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RBI makes it mandatory for banks to provide additional authentication for online shopping
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According to a new ruling, the Reserve bank of India -RBI has made it mandatory for all banks issuing credit and debit cards to provide additional authentication information over and above what is visible on the card. To prevent fraud and to make online shopping safer, the RBI has made it mandatory, from 1st August [...]
Nandan Nilekani and Congress initiate unique identification card project
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Latest update – UID project to roll out in first week of September, the state chosen for the launch is Andra Pradesh. Click HERE for more info
Original Post follows below:
2010 On 26th June 2009 times of India carried the headlines “Infy boss to join the government as a cabinet minister.” I am proud of Nandan [...]
Beware and Prepare for floods in Mumbai – June and July 09
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Beware and Prepare for floods in Mumbai – June and July 09
I would like to use this platform to spread the message so that more and more people in Mumbai can be aware about the weather and rain forecast this season (June-July 2009) and be prepared to tackle the floods in a better way. I [...]
Microsoft Bing – search and decision engine
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This week has been excellent for social media enthusiasts. The second big news in of the week is the pre-launch of Microsoft Bing, its redefined version of search. The search engine will be launch officially on June 3rd. I have been using it for a week and as heavily as i use Google search and [...]
Google Wave – web based real time communication platform
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During the Google I/O keynote, Google utilized the opportunity to launch its new communication platform called Google Wave. We all know that Google likes to surprise the world by developing application that changes the rules of the game. This time around they have raised the bar further by launching Google Wave as an open source [...]
My research and experience on how to manage multiple twitter accounts.
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Twitter has already become an integral part of every marketer’s social media strategy. During the initial days of twitter people were not too sure on its business potential and only thought of it as a personal / social networking tool. The sheer volume of twitter follower and tweets has forced everyone sit back and have [...]
Recruitments – India Inc plan to recruit more in Q3 2009
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Being a co-founder at Synergy Solutions (a 40 people HR services company), I have been positively waiting to see early signs of recovery as far as recruitment industry is concerned. The main reason being:
General Sentiments in the market
Economic Recession
Almost freeze on fresh recruitments across sectors
Companies negotiating placement fees due to [...]
Outsourcing to India – Is outsourcing recession proof
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India has always been the first choice for outsourcing due it its geographical advantage, high level education, its capability to work hard and smart and lower cost of operations. Being a co-founder of an IT services company, I am certain that the most critical question for Indian IT and BPO industry would be “Is outsourcing [...]
Google Venture Fund – Get ready to be acquired by Google
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Entrepreneurs get ready, Google has announced that it will create a venture capital arm called google ventures. The fund is expected to invest $100 million over the next 12 months. Most of it will be invested in start-ups. Google Ventures has already made two investments: Silver Spring Networks, a company that makes technology to help [...]
Facebook new layout reviews and feedback
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A lot has been spoken about the new layout that Facebook has to offer. I personally dint like it the way it launched as i was getting confused with the new functionality and was not able to reason out why would they kill such wonderful layout which is very popular with millions of users and [...]
