5 disappointments for IT industry in Budget 2014/ Interns At Twitter Make The Equivalent Of $81K A Year and They are Not Even The Best-Paid Interns In Tech

5 disappointments for IT industry in Budget 2014
ET CIO TOP STORIES
The Union Budget is expected to create Rs 4000 crore opportunity for the IT industry. However, some of the expectations of the IT industry were not met.
Interns At Twitter Make The Equivalent Of $81,000 A Year and They're Not Even The Best-Paid Interns In Tech
HIRING-BUSINESS INSIDER-TECH
Interns at Twitter make the equivalent of $81,000-a-year salaries, according to Glassdoor, which surveys tech workers.

And Twitter isn't even the most generous tech company with a paid intern program. That honor belongs to Palantir, the somewhat secretive artificial intelligence and data analytics company. It pays interns the equivalent of an $84,000 salary. (Internships don't last a year; here's one that lasted 10 weeks.)
Want to Be a Good Manager? Pick Up a Book
ENTREPRENUR.COM CAREER BLOG
For those that have experienced poor communication at a company, you know it isn't pretty – especially for smaller companies.  

When a manager in a startup isn’t effectively communicating, trust breaks down. When you don’t have trust, people question the decisions made and productivity lags. When speed is inherently important -- especially in technology startups -- poor communication can drive a startup towards failure, rather than the path to success
A Look at the Changing Picture of Job roles
CAREER RESUME
5 years ago, i.e. in 2008 recruitment sector and organizations were working for/with job profiles which in a way exist today in different roles, but not those job titles which today exist. The amalgamation of 2-3 or even more job profiles have resulted into new job titles.Before we talk further on this; let us give a quick glance at a recent study conducted by LinkedIn on emerging job titles.
Why Google goes after so many projects at the same time
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The Allen & Company Sun Valley conference has almost the same handful of speakers every year: The Bloomberg, Buffett, Bezos types.

This year, however, Google CEO Larry Page strayed from the usual topics of leadership and strategy and talked straight Google.
Amazon charges penny shipping in France to bypass ban
SG-REVIEW
Small book stores in France have won the backing of parliament, in the sense that big online retailers of books like Amazon could no longer give customers free shipping. Amazon has adjusted its shipping rates to follow the law, but not in the way intended.
Govt imposes tax on import of telecom, IT products
TIMES OF INDIA
NEW DELHI: In a move to give level-playing field to domestic electronics manufacturing sector, finance minister Arun Jaitley has imposed tax on imports telecom and IT products. 

"To boost domestic production and reduce our dependence on imports I intend to take following steps. Impose basic customs duty (BCD) of 10% on import of specified telecommunication products that are outside the purview of Information Technology Agreement," Jaitley said in Parliament.
5 Things You Should Do Before Every Big Presentation
HIRING-BUSINESS INSIDER- WORLD
Whether you're presenting to a group of five coworkers or a room full of 500 strangers, it's sure to be stressful.
But you don't have to let your nerves get the best of you, says speaker Todd Herman, a leadership consultant who works with professional athletes and corporations like Shell, Chevron, and Cisco.
Microsoft to invest on data & applied services, software engineering
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NEW DELHI: Honing on Microsoft's strategy as a "devices and services" company, its India-born CEO Satya Nadella today said the US-based software giant will invest in data and applied sciences as well as software engineering for the push as a "mobile-first, cloud-first" firm.
A Bigger Screen Might Not Be The Most Desired iPhone 6 Feature After All
HIRING-BUSINESS INSIDER-TECH
What exactly do people want to see in the next iPhone?
Coupon website WalletHero conducted a survey asking people what features they wanted to see in the iPhone 6 and 97% of its 1,500 respondents said they would be more likely to buy the next iPhone if it had better battery life.
Instagram's Messaging Feature Is Pretty Popular After All
HIRING-BUSINESS INSIDER-TECH
Approximately 25% of Instagram users used Instagram Direct last month, according to Fortune. That's 45 million monthy active users.
Instagram Direct is Instagram's take on private direct messaging, allowing users to selectively send captioned photos without publishing them to their public feed. It's a feature that has arguably fallen by the wayside since its announcement seven months ago, but people could be warming up to the feature.
The 12 Most Popular Free Online Courses For Professionals
HIRING-BUSINESS INSIDER- STRATEGY
Want to gain an edge in your working life? Learning new skills online doesn't cost you anything but time.
Based on data from online education platform Coursera, we compiled a list of the 12 most popular, free online classes for working professionals.
Union Budget 2014: 25 Key Points
HIRING- BUSINESS INSIDER-INDIA
Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presented his first budget today. He started his budget speech with a reality check amid high expectations by saying no miracle should be expected in the very first budget and he expected growth to rise to 7-8% over three to four years. He also said that achche din will definitely come but it will not happen overnight and will take some time.
Govt plans Rs 39k cr capital infusion in BSNL, MTNL over 5 yrs
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NEW DELHI : Acknowledging that both BSNL and MTNL are currently in financial distress, the government today said it is "quite serious" to restore the health of the two telecom services providers by adopting various measures like a whopping Rs 39,458 crore fresh investment over five years. "Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) are in financial distress.

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