Google CEO Sundar Pichai: 7 Things To Know

TOI Tech & Agencies / August 11, 2015

Google just announced some huge changes to its executive structure.

Larry Page will run a completely new company called Alphabet, a collection of Google companies including Life Sciences, which manufactures glucose-sensing contact lenses, and Calico.

Former Chrome and Android head Sundar Pichai will be Google's CEO.Many are still unfamiliar with Google's new CEO. 

Here are some little-known facts about the man at the helm.

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1. Hails From Tamil Nadu

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Originally from Tamil Nadu, one of India's 29 states, Pichai studied at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, where he received a Bachelor of Technology.

2. Studied At Stanford And Wharton

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He then received a MS from Stanford and obtained an MBA from Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. At Wharton, Pichai was honored as a Siebel Scholar and a Palmer Scholar.

3. Before Google

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Before his first job at Google, Pichai worked at Applied Materials as an engineer and then at McKinsey & Company in management consulting.

4. Joined Google In 2004

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In 2004, Pichai joined Google as its vice president of product management, where he led the team working on Google's Chrome browser and operating system.

Pichai quickly began to receive more responsibility, however, taking on involvement with various Google search products including Firefox, Google Toolbar, Desktop Search, Gadgets, and Google Gears and Gadgets.

5. Launched Chrome

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7. Soft-Spoken With Exemplery Management Skills

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In September 2008, Pichai oversaw the successful launch of the Chrome web browser, and less than a year later, the web-based Chrome operating system for netbooks and desktop computers.

6. Took Reigns Google Apps And Android

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Pichai added another Google division to his portfolio in 2012 after Google Apps head Dave Girouard departed to start his own company, Upstart. A year later, Pichai was put in charge of Android after Android co-founder and CEO Andy Rubin stepped down in March 2013.

US media described him as soft-spoken, little-known and a long-term right hand man to mentor Larry Page. Pichai demonstarted his team devotion while working under Marissa Mayer, who then was a key executive at Google. According to The Information's Amir Efrati, Pichai "used to wait for hours outside her office to make sure that she gave his team solid work-performance scores."

In addition to his team management skills, Efrati notes that Pichai has also been known to throw his weight around when necessary. At his year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Pichai reportedly "told Samsung's mobile-products leader that Google was willing to 'walk away' from its enormous phone partnership with the company."

Internet addiction may damage immune system: Study
LONDON: Spending too much time online may increase your risk of catching a cold or the flu as excessive internet use can damage the immune function, a new study has claimed.

Scientists from Swansea and Milan Universities found that people who have greater levels of internet addiction problems catch more colds and flu bugs than those who are less addicted to the internet.

The study evaluated 500 people aged 18 to 101 years old. It found that those who reported problems with over-using the internet also reported having more cold and flu symptoms than those people who did not report excessive use of the internet.

Around 40% of the sample reported mild or worse levels of internet addiction - a figure which did not differ between males and females.

People with greater levels of internet addiction had around 30% more cold and flu symptoms than those with less problematic internet usage.

Previous research has shown that people who spend more time on the internet experience greater sleep deprivation, have worse eating habits and less healthy diets, engage in less exercise, and also tend to smoke and drink alcohol more.

These behaviours can harm their immune system and increase vulnerability to diseases.

"We found that the impact of the internet on people's health was independent of a range of other factors, like depression, sleep deprivation, and loneliness, which are associated with high levels of internet use and also with poor health," said professor Phil Reed of Swansea University.

The study suggested that those who are addicted to the internet may suffer from great stress when they are disconnected from the net, and this cycle of stress and relief associated with internet addiction may lead to altered levels of cortisol - a hormone that impacts immune function.

"It may also be that those who spend a long time alone on the internet experience reduced immune function as a result of simply not having enough contact with others and their germs," said Reed.

The study also found that people reported using the internet on average for six hours a day, but a sizable minority of the sample used it for over 10 hours a day - most often connected with social media sites.

There were also differences in the way in which men and women use the internet - women using the internet for social media and shopping more than men, and men reporting more use of the internet than women for gaming and pornography.

"The results on internet usage, apart from being gender stereotypical, were not connected to its impact on immune function," professor Roberto Truzoli from Milan University said.

