Nishant Shah is a professor of new media and the co-founder of The Centre for Internet & Society, Bangalore

August 31, 2012 03:59 IST
How photocopying is a service to the pursuit of knowledge.
Fri, Aug 31, 2012
August 16, 2012 03:08 IST
A new social network strikes a fine balance between privacy and publicity
Thu, Aug 16, 2012
August 12, 2012 01:38 IST
One of the biggest moments of the London Olympics opening ceremony,for me,was seeing Tim Berners-Lee.
Sun, Aug 12, 2012
July 05, 2012 01:44 IST
A friend and I were at a cafe in Bangalore the other day,when an acquaintance walked in.
Thu, Jul 05, 2012June 08, 2012 03:03 IST
Do net frndshps foretell of modern fairy tale romances? How many unrequited love stories are traversing through the digital realm?
Fri, Jun 08, 2012
May 27, 2012 23:53 IST
Why there is nothing strictly analogue anymore
Sun, May 27, 2012
May 14, 2012 18:24 IST
The worlds largest digital social networking system,oh ok,Facebook,to just name names,was recently in a lot of buzz.
Mon, May 14, 2012
April 29, 2012 03:43 IST
The cyborg reminds us that who we are as human beings is very closely linked with the technologies we use.
Sun, Apr 29, 2012
April 08, 2012 00:55 IST
Its future lies in a trans-media format that is ever evolving.
Sun, Apr 08, 2012
March 18, 2012 01:39 IST
In a world of competition,badging provides a holistic way of grading and learning,where individual talents are realised and the knowledge of the group is used.
Sun, Mar 18, 2012
March 04, 2012 01:08 IST
Decoding gender inequality in the IT industry.
Sun, Mar 04, 2012
February 19, 2012 03:39 IST
I wrote this column sitting in airports and cafés. My large screen has been scrutinised repeatedly during this time.
Sun, Feb 19, 2012February 13, 2012 00:18 IST
The Karnataka porn drama reveals how digital technologies blur the public and private and make it hard to identify the norm being transgressed
Mon, Feb 13, 2012
February 05, 2012 00:31 IST
In the online world,the wisdom of the crowd helps create reliable information.
Sun, Feb 05, 2012
January 15, 2012 01:06 IST
As we disclose more information online,we must ask who might access it and why.
Sun, Jan 15, 2012
January 01, 2012 23:40 IST
From organising political protests and flash mobs to uploading their versions of Kolaveri Di,people brought about change with the help of the internet.
Sun, Jan 01, 2012
December 18, 2011 03:57 IST
Kapil sibals recent remarks demanding that private social media companies like Google,Microsoft and Facebook remove objectionable content from their social networks has created a lot of furore.
Sun, Dec 18, 2011November 27, 2011 07:41 IST
Think of the last book you read or movie you saw or a song that you listened to.
Sun, Nov 27, 2011
November 12, 2011 02:46 IST
Walter Isaacsons biography of Steve Jobs is best read as a fairy tale
Sat, Nov 12, 2011
October 30, 2011 04:58 IST
In the last two decades,the internet has also joined this technology ecology in trying to provide quality and affordable education to remotely located areas through citizen service centres envisioned to reach 6,40,000 Indian villages in the future.
Sun, Oct 30, 2011
October 02, 2011 02:38 IST
The internet might seem an infinite and equal world,but as its origins prove its not really that free.
Sun, Oct 02, 2011
September 04, 2011 04:22 IST
How Apple keeps users hooked and ready to spend more.
Sun, Sep 04, 2011
August 21, 2011 03:37 IST
Email might be the default method of communication for most of us,but could it be going the telegram way.
Sun, Aug 21, 2011
July 17, 2011 06:25 IST
The second World Social Media Day happened a few weeks ago. It started last year,initiated by the one-stop-shop for social media on the web,mashable.com.
Sun, Jul 17, 2011
June 26, 2011 02:48 IST
Digital storytelling allows people to cope with loss and even engage with the departed
Sun, Jun 26, 2011





