Thursday 9 October 2014

TalentPad, an online recruitment platform raises funding from Helion Ventures

10/09/2014 04:30:00 pm TECHNOLOGY No comments

TalentPad, an online recruitment platform raises funding from Helion Ventures

TalentPad (earlier TalentAuction) is a New Delhi based online recruitment platform that connects talent with employers in the technology/internet/analytics space. The company has raised funding from Helion Advisors. The amount of funding has not been disclosed but it’ll be used to fuel the company’s marketing initiatives and scale up the team. Ritesh Banglani, Partner, Helion, will join the board of the company.
TalentPad has been cofounded in 2013 by IIT and IIM alumnus, Mayank Jain, Nikhil Vij and Raghav Jain. TalentPad is a curated marketplace, with companies having to be ‘eligible’ to participate and it offers candidates the opportunity of instant visibility to across 100+ targeted employers. There is curation on the candidate side too, with the focus being on tier 1 technology talent in the country. Speaking on the investment Ritesh Banglani of Helion said,

Consumer internet services is a priority investment sector for us and we are always on the lookout for innovative plays in large, established markets like recruitment. There is a huge demand-supply gap in the recruitment segment, especially at the higher end of technology driven businesses, and TalentPad is ideally poised to meet the emerging opportunity. Helion was impressed by the founding team’s intellectual pedigree and a strong combination of business, technology and sales expertise.

According to reports, India produces nearly 1.5 million engineers every year and only a quarter of them are employable, leading to acute shortage of skilled workers. For employers, TalentPad aims to solve two fundamental challenges- to source premium candidates, and source them fast.The ability to curate both supply and demand to ensure perfect matchmaking has led to TalentPad currently working with 150 companies including the likes of InMobi, MakeMyTrip, Snapdeal, Myntra and BookMyShow. Companies pay a percentage of the gross
salary, as fee, for every candidate hired. The services are free for candidates.
Mayank Jain, co-founder and CEO TalentPad said, “We want to be a one-stop shop for high quality companies scouting for the best tech talent. The funding from Helion will help us strengthen our marketing to attract the best talent and the best recruiters to our platform as well as create a world-class management team at TalentPad.”

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Honestcollars: Now, find your maid, plumbers and electricians online

10/09/2014 03:47:00 pm TECHNOLOGY No comments

Honestcollars: Now, find your maid, plumbers and electricians online

‘Nobody was looking into it, and the problem is everywhere. We’d been thinking over it for a long time, and decided we should do it.’

That, in a nutshell, is why Nischay Nahata and Rajat Garodia, friends and schoolmates, started honestcollars.
If there’s one gripe about living in the big city, it’s the difficulty in finding help, whether you need someone to cook, clean or fix.
Blue collar workers are a dime a dozen in India, but access to the best is hard. It’s a disorganised and chaotic sector, so the opportunity to bring a semblance of organisation to it is huge.

Rajat & Nischay

An NITian, Nahata says, ‘So, initially, we discussed it over a lot of phone calls. A lot of problems like trust issues come with blue collar job sector. We thought it’s not like these people can’t be organised properly; we can give them some kind of incentive that motivates them to do better. We like using websites like Zomato, and this rating thing seems to work well.
‘In this particular sector it might work, too.
‘Then, we tried to explore the different categories of people, like cooks, maids, plumbers and electricians. We started talking to people; we’re still talking to people, trying to understand what kind of requirements and needs they have.’
The primary problem with workers is issues with timing, delays or workers simply don’t come. At the same time, good work is seldom rewarding. Currently, Nahata and Garodia want to tackle one problem at a time, starting with building a profile registry of blue collar workers in Bangalore. With focus on cooks, maids, electricians and plumbers, honestcollars will eventually look to more variety in the sector. The ratings system is still in its development stage.
Only a month old, the task of compiling this registry is pure manual work. They started with the workers they knew through friends and family. Surprisingly, compiling the category for cooks was the easiest, as Nahata and Garodia found high levels of networking in this group.
‘What we try to do is meet them personally. It’s a big number of people. We went around, met these people and tried to explain it to them – they don’t use internet, but they do have some ideas about it.
‘They ask their employers to rate them. Then, the total summary of his ratings show, and gives him an idea of where he stands.
‘We need to tackle one problem at a time. We’re thinking of how to use technology to enable them to access their profiles through easy interface, android apps, or, maybe, some centre they visit to get see their profile and ratings,’ says Nahata.
The profiling is done through information provided to honestcollars from a government ID, like a PAN card or ration card. As honestcollars is still alpha testing, they’ve enough room to learn and modify their administration and models. This is why they’re not yet looking at angel investors, and prefer to be bootstrapped.
‘Our idea was to make this,’ says Nahata, ‘show it to more people, and see where it goes. It’s been just a month. We’ve covered half of Bangalore in some categories already, and we’ve got very good responses from both workers and the people who need them.’
Garodia adds, ‘The response we’ve got is fantastic. More than 2000 visits in total, not only from Bangalore. More than 100 users have signed up for reviews. We’ve already got ample amounts of ratings. What we have seen is that it’s not so easy to get these numbers. You have to ask your friends, neighbours.’

