37% rural youth sans Internet access: Study: At a time when the mobile Internet has reached every nook and corner of the country, a study has shown that nearly 37 percent of Punjab’s rural youth (14-18 years) has no knowledge of the Internet. Read More
Google Maps to become smarter, can be accessed offline on weak data connection: The Indian story in 2017 seems to have been good for Google. Google Maps is seeing a 100% year-on-year growth in India now. “Thanks to larger data plans, people are not really concerned about bandwidth anymore and as a result, we see…
Despite low connectivity, slow speeds Indians can’t imagine life without internet: Though internet penetration in India has been relatively low, this has not stopped its people from falling in love with staying connected online. Most amount of people who said they ‘can’t live without the internet,’ stemmed from India, a report by Statista said on August 29.…
Evolving Internet in India: Most digital natives, or those born with the word cyberspace hardcoded in their brains and lives, would perhaps not realise that compared to India’s 70 years of Independence, the Internet in the country is relatively young at 31. It even celebrates its public birthday on 15 August. Read More
Internet Of Things (IoT) and cyber risks: IoT is the inter-networking of physical objects which enable them to interact with each other through the internet. It describes a world where just about anything can be connected to communicate with each other. According to industry analysts, it is estimated that around 40-50 billion devices will be…
Towards A Digital Growth Story: Shikha Sharma In India’s BQ: India is going through a digital transformation and rapidly evolving into a digital behemoth. Being a digitally native country, it is best placed to maximise the benefits from this transformational change and charter a path of inclusive growth. The emergence of India Stack on the…
Realities remain in Digital India: My exposure to Digital India was till recently a mix of government hype and the data my team routinely put together to share with our international partners. My first-hand interface began quite innocuously when the government asked us to link our Aadhaar and PAN cards and made this a requirement…
Connecting the dots for a Digital India: Amit Sharma: The Government is observing this Independence Day as ‘Sankalp Parva’, or the Day of Resolve. It has asked the people of India to dedicate themselves to social causes and to share their ideas for creating a new India. This is an opportune moment to pause and…
Inside Google Rail Wi-Fi in India and how it is connecting millions to the web: As a part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Digital India initiative, the Indian Railways have partnered with Google to provide Wi-Fi Broadband facility to passengers at major railway stations across the country. The Google RailTel initiative was launched in January…
Schools say proposal to use jammers to block porn sites confusing, will hamper work: “While the jammers will keep students from accessing porn sites, the teachers will also be affected adversely. It is difficult to work without the internet and sometimes we look up information online while teaching. Most of the official correspondence is also…