internet | Pixr8 News

Internet Users Count in India May Reach 50 Crores in 5-8 months

17Jan By Press Trust of IndiaNo Comments

News

Internet Users Count in India May Reach 50 Crores in 5-8 months

The number of Internet users in the country is expected to go up to 50 crore, from the present over 40 crore, in next 5-8 months, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said today. "The number of people using Internet has crossed 40 crore in the country at present. I am expecting this number to go up to 50 crore in next 5-8 months. "According to our estimate, out of these, 70 per cent people are going to access Internet through mobile phones," Prasad said here at an Indore Management Association function. About 100 crore people, out of the population of India of nearly 125 crore, have mobile phones, the minister said, adding that every month, 20-35 lakh mobile users are added. "The NDA government, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is trying to awaken the efficiency and...

The End of Superpower: Internet Set to Cut Off US Oversight Role

14Jan By Press Trust of IndiaNo Comments

USA

The End of Superpower: Internet Set to Cut Off US Oversight Role

A plan to end a key US government oversight role on the Internet is on track for completion this year, the head of the online address gatekeeper said, in a symbolic move towards asserting the independence of the web. While the transition will not change how the Internet works, it would help reassure users, businesses and governments about its integrity, according to Fadi Chehade, chief executive of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). Chehade told AFP the transition plan being prepared since early 2014 will be delivered to the US government in February, and that it could take place on September 30, a year later than originally planned. If the US government approves the plan, "then the contract between ICANN and the US government which is set ...

The real reason why 500 people lost their job at FoodPanda

5Jan By No Comments

BLOGS

The real reason why 500 people lost their job at FoodPanda

After Zomato and TinyOwl, FoodPanda India has announced that it is laying off over 500 employees - What's going wrong here? FoodPanda is a known name in the Indian food ordering business - presence in all top cities and most restaurants seem to be covered by them - they announced lay off's today and the unofficial number of people fired stands around 500. So what exactly is going wrong here? Is there something wrong in the food delivery business model in India (given the recent lay off's at TinyOwl and Zomato)? Or is this is bigger phenomenon of the start-up ecosystem itself? Let's look a bit deeper into this issue. Why suddenly grow from 180 people to 1,200 in 10 months and then fire 500 people? According to to official statement of FoodPanda, they rapidly grew from 180 people in Febru...

29Dec By AdityaNo Comments

INDIA

India may have 50 crore Internet subscribers next year: Prasad

New Delhi, (PTI) - Telecom Minister of India Mr. Ravi Shankar Prasad today said Internet subscribers may reach the 50 crore mark in the country next year. "India currently has 40 crore Internet subscribers. Earlier, I have said about the target to reach 50 crore users in two years but now it looks that the 50 crore mark is likely to be achieved next year," Prasad said during a discussion on "Integration of SC/ST entrepreneurs: Digital and Skill India" here. Speaking about the Digital India programme, he said the government will connect 2.5 lakh gram panchayats with optic fibre in coming years. He also spoke on the concept of digital village, where one block in every state will be selected to ensure that technology can be used to deliver education and healthcare services. Under digi...

How Internet transformed Yao Yunfei's traditional garment company in China

29Dec By PriyankaNo Comments

News

How Internet transformed Yao Yunfei's traditional garment company in China

Yao Yunfei, a son of a traditional Chinese tailor and second successive found of Jiaxing Getelan Garments Co Ltd, shared his view on how the Intnet has transformed the traditional garments industry of a China’s historic town. Yao’s company is located at Wuzhen, a South China’s wat town, a pmanent home for World Intnet Confence event. Back in 1970, the company’s predecessor was a local State-owned factory that produced shirts and blouses. Yao’s fath worked with hundreds of works in the factory. Yao filled his fath’s shoes and began to upgrade the factory in the beginning of er 1980s. “We started to use Intnet to raise funds, develop distribution channels and even crowdfund our designs since last year,” said Yao Yunfei, found of Jiaxing Get...

26Dec By AdityaNo Comments

CHINA

China says tech firms have nothing to fear from anti-terror law

Beijing/Reuters- Technology companies have nothing to fear from China's new anti-terror law which aims to prevent and probe terror activities and does not affect their copyright, China's Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday, rebuffing U.S. criticism as unwarranted. The draft anti-terrorism law has caused concern in Western capitals as it could require technology firms to install "back doors" in products or to hand over sensitive information such as encryption keys to the government. The law is currently having another reading at the latest session of the standing committee for China's largely rubber-stamp parliament, the National People's Congress, which ends on Sunday. This week, the U.S. State Department said it had expressed "serious concerns" to China about the law which would d...

Internet and e-commerce help Chinese farmers to increase incomes

2Aug By Press Trust of IndiaNo Comments

News

Internet and e-commerce help Chinese farmers to increase incomes

In china, farmers too are becoming tech-savvy which is leading to a good harvest from better care of the crops.These farmers are using technology to the fullest and the result is visible in the increased incomes of these farmers. Chinese internet conglomerate, Alibaba, too is supporting these farmers take the leap, with plans to invest 10 billion yuan (USD 1 billion). (more…)