According to the US officials, the US state is having close relationships with India on issues related to cyber security and the state wants to expand the relationship with India. US had many meetings with Indian officials on how to exchange information, cooperate in securing networks, fighting against cyber crime and reaching agreement about these… Read More »
According to the ComScore, in India, seven out of ten Internet users are watching online videos and half of them use YouTube. On an average, these users watch 58 videos for a total of 5 hours in a month and the number of viewers is nearly the same as in UK and Brazil. ComScore found… Read More »
In the month of April 2011, Ministry of Information Technology and Communications issued new rules and regulations on Internet usage in India called as “IT rules 2011”. Many criticisms are being raised by Internet access providers and social networks, as severe threat is being posed by these rules to the freedom of speech. Since the… Read More »
The GOI (Government of India) has taken the authority itself to switch off the Internet during the time of national emergencies. This made the country to become one of the first few countries to assume such a far reaching authority. Even major developed countries like US and other Western nations are still debating on the… Read More »
In India, first time spam emails in Hindi script and Devanagri script are being circulated. In the month of May 2011, Symantec the E-security firm has identified spam e-mails using the ‘419’ or ‘Nigerian’ technique in Hindi. Earlier the same messages were in English. This change in language states that the spammers are specifically targeting… Read More »
By the launch of online portal ‘e-Post Office’, India Post, has now made it possible to perform postal transactions and tracking services online, just by sitting anywhere in the world and having access to Internet. The unique features of this online portal are, searching postal information, PIN code search, tracking of express and international shipments… Read More »
In India, Internet has clearly hit an inflection point. According to Google India, Internet user mark has touched 100 million by the end of 2010, making India, the third largest Internet market in the world. Out of these 100 million users, 40 million users were found to access Internet from office; each 30 million people… Read More »