Power Ministry Cabinet note on 'carriage and content' by month-end

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 1, 2014, 13:08

This proposal -- carriage and content -- has been in the works for the past one year and may fructify by the end of the current financial year (2013-14), sources said.

Govt request to remove political content worrying: Google

Last Updated: Sunday, December 29, 2013, 14:27

Search engine giant Google has raised concerns about consistent demands by governments and law enforcement agencies across the world to remove content that is critical of them.

Google reveals 68% rise in content removal requests in first half of 2013

Last Updated: Friday, December 20, 2013, 14:03

In its Transparency Report for first half of 2013, Google has revealed that requests for content removal by governments have increased by 68 percent over the second half of 2012.

Yahoo acquires content delivery startup `PeerCDN`

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 18, 2013, 19:17

Yahoo has acquired content delivery network provider PeerCDN in a bid to resolve its mail issues.

Facebook acquires `SportStream` in real-time content race with Twitter

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 18, 2013, 19:15

Social-network giant Facebook has acquired social startup SportStream in a bid to compete with Twitter as a source of real-time information and conversation around major events.

Facebook`s `high quality` News Feed tweaking decoded!

Last Updated: Saturday, December 7, 2013, 16:22

Facebook recently announced that it will be tweaking the News Feed of its users in order to deliver them more `high quality` content by pushing down things like ` meme photos` harder to see, however, this has apparently upset publishers of such content.

Facebook updates News Feed to show more `high quality content`

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 3, 2013, 15:04

Facebook has reportedly updated its News Feed to show more high quality content to its users, including news articles and current events.

Latest Xbox One offers plethora of porn too!

Last Updated: Thursday, November 28, 2013, 19:33

Microsoft`s latest gaming console Xbox One has been reportedly used by some users to watch porn apart from its touted role as the all-in-one answer to the entertainment needs.

Pak govt. reluctant to lift YouTube ban amid political turmoil

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 26, 2013, 15:01

The Pakistani government has shown reluctance in uplifting the year-long YouTube ban amid the political turmoil in the nation, even after the blasphemous content has been removed and filters have been put in place to monitor any pornographic content online.

Pak TV channels fined Rs 10 mln for excessive Indian content

Last Updated: Monday, November 18, 2013, 15:32

Ten entertainment television channels in Pakistan have been slapped with Rs 10 million fine for airing excessive Indian and foreign content, a media report said today.

SC seeks DoT`s reply on how to block sites showing child porn

Last Updated: Monday, November 18, 2013, 13:27

Supreme Court today issued a notice to the Department of Telecommunication (DoT) seeking its response as to how to block websites with pornographic content in the country.

Google axed 200mn search results in 2013 over piracy claims

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 13, 2013, 16:29

Google has reportedly removed about 200 million search links from its platform in 2013 after they were found to be allegedly linked to pirated content.