MUMBAI: Over 50% of the students, who actually use campus placements at IIT-Bombay, are already placed by the end of the first week of this year's placement season. At other campuses too, the first week closed at a high note with more students getting offers as compared to last year. At IIT-B, ar

Google’s Android One initiative seems to have hit a roadblock with offline stores refusing to sell and promote these devices as the search giant and its device manufacturing partners chose to take the online sales route initially. The U.S.-based company is now holding discussions with retailers t

The new version of Intel-powered Google Glass may look slimmer and sleeker than its earlier version. The exteriors of the new device also add a textured area to the touch-sensitive side panel where non-voice interactions are performed, according to media reports. The new Google Glass is expect

Dec 07, 2104 | Correspondent | Bhatkallys News Bhatkal: In a move to help needy students to complete their studies, Jamiatul Ulema Hind has announced financial help for deserving students of academic year 2014-2015 for professional courses like Engineering, B.Tech, MCA, CA, BEd, MBA, MBBS, BDS, B

GCC labor ministers have agreed to implement a skill assessment and certification project on expatriate workers in coordination with major manpower exporting countries such as India, Pakistan and the Philippines. The UAE and Kuwait have implemented the system on an experimental basis on construct

It seems Google is finally gearing up to release an incremental update to Android 5.0 Lollipop, dubbed Android 5.0.1. The new updated build of Android 5.0 Lollipop has been posted to the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) with build number LRX22C. Additionally, factory images of Android 5.0.1 for Wi

A year ago, Amazon.com workers such as 34-year-old Rejinaldo Rosales walked the aisles each shift to find each item a customer ordered and prepare it for shipping. Now the e-commerce giant boasts that it has boosted efficiency by deploying more than 15,000 wheeled robots to crisscross the floors

Making free phone calls over the Internet is no big deal. Apps such as FaceTime, Viber, Skype and many more let you do that. But none of these work well, or not at all, on 2G networks - which are common in India. Free Android app Nanu is here to change that. Nanu claims to be able to let you call

Kolkata: In one of the fattest pay package offered to an IITian ever in campus placements, a student of IIT Kharagpur has been offered an annual salary of over Rs 1.5 crore. IIT Kharagpur officials said the salary package was among the 163 offers made by 27 visiting companies yesterday on the fir

Have you ever been in a situation where you have no W-Fi router, just one network cable and five people who need to use the Internet? Or maybe you have a 3G dongle that works with your laptop, but leaves your Wi-Fi-only tablet offline. Sounds familiar? It would certainly be handy to share the Intern

Many people are required to spend several hours every day staring at a screen as part of their jobs - and after they go home, this carries on with tablets and televisions. Couple that with bad lighting and bad posture in offices, and most people complaint about tired eyes and headaches. These are

JEDDAH: The Ministry of Higher Education has instructed 25 public universities in the country not to renew the contracts of expatriate professors over the age of 60. A recent report in local media had said the Minister of Higher Education sent a letter to the directors of these universities not t

The new iPhones reached Indian markets recently and there's definitely a lot to like about them. In many ways iOS is starting to resemble like Android, with like extensions and third-party keyboards, while Android is looking to close the gap on iOS in terms of design with the new Material Design phi

Amazon India has teased the upcoming launch of the OnePlus One in the country. In a teaser image posted to its website, the online retailer says the smartphone, popularly known as a 'flagship killer', is expected to be available in the coming days. The OnePlus One will be exclusive to Amazon Indi

“Get realistic,” everyone told her. “You’ll be competing with hundreds of thousands of other smart, hard-working and driven new graduates.” Nicolette Weinbaum was freshman in college when she discovered the importance of becoming professionally independent. With all of the tough competition happe

With most of its competitors in the cloud storage space slashing prices, Google has announced 1TB of storage free of cost for new Chromebook buyers. Google says the 1TB subscription, which will be valid for two years, is worth $240. "That's enough space to keep more than 100,000 awkward holiday s

NEW DELHI: Xiaomi has launched Redmi Note and Redmi Note 4G phablets in India at Rs 8,999 and Rs 9,999, respectively. Redmi Note will be available exclusively on Flipkart starting December 2. Registration will start November 25 at 6pm. Redmi Note 4G will be available in the second half of Decembe

With a population of more than 1.2 billion, India has obvious potential to become the world’s leading tech ecosystem. Unfortunately, that opportunity has been undermined by poor infrastructure, hefty bureaucracy and the divide between the nation's urban and rural areas. To the east, China has risen