Netflix, the world’s largest subscription video-on-demand (SVoD) player and the initiator of genre is in the news.Netflix reportedly lost 200,000 subscribers globally in the first quarter of this financial year. The ostensible reasons are that many subscribers do...
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Google’s new privacy feature in Play Store
The feature requires developers to give people more information about how apps collect, share and secure user data. Play Store will now sport a data safety section in Google Play. What is significant though is that app users henceforth will get to see the apps...
Fastly global internet outage: why did so many sites go down — and what is a CDN, anyway?
If you were having difficulty accessing your favourite website on Tuesday evening Australian time, you’re not alone. A jaw-dropping number of major websites around the globe suddenly became unavailable with no immediately obvious explanation — before reappearing an...
New Big Tech, Big Media and the Challenge to Democracy
Robert McChesney, one of the best scholars of media, titled a book ‘Rich Media, Poor Democracy’. But, it wouldn’t be hyperbole if we say Big Tech, Dead Democracy. Between US President Donald Trump’s victory and Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg’s multiple attempts to get...
Big Tech, Big Media and the Challenge to Democracy
Robert McChesney, one of the best scholars of media, titled a book ‘Rich Media, Poor Democracy’. But, it wouldn’t be hyperbole if we say Big Tech, Dead Democracy. Between US President Donald Trump’s victory and Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg’s multiple attempts to get...
Mapping Digital India
The most disturbing reality might be that there are "more Indians have access to a mobile phone than to a toilet," but there are other digital facts like "60 percent of all households have cable and satellite" or that "DD National, covers about 92 percent of the 1,200...
Spectrum and Community Radio
Guest Post by Ram Bhat of maraa, a Bangalore-based media collective. Community Radio became a reality in India, on the 16th of November 2006. The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MoIB) released official guidelines enabling civil society organizations,...
A tiny step too late
Sometimes a small step in the right direction needs to be applauded, even if it is a bit late in the day and just a half-hearted attempted. I am not sure if I've seen something like this before during my morning dose of Deccan Herald, so it came as a pleasant...
My list of Indian Journalists …
My list of Indian Journalists @ TwitChimp: http://t.co/bK3lGmEo The free version allows only 100, would love to add more.
Insights into data journalism …
Insights into data journalism in Argentina - http://t.co/85ByqGmd