Hundreds of Infosys BPO’s employees in the Philippines are smiling from ear to ear as their company has finally delivered on its promise of providing 5,000 pesos (equal to the same amount in rupees) as its generous financial assistance to those employees severely affected by tropical storm Ketsana back in October 26. More...

It is a given that blogs have done much to democratize, educate, entertain and enlighten humanity. Scratchmysoul in association with Doordarshan and Hindustan Times conducted a bloggers symposium on Dec 12, 2009 at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. A blogger who attended said he was asked to avoid any contentious speeches. More...

Vikram Buddhi, an IIT alumnus and a PhD student at Purdue University has been in a Chicago jail for 3.5 years now. He was convicted in 2007 for using the identities of other people to post threatening messages online against President Bush and others. Vikram insists that his views are protected under the US Constitution guarantee of free speech. More...

A genius undeserved by many of us, but he still prefers India to an overseas assignment. Tathagat Avatar Tulsi had been recognised and then derecognised as a young scientific genius by many in the science world. The circle is now complete with him attaining a PhD at the age of 21 to become one of the youngest scientists ever. More...

Get ready to be addicted to the sms soaps on your mobile screens! AVS Sreenivas, a Bangalore-based HR consultant, short story writer and editor of a neighbourhood newspaper ‘Wednesday Digest’ is working on exactly that. Currently, 500 women have signed up. This is what AVS Sreenivas told Techgoss about this endeavour. More...

Perfecto Arturo Dillera, a popular senior call center manager in the Philippines missed the chance of his lifetime to become a huge celebrity after his elimination from the popular TV contest, Asia’s Biggest Loser. After a very successful run in North America, the producers of The Biggest Loser contest had decided to bring this show to Asia. More...

London-based Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo) was created on January 1, 2009 following the decision of the Association of Technology Staffing Companies (ATSCo) to admit members from other professional staffing sectors outside IT and engineering. Members of APSCo have an annual turnover of 6 Billion pounds. More...

It is well-known around the call center circles in the Philippines that getting hired for bank call centers involve detailed probity tests. They do stringent background checks and recently have been checking credit history as well. At least two bank BPO’s will reject agents who have bad personal credit histories. More...

BPO Stream Global Services is targeting revenues of $1 billion by Dec, 2010.  It currently has BPO’s in USA, Europe, Philippines, India, Latin America, Mid East and Africa. But many Stream Global Services Agents in the Philippines are upset and crying foul over management’s broken promise of giving them bonuses this December. More...

Vikram Buddhi, an IIT Mumbai alumnus and a PhD student at Purdue University has been in a Chicago jail for 3.5 years now, and his crime? He allegedly posted a message on a Yahoo board in 2005 ostensibly threatening to kill President Bush, First Lady Laura Bush, Vice-president Dick Cheney and top Republican leaders. More...