CHENNAI: The US embassy on Wednesday launched the EducationUSA India mobile app to provide accurate and comprehensive information to Indian students who want to study in the United States. The app, developed by the US embassy and the United States-India Educational Foundation (USIEF), is available on iOS and Android platforms. “This free app is the first point of information for students, parents, school counsellors and others who want to know about US higher education but don’t know where to begin,” says Aparna Chandrasekaran, advisor, EducationUSA. EducationUSA is the official source of information on US higher education. The app which is easy to download links to other EducationUSA resources. US Consulate General in Chennai along with four other consulates celebrated students visa day on Wednesday. The consulate general in Chennai had nearly 1,000 students for visa interviews on the student visa day. Robert Burgess, US consul general in Chennai, presented the … [Read more...] about US embassy launches mobile app to help Indian students
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TikTok vanishes from Google, Apple app stores in India after ban
TikTok, which allows users to create and share short videos with special effects, is hugely popular in India but some politicians say its content is inappropriate. A court in southern Tamil Nadu state asked the federal government on April 3 to ban TikTok, saying it encouraged pornography and warning that sexual predators could target child users, which was a setback for developer Bytedance Technology’s efforts to tap users in a key market. The federal government sent a letter requesting Apple and Google to abide by the state court’s order, according to an IT ministry official. Google blocked access to TikTok in its Play store in India to comply with the court’s directive, a person with direct knowledge told Reuters on Tuesday. The app was not available in Apple’s app store on Wednesday. Google said in a statement it does not comment on individual apps but adheres to local laws. Apple did not respond to requests for comment. A spokesman for TikTok in India … [Read more...] about TikTok vanishes from Google, Apple app stores in India after ban
Facebook vs Google and the Future of App Development
Flutter and React Native are next-level opportunities. Rahul Varshneya Published 9:00 am CST, Tuesday, February 19, 2019 Photo: Volkan Furuncu | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Photo: Volkan Furuncu | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Image 1 of 1 Photo: Volkan Furuncu | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Facebook vs Google and the Future of App Development 1 / 1 Back to Gallery Google's recent launch of Flutter and Facebook's React Native are helping to narrow the gaps between building hybrid and native apps. Both are changing the game but offer key differences worth considering. It's critical to understand what each framework brings to the table so you can … [Read more...] about Facebook vs Google and the Future of App Development
Millennials in India are turning to algorithms for love
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By Saritha Rai Bloomberg Thu., Jan. 24, 2019 Pawan Gupta wasn’t having any luck finding a match. The 31-year-old MBA graduate wanted to get married and scoured dating apps and Indian matrimonial websites. Yet after four years of looking and dating, he was no closer to walking around the sacred fire typical of the Hindu marriage ceremony. So the MIT Sloan School of Management alum decided to build an AI-powered matchmaking app, one that would determine emotional, intellectual and social compatibility. Gupta teamed up with engineer Rahul Namdev to create Betterhalf, employing a wide swath of data to figure out who could be successfully matched for marriage. The service is starting to have success. Manoj Kumar Singh, 32, turned to Betterhalf after years of failures with traditional matchmaking and dating websites. He was paired up with an HSBC executive he found kind and caring; they were married within months. “Over four years, I thought I’d tried … [Read more...] about Millennials in India are turning to algorithms for love
Walmart plans 2,000 hires for technology development
Walmart Inc. plans to hire 2,000 technology workers this year to support its e-commerce business and in-store innovations, the company said this week. A spokesman for the Bentonville retailer said Thursday that all the jobs will be in its Walmart Labs division. Headed by Jeremy King, the chief technology officer, Walmart Labs develops technologies that support the customer experience in stores and online. These entail "any technical capabilities that power our stores, website or app," the spokesman said. Walmart Labs is responsible for nearly all the innovations the customer sees, from robots that scrub floors to app features that enable online grocery ordering and faster checkout in stores. Software engineers, designers, data scientists, project managers and other "technologists" are needed, the spokesman said. The new jobs will be spread across Walmart Labs' nine offices, which are in Bentonville; San Bruno and Sunnyvale in California's Silicon Valley; Carlsbad, Calif., near San … [Read more...] about Walmart plans 2,000 hires for technology development