A more effective strategy would to force tech companies to remove addictive features by holding them to product-liability standards
Lions in Africa have been known to use quicksand to trap prey. For example, it is when a wildebeest finds itself mired in mud that the lioness…
How the obsession with becoming a social media trendsetter can have unintended consequences for young women everywhere
A new survey of media trends in Nepal conducted nationwide earlier this year shows that the use of social media networks has left radio, tv and…
The past two years have accelerated the trends already buffeting the media industry pre-Covid: migration of readers and advertisers from legacy…
WorldLink has introduced 600 Mbps internet, the fastest Internet package launched in Nepal so far. The company has announced that WorldLink's…
Lucrative financial rewards and the expansion of Internet services are driving a ‘bug-hunting’ bonanza among Nepali youth who have time in their…
Nepal has squandered another opportunity to fix a defective education system
The Covid-19 crisis has accelerated the digitisation process of government services from telehealth to telework, online meetings to remote…
Internet shutdowns have often been used by governments to clamp down on citizens, and the trend is becoming more common around the world,…
As we approach one year since the first lockdown, let’s get back to being productive and learn online
You either have it or you don’t, a netizen’s guide
The number of Nepalis on the internet has increased dramatically during the pandemic, with high-speed mobile connectivity accounting for 59% of…
The Year of Covid hit economies hard, and none more so than the media business which depends mainly on advertising. With sales down and many…
Infi Store had just begun its operation when the government announced a nationwide lockdown in March to contain the spread of coronavirus. Eight…
Nepal’s Internet speed was slow to begin with, but with surging demand for bandwidth as people spend more time at home, it has become even…
High prices, technological limitations and unreliable connectivity threaten to slow the explosive growth of Nepal’s internet market during the…
Nepal has seen an explosive growth in YouTube use – up from virtually zero in 2018 to 34% last year, and then almost doubling to 60%. Photo:…
Nepali students on their way to the quarantine centre in Bhaktapur after landing in Kathmandu Airport on Sunday morning. Photo: RSSThe global…
Prime Minister K P Oli spent 14 years in jail for opposing the Panchayat absolute monarchy. He was one of the main drivers of the…
Nepal’s ruling unified Marxist-Leninist-Maoists have in the past year incrementally constricted freedom of expression, thinking no one will…
Media promotion and press freedom were done differently then
Using armies of online fans, trolls and, automated ‘bots’, the world’s authoritarians and populists are increasingly using the web to drown out…
The surest sign that Nepal has already become an online society is the spreading practice of ‘digital detox’, where addicted users completely…
