What are the five things that need to be quit right now to live a happy life?

1 ) Quit chasing people. There is really no need. Chase your goals.

2) Quit getting bothered when you see people succeed. Just focus on your path, your goal. Look at your life and not that of others.

3) Quit getting addicted to negative things in life. They are: smoke, lust, negative news, etc.

4) Quit living the life of others. Do not make yourself pathetic. Do not insult yourself.

5) Quit thinking too much. Believe me, it is all absurd. Just stop thinking and act.

Source : Quora.com

After Google, Facebook to offer free Wi-Fi at Indian railway stations

Facebook isn't giving up on India. Roughly six months after the Indian government deemed Facebook's Free Basics program illegal, the company is already preparing a comeback. And this time it is taking a leaf out of Google's playbook to win Indians. 

Facebook said earlier this month that it's testing Express Wi-Fi in several remote areas of India. Now it seems the company also has plans to bring this service to railway stations and rural regions. The world's largest social media network is in talks with RailTel to provide internet services at railway stations, RailTel chairman RK Bahuguna told Economic Times. Bahuguna added that they have asked Facebook to bring connectivity to smaller railway stations and rural areas in their vicinity. 

Mashable India reached out to Facebook, but the company declined to comment.

RailTel offers internet facilities tapping the optic fibre cable that runs alongside railway tracks that cover almost 70 percent of the country. If the company's name rings a bell, that's because it also partnered with Google to launch free Wi-Fi services in 400 railway stations by 2017. The announcement was made by Google CEO Sundar Pichai during Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the Valley last year. Google says the service, which has gone live in 19 stations and is being utilized by over 1.5 million people. 

However, RailTel's partnership with Facebook could extend beyond railway stations. The project could bring data services up to a 10km radius from a connected railway station, Bahuguna said, adding that this range could be expanded up to 25km via additional access points.

Facebook's Free Basics (formerly known as Internet.org) received a lot of flak from privacy advocates in India last year. The service, which is operating in emerging regions such as Indonesia, offers users free access to select internet services for free. This wall-gardened approach had irked many resulting in Indians opting for no internet access than having some internet access. Google's free Wi-Fi service, on the other hand, has received appreciations from almost everyone because of its open and fair nature.

The world's second most populous nation India remains one of the biggest growth regions for any company. Of the 1.3 billion people who live in India, only about 300 million people are on the internet. However, analysts predict India could have as many as 730 million internet users as soon as 2020, which shows why Google and Facebook are leaving no stone unturned to ensure they reach out to them first.

Source : www.techgignews.com

Google Duo will be available later today on Android and iOS

Along with Allo, Duo is Google’s latest take on consumer messaging after many attempts. Solely focussed on video chatting, the service and the accompanying Android and iOS mobile apps will be available later today.

Unchanged from Google I/O, a phone number is still required to signup for the service. The setup process simply involves Duo sending a text message to confirm. The simplicity is a reflection of the app’s overall sparse, minimalist design and limited feature set. At the moment, Duo only supports one-to-one calls and no group calls.

The “Knock Knock” feature that allows recipients to see a live feed of the caller has the added benefit of having conversations start immediately after accepting, according to The Verge. It will only work with people saved in contacts and users have the option to turn off the feature entirely.

Duo uses WebRTC and is optimized for slow connections. Call quality is adjusted according to changing network conditions to maintain the call. The mobile apps can also switch between Wi-Fi and cellular data in the background without dropping. Unlike Allo, Duo calls are end-to-end encrypted.

Google is rolling out Due for Android and iOS today, with worldwide availability in the next few days. At the moment, the Play Store listing only allows you to pre-register for Duo.

Source : www.techgignews.com

Startups In India: Govt To Invest Rs.200 Cr On Scaling Up Existing Incubators

NEW DELHI: Government will identify 10 incubators out of existing 200 such centres and invest Rs 200 crore on scaling up their capacity, Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant today said. 

"There are 200 existing incubation centres. We will scale up 10 best incubation by 10x. We have received 120 applications for the same. We will select 10 and to each incubator we will produce Rs 20 crore," Kant said at Startup India state's conference.

He said the government will invest Rs 20 lakh to support existing tinkering labs. 

"We are going to set up 100 new incubation centres this year. We have received 3,000 applications for it," Kant said. 

He said the government is soon going to start a contest to find out solution for problems in India. 

"Can we do a flyover, which takes 4-5 years, in 30 days and to my mind it is possible," Kant said. 

He said that challenge will include developing solution for farming to help farmer decide which seed should be sown in a particular season depending on soil and weather condition to get maximum output. 

The government will look at finding solution for sewage problem and solving water crisis as part of the contest, he said. 

"Grand challenge will be launched shortly. There is huge opportunity," Kant said.

Source : www.techgignews.com

Are you a fresher??

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Do you have the skills , but not able to showcase them for finding a job with good payscale. Then GRADCREW.COM is the best place for you.

Its a online recruitment portal built by a start-up in Bengaluru , India.

These guys found out the problem what thousands of young , talented fresh graduates are facing every year i.e To get a job in spite of having the skill set.  

Having found the problem , these guys took the initiative to solve it and boom came GRADCREW.COM.

I have check this site personally. Its completely different from the regular job portal sites available in India.

Its fast , unique and ONLY for freshers with amazing talent.

Yes , as and each and every site comes with its own Pros and Cons , they have few Cons which I hope they are working on , but I appreciate them for taking the initiative which graduates are facing and trying to solve it.

Cheers GRADCREW.COM , We wish you ALL THE VERY BEST and hope your site takes off well.

Facebook launches OpenCellular – a noble cause or gimmick?

Social media giant Facebook announced the launch of OpenCellular, the company’s latest attempt at bringing Internet to everyone. According to Facebook, more than four billion of the world’s population is still not connected to the Internet and 10 percent of the world lives outside network coverage.

Facebook has an enviable user base of over 1.6 billion people. While that is an achievement in its own, the company has to keep asking itself, “What next?”. In order to bring in new users, the company plans to target the ‘Internet virgins’, as this is the only way the company can grow. The number of users have saturated in many developed countries such as US and UK, hence Facebook is looking for new ways to bring more people online from developing markets like India and Africa.

OpenCellular is a shoebox-sized device that can be attached to a tree or a lamp post, and it has the ability to support a variety of communication options including network in a box or access points for 2G or LTE. With constructing an entire network tower being too expensive, OpenCellular provides a cheaper alternative. An important feature of the device would be it’s ability to withstand harsh conditions, making it a reliable bet.

Source : www.techgignews.com

World's first 1,000-processor microchip: 7 things to know

A team of scientists from the US has created the world's first microchip with 1,000 independent processors. Called 'KiloCore' chip, it is also claimed to be the world's fastest chip ever designed at a university. The chip has a maximum computation rate of 1.78 trillion instructions per second and contains 621 million transistors.

Here's all you need to know about the chip

The team

This microchip has been designed by a team at the University of California, Davis, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

Most 'energy-efficient'

Bevan Baas, professor at the University of California, Davis (UC Davis), who led the team that designed the chip architecture, claims that the chip is the most energy-efficient "many-core" processor yet. For example, the 1,000 processors can execute 115 billion instructions per second while dissipating only 0.7 Watts, low enough to be powered by a single AA battery.

Each processor core can run its own program

Each processor core can run its own small program independently of the others, which is a fundamentally more flexible approach than the Single-Instruction-Multiple-Data approaches utilised by processors such as graphics processing unit (GPU). Because each processor is independently clocked, it can shut itself down to further save energy when not needed.

Fabricated by IBM

The chip has been fabricated by IBM using its 32nm CMOS technology. KiloCore's each processor core can run its own small programme independently of the others.

Cores clock-speed

Cores operate at an average maximum clock frequency of 1.78 GHz, and they transfer data directly to each other rather than using a pooled memory area that can become a bottleneck for data.

According to the team, the other multiple-processor chips that have been created till now never exceeded 300 processors.

