BENGALURU: If you have some of the new-age tech skills, not only are you likely to be hired much faster, you could also earn far better salaries. Terms like R, Julia, Hadoop, Scrum Master and DevOps may sound alien to most people, but these are some of the hot skills that companies are looking fo

There may soon be another self-driving vehicle on the road, and it's not a car. A team of engineering students in India have come up with a driverless bicycle. Developed at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, the bike, called i-Bike, was designed with disabled riders in mind. But the

Korean electronics giant Samsung on Tuesday said its flagship Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge smartphones will be up for sale in India later this month, priced at Rs. 48,900 onwards. The launch in India, which comes within two weeks of the global unveiling, will help the company bolster sales to buc

To avoid the confusion that prevailed after erroneous II PU results were published on private web portals last year, the PU department may host the results only on its official website or on other government department websites. Amid confusion over faulty evaluation of II PU answer scripts and wr

Android tips are a little trickier to offer than iPhone tips, for a couple of reasons. For one, it's often up to carriers or manufacturers - rather than consumers - who have control over which version of Android your phone is running. Furthermore, there are so many more kinds of Android phones, whic

It is important to get recommendations on LinkedIn to build credibility. But how do you go about asking someone to write you one? Here are a few tips… 1. Choose People Thoughtfully Before asking anyone for recommendations, you need to prioritize. Look at all your work experience and create a list

A breakthrough in understanding human skin cells offers a pathway for new anti-ageing treatments. For the first time, scientists at Newcastle University, UK, have identified that the activity of a key metabolic enzyme found in the batteries of human skin cells declines with age. A study, p

If you’ve been thinking of moving to the United Kingdom, this may be your chance. The country has just updated (last update on February 25, 2016) its list of Shortage Occupations List, which includes roles that are difficult to fill up with the existing workforce in the country and can therefore

Ray Tomlinson, the man credited with founding email, has passed away at the age of 74, according to a report from the Sydney Morning Herald. According to the report, Tomlinson died of a heart attack. Tomlinson was a part a team of computer programmers at research and design company Bolt Beranek a

Years after its launch, the Facebook-owned WhatsApp Messenger has finally received the ability to send documents over chats. The feature is visible in the most recent builds available via Google Play and the App Store - Android v2.12.453 and iOS v2.12.4. WhatsApp has also introduced a bunch of other

Jobs in the UAE’s non-oil businesses grew at the fastest pace in three months, a new survey said today. UAE businesses produced more in February as they placed and received more fresh orders for their products and services, Dubai-based Emirates NBD said in its monthly PMI survey. Growth of the

Xiaomi on Thursday launched Redmi Note 3 in India, its first launch of the handset outside of China. The company has introduced a new Qualcomm-based variant of the handset for the country, separate from the MediaTek-based handset that was launched in China in November last year. The new variant o

A ninth standard student of a government high school in Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu, has developed a fire safety device with a heat sensor. Demonstrating the working of the instrument at an event organised by 'Beyond Carlton,’ a people’s initiative for fire safety, here on Saturday, M Jayakumar said tha

The Raspberry Pi foundation has launched the third version of its popular low-power Raspberry Pi development platform, the Raspberry Pi 3. It's priced at $35, the same as the Raspberry Pi 2 mini computer unveiled last year, but adds a much request feature - integrated Wi-Fi as well as Bluetooth conn

7 biggest smartphone myths busted You've heard them before – in multiple blogs, articles and emails, in WhatsApp forwards and Facebook posts. But you shouldn't believe everything you see on the internet. Myth: Active mobile phones in airplanes will interfere with the navigation and communicati

The High Court on Wednesday, said that "private schools must touch their conscience and admit underprivileged students under 25 per cent reservation under the Right to Education Act, 2009”. While hearing a batch of petitions, Justice A S Bopanna said that when private schools are 'selling education’

New York-based Neverware is on a mission to help you get the most out of your old computers. CloudReady, a custom Chrome OS build that it ships can be installed on an existing, old laptop and PC to bring some life into them. The company claims that it has already transformed more than 75,000 Windows

Whether you work for an SME that’s considering expansion, or a big business thinking about adding a fresh workforce to your company, establishing agraduate jobs scheme could be incredibly value. More and more companies now are looking to hire a graduate, across a whole range of sectors and roles,