Search results for ' Silicon Valley'.
US panel backs Samsung, bans older iPhones, iPads
Rediff.com5 Jun 2013President Barack Obama has 60 days to review ruling.
Samsung chooses Intel processor for Galaxy Tab 3
Rediff.com31 May 2013The chipmaker's Clover Trail+ mobile chip will be used in one version of its 10.1-inch tablet.
The double standards of Google, Apple, Facebook
Rediff.com30 May 2013The tax evasion battle between the tech giants and various governments is not just a fight about tax revenues but also for moral supremacy.
The new tech palaces: visionary HQs, or cursed trophies?
Rediff.com28 May 2013Can these tech giants survive the curse on their new HQs?
India Inc's H-1B concerns misplaced: Tech billionaire
Rediff.com24 May 2013More companies can now get the visa rather than very few taking a lion's share.
"Startup Corridor" to US for Indian entrepreneurs
Rediff.com11 Apr 2013Brainchild of Silicon Valley VC Asha Jadeja, the programme would fly entrepreneurs to Silicon Valley on a two-week visit.
Obama's superstars to aid Indian American Ro Khanna
Rediff.com10 Apr 2013Last week 36-year-old Khanna, who has previously served in the Obama administration as one of his top ranking trade official, had announced his Congressional bid for the 2014 general elections from California against his own partyman and incumbent Mike Honda from California's 17th Congressional district as the new State laws allows two opponents from the same party to run against each other in general elections.
Obama's 'sexist' remark: 'Wrong message to our daughters'
Rediff.com7 Apr 2013United States President Barack Obama remark's calling Indian-American Kamala Harris the "best-looking attorney general" created a furore, for which he later apologised.
Ro Khanna challenges Honda in Silicon Valley showdown
Rediff.com3 Apr 2013To win the 2014 election against Congressman Honda, Khanna seems to have adopted Obama's campaign strategy and has hired a series of people who worked for the President's campaign.
Microsoft co-founder to open investment office
Rediff.com2 Apr 2013He will look at early stage software, Internet, and tech companies.
Silicon Valley businessman charged with visa fraud
Rediff.com1 Apr 2013The indictment alleges that Patwardhan falsely represented to the government that 19 non-immigrant applicants had high technology job offers with an American employer, when in reality he knew that he did not have jobs for the applicants
Headcount in India to rise by 13% in 2013: Survey
Rediff.com25 Mar 2013India was the third preferred centre for innovation after Silicon valley and other US cities.
10 biggest technology hubs in the world
Rediff.com14 Mar 2013Let's take a look at some of the biggest technology hubs in the world.
Facebook's Sandberg says men need to mentor women more
Rediff.com13 Mar 2013Sheryl Sandberg's new book "Lean In" challenges men in the upper echelons of corporate America.
IMAGES: Inside Silicon Valley's Facebook office
Rediff.com27 Feb 2013Sriram V Iyer, founder of United Mobile Apps had the good fortune of visiting Facebook and here is a leaf from his diary...
Intel plans online TV service as PC chip sales wane
Rediff.com13 Feb 2013The move puts it in competition with Apple, Amazon and Google.
Why Silver Lakes is betting big on Dell?
Rediff.com6 Feb 2013For years, many Wall Street investors wrote off Dell Inc as a dying personal computer company. But Silver Lake Partners is betting about $1 billion that they're wrong. Here' why...
India, not China, will be electronics hub: Sibal
Rediff.com1 Feb 2013Manufacturing market in India is huge, said Kapil Sibal in California.
Kochi Startup Village plans to set up a centre in the US
Rediff.com31 Jan 2013It will be based in the Silicon Valley and will act as a landing pad for Indian startups looking to enter the crucial US markets.
After early success, Yahoo's Mayer faces rising bar
Rediff.com30 Jan 2013She warned investors on Monday that fixing Yahoo was a long-term project.
US Rep hints at relook at plea for bar on Modi visa
Rediff.com30 Jan 2013Michael Honda told rediff.com, "There was some resistance from the community. There needs to be more information from the community point of view, so I have prepared to look at it and research it."