'Executes instructions more efficiently than many laptop processors'

KiloCore chip executes instructions more than 100 times more efficiently than a modern laptop processor.

Applications available

Applications already developed for the chip include wireless coding/decoding, video processing, encryption, and others involving large amounts of parallel data such as scientific data applications and data centre record processing.

Source : www.techgignews.com

Firebase expands to become a unified app platform

Eighteen months ago, Firebase joined Google. Since then, our backend-as-a-service (BaaS) that handles the heavy lifting of building an app has grown from a passionate community of 110,000 developers to over 450,000.

Our current features -- Realtime Database, User Authentication, and Hosting -- make app development easier, but there’s more we can do, so today, we’re announcing a major expansion!

Firebase is expanding to become a unified app platform for Android, iOS and mobile web development. We’re adding new tools to help you develop faster, improve app quality, acquire and engage users, and monetize apps. On top of this, we’re launching a brand new analytics product that ties everything together, all while staying true to the guiding principles we’ve had from the beginning:

Developer experience matters. Ease-of-use, good documentation, and intuitive APIs make developers happy.

Work across platforms. We’ll support you whether you’re building for iOS, Web, or Android.

Integrate where possible. Firebase has one SDK, one console, and one place to go for documentation and support. You can mix-and-match any of our features and, where it makes sense, data flows between them to help you do more, faster.

Introducing Firebase Analytics

Firebase Analytics is our brand new, free and unlimited analytics solution for mobile apps. It benefits from Google’s experience with Google Analytics, and features some new capabilities for apps:

Firebase Analytics is user and event-centric and gives you insight into what your users are doing in your app. You can also see how your paid advertising campaigns are performing with cross-network attribution, which tells you where your users are coming from. You can see all of this from a single dashboard.

Firebase Analytics is also integrated with other Firebase offerings to provide a single source of truth for in-app activity and through a feature called Audiences. Audiences let you define groups of users with common attributes. Once defined, these groups can be accessed from other Firebase features -- to illustrate, we’ll reference Audiences throughout this post.

Source : Firebase Blog

10 Android apps you shouldn't miss

There are over two million apps in the Play Store. These include addictive games, essential productivity tools, and great ways to customize your phone.

There are also apps that will completely change how you use Android. Some enhance the user interface, some automate common tasks, and some take popular features in the operating system and make them even better.

Here we take a look at 10 apps that will change the way you use Google's Android operating system.

Most of us use social media as a way of finding cool stuff to read on the web. But whether you’re using Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, or anything else, it’s not handled very efficiently on a phone.

On the desktop, you can open links in their own background tab, queueing up several pages to read when you are ready. In mobile apps you need to open and read one link at a time.

Flynx solves that problem. The app intercepts links and loads them in the background. When you’re ready, each link can pop up on top of your current app so you can read it and dismiss it, with virtually no interruption to what you were doing.

With a Pocket-style save for later feature, Flynx is a revolutionary way of browsing on mobile devices.

Widgets are awesome, but they have their limitations. You can only place them on the homescreen, and you can only access them when your homescreen is visible.

flippr makes them accessible everywhere via a small bubble tucked away on the edge of the screen. Tap the bubble and your chosen widgets will open. Want to control your music while typing in a document? No problem. Check the sports scores while playing a fullscreen game? Done.

flippr puts Android devices one step closer to having full multitasking capabilities.

Android’s notification shade is great for showing you what’s happening in your apps, but you can use it to create notifications for your real life too.

Notif is a twist on the to-do list app, which you use to make lists, reminders, voice notes, and more, and set them as actionable notifications. Tick off items as you complete them, or swipe the notification away when you’re finished with it.

The icon for each notification, placed permanently in the status bar, serves as a kind of digital knot in the handkerchief that constantly reminds you of the jobs you need to complete.

Take the pain out of the common tasks you perform every day by turning them into macros, a series of commands that happen automatically.

MacroDroid is similar to Tasker, the most famous and loved of Android’s automation apps. But Tasker has an incredibly steep learning curve, and MacroDroid is an app you can install and start using instantly.

The app needs you to configure as few as two settings — just an action that will be prompted by a trigger. So, plugging in your headphones could be the trigger, and the corresponding actions could be the automatic launch of the Spotify app and adjustment of the volume level. Or you could have your phone switch to Airplane Mode (the action) at night (the trigger). Or your text messages could be read aloud when your phone’s in a car dock.

You can add optional constraints to fine-tune the conditions under which your macro can run. This gives the app even more power, and your macros can be as simple or as complex as you need them to be.

If MacroDroid is perfect for on-device automation, then IF does the same for web services. The official IFTTT app enables you to create “recipes” that connect two internet-based services or devices, with your Android phone as the central hub.

The possibilities are almost endless. You can use IF to automatically tweet, to get SMS alerts for your Google Calendar appointments, or to get notifications on price drops for products you’re looking to buy. Once you get it up and running, you’ll wonder how you ever did without it.

Phone screens are getting bigger, and it’s a mixed blessing. A larger display is great for things like gaming and video consumption, but it makes one-handed control of your phone almost impossible.

Pie Control addresses this fact by placing a pie-shaped control panel at the bottom corner or edge of your screen. It contains buttons for common interface controls, as well as a configurable panel of app icons. It pops up and disappears when you need it, and it places the most used parts of your phone within easy reach of your thumb, just like the old days.

Spend any amount of time sitting at your PC throughout the day, and SMS Text Messaging from MightyText becomes an essential app.

It syncs with your PC, Mac, or Linux computer via a browser extension and gives you full access to your SMS messages on the bigger screen. You can read, reply, or create new messages, and you can also view notifications from all your other apps. You’ll hardly need to pick up your phone again.

Copy and paste on Android is mostly fine, until it doesn’t work. Some things just don’t support it — tweets, for example, or YouTube or Instagram descriptions.

With Universal Copy you can copy and paste almost anything, from any app. It integrates seamlessly with the system — a long press is all you need for the option to copy your chosen text to the clipboard.

We love the fact that you can replace the default Android apps with any others of your choosing. But sometimes you want to use more than one app to handle particular types of file and link.

With Better Open With, you can. This app replaces the standard “Open with” screen with something that is more powerful for two reasons. First, you can choose which apps you’ll be offered to open a link with — reducing an often cluttered list to just one or two options.

Second, Better Open With works on a timer. It opens on tapping a link, but switches to the default after a couple of seconds, if you don’t want to make a choice.

The single best way to customize your Android phone is to install a new launcher. There are a huge number to choose from, the best of which is Nova.

It’s small, fast, very stable, and infinitely customizable. The default settings are perfect, but it also comes packed with extra features that you might not know about. These range from support for icon packs to the ability to resize any widget.

But the built-in gesture controls beat everything. These enable you to assign functions — from activating settings, to navigating the interface, to launching apps — to a series of taps, swipes and pinches.

If you’re a power user, Nova’s gestures will fundamentally change how you interact with your device.

Source: www.techgignews.com

Crazy things tech companies have bought for their execs

Much of the money an exec makes is just salary and stock, but sometimes they get a little extra. Here's some of the craziest perks these industry leaders have received:

Salesforce bought its new COO a fancy $41,000 watch in 2015.

In lieu of your typical bonus, Salesforce paid $40,564 for a new watch for its COO Keith Block "in recognition of his success leading the sales organization in the first quarter of fiscal year 2016," the SEC filing states.

Salesforce declined to comment on exactly what type of watch Block received.

Salesforce also paid $33,400 to evacuate a sick family member of its CPO from a foreign country.

Chief Product Officer and President Alexandre Drayon used Salesforce aircraft to evacuate a family member from a developing country for a medical emergency. The cost to the company was $33,400 and was factored in as part of his other compensation.

Oracle pays for its top execs to get legal help for their political donations.

Oracle hired lawyers to make sure its executives know how to comply with reporting their political campaign contributions. Founder Larry Ellison received $5,780 worth of advice in fiscal year 2015. Money put to good use since Ellison is the top Silicon Valley donor to presidential candidates currently.

