In an effort to increase the number of women and other underrepresented groups in the computer science field, Facebook will be investing $15 million over the next five years to Code.org to enable the nonprofit to train teachers to teach computer science in urban public school districts and to expand learning opportunities for students. Facebook released a report on the diversity of its own employees, admitting the company has a long way to go before it has a diverse employee base, particularly for its technical departments and senior leadership. Only 17 percent...

Manufacturers’ Association for Information Technology (MAIT), the apex body representing ICT industry today signed an MoU with National Institute of Electronics & Information Technology (NIELIT) for capacity building of government offices in managing their e-waste. The MoU was signed by Dr. Ashwini Kumar Sharma, Director General, NIELIT and Anwar Shirpurwala, Executive Director, MAIT in the presence of Dr. Debashis Dutta, Scientist ‘G’ and Group Coordinator, Deity. As per industry estimates, an estimated 1.8 million tonnes of e-waste is generated in the country every year, and is likely to grow to...

Xiomi India has roped in Snapdeal’s ex senior director, Raghu Reddy as head of online sales. Previously, Reddy was heading Snapdeal’s mobile and tablet business. This is a big step by Xiaomi as the company mentioned earlier that they were unaware of their popularity in the country and did not estimate the proportion of sales. This led them to manufacture more handsets just to meet the requirements in India alone. Later they went ahead to launch new handsets in the country, which again went in their favor, and Xiaomi managed...

NVIDIA launched its first ever video game, VR Funhouse, offering free, virtual reality experience that provides enhanced graphics capabilities that is sure to delight gamers. The company also launched a unique and powerful screenshot capturing tool called Ansel which claims to offer “a new way to capture in-game shots”. The NVIDIA VR Funhouse will be available in July on Steam free of cost. Ansel screen capturing lets users compose their in-game shots from any position, adjust post-process filters, capture HDR images in Hi-Fi formats and share the screenshots in 360...

With World Youth Skills Day being marked on July 15th, Aide et Action, an international NGO launched the iDream mobile application, whereby youth with Android devices can get connected and trained via the Skill Development Programme called ‘iLEAD’. The launch has taken place simultaneously in 70 centres around South-East Asia including countries India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. The app is developed to help unemployed youth with skills and potential to mobilize him/her to the nearby training centers. “With the help of this application, which is available on Google Play Store,...

The education industry has moved from traditional methods to more Web-based approached, with new technologies stepping in to make education a very different experience for the future. In that light, a research conducted by Craft Driven Market Research shows that, the 2016-2017 financial year should see a spike of 12% more funding for ventures in the ‘EduTech’ space. With new ideas, inclusion of educationists and students alike has been unparalleled, thus prompting the enthusiasm amongst financers in this niche segment. Craft Driven Market research studied 270 Edu-tech start-ups of India...

Chinese smartphone maker, Vivo who became one of the top smartphone vendors in India within a short span of time is bullish over Indian smartphone market. The company aims to triple its manufacturing capacity in the country in the near future. Currently, Vivo is the only Chinese smartphone manufacturer who has set up a full-fledged manufacturing unit in India in line with the ambitious ‘Make in India’ initiative. Vivo Mobile India has reportedly invested close to INR 125 crore in its first phase of investment in the 30,000 square-metre facility at Greater...

Chinese internet and technology conglomerate LeEco has roped in top Qualcomm executive Jaiteerth Patwari as Research and Development Head for LeMall, the company’s online shopping site in the country. Patwari worked with mobile processor supplier Qualcomm for 14 years and will now set up and head the development centre at LeMall India. “We are very delighted to bring Jaiteerth on board, who will bring with him a wealth of experience which we’re sure will be fruitful for us in our India journey,” said IANS report published in Firstpost quoted Atul...