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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

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• 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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