Facebook is looking to hire an "extra-terrestrial product manager" in Southern California to lead its plans to beam Internet from the sky in future, a media report said. According to a job posting, the company is looking for a veteran engineer with experience "taking novel communication/aerospace systems from early development phases to ...
Telugu Desam Party (TDP), part of the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA), protested in Lok Sabha over the budget on Tuesday, forcing a brief adjournment. TDP members gathered near the Speaker's podium soon after the House met, holding placards and shouting slogans. Members from YSR Congress also did the same. As the members protested, Speaker S...
San Francisco, Feb 6 Tech giants Cisco, Apple, Aon and Allianz on Tuesday unveiled a cyber risk management solution for businesses that has cyber resilience evaluation services from Aon, a secure technology from Cisco and Apple and options for enhanced cyber insurance coverage from Allianz. The new solution, which is now available, is designed to...
Gold in India gained more shine in calendar year 2017 with demand growing by 9.1 per cent to 726.9 tonnes, said the World Gold Council, a body of gold miners. According to the Council's latest gold demand trends report, the gold demand projection for 2018 in India is 700-800 tonnes. In a statement issued here, the Indian chapter of World Gold Co...
Weak global cues, along with heavy selling pressure in banking, capital goods, consumer durables and finance stocks, pulled the key Indian equity indices lower during the mid-afternoon trade session on Monday. According to market observers, disappointing announcements in the Budget like the reintroduction of the long-term capital gains (LT...
Even as the stock market continued its downward slide on Monday, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said it was not in reaction to the Union Budget or the reimposition of Long Term Capital Gains (LTCG) tax, but due to global factors. Jaitley's remarks came after the Indian equity markets on Friday witnessed the steepest fall since November 2016, after LTCG ta...
Global cues rather than the imposition of Long Term Capital Gains Tax (LTCG) on shares has led to a plunge in the equity markets. According to Finance and Revenue Secretary Hasmukh Adhia, equity investments still remain attractive as only a 10 per cent LTCG tax has been imposed on it. Adhia, who addressed a CII event here on Mon...
San Francisco, Feb 5 In their race to monetise our attention, technology platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Google are hijacking our minds and society, says a group of technologists who were early employees at some of these companies. The cohort is creating a union of concerned experts called the Center for Humane Tec...
To create awareness around Internet safety, Google India on Monday launched a public initiative "#SecurityCheckKiya" to protect young and first-time web users from account hijacking, safeguard Android devices from malicious apps and secure all their personal data if they lose their device. With a large base of unsuspecting first time Intern...
The final Reserve Bank of India (RBI) monetary policy review for 2017-18, combined with earning results from India Inc. and the flow direction of foreign funds are expected to set the course of key equity indices in the coming week....
