From ‘jobs’ to ‘Article 370’: How government action diverts or draws attention to topics online

Search interest can change almost immediately after a news break and flip back again when interest dies down.

Nushaiba Iqbal, IndiaSpend.com

· Aug 22, 2019 · 06:30 pm

The spoken web has huge potential in India. But can we get this next chapter of the internet right?

We need to make sure it develops with values we can all stand by.

Mukul Devichand

· May 18, 2019 · 06:30 pm

Jio’s game-changing cheap data plans have brought broadband subscription to a crawl in India

The broadband subscriber base grew at its slowest pace in five years in 2018.

Ananya Bhattacharya, qz.com

· Jan 04, 2019 · 01:30 pm

Fact check: BJP’s social media strategy head’s false claims about Telangana polls and GST

This isn’t the first time Amit Malviya has disseminated misinformation.

Arjun Sidharth, AltNews.in

· Dec 24, 2018 · 06:18 pm

No laughing matter: Memes are taking the alt-right’s message of hate mainstream

Racist, politically-charged images are increasingly making their way from fringe sites to popular social networks like Twitter.

Emiliano De Cristofaro, The Conversation

· Dec 15, 2018 · 11:30 pm

FIFA, Section 377, Priya Varrier’s wink and Nick Jonas: What Indians were busy Googling in 2018

On December 12, Google India released the top search trends of the past year, broken down into several lists categorised by type.

Aria Thaker, qz.com

· Dec 14, 2018 · 11:30 am

Why millions are watching hour-long videos of people carving soap, folding napkins or whispering

ASMR videos are the new internet sensation. Are they relaxing or strange?

Craig Richard, The Conversation

· Oct 09, 2018 · 08:30 pm

As India’s ATMs run dry, digital payment companies make a killing – again

The demonetisation period gains are back.

Itika Sharma Punit, qz.com

· Apr 21, 2018 · 01:30 pm

Representing people of colour and folk art, #SouthAsianArtists has Twitter’s finest illustrations

The contributions from Sri Lanka, India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Burma and Bhutan displayed a dazzling array of talent.

Zinnia Ray Chaudhuri

· Oct 18, 2017 · 03:30 pm

Falling data costs, massive mobile usage makes India a fascinating market for internet, says report

The annual Mary Meeker ‘Internet Trends’ report says internet penetration is still low but things are changing rapidly.

Shoaib Daniyal

· Jun 02, 2017 · 12:30 pm

Our experiments taught us why people troll

You might think that trolling on the internet is done by a small, vocal minority of sociopaths. But what if all trolls aren’t born trolls?

Justin Cheng, Cristian Danescu-Niculescu-Mizil and Michael Bernstein, The Conversation

· Mar 15, 2017 · 11:30 pm

Taher Shah's new year love note to humanity is a cat video in disguise

Humanity's angel is back as a coronated King Shah in bling.

Rhema Mukti Baxter

· Jan 02, 2017 · 01:00 pm