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N Madhavan

N Madhavan

While India saw heated protests and a debate last week over Net Neutrality -- the call to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) for strictly separating content (apps) and carriage (data plans), the European Union’s Competition Commissioner took a step forward in another side of the business by charging Google with defying what is called “search neutrality”.

Articles by N Madhavan

Why Twitter’s gambles to turn cool are worth the risk

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey speaks during an interview with CNBC following the IPO for Square Inc., on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.(Reuters Photo)

Published on Feb 14, 2016 11:55 am IST

No place for brand arrogance: Lessons from Yahoo, BB and Nokia

Updated on Feb 06, 2016 07:10 pm IST

Expect Facebook to partner with Indian TV channels soon

Mark Zuckerberg got richer by nearly $5 billion (or R 34,000 crore) overnight.(Pixabay)

Published on Feb 01, 2016 02:07 pm IST

From prime time to prime view: Smart TVs gain traction in India

The increased bundling of apps like Netflix as part of smart TVs would make it even more attractive from the content side for people to go for them(AFP File)

Updated on Jan 25, 2016 10:28 am IST

It is time for India to demystify and define startups

Prime minister Narendra Modi (C), finance minister Arun Jaitley (R) and minister of states for independent charge, Nirmala Sethuraman releasing the action plan at the launch of Startup India, Standup India movement at Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi on Saturday.(Mohd Zakir/ HT Photo)

Updated on Jan 17, 2016 02:16 pm IST

Crazy gizmos will shape the market in coming years

Samsung virtual reality stall at CES 2016 in Las Vegas. The game is now shifting to experiences smartphones can provide through other devices such as these VR sets.(Getty Images via AFP Photo)

Published on Jan 11, 2016 10:06 am IST

Will Reliance Jio shake Net Neutrality?

The arrival of 4G services in the country means that the elder Ambani jumps into a mature market in which connectivity is not the real issue, but how the overall business model works.(PTI Photo)

Updated on Jan 04, 2016 02:21 am IST

Young CEOs show daring in the year of the Unicorn

One of the high points this year was seeing the numerous young entrepreneurs who are shaking up the way businesses are conducted in our country.(HT File Photo)

Updated on Dec 28, 2015 01:32 am IST

Google vs FB: What FreeBasics fervour and Pichai’s India visit means

Pichai last week addressed students at Shri Ram College of Commerce, my alma mater, speaking of similar goals.(AP)

Updated on Dec 20, 2015 02:45 pm IST

A toast to philanthrocapitalism: Zuckerberg’s charity and profit

Max Chan Zuckerberg is held by her parents, Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan Zuckerberg. Facebook CEO Zuckerberg and his wife have announced the birth of their daughter, Max, as well as plans to donate most of their wealth to a new organization that will tackle a broad range of the world’s ills.(AP)

Updated on Dec 07, 2015 07:09 pm IST

Chennai flood aid shows the power of tagging and social graph

A coastguard sailor surveys an area inundated by floodwaters in Chennai.(AP Photo)

Published on Dec 06, 2015 03:03 pm IST

Our policy needs to break from the past to build jobs for the future

The Infosys campus at Electronics City in Bangalore. The challenge for India is to have the foresight to recognise future markets, and the ambition to seize them.(REUTERS FIle Photo)

Updated on Dec 01, 2015 03:44 pm IST

India’s government employees need a real HR department

The simple fact is that India’s 17.6 million government employees could do with a real human resource department that goes beyond bureaucratic lip service – because a crisis seems nigh.(Thinkstock (Representative photo))

Updated on Nov 16, 2015 10:49 pm IST

Paris attacks show the good, bad and ugly of social media

In this Saturday Nov. 14, 2015 picture people gather around a peace sign with Eiffel Tower, realized by candles, during a rally for the victims of the terrorist attacks in Paris, in Lausanne, Switzerland.(AP Photo)

Updated on Nov 15, 2015 05:25 pm IST

Social media, growth, electricity: More to Nitish win than caste math

Bihar elections in which Nitish Kumar won his third term in power for JD(U) in a grand alliance with RJD and the Congress, had more than plain rustic appeal.(Arun Sharma/HT Photo)

Updated on Nov 10, 2015 11:56 am IST

In Polaris sale, some national pride gets eroded

Updated on Nov 10, 2015 05:04 pm IST

Why RBI’s move to allow NRIs in pension scheme is a smart idea

The Reserve Bank of India recently allowed non-resident Indians (NRIs) to subscribe to the National Pension Scheme (NPS) governed by the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority.(AFP File Photo)

Updated on Nov 02, 2015 03:50 pm IST

Is Facebook trying to be India’s social OS?

Facebook Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg during an interaction with IIT students at Delhi.(PTI Photo)

Updated on Dec 10, 2015 11:59 am IST

Why Bollywood and democracy are vital for India’s African safari

An African delegate talks on the phone as he arrives for the third India–Africa Forum Summit at the Indira Gandhi stadium in New Delhi.(AFP)

Updated on Oct 26, 2015 07:35 pm IST

Lessons to be learnt from Yahoo’s geek tragedy

Published on Oct 25, 2015 12:06 pm IST

Two cheers for India’s startup boom, not three

Startup Village in Kochi. It aims to launch 1,000 startups over the next 10 years and search for the next billion-dollar Indian company.(HT File Photo)

Updated on Oct 19, 2015 01:26 am IST

Why we need to be kind to Uber and Ola

On Tuesday, the Delhi High Court ruled that it cannot allow taxis to operate in the national capital if they did not run on compressed natural gas (CNG).(Reuters)

Updated on Oct 14, 2015 11:18 pm IST

Triple disruption: Infosys results show shake-up beyond numbers

Employees walk along a corridor in the Infosys campus in Bangalore.(Reuters)

Updated on Oct 12, 2015 04:23 pm IST

India’s IT sector beats pessimists yet again

Employees walk in front of a pyramid-shaped building at the Infosys campus in the Electronic City area of Bangalore.(Reuters File Photo)

Updated on Oct 12, 2015 01:49 am IST

Gandhi vs Gandhi: Why Swachh Bharat needs scavenger robots

MLA Noida Vimla Batham, cleaning the surroundings as a part of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan anniversary at village Gijhore, sector 53, Noida.(Sunil Ghosh/ HT Photo)

Updated on Oct 04, 2015 01:43 pm IST

Entrepreneur first, employee later: App startups may reverse rules

WhatsApp, which got acquired by Facebook for $19 billion (Rs 1.25 lakh crore at current rates), had only 55 employees.

Updated on Oct 02, 2015 10:46 pm IST

Volkswagen effect: Tough to end cyber patrols, encryption checks

Cars in the staff parking lot at the Volkswagen plant in Wolfsburg, Germany.(EPA)

Updated on Sept 30, 2015 11:43 pm IST

Why Digital India may pip Make in India

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Apple CEO Tim Cook .(Twitter: @PMOIndia)

Updated on Sept 27, 2015 10:52 am IST

New IT mantra: Don’t just analyse data, share it

Worldwide-PC-shipments-totaled-71-7-million-units-in-the-first-quarter-of-2015-Photo-AFP-shutterstock-com

Updated on Sept 09, 2015 12:01 pm IST

Some friendly caution for startup employees

Updated on Aug 31, 2015 12:14 am IST

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