Microsoft India, and the L. V. Prasad Eye Institute, a not-for-profit comprehensive eye care institution in Hyderabad, India, have launched the Microsoft Intelligent Network for Eyecare (MINE), a machine learning network that will help doctors in India fight eye disease and reduce the risk of avoidable blindness. Silicon ANGLE reports that...
India's Micromax Smartphone Maker Ranks Globally
Scottsdale, Arizona-based IC Insights released an update to its 2016 IC Market Drivers Report that examines and evaluates key existing and emerging end-use applications that will support and propel the IC industry through 2019. A table on Major Smartphone Sales Leaders depicts the top 12 companies with a forecast for their full-year...
Satya Nadella Pitches Microsoft to Developers and Startups in India
During his visit to India earlier this month, Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft projected his company’s technology and programs as ways to help India modernize both its technical and physical infrastructure, reports Fortune. He restated the Microsoft program launched earlier this year which would provide a boost to the startup...
Pune to Host Microsoft Cloud Data Center
Microsoft will launch its data center in Pune city, in the western state of Maharashtra, by the end of this year, said Bhaskar Pramanik, chairman of Microsoft India. Pramanik said that the center “would address the concerns of data sovereignty”. Satya Nadella, Microsoft’s CEO had earlier commented that he sees...
PC Manufacturer Dell targets Smartphone Users in India
As mobile handset sales in India accelerated, there was one outcome to be expected- a race to see which mobile companies would enter the market with their latest offerings. In an Asia-wide survey carried out by Synovate on consumer behavior, it was found that Indians are the most ‘social’, of...
Indian Engineers Step up Innovation
Engineers in India, working for Indian and foreign companies, are starting to produce innovative products and technologies that have impact beyond its borders. One such development is a system that uses thermal sensors and algorithms to calculate the number of people entering a store at a given time and when...