TECHNO STUFF

  Google, Adobe, Microsoft, and IBM are all run by people who grew up in India. The latest to join these ranks is Twitter’s CEO Parag Agrawal who took over from Jack Dorsey. People originally from India make up 1% of the total U.S. population yet about 6% of Silicon Valley’s workforce. So, why are there so many tech CEOS who hail from India?  When Satya Nadella took over as CEO of Microsoft in 2014, the company was in bad shape. Bill Gates was reportedly an angry and difficult boss. His successor, Steve Ballmer, apparently wasn’t any better. Microsoft was also a dinosaur. It had failed to innovate. For example, it lost the smartphone battle to Apple.  Along comes Nadella, an engineer who rose through the ranks of Microsoft to become the CEO. Nadella changed the culture of the company. He made it clear anger and yelling weren’t welcome. He also sought to make Microsoft relevant. We now need to make Microsoft thrive in a mobile-first and cloud-first world. Under his directi...

Tech companies are some of the most valuable entities in the world and with good reason, they're raking in huge profits but those profits are only expected to grow after all in the middle of a coronavirus pandemic and with technology embedded in almost every aspect of many of our day-to-day lives.  What's a better bet than that technology and related areas keep growing the 10 biggest companies are all looking to the future investing in everything from artificial intelligence to biometric sales systems and cashier-free stores.  But of course, at this level value lies in the perception of shareholders in 2021 these are the companies that the market believes hold value in their present and have big futures. 1. Apple:                      Apple having established itself as a huge prestige technology brand in every area from phones and tablets to smart TVs and home computers.  Apple is the only tech brand in the market cur...