Free software gets a $5-billion fine
Posted on Jul 21st, 2018
India has the most users for Google, Microsoft products and social media platforms. Our regulators have the clout to ensure better service to Indians, but they have not been as aggressive as EU in ensuring consumer protection. Roopinder Singh More than 77 per cent of the world’s smartphones run on various versions of the Android operating system, and this alone …
When technology spurs killers
Posted on Jul 8th, 2018
Anxiety — an emotion that is the lynchpin of our collective existence in the world. Our world — one where we want answers instantaneously, where information flows in nanoseconds, where mass hysteria can be triggered by mass postings on Internet media — Twitter, WhatsApp, Facebook, et al. Even as Twitter wars between opposing ideological groups have occupied much news space, …