NewsFolio -September 2011 (Changes are here)

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TOP NEWS • Industrial Production Grows at

slowest Pace Since ’09

(Bloomberg) http://goo.gl/RZziX

• Yahoo fires chief & puts itself

up for sale in search for success

(Guardian) http://goo.gl/88tid

• Steve Jobs resigns from Apple,

Cook becomes CEO (Reuters)

http://goo.gl/jO8Qm

Industry Updates (IT-ITES)

• 3D goes mobile (Economics Times) http://goo.gl/FUIxc

• Facebook Begins Auto-Grouping Friends Into Smart Lists

(Techcrunch) http://goo.gl/BNPdH & Also Quietly Rolled Out

A Like Button Chrome Extension (Techcrunch)

http://goo.gl/dRXo9

• Google, Apple and Microsoft take top spots in global brand

survey (Zdnet) http://goo.gl/THOCH

Launches & Innovation

• MindTree debuts video toll management application

(Financial Express) http://goo.gl/aWStv

• HP unveils VirtualSystem VMware (Financial Chronicle)

http://goo.gl/GCDKi & PC security software (Times of India)

http://goo.gl/9oERL

• Acronis Launches Simple, Fast Backup and Disaster

Recovery for VMware Customers (Computer World)

http://goo.gl/B2Q9H

• Google launches iPhone photo-sharing app (Times of India)

http://goo.gl/EteM2 & is working on Android Jelly Bean

Update (Forbes) http://goo.gl/9JhoO

• Facebook Launches Standalone iPhone/Android Messenger

App (Techcrunch) http://goo.gl/ReJaX

• Apple Releases iOS 5 Beta 7 To Developers (Techcrunch)

http://goo.gl/iX21o

• Salesforce for QuickBooks Now Available (ReadWriteWeb)

http://goo.gl/SOLB1

• IBM supercomputer Watson to assist doctors (Economics

Times) http://goo.gl/ROYaN

• IBM, Infosys and AOL using TringMe, browser-based voice

application by Yusuf Motiwala (Economics Times)

http://goo.gl/q1uq7

• Google adds Voice to takeout menu (Hindustan Times)

(http://goo.gl/0pHiH)

• Samsung unveils 3 smartphones to run on own platform

(Reuters) (http://goo.gl/9Dy12) & also launches mobile

instant messaging tool (Reuters) http://goo.gl/68nmE

• RIM unveils new cloud-based music service (Reuters)

http://goo.gl/qNJnm

Deals & Expansions

• HP's latest acquisition, Autonomy (Times of India)

http://goo.gl/zYCVZ

• Microsoft, Acer sign Android patent agreement

(Economics times) http://goo.gl/6TfkX

• HCL Tech ties up with Basware for P2P solution

(The Hindu Business line) http://goo.gl/tGc6l

• IBM to acquire Algorithmics for Rs 1,750 cr

http://goo.gl/d1lWR & British security analytics co i2

(Times of India) http://goo.gl/dfztA

• Cognizant bags UK govt's contract (Times of India)

http://goo.gl/8uTGL

• Microsoft, RenRen ink deal (Times of India)

http://goo.gl/qee1N

• WellPoint, IBM tie up for medical-data technology (Reuters)

http://goo.gl/tsWZK

• IBM, Vodafone ink $1 billion IT outsourcing contract

(Economics Times) http://goo.gl/gBbwn

Contd…

• Wipro, Imec tie up for applied research in system

engineering (Hindu Business Line) http://goo.gl/zJJbA

• Datamatics buys 72% in Cignex for Rs 120 cr

(Hindu Business line) http://goo.gl/VmX2g

• Dell, Baidu team up for tablets and mobiles (Business

Standard) http://goo.gl/rsj9Y

• Skype confirms pact to buy GroupMe (Reuters)

http://goo.gl/SOqKx

• NIIT Tech acquires Spanish firm ProyectaSistemas de

Informacion SA (Economics Times) http://goo.gl/VPzs8

• Samsung, Microsoft tie up for new tablet

(Hindustan times) http://goo.gl/PB70d

• Cisco buys Versly to boost collaboration tech (Reuters)

http://goo.gl/vu8Ug

• Verizon buys CloudSwitch to boost Terremark (Reuters)

http://goo.gl/BSb9e

• Microsoft partners China firm on cloud-computing

(Economics Times) http://goo.gl/McTas

• Qualcomm partners Sesame Workshop India for radio

project (Economics Times) http://goo.gl/A4vbX

• Google Inc buys Zave Network (Indian Express)

http://bit.ly/oyIlVh & also buys Zagat in push for local

market (CNN Money) http://goo.gl/RjEgc

• TCS bags orders from NZ life insurer Westpac Life to

upgrade its software platform (Economics Times)

http://goo.gl/woxjL & also becomes official technology

partner of Amsterdam Marathon (Economics Times)

http://goo.gl/YFK42

Who’s Hiring/Firing?

• Credit Suisse adds 11 people to its India team

(Economic Times) http://goo.gl/swGdF & also shows

door to 14 wealth executives from its India wealth

management team (Economic Times)

http://goo.gl/8DAQe

• Barclays to hire 20 for India equities: Report (Economic

Times) http://goo.gl/BPbEa

• Recession may hit Indian IT cos hiring (Times of India)

http://goo.gl/ywcnF

Other updates

• Wipro bags Microsoft Country Partner award (Times of

India) http://goo.gl/gN7Au & sets up first rural BPO

centre in Tamil Nadu (Economics Times)

http://goo.gl/Eplq5

• TCS to open 2,000-people BPO centre (Business

Standard) http://goo.gl/rz5QA; Launches Global Center

of Excellence in Support of SAP HANA(TM)

(Market Watch) http://goo.gl/ifHqe

• Cloud computing, e-com boost merger and acquisition

in start-ups (Economics Times) http://goo.gl/gO0AW

• E-commerce firms Flipkart, Infibeam, LetsBuy brace for

Amazon assault (Economics Times) http://goo.gl/4R2E1

• Infosys hires Vasudev Nayak from Wipro to tackle visa

row (Economics Times) http://goo.gl/hKA2k

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