Online gaming has grown by leaps and bounds to become an intrinsic part of entertainment across the globe. A report by the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) and Ikigai Law pegs the Indian gaming market at $930 million today and predicts the industry will soon grow bigger than the music, movie, and television industries put together. It also shows a steep rise in the number of Indian game developers.

Publication: Businessworld

It helps to remove the friction that can exist between IT systems and employees and creates better experiences and effective security with less cost and operational overhead.

Publication: Financial Express

Given the prominent role of technology in our life, it is not surprising that computer engineering continues to be one of the most preferred streams in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics). It was the most popular choice among undergraduate engineering students in 2019, however, with this popularity also comes intense competition in the field. Hence, it is important to understand the emerging career opportunities upon graduation.

Publication: BW Education

India’s information technology (IT) sector is facing a talent crunch for niche digital skills as digital transformation deals in the post-covid era boost demand.

Publication: Mint

With a 24 per cent market share, Lenovo took the first place again in Q1 2021, followed by HP at 23 per cent and Dell at 17 per cent.

Publication: Telangana Today

The pandemic has made it impossible for people to go out which has hampered their jobs a lot. Most of the companies have come up with a solution for helping their employees with their work. The companies have started the system of working from home where the employees work in the home environment without having to go out and everything is done in virtual mode.

Publication: Analytics Insight

Despite the global pandemic and resulting economic downturn, the global semiconductor industry remained resilient with revenue growth of 6.5% to reach the $440bn mark in 2020.

Publication: The Financial Express

Though Samsung has a substantial share of the information technology (IT) hardware and telecommunication (telecom) equipment domestic market, it has kept away from the government’s production-linked incentive (PLI) schemes for these two sectors. This decision has raised questions on whether the South Korean giant which, along with Apple, was expected to showcase the ambitious PLI scheme to the world, has chosen caution as its policy. Its presence in IT hardware — tablets, laptops, and personal computers (PCs) — is substantial, according to a research by Canalys i

Publication: Hindi Business Standard

Microsoft is rewarding all its employees for pulling through a tough pandemic-struck year, as learned from a report by The Verge. According to an internal memo seen by the website, Microsoft is giving a one-time bonus of $1,500 (roughly Rs 1,12,000) to its employees “in recognition of the unique and challenging fiscal year that Microsoft just completed.” Microsoft’s chief people officer, Kathleen Hogan announced the gift to employees on Thursday, July 8.

Publication: Eenadu

Cyberpunk 2077 had a very rough launch, doubly more so on the older consoles. Sony was forced to remove the game from the PS store after users complained of poor performance and game-breaking bugs. After an absence of more than half a year, the game is finally back on PSN. To everyone’s surprise, it’s doing rather well on the PS4, grabbing the top spot among the list of the bestselling games for the month of June (in Europe and the US).

Publication: Hardware Times