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TweetDeck + TwitterJobSearch = JobDeck – helps you find your next job.
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Every now and then there comes a disruptive technology that changes the rule of the game. My initial analysis of using this application makes me believe that such mashups will play vital role as far as job search is concerned. Applications like JobDeck will provide an alternate channel for employers to scout for new talent [...]
Internet usage Statistics in 2009
ShareAll of us surf the web on a daily basis and for most of us we are always online. While reading various feeds in my Google Reader I came across this interesting post and I would like to share the details with the readers of this blog. This post provides statistical information on internet usage [...]
Recruitment applications on iphone
ShareWe all know how big the market is for iphone applications and there are brilliant applications on iTunes which are broadly categorized into utilities, games, entertainment being the most sought after. Apple Inc had officially released iphone SDK in March 2008 and since then the mobile development community has been busy dishing out awesome applications. [...]
Google Labs introduces browser size tool to visually evaluate your site content
ShareGoogle’s latest browser sizing tool will help developers and website owners to evaluate the amount of content viewed by their users. The tool loads your webpage behind a colour full matrix which indicates the % of people who can see specific point on your webpage. By adding this tool Google has further strengthen its offerings [...]
Impact of ICANN’s decision to allow domain names in local languages
ShareOn 30th October at the ICANN conference in Seoul, Korea the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), which governs domains, registrations, Internet Protocol addresses, and many other aspects of the internet decided to fast track the process to internationalize domain names (IDN). Very soon domain names would be made available in local [...]
Play Farmville on Facebook to enhance your business management skills
ShareI have been on Facebook for a long time and have been an active social networker. One of the best ways to network is to get involved into playing games on the social networking sites. Being in strategic role I tend to indulge myself strategy games. I generally like games developed by Zynga as they [...]
A must read for job seekers in current economy
ShareI came across a useful post which gives a list of must read presentations for a job seeker. Applicant.com has compiled a list of 7 presentations from SlideShare.
The first thing to hit during recession was hiring and recruitment and the first thing will pick up would be the same. Economy is already showing signs of [...]
How to install IntenseDebate on wordpress 2.7.1
ShareIntenseDebate – super charge your commenting system
I installed IntenseDebate to offer highly interactive commenting system to the readers of GigaThoughts. As always it started with a lot of research, which led to final two competitors to choose from – IntenseDebate and Disqus. After testing both commenting system on local machine for a week, I finally [...]
RBI makes it mandatory for banks to provide additional authentication for online shopping
ShareAccording 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
ShareOn 26th June 2009 times of India carried the headlines “Infy boss to join the government as a cabinet minister.” I am proud of Nandan Nilekani for taking a though call (quitting Infosys) and Congress government making him cabinet minister. Such events are very rare in the Indian context as we don’t see many corporate [...]