The focus for honestcollars isn’t on generating revenue, yet, but problem solving. So, all their resources go into perfecting the product, so it can be scaled eventually.
Garodia says, ‘A person on an average requires a number of these people 5-10 times a year, including plumbers, electricians and maids. What we can do is we can let them know what work they can get near their homes. Eventually, our focus will be to give these people modular training, like a cook who can cook according to a dietary requirement.’
Still building the database, app development is for a much later stage. In just a month’s working, the numbers, however, are encouraging.
‘Right now we have around 200 profiles,’ says Garodia, ‘and it’s up to us if we want to increase it to 200 more, but the 200 profiles are sufficient for now to develop an efficient model. By December-January our target is to cover other parts of Bangalore. By then we’ll have 2000-3000 profiles. Then, we’ll focus on marketing.’
23% of their traffic comes from returning visitors. If the trend keeps going, honestcollars hopes to expand into other cities, primarily Chennai, Mumbai and Delhi.
In the end, Garodia says, ‘An electrician or cook is as equally important as a doctor or lawyer. Even now, people in India don’t give much importance to blue collar workers. We don’t feel their importance. But, in other countries they get so much respect for their work. We want to bring them to the right position they deserve. It is important work. Without them, it won’t ever be possible to live.’

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MaxMyTV takes the leap of faith, goes live on KickStarter

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MaxMyTV takes the leap of faith, goes live on KickStarter

There has been a paradigm shift in the last few decades as new technologies change the way we consume data from smartphones to tablets, but the one aspect that has not evolved as much is our TV viewing experience.

With the recent advances in technology, audiences feel the need to be more involved and have a more interactive experience while watching a live game, news or a movie on TV. MaxMyTv aims to bring in a new product that has the potential to make our TV experience better and more interactive.

MaxMyTv is a Smart Hub that aims to turn the users TV into a home automation and social media control center. You can see the MaxMyTV Smart Box and supportive devices on MaxMyTV.com. The Chennai-based hardware start-up launched a KickStarter campaign on October 8^th.
Past triumphs
Their development team had already contributed to a successful Kickstarter project in Joey, an unprecedented 360º 4K resolution video camera which passed its Kickstarter goal in under two weeks.
With these two together 360 degree conference call and complete high resolution surveillance are possible.
New features

The start-up is going up against big wigs in the industry and have tried to include features that their bigger counterparts don’t have. Here’s what they bring to the table:
Superior TV Experience- MaxMyTV has more capabilities than Roku, Apple TV or other media boxes, for instance your social media and email feed can overlap on your TV – a useful feature when you are watching live shows such as a sports match, award shows or news coverage.
Control the Devices with Your Mind - Or at least make it look that way with their endless Home Automation possibilities, like overlaying Backdoor IP camera video over the broadcast video of the TV or turning on lights or playing music when the user walks in through the front door – just set rules on your TV.
IoT Integration (Internet of Things) – Capability to connect and control anything in the users home with the MaxMyTV Box.Userscan view detailed Analytics of Power Consumption for each device or Temperature variations of each room or other sensor usage statistics and compare it with previous months. Even open source 3rd party sensors can be integrated as we use ZigBee standard for wireless communication.

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India ranks 18th on most desirable place to work

10/09/2014 03:43:00 pm TECHNOLOGY No comments

India ranks 18th on most desirable place to work

India has been ranked 18th globally on the list of most desirable destinations to work, even as 70-80 per cent of Indians are willing to work in an overseas location, says a new report.
The US has been ranked on the top, followed by the UK, Canada, Germany and Switzerland, making them the five most desirable countries to work on the list compiled by the Boston Consulting Group, total jobs.com and The Network.
The other countries in the top 10, where foreigners said they would like to work include — France (6th), Australia (7th), Spain (8th), Italy (9th) and Sweden (10th).
As a desirable work destination, India was ranked 18th among G20 nations.
The Asia Pacific region does not generate as much interest as a possible work destination as the US or Europe, largely because of the perceived difficulty of learning Asian Language, the report said, but noted “some fast growing Asian countries are starting to reclaim workers they have lost.”
Globally, one in every five participants already has international work experience and almost 64 per cent said they would be willing to go to another country for work.
According to the survey, around 70-80 per cent of Indians are already living abroad or are willing to move to a foreign country for work.
Some of the most important workplace attribute in India include good work life balance, job security, learning and career development and appreciation for your work.
The report noted that most people are willing to uproot themselves and head for a foreign country for work mainly because they want to broaden their life experience and that of their families.
“The proportion of people willing to work abroad is particularly high in countries that are still developing economically or are experiencing political instability,” the survey said adding that more than 97 per cent of Pakistanis say they would be willing to go abroad for work.
Around 94 per cent of survey respondents in Netherlands said they would consider moving to another country for work. In France, where the economy has been showing signs of stagnating, the same proportion (94 per cent) is willing to leave home.
On the other hand, people in the US, Germany and the UK — three economies that have rebounded more convincingly — are not as willing to go abroad for work.
Barely a third of US respondents say they would consider the idea and only 44 per cent of those in the UK and Germany say they would be interested in taking a job in another country, the report said.

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Hiring records 14% growth; IT/Telecom shine: TimesJobs RecruiteX

10/09/2014 03:42:00 pm JOBS, TECHNOLOGY No comments

Hiring records 14% growth; IT/Telecom shine: TimesJobs

RecruiteX

TimesJobs.com Bureau

The Indian job market is touching new highs with the IT/Telecom industry writing its strongest growth story with a 20 per cent increase in jobs in just one month, reports RecruiteX, the Jobs Index by TimesJobs.com. The index recorded a 14 per cent increase in September 2014 over August 2014. From January 2014 to September 2014 period, there has been a 21 per cent increase in demand for IT/Telecom professionals, shows RecruiteX. This is clearly an exciting time for IT job-seekers in India Inc. They never had it so good in recent times.

