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• Industrial Production Grows at
TORQUE slowest Pace Since ’09
(Bloomberg) http://goo.gl/RZziX
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• Yahoo fires chief & puts itself
up for sale in search for success
(Guardian) http://goo.gl/88tid
• Steve Jobs resigns from Apple,
Cook becomes CEO (Reuters)
http://goo.gl/jO8Qm
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Nurturing Your Own Convictions. Dale Carnegie,
GADGET BRIEF Industry Updates (IT-ITES)
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• Wipro, Imec tie up for applied research in system
• Slider (ASUS) engineering (Hindu Business Line) http://goo.gl/zJJbA
TABLET • 3D goes mobile (Economics Times) http://goo.gl/FUIxc
+ 10.1” Screen, Sliding keyboard, • Datamatics buys 72% in Cignex for Rs 120 cr
• Facebook Begins Auto-Grouping Friends Into Smart Lists
Dual Camera and Processor. (Hindu Business line) http://goo.gl/VmX2g
(Techcrunch) http://goo.gl/BNPdH & Also Quietly Rolled Out
• J1, V1 (Nikon) • Dell, Baidu team up for tablets and mobiles (Business
A Like Button Chrome Extension (Techcrunch)
CAMERA Standard) http://goo.gl/rsj9Y
+Interchangeable lenses, 10.1 http://goo.gl/dRXo9
pixel camera, 1080 Video • Skype confirms pact to buy GroupMe (Reuters)
• Google, Apple and Microsoft take top spots in global brand
recording. http://goo.gl/SOqKx
survey (Zdnet) http://goo.gl/THOCH
• WATCHOUT! • NIIT Tech acquires Spanish firm ProyectaSistemas de
+ Windows 8 Products Informacion SA (Economics Times) http://goo.gl/VPzs8
Launches & Innovation
+ Transformer 2 (Asus) • Samsung, Microsoft tie up for new tablet
• MindTree debuts video toll management application (Hindustan times) http://goo.gl/PB70d
HEAL BRIEF
TH (Financial Express) http://goo.gl/aWStv • Cisco buys Versly to boost collaboration tech (Reuters)
• HP unveils VirtualSystem VMware (Financial Chronicle) http://goo.gl/vu8Ug
Study: 1 in 25 Business
http://goo.gl/GCDKi & PC security software (Times of India) • Verizon buys CloudSwitch to boost Terremark (Reuters)
Leaders May Be Psychopaths
http://goo.gl/9oERL http://goo.gl/BSb9e
(Healthland)
http://ti.me/oxD1S6 • Acronis Launches Simple, Fast Backup and Disaster • Microsoft partners China firm on cloud-computing
Recovery for VMware Customers (Computer World) (Economics Times) http://goo.gl/McTas
24 Foods That Can Save Your http://goo.gl/B2Q9H • Qualcomm partners Sesame Workshop India for radio
Heart (WebMD) • Google launches iPhone photo-sharing app (Times of India) project (Economics Times) http://goo.gl/A4vbX
http://bit.ly/aR101d http://goo.gl/EteM2 & is working on Android Jelly Bean • Google Inc buys Zave Network (Indian Express)
Update (Forbes) http://goo.gl/9JhoO http://bit.ly/oyIlVh & also buys Zagat in push for local
JOB BRIEF • Facebook Launches Standalone iPhone/Android Messenger market (CNN Money) http://goo.gl/RjEgc
App (Techcrunch) http://goo.gl/ReJaX • TCS bags orders from NZ life insurer Westpac Life to
Team Manager for Bangalore • Apple Releases iOS 5 Beta 7 To Developers (Techcrunch) upgrade its software platform (Economics Times)
based top IT Company (MNC). http://goo.gl/iX21o http://goo.gl/woxjL & also becomes official technology
With 8+yrs experience in IT and IT • Salesforce for QuickBooks Now Available (ReadWriteWeb) partner of Amsterdam Marathon (Economics Times)
services, tech-support. http://goo.gl/SOLB1 http://goo.gl/YFK42
• IBM supercomputer Watson to assist doctors (Economics
Who’s Hiring/Firing?
Zonal Manager. Min9+yrs of Times) http://goo.gl/ROYaN
exp. In automobile industry. • IBM, Infosys and AOL using TringMe, browser-based voice • Credit Suisse adds 11 people to its India team
Experience in used car segment application by Yusuf Motiwala (Economics Times) (Economic Times) http://goo.gl/swGdF & also shows
http://goo.gl/q1uq7 door to 14 wealth executives from its India wealth
(esp. western India) based out of
• Google adds Voice to takeout menu (Hindustan Times) management team (Economic Times)
Pune. For a Top Auto- Services
(http://goo.gl/0pHiH) http://goo.gl/8DAQe
company.
• Samsung unveils 3 smartphones to run on own platform • Barclays to hire 20 for India equities: Report (Economic
(Reuters) (http://goo.gl/9Dy12) & also launches mobile Times) http://goo.gl/BPbEa
Send in your updated resumes to: instant messaging tool (Reuters) http://goo.gl/68nmE • Recession may hit Indian IT cos hiring (Times of India)
• RIM unveils new cloud-based music service (Reuters) http://goo.gl/ywcnF
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Other updates
Feedback - Suggestion? Deals & Expansions
• Wipro bags Microsoft Country Partner award (Times of
Send @: • HP's latest acquisition, Autonomy (Times of India) India) http://goo.gl/gN7Au & sets up first rural BPO
http://goo.gl/zYCVZ centre in Tamil Nadu (Economics Times)
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• Microsoft, Acer sign Android patent agreement http://goo.gl/Eplq5
(Economics times) http://goo.gl/6TfkX • TCS to open 2,000-people BPO centre (Business
• HCL Tech ties up with Basware for P2P solution Standard) http://goo.gl/rz5QA; Launches Global Center
(The Hindu Business line) http://goo.gl/tGc6l of Excellence in Support of SAP HANA(TM)
• IBM to acquire Algorithmics for Rs 1,750 cr (Market Watch) http://goo.gl/ifHqe
http://goo.gl/d1lWR & British security analytics co i2 • Cloud computing, e-com boost merger and acquisition
(Times of India) http://goo.gl/dfztA in start-ups (Economics Times) http://goo.gl/gO0AW
• Cognizant bags UK govt's contract (Times of India) • E-commerce firms Flipkart, Infibeam, LetsBuy brace for
http://goo.gl/8uTGL Amazon assault (Economics Times) http://goo.gl/4R2E1
• Microsoft, RenRen ink deal (Times of India) • Infosys hires Vasudev Nayak from Wipro to tackle visa
NFOLIO TEAM
http://goo.gl/qee1N row (Economics Times) http://goo.gl/hKA2k
Chief Coordinator:
Subin Amarnathan • WellPoint, IBM tie up for medical-data technology (Reuters)
Coordinator: http://goo.gl/tsWZK Addwiser Pick of the Month
Smita Philip
• IBM, Vodafone ink $1 billion IT outsourcing contract
Consultants: The Skill that Matters Most
Monika, Saloni (Economics Times) http://goo.gl/gBbwn
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The Art Of Being Wise Is The Art Of Knowing What To Overlook. William James