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Freelancers: What’s new?
Smart phones were invented in 1992. It was called the Simon Personal Communicator and it was created by IBM. Although the Simon Personal Communicator did not become a household word, by 1995 the term “smartphone” had become a word we used with frequency. However, despite this, the iPhone, which arguably was the first smart phone
Freelancers: Companies want you
How much is an employee worth? This may sound like a simple question. One only needs to calculate how much that person is paid plus any benefits such as health insurance or other benefits and consider that as the cost of that employee right? No. An employee – a really good employee – may be
Freelancers: Best places to work
Many of us are not so lucky as to have a choice of where to work. Many of us are just happy to have a job. But for those of us who have skills in high demand in the marketplace, the possibility of choice of where to work comes to play. And, as with most
Freelancers: Tata versus Epic – please be careful
This past Friday April 15th, 2016 a United State’s Federal Grand Jury in the state of Wisconsin handed down a fine of $940 million dollar fine against because of a trade secret lawsuit that the Epic company filed against India’s Tata Group (which consists of the Tata Consultancy Services and Tata America International Corporation). In
Freelancers: Watch your world
Yesterday, April 15th, 2016 governor Raghuram Rajan of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said that the RBI may LOWER its interest rates (lower? Yes, lower) if inflation continues to ease up and if India’s monsoon season turns out to be a good one. Governor Rajan further stated that India has “got it right” with our country’s
Freelancers: How much do you know Google?
On September 4, 1998 people learned of a new Internet company called “Google”. I remember those days. People told me that “there must be some catch.” People would tell me “if you use that Google thing, next thing you know is that you will be receiving tons of emails and advertisements.” People would say things
Freelancers and Women: Outstanding potential
Who was Rosalyn Yalow? Janet Rowley? No idea? How about Marie Curie? Rosalind Frankin? Give up? Well these are all women who made tremendous contributions to the world of science and through them, improved all of our lives. Without these women we would not know today how to measure hormone levels in people (Rosalyn Yalow), or
Freelancers: Women professionals welcome
400 years is a long time. Think about it. 400 years ago in America, the colony of Jamestown was established. This was 170 years before the country of America/USA itself even existed. 400 years ago in India the states of Maharastra, Andhra Pradesh and karnataka, among others, did not exist. Therefore, 400 years is a long
Freelancers: Vidyalakshmi
The world values Indian’s IT capabilities and now our government in India is showing us that it very much values out IT as well. The India Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) today, April 8, 2016, proposed that all IIT students, at the time when they are admitted to the school, are to be given the
