Employers using Facebook, Twitter for internal communications

Employers are now utilising a host of social media tools such as instant messaging and social networks to communicate with their employees, a new study has found. The research, which was based on surveys of 290 organisations from across North America, Europe and Asia, found that more than half of the employers surveyed...

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‘Smartphones apps help you save 22 days per year‘

Smartphone apps help users save 88 minutes of their time in a day or 22 days a year, a new study has found.  The study by market research firm Harris Interactive, based on the responses of 2,120 adults, found that 97 per cent of smartphone owners use at least one app on their device.  On average, those smartphone users...

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Apple iOS 7 will be be flat, black and white: Report

Apple's decision of redesigning its latest iOS 7 is speculated to present a 'black, white and flat' look all over. Jonathan Ive who became in charge of the look and feel of the Apple hardware and software last year, is reportedly not fond of skeuomorphic heavy designs, which currently dominate the iOS. According to a BBC report,...

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APAC CEOs lead in IT adoption: Gartner

A large number of Asia Pacific CEOs see their organisations as fast followers in adopting business and IT-led innovation, said a report by IT advisory firm Gartner. The 2013 Gartner CEO and Senior Executive Survey found that 32% see themselves as aggressive adopters of business and IT innovation, while 31% see themselves as...

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Soon, IRCTC website to book 7,200 tickets per minute

With the aim of bridging the gap between demand and supply in e-ticketing category,  IRCTC spelt out its grand plan to book 7,200 e-tickets per minute in the current fiscal. Currently, the ticketing site of the IRCTC is able to handle about 1.2 lakh concurrent connections on web servers and can book about 2000 tickets...

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‘Using hands-free device while driving can be dangerous‘

Scientists have shown that using hands-free cellular devices on the go could lead to a sharp increase in driving errors, says a study. MONTREAL: Scientists have shown that usinghands-free cellular devices on the go could lead to a sharp increase in driving errors, says a study. A pilot study by Yagesh Bhambhani,...

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Facebook, Twitter distract employees at work: Survey

Many Indian companies feel social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter have improved their brand equity and stakeholder engagement. NEW DELHI: Many Indian companies feel social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter have improved their brand equity and stakeholder engagement but such...

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Beware, that music at Starbucks can be malware

Scientists, including one of Indian-origin, have uncovered new hard-to-detect methods involving music, lighting or vibration that criminals may use to trigger mobile device malware. Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) presented the research at the 8th Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Symposium on Information,...

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Syrian hackers take down ITV Twitter account

British broadcaster ITV on Friday became the latest media outlet to have one of its Twitter feeds hacked by anonymous supporters of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, just days after Twitter beefed up security to prevent such attacks.  Twitter said on Wednesday that it had started rolling out an optional two-step authentication...

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Smartphones, tablets ‘threatening‘ video game industry

Serious people discuss whether these new consoles, facing competition from cellphones and tablets, might be endangered. REDMOND: On a gray day here last week,Microsoft officials welcomed a few hundred people into a tent pitched on a soccer field at the company's headquarters. Microsoft was unveiling an appliance,...

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