Companies

Twitter Made $525 million Offer to Instagram before Facebook Buyout

Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom had reportedly agreed to sell the internet firm to Twitter for $525 million before Facebook Inc swooped in for a buyout, according to reports.

Dec 17, 2012

Facebook Readies New App to Take on Snapchat

World's most popular social networking site Facebook is reportedly working on a new photo messaging app similar to Snapchat, according to AllThingsD.

Dec 17, 2012

Nvidia's Tegra 4 Specs Leaked; Rumoured Processor May Feature 72-Core Graphics

The next generation Tegra 4 for smartphones and tablets wil likely feature a "Quad Core Eagle" CPU with 72-core graphics, reported The Verge.

Dec 19, 2012

HP Unveils Windows 8 Ultrabooks and Tablet-PC; Eyes 25-30 percent Sales

Hewlett Packard (HP) rolled out its all new Windows 8-powered Ultrabook, hybrid and all-in-one PC to India with prices ranging between ₹59,990 and ₹71,990.

Dec 20, 2012

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Facebook to Charge $1 to Send Messages to Inbox

The social networking website Facebook, now a public company, is looking at more avenues to earn revenue with a billion plus active Facebook users. In order to maintain their user’s trust and gain more users in to its fold, Facebook intends to strengthen the security of the network so that the users’ privacy is secured within their group or community.

Dec 21, 2012

Kingfisher Airlines Shares Gain On Licence Renewal Bid

The shares of debt-laden Kingfisher Airlines gained 2.98 percent on BSE earlier on Friday following the reports of the airline’s application for the renewal of its operating licence to aviation regulatory Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Thursday.

Dec 21, 2012

SoC Tablet Outshines Nvidia Tegra 3, Claims Intel

World's leading chip maker, Intel, reportedly claims that its latest System-on-a-Chip (aka Clover Trail) surpasses NVIDIA's first quad-core processor Tegra 3, in terms of power consumption.

Dec 22, 2012

Google Prepping ‘X Phone' to Beat iPhone: Report

Search giant Google Inc is reportedly prepping a new urbane smartphone with Motorola codenamed 'X-phone' .

Dec 22, 2012

Eight Indians Among World's Best Performing CEOs

Eight Indians made it to Harvard Business Review's (HBR) list of the world's 100 best performing CEO's for the last 17 years.

Dec 26, 2012

Kingfisher Revival Plan not Backed by Clear Funding Proposal, says Ajit Singh

The revival plan submitted by debt-laden Kingfisher Airline was not backed by a clear funding proposal, said aviation minister Ajit Singh on Wednesday.

Dec 26, 2012

Samsung Expects to Ship 510 million Phones in 2013

The South Korean tech giant Samsung is reportedly looking forward to ship more than half a billion handsets in 2013.

Dec 27, 2012

Jaguar Land Rover China Unit to Recall Evoque, Freelander SUVs on Safety Concerns

The Chinese subsidary of automotive major Jaguar Land Rover said it will recall around 337 cars on rising concerns over safety issues.

Dec 28, 2012

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After Ratan's Retirement, All Eyes on Cyrus Mistry to Carry Forward Tata's Legacy

Business tycoon Ratan Tata will step down as chairman of Tata Group on Friday. Now all eyes are on his successor, Cyrus Pallonji Mistry, if he can carry forward the legacy of India's biggest industrial house.

Dec 28, 2012