Margao: Extending the e-governance mode of administration to village-level delivery of services, rendering the land conversion system time-bound and foolproof, and ensuring speedy disposal of cases pending at the sub-division levels, top the list of priorities of South Goa district collector Swapnil Naik. Naik, who took charge of his office last week, said that he…
The advancement of technology has brought many significant changes in the modern world, but, it also creating new problems and threats. One of the major threatening problems is Cyber Security. The usage of Computer & Internet is a part of our life we cannot imagine our daily routine without them. In countries like India where…
These days most global roads to economic growth possibilities lead invariably to India. The latest traveller by this road is Tim Cook, who, liberally scattering praise for India, hinted at iPhone manufacturing in the country. Now we hear that Satya Nadella of Microsoft is coming to Delhi on May 30, where he is expected to…
Silicon Valley-based Gigato, a platform that offers free data for using its sponsored apps, said its product was completely net neutral as it did not prioritise access to certain apps over others. Last week, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India issued a consultation paper on free data, seeking comments from stakeholders whether business models which provide…
Does it matter how many “likes” does your Facebook post gather when you are a powerful politician? Or how many followers do you have on Twitter? It does in India. Dozens of parliamentarians from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have recently been chastised by their leadership for not being active enough on the Net.…
Microsoft has largely stood by as other technology giants like Facebook and Google have begun work on grand plans for balloons, satellites, drones, simplified apps and even bicycle hot spots to deliver Internet access to the four billion or so people around the world who are not yet online.