Silicon Valley Revisited

A year ago, totally new in these parts, I wrote my first rediff column titled Sounding silly in Silicon Valley. It did capture my state of befuddlement then about not only technology, but......

In a first, Twitter fact-checks Trump's tweets

For the first time, Twitter put a warning label under two posts by Donald Trump, prompting the United States president to accuse the popular social media platform of "interfering" in the......

Indian immigrants on rise

India may have taken giant strides in every possible sphere of life across the world, but there are things that come as real blot to its global image. Quoting a US Department of Homeland Security......

'Kalpana Chawla was the best'

That the American print media has not sparedwords in covering the Columbia tragedy is a truism. What is refreshing is that equal play has been given to Kalpana Chawla as well. 'If Jeffrey C......

Peelamedu: Building India's next 'Silicon Valley'

The Coimbatore suburb is growing significantly due to strong economic policies, says Naveen Nandwani. IMAGE: Thanks to IT-driven growth, Peelamedu has gone from being viewed as a laid-back......

Silicon Valley to honour Jaitley; discuss some contentious issues

TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs) Silicon Valley, California plans to honour Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley ‘for the right priorities and focusing on the right issues’. But Jaitley has......

Silicon Valley bust prompts bid to revamp image

Silicon Valley's one-time boomtown capital has a small army of unemployed engineers, caverns of empty office space and a message for potential employers with a bit of wanderlust: Do you know the......

NASA teams up with Nissan to develop self-driving cars

US space agency aims to start testing the first such vehicle by the end of 2015 US space agency NASA has joined hands with Japanese automaker Nissan to develop self-driving cars and aims to start......