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Indian American Researchers win Young Investigator Award for 2017
ARLINGTON, VA (TIP): The Office of Naval Research’s Science and Technology Organization honored recently 34 young investigators nationwide with the 2017 Young Investigator Award.; four of them are Indian American researchers. They are: Dr. Dhruv Batra, Dr. Pavithra Prabhakar, Dr. Padmini Rangamani […]
World
HACKERS CAME, BUT THE FRENCH WERE PREPARED
HACKERS CAME, BUT THE FRENCH WERE PREPARED PARIS (TIP): Everyone saw the hackers coming. The National Security Agency in Washington picked up the signs. So did Emmanuel Macron’s bare-bones technology team. And mindful of what happened in […]
India
India
Demonetization a ‘Bold Move’ To Curb Shadow Economy: Bill Gates
NEW DELHI (TIP): Praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s demonetization decision, Microsoft founder Bill Gates has said it is a “bold move” and will deflate India‘s shadow economy. Delivering the Second Transforming India Lecture organized NITI […]
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New York City Council Works With Microsoft To Test First Paperless Stated Meeting
Goals are to reduce paper use, create efficiency and modernize work NEW YORK CITY (TIP): Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito and the New York City Council announced, October 27, the integration of Microsoft Surface tablets into the […]
Business & Economics
BLACKBERRY, THE ORIGINAL SMARTPHONE, ENDS PRODUCTION AFTER GREAT RUN
WATERLOO, ONT (TIP): It’s official. BlackBerry Ltd., the Canadian company that invented the smartphone and addicted legions of road warriors to the “CrackBerry,” has stopped making its iconic handsets, a news report says. Finally, conceding […]
Business & Economics
Microsoft’s Satya Nadella Believes Bots Will Change Customers’ Experience
Artificial Intelligence-powered bots will become the next interface, shaping our interactions with the applications and devices we rely on and Microsoft’s latest solutions are set to change the way HP interacts with its customers and […]
Business & Economics
Intel Acquires Indian American-led San Diego-based Firm Nervana Systems
San Diego based deep learning startup Nervana Systems, headed by Indian Americans, has been acquired by Intel as per media reports. According to media reports – Intel is buying deep learning startup Nervana Systems for $350 […]
Business & Economics
Two Women among 25 Highest Paid Indian-American Executives
BOSTON (TIP): Sundar Pichai, Chief Executive Officer of Google, and General Growth Properties CEO Sandeep Mathrani are the two highest-paid Indian-American executives in the United States, earning a whopping $100.50 million and $39.25 million respectively, […]
Business & Economics
Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26.2 billion
Microsoft today announced it will be acquiring LinkedIn in an all-cash deal worth $26.2 billion inclusive of LinkedIn’s net cash. The acquisition is expected to close this calendar year. Despite the acquisition, Microsoft CEO has said that […]
Indian Americans
Three Indian Americans among 26 of the Top Women Engineers
WASHINGTON (TIP): Three Indian Americans were among the top women engineers recognized in a Business Insider piece. The Business Insider Feb. 24 piece on the “Most Powerful Women Engineers” of 2016 was released in the […]
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MICROSOFT ADDS REAL TIME CO-EDITING IN BOX AND DROPBOX WITH MS OFFICE
Microsoft has announced a new set of integrations with Dropbox primarily aimed at offering more productivity and features while on the move. Starting Wednesday, Office subscribers will be able to work on documents, spreadsheets and […]
Business & Economics
Padmasree Warrior is the New U.S. CEO of ‘NextEV’
Indian American Padmasree Warrior, one of Silicon Valley’s high-profile women executives, has been appointed as the U.S. based chief executive officer of a Chinese firm ‘NextEV’ which is building an electric car to compete with American […]
Business & Economics
Indian American launches Global initiative aimed at training high scholars in Microsoft technologies
WOODBRIDGE. NJ (TIP): A New Jersey software entrepreneur has launched a global initiative to train high-school students in Microsoft technologies that can help them jumpstart a career in information technology. “The biggest challenge currently facing […]
Europe
Business & Economics
Global Indians – 13 Global CEOs
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has all along been appreciative of the struggles and achievements of NRIs. His close association with a number of NRIs all across the world is well known. There is no country in […]
Business & Economics
Transnationals | Tax Havens | Terrorism
“Westphalian sovereignty is the principle of international law that each nation state has sovereignty over its territory and domestic affairs, to the exclusion of all external powers. The principle of non-interference in another country’s domestic affairs, […]
Business & Economics
Microsoft cuts 7,800 jobs and will write down $7.6 billion in phone business restructuring
Microsoft will cut 7,800 jobs and take a $7.6 billion impairment charge as it attempts to revive its flagging phone hardware business. The company paid $7.3 billion for Nokia’s phone business in April 2014, seeking […]
United States
Harvard and hedge fund tycoon hammered for $400 million donation
WASHINGTON (TIP): The world’s wealthiest university just added $400 million to it kitty by way of the largest donation in its history, but the gift from a hedge fund tycoon is being shredded by critics […]
Indian Americans
Indian American Boy Collaborates With Microsoft For Braille Printer
NEW YORK: A 13-year-old Indian-origin boy, Shubham Banerjee, who invented a low-cost portable Braille printer, is now working with technology giant Microsoft to integrate it with Windows to make it easily accessible to the visually-impaired and […]
Business & Economics
Windows 10 will be the last version of Windows: OS as WaaS
Microsoft executive Jerry Nixon confirmed at the company’s Ignite conference held on May 9th, that the upcoming Windows 10 update will be the company’s last version of Windows. Windows is not going away, in fact; Microsoft plans to […]
United States
Body Believed to be of Puneet Nehra Found in US River
HOUSTON: The US authorities have recovered a body believed to be that of an Indian IT professional who went missing last week after a suspected drunken driver knocked him into a river when he tried […]
Business & Economics
Indian Americans