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After Google, social media giant Facebook intends to offer free Wi-Fi at Indian railway stations. RK Bahuguna, chairman of Indian Railways’ communications arm RailTel, informed reporters that company would start talks with Facebook for expanding its Wi-Fi coverage to railway stations and villages in the vicinity. “Facebook India has approached us for the Wi-Fi initiative. We will engage with the company for the expansion of our Internet access program across railways stations to cover villages in the vicinity,” ET report quoted Bahuguna as saying. Also Read: Facebook Plans Expansion Of ‘Express Wi-Fi’ In...

E Commerce giant, Flipkart has announced a major reshuffle in its top management. The company has created a bigger role for Kalyan Krishnamurthy, managing director at Flipkart’s largest investor Tiger Global in an effort to streamline its business to revive sluggish sales growth. According to the report published in Live Mint, Krishnamurthy, who started his second stint at Flipkart in June, will now head Flipkart’s marketplace, retail and advertising businesses, The company communicated the development to its employees late on Thursday. Saikiran Krishnamurthy, who was hired as chief operating officer (COO)...

Tablet player DataWind has maintained its leadership position for the third consecutive year. According to CMR’s India Tablet PC Market Review, DataWind sold 37.2 percent of the approximately 950,000 tablets in India, during the three months ended June 30, 2016. The overall tablet market grew 5 percent compared to the first quarter of 2016, the research stated. DataWind’s share of 37.2 percent is up from 34.2 percent in Q1 2016 and 20.7 percent in Q4 2015. DataWind’s market share is now almost double than that of Samsung’s, which sold to...

TCL Corporation has joined hands with Reliance Jio to offer 3-month free unlimited LTE data and calls to the Indian customers. The consumers can avail the offers on TCL 560, TCL 562 and Alcatel smartphones. The offer allows users to avail unlimited voice, video, data and SMS for three months from the day the activation of the Jio SIM. Reliance is offering the Jio SIM for free. To avail the offer, users will have to download the MyJio app. The offer is non-transferable. Users will have the option to continue...

Dubai police has arrested an Indian citizen for engaging in an ill-motivated social media campaign against Malabar Gold & Diamonds using forged images. The arrested person is identified as Bineesh Ponankal Arumoghan, an ex-employee of the company, hailing from Thrissur in Kerala. Malabar Gold & Diamonds had filed a complaint with Dubai Police regarding a forged image of a cake cutting ceremony on the day of Pakistan Independence Day being circulated in social media. KshethraBhumi SamrakshanaVedhi Bharat also known as KBSV Bharat, an organization based in Kerala filed a criminal...

PC shipments in India declined 2.2 per cent to 2.14 million units in the April-June quarter this year, research firm IDC said. The sales stood at 2.19 million units in the second quarter of last year. However, on a sequential basis, the shipments grew 7.2 per cent over the January-March quarter this year. “Consumer spending throughout the quarter remained lukewarm. However, owing to seasonality, the quarter ended up with a positive momentum,” PTI report published in NDTV quoted IDC India Senior Market Analyst Client Devices Manish Yadav as saying. The Indian PC...

Fortinet, a global network security solutions company, is very bullish over its India operations. The company is aggressive on channel and business expansion and about foraying in new growth verticals. Fortinet is also betting big on some of the crucial government projects and has created a separate domain specialist for the government business. In a bid to educate its partners on the latest security offerings and align them with the growth journey, Fortinet recently organized “Fortinet Synergy” event in Ahmadabad. The event was focused on tapping the right business opportunities...

Micromax and Panasonic have partnered with telecom services firm Reliance Jio to provide free voice and data services for 90 days to smartphone buyers. Reliance Jio, which is expected to roll out commercial services in the coming months, has similar offers running in partnerships with Samsung and LG. “Under the terms of the Jio Preview Offer, consumers who purchase Micromax 4G smart devices will get Reliance Jio 4G SIM to get complementary access to unlimited HD Voice, Video calling, unlimited SMS, unlimited High-Speed Data services, and access to Jio Apps,” PTI...

Sophos a global network and endpoint security provider, today announced that Sophos Email is now available in its cloud-based Sophos Central management platform. Customers and partners can now manage their email protection solution alongside Sophos endpoint, mobile, web and wireless security products from a unified, simple to use console. Sophos Email boosts security for cloud-based business email applications from leading providers, including Microsoft Office 365, Microsoft Exchange 2013 and Google Apps for Work. According to a recent survey conducted by Sophos, businesses are shifting to cloud-based email for both infrastructure...

HP Inc. continues to face challenges during its first year as an independent company. The company on Wednesday reported a drop in profit for the third quarter hurt largely by a 4 percent drop in revenues as the company continues to struggle with weak demand for printers. Shares of the computer and printer maker slipped 5 percent in extended session after it detailed a weak fourth quarter outlook, Nasdaq.com reports HP’s third-quarter profit dropped to $783 million or $0.45 per share from $854 million or $0.47 per share last year. Excluding...