The document provides a compilation of various industry updates, acquisitions, and innovations in the technology sector from November 2013. Key highlights include Snapchat's rejection of a $3 billion offer from Facebook, Google's launch of new services, and several contracts won by major IT firms like TCS and Infosys. It also features updates on company restructures, including HCL Infosystems shutting its PC manufacturing business and Dell appointing a new head for its services infrastructure.

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London Gets Its Own Internet Domain (WSJ) http://on.wsj.com/1gRB87z
Google offers live video chats on range of topics with new service (Reuters)
http://reut.rs/HxhY80
HCL Infosystems to shut PC manufacturing business (Times of India)
http://bit.ly/1byZFa4
Launches & Innovation
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 HP beats Indian rivals to retain Pepsi contract (Economic Times)
http://bit.ly/19JroUd
 Virtusa Corporation bags outsourcing contract from British Telecom
(Economic Times) http://bit.ly/1avNAFS
 Tech Mahindra, UAE's Etisalat announce partnership (Times of India)
http://bit.ly/1ejpaA2
 Open Text buying GXS Group in $1.17 bn deal (Economic Times)
http://bit.ly/1cMgVew
 NIIT Tech wins Sao Paolo International Airport contract (Economic
Times) http://bit.ly/1bD0DDZ
 Sundaram Infotech Solutions bags 3 ERP deals (Economic Times)
http://bit.ly/1hCsjQv
 iGate wins technology services contract from UBS (Economic Times)
http://bit.ly/1aEAtE8
 Accenture bags project from Maharashtra Sales Tax Dept (Economic
Times) http://bit.ly/197avWs
 Serco wins HR outsourcing contract from US-based firm (Economic
Times) http://bit.ly/18icQyv
 Genpact bags 5-yr deal with US IT ops of CA-CIB (Economic Times)
http://bit.ly/Iei8RC
Google launches 'KitKat' software, sweetens features on range of phones (Reuters)
http://reut.rs/19VwP5T and also launches new commerce platform, 'Helpouts'
(Economic Times) http://bit.ly/19zQ1GX
Microsoft Releases ’3D Builder,’ A 3D Printing App For Windows 8.1 (Techcrunch)
http://tcrn.ch/1fHm2yq
Salesforce.com Launches Salesforce1, A New CRM Platform For Connecting Apps,
Services Like Dropbox And the Internet of Things (Techcrunch)
http://tcrn.ch/17EF0G4
Twitter Announces Custom Timelines For Hashtags Or Topics On Tweetdeck,
Launching API Too (Techcrunch) http://tcrn.ch/1ckgvLw
Oracle Launches Brawnier Big Data Appliance (The Hindu) http://bit.ly/17GgO66
Watson: IBM to offer supercomputer as cloud development platform (Economic
Times) http://bit.ly/HO8jKj
Avaya unveils new software and cloud-based services (Economic Times)
http://bit.ly/19Qsqjt
CA Technologies' free IT resources monitoring tool launched (Economic Times) 
http://bit.ly/17W0bAZ
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Microsoft inks deal with TCS, Wipro for smart city solutions (Times of India)
http://bit.ly/1jmSJkE
Google Acquires Android Performance Startup FlexyCore For A Reported $23 Million
(Techcrunch) http://tcrn.ch/19r2qMo
Apple buys Israel's PrimeSense for $345 million: report (Reuters)
http://reut.rs/180MaF5
Autodesk to buy Britain's Delcam for $277 million (Reuters) http://reut.rs/1flomeg
Cisco buys out start-up Insieme, unveils its products (Reuters)
http://reut.rs/1cEX5pq
NTT Data to buy Spanish IT firm for about 50 billion yen: Nikkei (Reuters)
http://reut.rs/1gcQYcG
Yahoo Acquires Startup LookFlow To Work On Flickr And ‘Deep Learning’
http://tcrn.ch/18Le5Gz and also acquires Bread, Will Shut Down The URL Shortener
That Earned You Money http://tcrn.ch/GSLULS (Techcrunch)
Facebook Buys Mobile Data Analytics Company Onavo (Techcrunch)
http://tcrn.ch/1aDcAbV
TCS wins contract from US firm for core banking solutions (NDTV)
http://bit.ly/1eg60xB, bags multi-million dollar contract from Bombardier (Times of
India) http://bit.ly/H3PwKA and wins multi-million infrastructure management
contract in Germany (Economic Times) http://bit.ly/1dapsLC
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Deals & Expansions
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Google's new features to make search
more personalized (Economic
Times) http://bit.ly/1h2309e
Who’s Hiring/Firing?
Mindtree keen on outside talent for top rung, plans to fill senior team
with external hires (Economic Times) http://bit.ly/1b9jKsP
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IT
hiring
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off-campus
(Business
Standard)
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Other updates
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Juniper appoints Barclays executive Shaygan Kheradpir CEO (Reuters)
http://reut.rs/19kUo4w
TCS starts 10,000 seat software development facility in Gujarat
(Economic Times) http://bit.ly/189Wzyl
Infosys BPO opens new delivery center in Netherlands (Economic Times)
http://bit.ly/18d2wob
Dell appoints Anand Sankaran from Wipro as head Services'
Infrastructure http://bit.ly/1d3Ipgn and also launches storage design
center in Bangalore http://bit.ly/1dncj1N (Economic Times)
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