Slapping terror charges, without compelling evidence, for expressing ideological beliefs in 140 characters on the Internet was uncalled for The arrest of 24-year-old Mehdi Masroor Biswas for posting tweets sympathetic to the Islamic State(ISIS) raises some concerns. Biswas became a victim of his Twitter handle’s (@shamiwitness) popularity, which he operated anonymously until UK-based Channel 4 outed…
Every marketer and ad agency knows that in order to engage with a mass Indian audience ads need to be translated into local languages. At least seven languages form a part of a pan-Indian media plan – Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Telugu, Tamil and Kannada – and more, if specific states become important to a…
Mobile technologies are changing the way governments work on domestic policy priorities The emergence of new media technologies and social communication tools has replaced the age-old existing legacy systems, transforming the way we live and think. From a business point of view, technologies such as cloud, virtualisation and consumerisation of IT are a few trends…
National Digital Literacy Mission was launched in Dimapur by Parliamentary Secretary, Information & Communication Technical Education, Science and Technology and Taxes, Tovihoto Ayemi. Speaking on the occasion, he informed that the Department of Electronics and Information Technology Government of India has recently approved the Scheme for IT mass literacy to train about 10 lakh person…
When Lalu Prasad dismissed information technology with his ” yeh IT-yt kya hota hai” ridicule in the early 2000s, little could he imagine how the future would turn its back on Bihar. The state’s IT prospects took a beating in the decade and half that followed Lalu’s derision. Infotech firms looking at the east gave Bihar…
It is a notable irony that India, which produces solutions to many of the knottiest information-technology (IT) problems faced by the world’s largest companies, has benefited little from technological progress. Fortunately for India’s citizens, Prime Minister Narendra Modi intends to change that. The gap between India and its emerging Asian counterpart, China, is significant. Whereas…
2014 saw a rise in recorded attacks on the media and the increasing use of defamation suits, says a report from Hoot’s Free Speech Hub The state of free speech in India remains a cause for concern judging by the rise in recorded attacks on the media and the increasing use of defamation suits, the…
You might not have realised it, what with Uber and religious conversions dominating the news, but a case currently being heard in the Supreme Court could alter the way the internet works in India. It has received some coverage, most notably because of the court’s stern stance on internet censorship and the Bharatiya Janata Party’s…
Parliamentary secretary for IT & C, technical education, science & technology and taxes, Tovihoto Ayemi launched the National digital literacy mission (NDLM) at conference hall, office of the commissioner of taxes, here Thursday. Speaking at the launching programme, Tovihoto said that the department of electronics and information technology, government of India has recently approved the…
The Mobile Seva AppStore hosts 315 live apps and it is used by 1,710 departments and agencies across the country Earlier this month, the Karnataka government launched the MobileOne initiative which makes 4,500 services, both public and private accessible through the mobile phone. The project is expected to break new ground when it comes to…