Leonardo DiCaprio, model magnet and environmental activist saving the world one e-cig at a time will regret to learn that electronic cigarettes are just asharmful as first thought. Although it won’t be as big a blow as all those times he learned he didn’t win an Oscar. The American Physiological Society just released a study…
Prime Minister David Cameron’s plans to automatically block online pornography may soon be made illegal under EU law, a leaked memo has revealed. Cameron proposes to introduce legislation forcing internet service providers (ISPs) to enact filters which block adult material by default unless customers “opt-out” – a scheme critics have described as censorship. Major ISP…
The government will be soon introducing interactive voice response systems together with various other methodologies of integrating buyer-seller platforms through mobile apps to make mobile telephony the most potent and omnipresent tool for agriculture governance, administration and development, an official said. “A large, stupendous scope of work is on the anvil to reach out to…
The introduction of simple mobile services designed to help small scale farmers could boost farm gate incomes rise by Rs. 56,000 crore by 2020, according to a report released on Tuesday by telecom giant Vodafone. Based on research commissioned by Accenture Strategy and supported by the Vodafone Foundation, the ‘Connected Farming in India’ report found…
‘Meekosam’, a portal for people to report grievances, problems and give suggestions, was launched by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu here on Tuesday. Photographs and documents relating to the grievances/suggestions could also be posted, according to an official release here. The portal, www.meekosam.ap.gov.in will record grievance based on Aadhar number. The person who…
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) supports the launch of the online cartoon magazine Black and White: Strokes of Resistance (B&W) by the Indian cartoonist Aseem Trivedi and hails his campaign for the release of the jailed Saudi blogger Raif Badawi, which is highlighted in the first issue. In January this year, Trivedi announced he planned to…
The judgment brings intermediary liability in India in line with the international position, and should encourage e-commerce start-ups The Supreme Court’s decision in the Shreya Singhal case striking down the draconian Section 66A has garnered much applause and rightly so. The decision, in fact, re-emphasises the need to respect the fundamental freedom of speech and…
Paperless transactions through the internet, ATM, cards and mobile devices have surpassed paper-based ones in the year leading to March 15, reiterating the fact that Indians are moving towards virtual payment. With the younger generation taking a liking to online or hi-tech methods of fund transfer, rather than filling up reams of paper, the bank…
Facebook Inc.’s free-but-limited Internet plan in partnership with a domestic carrier in India violates the spirit of net neutrality, according to the initial consensus within the country’s telecommunications ministry, the Times of India newspaper reported. The ministry has set up a “high-level committee” to create rules governing net neutrality in the nation, the paper said.…
Digital India program is getting stronger with every passing month. Government officials working on this project have taken an initiative for analysis of malware and cleaning of botnets so that device owners can remove malicious software for free and have a more secure experience while using various services. Botnet (a word short for robot and…