All great innovators in literature, science, music, engineering, art, and business have practiced it. Thinking, today, is being taught at leading universities globally, including Stanford d.school (the Hasso-Plattner Institute of Design), Harvard and MIT. But why call it design thinking? Because, this is a practice practised during innovation, typically. However, now it is applied in all forms of … Read more
Data security is creating fear and trust issues for IT professionals, according to the third-annual Oracle and KPMG Cloud Threat Report 2020. The study of 750 cybersecurity and IT professionals across the globe found that a patchwork approach to data security, misconfigured services and confusion around new cloud security models has created a crisis of … Read more
Tired of dilly-dallying at the end of US telecom carriers, Google has announced to roll out its own Rich Communication Services (RCS) on Android that will replace the traditional SMS text messaging with more useful chat features. “To make your conversations more seamless, we’ve worked on upgrading traditional SMS text messaging with more useful chat … Read more
Across the world, boys are taught from an early age that they need to be in charge- when it comes to situations, life, and most importantly their emotions. Little wonder then that many grow up thinking that their only option is to put on a brave face, and not appear ‘unmanly’. India’s very own Bollywood … Read more
Kubernetes has become a standard infrastructure API with a gravitational pull that vendors like Red Hat, Mesosphere (now D2IQ), and Pivotal have been unable to escape. If you’re in the business of enabling enterprises to build applications, you’ve got to support Kubernetes. Period. For those application-building enterprises, Kubernetes adoption has remained somewhat aspirational, with a 2018 … Read more
Google today pledged to include recycled materials in all of its Made By Google products by 2022. The portfolio currently includes hardware like Pixel phones, Pixelbooks, Google Home speakers, Nest, and accessories like phone cases and charging stands. In an interview with Fast Company, Google said it had begun using recycled plastic in Chromecast devices and … Read more
When it comes to Artificial Intelligence (AI), there have always been two school of thoughts. On one hand, Elon Musk, Founder of SpaceX and Co-founder of Telsa, believes that “AI could create an ‘immortal dictator’” and that AI is a fundamental risk to the existence of human civilisation. On the other hand, Google billionaire, Eric Schmidt, believes that … Read more
The first time I read Carol Ann Duffy’s collection Rapture, I finished it, took a breath, and read it again. I had rarely encountered anything so raw and it contains some of my favourite poetry. It tells the story of an affair – a modern one, for the digitised masses. “I tend to the mobile now … Read more
THE KITCHEN WIZARD Lemons are a versatile cleaning agent in the kitchen. You can use lemon juice to clean stains, cut through grease and kill germs on cutting boards, Tupperware and laminated bench-tops. Want more freshness? Half a lemon on a saucer in the fridge helps keep odours under control. And to keep the microwave … Read more
As the New Year quickly approaches you’re likely wanting to renovate your diet, wardrobe, fitness regime, work and even possibly your house. And while resolutions may quickly fall by the wayside, if it’s the home improvement suggestion you’re looking to hold strong to then look no further than sprucing up your bathroom tiles. By making … Read more