BENGALURU: Rapid exploration of technology has forced the human race to sharpen their computer skills as it is the next thing to look out for. Going with the same trend, Indian culture is going through a digital upheaval that eliminates manual efforts by weaving computerized waves in working sectors, educational institutes, and government sectors. It…
NEW DELHI: Google is working on optimising voice-based search to work even in less connectivity or zero connectivity zones. The solution is being built keeping in mind emerging countries, especially India where Internet connectivity is quite patchy. In an interview, Anjali Joshi, vice president of product management for Search at Google said that California-headquartered firm’s…
WhatsApp introduced end-to-end encryption for all its services today. This means that all user calls, texts, video, images and other files sent can only be viewed by the intended recipient, and no one, not even WhatsApp itself, can access this data. This guarantee of user privacy creates new concerns for the government. WhatsApp will now…
Only about a fifth of India’s roughly 1.2 billion people are online, according to a recent Pew Research Center report, and the world’s biggest technology companies are clamoring for this large, untapped user base. Facebook recently tried (and failed) to implement its“Free Basics” internet program, and Google is also vying for the vast Indian internet…
Watching television on the go has never been simpler. Doordarshan is rolling out mobile television service that will initially cover 16 cities with plans for expansion into more locations in India. Unlike online video streaming services that have been on the rise in the recent times, Doordarshan’s Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) service requires no Internet…
Initial reservation notwithstanding, the Centre has set the ball rolling on innovative pilot projects by Google and Microsoft for potentially expanding Internet reach in India and had asked Google India to submit a revised proposal with a new frequency band for deploying its Project Loon in India. Google, which had approached the Department of Information…
Mobile data is now such an important part of our lives that it is hard to imagine a world without it. However, Internet penetration in India is still significantly low. According to an IAMAI report Internet penetration in India is around 33.22 percent as of December 2015, and India ranks 126th in the world. To…
KOLKATA, India — Across a bustling intersection from one of the first dead-letters offices, a pale blue sign beseeches pedestrians to join the future. Safely. Several hundred feet separate old, colonial India from the promise of a new, technologically transformed country. An Uber sign urges traffic safety and a gentle nudge for the ride-sharing service,…
India appears set to overtake the US to become the world’s second largest Internet market, but its users face the slowest average connection speeds measured in the Asia-Pacific region, a new report finds. Internet users in India — an expected 462 million people by June 2016 — experienced an average speed of 2.8 megabits per…
The government of national capital territory of Delhi (GNCTD) intends to convert all services including internal functioning on the e-platform in a time-bound manner. As part of the e-governance initiatives for G2C and G2B, free Wi-Fi is available at the premises of Delhi secretariat. Both officials and the visitors can access free unlimited internet in…