Google may be the world’s biggest Internet company, but Rajan Anandan, the head of its India operation, says he’s become just as focused on what users are doing offline. His team has led Google’s push into apps that can download data for later use without an active mobile connection. One helps people navigate New Delhi…
A recent decision by India’s telecom regulator to prohibit differential charges for Internet content – which effectively blocked Facebook from offering its Free Basics service in the country – highlights how regulators around the globe continue to work through whether and how “zero-rating” data services may be permissible under their country’s net neutrality framework. Zero-rating…
VISAKHAPATNAM — Global information technology leader Cisco said Mar. 17 it will set up an Internet of Everything innovation center here as part of strategic initiatives to help accelerate the digital transformation of Andhra Pradesh. The U.S.-based company will also set up Technology Center of Excellence and Research Lab in Tirupati focused on manufacturing and…
The Digital India programme is a flagship programme of the Narendra Modi Government with a vision to transform India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy. The Digital India programme is centred on three key vision areas: Digital infrastructure as a core utility to every citizen; Governance and services on demand; Digital empowerment of…
Delegates from Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal urged their governments to ensure widespread public awareness and effective implementation of Right to Information in South Asia. Speaking at a regional conference, Understanding the Silent Revolution, Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan, New Delhi, Founder Aruna Roy stressed that the link between legislators and common people is…
This refers to The Indian Express editorial dated March 17, 2016, under the heading ‘Here’s lookin’ at you’, inter alia suggesting that the minister is seeking power to restrict communications or to track them. While I fully respect your editorial independence, let me say this with conviction that the views expressed in this editorial are…
The Central government has forced the Aadhaar Bill through Parliament in a week. Aadhaar has had an invasive and controversial presence well before the government’s attempt to legitimise it. It has been challenged before the Supreme Court, and in defending it, our Attorney General (funded by our taxes) has argued that we have no right…
The Internet of Things (IoT), is the network of physical objects or “things” embedded with electronics, software, sensors, and network connectivity, which enables these objects to collect and exchange data. This is also known as ubiquitous computing.
When I first visited Puducherry in 2004 on my travels to look at all the marquee projects in Internet and communication technologies for development and governance, I learnt about the M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation’s work with the local fisherfolk. The initiative was supposed to get weather reports and broadcast them through a public announcement system…
Today’s children can’t imagine life without a social networking profile, sharing photographs online or gaming with their friends. In India over 30 million children have a mobile phone and an estimated 134 million are expected to come online by 2017. While the internet provides opportunities for India’s youth to learn and share, the lack of…