This document provides a summary of recent news and updates in the technology industry. It includes headlines about Microsoft launching a new social network to compete with Google, Chrome surpassing Internet Explorer as the most popular web browser, and Facebook becoming a $100 billion company. The summary also mentions job opportunities in areas like finance, technology architecture, and gamification in healthcare. Industry updates cover topics such as acquisitions, launches, deals and expansions from companies including LinkedIn, Amazon, EMC, Microsoft, and Facebook.

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Industry Updates (IT-ITES)  Wipro to acquire Promax Applications (Times Of India)
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 TCS becomes India's second most valued co (Times Of India)
http://goo.gl/2eMwq Who’s Hiring/Firing?
 Top five Indian IT services companies grew 23.8%, even as global IT market
grew 7.7%: Gartner (Times Of India) http://goo.gl/ybuIy  IT hiring regains uptake, but recruitment flat in BPO, ITeS (Financial
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 Google Knowledge Graph: Search Gets Smarter and More Direct(PC World)
http://goo.gl/9MAQZ  HCL Tech, Mahindra Satyam go innovative in hiring (Times Of India)
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 Twitter agrees to adopt Do-Not-Track privacy option (Reuters)
http://reut.rs/JWyNWv  IT jobs: Freshers’ salary goes up (Times Of India) http://goo.gl/b6ixm
 Infosys Sees Pickup in U.S. (WSJ) http://on.wsj.com/JHUUBt  Attrition may hit 31% in June quarter (Times Of India)
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Launches & Innovation  HP mulls cutting at least 25,000 jobs: sources (Reuters)
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 Google Stores, Syncs, Edits in the Cloud (WSJ) http://goo.gl/YjhCC and
 HCL Tech to hire 300 IT pros in Michigan Technology Development
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 TCS doubles its operations in Nordic regions: Report
 Gmail gets translation capability (Times Of India) http://goo.gl/42s40
http://goo.gl/XWQ3M & also to hire 50,000 in FY13 (Times Of India)
 More Google+ In Gmail: Improved Circle Integration, Circle Search and Quick http://goo.gl/EEmhn
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 Logitech to cut jobs, to rein in costs (Times Of India) http://goo.gl/9rn1u
 Microsoft redesigns Bing, plays up Facebook link (Reuters)
 Sony India to hire 500 in 2012-13 (Times Of India) http://goo.gl/I0teb
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 ST-Ericsson to cut 1,700 jobs (Times Of India) http://goo.gl/dV7tq
 Intel launches youth-focused iQ webzine, tells its brand story through
aggregation (Engadget) http://engt.co/KQM5Vn  eBay plans to hire 1000 IT pros in India (Times Of India)
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 Disney Video Launches In Beta, Bringing Kid-Friendly Clips And Trailers To All
Your Devices (TechCrunch) http://tcrn.ch/JPfM8m  Accenture to lay off more Nokia staff (Times Of India)
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 Firefox for Android Beta Gets Native UI, Improved Performance And Support
for Flash (Techcrunch) http://tcrn.ch/KLA5oe  Apple to create 500 jobs in Ireland (Times Of India) http://goo.gl/xO36g
 Nvidia Moves to Lift Graphics Into the Cloud (WSJ) http://on.wsj.com/KZpl2M
 Apple Plans iCloud Upgrade (WSJ) http://on.wsj.com/JggQU2 Other updates
 IBM unveils new line of integrated systems (Computer World)  Red Hat opens R&D centres in Pune, Bangalore (Times Of India)
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 Pinterest, Square, Airtime: Tech startups that could become the next hit
Deals & Expansions (Economic Times) http://goo.gl/gYZMY
 Facebook to sell apps through new online hub (Reuters)
 LinkedIn Acquires Professional Content Sharing Platform SlideShare For
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$119M (Techcrunch) http://goo.gl/i78mh
 Apple to use only green power for main data center (Reuters)
 Amazon Wins SAP as Cloud Partner for Handset Software (BusinessWeek)
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 CSC hires Gannett's CFO as it plans turnaround (Reuters)
 EMC buys flash storage products maker (Reuters) http://reut.rs/ISEzJW
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 Microsoft buys Nook stake, Barnes & Noble shares soar (Reuters)
 Yahoo CEO out, investor Loeb gets board seats (Reuters)
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 Palantir Technologies Nabs $56M In New Funding, SEC Filing Shows
 Groupon gets new "Goods" chief from eBay: memo (Reuters)
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 Wipro acquires Australia analytics company (Times Of India)
 Microsoft sets sandbox boundaries for Metro developers (Engadget)
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 HCL Infosystems, Cisco team up to offer WebEx solutions (Times Of India)
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 IBM to buy software-maker Tealeaf Tech (Times Of India) http://goo.gl/9ldvS
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 Facebook buys second photo app Lightbox (Times Of India)
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 Capgemini and SAP Announce Strategic Co-Innovation and Co-Development
Agreement for Mobile Solutions (Market Watch) http://goo.gl/oJrzH
 Nokia Siemens inks deal with Ruckus to resell Wi-Fi solution (Times Of India)
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