According to LinkedIn’s year-end findings, more than 4 in 5 85 HR and recruiting professionals in India believe that skills-first hiring will be a pivotal trend in 2021. And this is no longer about perfecting one or two skills and capitalizing on them throughout the career till you retire. Here we are talking about upskilling and reskilling your workforce. Though upskilling or reskilling has always been crucial for career growth and considered to be an employer’s job to train their employees for new skills, 2020 has changed the rules. When the pandemic struck, overnight layoffs and job uncertainty taught professionals around the world that they need to take personal responsibility for their own upskilling and reskilling plan if they want to improve their performance as well as job prospects. To support the fact, LinkedIn data states that the average number of monthly learning hours on LinkedIn Learning app increased 3X from April to December 2020, compared to pre-Covid months of January and February. Well, check out this month’s Cover Story to know our top favourite apps for learning new skills online, at a pace that suits you.   In the pages to follow, there’s a whole bunch of recently-launched Apple Arcade games waiting to be explored. And, there’s good news for loyal fans of Nokia that it has launched “Nokia PureBook X14” on Flipkart, marking the brand entry into the “laptop” segment. Tech Specifications inside.     And yes, before bidding adieu to 2020, do not forget to check out the “Best Apps and Games of 2020,” all because, more than ever, apps and games helped the world work, connect, and stay healthy in new and innovative ways, especially when we were not allowed to step outside our homes to curb the spread of COVID-19.