One of China’s leading physicists has called for the creation of a government agency similar to the US institute that develops new technology for the military. Professor Pan Jianwei, the nation’s leading expert on quantum physics and executive vice-president of the University of Science and Technology of China, said Washington’s Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency in the US, or DARPA, […]
» Read moreBengaluru-based hacker Anand Prakash has been awarded $15,000 (approximately Rs 10 lakh) for finding a bug in Facebook’s login system. The bug, if exploited, could let hackers access a user’s messages, photos and even debit/credit card details stored in the payments section, among others. In a blog post, Prakash – who also works as a security analyst at Flipkart – […]
» Read moreThe first day of the event saw a huge participation from advertisers, publishers, service providers and many digital startups. The event saw Bollywood celebrities like Shilpa Shetty and R Madhavan sharing their tryst with brands, digital marketing, content and data metrics. Publishers, marketers, service providers mull over the latest trends in content marketing, big data technologies, customer engagement and social […]
» Read moreChinese search engine giant, Baidu while exhibiting at the Ad: Tech event in New Delhi announced that it is launching the DU Ad Platform for advertisers and publishers in India. The DU Ad Platform will aid advertisers by providing intelligent targeted ads while publishers can benefit from the new extended support of the platform with well-designed monetization solutions. The DU […]
» Read moreDell India has laid off around 70 people in the Dell software group (DSG) that was set up some nine months ago in Bengaluru. DSG, which has nearly 110 people in India spread across Bengaluru and Hyderabad, was expected to become a 400-500 people strong unit in Bengaluru, but the plans were drastically scaled back following Dell’s $67 billion acquisition […]
» Read moreIndia’s third-largest software exporter Wipro rolled out an ambitious pilot exercise where it ditched its traditional ‘bell curve’ appraisal system for a large majority of its 170,000-odd employees. The trigger for this exercise was clear. Employees, mid-level executives and top managers needed to be more accountable for the company’s performance, which in recent years has lagged larger peers such as Infosys, […]
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