Oracle also doled out $325 in services each to four other members of its leadership team.

Google paid Eric Schmidt $672,400 to fly guests to one conference.

In 2014, Google paid for its executive chairman to fly multiple planes to a conference he organized somewhere in the US. But not much more is known about what it was or what they were meeting about, making this one of the largest mystery expenses.

HP Inc. paid $2 million to relocate its CEO from Singapore to Palo Alto, CA.

Dion Weisler got an extra $2.4 million in a relocation bonus for his move from Singapore to Palo Alto in late 2015.

HP's top brass also received $18,000 each for financial planning.

Twitter executives paid more than $110,00 for personal car services.

Twitter doled out $41,209 in personal car services to former CEO Dick Costolo. Former VP of Product Kevin Weil took $69,692 worth of rides.

PayPal paid $109,410 to protect its CEO during his personal vacations.

It's standard (and costly) to protect a CEO, but PayPal's Dan Schulman gets extra security even during his personal vacations.

But that's still way less than the $1.6 million Amazon pays to protect Jeff Bezos at work and home.

Source : www.techgignews.com

How to build secure RESTful web services

Most of the APIs today implement token-based user authentication

With the world moving towards language agnostic APIs, the use of web services over HTTP has grown exponentially.  Web services over HTTP allow different types of systems developed on different platforms to communicate with each other. 

REST architectural style is one way to develop such APIs. Whether you comply to REST recommendations exactly or you modify them to suit your application, the security of web services over HTTP remains a challenge.

Major security challenges include being able to securely authenticate the user and prevent security attacks like Replay and Man in the Middle, a good REST API should encompass all possible measures to deal with them. 

Most of the APIs today implement token-based user authentication. It is important to understand how the token-based authentication has evolved. Since the web services are designed to be stateless and can be consumed by any kind of HTTP client like a browser or a mobile app, securely authenticating user and managing user sessions is a challenge.

There are concerns such as whether user passwords should be passed over the network or not. Unless credentials are not passed over the network, how can we securely authenticate the user? What if my organisation is not able to use HTTPS and there is a chance of data being attacked by a man-in-the-middle before it reaches the server?

How to avoid a request that was already served from being replayed by the attacker? How to harden the web service endpoints while using HTTPS? How can I limit the access of web service endpoints to a specific set of users or customers?

To answer these questions, the developer community has come up with solutions like multiple flows of OAuth, Mutual/Two-way SSL Authentication and Signature Verification to tackle man in the middle attacks and Cryptographic Nonce + Timestamp verification to prevent replay attacks. 

Source : www.techgignews.com

Satya Nadella embraces cloud computing, turns Microsoft into No 2 after Amazon

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has reshaped the company since taking over two years ago. Windows is still important, but it's no longer the only platform that matters. Nadella has embraced cloud computing, turning Microsoft into the clear No 2 in the category after Amazon.

There was a lot of talk last week at Build about chatbots and artificial agents and "conversation as a platform." Why do you think now is the right time to make that push and make that play?

At the core what we're doing is reasoning over large amounts of data continuously. First, we have that data, data about you, your preferences, organisation and the world. To do that on a continuous basis, you need lots and lots of computing power. That's what we get through the cloud. Then you also need it in the devices. And the combination of that device proliferation and ubiquity as well as the compute power in the cloud are making it possible for us now to deliver that kind of experiences that we're talking about.

Can you give sort of concrete example why I should be excited about this?

Take Cortana, the fact that you have a personal digital assistant that knows you, knows your preferences, has the ability, in a privacy-protecting way, to go and look at your information and your organisation's information and help you with your tasks. First of all, it's not just in one operating system. So I'm running late to a meeting. The personal assistant realises that, automatically on my behalf reschedules or notifies the person because it knows my calendar. The ability for Cortana to proactively look at events that are happening in the real world, like whenever I look at it, every morning I look to see that Cortana is highlighting any particular meetings that are coming up, or any news articles that are relevant to the meetings that I even have, and it flags them to me.

What do you think needs to be done to continue to encourage entrepreneurialism in India and other developing nations?

The access to computing and the friction associated with it has come down. We opened two data centers in India recently to tap into this and to enable the local entrepreneurial energy in India to be able to create companies. Not just large companies, but public sector, small business.

How do you see Microsoft's mission in serving shareholders versus or in addition to some other stakeholders, like employees, society, and so on?

I absolutely think that Microsoft's mission of empowering every person and every organisation on the planet to achieve more cannot be met if we do not view our fundamental responsibility as being multiconstituent. Investors are important, but at the same time if we fundamentally do not contribute to the world economic growth because of digital technology, then long term we won't have a business. That means when we think about white-space solutions in Kenya, it's important for us if we ever are going to be long-term relevant in Kenya with technology that successful businesses are going to be using. As a multinational that means I think a lot about what's the employment we are creating, the opportunity we are creating in every country we participate in, versus just the rents we are collecting. Because I think that any company that thinks that their success is just measured by revenue and profit, then it may last for a while, but it's not long-term stable.

What has been the biggest change to your life and your lifestyle since you became the CEO of Microsoft?

There's no such thing as balance. It's how do I harmonise my work and my life. One of the things I've been thinking quite a bit, in fact I talked about it even internally, is a long time ago I used to work with this guy called Doug Burgum. And he had said this to me, and it's increasingly becoming much more part of my consciousness: We all spend far too much time at work for it not to be something more than work, for it not to have deeper meaning, whether it be Microsoft or any one of us in any role. Because if we look at it, I would have spent more time at Microsoft than living together with my kids, because they'll all grow and they'll go into colleges and have their own lives. And I think about time spent, then my work had better be something nourishing to my soul and my personal philosophy, and so on. And in terms of tips, I would say I am trying to get much more disciplined.

When I'm with my family, doing something say even this weekend, tomorrow when I'm there with my daughter, I'm present. What does that presence mean? A lot of us have the residual effect of the last email, the last thing. You've got to get very, very good, I think, in modern life to not have that residual effect spoil your presence. I see people over a dinner table all on their cellphone, that's when I say, wow, that's tragic. There's information anxiety, all of us have it, it's just natural. So therefore how do we help them be more present?

Source : www.techgignews.com

How to save yourself from Android malware

According to a recent report from Trend Micro, Android malware has doubled from 2014 to 2015. 

Needless to say, mobile devices continued being hotbeds for cybercriminals looking to exploit security flaws. If not controlled, Android malware can reach an all-new level and impact other smart technologies as well. 

As per the findings of various researches and surveys, it is projected that by 2017, almost one third of the world will own mobile devices, of which Android phones will take the lion’s share. 

However, this growth comes with associated threats. The growth of Android usage has managed to garner a lot of attention of hackers who are now honing their hacking skills and finding new ways to attack into the vast and widening pool of potential victims. 

TechGig.com spoke to Nilesh Jain, country manager-India and SAARC, Trend Micro, about the increasing threats on Android and how to avoid them.

Listing the most popular threats, Nilesh shares, “Of all the threats, mobile malware is the top most, which is thriving and constantly evolving. With 97 per cent of malware threat occurring on Android devices, premium-rate SMS fraud is main type of malware affecting people worldwide. Threats piggybacked on the robust Android growth and vulnerability, spamming and phishing have now shifted away from emails to social media. Another vulnerability identified is Android debugger. Debuggered vulnerability can be utilised to expose a device’s memory content. Furthermore, Android Installer hijacking vulnerability gives hackers the ability to replace legitimate apps with malicious versions in order to steal information from the user.”

The report released by the company stated that the mobile malware growth will be seen most in China. In addition, mobile payment methods will be attacked globally. Most of the malicious mobile apps are being developed and used in China. After China, India is the second most affected nation with Android malware. India has one of the biggest smartphone user bases, which makes it an easy target for mobile hackers. Furthermore, China, India and Indonesia are three most severely afflicted countries. The cause of this can also be attributed to the fact that people in these countries have started using mobile payments, which attracts online criminals to conduct their businesses on mobile phones. 

