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Google’s Latest Report Reveals Government’s Growing Thirst For Surveillance
Exceeding the quantum set in recent years, the Indian Government’s thirst for surveillance is on the rise. A recent revelation by the search giant Google puts the number of requests for information...
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Huawei & ZTE Open To Scrutiny Of Their Software By The Government
Two of the most popular budget handset makers from China, Huawei & ZTE are in hot water thanks to their deep ties with the country’s military division. The two manufacturers are currently facing a...
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Indian Government Probing Flipkart For Alleged FDI Violation
E-commerce firm Flipkart has come under the Government scanner due to alleged violations of the FDI norms of India. The Hindu Businessline has reported that the Indian Government has referred Flipkart...
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IndiaVotes.com Debuts; Looks To Stream Election Database For Public Viewing
What began as a commercial service for the sociopolitical entities in India, has now taken a rather “socio-entrepreneurial” turn – leading to the emergence of IndiaVotes.com, the largest database of...
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Kapil Sibal Stresses On Collaborative Efforts For Online Transparency At Web...
While handing out awards at the Web Ratna Awards 2012, Union Minister for Communications and IT Kapil Sibal chose to highlight the need for increasing collaborative efforts to achieve online...
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Is My Internet About To Change?
As this post is being put into words, internet’s fate is being decided behind closed doors where delegations from over 150 countries meet to deliberate on the issues concerning the global...
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Indian Government Plans To Publish Information Database Of Rape Convicts On...
After the horrifying incident in Delhi, the Indian Government and its non-existent efforts about women’s safety have been called out in public. There was national outrage over the issue, fueled further...
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Indian ISPs Are Giving Up Due Unfair Government Policies
Those of you have been reading our blog will agree as to how the Indian Internet scenario is all set to boom thanks to the increasing scope for penetration due to mobility and other factors. Thus it is...
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Fresh Summons Issued By Delhi Court Against Facebook, Google And 11 Other US...
A Delhi court announced fresh summons yesterday to 13 of the 21 companies that were taken to court earlier last year with regards to hosting ‘objectionable content’. This action was taken last year...
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India Continues To Be At The Forefront Of Data Requests Reports Google
Google’s “Transparency Reports” regularly reveal the Governments’ demands for data. India continues to lead in the race for seeking the same from the search giant. In the second half of 2012, a total...
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Now You Can Locate Your Polling Booth Online
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has offered one of the most significant improvements to voting. Indian citizens will soon have the ability to cross-verify their names in the electoral rolls...
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Telenor Abruptly Shuts Down In Mumbai
Subscribers to Uninor, the Joint Venture (JV) between Norwegian Telecom group Telenor & Realty Company Unitech Ltd, were in for a rude shock as the company abruptly shut down its services in...
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Another Victim Of Mobile Telephony License, Sistema Shyam Decides To Call It...
Sistema Shyam who owns & operates mobile service company MTS, is shutting down operations in 10 operating circles. Citing uncertainties resulting from the Supreme Court’s decision to cancel...
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The National Free Roaming Implementation Gets Postponed Till October
The national free roaming service which Kapil Sibal promised Indians last year during the release of the National Telecom Policy has been postponed again. It was supposed to be implemented by March...
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Congress Roping In Shashi Tharoor & Other Celebs To Swamp Down On Social...
Eminent serial tweeters and tech savvy personalities like Shashi Tharoor, Shah Rukh Khan and Shabana Azmi has been roped in by the Congress for it’s official Twitter handle. The Congress has also...
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Indian Government Makes 13 Personal Information Requests Per Day From Google...
As more people and services come online, there seems to be a strong surveillance and data access trend among Government enforcement agencies, according to Google. It seems that the Indian Government...
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Microsoft Reveals User Data Requests By Law Enforcement Agencies In 2012
Last Friday, Microsoft announced that it had received around 418 requests to disclose information by the Indian Government in 2012. There were 594 user accounts that were specified in this request....
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On Social Media And The Indian Government’s Need To Regulate It
Salman Khurshid, the Indian minister of external affairs has voiced the opinion that social media should be regulated in the country. He says that everyone is free to use social media but freedoms need...
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Google’s Mapathon Contest In Trouble, Again! [Updated]
Google’s Mapathon 2013 has come under the scanner again and this time the contest is attracting police investigation. The Survey of India, the official survey and mapping organisation of the country,...
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CBI May Now Take Up Google Mapathon Case From Delhi Police!
We had written about how Google had gotten into trouble with the Google Mapathon contest which it held in February and March. According to the complaint raised by the Survey of India regarding the...
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