Sci + Tech

Video conferencing is in full force today, and it’s growing annually. Ten years ago, video conferencing was an unreliable, somewhat experimental tool that sounded like a good idea but was horribly slow and uncomfortable in practice.   Much has changed since then – with the implementation of a number of different technologies in the business sector, video conferencing has become …

    This post is by VK Media In 1982, Tan Le left Vietnam in a fishing boat, together with her sister, mother and grandmother, to start a new life in Australia. Fast forward to 1998 and Le was hailed Young Australian of the Year and named one of Australia’s 30 Most Successful Women Under 30.  But these achievements just …

By Devika Koppikar During his trips to India, 12-year-old Shubham Banerjee wants to jump in and take away the pain of underprivileged people.             “He’s a very sentimental kid and gets swayed by small things (suffering he sees in the world),” said his mother Malini, a resident of San Jose, California, who regularly takes her children to feed the homeless. …

By Michelle Phipps-Evans Satya Narayana Nadella, an Indian American, recently made history when he was named the third chief executive officer of Microsoft on Feb. 4, 2014. According to Microsoft, the multinational computer giant, Nadella brings “a relentless drive for innovation and a spirit of collaboration to his new role.” At the company for 22 years, Nadella was executive vice-president …