Hotmail

Sabeer Bhatia, the co-founder of Hotmail, said there was a lack of hands-on experience, critical thinking, and genuine innovation in the field of engineering in India. 'Ninety-nine percent of Indian engineering graduates move into management roles and start giving ‘gyaan' to everyone,' he said.

99% of Indian engineers give ‘gyaan' to everyone: Hotmail co-founder Sabeer Bhatia 

Sabeer Bhatia also said that much of the IIT academia is 'stuck in the past'. 'Stanford teaches what's relevant now... I got into Apple based on my grades, but I built Hotmail by learning on the job. Innovation doesn't come from textbooks, it comes from doing,' he said.

'Aadhaar is $1.3 billion ill spent': Hotmail's Sabeer Bhatia says it could have been built in $20 million

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Generative AI like ChatGPT is changing the landscape of software: Hotmail co-founder Sabeer Bhatia

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'Think of products that can solve fundamental problems': Showreel founder Sabeer Bhatia's advice to young entrepreneurs

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Fit to Lead | Sabeer Bhatia: "Health is the most important asset one has"

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Microsoft Outlook now has 1 million Indian users

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Microsoft has released facts and figures of the spanking new Outlook.com and revealed that Gmail users would prefer to change over to their services.

Skype offers 1 month of free worldwide calling

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Pakistan blocks YouTube over anti-Islam film

Citing objectionable content, Pakistani authorities have blocked user access to about 20,000 websites, including YouTube.

Iran unblocks Gmail, plans additional censorship for YouTube

Iran has lifted the block on Gmail it put in place on September 24. However, the AFP reports that this is only because the country aims to set up additional...

Iran cuts access to Google Search and Gmail

Iranians access to Google search and Gmail has been cut, as announced by the state television. Although...

Tech Toyz: Race for the best smartphone

The race to be the superhero of smartphones never seizes. The latest in to enter the competition is LG with its new quad-core Android phone, the 4X HD. But, can this smartphone from LG take on the biggies like Samsung Galaxy S3, Apple iPhone 4S and HTC One X?

Microsoft Unveils New Email Service

The new Outlook.com service will not scan users' email content or attachments and sell the information to advertisers, therefore will not show advertisements in users' personal conversations.

Microsoft may redesign Hotmail and rebrand it to Newmail

It's about time Hotmail got an overhaul and Microsoft seems to be tying an overhaul in line with their Metro ...

Iran to go off web completely by August

The days for Internet in Iran seem numbered, as an official statement from the Iranian minister for Information ...

After free email, Sabeer Bhatia introduces app for free SMS

Sabeer Bhatia, the guy who gave us Hotmail has now trained his attention to mobile phones. Jaxtr Inc. founded by Sabeer Bhatia ...

Microsoft fixing Hotmail after major outage

Microsoft said on Friday it had restored access to its Windows Live services, including Hotmail, for most customers after a major glitch that took them offline for several hours.

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