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New Delhi [India], Mar. 30  (ANI) : Ericsson and the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi) have signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly roll out a '5G for India' program. To this regard, Ericsson will set up a Center of Excellence with a 5G test bed and incubation center at IIT Delhi and use this facility to drive the development of the country's 5G ecosystem. This program has been conceptualised to fast-track realisation of Digital India initiatives and aid application development for Indian start-ups and industries. In addition to hosting the  Center of Excellence , IIT Delhi will conduct research and development to explore how some of the country's challenges can be addressed with mobile technologies. "The 5G for India program is a major step towards understanding the power of 5G technology and how it can help aid  Digital India  initiatives, including the development of smart cities. The program will focus on delivering research, in

As a part of Google Developers Agency Program, Google on Monday announced its' second batch of certified agencies from India who have received dedicated training and access to Google`s latest products and APIs to develop high end quality apps. With this launch Google now has six certified partner agencies in India that includes Mutual Mobile, Cognitive Clouds, TechJini, cube  LABS ,  Divum  and GoodWorkLabs. Launched in 2015, Developer Agency Program is committed to empower agencies who have a large impact on the developer ecosystem through their work on some of their major clients. As part of this program, agencies will develop their expertise in using Google technologies and will be recognized as Google Developers Certified Agency. Additionally as part of this program, developer agencies will receive the following benefits: -Training on latest Google APIs, developer technologies and best practices -Invitations to events specially designed for software development

New Delhi [India], Apr. 4  (ANI) : ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) on Tuesday announced the launch of GX800, the most powerful gaming laptop in the world equipped with the latest NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 SLI graphics and an advanced version of the Hydro Overclocking System liquid-cooling module in India. The 18-inch GX800 is the first gaming laptop designed to deliver real 4K UHD gameplay. It features NVIDIA G-SYNC  technology and supports leading virtual-reality (VR) headsets for super-smooth and stutter-free VR gaming. In addition, GX800 features the Mechanical Tactile Advanced Gaming (MechTAG) keyboard with programmable ROG Aura RGB LED effects for individual keys. GX800 builds on the success of GX700 - the world's first liquid-cooled gaming laptop - to claim the crown of the world's most-powerful gaming laptop. ROG GX800's NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 SLI graphics provides super-fast, silky-smooth gameplay and detailed gaming environments. GX800 is paired with an advanc

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Transforming culture of a company is "difficult" but the challenge is to transition "without losing values" and "ethos", Infosys chief Vishal Sikka has said. The comments come against the backdrop of a recent public spat between Infosys founders and board members over alleged governance lapses. The founders had raised concerns over Sikka's steep compensation hike and expensive severance packages of former executives Rajiv Bansal (CFO) and David Kennedy (General Counsel). "It is very, very tough. Everybody says it is tough, but when you do it in reality, when you exercise it, you realise that it is much more difficult than it seems," said Sikka when asked about transforming the culture of an organisation to become innovative. He was speaking at a discussion conducted by Wharton School. Acknowledging the role played by co-founder N R Narayana Murthy, Sikka said having a culture of learning always helps. "We had that it comes from our foun

BENGALURU: Internet is an amazing resource which is stapled in many people’s day-to-day lives. It is very much informative but at the same time encircled with many dangers. Listed below are the strategies you can follow to stay safe on the internet as stated by Tech Radar India. Use your discretion on social media Online scams crops up almost everywhere in webpage such as an e-mail, tweet, Facebook post, or many other places. Never click on links that do not look like a real address or pop-ups that claim you have won millions of dollars—all these are scams in which one can easily get trapped. Also don’t fall prey to e-mails which ask you to help someone transfer a large amount of money out of their country delineating their long sad story. Hackers can access data through various innovative ways like sharing links of content that they feel the targeted person is likely to click. Be careful of what you are sharing Limit the content that you share on social media. Facebook

As the govt grapples with issues to take cashless payments to the masses, some are concerned about security and privacy issues. The government’s plan to reach 25 billion digital transactions in the next financial year will be driven by consumption-based payments, said experts, who expect digital education of both consumers and merchants along with security steps and enabling regulations to support the process. While demonetisation was a great push towards increased digital transactions, challenges to keep the momentum going remain as 90% of the Indian economy still uses cash, representatives of financial technology companies, wallet providers, banks and payment platforms said at a panel discussion on building a cashless future at the Global Business Summit on Tuesday. “We need relevant solutions for different demographic as the masses may have different needs, then there’s low awareness levels, and economics … we feel every small merchant should be able to accept any kind of pa