The US had set up the H-1B visa program to hire on a short term basis highly skilled workers not available in America.  The ground reality is that some tech firms have used every loophole in the H-1B system to bring in low cost workers into USA.  The ongoing misuse of the visas is an open secret. Now an anti H1B and anti Indian website has been forced overseas. More...

Intel is the dominant chip player in the world and controls 80 percent of the $40 billion market.  Intel chips have stood the test of time and rugged conditions and drive most of the pc’s and laptops in the world. Recently, Intel launched a multi-million dollar advertising blitz starring an Indian born Intel Fellow and one of the most respected executives in USA. More...

An Indian posts ‘insulting images’ of respected warrior-saint Shivaji on Google’s Orkut.  Indian police come knocking at Google’s gilded door demanding the IP address (IP uniquely identifies every computer in the world) which is the source of this negative image.  Google, India hands over the IP address. And then things go wrong. More...

The Kerala State IT Mission, the government agency tasked with promoting the use of IT and e-governance has advertised for an opening in the leading newspapers in Kerala today. The candidate should have a minimum of seven years experience in the relevant area with excellent computer skills, especially in Office packages. More...

In May, 2009, techgoss had reported a cost cutting measure adopted by Bangalore-based Kennametal Shared Services Private Limited (KSSPL), the captive information technology support unit of US-based Kennametal Inc. The management of KSSPL had decided that there would be a salary cut for one week, making it a twenty-five percent salary cut. More...

English is not a strange language to most educated Indians. In fact, it is the lingua franca between the Hindi and the non-Hindi regions in this vast country with numerous languages on the official list. English is also one of the official languages of India. Several writers are accepted internationally like Pico Iyer, Salman Rushdie and Anita Desai More...

UK-based Alamy claims to hold the largest and most comprehensive online collection of commercial photography in the world. Established in 1999, Alamy pioneered the concept of an unedited collection and sells images taken by thousands of photographers and photo agencies. Its ex-CEO operating from Technopark, Kerala had left in a hurry and in unclear circumstances. More...

Pune in Maharashtra is one of the major tech hubs in the country.  Big tech players like IBM, Infosys, Wipro, Symantec, Cognizant, TCS and others have a major presence in this thriving metropolis.  Many medium and smallish tech companies also provide great products and services. One such company has publicly asked for advice in getting its dues from a US-based client. More...

India’s Silicon Valley Bangalore is the richest tech hub in the country.  Every major tech player – Intel, IBM, Google, Infosys, Wipro, HP and others have offices there.  38 percent of India’s software exports worth $9 billion dollars are done from Bangalore.  The BPO sector is worth billions. A few years ago, the Bangalore economy was quantified at 100 billion dollars.  More...

Sometimes just having a good product is enough.  Google never had a huge advertising budget and grew to its gigantic size only because of a great product.  Sometimes, you have the best product, but still keep a tight leash on the media.  Apple gives access to its managers and products only to journalists, who in their view, write positive or ‘balanced’ stories. More...