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Avoiding the quicksand of social media
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…
So you want to become an influencer?
How the obsession with becoming a social media trendsetter can have unintended consequences for young women everywhere
Nepal’s interface with information
Photos: AMIT MACHAMASIA new survey of media trends in Nepal conducted nationwide earlier this year shows that the use of social media networks…
Internet in everything
Illustration: DIWAKAR CHETTRIThe past two years have accelerated the trends already buffeting the media industry pre-Covid: migration of readers…
Worldlink with Khalti
WorldLink has introduced 600 Mbps internet, the fastest Internet package launched in Nepal so far. The company has announced that WorldLink's…
Nepalis go bug-hunting on the web
All photos: SAJANA BARALLucrative financial rewards and the expansion of Internet services are driving a ‘bug-hunting’ bonanza among Nepali…
Lessons not learned from the pandemic
Nepal has squandered another opportunity to fix a defective education system
Covid crisis can spur digitisation
The Covid-19 crisis has accelerated the digitisation process of government services from telehealth to telework, online meetings to remote…
The internet gag on Asia
Illustration: BHANU BHATTARAIInternet shutdowns have often been used by governments to clamp down on citizens, and the trend is becoming more…
The internet : A land of free learning
As we approach one year since the first lockdown, let’s get back to being productive and learn online
Privacy is power
You either have it or you don’t, a netizen’s guide
Covid-19 aids Nepal’s net spread
Photo: BIKRAM RAIThe number of Nepalis on the internet has increased dramatically during the pandemic, with high-speed mobile connectivity…
The death of print is exaggerated
Photo: MONIKA DEUPALAThe Year of Covid hit economies hard, and none more so than the media business which depends mainly on advertising. With…
Nepal e-shopping booms under Covid-19
Photo: MONIKA DEUPALAInfi Store had just begun its operation when the government announced a nationwide lockdown in March to contain the spread…
Why Internet speed is slower and slower
Photo: MONIKA DEUPALANepal’s Internet speed was slow to begin with, but with surging demand for bandwidth as people spend more time at home, it…
Nepal internet use increases by 35% during lockdown
Photo: MONIKA DEUPALAHigh prices, technological limitations and unreliable connectivity threaten to slow the explosive growth of Nepal’s…
Coronavirus and the World Wide Web
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:…
When panic goes viral
Nepali students on their way to the quarantine centre in Bhaktapur after landing in Kathmandu Airport on Sunday morning. Photo: RSSThe global…
No freedom after expression
Illustration: DIWAKAR CHHETRIPrime Minister K P Oli spent 14 years in jail for opposing the Panchayat absolute monarchy. He was one of the main…
Rule by law
Illustration: SUBHAS RAINepal’s ruling unified Marxist-Leninist-Maoists have in the past year incrementally constricted freedom of expression,…
The trips before TripAdvisor
Media promotion and press freedom were done differently then
Online trolls, bots & snoopers imperil democracy
Photo: ERICK KABENDERA/IPSUsing armies of online fans, trolls and, automated ‘bots’, the world’s authoritarians and populists are increasingly…
Digital detox
The surest sign that Nepal has already become an online society is the spreading practice of ‘digital detox’, where addicted users completely…
Nepal’s new digital landscape
Nepalis are now increasingly in control of the media content they consume thanks to the proliferation of mobile devices, better internet…