Digitization

It’s been three years since Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia CEMCA’s EasyNow virtual campus project began, but the going is still rough thanks to technophobia: “It is just a ... Continue_Reading
(By Diwaskar Chettri & Preethi J) 561 out of 1159 Common Service Centres (CSC) are non operational in Haryana and 133 in Tripura: and the reasons are growing. First, it was ... Continue_Reading
Tata Communications will take over BT Group Plc(BT)’s proprietary digital media management platform BT Mosaic, according to a notice issued to the BSE. Mosaic belongs to subsidiary British Telecom Group ... Continue_Reading
Doordarshan, India’s public sector broadcaster, has set aside an amount of Rs. 1209 crore of a total approved outlay of Rs. 1369 crores, just for digitization, as per the 11th ... Continue_Reading
India’s Unique Identification project will open up and publish its API (Application Programming Interface) to allow third party applications the ability to authenticate the identity of citizens, Nandan Nilekani, Chairman ... Continue_Reading
Formats vary according to media for a reason: usability. So when Indian newspapers such as Indian Express and now global ones – like Wall Street Journal Asia – add an ... Continue_Reading
State governments in India are exploring m-Governance options for providing critical (and often tedious to retrieve) information to citizens: the state of Kerala recently awarded an M-Governance contract to VAS ... Continue_Reading
The first two days of the 10 day marathon online CAT or Common Admission Test, the entrance test conducted by Indian Institute of Management (IIM) for admission to its premier business ... Continue_Reading
BSE listed digital applications and services company Geodesic Ltd is entering the content aggregation business with a rather ambitious project called FilmOrbit. Currently live in alpha, FilmOrbit is expected ... Continue_Reading
Speaking at the International Conference On “Spin-offs of Unique and National ID to Smartcards, RFID, Biometrics and eSecurity stakeholders” held in Delhi, R. Ramamurthy, Chairman of the Cyber Society ... Continue_Reading
Times Syndication Service, the syndication arm of Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd (BCCL) launched TimesContent.com – a B2B website for selling archived images and content online, around a month ago. The site has ... Continue_Reading
Even as Murdoch caused a stir in the online media universe by announcing Internet users might have to pay to read news from News Corp publications online (via Reuters), Indian ... Continue_Reading