Precautions you can take…

Sharing the simplest possible tricks that users can follow to save from themselves from Android malware, Nilesh said, “The increasing number of attacks on Android can also be blamed on the lack of knowledge among the users apart from the shrewdness of the hackers. If the users today consider a few basic security procedures or hacks and stay a little more alert, Android malware attacks can be controlled. The foremost of them is to avoid installing apps from unknown sources. It is advisable to download apps from reputable app stores like Google Play etc. Thirdly, every Android phone has a security feature that allows the users to lock apps outside Google Play. Activating this feature warns the users about any app trying to install which is not in Google Play.”

Are anti-viruses useful?

The answer is a yes and a no. Anti-viruses, if not of good quality, can be of less use. Experts have clarified on several occasions that Apple iTunes and Google Play are not immune to hosting malicious apps on their stores. So users should consider installing a mobile security app on their devices as it can protect users from bad apps that sometimes get through. 

Nilesh says, “The threat to these users today are phishing sites which may be delivered via emails, which have a malicious link embedded within the email or found on browsed sites. These phishing sites request information from the user via the webpage (ex. Login credentials, CC numbers, etc.) and if a user fills them out, the data is sent to the hacker. These phishing pages don’t care what browser the user is accessing. So the best protection is a mobile security app that includes web reputation which can block access to these malicious sites. These anti-viruses can help secure a mobile device better as cybercriminals come up with more complex ways to attack mobile devices; more so because no coding is required to bind Android apps with malicious programmes.”

He also emphasised that although the number of breach through Android device is on the rise, the phenomenon is still at a nascent stage. Therefore not many people are paying attention to the importance of securing their mobile devices. 

Nilesh said, “Despite the fact that more than half of the total mobile using population store their personal details and other sensitive information online through their mobile devices, very few take basic precautions like using passwords, installing security software or backing up the mobile devices. As mentioned earlier, anti-viruses for mobile phones are available in the market but very few have it or are aware of it. It seems like the mobile security awareness is on decline, but the number of people using mobile devices is growing.”

As they say, it’s better to be safe than sorry. So, investing in a good anti-virus is not such a bad idea in this bad world of malware. 

Source : techgignews.com

Project managers, tech sales pros are in high demand

What are the hardest jobs to fill in tech? Not surprisingly, developers and engineers top the list. According to Edward Flynn, senior enterprise technical recruiter at technology recruiting and staffing firm Mondo. DevOps engineers, mobile developers, front-end developers, security engineers and cloud architects continue to be in huge demand. But after engineers, IT companies also are struggling to fill open roles for technical sales jobs and IT project managers.

A hard sell

According to a recent survey from sales platform ToutApp, which polled 300 HR managers from U.S.-based technology companies with at least 200 employees, 80 percent of respondents say their company plans to invest more in sales talent recruitment and hiring this year. When asked to identify the positions that present the most challenges finding "high-quality, experienced candidates," 69 percent of respondents cited IT/engineers. The second most-challenging positions to fill were technical sales roles, with 17 percent saying filling these roles presented the most challenges.

"After IT and product engineering, sales has really become the key to competitive advantage within most technology companies today. From business development to deal closure, revenue is directly attributed to the success and effectiveness of your sales team. The more you invest in bringing in the best people, the better positioned you are against the competition," says Tahweed Kader, CEO and founder of ToutApp.

One of the major challenges in finding, recruiting and hiring sales people is that there's often no formal education and training programs for sales pros; it's something many people discover as a career by accident, says Kader. "No one goes to college and says, 'I want to be in sales,' -- they'll say, I want to be in marketing or communications or another field like that, but there's no core 'basic training' for these sales skills. That's part of what makes it so difficult to find talent, because those that have those skills naturally are hugely coveted and they have so many job options already," he says.

When asked to state how competitive it is within the technology industry to find, recruit and hire experienced sales talent, 70 percent of those polled called it "very competitive." Finding and hiring entry-level sales talent was also described as "very competitive" by 52 percent of respondents. It's not just finding talent, either, says Kader, it's keeping that talent. Like engineers and developers, successful sales talent often have multiple job offers and opportunities, so retention is a major challenge.

In fact, according to survey respondents, 26 percent say the average sales rep tenure in their technology organization is just two to three years; 28 percent say it's only three to four years. That number drops to 21 percent for tenures of four to five years.

"You have to make sure you're offering education, training and that your compensation plans for sales people are top rate. There's so many companies looking, it's not unheard of that you'll hire a bunch of salespeople, get them trained and up to speed, and then they'll leave for a better offer," Kader says.

A good PM is hard to find

Technical project manager roles are also increasingly hard to fill, according to research from Strayer University's Strayer@Work Skills Index, which provides a real-time look at talent shortages across a number of industries, including IT. The index uses select skills data from the public domain, including LinkedIn profiles, to identify what skills are in highest demand and where companies are falling short.

The Skills Index identified performance management, IT audit and resource allocation and scheduling skills as those most in demand -- and hardest to find, says Kelly Bozarth, CEO of Strayer@Work.

"Within IT, we expected to see skills gaps around hard technology skills, and there's some of that, yes, around engineers and developers. But what was most interesting was that the biggest gap was around the skillset for project managers. That ability to take IT projects and deliver them on-time, under-budget and to use technology to help drive ROI -- that's huge," says Bozarth.

Technical project management skills are necessary in all fields, and one challenge in finding and recruiting project managers is the increased competition for talent, says Bozarth. Regardless of industry, almost all companies today depend on technology to drive their business, which means IT project managers are in demand across the board, in every industry.

"Every company is an IT company nowadays, so every industry, not just IT, is going to need these people, so you have to think much more strategically when hiring. One solution is to hire at the entry-level and then institute learning and education programs to build the talent from within your organization," Bozarth says.

Though they don't get as much attention, project management and sales roles are just as important to your IT business -- and hiring for them can be just as challenging.

Source : www.techgignews.com

How startups are getting the corner store online

The next wave of e-commerce in India will be driven by millions of small merchants taking their businesses online. A host of startups is helping retailers get a web presence, build their brand and make more money

Atul Tater has been selling his apparel on Flipkart and Amazon for six months, and sees about ten garments take off every day. He pays 25-30% commission per sale to the marketplaces. Three months ago, Singapore-based e-commerce company Shopmatic approached Tater to build a website for his brand, Reevolution. He signed up quickly since it came for Rs 1,400 a month and included a Facebook page shop, an inventory management tool and a payment gateway.

"If I had set out to start my own dynamic website, it would have cost upwards of Rs 50,000," says Tater. Though he'll continue to sell on the marketplaces the idea of not having to shell out 30% commission comes as a relief to the Noida-based businessman.

For small merchants like Tater, the cost of setting up a website, managing inventory and logistics and establishing a payment gateway can be intimidating. And that's where e-commerce companies are stepping in.

The opportunity to take small businesses online is seen as the next big e-commerce wave. Search giant Google started its 'India Get Your Business Online' project in 2011 to do the same, but didn't succeed. However, startups that have come later have figured out that an online identity without dynamic inventory management and payment gateway is not a recipe for success. These startups provide complete solutions to take brick-and-mortar retailers online. Early-stage investor Blume Ventures has four investments in the space -- Snapbizz, Zopper, NowFloats and Instamojo. Its founder and managing partner Karthik Reddy says he is very bullish on such startups. The top 10 funded startups in the domain have raised upwards of $60 million in the last few years, according to startups ecosystem tracking platform Tracxn.

In China, there are 40 million small businesses, but only 12 million have an online presence. In India, the numbers are far worse -- of the 60 million small businesses, only a million are online. "It is not a question of either being on a marketplace or having one's own website. A seller needs to have a presence across the range of platforms where the customer comes. Large marketplaces don't cater to micro merchants and in many cases the demand is local," says Reddy, adding that discovery is also an issue for small merchants on big marketplaces.

