In a continent where literacy still remains a significant concern, the Indian government hopes that providing Desi email IDs would encourage more people to get online, in a way that suits citizens, by removing the language barrier. The Indian census of 1961 recognised over a thousand languages spoken in India, of which only 22 languages…
On August 15, 1995, VSNL launched commercial internet access in India. What began as a trickle has gathered momentum as the internet and mobile phones have transformed urban Indian in unprecedented ways (see the NetChakra Chronology of the internet in India). These are still early years, which more adoption and innovation ahead – as explained…
The liberty of man to search for truth ought not to be fettered, no matter what orthodoxies may challenge Expression is the ability to openly display or communicate one’s ideas about the world to other people. In order to complete the ‘Experience’ of life, we need to have adequate forms of expression. Expression has three…
* While New York is setting up 10,000 Wi-Fi stations across the city, India currently has around 31,518 wi-fi hotspots and a recent paper prepared by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) states that in order to reach the global benchmark of one hotspot for every 150 citizens, India needs to add 8 lakh more…
Mobile Internet services were cut off in Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh since Tuesday after authorities feared a law and order situation in the state’s capital following the suicide of former chief minister Kalikho Pul, reports The Telegraph. The report added that the data and bulk SMS services were snapped despite the state administration saying that the order…
There was a time when the word “troll” referred to an unpleasant mythological character – today, trolls are just as unpleasant, but hardly the stuff of folklore. At a time when Twitter wars and unpleasant internet campaigns have become common place on the one hand, and socially aware youth are pressing for free speech and…
Amnesty International’s India chapter has said it has not yet received a copy of a FIR or First Information Report in a sedition case filed against it in Bengaluru, but has questioned why “organising an event to defend constitutional values is now being branded ‘anti-India’ and criminalized.” The Karnataka Police had filed the case on…
SRINAGAR: Kashmir has been completely cut off from the internet after broadband services were suspended today. Mobile internet services have been snapped since the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist Burhan Wani on July 8.However, the services are active in Bemina, Lal Chowk and Sonawar areas of Srinagar — where most of the government offices are located.…
Move over passwords! Long passphrases are emerging as a better alternative for digital security than complex codes made of letters, numbers and special keystrokes that are hard to remember, researchers say. People tend to dislike complex computer passwords that are difficult to remember, as they are often a nonsensical jumble of letters, numbers and symbols…
India has emerged as a digitally-connected nation but experts suggest the country still lacks pragmatic Internet laws. According to a report by Internet and Mobile Association of India, our country has approximately 400 million Internet users. Given the fact that we now prevail in the digital age, the government needs to work towards devising an…