Twitter, on its official website, describes Indian Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Shashi Tharoor, as one of its ‘Advocates’ in India.  Shashi Tharoor on his Twitter account describes himself as author, humanitarian, peacekeeper, columnist, former UN Under-Secretary General and now Minister in Indian Government.More...

By any measure, Apple can be credited with some of the best designed technological marvels that have done much to improve the quality of our lives.  For the consumer, it also ensured tech giants like Microsoft and IBM did not control the market. Apple is equally loved by its share holders for posting record profits.More...

I have long held the view that once the Pakistani Govt exerts its rightful authority over parallel power centers in the country, their IT-ITES sector will grow as rapidly as ours. After all, we share the same heritage and skill sets. South Asian expert and respected author William Dalrymple finds Pak infrastructure better.More...

Public Relations firm Waggener Edstrom Worldwide has 800 employees in 16 countries.  In the past, Waggener Edstrom was named European Technology Agency of the Year.  Its clients include tech giants like Microsoft and Toshiba.  Like most communication agencies, it has mastered new media like blogs, Facebook and Twitter.More...

In its role as a media and human rights watchdog, the France-based Reporters Without Borders keeps an eye on any suppression of freedom of expression of traditional and new media.  The non-profit Reporters Without Borders has consultant status at the UN. On March 12, it released its ‘Web 2.0 Versus Control 2.0’ report.More...

NASSCOM reported in Aug, 2009, that despite the global recession, the Indian IT-BPO sector reached USD 58.8 billion in FY08-09 up from USD 52 billion in FY07-08. Export revenues for the IT-BPO industry recorded growth of 16.3 % and clocked revenues of USD 46.3 billion in FY08-09 up from USD 40.4 billion in FY07-08.More...