President Barack Obama on Friday addressed SXSW -- the technology world's Davos and Woodstock rolled into one -- making a recruitment pitch to America's whizkids, even as the government is embroiled in a high-profile battle with Apple.

Actor Liam Cunningham, who plays Davos Seaworth in the fantasy series, admitted that from what he has seen and filmed, the new season is set to be even raunchier and more violent than ever before. "It's bigger, badder, bolder and naughtier," he said

Switzerland is "extremely keen" on greater cooperation in India's fight against suspected black money stashed in Swiss banks and is putting in place a new law on automatic information exchange that will take about a year to come into force, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said.