This document contains a summary of news articles across various topics like IT industry, healthcare, launches & innovations, deals & expansions, and hiring & firing. Some of the key highlights include Microsoft setting up 100 innovation centers in India, Adobe releasing a game developer kit for mobile devices, Intel launching new microserver chips, and Citigroup cutting 11,000 jobs.
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IBS wins Rs 700 crore contract from Lufthansa (Times Of India)
Obamacare: Big opportunity for Indian IT companies (Times Of India)
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HCL Tech inks multi-million dollar deal with U.S. Firm (The Hindu)
Microsoft to set up 100 innovation centers in India (Times Of India)
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Wipro wins $200-million technology service contract in Europe
Twitter launches photo color filters to battle Instagram, Facebook (Reuters)
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Honeywell sees slow 2013, to buy Intermec for $600 million (Reuters)
Microsoft opens its own social network (CNN) http://bit.ly/QHoeg2
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Netflix Ranks Google Fiber as the Fastest ISP (Forbes) http://onforb.es/12lwnt9
AT&T joins forces with Akamai, boosts Akamai shares (Reuters)
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Launches & Innovation Yahoo acquires video chat startup company (Reuters) http://reut.rs/R5000C
Synacor partners with Zynga to bring social games to pay TV (Reuters)
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Adobe releases game developer kit for mobile devices, browsers (Times Of India) CSC to sell credit services unit to Equifax for $1 billion (Reuters)
http://goo.gl/TEXxO, Updates Photoshop and Illustrator For Retina Displays http://reut.rs/YH7zf
(Mashable) http://on.mash.to/123wri1 and also unveils new tech to insert video ads IT company MphasiS acquires US-based Digital Risk for $200 million
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WordPress launches version 3.5, with new media-uploading tools (VentureBeat) HCL Tech inks multi-million dollar deal with Manitowoc (Times Of India)
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Spain mobile operators jointly launch WhatsApp challenger (Reuters)
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Cloud connected eHealth Centre launched in Kaithal (Economic Times) Who’s Hiring/Firing?
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Gmail Users Now Can Send 10GB Files (Mashable) http://on.mash.to/SbirNZ
The Citigroup Bloodbath: New CEO Cuts 11,000 Jobs (Forbes)
New Chrome Extension Lets You Save Web Content to Google Drive (Mashable) http://onforb.es/UFdRVX
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IT company Mindlogicx to hire 1,000 in 2013 (Times Of India)
Intel launches microserver chips, gets nod from Facebook (Reuters) http://goo.gl/o30Me
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GE to hire engineers for R&D jobs in India (Times Of India) http://goo.gl/r3PzF
Linux 3.7 arrives, ARM developers rejoice (ZdNet) http://zd.net/S5YqvM
Paypal plans to hire 1,200' (Times Of India) http://goo.gl/rYdyy
Microsoft launches Dynamics AX 2012 ERP solution (Times Of India)
Texas Instruments firing staff in India, plans to cut 300 to 500 jobs as part of
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global restructuring (Economic Times) http://bit.ly/SWuqk2
Amazon unveils data warehousing service (Times Of India) http://goo.gl/CPras
Huawei to double staff in European expansion (Reuters)
Infosys launches solution for Japanese companies (Times Of India) http://reut.rs/Ux2nWS
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Google launches Instagram rival Snapseed (Times Of India) http://goo.gl/R72n5
Capgemini Group launches Mobile Testing Centre of Excellence in Mumbai Other updates
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IBM Develops Nanophotonics Chip For Faster Communications (Forbes) IT companies resort to 'tail trimming'; Wipro, MindTree, iGate and others
http://goo.gl/BnBBk discard small clients (Economic Times) http://goo.gl/GgC9k
Exclusive: Facebook offering e-retailers sales tracking tool (Reuters) Dell Services names Wipro's ex co-CEO Suresh Vaswani as president
http://goo.gl/nsmu7 and also launches 'LinkedIn-type' job-hunting app (Hindustan (Times Of India) http://goo.gl/uENXf
times) http://goo.gl/5vt0k Google Shuts Down China Shopping Search (The Wall Street Journal)
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Deals & Expansions Microsoft expands sales base for Surface tablet laptop (Guardian)
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Yahoo Mail finally gets a revamp and new apps (CNN Money)
Go Ahead, Bring Your iPad To Work—That's Why Citrix Is Buying Zenprise (Business http://cnnmon.ie/12jDfHm
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Sutherland beats Genpact to acquire Apollo's BPO arm (Times Of India) http://cnet.co/UVin7a
http://goo.gl/vhfym STMicro to quit ST-Ericsson mobile chip venture (Reuters)
TCS bags multi-year deal from UK government (Times Of India) http://goo.gl/YnEAE http://reut.rs/TQakI1
and signs multi-year contract with UK's Mitchells & Butlers (Economic Times) Yahoo Adds PayPal Co-Founder Max Levchin to Board (Wall Street Journal)
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Cisco Systems to buy Meraki for $1.2 billion (Times Of India) http://goo.gl/Cp8gy Facebook, Zynga revamp partnership (Reuters) http://reut.rs/YvBlUG
and networking software company Cariden Technologies (Times Of India)
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Nokia acquires 3D mapping company, renames location services to 'Here' Addwiser Pick of the Month
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Infosys to roll out Rs 700 crore project for India Post (Times Of India) Your digital body language: Don't ignore it. (LinkedIn)
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