For most sellers, the idea is not to miss a single lead that comes their way. Yet, they do not want the trouble of building and managing an e-commerce store.

Shopmatic co-founder and CEO Anurag Avula says his platform takes away all these pain points. For instance, making changes to inventory or uploading photos is a matter of drag-and-drop. "We take care of design, look, user interface, user experience. The customization is at a high level; even the font will be according to the theme of that particular seller," he says

Source : www.techgignews.com

Announcing Windows Support in Ionic 2

After much ado, the team is excited to announce official support for Universal Windows Platform Apps in Ionic 2 beta.3, complete with a total UI look-and-feel and component set.

Windows support has been an oft-requested feature for a number of important reasons. First, many enterprise companies have large deployments of Windows Phones and want to build apps more easily for them. Second, mobile Windows devices like the Surface are proliferating and we want to make it easy to build apps that run on those devices, too. As an added benefit, Windows 10 sports JavaScript as a native app development language which we think is just swell (yeah, I’m bringing “swell” back).

To get started, update your npm dependency on ionic-angular to 2.0.0-beta.3 or higher , or start a new v2 project. Note: we will not be supporting Windows Phone 8 or below, so get your devices updated!

Yeeeeeeeeee-hawwwwww!

Source : ionic-blog.

Android Auto comes to 18 new countries including India

Google's in-car operating system Android Auto is coming to India and 17 other countries. The company announced this on Twitter with an emojified tweet. "Full speed ahead. #AndroidAuto is now available in 18 new countries..." goes the tweet showing the flags of the countries the company is launching Android Auto in.

Below is the list of regions Android Auto is launching in:

Argentina Austria Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Costa Rica Dominican Republic Ecuador Guatemala India Panama Paraguay Peru Puerto Rico Russia Switzerland Uruguay Venezuela

Google's Android Auto competes with Apple's in-car system CarPlay. Both CarPlay and Android Auto allow voice commands to be turned on with a touch of a steering wheel button. Phones need to be plugged into the USB port, where the phone is kept charging and powering the in-car entertainment. You can access maps, voicemail, phone contacts and music apps using a touch screen embedded in the dashboard -- no need to grab your phone

Source : techgignews.com

McAfee: Only 42 percent of security experts use shared threat intelligence

Intel Security has released its McAfee Labs Threats Report: March 2016, which assesses the attitudes of 500 cybersecurity professionals toward cyber threat intelligence (CTI) sharing.

The report examines the inner workings of the Adwind remote administration tool (RAT), and provides details about surges in ransomware, mobile malware, and overall malware in Q4 2015.

Some of the findings include:

Value perception and adoption: Of the 42 percent of respondents who report using shared threat intelligence, 97 percent believe that it enables them to provide better protection for their company. Of those participating respondents, 59 percent find such sharing to be “very valuable” to their organizations, while 38 percent find sharing to be “somewhat valuable.”

Industry-specific intelligence: A near unanimous 91 percent of respondents voice interest in industry-specific cyber threat intelligence, with 54 percent responding “very interested” and 37 percent responding “somewhat interested.” Sectors such as financial services and critical infrastructure stand to benefit most from such industry-specific CTI given the highly specialized nature of threats McAfee Labs has monitored in these two mission-critical industries.

Willingness to share: Sixty-three percent of respondents indicate they may be willing to go beyond just receiving shared CTI to actually contributing their own data, as long as it can be shared within a secure and private platform. However, the idea of sharing their own information is met with varying degrees of enthusiasm, with 24 percent responding they are “very likely” to share while 39 percent are “somewhat likely” to share.

Types of data to share: When asked what types of threat data they are willing to share, respondents say behavior of malware (72 percent), followed by URL reputations (58 percent), external IP address reputations (54 percent), certificate reputations (43 percent), and file reputations (37 percent).

Barriers to CTI: When asked why they have not implemented shared CTI in their enterprises, 54 percent of respondents identify corporate policy as the reason, followed by industry regulations (24 percent). The remainder of respondents whose organizations do not share data report being interested but need more information (24 percent), or are concerned shared data would be linked back to their firms or themselves as individuals (21 percent). These findings suggest a lack of experience with, or knowledge of, the varieties of CTI integration options available to the industry, as well as a lack of understanding of the legal implications of sharing CTI.

“Given the determination demonstrated by cybercriminals, CTI sharing will become an important tool in tilting the cybersecurity balance of power in favor of defenders,” said Vincent Weafer, vice president of Intel Security’s McAfee Labs group. “But our survey suggests that high-value CTI must overcome the barriers of organizational policies, regulatory restrictions, risks associated with attribution, trust and a lack of implementation knowledge before its potential can be fully realized.”

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Satya Nadella says Microsoft's next big thing will have 'as profound an impact' as touchscreens and the web

On stage at this week's Microsoft Build event, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said that chatbots, which it sees as the next big thing, will have "as profound an impact as previous shifts we've had."

Nadella elaborates that this will put chatbots - which he calls "conversations as a platform" - in the same category as past paradigm shifts like the graphical user interface, the web browser and the iPhone-driven adoption of the touchscreen.

Companies including Facebook, Slack, and Microsoft have begun investing heavily in these so-called "conversations as a platform," with the promise of making booking a flight or buying a new shirt as easy as sending a text message. It's an important shift, as these interfaces have the potential to make computing accessible to non-technical users.

"It's a simple concept, yet it's very powerful in its impact. It is about taking the power of human language and applying it more pervasively to our computing," Nadella says.

According to a recent Bloomberg Businessweek story, Nadella has made chatbots his first big initiative since taking over Microsoft two years ago. In many ways, it makes sense: As Nadella himself notes at Build, it combines Microsoft cutting-edge speech research with the power of its Azure cloud to make it all possible.

Microsoft has been playing with this a lot recently. In China, Microsoft's Xioaice is a well-loved chatbot with 40 million users. But more recently, the Microsoft Tay chatbot made headlines in America and beyond for all the wrong reasons, after going rogue with terrible, racist tweets.

Nadella promises we'll hear more about chatbots and conversations as a platform.

Source : www.techgignews.com

Soon, phone landline from WhatsApp

NEW DELHI: You may soon be able to dial landline or mobile phone numbers from popular internet apps such as Skype, WhatsApp or Viber, following clearance for inter-connect agreements between internet service providers and telecom operators by an inter-ministerial panel of the government on Monday.

The move may result in substantially lower charges for voice calls (which would be billed as per data usage), though poor quality of internet networks - a general irritant with broadband services in many parts of the country - could be a dampener.

A part from being a consumer-friendly move, the decision to allow inter-connect agreements between ISPs and telecom operators will be a shot in the arm or Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Jio Infocomm, which will soon begin services across the country . Reliance Jio plans to offer voice over its 4G network. Following the panel's clearance, its subscribers will be able to terminate calls on the landline or mobile networks of any service provider ranging from MTNL or BSNL's fixed lines o the mobile numbers on Air el, Vodafone or Idea Cellular.

"The move has been cleared by the inter-ministerial elecom commission and groundwork to get it going will start soon," an official source said.

Sector regulator Trai had already recommended the measure to allow inter-connect for voice over internet protocol (or VoIP) services, and this had been pending with the telecom ministry .Changes will be made to licence conditions to allow inter-connection of IP (internet protocol) networks.

Source : The Times Of India - Tech News.

Internet speeds are improving, but more people are relying on smartphones

Internet speeds in Wisconsin have improved considerably in recent years, although they're still slow in places and, nationwide, more people are using smartphones as their only Internet device.

Wisconsin ranks 17th among states in average broadband speed, up from 22nd three years ago.

The average connection speed of 15 megabits per second is more than three times faster than it was eight years ago, according to Akamai Technologies, a Cambridge, Mass., firm that tracks broadband trends.

Nationwide, Washington, D.C., has the fastest average speed, about 21 mbps, while Alaska and Kentucky have the slowest average speeds, less than 10 mbps, Akamai said.

