INDIA BANS FACEBOOK’S BASICS APP TO SUPPORT NET NEUTRALITY

Despite aggressive efforts to promote universal connectivity in India, Facebook just struck out. India’s telecom regulator has blocked the company’s Free Basics service as part of a ruling that supports net neutrality. The decision follows nearly a year of escalating conflict between Facebook and the country’s net neutrality activists, who argue Free Basics violates neutrality by…

‘Darkhotel’ fear stalks hospitality industry: 5-star hotels rope in cyber auditors to curb data theft

Four months ago, cyber criminals hacked into the computer network of a New Delhi-based international 5-star hotel chain and stole some ‘loyalty points.’ The criminals then used the loyalty points to book air tickets and hotel rooms and then advertised in a leading national daily, offering them to unsuspecting buyers at half the usual rates.…