giant Facebook is growing at a faster pace. Globally, Daily active users (DAUs) were 1.09 billion on average for March 2016, an increase of 16% year-over-year. Mobile DAUs were 989 million on average for March 2016, an increase of 24% year-over-year. This means users accessing Facebook through mobile internet […]
Read More →Google Expands Free WiFi to 9 More Railway Stations in India
Mumbai: India is a prime market for Google. In a bid to provide high free internet services in India, Google announced the launch of its free WiFi service at nine more railway stations in India. After its first launch at Mumbai Central station, the search giant has now expanded its public WiFi service in collaboration […]
Read More →New Chromecast and Chromecast Audio now available in India
Mumbai: Chromecast first was launched in India in 2014, which has helped many people to enjoy the ease of casting movies, shows and music from their phones straight to their TVs. Now more on the plate as the new Chromecast and Chromecast Audio are ready to enjoy. The new Chromecast has a fresh design and […]
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