Bitkom

Faced with a tight labour market and a shortage of workers with key software engineering skills, some German companies are looking at thousands of layoffs in Silicon Valley as an opportunity to recruit top talent. The US West Coast has always been the main destination for ambitious software engineers looking to work in the best-paid, most elite corner of their profession, but the mass redundancies have created a pool of jobseekers that Germany is eager to tap. "They fire, we hire," said Rainer Zugehoer, Chief People…

According to a survey by the industry association Bitkom, 38 percent of children and young people would like to be able to use digital (aids) in class. According to a representative survey, 38 percent of all ten to eighteen-year-olds called for smartphones to be used in the classroom. The figure was 37 percent at grammar schools and 42 percent at other school types. According to Bitkom, they could be used to shoot explanatory videos, explore maps or do research. Regulated use The children and young people want…