70 percent of Americans have high-speed Internet
The share of Americans with high-pace web connections at house has reached 70 percent, whereas simply three % still use dial-up to go online, a find out about showed Monday. The Pew research middle’s internet & American life undertaking mentioned the share of high-pace customers represented a small however statistically significant upward push from the 66 % of adults who stated they’d home broadband in April 2012. The...
Amazon posts better-than-expected Q3 sales results ahead of holiday season
Amazon.com Inc posted a narrower quarterly loss and grew gross sales by means of a better-than-expected 24 p.c on Thursday because it increased aggressively at residence and made inroads in another country, sending its shares up 8 percent. The revenue performance indicated strong momentum of the world’s largest web retailer going into the a very powerful U.S. holiday season, which some experts say could be the slowest in years....
Google Impact Challenge to reward four social entrepreneurs with Rs. 3 crore each
Google will award Rs. three crore each to four innovative ideas of social entrepreneurs who’re judged winners in a contest organised by way of the quest large on use technology in tackling quite a lot of problems. Inviting functions from Indian non-income on how they would use expertise to tackle issues in India and all over the world, Google stated, “four submissions judged to be one of the best will every receive Rs....
London library’s Wi-Fi blocks Shakespeare’s Hamlet over ‘violent’ content
The Wi-Fi community at the British Library in London denied permission to an creator to get right of entry to a web-based version of Shakespeare’s Hamlet since the textual content contained “violent content material”. creator Mark Forsyth was writing his book within the library, and wanted to test a line from the well-known play. The British Library mentioned the fault used to be as a result of a newly put in Wi-Fi...
Accenture, Wipro and Infosys most sought after employers in India
expertise products and services company Accenture has topped the listing of 20 most wanted employers in India, compiled with the aid of professional networking site LinkedIn. IT majors Wipro and Infosys were ranked at the second and third position respectively because the ‘most InDemand organization brand’ in India through LinkedIn. In India the top sectors are tech, telecom & media , skilled products and services, and...