Facebook is a worldwide sensation and has become part of our lives in ways that we couldn’t have imagined a few years ago. The social media giant has now announced that there are about 148 million active monthly users in India alone, speaking volumes about the popularity of the platform in the country. The info…
India is the only large market that continues to record double digit growth of its Internet user base even as growth tapers off in the rest of the world, says Mary Meeker in the 2016 edition of the annual Internet Trends report. Meeker is a venture capitalist and an analyst at the US venture capital…
NEW DELHI (IANS) At a time when security has become the foremost concern in browsing or sharing data online, people in India are progressively turning to virtual private network
Only 36% of news on the Internet is about women in India. Social networking platforms such as Twitter are male-dominated, with men taking up 64% of news space. However, when it comes to online reporters, India outnumbers most countries with 59% women, while neighbouring Bangladesh does not have a single woman involved in reporting news…
Illiteracy, lack of awareness about where to go and how to ask for information, cultural constraints, and lack of time, mobility and security impede women from exercising their Right to Information (RTI). A study jointly conducted by The Carter Center, a US based not-for-profit nongovernmental organisation founded by former US president Jimmy Carter, and rights…
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales has backed the principle of net neutrality, even as he admitted it was a complicated topic and that getting access to knowledge for poor people is equally important. Net neutrality is back in the news after Indian telecom regulator TRAI floated a pre-consultation paper on Monday, seeking responses from stakeholders on…
There was a sense of deja vu when an instance of extreme insult comedy backfired and landed Tanmay Bhat in the spot once more. A slew of painful barbs lobbed by the stand-up comic and co-founder of AIB at Lata Mangeshkar and Sachin Tendulkar in a two-minute comic video earned him threats from the MNS…
Across the country, an increasing number of villagers in rural India are turning to Common Service Centres (CSC) to avoid the long ques characteristic of all government offices. These Common Service Centres work as e-governance delivery centres and were set up in 2006, as a part of the National eGovernance Plan (NeGP). CSCs run on…
Telecom regulator Trai or Telecom Regulatory Authority of India is likely to come out with a consultation paper on Wi-Fi hotspots at public places soon with a special focus on how to make business model sustainable. “We are working on a consultation paper on public Wi-Fi which is expected to come out in 10 days,”…
One of the most effective ways to reduce poverty in developing countries is to extend the reach of the Internet. Over the last 20 years, the online world has created millions of jobs and billions of dollars of economic activity. Entire new sectors have emerged, such as e-commerce, social media, and data analytics. In developing…