Watch out for dark patterns lurking in your online shopping cart. Ever seen messages like "Only 2 rooms left!" or "Items in your cart will expire soon" while shopping online? You re not alone! These are called dark patterns. A common design tactic that manipulates or heavily influences users to make certain choices. But they are no longer lurking in the dark, India s consumer protection watchdog is cracking down and putting the spotlight on them but can they be stopped? Host Mugdha Variyar decodes the web of these patterns with a UX designer that weaves them in to lure users and questions the effectiveness of the guidelines with Prateek Waghre, Executive Director of the Internet Freedom Foundation in the latest episode of The Morning Brief podcast!
Additionally, the overall hiring intent for all categories of job seekers increases to 73 per cent from 68 per cent over the same duration. This sustained growth shows an optimistic job market in the coming months, especially for freshers
The intent to hire freshers in India has increased marginally by 3 percentage points in the second half of 2023, with e-commerce and technology startups, telecommunications, engineering and infrastructure showing the highest hiring intent, according to a TeamLease EdTech report. The overall hiring intent for all jobseeker categories has risen from 68% to 73% over the same period. DevOps engineers, chartered accountants, SEO analysts and UX designers are in high demand for freshers.