India

India's Supreme Court finds Google's appeal against monopoly fines unappealing

Vast and unpleasant – for Google – changes to the Android ecosystem remain a possibility

OSes23 Jan 2023 | 5

India floats plan to make big tech pay for news, walks back government censorship

Asia In Brief PLUS: Taiwan’s new supercomputer; China-linked cybercrims strike; Australian content clampdown; and more

Security23 Jan 2023 | 2

Indian official reveals 'plan' to build a national mobile OS

Analysis History tells us it will flop. But success might not be the real goal, so much as poking Big Tech

OSes19 Jan 2023 | 31

You can't handle the truth! Indian government suggests its own fact checkers judge what's right on social media

Classy: slips obviously conflicted idea in alongside changed gaming rules on last day of consultation period

Personal Tech18 Jan 2023 | 2

IBM shifts remaining US-based AIX dev jobs to India – source

Around 80 positions moved to another continent, Big Blue stays silent

OSes12 Jan 2023 | 35

Tributes flow as Creative CEO Sim Wong Hoo - the mind behind Sound Blaster - passes aged 68

Asia In Brief PLUS Tesla China price cuts spark protests; Japan boosts cyber-defences; Google can’t overturn Indian fine

Personal Tech09 Jan 2023 | 33

India partners with private company to sell ads to commuters via railway Wi-Fi

Dangerous without a data protection law in place, says rights org

Personal Tech06 Jan 2023 | 4

Google accuses Indian antitrust watchdog of plagiarizing EU ruling

At least it was Ctrl C, Ctrl V and not ChatGPT

Legal04 Jan 2023 | 6

India's fix for its online gaming indust... Oh. Self-regulation

House always wins

Software04 Jan 2023 | 3

India sets USB-C charging deadline for smartphones

We'll have what Europe's having

Personal Tech29 Dec 2022 | 46

India schedules first crewed space mission for Q4, 2024

Two test missions fly first, before Gaganyaan makes India just the fourth nation to put people into orbit

Science22 Dec 2022 | 10

Google integrates Indian government's cloud services into Android

Collab obviously goes deep – accessing DigiLocker requires use of national identity service

Software20 Dec 2022 |

Toshiba breaks its silence on sales rumors, to quash them

Asia In Brief PLUS: FTX may be sold in Japan and Singapore; Binance busted in Australia; India won’t limit gaming time

Legal18 Dec 2022 |

Foxconn sinks $500m into India for iPhones, semiconductors

Colosso-conglomerate Tata Group also wants some of Delhi's substantial silicon subsidies

Systems09 Dec 2022 | 2

Microsoft hikes prices in India by up to eleven percent

Asia In Brief PLUS: Eight million more outsourced jobs for India; Australia warns on IoT shoe risks; Equinix enters Malaysia

Software04 Dec 2022 | 4

India’s retail digital currency pilot launches on December 1st

Four participating banks, four cities, expansion to come

Software30 Nov 2022 | 6

Blockchain couldn't stop TXT spam in India, regulator now trying AI

Maybe – just maybe – messages and calls from +91 might become more trustworthy

Security29 Nov 2022 | 11

Race to build India’s first chip plant may be won in 2023

The US chip war on China could give India’s chip-making dreams a boost

Systems28 Nov 2022 |

Japan successfully propels steam-powered spacecraft

Asia In brief PLUS: Criminal probe of Singapore crypto exchange; Bosch invests in China R&D; $2B APAC datacenter fund formed; and more

Science28 Nov 2022 | 23

Amazon quits India's frenzied edtech market

Plenty of top tech CEOs graduated from the country's unis, which are seen as a ticket to prosperity

Personal Tech25 Nov 2022 | 1

India seeks global standards to stop AI harming humanity

Takes over presidency of global AI group, and uses G20 leadership to flex manufacturing muscle

AI + ML24 Nov 2022 | 3

Amazon to spend $4.4b in India as it adds second AWS region

Meanwhile, Microsoft eyes subcontinent for cloud growth

PaaS + IaaS22 Nov 2022 | 2

After years without data privacy rules, India floats two sets in a week

And ponders subsidies to attract big datacenter and content delivery network builds

Legal22 Nov 2022 |

India follows EU's example in requiring USB-C charging for smart devices

Move for consumer welfare and preventable e-waste as nation seeks to ramp up electronics production

Personal Tech18 Nov 2022 | 70

Google’s resistance to third party Play store payments eases further with US tests

Tune in to hear how it works on Spotify, or hook up with choice on Bumble

Personal Tech14 Nov 2022 | 2

Alibaba hides 11.11 shopping festival sales figures for the first time

PLUS: US/Singapore CBDC trial; Digital Ocean down under; Boeing's Indonesian touchdown; and more

Off-Prem13 Nov 2022 | 3

Google stops enforcing Play store payment rules in India

$276 million in fines will do that to a monopolist

Software02 Nov 2022 | 4

China promises its digital currency will offer 'controllable anonymity'

This means personal info will be captured but not used – unless you're a suspected crim

Software01 Nov 2022 | 30

India's Home Ministry cracks down on predatory lending apps following suicides

Local media say they're China backed, Ministry only mentions organized crime

Cyber-crime01 Nov 2022 | 4

Indian government creates body with power to order social media content takedowns

