Showing posts with label Internet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Internet. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Facebook Inc has tied up with India's Reliance Communications Ltd to offer free access to a handful of online services in India.

Facebook Inc has tied up with India's Reliance Communications Ltd to offer free access to a handful of online services in India, broadening its campaign to boost Internet use in the developing world.

India, the world's second-biggest mobile market, will become the first country in Asia to get the new Internet.org app, which targets mobile phone users












Monday, January 12, 2015

Facebook is still top social network, Twitter and LinkedIn far behind according to survey

Facebook is still top social network, Twitter and LinkedIn far behind according to survey.

The survey, which collected data from 1,597 internet users in September 2014, found that overall, 71% of internet users are on Facebook, a proportion that represents no change from August 2013.

Every other social media platform measured saw significant growth between 2013 and 2014.Twenty-eight per cent of the respondents said they used LinkedIn and Pinterest, and Twitter had 23% usage.









Saturday, January 10, 2015

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's third public Q&A held on Wednesday, January 14 at Bogota, Colombia.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's third public Q&A held on Wednesday, January 14 at Bogota, Colombia.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's third public town hall Q&A will be held on Wednesday, January 14 at Bogota, Colombia. This will notably be Zuckerberg's first international Q&A session, and will be held during his Colombia visit to promote Internet.



Saturday, December 20, 2014

World’s 6% PopulationAddicted to Internet, Morein Conflict Zones

Internet addiction is prevalent in every corner of the world but it is as high as
10% in the Middle East, which is considered a conflict zone and less at 2.6% in Northern and Western europe, which are relatively peaceful regions in the world. In all, 6 percent of the world
population is addicted to Internet, said a study conducted by Hong Kong researchers.

Saturday, December 13, 2014

Actress Shruthi Hassan latest song in Hindi has gone viral on the internet.

Actress Shruthi Hassan latest song in Hindi has gone viral on the internet The song titled, Joganiyan features in Arjun Kapoor and Sonakshi Sinha starrer Tevar and the music for this song has been scored by Sajid-Wajid. Incidentally, she has danced for another special song in this action entertainer.

The film is official remake of Mahesh Babu starrer Okkadu. Within two days after the song's first video was unveiled, it got more than 1 lakh views and the response has been extremely positive so far from all her fans.





Friday, December 12, 2014

Reliance Communications has announced a new scheme called ‘Free Facebook Fridays’

Reliance Communications has announced a new scheme called ‘Free Facebook Fridays’ for its pre-paid GSM customers.

In a bid to boost the usage of Internet, Reliance prepaid GSM users will now be able to access Facebook on Fridays for free, without depleting their data packs at all.

This isn’t the first time RCom has tied up with Facebook either. Last year it announced a scheme wherein its users could get free or discounted access to Facebook Messenger.




Tuesday, December 9, 2014

Google is bringing its Chromecast streaming stick to India

Google is bringing its Chromecast streaming stick to India, as the Internet giant focuses on the large and growing consumer market there.

For the India launch, Google has partnered with Bharthi Airtel, India's largest mobile carrier, to allow mobile devices to stream the online videos.



Wednesday, November 19, 2014

India Set to Beat US as Second-Largest Internet Market

According to a report by the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) and IMRB International, the number of Internet users in India is expected to grow 32 percent to 302 million this year from 213 million at the end of December last year.

The Internet user base in the country is further estimated to grow to 354 million by June 2015.Currently, India has the third-largest Internet user base in the world but with the estimated growth, the country will overtake the US as the second-largest Internet user base in the world by December-end.