The Nigerian Internet ecosystem is filled with scores of recruitment boards –NGCareers,Careers Nigeria,Naija Hot Jobs, to name but a few. Job portals are popular in Nigeria for good reason – with almost three quarters of the country’s population under the age of 35, and an unemployment rate of over 19% (according tothe country’s statistics bureau), Nigeria’s Internet savvy youths troop to job sites daily to keep themselves updated with information on job openings....

With U.S. President Barack Obama set to address a joint session of Congressnext weekabout jobs and persistent unemployment, there’s one key fact you’re likely to miss; there are lots of jobs out there that are not being filled. The way the hiring process works is so costly and inefficient that companies who are hiring cannot get the people they need. Venturocket, which launched this week is tackling the issue of joblessness in a new and powerful way....

Apple’s CEO Steve Jobs has a long-standing reputation as a visionary executive that presides over every detail of the flagship products that the company releases. This reputation goes along with many stories of Jobs’ need to micro-manage his executive team and even engineering staff. Now, while on leave due to health issues and coinciding with an aggressive plan to prepare for the future, Jobs seems willing to give the executive team more freedom to run the company day-to-day....

In anarticleposted to All Things D today, Walt Mossberg, a journalist that Steve Jobs has referred to as a ‘friend of Apple’, states that Jobs will remain involved in major products and company strategy in his new position as Chairman. The article comes after Jobs announced hisresignationfrom Apple’s board today. In the article Mossberg states that Jobs is seriously ill, but that he won’t step down his active involvement in major projects....

Our conference is really much more than just a conference. It is also a long string of events taking place all over Amsterdam over multiple days. You can join us just for the conference or take more time and visit all the events. On Tuesday and Wednesday we host the first everTNW Hackathon. On Wednesday, Thursday and Friday we host the main conference with keynote speakers and ourfamous start-up rallyand several interesting workshops....