"It does not seem to matter what you use it for, if you use it too much, you are more susceptible to illness. However, the mechanisms responsible for you getting ill may differ, depending on how you use the net," said Truzoli.

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Full-Time Jobs in the U.S. Just Made a Comeback

Friday's labor-market report showed that the number of full-time U.S. jobs as a share of total employment rose to 81.7 percent, the highest level since November 2008. For those worried (including not a few presidential candidates) that this economic recovery has been one that's created only low-quality jobs, this should be really good news.

Even so, the share of full-time workers remains below its peak during the last cycle of 83.2 percent in October 2007.

The pool of Americans working part-time for economic reasons -- such as not being able to find a job with more hours -- fell last month by 180,000 to 6.3 million. That was the lowest level since September 2008. Additionally, the number of people working part-time for noneconomic reasons -- going to school, taking care of family, etc. -- plunged by 589,000, the biggest decline since June 2012.

More from Bloomberg.com: Unintended Consequence of Wal-Mart's Raise: Unhappy Workers

At the same time, the number of employees on the payrolls of temporary work services also fell, declining 8,900, the report showed. All of these statistics combine to paint a picture of a "shift to full-time work," economists led by Derek Holt at Scotiabank in Toronto wrote in a note to clients.

The rest of the details of the jobs report were also solid. Overall, payrolls climbed by 215,000 in July and the unemployment rate held at a seven-year low of 5.3 percent. 

China-linked hackers attack American Airlines, Sabre systems - Bloomberg

(Reuters) - China-linked hackers attacked the computer systems of travel reservations distributor Sabre Corp and American Airlines Group Inc , Bloomberg reported, although the world's largest airline said there was no evidence of such a breach.

Incidents at the travel companies were consistent with incursions by China-based hackers that recently targeted insurer Anthem Inc and the U.S. government's personnel office, Bloomberg reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the investigations.

"We recently learned of a cyber security incident," Sabre said in an email to Reuters. "At this time, we are not aware that this incident has compromised sensitive protected information, such as credit card data or personally identifiable information, but our investigation is ongoing."

Sabre, a former American Airlines subsidiary that was spun off in 2000, operates IP addresses still registered to American's name.

However, American Airlines spokesman Casey Norton said the carrier has found no evidence that its customer data might have been compromised.

"American has worked with outside cyber security experts who checked digital signatures, IP addresses and the style of attack, and there's no evidence to suggest a breach similar to that experienced by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management," Norton said in an email to Reuters.

The China-based hackers reportedly targeted the systems of United Continental Holdings Inc , which the airline detected in May or early June, Bloomberg reported last month.

"Not in light of today, but because of prevalent attacks in the industry, we have redoubled our efforts and brought in more cyber security experts to investigate and defend our systems," Norton said in later phone conversation.

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How to remotely fetch any file on your PC 

using OneDrive in Windows 10

Written by 

Fahad Al-Riyami

 on Monday, Aug 3rd, 2015 at 08:41AM @fahdriyami

Did you know that you can now easily get access to all the files on your PC no matter where you are in the world? OneDrive in Windows 10 makes that possible, and it’s a breeze to set up.

After you’ve gone through the initial OneDrive set up process in Windows 10, all you need to do enable file fetching is the following:

Step 1: Right-click on the OneDrive icon on your taskbar (the icon may be hidden so click the ‘Show hidden icons’ arrow to access it. Then click ‘Settings’

Step 2: Under the ‘Settings’ tab on the pop-up Windows, and under ‘General’, tick the checkbox that says ‘Let me use OneDrive to fetch any of my files on this PC’. Then click Ok.

Step 3: You now need to restart OneDrive. To do so, once again, right-click the OneDrive icon in the taskbar, then click ‘Exit’. Now click the Start button on the taskbar, and type ‘MicrosoftOneDrive’ then hit enter.

There you have it, you can now access any file on your PC via the OneDrive.com website. You should find you PC listed under PCs in the OneDrive.com sidebar. Note that you may be asked to enter a security code for safety purposes, particularly when trying to access you PC’s files from public computers or when in other countries.