Canada’s electronic spy agency has been intercepting and analyzing data on up to 15 million file downloads daily as part of a global surveillance program, according to a report published on Wednesday. Critics said the revelations – made in 2012 documents obtained by U.S. whistleblower Edward Snowden – showed much more oversight was needed over…
As part of our #Outlook15 series, we asked heads of online education companies – Edukart, Testbook, Meritnation and WizIQ about their focus areas for 2015 and the challenges that the online education sector needs to address. Answers have been shortened for brevity. Which according to you were the top developments and roadblocks with respect to the digital…
The presidential election results of 8 January suggest that a significant segment of our electorate concurred with the assertion of the then common Opposition that bribery and corruption that tainted the administration of the incumbent president Mahinda Rajapaksa which, in turn, tainted him, was a sufficiently serious flaw to deny him a third term. Candidate…
Tibet Action Institute-a group working on digital security- organised screening of a new documentary film on China’s unrelenting cyber attacks on the exile community. The film titled “Tibet: Frontline of the New Cyber War” was released by Nathan Freitas, Tibet Action Institute’s director of technology and founder of the Guardian Project-a secure mobile software development…
With an aim to curb rising menace of cybercrimes, Gujarat Technological University (GTU) here has launched e-Raksha Research Centre that will encourage research and enhance capability to provide solution for issues related to cyber security. “GTU has launched e-Raksha Research Centre where various activities from research on latest techniques of cybercrime to capacity building of…
Two weeks ago, Mark Zuckerberg wrote an impassioned post about the importance of free speechfollowing the Charlie Hebdo killings. This week, in a total about-face, Facebook is censoring images of the Prophet Muhammad in Turkey, including images similar to the Hebdo cartoons. Come on.
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The capital city might find itself in an embarrassing position if the Union government decides to consider the status of implementation of funds under Jawaharlal Nehru national urban renewal mission (JNNURM) for national urban development mission (NUDM), which is likely to replace the former. A recent workshop organized by ministry of urban development in Hyderabad…
Gujarat will host the 18th national level e-conference at Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar on 30-31 January. The conference will be opened by Gujarat Chief Minister in presence of MoS in centre Dr. Jitendra Singh. Digital India, digital governance-new frontiers, e-governance leaders as change agents, accountable governance through social media and citizen engagement, integrated service delivery-standards…
The United Nations human rights chief voiced deep concern on Tuesday over the killing of at least 20 people in clashes between demonstrators and security forces in Egypt in recent days. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra`ad Al Hussein said he was “deeply disturbed” by the deaths in clashes that have raged in…
DRIV ), a leading global provider of Commerce-as-a-Service solutions, announced today it is increasing its offerings in India through a strategic partnership with local ecommerce provider Net Distribution Services Pvt Ltd (NDS). The partnership, which combines the power of Digital River’s Global Commerce platform with NDS’ reseller services and local ecommerce expertise, will enable global…