Demand doubled for Senior IT professionals

The hiring pattern is strong across all levels in the IT/Telecom industry. The time is best for senior IT professionals to look for a job. Job opportunities have doubled for senior IT professionals with over 20 year’s experience, with a 67 per cent increase from January 2014 to September 2014 period. IT professionals with 10-15 years experience reported a 20 per cent increase during the same period.

As per TimesJobs.com data, software engineers, application programmers, database administrators (DBA), graphic designers/animators/web designers and project leaders/project managers are the hottest jobs in the IT industry, currently.

Jobs galore across industries

The good news is that the abundance in jobs is not limited to the IT/Telecom industry only. The ITeS/BPO industry has also reported an 18 per cent increase in job postings in September 2014. Hiring in high-volume sectors such as BFSI, retail, healthcare/pharmaceutical/biotechnology is on a revival mode. Post the announcement of Prime Minister Modi’s ‘Make in India’ campaign, hiring has stabilised in manufacturing driven sectors such as manufacturing/engineering, automobiles/auto components, consumer durables/FMCG and projects/infrastructure in September 2014 over August 2014.

According to TimesJobs.com RecruiteX, employers are actively looking for Research and Development professionals as they witnessed a 27 per cent growth in jobs in September 2014. A strong demand pattern is also observed for HR/Training and Administrative profiles. Customer-centric profiles such as customer/service and marketing & advertising are also in demand.

Delhi Tops Recruitment Charts

Among the top metros, Delhi NCR is leading the recruitment charts with a 21 per cent increase in job postings followed by Bangalore. In tier I locations, Hyderabad reported a double-digit growth in demand.

Mid-level hiring, professionals with 5-10 years experience, was upbeat in September 2014. The demand for over 20 years experience and 2-5 years experience reported a 10 and 12 per cent growth, respectively.

Considering the current pattern, it seems the Indian job market will stabilise in the coming months as the major sectors are on a revival mode and stabilising hiring activity across core and support functions.

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Modi’s heavy technology investments will drive jobs

10/09/2014 03:41:00 pm JOBS, TECHNOLOGY No comments

Modi’s heavy technology investments will drive jobs

The sectors which will see an influx owing to technology uprising includes agriculture, healthcare, manufacturing and infrastructure especially in core departments such as railways, highways, roads, BFSI, retail and services…
India is poised to become an innovation and a manufacturing hub with the Modi’s Government impetus on heavy technology investments and zero-defect manufacturing. The first 100 days of the new government has already demonstrated a positive impact on the economy as well as the jobs market.
According to Praveen Bhadada, senior director, Zinnov, a leading management consultancy, the stage is all set to create a long term sustainable growth and reposition India on the global map. The positive track record of the new government has instilled hope for an economic turnaround in citizens and investors. “Technology, by means of digitisation in sectors such as agriculture, manufacturing, healthcare, infrastructure and education, will attract a USD 26 billion investment from the government in the years 2014-15.”
Talking about how the investment in technology will spell out in terms of jobs, he mentioned that focus on technology helps in ensuring the global competitiveness of organisations and creates jobs for technology professionals, especially honed in cloud mobility, analytics and IoT (Internet of Things).
The sectors which will see an influx owing to this technology uprising includes agriculture, healthcare, manufacturing, infrastructure especially in core departments such as railways, highways, roads, BFSI, retail and services, added Bhadada.
Digitisation: In focus across government functions
There is good opportunity for technology MNCs to target digitisation across government functions. The new government plans to take digitalisation to the next level by implementing the digitalisation of agriculture & PDS data, enabling e-governance & m-governance, facilitating the National Rural Internet and Technology Mission, using IT for real time information gathering, and the digitisation of all government files. In the past, the government has engaged multiple MNCs such as IBM, HP and Cisco for digitisation projects.
Technology: Establishing next generation infrastructure
The Indian government plans to invest USD11 billion in key focus areas to drive the next wave of technology-backed infrastructure growth. The key focus is to create national optical-fibre networks and build 100 smart cities with high-speed digital highways along with national solar missions and national gas grids. To fulfil this task, the demand for technology skill-sets across all experience levels will rise.
India: The global manufacturing hub
With Prime Minister Modi’s ‘Make in India’ campaign to help India transform into a global hub for manufacturing, Bhadada believes the Indian Manufacturing Industry presents a USD 8 billion opportunity for the ICT sector by 2017. With the government’s push for manufacturing backed by increasing adoption of IT and increasing relevance of IoT in manufacturing will help create more jobs.
To support the plan, the government has also planned to set up 14 IITs, IIMs and AIIMs to develop an innovative ecosystem fostering high quality research. “The idea is to boost India centric product development for global consumption. This ecosystem will also allow joint R&D efforts across industries for accentuated product development”.

