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Monday, October 28, 2019

Niti Aayog proposes separate regulator for medical devices

The ministry had issued a draft notification saying that all medical devices would come under the category of drugs from December 1 and would be regulated under the Drugs & Cosmetics Act. https://ift.tt/2MSHXLW https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Moto G8 Plus to Go on Sale for First Time in India Today via Flipkart

Moto G8 Plus will go on sale for the first time in India today via Flipkart starting 12pm with a few offers in tow. https://ift.tt/2Wo03Zu

Diwali sales finally give retailers relief

While footfalls were similar to those last year, sales rose as the average shopping basket was bigger. Diwali was a crucial period since sales of most categories had been flat or had declined this year due to poor consumer sentiment. https://ift.tt/348pKQ9 https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Everything you need to know about iOS and iPadOS 13.2

You'll be able to update your device from the Settings app, as seen here. [credit: Samuel Axon ]

Today, Apple released iOS 13.2, iPadOS 13.2, and tvOS 13.2 for supported iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, and Apple TV devices. The company also released a minor update labeled iOS 12.4.3 for iPhones and iPads that saw end-of-support with last month's iOS 13 release.

iOS and iPadOS 13.2 represents the first major new feature release since iOS 13 came out several weeks ago. Up to this point, Apple's unusually frequent updates have been focused on either bug fixes or on introducing features that were originally planned for the first version of iOS 13.

There's a mixture of new and previously planned here, but it marks the biggest update yet for iOS 13 users. Additions include Deep Fusion computational photography for better low- and mid-light photos on the latest iPhones, the ability to opt-out or opt-in to sharing Siri voice recordings with Apple, support for AirPods Pro and the Announce Messages with Siri feature, a bunch of new emoji, new smart home features, and a number of bug fixes.

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Microsoft says Strontium, also known as Fancy Bear/APT28, hackers are targeting 16 global sporting and anti-doping organizations ahead of 2020 Olympic Games (Catalin Cimpanu/ZDNet)

Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet:
Microsoft says Strontium, also known as Fancy Bear/APT28, hackers are targeting 16 global sporting and anti-doping organizations ahead of 2020 Olympic Games — Microsoft said APT28 targeted “at least 16 national and international sporting and anti-doping organizations.”

Sunday, October 27, 2019

UPSSSC 2019 – Homeopathic Pharmacist (Bhesijik) Answer Key Released

Uttar Pradesh Subordinate Services Selection Commission (UPSSSC) released answer key for the posts for the posts of Homeopathic Pharmacist (Bhesijik).

Welcome to the Jungle raises $22.3 million to make recruitment easier

French startup Welcome to the Jungle has raised a new $22.3 million funding round (€20 million). The startup is both a media company and a tech startup that wants to empower tech companies when it comes to recruitment. It doesn’t find the right candidate for you, it helps you get exposure, track application and facilitate onboarding.

Gaia Capital Partners is leading the round with existing investors Bpifance, XAnge and Jean-Paul Guisset also participating. With today’s funding round, the company wants to expand to more countries and develop new products.

This is also Gaia Capital Partners’ first investment. The firm raised a $110 million fund (€100 million) with around 40 limited partners, such as Sycomore Asset Management, Generali Investments and Bpifrance. The growth fund headed by Alice Albizzati and Elina Berrebi is going to focus on companies that have a positive environmental or societal impact at Series B stage and above.

Welcome to the Jungle is currently available in France, Spain and Czech Republic. Up next, the company is going to open offices in Germany and the U.K.

The company works with photographers and a video crew to create high quality profiles of other companies that are actively recruiting. This way, potential candidates can browse those profiles, learn more about companies and make up their mind.

Companies pay for those profiles to improve their branding, especially when it comes to recruitment. And it seems to be working well as there are now over 2,500 clients, including 250 in Spain and 100 in Czech Republic.

More recently, Welcome to the Jungle has started to expand beyond those showcases to tackle the recruitment process at large. The startup launched Welcome Kit, an applicant tracking system to manage job offers and take care of job applications.

With Welcome Kit, you can design a career site, write job postings and create application forms. Your recruitment team then receives applications, comments and collaborates with the rest of the team, sends emails using templates and more.

4,000 companies are using Welcome Kit. Collectively, they have posted about 150,000 job offers and received 2.5 million applications.

And now, Welcome to the Jungle is about to launch Welcome Home, the startup’s take on the good old intranet. The company realized that too many people who join a company don’t feel at home right away. And some people will even quit just a couple of months after joining a company.

You will be able to create an employee directory, post company-wide announcements and get information using Welcome Home. All of this should help create a more welcoming environment for newcomers.

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