Govt exempts Whatsapp, Facebook from encryption policy

Following a public uproar over threat to privacy, the government on Tuesday withdrew the draft encryption policy which made it mandatory for storage of all messages, including social media, for 90......

After outrage, govt exempts WhatsApp, social media from new encryption policy

Shortly after a controversy erupted over government's plans to snoop on every message sent through WhatsApp, SMS, e-mail or any such service, the Department of Electronics and Information......

India's social media headache

Unhappy with response to queries following Mehdi Biswas' arrest, Bengaluru Police summon Twitter India marketing head. Anita Babu reportsThe tussle between law enforcement agencies and social media......

MSN to shut down chat rooms in India, 27 countries

Microsoft Corporation will shut down chat room services in India and 27 other countries in a phased manner, which will be complete by October 14.The move means that MSN chat rooms in most of......

Ice broken, MSN, Yahoo users to chat

In the first deal of its kind among Internet rivals, Yahoo and MSN Instant Messaging users from India and 14 other countries will be able to invite and chat with each other beginning Thursday.......

Yahoo unveils China search engine

Yahoo! launched a Web site for Internet searches for Chinese users on Monday, in the wake of search rival Google's strategic investment in China's largest search engine company, said a......

Google launches instant messenger

Further expanding beyond its roots in Internet search, Google Inc launched the long-rumored programme that provides both text instant messaging and computer-to-computer voice chat.The new......

A chat app to break language barrier

Going on a holiday abroad is always fun, and what adds to the fun is making new friends.But communicating with new friends becomes difficult as you may be knowing little French or Spanish and the......