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Cyber wars: Can India stand up to the China threat?
India should also weigh the idea of opening up to Huawei. Its aggressive and attractive under pricing should be measured against the risk of handing over the telecom backbone to a company, which may have the power to cripple systems at the drop of a virus.
Dear MMS, for a few morons don't ban SMS
I watched your political colleagues with puzzlement, as they spoke about banning social media. Do they talk about banning cars when some moron runs over people?
'Twitter killer' claims to do what chat-rooms always did better
The creators of Menshn.com say it was born out of 'frustration" with the 140 characters and "randomness of Twitter.
#neverseconds: How a school lost to a nine-year-old on Twitter
Friday's Twitter meltdown in the UK was a perfect example of how to not only fail to adhere to your own strategy, but also to aggravate and make the situation worse.
Are you supporting Anonymous this Saturday?
India’s burgeoning Internet freedom movement needs the support of groups like Anonymous to scuttle the efforts of government or corporates who threaten to encroach upon web’s freedom.
Is desire for Internet fame driving killers like Magnotta?
Was Luka Rocco Magnotta's crime a result of wanting to attract more attention on social media or was it social media that helped catch him?
Why Facebook's IPO changes things for everyone
With its 900 million members long used to free services, and ad penetration still not proven, the world’s biggest social networking site will have to prove itself to demanding investors now
Why Twitter needs to remain a ‘bazaar’
It is a bazaar, where the elite and the commoner can exchange views and understand each other better.
The Viral Tamil wedding: How social media changes culture
A Tamil wedding goes viral because of the bride's unique entrance. Is this an indication of how social media is changing how we do things?
Attention TRAI: Make sure you get portability right
TRAI needs to make sure that customers who choose to port their numbers are not harassed by their old mobile phone operators.
Facebook vs govt: Why we should let judges take on free speech
We should be nervous about potential censorship in advance, however unfeasible technologically, of all content going on these sites. But we should also let the process play out in full.
Backing up your brain. One little app at a time
Starting with a telephone directory to new digital platforms like Facebook, Google and Outlook calendar, apps like Rememeberthemilk and programs like Basecamp we have started to slowly outsource our brain.
When technology fills in for human connection
A USB device that would wake up when a friend of mine logged on to IM, made me smile. The reason why this fascinates us is because we are the first generation of humans who have been touched by technology.
Eight marketing lessons from Facebook's IPO
From the dangers of not innovating all the time, to creating ecosystems that others can profit from, the Facebook IPO has a number of valuable lessons for marketing professionals.
Lessons I learnt from Steve Jobs
I didn’t know Steve Jobs. So why am I writing this? Because I owe Steve a massive debt of gratitude, for teaching me, through the things he’s said and done, some very important lessons over the years.
The joy of writing about the things which don’t matter
What we term as mainstream media tended to focus on the negative, apparently because it “sells”. The author tells us why the web is more positive, an uplifting place.
Can you defame an entire religion? Delhi Courts say 'yes'
Who determines whether a religion is "hurt"?
Obama bans daughters from Facebook — and he's right
The media, obsessed with social media, and politics, got the perfect winter "silly season" story with news that Obama has banned his daughters from using Facebook.
Is Kapil Sibal right? Is social media elitist?
When Sibal talks elitism, he implies that the elite believe themselves to be better than Sibal or Gandhi or the government generally. People might well believe that, but it doesn't make them elite.
Censorship is easy — just get Kapil Sibal to say something "stupid"
Mr Sibal might not be protecting the morals of the nation, but he's certainly managing to distract the nation from anything else going on.
Why bankers, brokers and bet hedgers don't like democracy
Why are bankers, brokers and people who hedge their financial bets keen on the Greeks not voting?
Is Sachin Pilot right? Must we get everyone online?
It's all very well to say the Internet is a right that should be provided by the government of a country to its citizens. But if that is the case, will the same government have the power to revoke that right?
21st Century Laws: Post whatever links you like, but beware retweets
Two incidents in Canada might very well frame the debates around the use of hyperlinks and the responsibilities around tweets. Tensions around free speech and technology will however, continue to remain.
Privacy and us: We are all hypocrites
We do not expect privacy; we have to choose it by defining our settings. We don't expect privacy until we are the ones being poked by a camera lens.
Twitter mob or Twitter revolution? NOTW and the journalism dilemma
NOTW surfaces once again, that the line between news for public interest and news for infotainment continues to blur. Who now decides what information the public NEEDS to know, and what information might just entertain them? Twitter?
RIM's silence on BlackBerry outage betrays crisis of leadership
A glaring highlight of what is now a service outage across four continents for the third consecutive day is the complete and shocking silence on the part of RIM's top management across the globe.
Mac with a Soul: Steve helped us to do our Jobs better
A creative director tells us how the Mac changed everything for him. It is a machine with a soul that wants to make him a better artist.
Tata Indicom in bed with spammers, customers be damned
The logic behind TRAI's Stalinist 100 SMS limit is that most providers don't seem to care enough about stopping the spammers.
The new BlackBerry 9360: It's got sex appeal
The new BlackBerry Curve 9360 is the first BlackBerry that lives up to the Curve brand. Truly curvy, if there's one USP of this smartphone, it's the brilliant design of this phone, which makes it so sexy.
Intel shrinks its chips as transistors go 3D
After 3D movies, 3D TV, 3D printing, it is now time for 3D transistors.