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The Goa government has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Google India to promote digital literacy, develop internet safety education for students, promote android development and make government websites mobile friendly. The MoU was signed by chief minister Laxmikant Parsekar and vice-president Google South East Asia and India Rajan Anandan in Panaji. Partnership with Google India will be a turning point in the field of IT in Goa and will be known as one of the milestone in the IT history of the state said Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar at the function...

MobiKwik has announced its partnership with 12 state electricity boards. The move comes as a part of MobiKwik’s expansion plan to set up a national base for utility payments. The state electricity boards that have been tied up with are Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Tripura, Meghalaya, Calcutta, Rajasthan and union territories of Daman and Diu. Customers in these states will now be able to pay their electricity bills using Mobikwik website or app. The company already provides bill payment services for prominent power discoms such as Reliance Energy, BSES Rajdhani,...

E Commerce companies such as Flipkart and Amazon have sought exemption from the proposed GST regime. Contesting on the point that online marketplaces only provide a ‘platform’ to vendors and customers and do not make money out of sales, E Commerce companies have asked the government not to bring them under the ambit of the GST. According to representation made at the first meeting of the Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers held after the Parliament approved the GST Bill, companies like Flipkart, Amazon India and Snapdeal are only ’service...

Staqu Technologies, an AI research startup based out of Gurgaon, has entered into a research partnership with Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Delhi. The association, being viewed as first of its kind between a tech-startup and one of the leading engineering institute in the country is meant to ameliorate its research and delve further into advancing the state of research in the country. “It is an open and unconstrained partnership that aims to boost research in the field of Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning. This partnership will be the...

  Telecom service provider Vodafone Launched an international roaming plan where customers can pay a daily rental of Rs 500 and get free incoming calls. Read Also: SME Forum, Vodafone Partner For Skill Enhancement According to the new plan, consumers will be charged Rs 1 per minute for outgoing calls and Rs 1 per MB for data browsing on the home phone number said Money Control report. 34 countries including the UAE, Thailand, Singapore, the US, the UK, China, Germany and Hong Kong will avail the pack Read Also:Vodafone Unveils New Division For Content Both prepaid customers as well...

Endpoint security solutions company Trend Micro is actively looking for channel partners, specialized in the technology domain, such as Cloud, Mobility and Defence in India. The company, which is largely focused on its Enterprise and SMB business in the country, recently hired a distributor for its offerings in the SOHO segment. Talking to Channel Times, Nilesh Jain, Country Manager, (India and SAARC), Trend Micro said that the company is actively looking to work with channel partners who are specialized in specific technologies and industries. “Trend Micro has been the channel...

Cybersecurity is no longer restricted to standard ICT domains and encompasses multiple areas of an organisation, including but not limited to human resources, supply chain management, administration and infrastructure and therefore requires governance at the highest levels. These observations are highlighted in CII-KPMG’s report titled ‘De-risking India in the new age of technology’. The paper launched on Monday at the 2nd CII National Risk Summit 2016 - DeRisking India Inc for Global Competitiveness, suggests that cybersecurity has started gaining visibility at the top level and is now an essential part...

Eden has tied up for exclusive distribution in India with Oxca Technology and Shenzhen Clever Electronic for their KVM and PDU solutions respectively. Apart from these solutions, Eden will also be exclusively distributing ATS products and Colored power cords of Clever in India. Oxca is a feature-rich provider of Analog and IP-based KVM (Keyboard Video Mouse) switches, LCD Drawers and KVM Extenders. Their KVM solutions have the capability of acting as analog or IP based KVMs and be converted from Analog to IP based devices modularly. Clever manufactures sturdy and...

Bengaluru based Par Data Systems, has announced major expansion plans in the country. The company has collaborate with TE Connectivity to drive growth in the networking business in the region. “We at Par Data Systems attribute our growth & success to TE Connectivity and honest participation in promoting the brand had paid off. We shall continue to strengthen our focus and efforts to have an extended reach & more of topline happening with the brand. We also thank all our SI partners, from smallest to very big who had embraced...