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India Inc hiring women employees over males: TimesJobs.com

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India Inc hiring women employees over males: TimesJobs.com

According to the recent TimesJobs.com data, in seven out of 10 top industries, demand for women employees is higher than their male counterparts…
The women in India Inc have finally arrived. According to the recent TimesJobs.com data, in seven out of 10 top industries, demand for women employees is higher than their male counterparts. IT/Telecom is the only industry where demand for female and male employees is equal.
Gone are the days when women were inducted to the workforce to fill boardroom quotas or considered best suited for back-end/administrative or teaching jobs. Women have to wage a bigger war to maintain a healthy work-life balance or at times, making tough choices between family and work.
A similar story is seen across the top job profiles. From core to support functions, women candidates are ruling the demand charts. The most in-demand function for women candidates includes HR/PM/IR/Training/T&D, Front Office/Administration, Accounting & Finance, BFSI and Marketing & Advertising. Indian employers still don’t prefer women employees for labor intensive/field jobs such as Sales/Business Development and Engineering.
The demand for women employees is highest in the 2-5 years experience category followed by less than 2 years category. What comes as a surprise is that Indian employers are not looking for women candidates at senior positions, especially in the over 20 years experience level.
Despite the high demand in core functions such as Banks/Insurance/Financial Services, Accounting & Finance and IT/Telecom and Engineering, female workforce is still opting for support functions. The most preferred functions by women candidates are HR/PM/IR/Training/ T&D and Teaching/Education, where their supply is over 40 per cent, shows the TimesJobs.com data. Engineering and Sales/Business Development functions are least preferred by women employees.
Another interesting trend TimesJobs.com data threw, is that Mumbai, followed by Bangalore, leads the supply of women employees in India’s workforce ecosystem. From tier I locations, Pune stood third in the top ten list leaving metros such as Chennai and Hyderabad behind. Among the metros, Delhi NCR has the smallest share in the supply of women candidates.
Contrary to women employees’ preference, employers from Delhi NCR are offering maximum jobs, followed by Mumbai. According to the TimesJobs.com data, Bangalore and Pune, among the hottest locations to work for women employees, bagged the third and fourth position in the top ten list, respectively.
In the experience-wise analysis, women candidates in the less than 2 years and 2-5 years range are more active in the jobs market in comparison to their experienced counterparts. Women employees become less active or dormant at the middle level and mid-senior level highlighted the data. In fact, at the over 20 years experience level, the ratio of women employees is 5 to every 95 male employees. This is clearly the reason we see less women in boardrooms/leadership positions.

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Are husbands threatened by successful wives?

10/09/2014 03:39:00 pm TECHNOLOGY No comments

Are husbands threatened by successful wives?

A new study suggests that an increasing number of men today are finding it difficult to deal with busy, successful wives. Here's taking a closer look at the Mars versus Venus situation.

When a recent book suggested that women should step out of their leadership positions, all hell broke loose in the West. Now, a survey reveals even more disturbing facts about how men feel about their successful spouses — intimidated and also disappointed with their performance as homemakers and mothers!

Says relationship expert Seema Hingorrany, "When women become more successful than their husbands, many a times it hurts the male ego and this takes a toll on their marriage. The problem solely lies in the fact that men are not accustomed to staying with women who are professionally more superior than them."

So, do husbands of flourishing women cheat because they cannot tolerate the fact that their wives receive more accolades than them? Or does the male ego find it hard to believe that their wives are actually doing better than them?

Insecurity plays a big role

Says Minoti Panda, 36-year-old advertising professional, "My husband and I often have arguments on how I should stay back at home to look after my five-year-old daughter. I keep telling him that she is grown up enough to complete her homework and be on her own until we get back in the evening, but he does not seem to understand the fact." Men often tend to get threatened when their wives earn more than them, and that's why they prefer they stay at home.

Men prefer women with fixed working hours

Men often look out for women who can spend quality time at home and take care of the kids. Adds Hingorrany, "Men prefer women with 'safe professions' such as that of a teacher or a librarian, or those with fixed working hours so that the women spend more time at home."

Male ego a big issue

Most psychologists believe that the male ego is responsible for this behaviour in men. Author Lynda La Plante and husband Richard La Plante separated after 18 years of their marriage. Richard was quoted by a website as saying, "Lot of men think that it's great to have a wife who earns a lot of money. But living with a woman who is apparently mor ways to be a supportive husband.

Though there are many men who find successful women intimidating, there are some who are very supportive of the fact that their wives are earning and doing well in their lives. Here are a couple of ways to be a supportive husband and encourage your wife.

One must remember that respect is understanding. You must understand that your wife is an independent woman and has a mind of her own. Respecting the decisions that she takes about her life and career will be good for your relationship as well.

Be open about your feelings to her. In case you feel insecure about something, you must share with her. Being honest with each other ensures that you build a healthy marriage.

Be there for her in endeavours. This will make her trust you and make her feel safe and will also strengthen your marriage.

Participate in decision-making. You don't ideally have to interfere in her decisions but when she asks you for an opinion, give her an honest feedback.

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A man is trying to trade his home for iPhone 6 Plus

10/09/2014 03:15:00 pm TECHNOLOGY No comments

A man is trying to trade his home for iPhone 6 Plus

A man in Detroit has had a hard time selling his three-bedroom fixer-upper after a few months on the market, so he's resorting to other measures.

A man in Detroit has had a hard time selling his three-bedroom fixer-upper after a few months on the market, so he's resorting to other measures. According to Fox 2 News in Detroit, the homeowner has offered to trade the house for a new iPhone 6.

"Is this a joke?" Fox 2 reporter Maurielle Lue asked broker Larry Else, who's representing the buyer.

"No, it's a real listing," Else said. "My client is overseas and he told me he would be willing to trade the property for an iPhone 6. It sounds to me like he wants the iPhone 6 Plus version, but I think he's willing to negotiate."

The home was initially listed for $5,000, but it's currently on the market for $3,000 after several price cuts.

Though the listing boasts a finished basement and a two-car detached garage, it's definitely a fixer-upper. There's also an additional $6,000 of back taxes owed on the home, but that, like the payment method, would be open to negotiation.

Else added that the homeowner would even be open to trading the house for a 32GB iPad.

"He may be willing to take anything, maybe an Android, I don't know," he said.

