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Start-up's flights of fancy

India's first home-grown messenger app Hike shut down and vanished from app stores on Monday

BSE cash market trades on mobiles up 11x on wider access, cheap data

The share of cash market trades carried out on mobile phones was 1.5 per cent in January 2016 on the BSE. It rose to 16.6 per cent in December last year.

Two steps to boost broadband usage

The first, fixing technology gaps, should be easy. The second warrants consideration for better services and to avoid undue disruption

OneWeb launches 36 satellites; to offer hi-speed internet from 2021 end

This takes the total in-orbit constellation to 110 satellites, part of OneWeb's 648 LEO satellite fleet that will deliver high-speed, low-latency global connectivity, a company release said

Statsguru: From email to ecommerce, 25 years of internet in India

There was a time when political parties opposed the use of computers to save jobs. Today, the internet is an important part of daily human life

Odisha govt eyes high-speed internet for all panchayats by April 2021

The Odisha government has set the target to provide high-speed internet connectivity to all Gram Panchayats in phases by April 2021

Make access to internet a human right

All online services and applications must be available in all major Indian languages, says the author

Just 24% of Indian households have internet to access e-education: UNICEF

Just 24 per cent of Indian households have internet connections to access e-education, and there is a large rural-urban and gender divide according to a new UNICEF report

Slower data speeds: Worst might be over, but only temporarily

Data networks are working at near peak capacity of 80-85% (compared to 65-75% pre-Covid) and they could get into a jam once again if economic activity suddenly picks

Over 57% consumers prefer internet banking in Covid-19 era: Report

As the pandemic environment is moving consumers to interact more digitally with their banks, platform models offer agility and scalability during uncertain times

Google faces $5 bn lawsuit in US for illegally tracking internet usage

Google "cannot continue to engage in the covert and unauthorized data collection from virtually every American with a computer or phone," the complaint says

Eight billion internet records of millions of users in Thailand leaked

The database, containing DNS queries and Netflow data, was lying on the internet without a password

Online streaming traffic sees 55% overall surge amid lockdown, says report

There was an overall traffic increase of 73 per cent on weekdays and 65 per cent on weekends, said the 'State of Internet Traffic Trend' report by ACT Fibernet

India's internet speed improves over previous week, but still below peak

Fixed download speed in India was 35.84 Mbps. Both are marginally higher than the previous week

Here are some useful things on the internet that cost you only time

Here's a roundup of all you can do from the comfort of your couch while sipping on a dalgona coffee in your pajamas

Pakistan ranked 76th out of 100 nations on inclusive internet index 2020

According to the EIU, in 2020, Pakistan falls into the last quartile of the global internet index countries overall, and it ranks 24th out of 26 Asian countries

Over two-fold rise in internet user base in India by 2023 at 666 mn: Report

The cheaper mobile internet access and smartphone has made India to see the highest growth in terms of app downloads

64% of India will use internet by 2023; phone usage to surge to 68%: Report

Growing number of mobile users coupled with low cost of data are seen as major reasons behind this surge

OTT market being built, monetisation will follow: Applause's Sameer Nair

The OTT market is just discovering itself; it is the land grab phase. Monetisation will happen in a bit, says Nair

Inside the billion-dollar battle over .Org

A group of respected internet pioneers and nonprofit leaders is offering an alternative to Ethos Capital's bid: a nonprofit cooperative corporation