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Intel to invest over $120M in India R&D center Summary:   The new building will help in "consolidating" the company’s workforce, work on high growth areas such as tablets and mobile phones, and emerging areas like Internet of Things. Intel will invest more than US$120 million in its India research and development facility, which will be a global center for chipset design, according to   Hindu Business Line .The new facility will help in "consolidating" the chip giant's workforce, estimated to be around 4,500, noted the report. The workforce is being shifted from "low priority" to "high priority" areas, said Kumud Srinivasan, president of Intel India. The center will also focus on high growth areas such as tablets, and mobile phones where rival ARM has been gaining traction against it in recent years.It will also be working on emerging areas like   Internet of Things, which will require   low-power chips   and where Intel has se...

Solar better than nuclear for India: Experts Summary:  In the race to fix the widening shortfall of power in India, many say that alternative sources like solar and even wind are becoming cheaper by the day, especially when measured up against the prime minister's pet project, nuclear plants. On the cusp of elections, the two-term serving Indian  Manmohan Singh recently laid the foundation stone  for the Global Centre for Nuclear Energy Partnership in the Indian state of Haryana. To meet its future power demand, declared Singh, India aims to produce more than 27,000 MW of nuclear power in the next 10 years. Singh, after all, counts the historic India-US Civil Nuclear Agreement signed in 2008 as one of the big accomplishments of his reign as prime minister, so it's not a huge surprise that he's still doing whatever he can in this area to keep the nuclear flame alive. But does India need nuclear energy? That has been a major debate that has roiled the cou...

The twist in the future of Indian tech recruitment  Summary:  Indian techie hires are beginning to get assessed on raw coding abilities rather than degrees and certificates, ushering a potential new dawn for tech hiring An  interesting interview  given by Vikalp Sahni, the CTO of online travel company Goibibo, to Indian website campushash (which connects interns with companies) indicates the way that the world of technology recruitment is going. Sahni was asked which way he leaned when appraising a candidate's resume. His response was that the "most preferred mode of judging someone's coding abilities for us has been Github/Launchpad/Bitbucket commits. It is a big plus if an intern has worked with open-source projects and has pushed tested code to the core project repo. A person's project/software gives a good picture of his/her knowledge and likings." Additionally, Sahni suggested that aspirant coders also attend hackathons, as it allows them to ...

2014 in preview: A look at upcoming tech trends Summary:  Contextual computing, the next phase of the post-PC era, 3D printing and the mainstreaming of wearable computing are a few of the 2014 themes we're watching. The year ahead should be an interesting one for business tech as multiple tectonic plates are shifting all at once and rejiggering industry leadership. Here’s a look at the key themes for 2014 from our editors around the world: Larry Dignan: Post PC fallout hits hard To me one of the biggest themes will be the fate of Windows 8.1. The time for excuses is over, the hardware has improved from the ecosystem and the Windows systems are priced well. The big question: Will people buy Windows machines en masse? If not, what does that mean for the future Microsoft franchises such as Office? We’ll know how this one turned out early in 2014 when tech giants start reporting their results. A few reasons why Windows worries are warranted: Chromebooks have sold...

India's nationwide mobile number portability rollout stalls Summary:  Country's full number portability service, which will allow mobile users to retain their number across different telecom circles, faces a delay as the Indian Department of Telecom has yet to accept recommendations for it . India's Department of Telecom (DoT) has yet to accept recommendations related to the implementation of the country's nationwide mobile number portability, which is originally scheduled to be effective from March.  Secretary of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), Rajeev Agrawal said at a briefing Wednesday that it had not received a response from the telecom department, and noted that telcos would require six months after DoT approves the recommendations to deploy full mobile number portability (MNP). TRAI in September had directed mobile operators to roll out nationwide MNP within six months.  India had introduced the service in early-2010, b...