A photo of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg jogging Friday morning in downtown Beijing’s notorious smog has prompted a torrent of amusing comments and some mockery on Chinese social media. Zuckerberg is a favorite personality among the Chinese public, despite Facebook being banned in the country alongside other overseas social media platforms. He’s also become somewhat notorious for persistent yet so ... Read More »
There’s good news for the Twitter faithful Friday: the network’s signature 140-character limit isn’t going anywhere. Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey told the Today Show’s Matt Lauer that the limit is too much a part of Twitter’s identity to let go. “It’s staying, it’s a good constraint for us,” he said. “It allows for of-the-moment brevity.” Twitter’s chief executive was ... Read More »
When a family purchases a home or a business owner purchases a retail space, they are likely making one of the largest investments they will ever make. It only makes sense that they would want to take steps to protect their investment for as long as possible. Having a well-functioning, adequate roofing system is an essential part of protecting any ... Read More »
Water is an important resource that always must be searched for and dredged up in order to provide for the public. Companies that search for water beneath the dry ground are vital to the well-being and longevity of the state and cities that they serve. When your own business specializes in dredging underground sources of water, you may be on ... Read More »
India’s power reforms are likely to put pressure on state governments’ budgets, potentially forcing them to cut spending needed to support economic growth, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said in a report on Thursday (07 April). States could find themselves deviating from the path of fiscal consolidation as they take on an additional interest burden from debt tied to ... Read More »
Amid a furore over leaked Panama Papers showing Indians with alleged offshore tax haven holdings, RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan on Thursday (07 April) warned against a “dangerous” trend of questions being raised about legitimacy of even the entrepreneurial wealth of self-made people. Stating that the debate on illegitimacy of wealth has varied from crony capitalism and the illegal acts of bankers ... Read More »
Twitter users on Friday were witness to an ugly sight as CEOs of rival Flipkart and Snapdeal traded barbs on the social network. It all started with a tweet by Flipkart’s founder and Executive Chairman, Sachin Bansal. Reacting to news that Chinese giant Alibaba would step up its India operations, Bansaltweeted that Alibaba starting operations in India directly shows how ... Read More »
Over the past few months, Facebook has been aggressively making its instant messenger Messengermore capable by adding the ability to send money to a friend and talk to an AI bot. It seems the company has two more interesting features lined up, if the code of the iOS app is any indication. According to a report, Facebook could soon add ... Read More »
As the owner of a business, you are in charge of making sure that all information pertaining to your company is accurately kept. When you do not have the time to record the information by hand, you may find it easier to use innovations like an online recruitment timesheets portal and other bookkeeping systems that will keep these details straight ... Read More »
Japan’s Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry is set to strengthen its efforts to develop its own technology for genome editing, by allocating JPY 8.6 billion ($76,995,456 or roughly Rs. 510 crores) over five years from fiscal 2016 to 2020. The technology enables cut-and-paste work in gene modifications as desired. The government intends to efficiently mass-produce medicinal products or fragrance elements ... Read More »
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