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Global smart building deployments to see growth of over 150% by 2026

Global smart building deployments to see growth of over 150% by 2026

28 Mar 2022

New report offers solutions to gaping digital gap between Commonwealth countries

New report offers solutions to gaping digital gap between Commonwealth countries

24 Feb 2020

Mobile app uses AR to locate friends in a crowd

Mobile app uses AR to locate friends in a crowd

10 Jun 2019

Pakistan cyber bill threatens free speech, privacy: rights groups

Pakistan cyber bill threatens free speech, privacy: rights groups

21 Apr 2015

Bangladesh arrests chief suspect in US blogger murder

Bangladesh arrests chief suspect in US blogger murder

3 Mar 2015

Make a strong online presence with Podcast Transcription Services

Make a strong online presence with Podcast Transcription Services

Ritesh Sanghani 18 Feb 2015

Data extraction - helping businesses see the bigger picture

Data extraction - helping businesses see the bigger picture

Ritesh Sanghani 6 Jan 2015

Google guns for 300 million new Indian local language users

Google guns for 300 million new Indian local language users

6 Nov 2014

Social networks 'in denial' on extremist use: senior UK spy

Social networks 'in denial' on extremist use: senior UK spy

5 Nov 2014

The main street in Tashigang, Bhutan, one of the sites that can be explored using Google's Steet View of the isolated country that discourages tourism. Image: Wikipedia

Bhutan's Street View for arm-chair tours

24 Oct 2014

Mark Zuckerberg wants to help India get more people online. He is offering his assistance to India's Prime Minister Nahendra Modi. Image:

Zuckerberg's plan to get India online

10 Oct 2014

India's public service is notoriously inefficient in delivering services. Now the Indian government has implemented computerised systems to check on workers who are slacking off by not working. Image:

Website stops workers from slacking at work

9 Oct 2014

Canalys Analyst Jessica Kwee says that India is the fastest-growing smartphone market globally and is already third in terms of users after China and the USA. Image: Canalys

Smartphone makers seek growth in India

8 Sep 2014

Inventors of the LeChai shoe, Krispian Lawrence (left) and Anirudh Sharma expect to sell thousands of their shoes, which provide directions to users by vibrating in the foot. Image:

Shoes that show you where you're going

1 Sep 2014

Intex's $33 smartphone that uses the Firefox operating system is India's cheapest device and the manufacturers say they expect to sell 500,000 devices in the first three months. Image:

Intex smartphone costs just $33

28 Aug 2014

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants to transform the country into a digital, software and manufacturing hub and connect every village in India to a broaband Internet connection. Image:

India is no longer a land of 'snake charmers and black magic'

18 Aug 2014

Billionaire Sunil Bharti Mittal wants to see Africa as a major market but its operations there lost $137m in the June quater. Image: Wikipedia

India's Bharti makes $184m in three months

31 Jul 2014

Flipkart's Sachin Bansal has raised US1bn to maintain dominance in India's market and attempt to fight off Amazon's entry into the market. Image:

India's Flipkart takes on Amazon with a $1bn warchest

30 Jul 2014

Bolo Bhi's Founder Sana Saleem says Pakistan is even blocking content on breast cancer from Wikipedia. Image:

'Blasphemous' content restored in Pakistan

19 Jun 2014

"Efforts to contain freedom of speech become subjective," says Human Rights Watch Director Meenakshi Ganguly. Image:

India's 'Peace Force' launches Facebook clean-up mission

18 Jun 2014

Facebook's boss, Mark Zuckerberg, dubbed 'the Zionist manager" by an Iranian court has been summonsed to appear in Teheran to answer charges of violating people's privacy. Image: Wikipedia

Iranian court issues summons against Zuckerberg

28 May 2014

The Pakistan Parliament has voted to allow YouTube to operate in the country after a ban lasting several years. Image:

Twitter blocks 'blasphemous' content in Pakistan

26 May 2014

India's Prime Minister-elect Nahendra Modi who will be sworn in next week. Image: Wikipedia

Singh hands over Twitter account to Modi

22 May 2014

iranian Minister Ali Janati admits that Facebook can't remained blocked forever. Image:

Minister admits Iran cannot block Facebook forever

3 Mar 2014

HP's Slate Voicetab will go on sale in India as the company tries to regain some market share in mobile phones. Image:

HP to launch its 'voice tablets' in India

18 Jan 2014

New Delhi skyline. (Image: , via Wikimedia Commons)

Top India Bitcoin operator halts trade after bank warning

30 Dec 2013

Iranian politicians use social media even though it is banned in Iran. One rule for politicians, another for ordinary people. Image: Bloomua

Police chief slams use of social media by Iranian officials

3 Dec 2013

When the power fails... are you ready? (Image: Wikimedia Commons)

Warnings of an energy crunch: What are the implications for the data centre?

David Palmer-Stevens 4 Nov 2013

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