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Internet Access In India Has Crossed 50-Crore Milestone - TRAI : With the target fixed by Modi Govt. within three years the number of Internet connection has grown by 65% from March 2016 to cross the 50 crore mark in 2018, as per the last report submitted by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) by the end of September 2018 and there were 56 crore narrow-band and broadband connections in India. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Cabinet approves death penalty for sexual crimes against children - Child Sexual Abuse : The Modi Govt. has approved the proposal for the Amendment to the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012 to provide the option of stringent punishment, including the death penalty, for sexual crimes against children on Friday. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Instagram accidentally roll out new scrolling update to surprise users : The social media platform Instagram surprised users with a sudden change with a feed that scrolled from left to right rather than its traditional vertical format on Thursday, December 27. On a report The social It said that the update was 'supposed to be a very small test but we went broader than we anticipated.” VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Indian IT Services Industry has a stable outlook - ICRA : ICRA has a stable outlook on Indian IT Services industry. The credit profile of Indian IT Services companies remains stable underpinned by its ability to sustain free cash flows despite pressure on revenue growth and margins. With aggregate operating margins of ICRA sample set at 22.5% for FY2018 coupled with moderate capex (organic as well as inorganic) and working capital requirements, the free cash flows have remained robust historically. Despite pressures on growth and margins over the medium term, these factors are unlikely to impact the free cash flow generation ability of Indian IT Services companies though there could be moderation in the quantum of such cash flows. The credit profile is also supported by net cash position with significant liquidity in the form of surplus investments generated out of past cash flows. Our sample set (13 leading Indian companies) reported surplus liquidity (net of debt) of approximately Rs...

Staqu launches AI app TRINETRA for UP Police : In this Era of Incredible & Virtual Intelligence Technology platform, Staqu Technologies a Gurugram-based Artificial Intelligence (AI) start-up on Thursday announced the launch of TRINETRA, an AI-based application for the Uttar Pradesh Police Department. The application executes the digitization and searching of records using AI and carries records of criminals, assisting police forces at ground zero with real-time information retrieval during investigations, regular checks, verification, and at police checkpoints. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Tech Mahindra Launches First Enterprise Edition Open Source AI Platform - GAiA : Powered by Acumos : Tech Mahindra Ltd. the pioneer of digital transformation, today announced the launch of AI Platform GAiA - the first enterprise edition of open source Artificial Intelligence (AI) platform powered by Acumos - A project developed by Linux Foundation. GAiA will enable enterprises across industry verticals to build, share and rapidly deploy AI-driven services and applications to solve business critical problems. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Apple Shares Users Data to the Indian Government on Request : On a request from Govt of India, Apple have provided device information in connection to the 27 devices and 18 accounts, during the period of January-June 2018 for an iTunes Gift Card fraud investigation. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

West Bengal Districts To Use Blockchain For Issuing Birth Certificates - The Indian Era of Blockchain : Divit Biyani, a month-old baby from Kolkata became the first one to receive a blockchain secured birth certificate in the state of West Bengal. The hi-tech birth certificate issued by the New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA), was received by Divit’s father, who owns a start-up named Super Procure. Now, two other Municipal Corporations in Bengal – Bankura and Durgapur, have also embraced the new technology to issue birth certificates, states media reports. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Sony unveils Wireless Noise-Cancelling Headphones WH-CH700N : Sony India has expanded its noise-cancellation headphones lineup with the launch of WH-CH700N. The all-new Wireless Noise-Cancelling Headphones are specially designed for long hours of listening on the move. One can listen to music without wires and block out unwanted background noise with digital noise cancellation. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Krishna M S, Head - IT, Toradex Systems (India) at 9th SIITF 2018 : 'Chatbot and RPA are the flavor of the season': Krishna M S, Head - IT, Toradex Systems (India) at 9th SIITF 2018 VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Ganesh Ramachandra, General Manager, UST Software (India) at 9th SIITF 2018 : 'Without emerging technologies there is no scope of growth': Ganesh Ramachandra, General Manager, UST Software (India) at 9th SIITF 2018 VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Girish Kulkarni, Jt. Secretary, Governing Body, CIO Klub at 9th SIITF 2018 : 'Almost all the industries will be automated as AI and ML is growing upto the intelligence of human nature': Girish Kulkarni, Jt. Secretary, Governing Body, CIO Klub at 9th SIITF 2018 VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Facebook, , Facebook, facebook data, varindia, Facebook Data Infringement may increase Likelihood of US Consideration of EU-Style GDPR Privacy Rules : IAITAM : Dr. Barbara Rembiesa, president and CEO of the International Association of IT Asset Managers (IAITAM) have sortly reported that Facebook is allowing advertisers and marketers direct access to personal data – and even private conversations – may have the effect of accelerating consideration in the U.S. of General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) privacy rules. Such a development would have a major impact on Information Technology Asset Management (ITAM) practices in the U.S. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

More than 50,000 Fake app installations on Google Play Store : Quick Heal : Quick Heal Security Lab reported Fake Apps with more than 50,000 installations on Google Play Store on a blog post.These apps appear to be genuine as a PDF reader, PDF Downloader, PDF Scanner etc., but don’t have such functionality. The main purpose of these apps is to increase the download count of other applications and improve their ratings. If you have download one of these fake PDF reader apps, it will ask you to like or download another app, before you can use any of functions of the PDF app. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Tech Mahindra's Manoj Chugh to move to Mahindra Group : After six eventful and fulfilling years at Tech Mahindra, Manoj Chugh will be moving to the Mahindra Group (Mahindra Mahindra) as President, Group Public Affairs and Member Group Executive Board effective January 1, 2019. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Flipkart, Amazon, Can't Sell Products of Entities In Which they Own the stake : Govt : The Govt. on Wednesday has battened the  e-commerce marketplaces such as Flipkart and Amazon from selling products of companies in which they have a stake directly or indirectly. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

For 90s school kids pursuing Math and Coding, Artificial Intelligence spurred the imagination of a whole generation as the “coolest” frontier of Technology and Computer Science. It’s been 21 years since IBM Deep Blue defeated Gary Kasparov at Chess in 1997, about 7 years since IBM Watson won Jeopardy in 2011 and just a couple of years since Google Deepmind’s AlphaGo defeated Lee Sedol at Go in 2016. Role of Capital and Money backing AI The trend in the timeline is pretty clear–Artificial Intelligence is being able to do unimaginable things much sooner than expected. Even for the industry, the word is out. Companies who will be able to leverage AI will be much more competent and in a position to dominate markets than ones who don’t. Many people must have seen that a lot of companies show intent to leverage AI at the level of top management but the outcomes on KPIs seems not that great yet. So what’s really holding them back?   There are multiple reasons for this, b...

iValue enters into partnership with Arcserve for its hybrid cloud data protection solutions : iValue InfoSolutions has signed a VAD agreement with Arcserve for their industry- leading Business Continuity Solutions for Data Protection, Replication VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Murugan E, Regional Director- ESDS Datacenter at 9th SIITF 2018 : '2020 is going to be defined as the year of Cloud': Murugan E, Regional Director- ESDS Datacenter at 9th SIITF 2018 VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Sunil Sharma, M.D.(Sales), Sophos at 9th SIITF 2018 : 'Only 10 days is the amount of time invested to clean up the infected systems in a month': Sunil Sharma, M.D.(Sales), Sophos at 9th SIITF 2018 VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE