The technology giant likes to work on things that no one else in the world is taking on. In fact, some of them are well on their way to fruition. Here are a few of their zany but revolutionary ideas: Driverless cars Thanks to Google's driverless car experiment, the world may be on the verge of

I’m going to be very honest with you: It is easier to eliminate a resume than to bring a candidate in for an interview. Related: #1 Reason You Get Interviews But Not Offers This may be shocking news to process, but it’s the cold, hard reality of today’s workplace. Most organizations receive mo

Global software major Microsoft is the 'most attractive employer' in India, while IT, telecom and ITeS are the most preferred sectors by the workforce, a survey by HR services firm Randstad said on Wednesday. Microsoft emerged as the 'most attractive employer' in the survey for the fourth year in

International Business Machines, in its latest attempt at reviving demand for its hardware products, is launching high-end system servers that it says are 50 times faster than its closest competitor at analyzing data. The POWER8 servers, the product of a $2.4 billion, three-year investment, are p

Microsoft seems to be continuing its policy under new CEO Satya Nadella of ensuring its services are used by a large number, even if it means letting go some revenue in the short-term. The latest move is by its popular video chatting app Skype, which is making its group video calling feature free fo

Al Wafaa Correspondence Education Center The Global Open University, Nagaland has been established under the provisions of The Global Open University Act 2006 (Act 3 of 2006) of the Government of Nagaland with a view to introducing vocational, job oriented and employment centric education in the No

The modern age is epitomised by our daily consumption and creation of digital content. If that includes photos, videos and software, then the question of storage arises - to keep the stuff you want to save. While the ever-burgeoning and wallet-breaking demands for more and more storage - to keep

Microsoft’s $7.2 billion acquisition of Nokia’s devices and services business has been completed. Nokia confirmed the completed transaction in a press release, noting that it has “completed the sale of substantially all of its Devices & Services business to Microsoft” (using the same phrasing it

NEW DELHI: When Microsoft's newly-crowned CEO Satya Nadella came on the stage at BUILD 2014, the company's annual event a few weeks ago, he was asked why developers should create apps for Windows platform. The question was a telling example of how much Windows has slipped. In the good old days there

Dubai: When you leave a company, the employer will do an interview, just like when you first walked in to apply for a job, but this time they will ask a series of questions to find out why you decided to quit. Industry sources say that exit interviews have yet to take root in the human resource

Walking through the Asaf Ali road, till the New Delhi Stock Exchange building, the cacophony is unmissable. Running up a flight of stairs in the building adjacent to the New Delhi Stock Exchange one reaches a large hall owned by Stirring Minds, which is home to a 3D printing workshop on a hot Saturd

You’ve got all the necessary skills and expertise, and your potential future employer wants to meet you. Now, just one thing is standing between you and that great job you want: acing the interview. You may be perfect for the job, but one slip of the tongue or poorly thought-out response can dest

Dubai: A ‘lazy’ lifestyle, lack of exercise and not strapping up when driving are the main causes for people suffering from spinal injures, surgeons said. Younger people are today suffering from slipped discs that compress the nerves, leading to more cases of back pain, neck, leg and shoulder p

Amid confusion and conflict over admission to professional courses for the academic year 2014-15, Higher Education Minister R V Deshpande on Saturday reiterated the State government’s stand on continuing with the existing fee structure and seat matrix.  "There will be no change in the fee structu

Dubai: Dubai’s construction and real estate sectors are facing a combined manpower shortfall of up to 500,000 heading into 2015, according to the findings of the Workforce Planning Study, which was commissioned by Dubai International Academic City (DIAC) and conducted by Deloitte. The study showed t

NEW DELHI: It has been nearly four years since Microsoft launched Windows Phone. The OS is beautiful to look at and with its unique tile-based user interface, offers an approach to software that is fresh and modern compared to Android or iOS. The OS even forced both iOS and Android to change their a

NEW YORK: An Indian-origin scientist has developed an incredibly low-cost microscope made almost entirely out of a very unlikely material — paper. The Foldscope, developed by Manu Prakash from Stanford University, contains three stages — a specimen stage in which the slide is placed, an optics st

The regional centre of Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) in Bangalore has secured the distinction of having the highest number of candidates to have passed in the southern region for this year. This was revealed by Dr M S Parthasarathy, Director, Bangalore regional centre, IGNOU, on