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A major restructuring at Google happened to have turned the tables on Sundar Pichai. India-born Pichai is named as the new CEO of Google, as co-founder Larry Page announces the formation of a new parent company Alphabet Inc which will replace Google as the publicly-traded entity. The ‘slightly slimmed down’ Google, as Page puts down in his blog, will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Alphabet, which will have Page as CEO and co-founder Sergey Brin as President. This new structure, according to Page is expected to keep tremendous focus on the extraordinary opportunities inside Google, of which Pichai will be a key part. He said that Google companies that are “pretty far afield” of the main internet products will be contained in Alphabet instead... Read more

In a show of commitment to Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s “Make-in-India” initiative, Xiaomi has announced that it will now manufacture its devices locally in India. Xiaomi has revealed its “Make-in-India” plans at a special event in Visakhapatnam in the presence of Hon’ble Chief Minister Shri Nara Chandrababu Naidu and Amitabh Kant, Secretary, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP). Xiaomi has partnered with Foxconn Technology Group to manufacture its smartphones in India. The factory is based in Sri City, Andhra Pradesh. The choice of location is strategic as Andhra Pradesh is known to have highly skilled technical manpower, an enterprising population and a dynamic emerging leadership. - See more at: http://www.varindia.com/xiaomi-begins-manufacturing-operations-in-andhra-pradesh/#sthash.Ooroe5oU.dpuf

WD has rolled out the “Mega Monsoon Offer” exclusively for registered members of the myWD partner programme in India (excluding “prestige promo” members). The offer will commence on August 10, 2015 and will go on till September 12, 2015. To participate in the contest, myWD partners who have purchased qualifying products during the promotional period will be eligible to participate in a word-search puzzle and the top 10 fastest entries to have answered correctly will be announced as winners. The prizes to be won include an Apple iPhone 6, four newly-launched My Passport Ultra drives in the 2TB capacity, and five gift cards worth INR1,000... Read more

To offer consumers optimal protection, Trend Micro has announced Trend Micro Security 10, a security and privacy solution fully compatible with Microsoft Windows 10 which was launched last week. The new version’s security features are simple-to-use, yet provide state-of-the-art protection for consumers’ data, delivered with optimal performance. This allows users to securely connect and engage safely online from today’s evolving threat environment. Trend Micro Security 10 provides protection against threats and privacy concerns regardless of the device or operating system. The software will feature protection from exposing private information or becoming susceptible to data-theft and other malicious online threats on both personal and business devices... Read more

Lenovo has unveiled the beginning of a new family of mobile workstation innovations, the ThinkPad P50 and P70 at the SIGGRAPH 2015 Conference and Exhibition. These new ThinkPad P Series systems are the best-performing and most reliable mobile workstations available and are designed to run the most demanding Independent Software Vendor (ISV) applications. “We have built features into these machines that were previously unachievable in a notebook, making them the most versatile and highest-performing mobile workstations ever,” said Victor Rios, Vice-President & General Manager, Workstations, Lenovo. “We are focussed on making sure users have the tools necessary to drive innovation. That is why we are expanding our portfolio and raising the standard of mobile workstation performance.  Introducing the ThinkPad P Series unites our mobile portfolio with our existing award-winning line of tower workstations, .. Read more

To facilitate mobile-based disbursement of monthly social security pension, Vodafone India has partnered with the Government of Haryana. The initiative, activated through Vodafone M-Pesa, Vodafone’s mobile money transfer and payment service has been carried out as a pilot initiative, covering 868 beneficiaries at five villages in Karnal and Mahendragarh districts in Haryana. Operated under the Government of India’s pension scheme, Vodafone India’s M-Pesa has been identified as the most suitable partner to facilitate digital transfer of financial disbursements to pensioners in Haryana, offering a safe and secure mechanism to transfer funds. Earlier, the government used to disburse the pension via Sarpanch of village. He used to share the list of all beneficiaries in his village with the government officials. Accordingly, the total amount for all these beneficiaries used to get transferred into his account and then he used to disburse to the concerned people... Read more

ENRG, a consumer lifestyle electronics company, has launched its 10-watt Bluetooth speaker named as Jazz. The state-of-the-art Bluetooth personal speaker takes you back to the era of transistor radios giving it a vintage look. Jazz is a musical device that can boast of mind-blowing music occupying the least space. It is suitable for indoor, outdoor and camping. Made of fine die-cast aluminium back frame in light Miami Bronze colour, it is accompanied by a classic leather belt holder attached to its head. Powered with Bluetooth 4.0 it allows you to connect and play within a maximum range of 10 metres. It comes with a rechargeable 3.7 V 1,800 mAh-powered polymer lithium battery which lasts up to 12 hours when fully charged. It has an in-built 3.5mm jack with power output of 10 watts (5W X 2) and frequency range 40Hz-19 KHz with a standard max ... Read more

Allied Digital has announced the inauguration and Lokarapan (Dedicated to Public) of Pune Safe City Project by Hon’ble Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. Verint’s premier Partner, Allied Digital Services was awarded the contract by the Government of Maharashtra with the aim to help enhance the safety and security of Pune city inhabitants. With the successful dedication of the project to the citizens of Pune (Lokarapan) on 8th August, 2015, the city of Pune in Maharashtra will benefit from a state-of-the-art 24×7 video surveillance and security command centre. This will mark the beginning of a comprehensive city surveillance project covering an area of 600 sq. km., commissioned in the country for the first time. The Pune Safe City project which consists of four zones has been successfully commissioned. Since its implementation, there have been several instances of successful detection of events such as theft, traffic violation, chain snatching and high-profile robberies and murder...

Bharti Airtel’s commercial launch of 4G services may be a tactical move to pre-empt the expected entry of Reliance Jio last this year, but investors clearly weren’t impressed. The firm’s shares have fallen by about 1% since the announcement. But even though investors may not see the move as a game-changer, the early-mover advantage can be expected to help the firm in the upcoming battle with Reliance Jio. airtel logo new1 Bharti Airtel prepares to compete with Reliance Jios 4G ThunderBharti is expected to have 35,000 base transceiver stations (BTS) by the end of the year for its 4G operations, while Reliance Jio is expected to have 75,000 BTS at the time of launch. But, according to an analyst with an institutional brokerage, Bharti appears to have chosen an early launch to try and steal the thunder from Reliance Jio’s launch, expected later in the year. Some of the features in Bharti’s 4G subscriber packs are similar to what has been expected from Reliance Jio. For instance, ...

Opera Software has announced its acquisition of Bemobi, a subscription-based mobile-app-discovery service in Latin America. The combination of Bemobi’s industry-leading service with Opera’s global footprint, existing carrier and handset manufacturer relationships and app-distribution capabilities, allows Opera to bring innovative app-discovery and monetization services across the globe and position Opera as the global leader in this space. Bemobi offers a unique, one of a kind, “Netflix-style” subscription service for premium Android apps. Working with mobile operators, Bemobi’s proprietary app-wrapping technology allows smartphone owners access to unlimited use of premium mobile apps for a small weekly fee. Users pay for this service through their mobile operator billing systems, making the service highly effective in emerging markets, where credit-card and debit-card penetration is low. “Opera has expanded rapidly in the mobile-app ecosystem, and our goal is to innovate with...

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