Facebook's Internet for all, a tough sell in India
Facebook's rocky experience shows that good intentions and technological savvy are not enough If Mark Zuckerberg hopes to deliver on his vision of bringing the Internet to the four billion people who...
View ArticleIt's Official: A Billion People A Day Now Use Facebook
In 2012, Facebook announced that it had a billion monthly active users—a headline-making accomplishment at the time. Last August, it disclosed that a billion people had visited on one particular...
View ArticleMark Zuckerberg keen to smoothe Facebook's passage to India
It's little wonder Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg seem so chummy. Modi is one of the world's most social media-savvy politicians and Facebook allows him to...
View ArticleHighlights from Q&A with Mark (Facebook Inc)
(Source: Facebook Inc) Today Mark Zuckerberg hosted an in-person Townhall Q&A at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi where he answered questions from people across...
View ArticleInternet access key to get next billion online: Zuckerberg
New Delhi, Oct 29 (IANS) Facebook founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday said that access to internet and awareness of its capabilities is the key to getting the next...
View ArticleFacebook meets skepticism in bid to expand internet in India
By Vindu Goel MUMBAI: If Mark Zuckerberg hopes to deliver on his vision of bringing the Internet to the 4 billion people who lack it, the Facebook chief will first need to make his plan more appealing...
View ArticleA "Like" for Mark Zuckerberg
A version of this article appeared on my regular column in The Indian Express "India is personally very important to the history of our company." Who would have thought that the path of spiritual...
View ArticleWatch Mark Zuckerberg give a motivational speech — in Chinese
Mark Zuckerberg turned heads last year when he publicly spoke in Mandarin Chinese while answering students’ questions at Tsinghua University in Beijing. A year later, Zuckerberg returned to the...
View ArticleBack against the wall: Zuckerberg visits Terracotta Warriors, jogs around...
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg took a trip to the ancient Chinese capital city of Xi’an this week, where he took a leisurely run along its famous city wall amid slight drizzle on Monday and visited the...
View ArticleMark Zuckerberg gets hero rating in IIT-D, insists Internet.org is not a villain
NEW DELHI: Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday said that he supported net-neutrality "100%", but added that he also strongly backed zero-rating. Facebook's initiative, Internet.org,...
View ArticleZuckerberg in India to get ‘next billion online’
New Delhi, October 28 Facebook Chief Executive and Founder Mark Zuckerberg said today he believes India will be crucial to getting ‘the next billion online’ and helping to alleviate poverty. Speaking...
View ArticleFacebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg
Addressing the crowd at IIT Delhi, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg talks about net neutrality, age of videos, technology, start-ups, Internet.org and his visit to the Taj Mahal. ......
View ArticleIs Mark Zuckerberg Chasing the Wrong India?
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and India's populist Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, have become new buddies. Zuckerberg hosted Modi at the Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, C.A., for a townhall in...
View ArticleZuckerberg in favour of 100 percent net neutrality
New Delhi, Oct 28 (IANS) Facebook founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday reiterated the need of an open internet platform like its proprietary initiative Internet.org in India while...
View ArticleLIVE: Mark Zuckerberg speaks about increasing connectivity, Artificial...
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg will host a townhall at Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi on Wednesday where around 900 students are expected to attend the Q&A session. The event will begin at...
View ArticleFacebook CEO in India to get 'next billion online'
NEW DELHI: Facebook chief executive and founder Mark Zuckerberg said Wednesday he believes India will be crucial to getting "the next billion online" and helping to alleviate poverty. Speaking to about...
View Article"More stunning than I expected", says Zuckerberg after visiting Taj Mahal
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg visited Taj Mahal on Tuesday. Posting a picture of him in which he was sitting on the east side of Taj Mahal watching the monument of love, Mr. Zuckerberg wrote on his...
View ArticleCandy Crush Facebook invitations are on the way out
From the topic Tech 28/10/15 Mark Zuckerberg says he is finding a "solution" to all those unwanted invitations to play Candy Crush on Facebook. It's all thanks to a question put to him at a Townhall...
View ArticleOnly 10% of IIT-Delhi students to get entry to Mark Zuckerberg's town hall
NEW DELHI: When Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg interacts with students and faculty at the Indian Institute of Technology in Delhi in a town hall on Wednesday, most students will be sitting...
View ArticleFacebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg meets MPs, bats for net neutrality
NEW DELHI: Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg backed the concept of net neutrality at a private luncheon attended by government officials, lawmakers and industry heads, and said that the future...
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