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| Microsoft's sneaky plan to switch Chrome searches from Google to Bing
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 • Stop trying to make Bing happen, Microsoft. It's never going to happen. [credit: Paramount Pictures ] Microsoft announced today that, beginning in February 2020, Office365 Pro Plus installs and updates will include a Chrome extension that forcibly changes the default search engine to Microsoft's own search engine, Bing. The change takes place beginning with Version 2002 of Office 365 Pro Plus, and it will affect both new installations and existing installations as they're automatically updated. If your default search engine is already Bing, Office365 will not install the extension. Users who don't enjoy the arbitrary unrequested change to their defaults can opt out by finding and changing a toggle which the extension also adds to the browser, or the extension itself can be removed, either manually or programmatically. This new policy only takes places in specific geographic areas, as determined by a user's IP address. If you aren't in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, India, the UK, or the United ...
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| HR professionals bet on employee experience to increase talent retention: Report
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| About 77 per cent of the HR professionals surveyed in India said they are increasingly focussed on employee experience to enhance talent retention, a report by LinkedIn said on Thursday. Employee experience includes people, workplace environment, product and process for the individual, the LinkedIn Global Talent Trends 2020 report said. The report pointed out that meaningful insights can help in forming decision related to talent at every level of the recruitment cycle and therefore, understanding and capitalising on analytics is quickly becoming a must-have skill in HR. Currently, companies are primarily using analytics to measure employee performance and strategic workforce planning. Highest globally, 92 per cent talent professionals in India consider 'people analytics' will pave the way for the future of HR and recruitment, the report said. About 72 per cent respondents said they currently use people analytics for measuring and improving performance in HR operations, it added. The .
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