Technology Companies

Startups have also resorted to shutting down non-core verticals, rationalising marketing and advertising spends and have gone on a hiring freeze, as they enter a bleak period, after a blockbuster funding party that lasted for nearly two years

Silicon Valley’s meh middle

There exists a vast middle ground of overlooked young tech companies that are definitely not winners but are not losers, either

Paul Romer: Once tech’s favorite economist, now a thorn in its side

The Nobel Laureate has become a fierce critic of the tech industry’s largest companies, saying that they stifle the flow of new ideas. He has also championed new US state taxes on the digital ads sold by companies like Facebook and Google.

US regulators accuse Google of underpaying female workers

Government investigators looking into how Google pays its employees have accused the tech giant of shortchanging women doing similar work to men.

AI may replace some jobs, employees need retraining:IT leaders

As artificial intelligence gains currency, leaders at top technology companies including Microsoft and IBM today said there is a need to create "new collar jobs" as innovations would replace some jobs and existing employees would need to be re-trained.

US govt meets tech chiefs from Apple, FB on anti-terror efforts

In Silicon Valley, top administration officials held a closed-door meeting with Apple CEO Tim Cook and senior executives from Google, Facebook, Yahoo and other tech firms. While the session was described by tech company representatives as cordial, no specific agreement or other outcome was announced.

‘Indian SMEs likely to spend $11.6 billion on IT in 2015‘

As per the report, India has nearly 51 million such businesses, of which 12 million have a high degree of technology influence and are looking to adopt newer IT products.

Target goes hunting in Silicon Valley, follows Wal-Mart

Target Corp said on Friday it opened a new San Francisco office to track down technology companies that can help the second-largest US retailer grow its online commerce business.

Politics dims Railway Budget effect, says expert

Sangeeta Purushottam, MD, Nine Rivers Capital, was not optimistic about the effect of the course of political events after the Railway Budget on the market

India tech start-up values near bubble: Intel Capital

Intel Capital, the investment arm of Intel Corp, the world's biggest chipmaker, believes valuations of early-stage technology companies in India have reached a "near-bubble" stage, as too much capital chases too few quality opportunities.

For one H-1B visa, US tech companies hire 5 people: NASDAQ

Refuting the allegations of US lawmakers and certain quarters here that H-1B visas take away jobs from Americans, NASDAQ's chief has claimed that studies show that for every H-1B visa, technology companies increase employment by five workers.