In the near future, users will be able to avail of services or information from govt departments by just dialling 166 Mumbai: Getting information from the government could be just a phone call or text message away. In the near future, all that one will have to do is dial 166 to avail of services…
Even on limited Internet bandwidth, Idea Brahma’s VBond Vita allows doctors to access scans and X-rays Bangalore: V.V. Ravindra was spurred into his third entrepreneurial venture by two sets of data bearing lofty ambitions for healthcare. The first was that the government aimed to boost its annual expenditure on healthcare to 2.5% of the gross…
Aura’s turn-by-turn voice guidance and 3D maps help users navigate through cities as they drive New Delhi: Tired of asking directions from strangers, taking detours and hitting dead ends? Technology comes to your rescue with a mapping application. MapMyIndia, a provider of digital maps and location-based services, has developed a mapping application called Aura that…
Ankit Chhajer and Jigar Doshi started Komparify.com in 2011 to compare existing plans depending on the customer’s usage. Chennai: When Delhi-based financial adviser Manish Sinha racked up a phone bill of Rs. 1.62 lakh in a month a year ago, he had not anticipated that 3G (third generation) data usage could put a serious hole…
About 12.7 million people are getting timely and full wages under About 12.7 million people are getting timely and full wages under MGNREGS through this scheme through this scheme. Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh government conceived the smart card project as a means to extend mainstream banking and financial services to the poor by using technology-based…
Capitalizing on the lack of a Siri-like app for Android users, Dexetra created Iris a few days after iPhone’s launch. Bangalore: Since 2005, the year Apple Inc.’s iPhone debuted, interfaces that employ the human hand as the tool of interaction have become ubiquitous. The iPhone’s latest version, released in October, goes a step ahead and…
An independent mobile app store is providing new developers visibility and reach to relevant audience. It’s hard to imagine a mobile phone user who has not downloaded free or paid mobile applications, or apps, from an online store. The numbers are only set to increase. Research firm Gartner Inc. predicts that by the end of…
In India, the ICT boom in recent years has greatly increased the presence of new dangerous and toxic waste in the environment but no offical policies have been created to deal with the informal disposal of e-waste in the country. This study addresses the need for a consolidated study in India of any sorts to…
A new report commissioned by the APC written by Osama Manzar and Divya Menon of the Delhi-based Digital Empowerment Foundation takes a critical look at what is being done in the country to manage e-waste. APCNews talked to co-author Divya Menon. electronics is the fastest growing sector in India and are purchased by about 52…
I am in a situation where I cannot but compare India and the US to bring perspective on how the information economy driven by information communication technology and digital tools will be led by India to make the world a better place. And the onus will be on India and Indians across the globe, and…
