The air cargo industry is at something of a crossroads: the past couple of months has presented an opportunity review strategy – with some executives suggesting it is time put cargo at the forefront, rather than passengers, and offer customers an integrator-style model. With a fast-growing e-commerce sector, and business models of the likes of UPS and FedEx proving freight ... Read More »
Author Archives: Loknath Das
Deloitte China launches new technology innovation centre in Shanghai
The Chinese arm of professional services firm Deloitte has launched a new digital assets and IP development center in Shanghai. Dubbed Deloitte HiTech, the centre will connect advanced technologies with business applications to drive digital transformation through innovation, with the aim of accelerating digital strategy and strengthening cooperation with the public and private sector to create a global innovation network. ... Read More »
Lockdown pass touts active on social media
Gurugram The desperation to cross the state border has led to mushrooming of agents offering cross-border passes. Advertising on social media, these touts offer single and weekly passes for travel across the NCR, cross-border movement of taxis, trucks and buses and ferrying more persons than the permissible limit. The fraudsters, in a majority of cases, target desperate migrants from Uttar ... Read More »
To fix social media, we need to introduce digital socialism
In the past few years, intellectuals across the spectrum have fallen out of love with Big Tech. The “frightful five” – Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple, and Microsoft – wield enormous power, with their combined wealth exceeding $5 trillion. After years of market consolidation and exploitative practices, critics in the United States are pushing to break up Big Tech monopolies with ... Read More »
Social Media App Carry A Book Looks To Unite The Literary Minded
People who complained that they never had enough time to read in their lives were handed a prime, if unfortunate opportunity to remedy that with the Coronavirus lockdown. Now, a new social media app looks to unite those eager readers, whether they’re still in quarantine or turning pages where the lockdown is ending. Book lovers who found prime reading time ... Read More »
How To Land A Remote Social Media Manager Role For Travel Brands
Want to work from home or anywhere else in the world, yet at the same time feel that working online is only for those with a massive Instagram following? Keep reading and find out how you can work online and travel the world as a social media manager like Nadine Rohner. A few years ago, Rohner followed her inner voice, ... Read More »
Kill Covid19 with Arista Shuddhi Box Gadget
A Gurgaon-based technology startup, Arista Vault has come up with a must needed solution Shuddhi Box, amid the COVID-19 pandemic. It is a known fact that coronavirus has a devastating effect on the entire world. The spread of the virus is very vast. It requires immediate action to prevent the disease at the community level during the period of latent ... Read More »
National Technology Day: Here are 5 things you should know about it
India is observing its 29th National Technology Day today. The day, which was first observed on May 11, 1999, aims to commemorate the scientific and technological achievements of Indian scientists and engineers. To mark the occasion, Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to Twitter to salute all the scientists for their achievements. “On National Technology Day, our nation salutes all those ... Read More »
What recruiters are saying about the tech job market right now
Given the endless drumbeat of layoff announcements — with deep cuts by Airbnb and Uber garnering much of the industry’s attention this week — it’s reasonable to wonder: what happens to all of the talent that’s being laid off? How does the changing supply and demand balance impact pay? Is anyone safe in this market? Because the questions are top ... Read More »
The influence of AI on social media
Social networking platforms like Facebook and Twitter maintain about 3.2 billion social media users across the world, says Amelia Emma, content manager at the GreyCampus. Emma says that the strength of the brand can be increased with efficient social media management and AI. Social media has been a part of digital marketing only for a decade but has rapidly risen in ... Read More »