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CBI joins Facebook, seeks netizens helpThe Central Bureau of Investigation has joined social networking site Facebook in a bid to get help from people in cracking cases. CBI sources said the idea of going online is first being implemented by its Bhopal unit on experimental basis which will be further followed by all its wings after assessing people's response. The sources said the agency is garnering good response from internet surfers a..

IBM to increase women execs by 20% IBM India will launch custom-made training programmes for its potentialwomen leaders in technology and sales to create an accelerated leadership pipeline in these two seg.. Varsha Gupta from Noida wins Google India's 3rd Doodle4Google competition Varsha Gupta, a grade 3 student from Ryan International School in Greater Noida, has been announced as the winner for this year’s Doodle4Google competition. Her doodle was chosen from .. Adobe throws in towel to Apple in Web software war Adobe Systems Inc halted development of its Flash Player for mobile browsers, surrendering to Apple Inc in a war over Web standards as the company surprised investors with a restructuring plan. W.. Times Internet leads e-space, ranked as India's top internet network Times Internet Ltd has once again been ranked as the country's top internet network by Comscore, an agency that tracks online traffic. About 17.5 million unique visitors accessed Times Inte.. Parse raises $5.5M to give any mobile app a home in the cloud  San Francisco startup Parse, which makes a software platform that adds a cloud component to any mobile app, has raised $5.5 million from Ignition Partners.The funding round serves as a Seri.. TCS bags $2.2bn order Tata Consultancy Services, India's leading software services exporter, has won a $2.2 billion order. The 15-year order from UK-based pensions and insurance provider Friends Life for TCS uni.. Facebook acquires app developer co Strobe With an aim to expand its services on smartphones, social networking giant Facebook has acquired mobile application developer Strobe for an undisclosed amount. Strobe develops technology wh.. Twitter Soars Past TwitPic and YFrog to Become #1 Photo Service August 9th was a dark day for third-party Twitter photo sharing services like TwitPic and YFrog. Twitter launched its own official service with Photobucket as its hosting partner.  Now, stats sha.. HTC Rhyme smartphone comes to India Taiwanese manufacturer HTC has launched its latest smartphone HTC Rhyme in India. The Android-powered smartphone is said to be especially designed 'for the ladies'. Some of its accessories include Cha.. Meet Anand Rajaraman, helping Walmart change the way it sells to customers When Sean Parker, the 31-year-old billionaire investor and creator of music-sharing service Napster, was helping Mark Zuckerberg build Facebook, only a few got in on the deal. Meet Anand Ra.. Could Steve Jobs Become Time's Next Person of the Year? Could Apple co-founder Steve Jobs become the first person to be selected after his death as Time Magazine‘s Person of the Year? A panel of experts for Time clearly think it wouldn’t be a b..