Intel India has announced plans for delivering digital literacy in the country. The company has announced plans for training persons at the panchayat levels of 1,000 villages that are set to receive broadband connectivity under the National Optic Fibre Network. Debjani Ghosh, Vice-President Sales and Marketing Group, and Managing Director Intel South Asia, said this…
Pampakuda in Ernakulam district is going to be the first ‘digital panchayat’ in Kerala next month by building a database of all residents. The digital database includes the personal details of all residents, such as occupation, educational level, bank account number, Aadhaar number, blood group, phone number, the availability of drinking water among other things.…
The government is gearing up for its next big mission, a Rs. 113,000-crore plan that aims to usher in a digital revolution by moving everything online, from education to public services to bureaucracy. Aptly called ‘e-kranti’, it comes under the Narendra Modi government’s ‘Digital India’ initiative and is quite simply the world’s most ambitious broadband project — but…
On a chilly winter morning, Kalapana Verma, a 17-year-old girl from north India’s Uttar Pradesh state starts her journey from a thatched hut in Bheera village. Traversing the paddy fields and muddy village road, she cycles for about 12 kilometers before reaching a computer learning institute in Raebareli, the nearest town. Over the last year…
Facebook on Monday said that it is rolling out upgraded search capabilities for mobile and desktop users who want to find favourite posts from their friends on the huge social network. “You’ve told us the most important thing is being able to find posts you’ve seen before, and now you can,” said Facebook vice president…