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Tag: Kapil Sibal

  • US and Japan lead the ‘Twitter Take Down’ Charts. India more passive.

    Taking a cue from Google, Twitter published their first transparency report today, which includes reports of government requests to release user information, gov. requests to withhold content, and DMCA takedown notices by copyright holders, segregated by country. Leading the pack is USA with 679 requests out of the total 849, in the first half of 2012. This is…

  • The Anonymous Occupy movement was not a failure

      The general feeling that I have been sensing among some of the social media chatter around me is that the Anomymous protest was not big enough. It is obvious that it was nothing compared to campaigns run by protesters who are very skilled in their art, for example the anti corruption campaigns by Anna Hazare and Baba Ramdev. Despite this…

  • 4G to be auctioned by year end!

    Like I had predicted earlier, our politicians have run out of money, and this is good for us, as we will be getting 4G in India. Which is cool because 3G was auctioned at such high prices, that providers have made 3G so expensive, half of your salary goes into a data connection. So, when…

  • What is the difference between SOPA/PIPA and Kapil Sibal?

    To be brief, not much. SOPA/PIPA is the American name of the same disease, that is known as Kapil Sibal in India. The disease has been rumored to be viral, but does not affect the majority of the masses. We talked to a doctor researching the Indian strain of the virus, and he said that it…

  • Is Aakash the real deal?

    If you are one of those eyeing to grab Aakash, the so- called India’s answer to iPad? Then hold on! Come February 2012, a better and more efficient Aakash-2, the world’s cheapest tablet computer, will be available at the price of version 1 – Rs 2,276 or $49. IIT-Rajasthan has finalised improvements in the Aakash-1…