1. Deals of the Day: Dell Goes Private 30 software cos break away from Nasscom, set up Old time-tested metrics can't judge IT; analysts
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 LinkedIn beats Street, outstrips social media rivals (Reuters)
 VMware Buys Startup Virsto To Fend Off Microsoft (Business
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 Tweet-To-Pay? Twitter Tries For E-Commerce (Business Insider)
 Amazon buys text-to-speech software company Ivona (Reuters)
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 Biz Break: Cisco earnings signal possibility of resurgence for tech,
 Infosys inks deal with National ICT Australia (Times of India)
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 Google signs deal to launch YouTube TV channel (Times of India)
 India Expects GDP to Grow 5% This Year (WSJ)
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 Genpact acquires service provider Jawood (Times of India)
 IT firms like TCS, Infosys & Wipro losing work as MNCs' captive centres
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are back into fashion (The Economic Times) http://bit.ly/X8zUGj
 Wipro ties up with Pingar (Business Line) http://goo.gl/TGw63
Launches & Innovation
 IBM takes on rivals with lower priced server range (Reuters)
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 R&D,quality assurance professionals to see good hiring this yr
 RIM faces its day of reckoning with BlackBerry 10 launch (Reuters)
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 HP to close site in Germany, cutting 850 jobs (Reuters)
 Microsoft launches new Office for consumers (Reuters)
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 Facebook CEO plans to grow headcount in 2013 (Reuters)
 Broadcom first LTE chip to compete with Qualcomm (Reuters)
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 VMware to cut jobs, disappoints with 2013 outlook (Reuters)
 Twitter's new service suggests its future may lie in video (Reuters)
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 Symantec CEO plans layoffs, no asset sales (Reuters)
 Quick Heal ties up with SoftBank for anti-virus technology
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 Dish to close 300 Blockbuster stores, 3,000 jobs may be lost
 Autodesk Releases 123D Creature, A Tool To Design, Paint, And Print Your
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 Barclays Rolls Out Its Revamp Plans (WSJ) http://goo.gl/E9dm0
Deals & Expansions
Other updates
 Alcatel bags 8-year contract from Reliance Communications for over $1
 Apple wakes up to India's potential; iPhone witnesses four-fold
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 Oracle Buys Acme Packet (Oracle) http://bit.ly/11ItyQN
 Microsoft profit dips ahead of Office revamp (Reuters)
 Cisco sells home networking business to Belkin (Reuters)
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 TCS names Rajesh Gopinathan as new CFO (Times of India)
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 Nielsen boosts TCS contract to $2.5 billion (Reuters) http://reut.rs/YSxgr6
 Infosys switches top management roles, names new BPO CEO
 Twitter acquires social TV analytics company Bluefin Labs (Reuters)
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 Roshni Nadar to take over the reins at HCL (Hindutan Times)
 Google to buy marketing services company for $125 million (Reuters)
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 AOL Confirms gdgt Acquisition, Quests For tch Domination (Tech Crunch) Addwiser Pick of the Month
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 Yahoo! buys scrapbook website Snip.it (Hindustan Times) Before You Innovate, Ask the Right Questions
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 HCL Technologies signs multi million dollar pact with Cobham
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