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Facebook opens its mobile ad 'Audience Network' to all advertisers

10/09/2014 03:13:00 pm TECHNOLOGY No comments

Facebook opens its mobile ad 'Audience Network' to all advertisers

Facebook has ramped up its 'Audience Network' that mines what it knows about users to target ads in other applications on smartphones or tablet computers.

SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook has ramped up its 'Audience Network' that mines what it knows about users to target ads in other applications on smartphones or tablet computers.

Audience Network, announced earlier this year at a Facebook conference for developers, expands the social network's ad platform beyond its borders on the vast landscape of mobile apps.

In a global coming out of sorts, Facebook announced it is making the network available to more marketers worldwide

"The Audience Network uses the same targeting and measurement features that marketers already use when advertising on Facebook," the social network said in a blog post that promised ads designed "to fit seamlessly" within apps.

The move was expected to boost Facebook revenue from mobile advertising, according to analysts.

"With the expansion of the Facebook Audience Network, advertisers are getting what they had been hoping for: The ability to use rich social media user data to reach consumers not only on Facebook, but on other mobile apps and services as well," said eMarketer principal analyst Debra Aho Williamson.

Facebook claimed 16.5% of worldwide mobile advertising revenue in 2013, with that share growing to 20.4% this year, according to eMarketer.

Facebook net income in the second quarter of this year leapt to $791 million on revenue that surged to $2.91 billion, with approximately 62% of that money coming from ads served up on mobile devices such as smartphones or tablet computers.

The number of people who visited the online social network at least once a month climbed to 1.32 billion, according to Facebook.

The California-based internet titan is to report its most recent quarterly earnings on October 28.

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Twitter sues US justice department for right to reveal surveillance requests

10/09/2014 03:11:00 pm TECHNOLOGY No comments

Twitter sues US justice department for right to reveal surveillance requests

Twitter said that current rules prevent it from even stating that it has not received any national security requests for user information.

SAN FRANCISCO: Twitter Inc sued the US department of justice on Tuesday, intensifying its battle with federal agencies as the Internet industry's self-described champion of free speech seeks the right to reveal the extent of US government surveillance.

The lawsuit, which Twitter said follows months of fruitless negotiations with the government, marks an escalation in the Internet industry's battle over government gag orders on the nature and number of requests for private user information.

In the lawsuit, filed in US district court for Northern California, Twitter said that current rules prevent it from even stating that it has not received any national security requests for user information.

The messaging service said such restrictions violate the Constitution's First Amendment guarantee of free speech.

"This is an important issue for anyone who believes in a strong First Amendment, and we hope to be able to share our complete transparency report," Twitter said in a blogpost.

Tech companies have sought to clarify their relationships with US law enforcement and spying agencies in the wake of revelations by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden that outlined the depth of US spying capabilities.

Twitter's lawsuit follows an agreement between Internet companies like Google Inc and Microsoft Corp with the government about court orders they receive related to surveillance.

The agreement freed the companies to disclose the number of orders they received, but only in broad ranges. A company that offers email services, for example, would be able to say it received between zero and 999 orders from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court during a six-month period for email content belonging to someone outside the United States.

In a separate case, a federal appeals court in San Francisco on Wednesday will hear arguments on whether the FBI can gag recipients of national security letters. A lower court judge had ruled those secrecy guidelines unconstitutional.

Can't even disclose zero requests

Twitter, which allows its 271 million monthly users to send 140-character text messages, has traditionally taken an aggressive posture challenging government censorship requests and has previously described itself as "the free-speech wing of the free-speech party."

The American Civil Liberties Union praised Twitter's action, saying in a statement that the company was doing the right thing by "challenging this tangled web of secrecy rules and gag orders."

"The US government has taken the position that service providers like Twitter are even prohibited from saying that they have received zero national security requests, or zero of a particular type of national security request," Twitter said in its complaint.

The Justice Department responded to the lawsuit with a statement on how it has worked with other companies.

"Earlier this year, the government addressed similar concerns raised in a lawsuit brought by several major tech companies," Justice department spokeswoman Emily Pierce said. "There, the parties worked collaboratively to allow tech companies to provide broad information on government requests while also protecting national security."

The Electronic Frontier Foundation, a nonprofit group that defends civil liberties in the digital world, said it had been disappointed that tech companies had given up their fight.

"EFF and a number of privacy and free-speech organizations expressed our profound disappointment that the companies dropped their lawsuit for so little," Nate Cardozo, staff attorney with the group, said on Tuesday.

The government's restrictions on providing more details about requests for user data, he said, are "useful for one thing, which is to keep the public in the dark about what authorities the government uses to get our data.

Twitter's lawsuit said the company has discussed the matter with the government for months. In a meeting with officials from the DOJ and the FBI in January, Twitter argued that it should not be bound by the disclosure limits that the government offered to Google and the other companies.

It said it submitted a draft transparency report with more detailed data to the FBI in April, but the agency denied Twitter's request to publish the draft five months later.

"We've tried to achieve the level of transparency our users deserve without litigation, but to no avail," Twitter said in Tuesday's blogpost. It said it was "asking the court to declare these restrictions on our ability to speak about government surveillance as unconstitutional under the First Amendment."

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Consumer goods makers log off Flipkart

10/09/2014 03:10:00 pm TECHNOLOGY No comments

Consumer goods makers log off Flipkart

NEW DELHI: It may have sent the cash registers ringing, but the bumper 'Big Billion Day Sale' online splash by Flipkart has pitched the country's largest e-tailer head-on against top consumer goods players such as Samsung, Sony and LG, some of whom have suspended fresh sales to the online retailer and are even considering legal action for what they term as "predatory pricing".

