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1. Google introduces new "Hummingbird"
search algorithm (Reuters)
http://reut.rs/18s7Tmn
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YouTube coming soon to TVs in India (Times
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Microsoft BCG Research reveals IT helps fuel
revenue and job growth among Indian SME's
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Apax buys GlobalLogic, IT outsourcing firm founded by four IITians, for $420 million
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(Times of India) http://bit.ly/1e7zsCU
Google unveils plans for user names, comments to appear in ads (Reuters)
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http://reut.rs/17uV5Y9
Lenovo tops global PC market (Times of India) http://bit.ly/1fkY2mX
HCL Tech bags multi-million dollar contract in US (Times of India)
http://bit.ly/18pcupn
IBM acquires UK-based software-maker Daeja (Times of India)
http://bit.ly/18GppiF
 HP Says “All Hands on Deck” Needed, Requiring Most Employees to Work at the
Who’s Hiring/Firing?
Office (Allthingsd) http://dthin.gs/GGwOsk
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Mindtree unveils surveillance software (Times of India) http://bit.ly/16SRoiC
HP unveils cybersecurity solutions for enterprises in India (Times of India)
http://bit.ly/1dv5l8r
CA Technologies launches free IT resources monitoring tool (Times of India)
http://bit.ly/1flqR2S
Nucleus Software launches mobile version of FinnOne (Times of India)
http://bit.ly/1bcfPIN
Oracle launches 10 new services on cloud (Times of India) http://bit.ly/18oCbGC
Google unveils Chrome OS-powered HP laptop (Times of India)
http://bit.ly/1bUQx2f
Oracle Introduces StorageTek Linear Tape File System, Library Edition
(Marketwatch) http://on.mktw.net/1c1t8j2
Capgemini Announces an Insurance Platform as a Service Offering (Yahoo finance)
http://yhoo.it/1c1tjLo
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Tata Consultancy Services hires 51 BIT Sindri students (Times of India)
http://bit.ly/1769PDx
On Semiconductor to cut up to 870 jobs at Sanyo (Times of India)
http://bit.ly/1ficg8n
Infosys reduces staff strength of R&D arm (Times of India)
http://bit.ly/1fhLCfP
Semiconductor design company eInfochips to hire 600 engineers (Times
of India) http://bit.ly/17xCb3O
Alcatel-Lucent to cut 10,000 jobs: Reports (Times of India)
http://bit.ly/1feHwF9
Fujitsu to hire 10,000 at Pune centre (Times of India)
http://bit.ly/1f2cMqW
Amazon to hire 70,000 seasonal workers (Times of India)
http://bit.ly/1eW3Q6
Siemens to slash 15,000 jobs (Times of India) http://bit.ly/1eTaavm
BlackBerry planning to lay off 40% employees: WSJ (Times of India)
http://bit.ly/18bee5w
Other updates
Facebook Buys Mobile Data Analytics Company Onavo (Techcrunch)
http://tcrn.ch/1aDcAbV
Yahoo Acquires Bread, Will Shut Down The URL Shortener That Earned You Money
(Techcrunch) http://tcrn.ch/GSLULS
Infosys, TCS bag IT contract from US utilities firm (Hindu Business line)
http://bit.ly/15NG04q
Software firm Compucom Software bags Rs 158 cr Rajasthan govt deal (Times of
India) http://bit.ly/19WCt8p
Apple buys personal assistant app Cue (Times of India) http://bit.ly/1bPHAan
Zensar bags multi-million dollar deals in manufacturing (Times of India)
http://bit.ly/1fHB7CH
Infosys, IBM bag Rs 2,535 crore RBS deal (Times of India) http://bit.ly/1eTQqaP
Tech Mahindra bags outsourcing deal from Volvo (Times of India)
http://bit.ly/184Lmrv
Cognizant acquires Equinox Consulting (Times of India) http://bit.ly/1g35ke1
Infosys bags multi-year contract from Toyota (Times of India) http://bit.ly/1bzpnxH
Google acquires Indian-led company Flutter (Times of India) http://bit.ly/1f1N9X4
HCL Tech bags multi-million dollar contract in US (Times of India)
http://bit.ly/18pcupn
IBM acquires UK-based software-maker Daeja (Times of India) http://bit.ly/18GppiF
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Infosys Q2 results: Attrition continues to rise (Times of India)
http://bit.ly/1c7r1a0
Software firm Collabera appoints new CEO (Times of India)
http://bit.ly/1f4MsMS
Wipro appoints Ireena Vittal to its board (Times of India)
http://bit.ly/GFJMXx
Infosys senior executive Kartik Jayaraman quits, joins Accenture (Times
of India) http://bit.ly/19WFhCB
Mindtree appoints Paul Gottsegen as marketing and strategy head
(Livemint) http://bit.ly/1bqar53
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