Google opens first India data centre; aims to take on Amazon & Microsoft

Mumbai: Google has opened its first data centre in India that will serve end users in Mumbai, Chennai, Bengaluru and Hyderabad and will also allow payments in rupees.

Diwali season: Paytm Wallet processes US$ 1.6-bn transactions

New Delhi: Indian mobile wallet company Paytm processed transactions of over US$ 1.6 billion during the Diwali festive season between September 20, 2017 to October 20, 2017, witnes...

We see India as a very long-term opportunity: Apple's Eddy Cue

New Delhi: Apple sees India as a long-term opportunity and is planning about bringing more services to India like the Apple Pay while creating a vibrant ecosystem for app developer...

India ranks 9th in overall Korn Ferry Digital Sustainability Index

New Delhi: India ranked ninth out of the 14 countries in the latest report of the Korn Ferry Digital Sustainability Index (DSI), outperforming countries such as China, Russia and B...

Interoperable mobile wallets in 6 months: RBI

New Delhi: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has instructed banks and companies to make all know-your-customer (KYC)-compliant prepaid payment instruments (PPIs), like mobile wallets...

GridRaster gets seed funds from Exfinity, other VCs

Bengaluru: GridRaster Inc, working in the virtual and augmented reality space, has raised US$ 2 million as seed funding, which will be used for marketing and product development.

Chandrababu Naidu targeting US$ 2 billion in IT investments in Andhra Pradesh

Visakhapatnam: The Government of Andhra Pradesh is targeting to attract investments worth US$ 2 billion and create 100,000 jobs in the information technology (IT) sector in the sta...

Hiring in IT sector up by 8pc in September 2017: Survey

Mumbai: Hiring in the buoyant employment market of Information Technology (IT) sector witnessed 3 per cent growth in September 2017 with Hyderabad, Bengaluru and Chennai posting a ...