Wisconsin's average peak connection speed, 60 mbps, is now six times faster than it was in 2007, according to Akamai.

There's been consistent improvement, said David Belson, senior director of industry and data intelligence at Akamai.

"Is Wisconsin number one? No. But are things improving? Absolutely," Belson said.

Broadband is a high-speed Internet connection capable of handling data through fiber-optic cable or other means.

Many rural areas are limited to a slow-speed connection that is unsuitable for certain purposes, such as watching videos or operating a business.

There are various rankings of how states compare, and while not everyone agrees on the numbers, few would say broadband service isn't important.

Still, the percentage of U.S. homes with broadband access seems to have slipped, according to a Pew Research Center study.

It now stands at 67%, down from 70% in 2013 — a small but statistically significant difference, according to Pew.

"We are not sure if this is a trend or an aberration," said Bill Esbeck, executive director of the Wisconsin State Telecommunications Association, which represents telecom providers.

The downtick has taken place at the same time as there's been an increase in "smartphone only" adults — those who have a smartphone for accessing the Internet and don't have traditional broadband service at home, Pew said.

Thirteen percent of Americans are now in the smartphone only category, up from 8% in 2013. Some of the most significant changes have taken place among African-Americans, those with relatively low household incomes and people living in rural areas, according to Pew.

There's also more competition now between wired and wireless Internet providers, with some wireless firms marketing products as a substitute for a wired connection.

"We are watching these trends very closely. ... But I think the user experience of a wired option at home is still superior," Esbeck said.

Barry Orton, a recently retired University of Wisconsin-Madison telecommunications professor, said he's not convinced that demand for home broadband service has fallen much.

"The one thing I can say for sure (from the Pew research) is that dial-up Internet service is disappearing. There's almost no more dial-up, which I don't think is a surprise but, historically, is interesting," Orton said.

Overall, 33% of American adults do not have broadband at home, according to Pew.

Within this group of non-adopters, 36% had a subscription in the past, while 59% say they have never had a broadband subscription plan at home.

In addition, just 25% of non-adopters are interested in subscribing to broadband service in the future, while 70% say they're not interested, the Pew report says.

For some people, a wired Internet connection isn't available even if they want it, and a smartphone connection isn't very good either.

That's the case for Paul Ohlrogge, who lives 20 miles west of Madison in a rural area that has weak wireless phone signals and few Internet options.

"I live in a dead zone for cellphone reception. And while there are good Internet connections in Dodgeville, a couple of miles out of town there are people still on dial-up," he said.

Ohlrogge does economic development work at the University of Wisconsin Extension in Dodgeville. Without adequate broadband, he said, rural areas can't attract businesses and encourage company start-ups.

"If people find that Internet service is spotty, they won't even consider starting a business," he said.

Six years ago, Ohlrogge was in Rwanda working on a dairy cow artificial insemination project in remote areas of the mountainous country.

In the "middle of nowhere," he said, a woman used a smartphone to sell beans in a marketplace.

"I couldn't do that at my house," he said.

As more people use a smartphone as their only Internet-access device, they encounter challenges including data caps in their service plans, according to Pew.

"They also more frequently have to cancel or suspend service due to financial constraints," the research noted.

As smartphone traffic increases, the industry needs to increase its network capacity, said Jeff Roznowski, past president of the Wisconsin Wireless Association.

That, he said, would help relieve data caps.

The Pew report also says 15% of Americans have become "cord cutters," meaning they have abandoned paid cable or satellite television service. Many of these people say the availability of televised content from the Internet is a factor in dropping subscription television service, according to Pew.

Internet providers are taking market share from cable companies that have been in the marketplace for a long time, said Andrew Petersen, vice president of TDS Telecom in Madison.

TDS is one of the largest broadband providers in rural Wisconsin. Petersen said the company is pursuing "skinny 

bundles" of television channel offerings that have fewer choices and lower prices.

"Certainly our customers would like to see a more tailored package of channels where they can pick and choose," Petersen said.

Source : www.techgignews.com

The 6 Things You Should Never Sacrifice for Your Job—No Matter What

1. Your Health

It’s difficult to know when to set boundaries around your health at work because the decline is so gradual. Allowing stress to build up, losing sleep, and sitting all day without exercising all add up. Before you know it, you’re rubbing your aching back with one hand and your zombie-like eyes with the other, and you’re looking down at your newly acquired belly. The key here is to not let things sneak up on you, and the way you do that is by keeping a consistent routine. Think about what you need to do to keep yourself healthy (taking walks during lunch, not working weekends, taking your vacations as scheduled), make a plan, and stick to it no matter what. If you don’t, you’re allowing your work to overstep its bounds.

2. Your Family

It’s easy to let your family suffer for your work. Many of us do this because we see our jobs as a means of maintaining our families. We have thoughts such as “I need to make more money so that my kids can go to college debt-free.” Though these thoughts are well-intentioned, they can burden your family with the biggest debt of all—a lack of quality time with you. When you’re on your deathbed, you won’t remember how much money you made for your spouse and kids. You’ll remember the memories you created with them.

3. Your Sanity

While we all have our own levels of this to begin with, you don’t owe a shred of it to your employer. A job that takes even a small portion of your sanity is taking more than it’s entitled to. Your sanity is something that’s difficult for your boss to keep track of. You have to monitor it on your own and set good limits to keep yourself healthy. Often, it’s your life outside of work that keeps you sane. When you’ve already put in a good day’s (or week’s) worth of work and your boss wants more, the most productive thing you can do is say no, and then go and enjoy your friends and hobbies. This way, you return to work refreshed and de-stressed. You certainly can work extra hours if you want to, but it’s important to be able to say no to your boss when you need time away from work.

4. Your Identity

While your work is an important part of your identity, it’s dangerous to allow your work to become your whole identity. You know you’ve allowed this to go too far when you reflect on what’s important to you and work is all that (or most of what) comes to mind. Having an identity outside of work is about more than just having fun. It also helps you relieve stress, grow as a person, and avoid burnout.

5. Your Contacts

While you do owe your employer your best effort, you certainly don’t owe him or her the contacts you’ve developed over the course of your career. Your contacts are a product of your hard work and effort, and while you might share them with your company, they belong to you.

6. Your Integrity

Sacrificing your integrity causes you to experience massive amounts of stress. Once you realize that your actions and beliefs are no longer in alignment, it’s time to make it clear to your employer that you’re not willing to do things his or her way. If that’s a problem for your boss, it might be time to part ways.

Bringing it All Together

Success and fulfillment often depend upon your ability to set good boundaries. Once you can do this, everything else just falls into place.

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What is it like to startup after 50?

Investors, too, are open to funding a startup run by entrepreneurs who are above 50 if the idea and the team click.

LR Sridhar, CEO of Connect India, is an entrepreneur with a mission to create a logistics pipeline connecting every single village in all of India's 688 districts.

It is a humongous vision given the length and breadth of the country. But the 61-year-old is up for the challenge.

At a time when the word 'startup' conjures up images of bustling youngsters wanting to change the world, age is just a number for several 'young-at-heart' entrepreneurs like Sridhar, who co-founded Connect India two years ago.

"Normally, there's a preconceived notion that somebody who is doing a startup is 27. That's not true," said Prem Kumar, a mid-50s entrepreneur who started retail-technology firm SnapBizz three years ago. "In a global ecosystem, people with a lot of experience are doing startups. They are leveraging their experience pretty well. In my opinion, it is never too late if you have the passion and the zeal to do it."

But if you are in your fifties and want to take the plunge, you need to accept that startup life will be a lot different from the corporate world. "Nobody will pick your call - who are you, why should I talk with you?" said Sanjay Bhargava, CEO of the 10-month-old Bharosa Club and one of the founding employees of PayPal.

"Before PayPal, I was in a senior position in Citibank. I would call and say I'd like to talk you to and people would be delighted. In the early days at PayPal, if I called someone... I had to tell about our model and say that we were funded by Sequoia, and it'd get easier. That is a big challenge in India than in the US, because India is still a hierarchy-conscious place," said Bhargava, 59.

