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How the urban working woman in India is smashing stereotypesIn the run-up to Women’s Day, ET Magazine takes a look at women whose status is unabashedly single, who are flying high and fighting Naxals...
12 Mar, 2018, 10.43 AM IST
How tech is making life easier for differently-abledAssistive technology designed to help people with disabilities with their daily tasks is a huge and untapped market in India largely becaus...
07 Nov, 2017, 09.37 AM IST
How a bunch of Indian tech startups hope to change the world for the visually impairedAssistive technology is underserved in India. Products available here have been developed in the western world where affordability is not a...
12 Jun, 2017, 04.33 PM IST
Government can achieve 50% of target by deploying assistive technology at varsities: BarrierBreakIt involves making railway stations, airports, public transport, government websites and buildings across 50 cities disabled-friendly.
10 Mar, 2016, 04.00 AM IST
Women are shedding their traditional image and getting out to grab opportunitiesAs the economy grows and new possibilities crop up, women are shedding their traditional image and getting out of their safe homes to grab ...
08 Mar, 2014, 09.36 AM IST
Microsoft to create over 100 commercial apps in 6 monthsMicrosoft today launched a contest for ISVs and technology start-ups in India to create over 100 apps and solutions for businesses and gove...
19 Dec, 2013, 06.43 PM IST
Tech Startups churn out innovative products for differently-abledCreating technology that can improve the quality of life for the differently-abled is becoming a focus for a number of entrepreneurs
25 Jun, 2013, 05.44 AM IST
How entrepreneurs like Shilpi Kapoor, Ferdinand Rodricks are making technology, information more accessible to differently-abledBarrierBreak runs a website signntalk.com, which helps the hearing impaired communicate with the rest of the world using sign language.
21 Feb, 2012, 01.32 AM IST
- Bringing technology closer to disabled
As accessibility manager at Yahoo! India’s research centre in Bangalore, Srinivasu teaches people about bringing technology closer to the d...
07 Dec, 2010, 01.25 AM IST
- Websites will talk to you now
Websites will soon be accessible to the disabled, especially the visually-impaired, once the Union government makes it mandatory for all we...
02 Sep, 2009, 03.47 AM IST