‘ISI wanted to spy on Internet’

Pakistani intelligence sought to tap worldwide Internet traffic via underwater cables that would have given the country a digital espionage capacity to rival the US, according to a report by Privacy International. The report says the country’s Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) agency hired intermediary companies to acquire domestic spying toolkits from Western and Chinese firms…

Digital India – Great Ambitions, Hurdles Galore

‘Digital India’ is arguably the most ambitious initiative of the Modi government. There are hurdles on the way, but there are also opportunities. How exactly will ‘Digital India’ roll out? Read here in the first part of an explanatory piece.  Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Digital India program in Delhi with much fanfare, supplemented…

Can Foxconn create one million jobs in India

In the first week of April, Terry Gou, the founder of Foxconn Technology Group, had visitors from India. A delegation led by Ram Sewak Sharma, India’s IT and electronics secretary, had called on the 64-year-old self-made electronics tycoon to pitch India as a manufacturing destination. Only in February, Foxconn had shuttered its factory that made Nokia…

Silicon Valley plans MSG-like reception for PM Modi

Indian-Americans in California have begun preparations for a grand reception similar to last year’s Madison Square Garden event for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who would be the only second Indian premier to visit the state with a trip planned in September to Silicon Valley. Representatives of Indian-American organisations held their first full-fledged preparatory meeting in…

The recipe for a true Digital India

The idea of a Digital India draws initial scepticism. India has nearly a billion people without internet access, while 37% of all adult Indians are illiterate. Despite the mobile boom, poor network infrastructure means there is no significant difference between 2G and 3G speeds.  A realistic digital India would be one with a robust digital…

Oracle to open its own data centre in India

With the increase in adoption of cloud-based applications and solutions and expected surge in demand from the government segment, enterprise software company Oracle is now mulling data centres in India. This would help the company to host the applications and various other cloud-based solutions within the country, given the sensitivity of nature of government business.…

Malaysia Admits To Censoring The Internet

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak promised that Malaysia would never censor the Internet. Speaking at the first Malaysian-ASEAN Regional Bloggers Conference, Najib said: “I have no doubts whatsoever that Malaysia has one of the liveliest blogospheres in the world. And definitely one of the freest if not the most free…[former Prime Minister Dr. Mahathir Mohamad]…