Targeting a revenue of up to $5 billion from the digital vertical in the next few years, the largest software exporter TCS said it has hired 1,500 experienced hands in the segment so far this fiscal. “During the first three quarters of 2014-15 alone, TCS has made a lateral hiring of over 1,500 experienced professionals…
The basic price of 3G spectrum fixed by the Union cabinet yesterday might go against the Prime minister Narendra Modi’s pet project ‘Digital India’, believes Assocham, or the Associated Chambers of Commerce in India. The government yesterday fixed the reserve price of 3G spectrum in the 2100 MHz band at Rs 3705 crore per each…
Viewability was a dominant concern for all advertisers in 2014. With the rise in ad tech, this movement is expected to continue in 2015, with attention turned towards ad blocker software. A Google study raised the question about how effective display advertising on the digital platform actually is. In a report titled “5 Factors of Viewability”,…
A new book by Amrita Chowdhury, country head of Mills and Boon subsidiary Harlequin India, is a blend of cyber crime, medical ethics and IP laws. Set in Mumbai, Washington and Guangzhou against the race to patent a new cancer drug, Breach is about ambition and revenge, hacking and ethics, youth and crime, love and heartbreak. Read…
The National Law School of India University (NLSIU) has suggested the introduction of cyber security as a component in schools and colleges for students often oblivious of online dangers, which includes them flouting India’s sometimes ambivalent cyber laws. The recommendation is part of the law school’s 9-point guideline submitted to the Union Ministry of Information…
Many people in the IT industry know what a source code analysis is. It refers to an extensive quality process that involves the combined tools of tests and analysis in preventing cyber crime. The so-called static code analysis process is the ultimate proven method that covers the whole code base, and identifies the areas in…
Indirapuram – Ramandeep, An Engineer working with a MNC in Gurgaon and living in Indirapuram has been cheated by the cyber criminals. On Tuesday evening, he received a phone call asking for his debit card number. The caller pretended to be from the HR Department of the company he works for. Since the call was…
The 11th edition of the ITechLaw Asia-Pacific Conference started on Wednesday in the city.
The event, ITechLaw, organised by the global forum for technology lawyers, is one of the largest annual lawyers’ conferences in India with 300 lawyers and 50 speakers from India and abroad participating, said forum president Sajai Singh.
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In what appears to be a disturbing trend, a number of students from Meghalaya studying in Delhi have approached police alleging that someone has hurled racial abuses at them on a social networking site in the past few months. According to the complainants, a particular Facebook page titled, “Save the Hindus of Himalaya”, has carried…
The Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG), Government of India, in association with the Department of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India and Government of Gujarat, is organising the 18th National Conference on e-Governance on January 30-31, 2015 in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. Senior Officers from the Government, Industry, academicians, technical experts and NGOs will participate in the…