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Apple to Pay One-Time Bonuses of Up to $1,000 to Store Employees: Report

Apple will pay one-time bonuses of as much as $1,000 (roughly Rs. 73,710 crores) to store employees next month, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. The company will give out $1,000 (roughly Rs. 73,710 crores) to retail staff hired before March 31, while those who joined later will get $500 (roughly Rs. 36,840), the report said. ... Read More »

Facebook Does Away With Over 5,000 Ad-Targetting Options to Thwart Discrimination

Facebook said Tuesday is cutting more than 5,000 ad-targeting options to prevent advertisers from discriminating based on traits such as religion or race. The shift eliminates the ability to direct Facebook ads at people based on ethnicity, beliefs, political affinity or other data that could be considered sensitive or personal. “While these options have been used in legitimate ways to reach ... Read More »

Facebook to Train 60,000 Indian Women on Internet Safety

Facebook on Wednesday said it entered into a partnership with National Commission for Women (NCW) to launch a digital literacy programme aimed at training 60,000 women in universities across India on safe use of the Internet, social media and email in a year. Launched in collaboration with Cyber Peace Foundation, the pilot programme will enable trainees to differentiate between credible and ... Read More »

iPhone X, MacBooks Now Available With Rs. 10,000 Cashback in ICICI Bank EMI Offer

HIGHLIGHTS Cashback of Rs. 5,000 is applicable on iPads and Apple Watch Offer period is March 12-April 15 Maximum of 2 transactions per card is applicable for cashback Apple India has partnered with ICICI Bank to offer cashback of up to Rs. 10,000 on purchase of select iPhone variants, as well as iPad, MacBook, and Apple Watch models. The offer entails a cashback of Rs. 10,000 on MacBook ... Read More »

Moto C, Moto E4, Lenovo K8 Note Available With Rs. 2,000 Cashback From Airtel

HIGHLIGHTS The Moto C gets an effective price of Rs. 3,999 with the offer Moto E4 can be bought at a cashback-inclusive price of Rs. 6,499 Lenovo K8 Note, with cashback, has an effective price of Rs. 10,999 After tie-ups with Itel, Celkon, Samsung, Nokia, and Intex, Airtel has now partnered with Lenovo to offer a cashback of up to Rs. 2,000 on the purchase of the Lenovo K8 Note, Moto ... Read More »

Cash crisis forces secondary schools in England to cut 15,000 staff

Analysis of government figures shows half of the staff lost from schools were classroom teachers. Photograph: Dave Thompson/PA Secondary schools in England have lost 15,000 teachers and teaching assistants in the last two years, resulting in bigger classes and less individual attention for pupils, according to teachers’ leaders. Unions say the job cuts are the result of £2.8bn of real-terms funding ... Read More »

Samsung Offers Rs. 8,000 Cashback on Samsung Galaxy S8, S8+, Note 8, and More Smartphones

HIGHLIGHTS Customers can scan QR code at the store to avail cashback Cashback applicable for most current Galaxy smartphones Bajaj FinServ and Cashify offers also live for the Shopping Carnival Samsung India has partnered with Paytm Mall to offer cashback up to Rs. 8,000 on its range of Galaxysmartphones. This partnership is a part of Samsung Shop’s Christmas Carnival that will take ... Read More »

Xiaomi Mi A1 Gets a Rs. 1,000 Permanent Price Cut in India

HIGHLIGHTS Xiaomi India Head Manu Kumar Jain announced the price cut on Sunday The new price is applicable on both Mi.com and Flipkart Flipkart is additionally offering bank discount and no-cost EMI option Xiaomi Mi A1, the first Android One smartphone by the Chinese company, has received a permanent price drop of Rs. 1,000 in India and is now available ... Read More »

Best Phone Under Rs. 20,000: Check Out the Best Mobiles Under Rs. 20,000 You Can Buy

HIGHLIGHTS The Huawei Honor 8 is a great pick under Rs. 20,000 If size isn’t an issue, consider the Xiaomi Mi Max 2 The Samsung Galaxy On Max delivers an excellent camera on a budget Best mobile phone under Rs. 20,000 would be on your mind if you have a budget sufficient for modern features but the mindset to not ... Read More »

DSSSB move to recruit 9,000 teachers in Delhi govt schools put on hold

The recruitment of around 9,000 teachers to the Delhi’s government schools has been put on hold by Lt Governor Anil Baijal, following the AAP government’s insistence that the work experience of guest teachers be given weightage in the process. The decision comes a day before the candidates could start applying online for the posts advertised by the Delhi Subordinate Services ... Read More »