Putting the Human in Human Resources – Human Talks 2017 recap
The HR industry undergoes change just like any other industry. Technology and trends influence the way it acts and reacts to the workforce available to them as well as the workforce currently employed. A stronger grasp of tech, trends and new initiatives means better engagement and retention while growing one’s career. Upskilling yourself as a …
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The Essential Guide to Organizing a Hackathon
Have you always wanted to host your own hackathon? Want to separate the truly talented from your community? Got a problem that needs solving? Want a close-knit atmosphere of drive and positive energy to market a new product? If yes, then a hackathon may be the right solution for you. But how does …
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The Secret To A Perfect Client Relationship
THE ‘COMMUNICARE’ Professional communication with your client is like a long distance relationship. The understanding of what to say, when to say and when not to say is really important. One needs to get into the shoes of the client to understand their requests, concerns or any miscellaneous messages. Building trust is an important factor. …
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Why Build Mobile Apps in React Native?
React Native is the hip new framework that was open sourced by Facebook in early 2015. Since its release, there has been a very steady growth of interest in the framework. Not to mention it has amassed over 47k stars on github. It empowers developers to create apps in Javascript that run on multiple mobile platforms like …
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Reinventing the Retail Biz - How Amazon leads the pack
Hercules has a new name, and it’s Amazon. From selling books to turning drone delivery into reality, Amazon has done it all the Amazon way! It is omnipresent and has revolutionized the retail industry of present and the past; the future is in the making. Amazon is the undisputed leader in the competitive e-commerce space. …
How You Could Be Part of Amazon’s Engineering Team
The world witnessed a staggering rise of a company that truly redefined the consumer internet business and cloud infrastructure services. Amazon has also been spearheading business and tech in India ever since the country got to know of it. But what makes Amazon so great as a company? Is it their technology, their values or …
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What goes behind making great logos?
A brand is defined by its logo. The power of a logo is unbelievably amazing in having a resounding effect on the way customers and audiences view a particular product, service or company. A powerful logo may reflect simplicity but what goes behind the scenes in creating an effective logo is much more complex. You …
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How to Build A Great Team
You want to build a great team. Fantastic. We all want that. But how do you go about it? That’s the billion dollar question. And I have the answer. Before I reveal all, think about what you’d look for in an amazing team. Do you want a team of individual superstars? But who do not …
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3 Key Differences Between Frontend and Backend Android Development
Let’s hit this now! We’ve been talking a lot about Android Development. But what happens behind the scenes of a frontend and backend Android Development is what I am going to take you through today. The front-end as we know it is the interface of an android application and backend are the nuts and bolts …
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What the AWS Platform Brings To Your Business
Technology has changed the way business runs and by delivering innovative new products and services, IT has become a business enablement machine. Successful businesses are moving towards a dynamic new way of operating by approaching IT as a business driver. And the bottom line impacts of this shift is evident from the success of the …
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Behaviour of non-tech hackathons
When you hear the word hackathon, all that comes to your mind is a room full of coders! With the rising popularity of hackathon culture, one thing that has been realized is that building transformative products requires more than the coding skills alone. With time, hackathons are becoming events open to anyone willing to build …
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What Makes Challenge-Based Hiring So Attractive?
The year 2017 is a year of employees. With over 60% millennials and genZ taking over the workplaces by storm, recruiters have been making certain amendments to their traditional ways of finding talent. Employers have to compete harder with one another to attract talent. Not to mention they also need to devise ways to attract …
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Becoming ixigo.com’s next ixigem at ixicode!
Enter India’s leading travel search marketplace, connecting over 80 million travelers with content & deals from over 25,000 online & offline travel & hospitality businesses. Guess who? ixigo.com of course! And with them marched a hoard of over 50 developers with dreams to be the next ixigem. Amidst the glorious burst of energy and exhilaration, the …
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How Non-Techies Can Dig Programming
The beauty of programming is that one necessarily does not need to be a software engineer to code. You may be a statistician who writes a code for simple natural language processing, a biologist who wants to automate certain experimental data in his lab or a lawyer who wants to identify clusters of words and …
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Unleashing bitcoin’s potential at Cryptothon 2017!
Recent laws passed in India marked demonetization as a nationwide event that had the public seeking out new sources of e-payments, online wallets and payment gateways. Bitcoin suddenly appeared on everyone’s radar being a relative source of income that appreciated like stocks did. India’s leading bitcoin service provider, Unocoin, jumped at the opportunity presented to create …
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The Essentials to Establishing Coding Standards
A maintainable code is a popular talk among everyone in the coding fraternity. Nothing is more irritating than inheriting an application with cumbersome codes without defined direction and purpose. And when you have to make enhancements to the same its a real pain. It becomes much easier when the codes are neatly commented with details …
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The Best 7 Practises For Mobile App Testing
Mobile phones have been around since the 80s’ and have evolved into one of the world’s smartest devices. Modern humans spend a large amount of their lives just swiveling through screens of this smart machine. When advent in technology, the hardware shrunk and the software expanded (be it the complexity, applications or user interaction). And …
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The Ins & Outs of Creating & Solving Programming Problems
Curiosity is the essence of human existence and every new question opens the door to innovation. But what goes behind the creation and solution of a problem is truly fascinating. It is an art. The art of asking questions, which is the source of all knowledge doesn’t come in handy. There is a lot of …
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Get ixified with ixigo!
One of the biggest reasons to work at a startup is getting a chance to make a difference in the world. Every idea is acknowledged, every voice is heard. The non-existence of bureaucracy in the system makes it easier for your ideas to traverse from its inception to execution. The life, as they say, is …
What Happened At Code Haus?
Where were you on the morning of Saturday, March 18th, 2017? If you weren’t at our office in Indiranagar, you missed out on a great event! I had the pleasure of leading the 1st Code Haus, and I must say, it was quite unlike anything I had experienced at Venturesity before. This was a codesprint …
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