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Goa to beat K'taka, TN in IT in coming years

Goa will overtake states like Karnataka and Tamil Nadu in Information Technology (IT) sector in the coming years on account of the state's talented youths, Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar said today. "Goa is a blessed state. If the state government is serious and sincere, it can find soluti

Admissions for Engineering courses at AITM in full swing

June 06, 2016 | Correspondent | Bhatkallys News Bhatkal: Admission process for Engineering courses at Anjuman Institute of Technology and Management (AITM) is in full swing. The institute is offering 5% reduction in tuition fees for Engineering courses for all enrolments on or before 10th June 20

Google is recording your voice, even when you’re offline

NEW DELHI: Next time you say Ok Google to your Android phone, just remember Google is secretly recording your voice commands. Until now, people never really believed that Google actually records their voice commands. But there's concrete evidence now, and that too provided by Google itself. Acc

Al Ansari Exchange to hire 500 for 50 new branches

Rashed A. Al Ansari, General Manager of Al Ansari Exchange (Supplied) Rashed A. Al Ansari, General Manager or Al Ansari Exchange, told Emirates 24l7 that the company plans to increase branches from 170 to 220 and employees numbers from 2,500 to 3,000 in five years as the population of the UAE inc

A box that ‘reconditions’ donor lungs

June 4 A machine that ‘reconditions’ a donor’s lungs outside the body before being transplanted into a recipient is undergoing tests in the United States in the hope that it can radically improve survival rates for people with chronic respiratory diseases. The XPS, manufactured by Swedish company

Free PUC Education for Muslim Girls along with CLAT, CA-CPT Coaching in Bangalore

Hasanath Girls College Bangalore is offering Free PUC Studies at Bangalore for Girls along with Coaching Preparation for CA-CPT OR CLAT (Common Law Admission Test) for selected Meritorious Girl Students of Xth std this year passed. This program is completely free for PUC I and PUC II students wit

Microsoft, Facebook to jointly build subsea cable for faster internet

Microsoft and Facebook have joined hands to build a new, state-of-the-art subsea cable across the Atlantic Ocean that will help meet the growing customer demand for high speed, reliable connections for cloud and online services for Microsoft, Facebook and their customers. The 6,600 km MAREA cable w

Apple opens development centre for digital maps in Hyderabad

Apple Inc. opened its first development centre in India to work on Apple Maps, the company’s digital maps and navigation service. The company’s servers will be located in the U.S. but technical and support services would be provided in Hyderabad. It will work out of an existing software hub that is

Macbook Pro to go on a diet?

May 31: Apple is said to have readied a new MacBook Pro, which would flaunt a much thinner and lighter build. It will feature TouchID support and an OLED touchscreen above the keyboard to replace the physical function keys. The new MacBook will support USB-C type and Thunderbolt 3 port, according to

No fees for girls upto higher secondary level in state schools, says J&K govt

Srinagar: In a significant move which will benefit thousands of girls studying in state run schools in Jammu and Kashmir, the state government while presenting the annual financial budget announced fee waiver for all girl students studying up to the higher secondary level. The initiative was anno

Scholarships now possible at this Dubai school, 50% off tuition fee

Dubai, May 29: Kings’ Education has announced to offer its first ever scholarship initiative to exceptional pupils. “Building on [our] success story to date, we feel it is a natural progression to support our learning community by encouraging children who are gifted in sporting and academic areas

LinkedIn notifies data breach, alerts 400 mn members to stay safe

NEW YORK: Hit by a massive data breach that put nearly 167 million users' passwords and personal information in the hands of hackers four years back, the popular career-oriented platform LinkedIn has finally came out with an explanation and steps it has taken to protect users. In an email s

IIT-Dharwad gets approval from centre

IIT-D is expected to start functioning from July this year with three courses - computer science, mechanical and electronics -with an intake of 40 students for each course. On Wednesday, the union cabinet gave its ex post facto ('after the facts') approval to the amendment to the Institutes of Te

Samsung launches Galaxy Tab Iris at Rs. 13,499

South Korean tech giant Samsung on Wednesday launched Galaxy Tab Iris, an Android-based tablet, priced at Rs. 13,499. “The tablet can be used by agencies using Aadhaar as an authentication mechanism. It can be used for a variety of applications in banking, eGovernance services, etc,” Samsung India

Union Cabinet gives approval to 6 new IITs

NEW DELHI, May 28: Six new IITs will come up at Tirupati, Palakkad, Dharwar, Bhilai, Goa and Jammu while ISM Dhanbad will also be upgraded to an IIT. The Union Cabinet which met today gave its ex post facto approval to amend The Institutes of Technology Act, 1961 for incorporation of new IITs at

WhatsApp now 'rules' over half of the world: Report

WhatsApp is widely known to be the world's most popular messaging app. Here's more proof to it. According to recent research from digital market intelligence company SimilarWeb, WhatsApp is the top mobile messaging app in 109 countries across the world. In India, Facebook-owned Whatsapp is installed

Pichai unveils ‘Google Assistant’ to help with daily tasks

May 25: Taking on intelligent virtual friends like Apple’s Siri and Microsoft’s Cortana, Indian-born Sundar Pichai has announced “Google Assistant” which will help you with daily tasks like set a timer for the oven. Mr. Pichai also unveiled “Google Home” — a voice-activated product that brings “Goo

How a young IT minister is transforming Hyderabad into a global business city once again

Kalvakuntla Taraka Rama Rao (KT Rama Rao), popularly known as KTR, is the Minister of Information Technology, Government of Telangana. The 40-year old minister is the son of first and current Chief Minister of Telangana, K Chandrashekhar Rao. But this is not a feature on nepotism or a political o