Internet

YouTube crashes in India: App and website down for some users [details]

Some YouTube users in India reportedly experienced trouble uploading videos on the app and website of the Google-owned platform on Monday.

Jul 22, 2024

Instagram suffer major outage globally, including in India

Meta-owned Instagram on Saturday suffered a major outage globally, including in India, as thousands of users were unable to load Reels and access other options.

Jun 29, 2024

Google buys Cameyo to bring Windows apps to ChromeOS devices

Google has acquired Cameyo, which develops virtualisation tools to run Windows apps on ChromeOS devices, for an undisclosed sum.

Jun 6, 2024

What is Jio AirFiber: Everything you need to know about new wireless fibernet internet

With a planned launch date of September 19th, 2023, coinciding with the revered festival of Ganesh Chaturthi, Jio AirFiber is poised to usher in a new era of high-speed, wireless internet in India. Read all about it here.

Aug 28, 2023

Disney+Hotstar platform service crashes during Ind-Aus Test; here's why

Video streaming service Disney+ Hotstar is down for several users in India, with people taking to Twitter to complain about the outage. The issue is not yet resolved.

Feb 17, 2023

Google Search hit highest-ever traffic in 25 yrs as Messi dazzles in FIFA world cup finals: Sundar Pichai

Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai on Monday said that Google Search logged its highest-ever traffic in 25 years of its existence during the nail-biting FIFA World Cup fina

Dec 19, 2022

Google introduces Search Status Dashboard, now real-time service outages visible

Google has introduced a "Search Status Dashboard" that will inform users of real-time service outages if there's an issue with crawling, indexing, or serving search results

Dec 15, 2022

India largest 'connected' nation with over 800 mn internet users: Rajeev Chandrasekhar

India has become the largest 'connected' nation in the world with 800 million users, Union Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar has said

Dec 12, 2022

"They did not inform me": Elon Musk sets record straight after Kanye West's Twitter restoration

Elon Musk has closed his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter. Musk sealed the deal Thursday night. He terminated Twitter Chief Executive Parag Agrawal, Chief Financial Officer Ned Segal and legal affairs and policy chief Vijaya Gadde.

Oct 30, 2022

Affordable 5G services to be rolled out in India by Oct 12: Centre

The government on Thursday said it expects 5G services to be rolled out in the country by October 12, and the Centre will make sure that the prices are affordable for the consumers.

Aug 25, 2022

Digital India: Rural India with 351 million users pips urban centres in Internet usage [details]

There are 692 million active Internet users in India, and much of the growth continues to be driven by rural India (351 million users with 37 per cent).

Jul 28, 2022

Russia's Yandex warns of bond repayment and supply risks

Yandex said that a suspension of trading of its Class A shares on Nasdaq of more than five trading days would give holders of those notes the right to require Yandex to redeem them at par plus accrued interest under the terms of its 0.75% convertible notes due in 2025.

Mar 7, 2022

India ranks lowest on global mobile data cost and that's great news [here's how]

To put things into perspective, the 1GB cost of mobile data in India is $0.09 whereas the same costs $8 in the United States.

Jul 26, 2021

What is BharatNet; India's public broadband network to run PPP model [see benefits]

BharatNet is considered to be the biggest rural telecom project in the world and is an integral part of the central government's Digital India initiative.

Jun 30, 2021

Trump wants Section 230 terminated. Problem: Prez stands to lose more

Section 230 is a piece of legislation that protects social media companies and also serves as a legal shield for tech giants. Trump wants it terminated after viral trends showed president in bad light.

Dec 3, 2020