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Not far from the airport in Austin, Texas, is an old dairy farm that is being repurposed into a technology campus. Sridhar Vembu-led Zoho Corp, a Software as a Service company based out of Chennai, is building an office complex on 375 acres southeast of the town, in what could be a symbol of expanding Indian technology footprint in the West, particularly in the United States. As towns go, Austin is an alluring mix. Its throbbing college scene rolls on without a bump into quaint tourism, with the occasional laidback Texan strolling by colourful shopfronts overflowing with quirky gifts. In a place known to support local businesses — its tagline ‘Keep Austin Weird’ is written on public walls and digital posters – large technology companies are scrambling to set up work bases, and Indian companies are just beginning to spot the advantage of moving in. “Austin gives the vibe Bay Area did in the 1990s, or maybe the 1980s,” Zoho’s chief evangelist … [Read more...] about Indian tech firms are looking beyond traditional hubs to set up shop in US

NEW DELHI: Just for a second, imagine Apple refusing to launch its next iPhone in India by simply saying, “We decided not to launch...based on local trends and product features.” That’s it. No further explanations. And then promises to launch future iPhones in India which are less priced and have less features. Without an iota of doubt, the floodgates would have opened instantly with hashtags trending on social media. Google exactly did this with the new Pixel 4 smartphones. The latest Google Pixel 4 phones are not coming to India. If you’re not aware of the reason then Google has — well not directly — has two words for you: Project Soli. Without going into the technical details of it what you should know is that simply put it works on 60GHz frequency band, which is not commercialised yet in India. Now, there are two pivotal questions to ask: Why use this frequency band, and is Project Soli so important that Google simply couldn’t find an … [Read more...] about How Google can learn a trick or two from Apple in India

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