Posts

Showing posts from February 27, 2013

Mahindra Comviva and Funambol team up

Image
VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Funambol  and  Mahindra Comviva  have announced a partnership to help mobile service providers get to market quickly with personal cloud services. Through this association, Funambol will provide its award-winning solution that enables service providers to deploy a self-branded digital lifestyle personal cloud. Mahindra Comviva will leverage its wide product portfolio and extensive geographic presence to create and deliver personal cloud solutions, leveraging Funambol technology that meets the unique needs of customers in its markets. It has been estimated that the global personal cloud market will grow from $6.6 billion in 2013 to $43.5 billion in 2018, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 45.61% from 2013 to 2018. "The increase in Mobile Internet users in the emerging markets and consumption of digital content, but without a similar growth in PC and computer infrastructure, has accelerated the need for persona

Google is India's Most Trusted Internet Brand: AIBT

Image
VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Google  remains India's Most Trusted for the third year in a row, but it is noteworthy that the gap with the second-ranked Facebook is a miniscule 3%. An analysis of the All India Brand Trust (AIBT) ranks shows that Google (All India rank 44) fell 13 ranks and Facebook (All India rank 48) gained 17 ranks to bridge the gap. Yahoo still stood as the third Most Trusted Internet brand despite its 62-rank fall in the All India Brand Trust rank. Google's Orkut steadied at the fourth rank despite a significant fall in daily visitors from India. Ebay follows as India's fifth Most Trusted Internet brand with a very small difference in BTI from the previous. The top six of the last year are repeated in the same order this year as well. This year's research was conducted in 16 cities generating 19,000 unique brands across 211 categories.  Trust Research Advisory  is a part of the Comniscient Group, a group of India's

MWC 2013: Nokia launches 4 New Devices

Image
VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE At Mobile World Congress,  Nokia  has announced plans to extend high-end innovations to more people in more markets. Four new devices bring innovation to new price points, while  Nokia’s HERE location  suite becomes available for non-Nokia phones in the Windows Phone ecosystem. Nokia has also announced new developer partnerships that use Nokia expertise in imaging, location and entertainment to deliver exclusive application experiences. Finally, Nokia and Microsoft are combining their strength in the enterprise sector to bring more business customers to Windows Phone. “The momentum behind Nokia is gathering pace. The launches today reflect our commitment to broadening our devices and services portfolio to meet the demands of people and businesses around the globe,” said Stephen Elop, President & Chief Executive Officer, Nokia. By offering better experiences at a more affordable price we are reinventing the battle for af

IBM unveils Mobile Portfolio for Global Businesses

Image
VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   IBM(NYSE: IBM)  has unveiled  IBM MobileFirst , the mobile portfolio that combines security, analytics and app development software, with cloud-based services and deep mobile expertise. Using IBM MobileFirst solutions, businesses can now streamline everything from the management of employee mobile devices, to the creation of a new mobile commerce app that will transform their entire business model.  IBM has also announced an expanded relationship with AT&T to provide developers with tools to create faster, richer mobile apps and services for customers. For instance, organizations can now quickly incorporate payment and messages into their apps. “To date, mobile computing has been dominated by discussions of new smartphones, operating systems, games and apps. But enterprises have yet to tap into the potential of mobile business. Just as the Internet transformed the way we bank, book vacations and manage our healthcare, mob