The U.S. government’s decision to ban TikTok, the immensely popular short-form video app owned by China’s ByteDance, has sent shockwaves through the tech industry,…
Indian mobile operator reckons Google, Facebook should share profits
The issue of Net neutrality has reared its ugly head, this time in India. Mobile operator Bharti Airtel reckons that web-based companies should pay…
Non Facebook IPO news: Woman divorces husband over status
While the press scrutinises every move surrounding Facebook’s IPO, it is worthwhile remembering that life goes on. Sometimes it goes on hilariously. According to…
Indian mobile web set to overtake desktop usage, bucking BRICS trend
Mobile web usage looks set to overtake desktop usage in India by the end of the year. Source: StatCounter Global Stats – Mobile vs….
Meet 50 of the most influential political tweeters in emerging markets
Social media in emerging markets is poised in a delicate position. A number of governments are trying to clampdown on various platforms, all while…
Nitin Desai, Special Advisor to the Secretary General of the United Nations, had a few original words to say on the new wave of “We Media” sweeping the globe. He says that the key challenge – and this is the original part of what he said – is that we face a challenge in finding a business model that can combine the professionalism of the traditional, established media (fact checking; sources; trained journalists; ethics codes and training etc etc) with what we have on the web – the power of collaborative communities, citizen journalism, blogs, collective intelligence, number power etc etc…