TECHNICAL NEWS

India may no longer be outsourcing hub as UK companies move work to home country
India may no longer be the preferred destination for call centre
work from the United Kingdom as a trend to shift back work
by UK companies to their home country is gaining momentum.

.. IT companies in Bangalore, Hyderabad see high attrition rateCompanies located in the southern cities of Bangalore, Hyderabad and
Chennai are finding it difficult to hold on to their young employees as
attrition levels in these cities stood at 15%--- the highest in the
country during the last twelve months.

A recent survey conducted by TeamLease Services Pvt Ltd showed
that the attrition rate in these cities of South India that have a significant .

Google India introduces Chennai and Hyderabad local bus service information on Transit
After Bangalore, Pune, Mumbai and Delhi, Google India has
added information on local bus services in Chennai and Hyderabad to
Google India
Transit. According to Google India, this launch wi..

Infosys, Tata & Essar to impart skills to J&K youth
A public-private sector initiative to generate 40,000 jobs for
qualified youth from Jammu and Kashmir over five years,
will get corporates to focus on 'difficult areas' of the state rather than hiring..

Microsoft ready to take on Apple Stores with 75 more retail stores
Microsoft's clearly done testing the retail waters. It's ready to
dive in head first according to COO Kevin Turner who recently
showed attendees of the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference
the compa..

Google Docs Spreadsheet offers help in wake of Mumbai blasts
 Update, 5:10 p.m. ET: The document is no longer public.
See below for how you can still access it.A Google Docs
spreadsheet is being widely circulated on the Internet, following
three bomb blast..

Government of India asks Google, Skype to monitor their user services
The Government of India has asked Google, internet telephone
company Skype and other such companies to allow the country's
security agencies to monitor their user services to guard against ..

BlackBerry App World crosses the 1 billion download mark
Research In Motion on Tuesday announced a major milestone
for its on-device software portal BlackBerry App World: 1
billion downloads served. ”The BlackBerry App World storefront launched a..

Amazon To Launch Tablet By October
Amazon’s rumored tablet computer will be introduced before
October, according to a report.The tablet, which would vie with
Apple’s iPad 2, among other products, will be one of three new ha..

Twitter for Android Gets Push Notifications & Multiple Accounts
Twitter for Android just got an important update: It now features
push notifications and, better still, support for multiple accounts.
So if you use more than one Twitter handle, now you can toggle bet..

Apple cutting prices internationally on upcoming Mac hardware
We’ve been getting word from some international Apple retailers that
not only are MacBook Airs, Minis and White MacBooks getting
updated tomorrow, but they are also going to see modest..

The 8 Most Important Types of Collaboration Apps for Smart Phones
 In a new report titled Mobilize Your Collaboration Strategy Forrester
outlines its vision for the mobile enterprise, and it all revolves around
native apps and cloud providers. With the numbers..

Nokia partners Hungama to launch Smart Night app for streaming music concerts on phones
Mobile handset major Nokia has partnered Hungama.com to introduce
The Nokia Smart Night app as a mobile application that will bring music
concerts to users' mobile devices. According to th..

Infosys launches social media platform for its employees ‘Infosys Bubble’
Infosys (formerly Infosys Technologies) has launched a social media
platform for its employees. Said to be an equivalent of Facebook,
the social networking platform ‘Infosys Bubble&rs..

PayPal showcases mobile-to-mobile NFC payments app
PayPal has unveiled a forthcoming smartphone application which
will allow users to make payments to each other by tapping two
NFC-enabled handsets together.The service, which joins Google Wallet as an..