Cognizant to acquire US-based Trizetto for about $2.7 billion.

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp (CTSH.O) struck its biggest deal on Monday, acquiring healthcare IT services provider TriZetto Corp for $2.7 billion to beef up its slowing healthcare business. Shares of the company, which is buying TriZetto from London-based private equity firm Apax Partners LLP, rose nearly 3 percent in premarket trading. Cognizant's healthcare business, which accounted for about 26 percent of total revenue in...

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Google, Microsoft to add "kill switches" to phones

SAN FRANCISCO – Google and Microsoft will add kill switches to the next versions of their cell phone operating systems, according to San Francisco district attorney George Gascón. The move is seen as a major step towards making smart phones and other easily-stolen devices such as tablets less of a theft risk. Gascón made the announcement on Thursday together with New York attorney general Eric Schneiderman. Together they head the Secure...

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Samsung may unveil 'watch-phone' as early as June - WSJ

The new Samsung Galaxy S5 smartphone (L), Gear 2 smartwatch (C) and Gear Fit fitness band are displayed at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona February 23, 2014. span class="articleLocation">(Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd is developing a smartwatch that can make or receive calls without having to be tethered to a mobile phone, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. Samsung, the world's largest maker of smartphones,...

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As Amazon looms, Flipkart and Snapdeal strike $400 million in deals

A parcel moves on the conveyor belt at Amazon's logistics centre in Graben near Augsburg December 16, 2013. (Reuters) - With Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) ramping up its presence in India, two local online retailers are preparing for tougher competition with separate deals worth a combined $400 million set to be finalised this week. Flipkart, India's largest online retailer, is expected on Thursday to announce its acquisition of a majority...

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Windows 9 in 2015: Desperation Isn't Pretty

Yes, Windows 8's been a failure. It's been worse than Vista. But is the solution really to push out a new operating system in double-quick time? Seriously, Microsoft? You want to get Windows 9 -- Windows freakin' 9 -- out in 2015? I get that you want to distance yourself from the Windows 8.x train wreck. Who wouldn't? But by upgrading Windows on a consumer pace, aren't you taking a big chance that your enterprise customers...

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Google Voice Search hotword detection extension comes to Chrome

Saying 'OK Google' will now get your Nexus phone and your computer ready for input Google is first and foremost a search company, so we can never act surprised when they extend functionality of their search platform. That's what we're seeing today, with the release of a new Chrome Extension that enables the OK Google hotword detection via your computer microphone while on the Google Search page. Using it should...

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iOS Virtual Pet App Hatch Hits The App Store

What’s a developer to do after building a successful To Do list app? That’s what Clear developer Impending asked itself before embarking on the journey of what would become Hatch, a Tamagotchi-style app that’s been in development for at least the better part of a year, and that manages to create a brand and character that’s highly lovable right out of the gate. I’ve been lucky enough to have been an early participant in the beta...

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