UK financial watchdog proposes rules for social media adverts
Companies are failing to include risk warnings in financial promotions sent to millions of customers on social media like Twitter,…
Municipal bonds may help finance smart cities
Government wants to give a fillip to the nascent municipal bonds market, identifying it as one of the ways to raise finances for…
IndusInd Bank opens video branch in India
IndusInd Bank has launched a purely video-based channel connecting customers on mobiles and desktops to staff representatives for…
Russian hackers steal 1.2B passwords
Russian hackers have stolen 1.2 billion user names and passwords in a series of Internet heists affecting 420,000 websites,…
E-tail battle heats up with Amazon, Flipkart upping the ante
Late entrant but deep pocketed Amazon takes on smaller but more established Flipkart in India's red hot e-tail space. What does…
Railways, Connectivity and Governance
Much abused over the years, the Railways may have another chance to connect India—and not just physically
Like a lot of people…
Microsoft to set up data centre in India
Microsoft is planning to set up its first data centre in India, which is the fastest expanding cloud market. The company will be…
HP offers low-cost managed virtual private cloud service
HP has announced HP Helion Managed Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) Lean, a managed infrastructure-as-a-service solution, that enables…
Samsung, Apple agree to drop lawsuits outside US
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd and Apple Inc agreed to scale down their international legal war and withdraw patent lawsuits outside…
Frontier Communications opts for F Secures's personal cloud service
Frontier Communications, one of America’s largest providers of communications services to rural and mid-sized communities, has…