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Why Facebook Should have bought Waze by Tomio Geron, Ryan Mac
Mark Zuckerberg in early April held a flashy press conference to launch Facebook Home, a new app for Android that turns a phone into an always-Facebook device. Its Cover Feed takes over the...
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Onkar Kanwar: The Tyre Sardar
Onkar Kanwar and Neeraj KanwarIt was in the 1980s that Onkar Kanwar got a chance to study Cooper Tire & Rubber Co, an American tyre major. Kanwar’s Apollo Tyres had a technical collaboration with...
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Former TCS boss Ramadorai is AirAsia chairman BS
S Ramadorai, who headed Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) for over a decade till 2009, has been confirmed chairman of AirAsia India.“A giant of Indian industry. A great thinker. Man from the south,”...
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Provincial, Presidential polls
June 17, 2013, 12:00 pmby Zacki JabbarThe UNP Working Committee yesterday decided to form the broadest possible alliance, with other political parties, in the run up to 2014, with strong speculation...
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Dagoba built by King Dutugemunu gutted
June 17, 2013, 9:56 pmby Karunaratne Gamage, Polonnaruwa Corr.The ancient Kaduruwela Menik Vehera at Manikkampattiya in Kaduruwaela has been destroyed by a fire.Polonnaruwa police said they believed...
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Amending 13th Amendment,yet another broken promise
June 17, 2013, 12:00 pmBy M. A. SumanthiranMember of Parliament (TNA)The Tamil National Alliance has repeatedly pointed out the consistent and continuing failure of the Sri Lankan government to fulfil...
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Government must also consider ethnic minority concerns
June 17, 2013, 7:58 pmby Jehan PereraThe government is getting ready to pass a 19th Amendment to the constitution as an urgent bill. For the past several weeks, the government has been engaging in...
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Syria: History being repeated?June 17, 2013, 7:01 pmA string of debilitating battlefield setbacks that the Syrian rebels have suffered during the last few weeks has prompted the US to declare that it...
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US to open direct Taliban talks
US-led troops have now handed over security nationwide to Afghan forcesThe US is to open direct peace talks with the Taliban, senior White House officials have announced.The first meeting is due to...
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India floods: Death toll rises amid heavy rain
In Uttarakhand, the worst-hit state, floods washed vehicles awayThe death toll from flooding and landslides triggered by heavy rain in northern India has risen to 70, media reports say.At least 45...
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Of Independent Tunes and Maverick Minds Anushree Basu-Bhalla BT
Indian Ocean performing at the Dewarist at Bacardi NH7 weekender (Image courtesy: (NH7 Weekender) For 17-year-old Vijay Nair, travelling with a rock band and managing their work seemed like a terrific...
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ICICI Bank raises 650 mn yuan via bond sale PTI Mumbai
Top private lender ICICI Bank on Tuesday raised yuan 650 million in an offshore Chinese debt market offering, merchant bankers associated with the bond sale said.The bank raised the money by...
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iGate faces US class-action suit over Murthy affair BT
A file photo of Phaneesh MurthyOutsourcing firm iGate has been slapped with class action lawsuit in the US for alleged violations of federal securities laws in view of its sacked CEO Phaneesh Murthy's...
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ACC clean chit to GMR does not change our stand, says Maldivian govt
The Maldivian government has stuck to its stand on the leasing of the Male international airport to the GMR Group, saying the contract is illegal, even as the country's anti-graft watchdog ruled out...
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Huawei launches Ascend Mate phablet in India, priced at Rs 24,990 Nidhi Singal
After launching a few mid-segment Android smartphones a couple of months ago, Huawei has now released its much anticipated phablet, the Ascend Mate, in India. The company has priced the device...
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Gesture control sets the Lava Iris 504q apart Nandagopal Rajan
It seems gesture is going to be one of the big features in smartphones this year. Strong on the heels of the Samsung Galaxy S4, Lava Mobile has announced the launch of its Iris 504q smartphone with...
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Microsoft launches Office app for Apple iPhones Nandagopal Rajan BT
Microsoft has made a leap of faith and announced the availability of its Office software for the iPhone. Office Mobile for iPhone will be available in the US Apple App Store from Friday, while other...
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Deloitte gets one-year New York ban
New York is clamping down on independent consulting firms in the financial services sectorDeloitte has agreed to a one-year suspension from doing consulting work for financial firms in the state of...
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Huawei says Ascend P6 is world's 'slimmest' smartphone
Shao Yang, chief marketing officer for Huawei Device, discusses the Ascend P6 Huawei has unveiled what it says is the world's thinnest smartphone.The Android-based Ascend P6 is 6.18mm (0.24in) thick...
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Does Paris need new skyscrapers?
By John LaurensonBBC News, Paris One of the designs is for a skyscraper called the Tour Triangle This design is for the Judiciary Tower in the north of the city There are plans to build a Tour DuoThe...
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