BENGALURU: India’s second largest software exporter Infosys is undertaking a complete revamp of its products business under Michael Reh. It’s increasing investments to strengthen banking software Finacle’s footprint in the US, spending more on marketing brands and building new sets of products and solutions. It aims to generate $2 billion of annual revenue from products and new services by 2020. […]
» Read moreNEW DELHI: Bharti Airtel has acquired financial solutions firm YTS Solutions for an undisclosed amount and announced appointment of the latter’s co-founder Manish Khera as CEO of its mobile wallet service Airtel M Commerce Services. “Manish Khera, co-founder & MD of YTS Solutions will be appointed as CEO of Airtel M Commerce Services Limited (AMSL), which offers Airtel’s flagship semi-closed […]
» Read moreNEW DELHI: Taiwanese handset maker Asus will start contract manufacturing in India soon, having identified the country as one of its top three smartphone markets, thanks to its mobile phone subscriber base of a whopping 980 million, a top official has said. “We should able to zero in on a partner be it Foxconn or any manufacturer by the end […]
» Read moreSAN FRANCISCO: Microsoft announced on Monday that it has bought a startup with a winning way of using game play to boost the performance of sales teams. Microsoft did not disclose financial terms of the deal in which it acquired Texas-based Incent Games, developer of the online platform FantasySalesTeam. The platform allows managers to try to ramp up sales numbers […]
» Read moreNew Delhi: Yahoo has said that it agreed to buy fashion startup Polyvore to help drive traffic and strengthen its mobile and social offerings. Yahoo, which did not disclose terms of the deal, said Polyvore will accelerate its ‘Mavens’ growth strategy. The company has been focussing on four areas — mobile, video, native advertising and social — which it calls […]
» Read moreMozilla has slammed Microsoft for making it harder for users to change the default browser settings in Windows 10. In an open letter to the firm, Mozilla’s CEO Chris Beard called the move an “aggressive” one that “overrides users choice on Windows 10” by making users work harder to use browsers such as Mozilla’s Firefox, Google Chrome and others. “It […]
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