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November 12, 2014, 6:06 AM IST
US President Barack Obama has called for net neutrality, that is, equal treatment by the internet service provider of all types of content. Granted, the struggle in India is against missing broadband and slow speeds…
November 12, 2014, 6:06 AM IST
November 3, 2014, 1:07 AM IST
One of the humblest, sincerest, most transparent and utterly firm statements this year came from Tim Cook, the CEO of one of the world’s most valued companies. Cook has been for more than three years…
November 3, 2014, 1:07 AM IST
October 31, 2014, 6:09 AM IST
It is not surprising that youngsters in Kerala have come up with the idea of an internet hartal today, given that protest has often assumed strange and wonderful forms in the state, including the demonstration…
October 31, 2014, 6:09 AM IST
October 21, 2014, 12:00 AM IST
Won’t topple credit cards TIMES VIEW By Sanjiv Shankaran Apple on Monday launched ‘Apple Pay’, a service that allows its iPhone customers to convert their phones into payment devices that rival cash or credit and…
October 21, 2014, 12:00 AM IST
October 15, 2014, 8:54 AM IST
I don’t shop. Not much in any case. And never online. What I buy is quirky, unplanned, often bizarre. For example, no one quite understands why I love magic shops so much. I spend hours…
October 15, 2014, 8:54 AM IST
October 13, 2014, 12:04 AM IST
When Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg met Prime Minister Narendra Modi, they discussed the Digital India campaign, and quite likely, how it is a natural fit for the Facebook-backed Internet.org initiative. Digital India is…
October 13, 2014, 12:04 AM IST
October 11, 2014, 7:42 AM IST
Changes in media drive shifts in people’s behavior. People share their deepest secrets on social media. We are all getting comfortable handling much more information about each other than we have ever before. The most…
October 11, 2014, 7:42 AM IST
October 7, 2014, 2:33 PM IST
We are in the year FB 10. Yes there was life before FB. But those memories are hazy. There was friendship in pre-Facebook days and there are friends I have in 2014 then is 10…
October 7, 2014, 2:33 PM IST
September 23, 2014, 7:23 PM IST
Anyone who has reported content online using a social network’s own mechanisms, is only too familiar with the meaningless template mails and the agonising wait with precious little updates. Take Back The Tech, a campaign…
September 23, 2014, 7:23 PM IST
September 21, 2014, 8:12 PM IST
Why would someone spend three days outside a store waiting for the latest version of a phone? Why should every update of an operating system of a phone be received with frenzied reviews that heap…
September 21, 2014, 8:12 PM IST
September 20, 2014, 9:18 PM IST
I went back to my alma mater after many years. It was trip down memory lane. The most visible part of the change was the way in which professors were now interacting with students. Face…
September 20, 2014, 9:18 PM IST
September 20, 2014, 8:43 PM IST
I wake up in the morning and remember it is my friend’s birthday. I like to make my own greeting cards. I arrive at my friend’s doorstep with card and a gift only to be…
September 20, 2014, 8:43 PM IST
September 14, 2014, 7:46 PM IST
The demise of HMT watches would hardly come as a surprise; indeed some would wonder as to whether the brand had not died years ago. It might well be a time to reflect upon what…
September 14, 2014, 7:46 PM IST
September 13, 2014, 11:34 AM IST
Ever since I watched the film “The Matrix” in the late 90s, I’ve often wondered if what was shown in the film could become a reality someday. It is highly unlikely, but for those who…
September 13, 2014, 11:34 AM IST
September 11, 2014, 12:04 AM IST
TIMES VIEW Smart watches could go viral The launch of Apple Watch pushes the needle forward in a technology segment that promises huge growth in the near future. There is no denying the fact that…
September 11, 2014, 12:04 AM IST
September 8, 2014, 8:56 PM IST
The Alibaba IPO has got everyone sitting up and taking note. For good reason. At $24 billion, it is the largest stock offering in the history of the world. The issuance values the company at…
September 8, 2014, 8:56 PM IST
September 8, 2014, 4:12 PM IST
By Tom Davenport The lack of good data is the most common barrier to organisations seeking to employ predictive analytics. To make predictions about what customers will buy in the future, for example, you need…
September 8, 2014, 4:12 PM IST
September 4, 2014, 12:00 AM IST
TIMES VIEW Enhance security in the cloud Renuka Bisht Cloud computing is expanding exponentially. Because people, companies and countries are all accumulating more data, more fast than would have seemed credible even a few years…
September 4, 2014, 12:00 AM IST
September 1, 2014, 12:00 AM IST
140 character trap or a pithy announcement of celebrity? Manufactured consent or oxygen of democracy? Love it or hate it, but Twitter is scorchingly trendy and if you don’t tweet or don’t have at least…
September 1, 2014, 12:00 AM IST
August 29, 2014, 2:34 PM IST
In college, I took up what would probably be called the ‘liberal arts’ today. Perception wise (unfairly so), this was for women who planned to get a degree in preparation for marriage. I am not…
August 29, 2014, 2:34 PM IST
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