Russia’s FSB security carrier said on 26 June that terrorists had used the Telegram messaging app to perform a deadly suicide bombing on Russian soil, growing strain on the app days after the government accused it of breaking records laws. Russia’s communications regulator Roskomnadzor stated on 23 June, it would …
Read More »China-India Internet Market Comparative Report: India is world’s fastest growing internet market
The latest China-India Internet Market Comparative Report by Cheetah Global Lab is out. According to the report, China and India are both focused on developing their internet industries. Not only are the governments of both countries actively promoting innovation and entrepreneurship, but both have put forward internet development plans—Digital India …
Read More »Revealing an actor’s age is illegal? IMDb website sues California
Many actors think there ought to be a law against posting their ages online, and California this year obliged critics of ageism in Hollywood by passing a law targeting a leading movie and television information website.The law has been challenged in a lawsuit by the company IMDb, which is owned …
Read More »Google Station Will Bring Public Wi-Fi to School, Malls, and Other Places in India
Google, a unit of Alphabet Inc , said on Tuesday it launched Google Station in India, a service that aims to deepen its reach across the country, as the search giant seeks to bring more people on to its Google platform. Under the service, Google will roll-out Wi-Fi hot spots …
Read More »India launches its first internet hotline to report online child porn
Image Credit: aarambhindia.org/ India on Monday launched its first internet hotline to encourage people to report online child pornography and curb a surge in photographs and videos on the internet showing children being sexually exploited, the founders of the initiative said. Siddharth Pillai, co-director of Indian anti-trafficking charity Prerana’s Aarambh …
Read More »Torrent websites: Imposing a jail term and penalty for ‘viewing’ torrent is ridiculous
The latest move by Department of Telecommunications to crack down on Internet Piracy is one ridiculous decision in a long time. According to the move, people ‘viewing’ the torrent websites can face up to three years of jail time with the addition of Rs 3 lakh penalty just for technically …
Read More »Trai just made data packs more affordable by increasing their validity to a year
Last month Trai had released a consultation paper on changing the regulations to allow for telecom service providers to sell data top up vouchers with longer validity. Today, it has released the amendment to the Consumer Protection Regulations, that allow this. The new regulations will come into effect after being …
Read More »Prisma, popular iOS photo editing app launched on Android
The popular image edition tool for iOS, Prisma was officially launched for Android devices around midnight yesterday. The app was launched in a closed beta about a week ago. But the developer had to shut down the program after someone posted the APK online saying that he had received all the …
Read More »Alibaba is a difficult company for the US to understand, says Jack Ma to Chinese media
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, whose accounting practices are under investigation by US regulators, is a difficult company for the United States to understand, Executive Chairman Jack Ma said in an interview to Chinese media on Friday. The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) launched a probe earlier this year into …
Read More »Wikipedia developing a speech engine for visually impaired users: Report
Known as the online encyclopedia, Wikipedia has collaborated with researchers from Sweden’s KTH Royal Institute of Technology and is working on a crowd-sourced speech engine in order to make Wikipedia, more accessible to the visually impaired users. The platform will be optimised for Wikipedia and will available as an open source and usable by any website that …
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