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Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. —Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
GADGET BRIEF
ONE X- HTC / Mobile
+ 4.7” Screen, Quad Core Processor, Good Looks
ES9500 – SAMSUNG/ OLED SMART TV
+Worlds’ 1st
OLED TV, 55” Inch Screen
WATCHOUT! + Samsung Galaxy SIII
NFOLIO TEAM: Chief Coordinator: Subin Amarnathan/ Coordinator: Smita Philip
Consultants: Monika Singh, Saloni. FEEDBACK: [email protected]
Chrome dethrones IE as king of browsers
(Washington Post) http://goo.gl/Kim7s
The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams. Oprah Winfrey
HEALTH BRIEF Gamification: Three Ways To Use Gaming For Recruiting, Training, and Health & Wellness (Forbes) http://onforb.es/JxzUZY Should Pregnant Woman be Accomodated in the workplace (Healthland) http://ti.me/K4KgmD
JOB BRIEF
Finance Controller/VP: Blore/ Top MNC. CA with
minmum 15yrs experience. Also would handle a team..
Tech. Architect-Java . Mumbai/ MNC. 10+yrs exp .
Mention job tile in the subject & send your updated resumes to: [email protected]
e s O i l o TORQUE
Industry Updates (IT-ITES) TCS becomes India's second most valued co (Times Of India)
http://goo.gl/2eMwq
Top five Indian IT services companies grew 23.8%, even as global IT market grew 7.7%: Gartner (Times Of India) http://goo.gl/ybuIy
Google Knowledge Graph: Search Gets Smarter and More Direct(PC World) http://goo.gl/9MAQZ
Twitter agrees to adopt Do-Not-Track privacy option (Reuters) http://reut.rs/JWyNWv
Infosys Sees Pickup in U.S. (WSJ) http://on.wsj.com/JHUUBt
Launches & Innovation
Google Stores, Syncs, Edits in the Cloud (WSJ) http://goo.gl/YjhCC and launches Knowledge Graph today, wants to understand real things (video) (Engadget) http://engt.co/JMYtVC
Gmail gets translation capability (Times Of India) http://goo.gl/42s40
More Google+ In Gmail: Improved Circle Integration, Circle Search and Quick Access To Contact Details (Techcrunch) http://tcrn.ch/Mle8OY
Microsoft redesigns Bing, plays up Facebook link (Reuters) http://reut.rs/J0MgA5
Intel launches youth-focused iQ webzine, tells its brand story through aggregation (Engadget) http://engt.co/KQM5Vn
Disney Video Launches In Beta, Bringing Kid-Friendly Clips And Trailers To All Your Devices (TechCrunch) http://tcrn.ch/JPfM8m
Firefox for Android Beta Gets Native UI, Improved Performance And Support for Flash (Techcrunch) http://tcrn.ch/KLA5oe
Nvidia Moves to Lift Graphics Into the Cloud (WSJ) http://on.wsj.com/KZpl2M
Apple Plans iCloud Upgrade (WSJ) http://on.wsj.com/JggQU2
IBM unveils new line of integrated systems (Computer World) http://goo.gl/2mpBf
Deals & Expansions
LinkedIn Acquires Professional Content Sharing Platform SlideShare For $119M (Techcrunch) http://goo.gl/i78mh
Amazon Wins SAP as Cloud Partner for Handset Software (BusinessWeek) http://goo.gl/1so8s
EMC buys flash storage products maker (Reuters) http://reut.rs/ISEzJW
Microsoft buys Nook stake, Barnes & Noble shares soar (Reuters) http://reut.rs/tvwacY
Palantir Technologies Nabs $56M In New Funding, SEC Filing Shows (Techcrunch) http://tcrn.ch/JkhCep
Wipro acquires Australia analytics company (Times Of India) http://goo.gl/LEHzA
HCL Infosystems, Cisco team up to offer WebEx solutions (Times Of India) http://goo.gl/deitQ
IBM to buy software-maker Tealeaf Tech (Times Of India) http://goo.gl/9ldvS and acquires big data software provider (CIOL) http://goo.gl/mP94n
Facebook buys second photo app Lightbox (Times Of India) http://goo.gl/cq5S0
Capgemini and SAP Announce Strategic Co-Innovation and Co-Development Agreement for Mobile Solutions (Market Watch) http://goo.gl/oJrzH
Nokia Siemens inks deal with Ruckus to resell Wi-Fi solution (Times Of India) http://goo.gl/kZfWg
Wipro to acquire Promax Applications (Times Of India) http://goo.gl/BLMaa
Who’s Hiring/Firing? IT hiring regains uptake, but recruitment flat in BPO, ITeS (Financial
Express) http://bit.ly/JVPyiW
HCL Tech, Mahindra Satyam go innovative in hiring (Times Of India) http://goo.gl/CymxX
IT jobs: Freshers’ salary goes up (Times Of India) http://goo.gl/b6ixm
Attrition may hit 31% in June quarter (Times Of India) http://goo.gl/eXuCI
HP mulls cutting at least 25,000 jobs: sources (Reuters) http://reut.rs/JTiCt2
HCL Tech to hire 300 IT pros in Michigan Technology Development Center (Times Of India) http://goo.gl/hAORQ
TCS doubles its operations in Nordic regions: Report http://goo.gl/XWQ3M & also to hire 50,000 in FY13 (Times Of India) http://goo.gl/EEmhn
Logitech to cut jobs, to rein in costs (Times Of India) http://goo.gl/9rn1u
Sony India to hire 500 in 2012-13 (Times Of India) http://goo.gl/I0teb
ST-Ericsson to cut 1,700 jobs (Times Of India) http://goo.gl/dV7tq
eBay plans to hire 1000 IT pros in India (Times Of India) http://goo.gl/4tCSS
Accenture to lay off more Nokia staff (Times Of India) http://goo.gl/90bT5
Apple to create 500 jobs in Ireland (Times Of India) http://goo.gl/xO36g
Other updates
Red Hat opens R&D centres in Pune, Bangalore (Times Of India) http://goo.gl/ZHUoc
Pinterest, Square, Airtime: Tech startups that could become the next hit (Economic Times) http://goo.gl/gYZMY
Facebook to sell apps through new online hub (Reuters) http://reut.rs/KRCOZJ
Apple to use only green power for main data center (Reuters) http://reut.rs/Jjd2Up
CSC hires Gannett's CFO as it plans turnaround (Reuters) http://reut.rs/JBusIl
Yahoo CEO out, investor Loeb gets board seats (Reuters) http://reut.rs/KiMh05
Groupon gets new "Goods" chief from eBay: memo (Reuters) http://reut.rs/J1dC4G
Microsoft sets sandbox boundaries for Metro developers (Engadget) http://engt.co/JCv57G
Addwiser Pick of the Month
How to Negotiate Your Next Salary (Harvard Business Review)
http://goo.gl/UJlbr
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Microsoft Launches New Social Network To Compete With Google (Forbes) http://goo.gl/TlAqa
FB now a $100 bn company; investors 'like' Facebook shares (Economic Times) http://goo.gl/I9WZK
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