Do we learn the lessons of history, or are we for ever condemned to repeat our mistakes? I believe human rights to be as much a way of looking at the world as a box of legal protections for the vulnerable against the powerful when all else has failed. On 10 September 2001, I came to…
As the Delhi government grapples with ways and means to curb pollution in the Capital, entrepreneurs are entering the fray, launching eco-friendly commuting options. Smart-E or Smart Electric Transport System, an e-rickshaw solution that hopes to solve the last-mile connectivity issues of Delhi Metro users, is one. Piloted in West Delhi’s Paschim Vihar neighbourhood, the…
IF YOU’RE PAYING attention this morning, you’ll notice something new in your Twitter app for iOS. Instead of seeing a link every time someone you follow starts a broadcast on Periscope, you’ll see that broadcast, live, right in your timeline. Soon, you’ll see it in Twitter’s apps for other platforms too. In Twitter’s quest to…
Chris Cox, chief product officer, Facebook leads the social networking giants product management, design and marketing functions globally. One of the earlier employees of the 12 year-old Facebook, Cox, 33, joined in 2005 and helped build the initial versions of key Facebook features including News Feed. Cox reports to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and this…
Reliance Jio Infocomm is slated to acquire 80 million 4G customers in the next two years, with more than half expected to switch over from India’s top three carriers, Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India and Idea Cellular, brokerage CLSA said Tuesday. The anticipated 4G boom will lead to a trebling of data revenue to Rs 80,300…
Apple has unveiled a new ‘night mode’ for iOS devices designed to help owners sleep. The new ‘night shift’ mode was unveiled as part of a beta version of iOS9.3, the firm’s next update. Other improvements include a new education mode for teachers, and updated news and health apps. ‘Many studies have shown that exposure…
GROUPS of school and college students in Delhi and NCR along with other tier- I cities are on the radar of security agencies for using stolen data of international credit cards to buy latest gadgets and reselling them to their friends at half the cost. “ While investigating a credit card fraud from a leading…
In its aggressive campaign for Free Basics, couched in simplistic developmental language, Facebook underestimated the political sophistication of the Indian public. It must be regretting it now. The social networking service’s reportedly Rs. 100-crore campaign, through double full-page newspaper advertisements, billboards and television, appears simply to have congealed public opinion against Free Basics. Everyone seems…
The National Youth Summit, ‘EVOKE-2016’, commenced at Chandigarh University here today.Speakers at the event included Hamirpur MP and secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India Anurag Thakur, Chandigarh SSP Sukhchain Singh Gill and New York-based fashion designer Sanjana Jon.Talking on the topic, ‘Social Media Dialogue- The Roadmap from Chaos to Consensus’, Thakur…
Persatuan Kesedaran Komuniti Selangor (Empower) has raised concerns over the authorities’ plans to monitor instant messaging app, WhatsApp. In a press statement, its president, Janarthani Arumugam said it was worrying that Inspector-General of Police Khalid Abu Bakar mentioned WhatsApp as one of the social media platforms to be monitored due to its abuse by some…