HIGHLIGHTS WhatsApp has adding two new features The app now lets you put text-only updates You can also make use of a PiP feature WhatsApp has rolled out two new features – support for picture-in-picture and ability to have text as status message – on its Android and iPhone clients as the Facebook-owned instant messaging app continues to improve its functionality for its over one billion customers. The first feature, called picture-in-picture, allows users to resize the video calling window and move it around should they want to also text a friend or do something else. The company began testing the feature, which is also…
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HIGHLIGHTS Steam cannot be accessed in Malaysia This comes after the discovery of a game called Fight of Gods Valve has been asked to prevent Malaysian users access to the game Popular PC storefront Steam is inaccessible in Malaysia following its government blocking the service. The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has blocked Steam for users in the country following the discovery of Fight of Gods – a fighting game where the likes of Buddha and Jesus square off against each other in hand-to-hand combat. It features deities like Odin, Amaterasu, and Moses. The recent additions of Gautama Buddha and Jesus that…
The Staff Selection Commission (SSC) will declare the result of SI/CPO paper-I examination, 2017 on September 9, 2017. Earlier, the commission had given September 8 as the tentative date for declaration of the result. Steps to check SI/CPO paper-I result, 2017 (after they are declared): 1) Go to SSC’s official website 2) Click on the link for ‘Declaration of SI/CPO Paper-I result, 2017’ 3) A pdf page containing list of candidates who have qualified for Paper II will open SSC conducted the SI/CPO Paper-I examination from July 1 to July 7, 2017. The Commission (SSC) had released candidates’ response sheet along…
What would prompt you to turn down a job offer? Not-so-great pay, a work environment you’re not comfortable with, or a difficult boss? One candidate had very different, interesting reasons for saying no to an opportunity that came knocking at his door. Steve Crider, a senior recruiter at McKinsey, wrote about the experience of cold-calling a candidate about a new job opportunity. “It was a big step up from his current role, and he had all the right skills and qualifications,” writes Crider in a post on LinkedIn. But the candidate in question firmly refused the offer. Baffled, Crider asked the…
Interested in computer science and want to take up a career in information technology (IT)? Here are five things you should keep in mind. 1. It is best to take up science with physics, chemistry and mathematics (PCM). Information Technology is a field where there is an increasing demand for professionals with a variety of computer specific qualifications for jobs which vary according to the skill requirement of IT companies. 2.There are several routes to a career in computers and IT. The three major IT-related courses in engineering are IT, computer science, electronics and communications. Computer science is a theoretical…
The Staff Selection Commission (SSC) will declare the result of Combined Graduate Level (CGL) Tier 1 examination, 2017 on October 31, 2017. Steps to check SSC CGL Tier 1 2017 result (after they are declared): 1) Go to SSC’s official website 2) Click on the link for ‘Declaration of Result of Combined Graduate Level (Tier 1) Examination, 2017’ 3) A pdf page containing list of candidates who have qualified for Tier II exam will open SSC conducted the CGL Tier 1 examination, 2017 between August 5 and August 23, 2017. A total of 15,43,962 candidates appeared in the examination, which was…
What would prompt you to turn down a job offer? Not-so-great pay, a work environment you’re not comfortable with, or a difficult boss? One candidate had very different, interesting reasons for saying no to an opportunity that came knocking at his door. Steve Crider, a senior recruiter at McKinsey, wrote about the experience of cold-calling a candidate about a new job opportunity. “It was a big step up from his current role, and he had all the right skills and qualifications,” writes Crider in a post on LinkedIn. But the candidate in question firmly refused the offer. Baffled, Crider asked the…
New Delhi The Congress said on Tuesday that the HRD Ministry’s circular asking Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and Central universities to organise “patriotic” rock shows was an “insult” to the country’s youth. Congress spokesperson Manish Tewari said the government seemed to have presumed that nationalism needed to be inculcated through rock bands. “If this is the vision the government has for the young people of this country, then all that I would like to say is, ‘God help us’,” he told reporters. “It is a very funny circular to say the least,” he added. The Congress also accused the BJP…
Under the State Madrassa Shiksha Parishad in Uttar Pradesh, 16,000 madrassas will now be geo-tagged as the government will track them through a GPS-based service. Also, each madrassa will get a ‘unified district information system for education (UDISE)’ code. The state government says that this is being done for better administration and filtering out fake teachers and pupils. Adityanath’s intentions being questioned But as per News18 report, madrassas are questioning Yogi Adityanath government’s intentions. The former head of madrassa board, Professor Zainus Sajedin said, “Had this directive been issued for the better administration of both madrassas and the government schools, I would…
pple is gearing up for the launch of its latest anniversary edition iPhone. While we already know that the phone will come with radical changes, a new rumour now hints that the iPhone could ditch the Apple’s patent home button and instead come with an thin software bar at the bottom of the screen that would have gesture control features. A report from Bloomberg states that the upcoming iPhone 8 would not have any physical or digital home button. The software bar can be used open the screen by flicking it up to the middle of the display or for…