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NEW DELHI: The social networking giant Facebook announced last year that it will monetise the world's most popular app -- WhatsApp by showing ads. In October last year, Facebook executive Chris Daniels had said that the ads would be the service's "primary monetisation mode for the company". But now it seems that the company had a change of heart and has dropped the same plan. As reported by The Wall Street Journal, Facebook is now backing away from its plans of selling ads for placement inside WhatsApp. The team appointed by the company for the task has been disbanded in the recent months and the WhatsApp code for the same has also been deleted. The report further ads, as confirmed by the company representative, Facebook still has plans of introducing ads in the Status feature of WhatsApp but there is no specific timeline for it. Facebook is still working out on how it can monetise WhatsApp, which it acquired in 2014 for $19 billion. The company says that presently, it is focusing on … [Read more...] about Facebook has ‘disbanded’ this team, and why it may be ‘good news’ for WhatsApp users

Mumbai: It was supposed to be a red-letter day in Nambirajan Selvaraj’s life. On Monday, the 24-year old engineering graduate from Coimbatore reached Cognizant’s campus in the city, joining letter in hand. He was in for a shock, though. The letter turned out to be fake offer from an email ID that looked identical to that of the official ID used by the IT services provider’s human resources department, something that Selvaraj had failed to double-check. When he approached the nearby Saravanampatti police station to register a complaint, Selvaraj at least had the consolation of knowing that his was not the only such case. The station had already registered thirty similar ones over the past few months. Increased hiring by IT companies and anxious aspirants waiting to hear from recruiters have proved to be a boon for such fly-by-night operators, who charge between Rs 2,000 and Rs 2 lakh promising jobs and providing gullible candidates with joining letters from reputed … [Read more...] about IT jobs: Beware of this big scam

If you like the current state of the internet, you should know about net neutrality. If you are not aware of it, don't worry. Internet is built around the idea of openness. It allows people to connect and exchange information freely, if the information or service is not illegal. Much of this is because of the idea of net neutrality. If you like the current state of the internet, you should know about net neutrality. Many web users are aware of it. But if you are not, don't worry. We explain it here: Click here to register your voice Join The Times of India's campaign to support net neutrality What is net neutrality? Net neutrality is an idea derived from how telephone lines have worked since the beginning of the 20th century. In case of a telephone line, you can dial any number and connect to it. It does not matter if you are calling from operator A to operator B. It doesn't matter if you are calling a restaurant or a drug dealer. The operators neither block the access to a … [Read more...] about What is net neutrality and why it is important?

NEW DELHI: Government is setting up a centre that will detect malicious programmes like 'botnets' and help device owners remove such harmful softwares for free. "We are setting up 'botnet' cleaning and malware analysis centre within three months. It will automatically detect botnets that trigger various cybercrimes and suggest the device owner to remove it from their device with help of our facility," IT secretary R S Sharma told PTI. The project is a part of Digital India programme and aims to create safe and secure cyberspace, Sharma said. The centre is being set up with an outlay of about Rs 100 crore and national cybersecurity watchdog Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (ICERT) has selected vendor for the same. Botnet is a network of malicious softwares that can steal information, take control of device function and carry out cyberattacks like Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) that prevent access of websites. Explaining operational details of the centre, ICERT … [Read more...] about Government facility in 3 months to clean malwares from mobiles, PCs

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is credited for this great turnaround the company has seen under his leadership. Nadella took over as Microsoft CEO in 2014 when the Richmond-based tech giant was kind of lagging behind the likes of Google and Apple. However, Nadella with crucial decisions — betting big on Microsoft Cloud services — has turned Microsoft into a trillion-dollar company. In fact, Microsoft became the second US company after Apple to hit the $1 trillion mark in market capitalisation. When Nadella took over, Microsoft’s market capitalisation was close to $300 billion. Nadella’s leadership style has often been praised and he once shared what he thinks are the important principles he follows. In his book — Hit Refresh — and also in a couple of interviews, Nadella spoke about them. Bring Clarity is the first principle that Nadella says leaders and managers should adhere to. “In an ambiguous situation, where there cannot be complete … [Read more...] about 3 leadership principles that helped CEO Satya Nadella make Microsoft a $1 trillion-dollar company