Further, a senior executive said his company, which deals in white goods, may not be able to provide warranty on some of the products that are sold through e-tailing platforms. "These goods are being sold through unauthorized channel partners, which is like buying from the grey market. How can we provide a service cover?"

Irked at the "market-distorting" discounts that the e-retailers offered on Monday, which severely impacted the business of brick-and-mortar retailers, some companies have decided to suspend supplies to Flipkart till the time they get an undertaking that prices will not be slashed to "unrealistic" levels.

"This is a clear case of predatory pricing just to shoot up traffic at their website, and build up valuations unrealistically. This is not acceptable and we will ensure that this does not happen again," a top functionary at one of the big companies said.

LG, the consumer appliances major, has decided to not deal with the e-retailers at all. "We do not deal with them directly, and they are not our authorized trade partners," Sanjeev Agarwal, VP (sales) at LG Electronics India, told TOI here.

Sony India was also miffed at the huge discounts being offered online when compared to prices at the bricks-and-mortar showrooms, which still account for over 90% of overall sales. "The hygiene has to be maintained in terms of pricing. We will hold discussions with the online retailers to look at the way forward and ensure that the pricing is realistic," Sunil Nayyar, head of sales at Sony India, said.

A top company decided to pull the plug on Flipkart after what it termed as the "Monday Fiasco". "They are not playing fair. They are damaging our brand and killing the organized retail, which provides livelihood to lakhs of people," said a senior official with an electronics major.

Sony India was also miffed at the huge discounts being offered online when compared to prices at the bricks-and-mortar showrooms.

Some of the companies are considering legal action. "We will definitely seek legal opinion. They are damaging our brand. We want to know what the modus operandi is and how are they able to sell below the cost price."

Rachna Nath, who tracks retail and consumer sectors at PwC India, said online retail is here to stay, though its current share is less than 5% of the overall market. "It is still not a threat to traditional retailers. But, it is a shift that is happening. Thus, companies will need to build their strategies while taking this into consideration."

Companies are under severe pressure from their traditional retail partners, who are up in arms against the online retailers. Heavy discounting by the e-tailers in the middle of the big-volume festive season has impacted their business badly.

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Samsung, Apple to jostle for ad space this Diwali

10/09/2014 03:09:00 pm TECHNOLOGY No comments

Samsung, Apple to jostle for ad space this Diwali

The stakes couldn't be higher for Apple and Samsung this Diwali as they unleash their newest devices — the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus will be ranged against the Galaxy Alpha and Note 4.

The stakes couldn't be higher for Apple and Samsung this Diwali as they unleash their newest devices — the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus will be ranged against the Galaxy Alpha and Note 4. Both companies will hurl almost everything they have in their advertising budget into a short, sharp burst of promotions as they seek to influence buyers seen to be emerging from slump-induced austerity — car sales for instance have picked up in the last five months. Diwali falls on October 23.

As much as Rs 200 crore will be pumped into ads for the four products. According to trade partners and media planners, Samsung has lined up around Rs 100-120 crore on a big-bang launch of the two devices. Apple is going to spend around Rs70-80 crore along with its two telecom partners, Reliance and Airtel.

Experts say this is among the highest amounts spent on new launches in India's consumer goods industry.

The iPhone 6 has a 4.7-inch screen, the same as the Galaxy Alpha, while the 6 Plus has a 5.5-inch display compared with the Note 4's 5.7-inch size.

The South Korean company has booked front-page jackets in all leading newspapers and primetime spots on television channels well in advance, forcing Apple to focus more on digital media and below-the-line activities such as in-store branding and product demonstrations that will be extended even to some small, neighbourhood stores. Apple's media agency and company officials are also negotiating for prime space in leading newspapers.

"Samsung has progressively increased their booking of advertisement spots during Diwali and they have indeed picked up huge ad inventory," said a senior sales executive at a leading broadcaster with multiple television channels across genres.

To be sure, Samsung needs to push products harder to gain an edge over Apple because of the US company's skill at creating a media splash and generating public interest in its products. Meanwhile, Samsung also needs to counter the slowing demand for high-end phones, given the perception that newer devices in the high-price band only offer incremental advances. That trend has been bolstered by Chinese companies such as Xiaomi offering phones with advanced features at lower price tags. Such phones also include those made by Motorola and Micromax besides the recently launched Android One handsets.

In fact, parent Samsung Electronics has warned that its third quarter earnings would plunge 60% from the year before because of competition from Chinese rivals, Bloomberg reported.

"It appears that Samsung has been cutting prices to maintain market share but has lost market share anyway," analyst Richard Windsor told Bloomberg. "If market share continues to fall... Samsung will come closer to joining the long-suffering ranks of every other Android handset maker."

Samsung will also be keen to avoid the fate of Nokia, once the world's leading cellphone maker, which was unable to cope with competition as iPhones and devices made by the South Korean company gained popularity.

In 2013, Apple spent $1.29 billion (or 0.6% of sales) globally on marketing campaigns compared with Samsung's $14 billion (5.4% of sales), although this includes spending for the latter's vast range of electronics goods such as televisions and appliances. At the premium end, Samsung's last major release, the Galaxy S5, failed to generate high demand. According to the latest figures from market tracker IDC, Samsung's share of the Indian smartphone market dipped from 31% in the second quarter last year to 29% in the same period this year. As per estimates, Apple is the market leader in the Rs 30,000-plus smartphone segment in India, controlling almost half the market followed by Samsung with around 25% share.

