Bengaluru,Global software major Infosys on Friday said it has formed a joint venture (JV) with Hitachi Ltd, Panasonic Corp and Pasona Inc to enhance its presence in Japan. “The company will acquire 81 per cent equity stake in Hitachi’s subsidiary — Hitachi Procurement Service Co Ltd, in which Panasonic and[Read More…]
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NASA photographs Mars InSight lander from space
Washington, NASA has pinpointed the exact landing location of its newly launched InSight lander, using a powerful camera onboard another of the agency’s spacecraft, hovering around the Red Planet. On November 26, InSight landed within a 130 km ellipse at Elysium Planitia on Mars. However, there was no way to[Read More…]
NASA seeks US partners to develop reusable systems for Moon mission
Washington, NASA is set to work with American companies to design and develop new reusable systems, in a major step to land astronauts on the surface of the Moon. NASA is planning to test new human-class landers on the Moon beginning in 2024, with the goal of sending crew to[Read More…]
Account removal, information requests up from India: Twitter
New Delhi, The Indian government made information requests for 355 Twitter accounts in the January-June 2018 period while law enforcement agencies in the country asked the micro-blogging platform to remove 237 accounts for violating the law of the land. According to Twitter’s 13th biannual Transparency Report, the company provided some[Read More…]
Infosys forms joint venture with Hitachi, Panasonic in Japan
Bengaluru: Global software major Infosys on Friday said it has formed a joint venture (JV) with Hitachi Ltd, Panasonic Corporation and Pasona Inc to enhance its presence in Japan. “The company will acquire 81 per cent equity stake in Hitachi’s subsidiary — Hitachi Procurement Service Ltd, in which Panasonic and[Read More…]
400 mn using Facebook Watch, now available on desktop
San Francisco: Over 400 million people are using video-on-demand service Facebook Watch monthly and 75 million people daily who spend at least one minute on Watch, the social networking platform has announced. Launched in the US in 2017, the video service allows users to enjoy videos from different genres, including[Read More…]
Facebook dismisses report of journalists’ frustration with fact-checking
San Francisco: Facebook has dismissed a media report that claimed journalists working as fact-checkers for the social media giant are frustrated and are ending partnerships as the company failed to use their expertise to combat misinformation. A report in The Guardian on Thursday said outside reporters have lost trust in[Read More…]
Geminid Meteor Shower 2018: Date, timings and how to watch in India
While the Geminid Meteor Shower 2018 will start being visible from Earth starting from the intervening night of the December 12-13, in India, the Geminid Meteor Shower 2018 will be visible at its peak visibility on the night between December 14-15 at 00:05 IST. However, if the weather allows, skywatchers[Read More…]
Instagram’s advocacy hashtags: #MeToo topped with 1.5 mn usage in 2018
New Delhi: The #MeToo movement is a movement against sexual harassment and sexual assault. #MeToo spread virally in October 2017 as a hashtag on social media in an attempt to demonstrate the widespread prevalence of sexual assault and harassment, especially in the workplace. With 1.5 million usage in 2018, #MeToo has[Read More…]
Mobiistar refreshes its budget line-up in India
New Delhi: Vietnam-based smartphone maker Mobiistar on Thursday launched its budget smartphone named C1 Shine in India for Rs 6,100. “We have already established ourselves sufficiently for people to recognise and trust us and we want to build on that trust and give our users a great experience,” Carl Ngo,[Read More…]
