About 9 billion apps will be downloaded in India in 2015, more than 5 times the number of apps downloaded in 2012 (1.56 billion) at a CAGR of 75 per cent, according to the Deloitte India’s TMT Predictions 2015 report, released today. Revenues from paid apps are estimated to exceed Rs15 billion in 2015, up from Rs9…
As part of its e-governance initiatives, the Andhra Pradesh government would soon put in place an IT-enabled platform to make the entire system of payments and disbursements online. Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, known for his IT-savvy ways, held a meeting with finance department officials on the plan to implement the Comprehensive Financial Management System…
“My entry into the field of IT was a result of chance events, rather than planning,says R Chandrashekhar. ? could not have planned a career in IT, as when I was a student at IIT, there was no program in IT or computer science.Yet his chance foray into the field of IT, led Chandrashekhar to…
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Tuesday launched e-registration of properties in all the 130 tehsil and sub-tehsils of the State to mark the completion of 100 days of his government. Declaring that he wanted to provide a corruption-free governance, Mr Khattar said already a CM window has been opened in every district headquarters…
The Indian Army plans to use e-governance extensively and has an formidable plan for a cloud database which may retailer all unclassified details about soldiers. “Things like certificates and different details about soldiers may be saved in a cloud. This will probably be accessible from anywhere and save time,” military sources stated Tuesday. This is…
As part of its e-governance initiatives, the Andhra Pradesh government would soon put in place an IT-enabled platform to make the entire system of payments and disbursements online. Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, known for his IT-savvy ways, held a meeting with finance department officials on the plan to implement the Comprehensive Financial Management System…
Indian Army is aiming for a highly encrypted Cloud storage system for itself, similar to that of Google, to store data as it is working towards becoming a “100 per cent digital” force. Army sources, however, said the infrastructure for a Cloud storage system already exists but has not been made operational because of the…
The Centre is all set to facilitate efficiency in governance through a series of programmes that include digital literacy and electronic delivery of services, in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ambitious Digital India initiative. “Online on-demand digital signature is being developed, which has a very transformational architecture. The day is not far when every…
China will ban from March 1 internet accounts that impersonate people or organisations, and enforce the requirement that people use real names when registering accounts online, its internet watchdog said on Wednesday. China has repeatedly made attempts to require internet users to register for online accounts using their real names, although with mixed success. Read…
China has announced that users of blogs and chat rooms will be required to register their names with operators and promise in writing that they will avoid challenging the Communist political system, further tightening control over Internet use. The announcement follows what technology companies say are official efforts in recent weeks to block virtual private…