"In the premium segment, Samsung is facing intense competition as most of the international device vendors have aggressively revised their pricing strategies," said Karan Thakkar, senior market analyst, client devices, at IDC. "On the other hand, in the affordable segment, most of the international brands are challenged by Indian and Chinese vendors, who attach a value-formoney proposition. The latest price reduction by Samsung for most of its products is one step to retain the leadership position."

A senior executive with a leading retail chain said Samsung would price the Alpha and Note 4 cheaper than Apple's two new devices to get the attention of consumers.

"Since Monday, after Apple announced the India launch of the new iPhones, the Samsung sales force has been meeting all trade partners to boost confidence in the two new models. In the same way it wants to bombard consumers with far more communication than Apple for topof-the-mind recall," he said.

Samsung and Apple will be deploying the bulk of their ad budget for the year in a short period, a reflection of how critically both sides regard Diwali sales.

"The presenting sponsor of the Indian Premier League spends Rs 50-60 crore in 60 days," said a media planner. The two companies will spend almost 60% of their total budget in the first six weeks, while the rest would be spread over the next few months.

Samsung has told trade partners that while the Galaxy Alpha will hit stores this week at around Rs 39,990, the launch of the Note 4 will be on October 15-17 and is going to be priced at Rs 50,000-Rs 52,000. Apple's two new iPhones will be launched in India on October 17. The iPhone 6 will start at Rs 53,500 and the biggerscreen iPhone 6 Plus at Rs 62,500.

A Samsung India spokesman said the company would announce the launch dates of the Alpha and the Note 4 in a few days. "We are working on the pricing formula for Note 4. But yes, we have been aggressive on media buying this festive season since it's a good time and would be launching new products," he said.

Apple didn't respond to an email query as of press time.

Samsung is going to become a highly visible brand this Diwali and may draw more eyeballs right from out door activations to in-store promotions, said D Sathish Babu, founder of leading cellphone retailer UniverCell. The intense competition will see demand revive across the board, he said. "Of course, the iPhone will have its own dedicated customers. It's going to be an interesting fight and would revive smartphone demand since after almost 10 months some good models are going to hit the market," Babu said.

Apple started taking bookings for the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus on Tuesday, generating a substantial amount of interest. Industry executives said all top retail chains have ordered a few hundred devices each, while more than 1,000 have been booked at Infibeam.com, which is Apple's official e-commerce partner in India.

Going by the pre-order numbers, Infibeam expects demand to exceed that for the iPhone 5S and 5C launched last year, said a spokesman for the site. He, however, refused to share any numbers. However, sources said Infibeam has already received more than 1,000 orders. Samsung too is planning to start pre-orders for Note 4.

Both Samsung and Apple have assured trade partners that they would ration stocks and supply strictly in line with actual sales to ensure that there is no online discounting by any seller. "However, there will be no shortage of inventory at anytime," said a senior executive at a top retail chain.

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Amazon launches ‘Pay with Amazon’ in India

10/09/2014 10:38:00 am TECHNOLOGY No comments

Amazon launches ‘Pay with Amazon’ in India

NEW DELHI: Amazon has launched its online payments service for third party sellers, Pay with Amazon in India.

Following the launch, sellers across the country will be able to integrate payments on their static websites and convert them into online stores, as per Amazon.

According to Amazon, the service comes with an easy set up process and integrated order management and payments. The Pay with Amazon service enables sellers to completely outsource their financial transactional infrastructure. The service is mobile optimized across all operating systems including Android, iOS and Windows.

For credit card and net-banking payments, Amazon will charge 1.95% for each transaction from merchants under a promotional offer valid till September 30, 2015. Post that, it will charge 3% per transaction. For debit card payments, Amazon will charge a standard price of 0.75% on transaction value less than Rs 2,000 and 1% on transaction value more than Rs 2,000. Amazon will not charge a set-up fee, monthly fee, cancellation fee, and fraud-protection fee.

"By launching Pay with Amazon we aim to provide a trusted payment bridge between customers and sellers and further aid and support the growth and integration of small and medium businesses in the new digital economy. This service will expand the market by providing small sellers with efficient tools to drive conversions and also help customers to shop with confidence," said Srinivas Rao, general manager, payments, Amazon.

By clicking on Pay with Amazon button on the checkout page, customers will be able to shop on seller websites using Amazon's trusted checkout process. The purchase is protected by Amazon's buyer protection program. Customers can use the information stored in their Amazon account to make purchases on seller sites without having to create a new account all over again or filling payment and shipping details.

"We will continue to invest in product experiences that help customers and sellers transact seamlessly across all devices," added Rao.

The Pay with Amazon service is available with websites like Fommy.co.in and Shopyourworld.com and has signups for integration with sites like Babyoye.com, Webmallindia.com, Cart2india.com, Sapnaonline.com, iBhejo.in and Mebelkart.com.

The service is similar to eBay's PayPal that allows users to store payment details and simply sign-in to authorize payments. However, PayPal has not launched its services for domestic merchants. It does allow Indian users to store their payment details online.

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Lenovo Flex 2 14 review: A good multi-mode laptop

10/09/2014 10:36:00 am TECHNOLOGY No comments

Lenovo Flex 2 14 review: A good multi-mode laptop

Top Features

- Great build quality
- Dual-mode
- Good set of preloaded apps

Lenovo is known for its Yoga multi-mode devices that allow consumers to use a single device in different ways. While the Yoga devices are high-end, the company introduced the Flex range last year, to offer flexible notebooks at a comparatively lower price. Unlike the Yoga, the Flex notebooks do not bend 360 degrees but can turn up to 300 degrees. The Flex 2 is the second iteration of the Flex devices.

