WWW founder slams Facebook’s ‘Free Basics’ move
08 Oct 2015
Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, has come down heavily on Internet.org or Free Basics, an initiative by Facebook that provides free access to limited websites and apps to users in developing countries
Facebook’s Zuckerberg connects with Modi, almost
28 Sep 2015
Modi hooks Microsoft, Google, Qualcom and Facebook to `Digital India'
28 Sep 2015
While Google plans to enable Wi-Fi internet to 500 railway stations, Microsoft wants to help the government take low-cost broadband to five lakh villages, Chip-maker Qualcomm will set up a $150 million fund for start-ups in India and Facebook has started a project to enable Wi-Fi hotspots in rural India
'Make in India' to open up a $12-trillion investment opportunity
28 Sep 2015
Prime Minister Narendra Modi told business leaders on Sunday said that FDI from the US alone had gone up by 87 per cent in the last 15 months and FII flow was also increasing
Facebook rebrands Internet.org to 'Free Basics’, expands Indian operations
25 Sep 2015
Facebook has rebranded its controversial Internet.org to Free Basics in a bid to thwart criticism and expand operations
Facebook, Instagram to control 65% of social media budgets this year
24 Sep 2015
Facebook and Instagram will control around 65 per cent, or roughly $16.3 billion, of the $25 billion social-media budgets this year
Facebook to push ahead with internet.org in India
18 Sep 2015
Facebook on Thursday said it will not pull out its controversial internet.org from India despite widespread criticism that it favoured provided access only to select providers
Modi to go live on Facebook with Zuckerberg
14 Sep 2015
India has the largest Facebook user-base outside the US; in June, the company had 125 million users of its global base of 1.44 billion come from India
Facebook reaches 1 bn daily-user milestone
28 Aug 2015
Facebook trying to muster user support for internet.org ahead of DoT report
08 Aug 2015
Internet.org, a Facebook-led initiative partnering tech giants like Samsung and Qualcomm and mobile operators in India, proposes to bring 5 billion people online
Facebook to test drone `Aquila’ for internet access in remote areas
01 Aug 2015
The sun-powered Aquila drone would operate between 18km and 27km above the altitude of commercial airplanes and stay up in the air for 90 days at a time
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