World BPO Forum to train people in tier II, tier III cities

The World BPO Forum, in association with BPO Association of India plans to train people in Tier-II and Tier-III cities over the next few years. 

The organisation has tied up with BPOs like Bharti.co and iQor to help train people in smaller towns and cities in India. The forum is also in talks with several other industry players to provide skills training in cities like Shimla, Cochin, Patna, Ranchi, Gandhinagar, Trivandram, Jaipur, Pune, Lucknow and Agra, to name a few. 

Six tips for protecting your e mail privacy

Sending an email message is certainly more private than posting on a social networking site, but email has its own dangers. Here are six tips to help you communicate without risking your privacy.

By now we all know not to post sensitive information on social networking sites. Even with privacy settings enabled, that angry political rant or embarrassing beach photo can easily become the next viral Internet sensation. By comparison, email seems like a much safer communications medium, but you can still get into trouble if you lose control of your account. In addition, email messages bounce unprotected from server to server, so private information might be compromised. Here are six tips to protect your email account and your private messages.

New wedding web app connects guests before the big day

Planning a wedding? A new web app lets the bride and groom-to-be create a social website that connects guests with each other before the big day.

Called Weduary, the web app provides a simple way of creating a modern-looking wedding website, and allows the couple to invite guests using Facebook.

The site tells guests which of their Facebook friends will also be attending and points out people at the event who may have common interests and mutual friends.

If a guest is attending alone, the Flirt section of the site shows other singles who will be there.

"We're giving people a cheat sheet on who to meet at these big wedding events," said Brit Morin, CEO of Brit & Co., the digital lifestyle brand behind Weduary.

What makes Noida preferred BPO destination

With the BPO sector logged in as the fastest growing industry in the country, companies are looking for greater talent pools and locations to expand their operations. According to industry estimates, around 2.5 lakh jobs will be created inIT-BPO sector alone. A hot destination for establishing BPO business due to various reasons, Noida seems to be all geared up to support the seemingly unstoppable growth of the sector. 

Noida is already the fourth largest destination for BPO industry in India with more than 400 IT-BPO companies. In 2008, Noida accounted for 8.6 per cent of the total IT-BPO exports. According to recent data, this industry in Noida created 1.3 lakh direct and 4 lakh indirect jobs. Though there are problems like shortage of power, talent and poor infrastructure, which act as an obstacle, companies have a host of other reasons to establish business in Noida. 

The Only Facebook Number That Matters: dollar 104.2 Billion

Facebook became a $104.2 billion company Friday in much the same way it became the world’s biggest social network and a cultural game-changer: by stubbornly forging ahead despite criticism and calls that it couldn’t be done.

Last week, rumors turned into full-blown financial news stories that the initial public offering was getting a lukewarm reception in road-show presentations to investors in New York City, Boston and Palo Alto, Calif. CEO Mark Zuckerberg was criticized for wearing his trademark hoodie to the event in New York and skipping the event altogether in Boston, and some analysts said Facebook could open with a value as low as $75 billion.