We have been using the Lenovo Flex 2 14 and try to find out if it's a good mid-range laptop in our review.

Build & design

In terms of design, Lenovo Flex 2 14 takes cues from Lenovo's IdeaPad series. At about 2kg, the dual-mode convertible is not very lightweight. Our unit featured a grey coloured top lid sporting a matte finish, slightly tapered at the edges. The lid also has a silver Lenovo logo at the top left. The rear of the bottom panel also sports the same finish.

There are two rubber supporters placed strategically at the bottom of the hinge to raise the height of the bottom panel eliminating the possibility of friction with the display panel. There are two rubber feet to prevent the notebook from slipping.

The other side of the bottom panel features the keyboard and trackpad and there are two more rubber protectors on the hinge to guard the keyboard panel while using the device in the stand mode.

Lenovo Flex 2 offers a large number of connectivity ports. On the right side of the keyboard panel, there are 2 USB 2.0 ports and an SD card reader. On the left side you'll see an Ethernet port, an HDMI port, a USB 3.0 port, and a 3.5mm headset jack, in addition to a charging port.

Hinge and dual-mode

There's a hinge that facilitates the dual mode feature of the laptop, allowing the display panel to move up to 300-degrees. Unlike the Yoga series, the hinge is not very subtle and sticks out as an almost-tubular structure attached to the bottom panel.

The hinge performs its job well and holds the display panel tightly at all angles (till 300-degrees) without constricting movement.

The device can be used as a regular laptop or as a touch screen computer in the stand mode. The stand mode is good for using touch applications, watching a video or for showing presentations. The device doesn't officially support the tent mode though it's technically possible.

The flexibility to use the device as a standing touchscreen device in addition to usual laptop mode gives the Flex 2 an edge over similar laptops in the same price range.

Keyboard
Lenovo Flex 2 14 comes with an island/chiclet style keyboard with well-spaced keys offering a great typing experience. It features special keys for controlling screen brightness, volume and other features. You can opt for a backlit keyboard as well.

The trackpad also performed well and offered support for touch gestures. The trackpad is not as smooth as the one on Apple's MacBooks but better than most Windows laptops we've used.

Display
Lenovo Flex 2 comes with a 14-inch touch screen (1366x768p). For a device which is designed to be used as a standing touch screen in addition to a notebook, the Flex 2's screen is not that great.

While we're okay with Lenovo putting a low resolution,720p panel as it's a mid-range device, the display has very narrow viewing angles and colours appear washed out when not viewed head-on.

Having said that, it offers good brightness levels and offers great touch response.

Overall, the display is one of the weaker points of the device.

Software

Our review unit came with 64-bit Windows 8.1 and we updated it to Update 1, the latest version of the OS that features power and search buttons, ability to pin Modern UI apps to the taskbar, and boot directly to Desktop, among others.

Windows 8.1 Update 1 offers a better desktop experience and streamlines Modern/ Windows 8 apps with desktop apps.

Lenovo also bundles additional software with the laptop, including Lenovo Cloud Storage, Phone Companion, Camera man, Photo Master, Lenovo Companion, and VeriFace Pro, Cyberlink PhotoDirector and PowerDirector among others.

The Phone Companion is an interesting app that connects the laptop to your Android phone and lets you access calls, messages and content on the smartphone from your PC. The phone app has to be downloaded via an APK and is not available in the Play Store but once you configure it, the feature works well.

There's also a Hightail app for storing and transferring large files on the cloud.

These apps can be easily uninstalled if you don't require them.

Performance

Lenovo Flex 2 is powered by a 1.7GHz Intel Core i3-4010U processor with integrated graphics and 4GB RAM. In terms of performance, the laptop is good for moderate use and for web browsing, casual games and multimedia, and for apps like office suites, and imaging editors, among others. Browsing websites with multiple open tabs in Google Chrome and playing casual games, was smooth. Even graphics-heavy games run fine with occasional lag and frame drops.

The laptop also runs Modern UI apps without any problems.

The Flex 2 doesn't offer a very good battery life. In our tests, the laptop lasted about 4-5 hours while using Microsoft Word, a picture editor, a music streaming service and playing some YouTube videos, keeping the screen at full brightness. In our video look test, it lasted about 3.5 hours.

While we don't endorse benchmarks, the Flex 2 scored 1671 in PCMark8 (Creative conventional) and 1833 in PCMark 8 (Home conventional) tests, and 466 in Novabench. The Pavilion X360 scored 30,016 in Icestorm 1.2 tests of 3DMark while the Cloudgate test crashed.

The laptop has an HD front webcam, which is good for video chats.

The laptop's stereo speakers feature Dolby Advanced Audio V2 technology and offer loud sound output but lack bass. Heat dissipation is well taken care of and the touchpad and the keyboard never get warm.

Overall, the base variant of the Flex 2 offers decent performance and is well-suited for day-to-day tasks and casual gaming.

The laptop comes with a hybrid drive with 500GB hard disk and 8GB flash memory for faster access to system files.

Verdict
At a price of Rs 41,990, the Lenovo Flex 2 14 is a good all-rounder. Even if you don't use the multi-mode feature, the laptop offers a good feature set, decent performance, comfortable keyboard and smooth trackpad, and a variety of preloaded apps at a mid-range price. The only disappointing things are the display (due to narrow viewing angles) and sub-par battery backup.

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