Google acquires start-up founded by Indian-origin entrepreneur

Google has acquired a business technology start-up founded by an Indian-origin entrepreneur as part of its plans to scale training offerings for Google Apps to its customers and customers’ users. Varun Malhotra is the founder and CEO of Toronto-based Synergyse, which was launched in 2013 with an aim to teach users how to use Google Apps. Google did not disclose […]

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Manish Dugar quits InMobi to join healthcare services provider Practo

Manish Dugar, chief financial officer at mobile ad network InMobi, has quit the startup to join Bengaluru-based healthcare services provider Practo Technologies, several people familiar with the development told PTI. The exit of Dugar is a reflection of the mobile advertising network’s struggle to survive fierce competition from the likes of Google and Facebook. According to these people, InMobi has […]

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IT hiring falls; Infosys, TCS likely to see lower hiring in FY2017

India’s information technology industry is expected to post the seventh straight year of improving productivity, as automation adds to efficiency and drives down hiring rates among software services companies. The industry is estimated to have required 16,055 engineers to generate every additional $1 billion of export revenue in 2015-16, compared with 31,846 engineers in 2009-10, according to Nasscom data — […]

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No salary hike for freshers in IT industry

Fresh engineering graduates, who are finding it increasingly tough to land a job in India’s $160-billion IT industry with each passing year due to lower levels of hiring, may have to deal with another disappointment this year — their starting salaries are unlikely to see a spike anytime in the near future and will largely remain stagnant at their decade-old […]

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