How do you build a blockbuster app in Myanmar, one of Asia's poorest countries? You go and ask a fortune teller for help, according to 25-year-old Htoo Myint Naung, a local developer. "There's a very famous fortune teller in Yangon, he is ...
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INFORMATION technology start-ups have taken the lion's share of the government's innovation funding pool over the last three years. IT companies, mostly in start-up phase stage or in another early stage of operation, accounted for $77 ...
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On the back end of an earnings season that by many accounts could have been worse, tech investors appeared to be in the mood to celebrate on Friday, sending shares of IT companies higher as key stock-market indexes hit milestone highs. ...
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Jamal Abuissa, President and CEO, Omnix According to a recent survey by technology solution provider Omnix, the IT software and services sector in the GCC is forecast to grow between 10 and 25 percent. The survey was made up of a ...
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Companies using social networks like Twitter and Facebook need to face what to do during a national crisis like the Boston Marathon bombing. Do you tweet or post a statement about the crisis, continue on with your normal social media ...
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A little-publicized provision in a U.S. government budget resolution that largely prohibits four agencies from using Chinese-made IT products could backfire, several tech trade groups said. The provision, in a 2013 budget resolution ...
Google will invest about US$10 million to nurture 10,000 new businesses in five years in India, says a report. Eric E. Schmidt, chairman of Google, will launch this ambitious programme for technology entrepreneurs in this week in New ...
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China has for years been developing an IT outsourcing industry aimed at bringing in business from the U.S. and Europe. It has succeeded, but then again it hasn't thrived and now may face more barriers. China's IT and business process ...
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Software patents, facing new scrutiny in the U.S., drive innovation and protect huge investments by developers, representatives of software companies said during a Capitol Hill briefing. The U.S. patent system isn't perfect, but lawmakers ...
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China is by far the most aggressive, but not the only, country attempting the sort of extensive cyberespionage described in security firm Mandiant's dramatic report, released this week. Several other countries, most notably Russia, are ...
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eNet Components, leading manufacturer and full-service provider of OEM compatible Transceivers, Memory and Cables, is staking its territory in the battle for fiber optics market share. For decades, giant IT companies have dominated the ...
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One of the nation's biggest private hospital operators, the Calvary group, is holding discussions with a range of multi-national and local IT companies to roll out a range of cutting edge tele-health services across its nationwide network. ...
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Revenue in the IT segment of the world's smart electricity delivery industry is likely to have grown by 23%, to $9.4 billion, in 2012, in support of smart grid deployments, according to a new study. Global revenue from software and IT ...
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Revenue in the IT segment of the world’s smart electricity delivery industry is likely to have grown by 23 percent, to US$9.4 billion, in 2012, in support of smart grid deployments, according to a new study. Global revenue from ...
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A Canadian think tank called on Tuesday for continued scrutiny of U.S. security vendor Blue Coat Systems after a new technical analysis showed wide use of its products in countries with human rights and censorship concerns. The Citizen ...
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