World can't afford failure of Indian democracy: Sibal
Rediff.com29 Jan 2013"India is going through a transformation that I haven't seen in my life happens so quickly," said Minister for Communications and Information Technology Kapil Sibal, who was the chief guest at India's 64th Republic Day celebrations hosted by the Federation of Indo Americans of Northern America on January 27 in Newark, California.
Meet Gopal Vittal, the new Airtel CEO
Rediff.com18 Jan 2013For Vittal, who will take over from the current CEO, Sanjay Kapoor, in March, reversing the telco's shrinking revenues and market share will be among the first of the challenges.
Here's to a New Year without fear
Rediff.com4 Jan 2013Much as we journalists try, it is sometimes difficult to 'switch off' the personal from the professional, says Ritu Jha.
Uniting the power of diverse Indian Americans: Indiaspora
Rediff.com3 Jan 2013Stalwarts come together to harness the power of the Indian-American community. Aziz Haniffa reports.
Tata's commitment to talent: Tarun Khanna
Rediff.com28 Dec 2012Today, talent from across the world finds voice at the Tata Group in a way that was not the case before Mr Tata took over.
Twitter takes on Instagram, Facebook
Rediff.com11 Dec 2012Twitter's new release came days after Instagram unexpectedly said it would no longer allow Twitter to display Instagram photos.
Apple to return some Mac production to US in 2013
Rediff.com7 Dec 2012Apple makes the majority of its products, from Macs to the iPhone and iPad, in China, the world's factory floor for electronics.
Indian city among world's leading hubs for start-ups
Rediff.com26 Nov 2012Let's take a look world's leading cities for start-ups, including one from India.
Obama win: 'We were stunned when the result came in early'
Rediff.com12 Nov 2012Indian Americans Shalini Kapoor Collins and Shefali Razdan Duggal, who raised millions for Barack Obama, celebrated the victory in Chicago. Aziz Haniffa reports
Indian-American entrepreneurs react to Obama's win
Rediff.com7 Nov 2012Majority of Indian community voted for Obama.
Desh Deshpande to shut Silicon Valley venture
Rediff.com28 Oct 2012The Nasdaq-listed company, which develops and markets bandwidth management solutions for fixed line and mobile network operators worldwide, shot into fame during the earlier technology bubble with market capitalisation at one point of time touching as high as $18 billion.
'Rajat Gupta hasn't really lost the trust'
Rediff.com25 Oct 2012The Silicon Valley people, who knew former McKinsey chief Rajat Gupta, reacting to the two-year jail term imposed on him for insider trading, said what happened is a tragedy, horrible and sad, but also feels Gupta will be back.
Despite odds, Indians lead the 'American Dream' party
Rediff.com15 Oct 2012Indian immigrants were the leading company-founding group. They founded 13.4 per cent of Silicon Valley's startups and 6.5 per cent of those nationwide.
6 lessons from a failed entrepreneur
Rediff.com10 Oct 2012Amarpreet Kalkat, Founder, Ciafo, a software products start-up focused on building consumer products for the web shares the lessons he learnt while setting up the company.
Every third tech start-up in US has Indian DNA
Rediff.com3 Oct 2012According to a recent study by Kauffman Foundation, based on a sample survey, about 33.2 per cent of the co-founders of engineering and technology companies incorporated in the US during the last six years were Indians.
FDI in retail will help even kirana stores: UK envoy
Rediff.com28 Sep 2012He said the policy paralysis, which had gripped the country in recent months, was over, and India was back in business.
Is Silicon Valley reinventing itself?
Rediff.com25 Sep 2012The challenge is to go out and do something different; not one more 'application' to download, not one more 'Angry Birds', a YouTube sensation. Something is changing yet again in the innovation hub that is still the Silicon Valley. B S Prakash on whether it is reinventing itself perpetually?
Five NRIs on Forbes US richest list
Rediff.com21 Sep 2012The net worth of the richest Americans grew by 13% in the past year to $ 1.7 trillion.
Indians in US seek speedy green card approvals
Rediff.com3 Sep 2012Five years after the largely attended rally in Washington, DC, tech people associated with 'Immigration Voice' are scheduled to gather in the heart of Silicon Valley on September 8 to voice their concerns.