National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) and Data Security Council of India has announced the launch of the NASSCOM Cyber Security Task Force that aims to build India as a global hub for providing cyber security solutions, developing cyber security R&D plan and develop a skilled workforce of cyber security experts. The taskforce…
To encourage more SMEs to go digital in India, Google India today announced the launch of a nationwide initiative to help small medium businesses to go digital and get online presence on Google search and Google maps, without having to invest in a website or domain. As part of this new initiative, Google India will…
A video-on-demand venture backed by Hollywood studios Warner Bros and SonyPictures and Singapore’s telecom giant Singtel will begin services in India from June, looking to cash in on the growing usage of internet on mobile phones. HOOQ, a start-up aimed at tapping emerging markets with a big focus on India, will offer premium content like…
In the United States, Monday is Memorial Day — a day when Americans should pause and focus on the ultimate price paid by so many over the centuries to defend our liberty, our right to privacy, even our financial freedom. In 1971, Memorial Day was declared a national holiday by the U.S. Congress. But the…
OVER THE PAST two decades, few voices have shouted louder from the rooftops about global cybersecurity and digital privacy concerns than Bruce Schneier. He’s the CTO of Resilient Systems, a board member of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and has authored 14 books—his latest, Data and Goliath, was published in March. As Facebook and Google have infiltrated our…
Article 19(A) of the present constitution of Pakistan declares freedom of speech and right to information for all citizens but conversely, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority or PTA bans online sources of information unnecessarily. YouTube has been banned in Pakistan since September 17, 2012 following the post of a blasphemous video named ‘Innocence of Muslims.’ PTA assured…
2014 and 2015 have been huge years for digital health: building new solutions to improve and change the healthcare system is more important than ever, and collaboration among various sectors bringing passionate and talented individuals plays a central role. Similarly to any other industry – if there are more diverse people developing more diverse ideas,…
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…