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......

Are we surrendering our minds?

Are we submerging our individual abilities, memories and consciousness to a larger anonymous Cloud over which we have no control, wonders B S Prakash.Illustration: Uttam GhoshIf you are reading......

Why Facebook made WhatsApp free

WhatsApp is the factory where data gets collected for Facebook. And, the cost of that data collection is insignificant as against the monetisation happening on the Facebook platform In February......

Tech firms use World Cup to engage employees

Fanfare of FIFA World Cup 2014 travels continents as Indian techies root for the tournament India’s technology companies are riding the excitement of the FIFA World Cup 2014.Infosys,......

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......

Information, the new currency, under threat

Information has become the new currency but is under greater threat than before owing to a mobile workforce, consumerisation of IT, heterogenity of enterprise IT environments and entry of criminal......