
In decade to 2015-16, exposure to media fell for those who spent more years in school, finds report
Research shows exposure and access to media — which usually go hand in hand with higher education and income levels — are crucial for better health outcomes.

Websites selling bitcoins also arrange private transactions between buyers and sellers
LocalBitcoins.com is a popular website through which buyers and sellers advertise bitcoins, setting their own prices and conducting trades privately.

GoDaddy launches hosting platform 'Business Hosting' for small businesses in India
US-based web hosting company GoDaddy on Wednesday launched its easy-to-manage hosting platform "Business Hosting" for small businesses.

Glitch in market data causes drastic change in Amazon, Microsoft, Apple and eBay share prices
The prices of Amazon Inc and Microsoft Corp stocks appeared to have lost more than half their value, while Apple Inc shares appeared to more than double.

Facebook is planning to crackdown on clickbait websites filled with annoying advertisements
Facebook is planning to intensify its crackdown on so-called clickbait websites, saying it will begin giving lower prominence to links that lead to pages full of deceptive or annoying advertisements.

Pakistan-based group allegedly hack websites of educational institutions like DU, AMU and IIT-Delhi
Websites of DU, AMU, IIT -Delhi and some other educational and training institutions were hacked allegedly by some Pakistan-based groups on Tuesday.

UIDAI asks Google India and Indian CERT to take down apps and sites accessing Aadhaar data
The UIDAI has asked the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team and Google India to act against some websites and mobile apps providing unauthorised Aadhaar-related services, Parliament was informed on Wednesday.

Aadhaar case: UIDAI clamps down on 50 fraud websites
In a massive crackdown on unauthorised agencies offering Aadhaar-related services illegally and charging excessive money from the public, UIDAI has shut down 12 such websites and 12 mobile apps available on the Google Playstore. The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has further directed authorities for closure of another 26 such fraudulent and illegal websites and mobile applications.

GoDaddy will buy peer Host Europe group for 1.69 billion euros in plans to expand
GoDaddy Inc, a U.S.-based website domain name provider, said on Tuesday it would buy peer Host Europe Group (HEG) for 1.69 billion euros ($1.82 billion), including debt, as it seeks to expand beyond the initial set-up of websites.

Chinese websites block web searches mocking North Korean leader Kim Jong Un
Chinese websites have again blocked searches for "Fatty Kim the Third", as many Chinese mockingly call North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, with China's foreign ministry saying it did not approve of ridiculing foreign leaders.

Apps, websites should be free to decide on free data: Nasscom
IT industry body Nasscom has said telecom regulator Trai should give complete flexibility to apps and websites for deciding on provisions for rewarding free data to customers.

The end of websites could be near; just not as near that we call it an end!
For some unexplained reason, a few services such as Myntra and to an extent Flipkart decided to go app-only and ditch websites. Remember those days? They ignored customer outcry online, and just go ahead with they felt was right.

Facebook head of design says it's the end of websites
Jon Lax, Director of product Design for Facebook recently said that with the current trend of technology, we are slowly moving away from the concept of websites and investing time in designing the web pages.

200 illegal websites, 6,000 accounts banned by China's internet watch dog
China's internet watchdog said it banned hundreds of websites and thousands of accounts with illegal content including pornography, gambling and terrorism, the media reported on Friday.

Wingify buys US-based visitor analytics provider Navilytics
"With this acquisition, we are set to becoming the first full-featured conversion optimisation platform in the world by 2016," Wingify said in a statement.

Amazon shuts down product ads that divert traffic to other sites
The program allowed many businesses that are not necessarily sellers on Amazon's online marketplace to buy ad space on its website.

Ad-blocking software could cost $21.8 billion to online businesses in 2015
Currently Firefox and Chrome lead the mobile space with 93 percent share of mobile ad blocking.

Modi govt gives in, lifts ban on websites that do not host child pornography
The government on Tuesday decided to lift ban on websites that do not host child pornography.

Rethink on porn ban: Govt to issue new notification after high-level meet
The Ministry of Communication and Information Technology on Tuesday announced that the ban would only be limited to those websites which show child porn.

Post Charlie Hebdo attacks, over 1,000 French sites hacked
More than 1,000 French websites have been targeted by self-described Islamist hackers in the week since the attack by jihadists on the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo left 12 people dead, Internet security experts said today.