Asia In Brief PLUS: China’s digital currency surges; Infosys tax portals wobble again; Singapore crypto protections; and more

Security30 Oct 2022 | 2

IBM India tells employees they can moonlight – but only for good causes, with permission

Local boss wants workers to indulge in their passions … so long as it doesn't conflict with Big Blue's activities

Legal27 Oct 2022 | 6

India fines Google another $114 million, demands Play open to third party payments

Ad and search giant protests even though it's already made the same changes in other countries

Legal27 Oct 2022 | 1

India's – and Infosys's – favorite son-in-law Rishi Sunak is next UK PM

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Offbeat25 Oct 2022 | 216

India's top services outfits still growing strong, but bracing for tough times

Demand for consulting eases and that's often – gulp – the canary in the economic coalmine

Off-Prem25 Oct 2022 |

Infosys reverses opposition to staff taking side gigs

Moonlighting is now now OK – if you do it the Infosys way, says CEO Salil Parekh

Legal21 Oct 2022 | 11

India fines Google $162 million for abusing Android monopoly

That's a whole six hours of revenue, but requirements to open the Android ecosystem will hit harder

OSes21 Oct 2022 | 3

India to lead drive for global crypto regulations to bust money laundering

As president of the G20, it will have the platform to make it happen

Personal Tech19 Oct 2022 | 6

Meta mad as hell over allegations it let Indian politicians block content

Local outlet claims to have insider docs that prove takedown powers. Meta says they're fake. And around and around they go

Legal17 Oct 2022 | 8

India set to extend deadline for absurd infosec reporting requirements

60 days becomes five months and counting, without any indication government can process or learn from flood of trivial incident reports

Security14 Oct 2022 | 6

Big win for Big Tech as Indian IT minister signals reversal of data sovereignty plan

Opponents want data to flow across borders for business and democracy. Privacy? They've heard of it

Legal12 Oct 2022 | 2

South Korea relieved US China chip ban won't bite, as Beijing fumes

Asia In Brief PLUS: SK hynix outgasses Putin; Canon's new litho plant; Equinix into Indonesia; and more!

On-Prem10 Oct 2022 | 5

VideoLAN to India: If you love FOSS so much, why have you blocked our downloads?

Activists help pen letter to New Delhi demanding answers

Software05 Oct 2022 | 10

Xiaomi India names Qualcomm as destination for allegedly illegal payments

Asia In Brief PLUS: Toshiba considers offers, clams up; India's HFCL claims Wi-Fi 7 first; Vietnam may censor SocMed; and more

Legal04 Oct 2022 | 1

Indian authorities probe Singapore gaming payments outfit Coda

Claims kids unwittingly click up huge bills in games, only for their cash to fly offshore

Legal29 Sep 2022 | 2

India reportedly asks smartphone makers to add local satnav silicon

Manufacturers allegedly told to connect to NavIC by 2023, which did not make them happy at all

Personal Tech28 Sep 2022 | 15

Salesforce set to hire thousands in India after hitting brakes on US recruitment

Headcount in subcontinent quadruples in 3 years thanks to CFO's 'measured approach' to recruitment

SaaS27 Sep 2022 | 9

India seeks verified IDs to register email accounts

Asia In Brief PLUS: Warnings on Chinese payment schemes; AWS brushes up its Cantonese; Hong Kong ponders digital dollar; and more!

Security26 Sep 2022 | 3

Chinese-linked cyber crims nab $529 million from Indian nationals

Authorities also bust a shell company scam operation with links to the Middle Kingdom

Security13 Sep 2022 | 6

India’s Supreme Court demands government detail internet shutdown rules

There may not be any, which is the point of the lawsuit

Networks13 Sep 2022 | 7

India's IT services exports top $150 billion for the first time, US and UK are biggest buyers

Asia In Brief PLUS: APAC IT spend grows at over 5 percent; China's pop-up clampdown; Pakistan VPN exemptions; and more!

Software11 Sep 2022 | 9

Google allows test of real-money gambling apps in India, but without its billing systems

Local regulators think such apps should be banned because of incidents including suicides

Software09 Sep 2022 | 3

Indian tech minister picks a fight with Wikipedia over cricketer's dropped catch

Also separatism, nationalism, and whether Big Tech does enough to police user-generated content

Bootnotes06 Sep 2022 | 17

China orders tech companies to 'improve traceability' of users to control 'rumours and false information'

PLUS: Australia mints a physical crypto-coin; Alibaba Cloud claims world's biggest DC; India’s space airbags; and more

Security05 Sep 2022 | 3

India wants to quadruple electronics biz in just four years

Minister says it needs to copy Vietnam and China's 'first globalize, then localize' strategy

Personal Tech31 Aug 2022 | 6

Meta picks India for WhatsApp's first e-commerce service

Indian residents will be able to buy their groceries through the chat app – for as long as the government is happy with the idea

Personal Tech30 Aug 2022 | 7

Indian services giants fight over moonlighting employees

Asia In Brief PLUS: Trustwave's Singapore owners selling?; Pakistan's suspiciously political internet brownout; Indonesian data leaks; and more!

On-Prem29 Aug 2022 | 10