Jobs specialising in the creation and management of AI tools may witness rising salaries due to the niche expertise they require. Skills in AI research, development and the practical application of AI tools in business settings will also see strong demand.
At the recently concluded annual I/O conference, which is an annual developer-focused event held in San Francisco, California, Google announced several new devices and services.
Lorraine Hariton, the State department's special representative for commercial and business affairs, met Indian Americans at a luncheon meeting in San Jose, California, July 15.
The company has almost 900 jobs open, representing nearly 8 percent of its workforce.
Delhi born and schooled Nand Mulchandani, who has more than 25 years of experience in Silicon Valley and at the Pentagon, has been appointed as the Central Intelligence Agency first-ever Chief Technology Officer.
NASA's Deep Space Networks will help India to track the Mars orbiter's journey, and will also help to track it when it will go around Mars, reports Ritu Jha from California.
India's Silicon Valley Bangalore turns out to be the worst place to start a business in India, according to World Bank survey.
This is a critical first step towards building the next generation of search, which taps into the collective intelligence of the web and understands the world a bit more like people do said Google to stay as the perfect search engine.
For years, many Wall Street investors wrote off Dell Inc as a dying personal computer company. But Silver Lake Partners is betting about $1 billion that they're wrong. Here' why...
Popular comedian Trevor Noah, who is in India for a comedy tour, called off two stand-up shows in Bengaluru due to 'technical issues' and apologised to the audience members for the inconvenience.
India is not reaping the benefits of demographic dividends, former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan said on Tuesday, emphasising that there is a need to focus on improving the human capital and enhancing their skill sets. "I think we are in the midst of it (demographic dividend), but the problem is we are not reaping the benefits," Rajan said at a conference on "Making India an Advanced Economy by 2047: What Will it Take" at the George Washington University in Washington DC. "That's why I said 6 per cent growth.
Social networking and mobile applications are increasingly becoming a part of Walmart customers' day-to-day lives globally.
Crumbling roads, jammed airports, and power blackouts could hobble growth.
Egged on by more than 160 venture capitalists, including several Indian Americans -- the majority of whom are from California's Silicon Valley -- United States Senators John F Kerry, Massachusetts Democrat, and Richard Lugar, Indiana Republican, have introduced legislation to create jobs in America and increasing America's global competitiveness by helping immigrant entrepreneurs obtain US visas.
GITPRO asked US Senators to support the legislation in the Congress.
Majority of Indian community voted for Obama.
The locality, home to IIT-Bombay and the National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE), is steadily attracting fledgling entrepreneurs for purposes of both work and residence.
The India Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies -- a leading Washington, DC think tank -- will be occupied by Karl F Inderfurth, erstwhile Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian Affairs in the Clinton Administration.
The ship will have workspaces, Internet connection, 24-hour concierge services and gym.
'We had been talking for two hours about India and America and we stopped and looked at each other. "The issues are the same," said my hyper-successful and patriotic NRI friend, his hidden Indian self somewhere wanting to empathise. Yes, I agreed, only the planets that we inhabit seem different, notes B S Prakash.
He will look at early stage software, Internet, and tech companies.
Suhail Rizvi, an enigmatic India-born investor, has emerged as one of the biggest gainers from Twitter's high-profile public debut.
Manufacturing market in India is huge, said Kapil Sibal in California.
Indian-American venture capitalist Vinod Khosla will join the Board of Directors at mobile payment start-up Square, founded by Twitter chairman Jack Dorsey.
Former Co-CEO of Wipro IT Business Girish S Paranjpe has joined the Silicon Valley-based Bloom Energy International as Managing Director. Bloom Energy International is a provider of breakthrough solid oxide fuel cell technology that produces clean, reliable, affordable onsite power.
It is the government and its policies and attitude toward FDI that is at the root of the problem.
Can the spirit of entrepreneurship be inspired into MBA students, or is it a lost cause? IIT Madras's Vijay Anand argues that it can.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday said that the focus of the Trinamool Congress government will be on industrial development in the state for which packages will be drawn up. Speaking at the inaugural session of ABP Infocom virtually, Banerjee said the target of the government now is to promote development of industry in West Bengal and all industries will be given equal importance. "Our state is number one in imparting social justice. "Now our target is industry. More importance will be given to it now. Packages for the industry will come", she said adding that West Bengal will be the new industrial destination in the country.
'That an Indian can lead the world's top software company is an important milestone for Indian Americans and for America. But the larger message is for India itself: Imagine what Indians can achieve at home if they put their differences aside and start helping one another,' says Vivek Wadhwa.
PEs and VCs are taking a closer look at their bouquet of investments. Leading voices in the sector are categorical that cash-burn rates -- that's blowing up equity to acquire market share -- as a business model can't continue to be the polestar.
There is no shortage of books on the Microsoft founder, but this latest one is different in that it paints Mr Gates in shades of grey, leaving it to readers to make their own judgement about the man
People were busy, rushing from one panel to the other to grab some knowledge on Cloud, Mobility, Social Media, Energy, Women Entrepreneurship and the newly formed Youth Panel.
'You're going to need talent, skill, and imagination and vision, but more than anything else, you're going to need the ability to communicate authentically, to speak so that you inspire the people around you and to listen, so that you continue to learn each and every day on the job.' Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg, one of Silicon Valley's inspiring figures, delivered this inspiring speech at her alma mater, the Harvard Business School, last week.
Coupang, a prominent online retail giant headquartered in the United States (US), is gearing up to establish a cutting-edge technology centre in India, aiming to hire several dozen skilled professionals by the end of the year, Business Standard has learnt. The intended expansion involves the recruitment of software engineers across various domains, underscoring Coupang's commitment to extend its global reach. The Indian team will support the company's global technology team, sources said.
It will be based in the Silicon Valley and will act as a landing pad for Indian startups looking to enter the crucial US markets.
Bengaluru may not remain India's 'Silicon Valley' for too long owing to its crumbling infrastructure and associated woes, says an Assocham study.
The new initiatives for this year include the formation of TiE Angels- a group of accredited TiE Charter Member investors with the goal of supporting top tier emerging companies with early stage investment and support.
Two Silicon Valley firms - Nanostellar and Meraki - have been selected by the Geneva-based World Economic Forum as Technology Pioneers 2008. Both companies are headed by Indo-Americans - Nanostellar by Pankaj Dhingra, president and chief executive officer, and Meraki Inc by Sanjit Biswas, co-founder and chief executive officer.
Sheeroy Desai, CEO of PAC, was in India recently. In an interview to rediff.com, he made some interesting observations on the recent recession and its impending recovery.
For Kharagpur IITian Amitava Bhattacharya, entrepreneurship was an irresistible dream that he thought of chasing hard.
