Indian tech minister vows to stop Google removing local apps from Play Store

India's minister for Railways, Communications, Electronics & Information Technology, Ashwini Vaishnaw, has vowed to prevent Google removing Indian apps from its Play Store. Google has recently nixed apps that it alleges do not comply with its payment regulations. In an interview with the Press Trust of India, Vaishnaw …

[ChoHag]

> less than almost half of companies surveyed plan to dedicate none of their IT budget to cloud computing service initiatives in the coming year – despite more than 96 percent of those included using public cloud.

"I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve."

[Michael Wojcik]

I find it astonishing to think that more than slightly more than half of those surveyed do not intend to commit to spending nothing on cloud computing service initiatives.

I mean, it's a fairly unsurprising statistic, but thinking it in that convoluted fashion is definitely an effort.

[xyz]

Choke...

Having spent my entire life avoiding people like the plague, the thought of "rent-a-friend" makes me want to puke. I've never understood what the purpose of a "friend" is for a start so I'll be avoiding this rent-a-friend thingy... and this morning I woke up to the news that I've got a follower on some website. For a start, I wouldn't follow me, so God help whoever the "follower" is. Am I supposed to feed it, take it for walkies or what?

Whatever happened to the good old "he kept himself to himself" notion. Where's me axe?

[Dinanziame]

Re: Choke...

You might want to check out this John Oliver video about people who try to gain your friendship on the internet: Pig Butchering Scams

Note: Even though you are posting a comment on a website and I am answering your comment, this should in no way be interpreted as a social contact. I'm not trying to be your friend!

[abend0c4]

Re: Choke...

Am I supposed to feed it, take it for walkies or what?

Like almost everything else on the Internet, in all likelihood you can safely disregard it.

[Michael Wojcik]

Re: Choke...

I can't even muster up much cynicism for rent-a-friend. It's just too damn pathetic. And largely doomed, because most of the market for this sort of thing will just fall into the "AI" chatbot hole; it's easier than interacting with actual human beings.

[Rikki Tikki]

"Achie" Atienza was re-elected at a meeting in Bangkok?

Am I the only one having unkind thoughts (and giggling to myself) here?

[morningtea]

300000 GPS Transceivers?

I wonder what they need transceivers for.

Are they planning to spoof or jam GPS, or is this merely intended for providing AGPS services inside the trains?

Wouldn't a simple amplifier/repeater suffice?