If adjusting to the non-hierarchical life is one ask, ensuring financial security is another, especially as the safety net for your family and you would be smaller. You need to make sure that you have enough to bank on, just in case your startup goes through a rough patch or fails.

"Life will not continue to be the same. Some aspects will be better and nice, some aspects are probably going to be worse. You are embarking on a journey. The financial safety net you have created for yourself... you should have the courage to play with that safety net," said Kumar.

Once your mind and pocket are in place, the next is to find the right team to transform your idea into reality. This is crucial because while you might be experienced at running great teams you could be lacking in new-age skills. The key here is to find a balance between experienced folks and youngsters.

"You have to build a like-minded team, preferably a mix across ages. It's hard to do," said Pradeep Singh, CEO of Vidyanext, an education-technology startup that connects students to tutors.

"One of the things is, as you get older you have a tendency to hire people in the team who look like you. Focus on getting people who are younger. Startup journey is hard. You need the risk-taking, the brashness, the willingness to put in 18 hours a day, the intensity that youth brings to the table," said Singh, also 59.

During the course of this journey, your family will have a big role to play. Being empty nesters might be an advantage.

"You go back to being more preoccupied and intensely engaged with what you are doing. You start compromising on family time. But maybe the difference is that now the kids have grown up and are doing their own thing. I think it is hardest for the spouse," said Hemachandra Javeri, chairman of sports apparel startup Zeven, which he officially launched with tennis ace Mahesh Bhupathi in February. Javeri, 53, is also a co-founder of Forum Synergies (India) PE Fund.

The common thread connecting this myriad bunch of senior entrepreneurs is their ambition to bring about a social change. The underlying cause of their startup is what drives these entrepreneurs to work their hearts out.

"After 50-60 one does not start up for money. They want to give back something to the society, something like a corporate social responsibility," said Sridhar of Connect India. So, if you have plans to startup, do it in a field you are passionate about.

Singh of Vidyanext is of the same view. "When you are moderately successful, you have numerous choices as to where you can spend your time... financial needs are relatively met. The question is before I call it a day and hang up my boots can I do something that can have an impact?" said Singh.

Investors, too, are open to funding a startup run by entrepreneurs who are above 50 if the idea and the team click.

"These entrepreneurs are more mature and collected. Experience brings stability during a crisis. Even in personal lives, they would have gone through ups and downs. They know how to handle situations," said Padmaja Ruparel, President of Indian Angel Network.

"Age has its importance," said Vineet Rai, CEO of Aavishkar Fund, which has funded Connect India, among other ventures. "We focus on the team. We see these entrepreneurs as mentors to the team."

Source : www.techgignews.com

what were the best business books in 2015?

A Work in Progress: A Memoir -- Connor Franta

Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice -- Bill Browder

Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win -- Jocko Willink, Leif Babin

You're Never Weird on the Internet (Almost) -- Felicia Day

Elon Musk: Inventing the Future -- Ashlee Vance

Saving Capitalism: For the Many, Not the Few -- Robert B. Reich

How Music Got Free: The End of an Industry, the Turn of the Century, and the Patient Zero of Piracy -- Stephen Witt

The School of Greatness: A Real-World Guide to Living Bigger, Loving Deeper, and Leaving a Legacy -- Lewis Howes

The Crossroads of Should and Must: Find and Follow Your Passion -- Elle Luna

Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction -- Philip E. Tetlock, Dan Gardner

Rising Strong: The Reckoning, the Rumble, the Revolution -- Brene Brown

Do Over: Everything You Need to Get Unstuck at Work -- Jon Acuff

Work Rules! Insights from Inside Google That Will Transform How You Live and Lead -- Laszlo Bock

Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics -- Richard H. Thaler

Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World -- General Stanley McChrystal

Bold: How to Go Big, Create Wealth and Impact the World -- Peter H. Diamandis, Steven Kotler

Unfinished Business: Women Men Work Family -- Anne-Marie Slaughter

Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear -- Elizabeth Gilbert

Fail, Fail Again, Fail Better -- Pema Chodron

The Dorito Effect: The Surprising New Truth About Food and Flavor -- Mark Schatzker

The End of Jobs: Money, Meaning and Freedom Without the 9-to-5 -- Taylor Pearson

America's Bank: The Epic Struggle to Create the Federal Reserve -- Roger Lowenstein

The Steal Like an Artist Journal: A Notebook for Creative Kleptomaniacs -- Austin Kleon

The Song Machine: Inside the Hit Factory -- John Seabrook

Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World -- Bruce Schneier

Losing the Signal: The Untold Story Behind the Extraordinary Rise and Spectacular Fall of BlackBerry -- Jacquie McNish, Sean Silcoff

Above the Line: Lessons in Leadership and Life from a Championship Season -- Urban Meyer

Future Crimes: Everything Is Connected, Everyone Is Vulnerable and What We Can Do About It -- Marc Goodman

America's Bitter Pill: Money, Politics, Backroom Deals, and the Fight to Fix Our Broken Healthcare System -- Steven Brill

The Art of the Start 2.0: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything -- Guy Kawasaki

Digital Gold: Bitcoin and the Inside Story of the Misfits and Millionaires Trying to Reinvent Money -- Nathaniel Popper

What to Do When It's Your Turn (and It's Always Your Turn) -- Seth Godin

Better Than Before: Mastering the Habits of Our Everyday Lives -- Gretchen Rubin

The Evolution of Everything: How New Ideas Emerge -- Matt Ridley

Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future -- Martin Ford

Triggers: Creating Behavior That Lasts--Becoming the Person You Want to Be -- Marshall Goldsmith, Mark Reiter

Friend & Foe: When to Cooperate, When to Compete, and How to Succeed at Both -- Adam Galinsky, Maurice Schweitzer

The Opposite of Spoiled: Raising Kids Who Are Grounded, Generous, and Smart About Money -- Ron Lieber

The Road to Character - David Brooks

Wealth, Poverty and Politics: An International Perspective -- Thomas Sowell

How to Fly a Horse: The Secret History of Creation, Invention, and Discovery -- Kevin Ashton

Rejection Proof: How I Beat Fear and Became Invincible Through 100 Days of Rejection -- Jia Jiang

How to Make a Living With Your Writing: Books, Blogging and More -- Joanna Penn

Leave Your Mark: Land Your Dream Job. Kill It in Your Career. Rock Social Media. -- Aliza Licht

Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age -- Sherry Turkle

Move Your Bus: An Extraordinary New Approach to Accelerating Success in Work and Life -- Ron Clark

Postcapitalism: A Guide to Our Future -- Paul Mason

Who Gets What--and Why: The New Economics of Matchmaking and Market Design -- Alvin E. Roth

People Over Profit: Break the System, Live with Purpose, Be More Successful -- Dale Partridge

Meaningful: The Story of Ideas That Fly -- Bernadette Jiwa

Marissa Mayer and the Fight to Save Yahoo! -Nicholas Carlson

6 Months to 6 Figures -- Peter Voogd

Life Is Good: The Book -- Bert Jacobs, John Jacobs

Most Likely to Succeed: Preparing Our Kids for the Innovation Era -- Tony Wagner, Ted Dintersmith

The Fringe Hours: Making Time for You - Jessica N. Turner

Living Well, Spending Less: 12 Secrets of the Good Life -- Ruth Soukup

Why We Work -- Barry Schwartz

The Art of Social Media: Power Tips for Power Users -- Guy Kawasaki, Peg Fitzpatrick

A Curious Mind: The Secret to a Bigger Life -- Brian Grazer, Charles Fishman

I Know How She Does It: How Successful Women Make the Most of Their Time -- Laura Vanderkam

Get What's Yours: The Secrets to Maxing Out Your Social Security -- Laurence J. Kotlikoff, Philip Moeller, Paul Solman

