by Brian Pereira | Oct 2, 2020 | OPINION
On more than one occasion this year, I have heard Ravishankar Prasad, India’s Union Minister for electronics and IT encouraging developers to make apps in India, for India. The Indian government has already blocked thousands of Chinese apps and some have been...
by Brian Pereira | Sep 18, 2020 | TOP STORIES OF THE WEEK
On a past visit to the family doctor, I was greeted by a sign outside his cabin. I could have missed it since it was surrounded by numerous academic certificates. But the colored logo of “Google” caught my trained eye. The sign read, “DO NOT confuse...
by Brian Pereira | Aug 23, 2020 | OPINION
Last week, Apple became the first US company to hit $2 trillion in market capitalization. It took Apple 42 years to reach $1 trillion in value and just two years after that to reach $2 trillion. Most of its second trillion came in the recent 21 weeks when the world is...
by Brian Pereira | Jun 14, 2020 | BIZ NEWS, FUTURE TECH
The New York Times and other U.S. media reported this week that lawmakers in the U.S. took a bipartisan measure to support proposals for funding to the semiconductor industry. The U.S. (and the rest of the world) is mostly dependent on semiconductors manufactured in...
by Brian Pereira | Apr 22, 2020 | 5G, MOBILE & APPS, BIZ NEWS, INDUSTRIES, IT/ITES/BPO/KPO, TECH @ WORK, TECH NEWS, TRENDING
Those who subscribe to the office productivity suite Office 365 would have noticed a change in branding. To promote its products as services to consumers, Microsoft renamed the online version of Office to Microsoft 365. In doing so, Microsoft is sending a message to...
