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• Here's Everything Google Just Bought From Motorola
For $12.5 Billion (Business Insider) http://goo.gl/xfe2s
• United States loses prized AAA credit rating from S&P
(Reuters) http://goo.gl/Vy0vD
• Cognizant overtakes Wipro Technologies (Economic
Times) http://t.co/RecZP9r
• Google+ the fastest-growing social network ever (Times
of India) http://goo.gl/a9kcL
Industry Updates (IT-ITES)
• 'Facebook for Business' debuted (Economic Times)
http://t.co/4d1wvd8
• Microsoft India splits consumer & online ad business
http://goo.gl/amsrI & also opens R&D facility in Bangalore
(Times of India) http://goo.gl/Mr6A7
• LinkedIn tightens ties between jobseekers, employers
(Reuters) http://goo.gl/uDuy9
• Microsoft Announces “The Explorer Touch Mouse”
(Techcrunch) http://goo.gl/Nkd5w
Launches & Innovation
• Apple rolls out new versions of MacBook Air, mini (Reuter)
http://goo.gl/2yQWs
• Lenovo Launches Family Of Tablets: Two Android, One
Windows (Forbes) http://t.co/agnHEpc
• Skype Adds Video Calling Support For 17 More
Android Smartphones (Techcrunch) http://goo.gl/jqqkh
• InterGlobe launches travel solution (Times of India)
http://goo.gl/eH681
• Polaris software lab launches FT Grid (Times of India)
http://goo.gl/zTrey
Deals & Expansions
• Google Buys G.Co To Create An Official URL Shortcut For
Google Products (TechCrunch) http://goo.gl/aFe0k
• Twitter buys analytics startup BackType (Times of India)
http://goo.gl/yMm4k
• QlikTech inks deal with Capgemini (Times of India)
http://goo.gl/ts2a8
• NIIT Tech bags deal from Eurostar (Times of India)
http://goo.gl/eekNf
• iGate Patni bags Rs 133 cr IT deal from US firm (Times of India)
http://goo.gl/lF6Ku
• Adobe acquires software co EchoSign (Times of India)
http://goo.gl/VzPBG
• Citrix Systems acquires Cloud.com (Times of India)
http://goo.gl/MGpR0
• Capgemini and Microsoft Plan to Offer Accelerated Cloud
Services (Capgemini) http://goo.gl/9kuDx while Capgemini
acquires Italian firm Aive for Euro 42.9 million (Economic
Times) http://goo.gl/vZWO9
• Google Acquires Facial Recognition Software Company PittPatt
http://goo.gl/IjJ5T and Privacy-Centric Social Network ‘Fridge’
(Techcrunch) http://goo.gl/kQRmF & also buys daily deal
aggregator The Dealmap (Economic Times)
http://bit.ly/nqmF6Y
• Facebook Buys Digital Bookmaking Service Push Pop Press
(PC World) http://t.co/Eig365G
• Genpact ventures in Brazil, to serve Astra Zeneca
(Economic Times) http://bit.ly/nQAYQv
• HCL Technologies signs Rs 567 crore deal with UK-based
Mecom for providing IT services http://bit.ly/r2khbL & enters
the pact with Eli Lilly for developing technologies (Economic
Times) http://bit.ly/nMVL6r
• Hexaware bags $177 mn contract from US firm (Economic
Times) http://bit.ly/oxY5kp
• Redknee, Tech Mahindra sign global partnership agreement
(Economic Times) http://goo.gl/cj7kx
• Dell To Buy Data Center Solutions Provider Force10 Networks
(TechCrunch) http://goo.gl/hsSvS
Contd…
• Intel Buys Semiconductor Company Fulcrum Microsystems
(TechCrunch) http://goo.gl/T6cvR
• Autodesk Acquires Online Photo Editing Service Pixir
(TechCrunch) http://goo.gl/mHHT5
• Oracle buys call-center software maker InQuira (Reuter)
http://goo.gl/g3tij
• EBay buys Zong as mobile payments gain traction (Reuter)
http://goo.gl/3dRqu
• Genpact acquires Nissan's HR operations (Economic
Times) http://t.co/mgYF16C
• Acer buys iGware, makes a $320 million bet on the cloud
(Engadget) http://goo.gl/tuPxB
• Cognizant to acquire CoreLogic's India ops (Times of India)
http://goo.gl/IB0o6
• Mphasis buys US company (Times of India)
http://goo.gl/WsoQW
• Hinduja Global acquires Canadian co for Rs 354 cr
(Times of India) http://goo.gl/7jkhB
• Microsoft, Yell Group form advertising partnership
(Economic Times) http://goo.gl/5VjQK
• Cognizant, Visma bag multi-year outsourcing deal from
Norway Post (Economic Times) http://bit.ly/r2KRz6
Who’s Hiring/Firing?
• Indian IT companies like MindTree, Infosys, Wipro deny
hiring freeze because of US market worries, analysts keep
fingers crossed (Economic Times) http://goo.gl/3nzsx
• Cisco to cut workforce by 15% (Times of India)
http://goo.gl/jTt2n while Nokia Siemens Networks starts
cutting 1,500 jobs (Reuters) http://goo.gl/ZM3MX
• Barclays to cut 3,000 jobs as profit drops (Times of India)
http://goo.gl/GhXDw, HSBC plans to cut 30,000 jobs
worldwide by 2013 (Times of India) http://goo.gl/4fUqe
and also RIM adjusts to new reality by slashing 2,000 jobs
(Reuters) http://goo.gl/2f8R7
Other updates
• Infosys to have its own radio (Economic Times)
http://bit.ly/nXRUnG
• Capgemini to setup Microsoft Azure Center of Excellence
in Mumbai (ZDnet) http://goo.gl/A36hi & opens BPO
centre in Gurgaon (Economic Times) http://bit.ly/jjx9dF
• HP seeks to make India innovation hub (Times of India)
http://goo.gl/Ek3lQ
• Google partners to open research institute (Times of India)
http://goo.gl/M6MZU
• PayPal Announces Phone-To-Phone NFC Payment Support
For Android (Techcrunch) http://goo.gl/QFQyc
• Apple Acquires iPhone4.com And WhiteiPhone.com
Domain Names (Techcrunch) http://goo.gl/sy3ix
• Aegis to start BPO centre in UK http://goo.gl/qXrwJ while
Freescale opens R&D center in Hyderabad's SEZ (Times of
India) http://goo.gl/zGK5P
• Genpact opens BPO in Sao Paulo (Times of India)
http://goo.gl/SnffK
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