Search results for ' Silicon Valley'.
Apple seeks wholesale licence
Rediff.com20 Jan 2016The maker of the iPhone and the iPad has made a proposal to the government for a wholesale foray.
Not just Silicon valley, innovation will happen in Bay area, Beijing, Bengaluru: Uber boss
Rediff.com20 Jan 2016'Curiosity, fierceness to solve a problem, push until it hurts and looking for the wow factor makes a good entrepreneur'.
Modi govt finds an ally in start-ups
Rediff.com18 Jan 2016Business chambers now inviting start-ups for membership.
Facebook's COO gives $31 million in stock to charity
Rediff.com15 Jan 2016Sandberg also plans to give to anti-poverty efforts and educational groups.
The talk of US economic decline is political hot air: Obama
Rediff.com13 Jan 2016The current state of the American economy is not in decline, Obama said.
When you come after Americans, we go after you: Highlights from Obama's State of the Union address
Rediff.com13 Jan 2016Highlights from US president's final state of the union address.
Golden Globes 2016: The Best Moments
Rediff.com11 Jan 2016Raja Sen's favourite bits from what was, overall, a glitzy but forgettable awards show.
Golden Globes 2016: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence win!
Rediff.com11 Jan 2016A quick look at the winners.
This Salman Khan is changing the way kids learn
Rediff.com31 Dec 2015Salman Khan of Khan Academy explains how he is pioneering the cause of free online education.
Start-up trends that ruled India in 2015
Rediff.com30 Dec 2015From mass layoffs to acquisitions, here's how the Indian start-up industry kept us on our toes.
Age of killer start-ups bring Bharat & India closer
Rediff.com29 Dec 2015India Inc was, perhaps, watching out for a repeat of the dot-com bubble burst of the early 2000s.
No longer California dreamin': Doors slammed on US-bound students
Rediff.com22 Dec 2015Students enrolled to Silicon Valley University, California, are in a state of panic after some of them were barred by Air India to board its flight.
2,000 techies take to streets in Bengaluru for better roads
Rediff.com19 Dec 2015The city has the highest vehicle density in the country
A billion Indians on Pichai's homecoming radar
Rediff.com13 Dec 2015Pichai will visit India accompanied by the heads of various Google business units
My worst mistake as an entrepreneur
Rediff.com9 Dec 2015A serial entrepreneur and author talks about the mistake he made as a first time entrepreneur and the lessons he learned from it.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai to visit India
Rediff.com4 Dec 2015This would be the first visit to India as Google CEO.
Air India launches first direct flight to Silicon Valley
Rediff.com3 Dec 2015Air India has started three flights per week - on Sundays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
Meet few tech titans who gave away billions in charity
Rediff.com2 Dec 2015Mark Zuckerberg's pledge on Tuesday to give away most of his Facebook shares, a roughly $45 billion fortune, helps cement his role as one of Silicon Valley's most generous donors.
How do you strike the perfect work-wife balance?
Rediff.com30 Nov 2015Work-wife balance might be the single most important life challenge for our generation of entrepreneurs.
Air India's New Delhi-San Francisco direct flight from Dec 2
Rediff.com26 Nov 2015Air India plans to launch services with three flights per week.
This CEO used to wash dishes as a young boy!
Rediff.com23 Nov 2015Cairn India CEO has a tough task at hand.
Facebook can legally block pages without any explanation
Rediff.com18 Nov 2015In a major victory for Facebook, a United States court has ruled that it can block content without any explanation after a Sikh group filed a lawsuit challenging the blocking of its social media page.
How the Internet was born, 25 years ago
Rediff.com13 Nov 2015November 12 marks 25 years of the beginning of the World Wide Web. Shivanand Kanavi gives us the story of how it all began.
In 18 months Modi spent 2.5 months out of India
Rediff.com13 Nov 2015Do Modi's foreign visits actually serve India or they nothing more than expensive tools for domestic positioning and image-building, asks Shehzad Poonawalla.
What The World Needs: A Fellowship of Minds
Rediff.com11 Nov 2015'They don't always agree with our governments, their teachers or their parents, but it is the conviction of their ideas, and their determination to share them with the world that, I believe, is one of the greatest sources of hope for our planet.' 'The colonisation of space, understanding the very building blocks of matter and the universe, utilising our understanding of the human genome to conquer disease -- these are the tasks waiting for a fellowship of minds to realise new triumphs in our collective destiny.'
PM Modi world's 9th most powerful person in Forbes list
Rediff.com5 Nov 2015Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been ranked as the world's ninth most powerful person by Forbes magazine in a 2015 list which is topped by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Ratan Tata invests in telecom carrier Sabse Technologies
Rediff.com3 Nov 2015Sabse has several patents in the arena of call-control and switching of calls.
Nadella to visit Mumbai on Nov 5
Rediff.com3 Nov 2015He will be in Mumbai for a day to deliver a keynote address at Future Unleashed.
Donald Trump favours retaining foreign talent in US
Rediff.com29 Oct 2015'I am in favour of keeping these talented people here so they can go to work in Silicon Valley.'
Tesla may set up battery unit in India
Rediff.com28 Oct 2015Modi has set a target of generating 100 Gw of solar power by 2022.
Ranganath Mavinakere: The man behind Infosys' successful comeback
Rediff.com23 Oct 2015"There was not a single decision that I took during my second tenure without discussing it with Ranga and getting valuable input from him," says Narayana Murthy.
'Phenomenal time' to be an entrepreneur in India: Nikesh Arora
Rediff.com16 Oct 2015Last year, SoftBank, which has invested in e-commerce firm Snapdeal and Taxi aggregartor Ola) had announced to invest nearly $10 billion (around Rs 60,000 crore) in India over the next few years.
'I hope Modi understands the secret behind Facebook, Google'
Rediff.com15 Oct 2015Silicon Valley techies and investors who were at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Digital India dinner analyse the parlay for Ritu Jha.
Bharat Fund: Tata joins to support start-ups
Rediff.com14 Oct 2015Tata Trusts is one of India's oldest, non-sectarian philanthropic organisations involved in areas of community development.
Nikesh Arora warns startups of burning money to scale business
Rediff.com14 Oct 2015People in India haven't seen what happens if the environment gets sour, the Softbank vice-chairman said.
Decoding the Prime Minister's Facebook townhall address
Rediff.com11 Oct 2015A study of the PM's speech reveals 13% of all words he used were pointed keywords to market his cause
Post-Dadri, is darkness upon us?
Rediff.com9 Oct 2015'Today, the target of this rage are the weaker sections of society -- Muslims, Dalits, liberal thinkers/writers who challenge its ideology. But tomorrow, it could be anyone stepping out of a pub; reading a book or watching a movie by an artist considered an anti-Hindu/anti-national,' says Durba Dhyani.
Technology, Mr Modi, is the god with clay feet
Rediff.com8 Oct 2015Technology can certainly gain India membership in the comity of modern nations in the 21st century.
Will Silicon Valley CEOs have second thoughts about India?
Rediff.com7 Oct 2015'In today's digitalised world, news about the prevalence of such intolerant groups with their pathological animosity towards the minorities cannot remain a secret.' 'Silicon Valley CEOs will undoubtedly factor in such disturbing inputs as they draw up their investment plans.'
California dreaming
Rediff.com6 Oct 2015Silicon Valley is at the heart of the transformation of the global economy -- which has both winners and losers, writes Ajit Balakrishnan.