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India’s top court upholds free speech on the Internet

March 24, 2015 admin country, facebook, free-speech, india, internet, largest-growth, phone, photo, smartphone-user, supreme, supreme-court, Technology, verdict-hailed

By Suchitra Mohanty NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India's top court struck down a law on Tuesday that gave authorities powers to jail people for offensive online posts, a verdict hailed as a victory for free speech in the world's largest growth market for the Internet. Section 66A of the country's Information and Technology (IT) Act was challenged in the Supreme Court by law students, bloggers, writers and rights groups following arrests across the country for statements posted on social media sites

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Swiss competition body approves Swisscom online directory merger

March 24, 2015 creative companies, india, internet, internet-users, largest-growth, phone-numbers, purchase, smartphone-user, supreme-court, swiss, telecoms

Switzerland's competition commission WEKO said on Tuesday it had approved the purchase of online directory search.ch by Swisscom, as the telecoms group tries to compete with the likes of Google in digital advertising. In a deal reached last year, Swisscom is to combine directory operator local.ch, which provides information on phone numbers, with Swiss media company Tamedia's search and information service search.ch in a joint subsidiary. Together the local online directories will reach 3.6 million internet users per month in Switzerland, and the merger will be completed by mid-2015, the companies said in a joint statement

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Online video site Vessel bets fans will pay for early access

March 24, 2015 creative chief, chief-executive, free-content, india, internet-users, jason-kilar, largest-growth, officer-richard, see-something, smartphone-user, telecoms, vevo-or-other, video-platform, websites

Online video platform Vessel launched its paid subscription service on Tuesday, offering programming at least three days before other websites in a bid to reshape an industry dominated by free content on Google Inc’s YouTube. Vessel, which costs viewers $3 a month, was founded by former Hulu Chief Executive Jason Kilar and Chief Technology Officer Richard Tom. “There are a lot of consumers who would love to see something early.” More than 130 creators will provide early access to content on Vessel

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BlackBerry working with Google to secure Android devices

February 25, 2015 admin alibaba, countries, enable-its, european, highly-secure, india, its-revamped, meet-the-needs, nick, officials-said, operation, quality, reach, secure-some, waterloo

BlackBerry Ltd said on Wednesday that it is working with Google Inc to enable its software to manage and secure some of Google's Android devices, a move that builds on BlackBerry's recent partnership with Samsung Electronics Co. In November, BlackBerry announced partnerships with Samsung and other high-profile technology industry players, broadening the reach of its revamped mobile-device management and security platform. BlackBerry said it is offering a “highly secure mobility solution” for Samsung's Android devices

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India’s Flipkart to double value of goods sold as demand surges

February 12, 2015 publisher india, million-users, monthly-online, require-estate, says-it-sends, slipped-behind, world, zoopla-property

By Nivedita Bhattacharjee MUMBAI (Reuters) – Flipkart aims to double the total value of goods it sells to $8 billion this year, two people with knowledge of the plans said, as India’s largest online marketplace seeks to widen the gap with rivals including Amazon.com’s India unit. Online retailers often use GMV, or gross merchandise value based on monthly online sales, as a measure of performance, as they typically make revenues from the commissions they get from sellers. Flipkart’s current GMV is $4 billion, the sources said, declining to be named as they were not authorized to speak to the media

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Alibaba’s Ant Financial to buy 25 percent of India’s One97

February 8, 2015 creative alibaba-group, angeles, estimated-260, fear-following, india, joint-statement, new-techniques, online-industry, story-corrects

(This story corrects paragraph 2 to make clear that the $500 million deal value includes an option to increase the stake next year) MUMBAI/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Ant Financial Services Group, an affiliate of China’s Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, has agreed to buy 25 percent of Indian payment services provider One97 Communications, tapping into the country’s smartphone and online industry boom. Alibaba spokeswoman Teresa Li and One97 founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma declined to disclose the value

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Women feel no safer in Delhi, two years after notorious gang rape

December 16, 2014 publisher backing-online, constables, france, india, infamous, italy, market, men-stationed, past-on-their, real-estate, said-on-tuesday, sarajevo, thomson-reuters, two-policemen

By Nita Bhalla NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – On a cold, rainy Sunday night, two policemen in khaki uniforms and fluorescent yellow jackets stand among commuters at a bus shelter in the Indian capital, occasionally stepping out to stop passing buses and climbing on board to conduct inspections. A white police car halts to check in with the men stationed at the bus stop. Some minutes after, two other constables walk past on their night patrol which they say runs from 8 p.m

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Online ventures target global Muslim consumer market

December 16, 2014 publisher are-content, constables, india, internet, islam, said-on-tuesday, the-growing, two-policemen, world

By Bernardo Vizcaino (Reuters) – From travel guides to shopping portals, new Internet ventures aim to capitalize on the growing “Muslim lifestyle” market, which is expanding beyond food to include areas such as tourism, fashion and credit cards. Excluding food, where “halal” dietary restrictions must be followed, most of the world's 1.6 billion Muslims are content to buy the bulk of their goods and services from conventional suppliers. ..