Free Basics

Internet.org, renamed to Free Basics by Facebook, has now spread their tentacles across India. Initially launched in 6 states: Gujarat, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Goa; Free Basics is now available…

We all know Airtel has operations in Africa and as of September 2015, it has close to 90 Million customer base. Facebook and Airtel were working together in India to provide Airtel Zero, which aimed to providing basic things free of…

If we closely observe Facebook’s advertisements related with Internet.org (now Free Basics), we will observe a common theme: empowerment of rural communities via Internet. But the problem with Free Basics is that, it only allows access…

There has been a lot of noise on the internet about Net Neutrality in India. Specially after Honourable Prime Minister visited the Facebook offices and the viral tricolour profile picture and the fiasco post that. I have been reading,…

The historic meeting between PM Modi and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg concluded yesterday, where our PM shared that he wants to make Indian economy worth $20 trillion, from $8 trillion right now. During the 45 minutes live Q&A…