God's Bankers: A History of Money and Power at the Vatican -- Gerald Posner

Flashpoints: The Emerging Crisis in Europe -- George Friedman

You Win in the Locker Room First: The 7 C's to Build a Winning Team in Business, Sports, and Life -- Jon Gordon, Mike Smith

The Automatic Customer: Creating a Subscription Business in Any Industry -- John Warrillow

The Upward Spiral: Using Neuroscience to Reverse the Course of Depression, One Small Change at a Time -- Alex Korb

The Introvert Entrepreneur: Amplify Your Strengths and Create Success on Your Own Terms -- Beth Buelow

The Master Algorithm: How the Quest for the Ultimate Learning Machine Will Remake Our World -- Pedro Domingos

13 Things Mentally Strong People Don't Do: Take Back Your Power, Embrace Change, Face Your Fears, and Train Your Brain for Happiness and Success -- Amy Morin

Leadership BS: Fixing Workplaces and Careers One Truth at a Time -- Jeffrey Pfeffer

Louder Than Words: Harness the Power of Your Authentic Voice -- Todd Henry

The Monopolists: Obsession, Fury, and the Scandal Behind the World's Favorite Board Game -- Mary Pilon

15 Secrets Successful People Know About Time Management: The Productivity Habits of 7 Billionaires, 13 Olympic Athletes, 29 Straight-A Students, and 239 Entrepreneurs -- Kevin Kruse

Black Box Thinking: The Surprising Truth About Success -- Matthew Syed

Good Profit: How Creating Value for Others Built One of the World's Most Successful Companies -- Charles G. Koch

Happy Habits: Energize Your Career and Life in 4 Minutes a Day -- Vicki Morris

Are You Fully Charged?: The 3 Keys to Energizing Your Work and Life -- Tom Rath

Other People's Money: The Real Business of Finance -- John Kay

Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock 'n' Roll -- Peter Guralnick

Get Backed: Craft Your Story, Build the Perfect Pitch Deck, and Launch the Venture of Your Dreams -- Evan Baehr, Evan Loomis

The Heart-Led Leader: How Living and Leading From the Heart Will Change Your Organization and Your Life -- Tommy Spaulding

The Best Place to Work: The Art and Science of Creating an Extraordinary Workplace -- Ron Friedman

The Achievement Habit: Stop Wishing, Start Doing, and Take Command of Your Life -- Bernard Roth

Stand Out: How to Find Your Breakthrough Idea and Build a Following Around It -- Dorie Clark

Disrupt Yourself: Putting the Power of Disruptive Innovation to Work -- Whitney Johnson

Lean Out: The Struggle for Gender Equality in Tech and Start-Up Culture -- Elissa Shevinsky

Rewriting the Rules of the American Economy: An Agenda for Growth and Shared Prosperity -Joseph E. Stiglitz

Activate Your Brain: How Understanding Your Brain Can Improve Your Work -- and Your Life -- Scott G. Halford

Serial Winner: 5 Actions to Create Your Cycle of Success -- Larry Weidel

Zillow Talk: The New Rules of Real Estate -- Spencer Rascoff, Stan Humphries

Phishing for Phools: The Economics of Manipulation and Deception -- George A. Akerlof, Robert J. Shiller

Mindware: Tools for Smart Thinking -- Richard E. Nisbett

Works Well With Others: An Outsider's Guide to Shaking Hands, Shutting Up, Handling Jerks, and Other Crucial Skills in Business That No One Ever Teaches You -- Ross McCammon

The Silo Effect: The Peril of Expertise and the Promise of Breaking Down Barriers -- Gillian Tett

Simple Rules: How to Thrive in a Complex World -- Donald Sull, Kathleen M. Eisenhardt

Boss Life: Surviving My Own Small Business -- Paul Downs

Grit to Great: How Perseverance, Passion, and Pluck Take You From Ordinary to Extraordinary -- Linda Kaplan Thaler, Robin Koval

Content Inc.: How Entrepreneurs Use Content to Build Massive Audiences and Create Radically Successful Businesses -- Joe Pulizzi

Steal the Show: From Speeches to Job Interviews to Deal-Closing Pitches, How to Guarantee a Standing Ovation for All the Performances in Your Life -- Michael Port

Rich Bitch: A Simple 12-Step Plan for Getting Your Financial Life Together... Finally -- Nicole Lapin

The Methodology

Jurgen's team collected titles of business books throughout the year and augmented that list with books found in other "best of 2015" lists.

They then determined the earliest publication dates on Amazon and GoodReads and removed titles released before December, 1 2014, and after November 31, 2015.

Then they collected votes and ratings on GoodReads and created rankings based on the average number of votes per day, the average number of points per day, and the average rating. They then averaged those three ratings to determine a final ranking.

Source : techgignews.com

India fifth largest country with domain name hijacks in 2015

NEW DELHI: India has emerged as the fifth highest country that witnessed infections via DNS Hijacks in 2015, F-Secure Threat Round up Report said, adding DNS Hijacks brought bots, downloaders and information stealers last year.

The report details the trends and events in global cyber threats that hit consumers and companies last year and said the majority of the observed hijacks in 2015 occurred in Italy and Poland, followed by Egypt, Sweden, and India.

It said although domain name system (DNS) hijacks are a frequent type of attack in today's threat landscape, a significant spike in these hijacks was observed during the spring and summer months of 2015, specifically April through August.

DNS hijacks' basic aim is to alter the DNS configurations of their targets in order to monitor or manipulate internet traffic.

The report said various security flaws can lead to these DNS hijacks, including weak passwords, software vulnerabilities or malware.

DNS hijacks are an effective way for attackers to make contact with a large number of potential targets at once, as it provides them with the opportunity to compromise all of the devices connected to a particular network.

F-Secure is a Finland-based online security and privacy company that recently warned parents to become more aware of the threats posed by new Internet of Things (IoT) toys designed for kids.

Source : etcio.com

MongoDB as a service on cloud using Node.JS

Cloud computing  emerges as one of the hottest topic in field of information technology. Cloud computing is based on several other computing  research areas such as HPC, virtualization, utility computing and grid computing. In order to make clear the essential of cloud computing, we propose the characteristics of this area which make cloud computing being cloud computing and distinguish it from other research areas. Our work uses a NoSQL database, MongoDB. There are several advantages and disadvantages for both SQL and NoSQL databases. Developers often wonder which database is better and which they should use on their project.

There is no easy or straightforward answer for this question and there is not one database that will work for every project. MongoDB has both strengths and weaknesses, but overall it performs quite well and it doesn’t have as many restrictions and limitations as other NoSQL databases. The server being Node.JS, provides an event-driven architecture and a non-blocking I/O API that optimizes an application's throughput and stability. It is a cross-platform runtime environment

THE LITERATURE SURVEY

Now minute and average business organization are realizing that simply exchange to the cloud can get access to excellent business claims and increase up their infrastructure assets in a very low-cost, Internet on an as-needed basis . This new and exciting paradigm has generated significant interest in the marketplace and the academic world [6], resulting in a number of notable commercial and individual cloud computing services, e.g., form Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, and Sales force. Also, top database vendors, like Oracle, are adding cloud support to their databases.

Most of the web application cannot achieve good performance and scalability due to unnecessary waiting time of server on I/O tasks. Traditional programming languages which works on synchronous way cannot provide good response for web application as they have to wait for an I/O task to complete before proceeding to other task. For example, the web server needs to wait for the response from database before it can proceed to next task which needs the server to allocate resources for the single task. But with event oriented and asynchronous approach of programming, node.JS solves this problem of supporting large number of concurrent users with good performance without blocking all server resources on single I/O operation.

There is a noticeable lack of reputable articles that discuss performance issues and solutions for Node JS itself. There are only few academic articles on the performance testing of specific web applications. Most have to do with the theories behind testing. For example, Dr. Kumar Ramakanth wrote an article published by the International Journal on Computer Science and Engineering (IJCSE) . In which he defined criteria for testing web applications.