:00:02. > :00:11.journey across the UK. Those are the headlines. Now it is
:00:11. > :00:18.time for Click. Listen up. I am 100% positive it is
:00:18. > :00:28.this way. We missed the turn to Mars ago. Right. -- two miles ago.
:00:28. > :00:39.
:00:39. > :00:43.Welcome. Welcome to Bangalore in southern India. Of all the
:00:43. > :00:48.countries we have been to this is the one that has been making the
:00:48. > :00:55.most noise in the world of technology. Believe me, that is a
:00:55. > :00:59.lot of noise. This week we are hitting the second
:00:59. > :01:02.most populous country in the world to look at the technology that is
:01:02. > :01:06.trying to count these enormous population.
:01:06. > :01:11.In a place where price is paramount, we look at the cheap tablets hoping
:01:12. > :01:15.to take a bite out of the Big Apple. There is a trip on a wi-fi bus,
:01:16. > :01:25.adored in that the countryside and of course the very best of this
:01:25. > :01:29.week's Wedd in Webscape. Hang on to those dots. Our custom
:01:29. > :01:33.transportation is heading east. We are leaving London behind and
:01:33. > :01:42.flying 6,000 miles to a city that has been at the centre of the
:01:42. > :01:47.technology boom. Welcome to Bangalore. It is thus robbing
:01:47. > :01:50.chaotic place in a country of 1.2 billion people. If you take to the
:01:50. > :01:56.roads you would be forgiven for thinking every single one of them
:01:56. > :02:01.is here. In fact by the year 2050 India is expected to overtake China
:02:01. > :02:05.and become the most populous country on the planet. Bangalore
:02:05. > :02:08.itself has become a relatively affluent city, filled with the
:02:08. > :02:12.burgeoning middle class enjoying the fruits of its labour. The
:02:12. > :02:15.People's Study in modern colleges and work in technology firms that
:02:15. > :02:20.these days are more than just outsourcing and call centres. Not
:02:20. > :02:26.that anyone can deny that these two areas have been responsible for a
:02:26. > :02:31.loss of the wealth. Check this out. -- a lot of. Nothing says expensive
:02:31. > :02:36.technology park like some mad architecture. This can this belongs
:02:36. > :02:40.to Infosys, one of the country's largest technology companies. It is
:02:40. > :02:47.one of several throughout the region. You can see why they call
:02:47. > :02:51.this place the Silicon Valley of India. In fact India is the first
:02:51. > :02:57.country to get its hands on this, the very first smartphones from
:02:57. > :03:02.Intel. This is an important device for the chip giant as the world
:03:02. > :03:05.moves towards more portable devices. Reviews suggest this Android
:03:05. > :03:10.powered iPhone lookalike performs well, although it has nothing to
:03:10. > :03:16.make it stand out, as the others on sale. Whether many people here will
:03:16. > :03:21.be able to afford the $450 device is another matter. Although there
:03:21. > :03:26.are almost 900 million mobile connections in India, high-end
:03:26. > :03:30.smartphones cost a significant proportion of the average wage.
:03:30. > :03:34.India's explosion on to the landscape has not come without its
:03:34. > :03:39.problems. Bangalore's infrastructure have all struggled
:03:39. > :03:43.to keep up with its swelling population. And of course as big a
:03:43. > :03:48.deal as technology is here, it is still only a tiny part of a
:03:48. > :03:53.developing nation as relatively work the of the IT workers are they
:03:53. > :03:57.are only a fraction of a very poor country. In fact there is a
:03:57. > :04:01.significant proportion of India's population who do not even exist
:04:01. > :04:06.according to official records. And that is because so many people live
:04:06. > :04:12.miles from the nearest city, town or village. As it happens the man
:04:12. > :04:16.who co-founded Infosys in 1981 has in recent years turned his
:04:16. > :04:19.attention to helping to improve the quality of life. We have been to
:04:19. > :04:25.see one of his projects which aims to ensure everybody in India is
:04:25. > :04:33.counted. A universally recognised form of
:04:33. > :04:37.identification is an important thing in a country like India.
:04:37. > :04:42.In order to receive welfare and state aid, proof of identification
:04:42. > :04:45.is crucial. When you go to claim some sort of subsidy from the
:04:45. > :04:49.government, or you are getting benefits from the government, you
:04:49. > :04:53.need to establish that you are the person that you claim that you are.
:04:53. > :04:58.This is a problem because around 300 million Indians do not possess
:04:58. > :05:03.an adequate form of official ID. Paper identity schemes have been
:05:03. > :05:08.tried in the past with little success.
:05:08. > :05:15.So a scheme has been developed to help people prove they are indeed
:05:15. > :05:19.who they say they are. India is of course a massive country with a
:05:19. > :05:23.huge population. It is the sheer size of that population that
:05:23. > :05:27.creates a big problem for the Indian government, which is why we
:05:27. > :05:34.have come to this residential block in Bangalore, a small area of it
:05:34. > :05:39.has been set aside as an enrolment centre for an initiative -- for a
:05:39. > :05:46.special initiative designed to give a unique ID to hundreds of millions
:05:46. > :05:50.of individual citizens. It's at centres like these people
:05:50. > :05:55.all over India are registering for it. There biometric data is
:05:55. > :05:58.captured and entered into the system in about ten minutes. This
:05:58. > :06:02.doctor is the deputy Director General of the unique
:06:02. > :06:09.identification Authority of India, the organisation tasked with
:06:09. > :06:15.implementing this ID scheme. the first time in this country we
:06:15. > :06:20.are establishing a unique identity for every resident. Unlike the
:06:20. > :06:24.identities we have used so far, this is not a physical form. It is
:06:24. > :06:29.an electronic form. We are looking at it from the residents' point of
:06:29. > :06:34.view with respect to delivery of various services. It is more a
:06:34. > :06:40.welfare Oriented scheme than as the -- security concern. One of the
:06:40. > :06:44.biggest issues is corruption. Another one is a lot of subsidies.
:06:44. > :06:48.A lot of this goes to people who are not entitled to get subsidies.
:06:48. > :06:54.They managed to get hold of identification cards. They claim
:06:54. > :07:01.subsidies that are not entitled to. This is one problem that this is
:07:01. > :07:04.trying to address. A huge challenge, creating a unique ID for large
:07:04. > :07:10.parts of the Indian population. The process begins here. First a
:07:10. > :07:17.photograph is taken. Then fingerprints and viruses are
:07:17. > :07:23.scanned. This biometric data forms the basis of that ID. In addition
:07:23. > :07:27.to biometric data the individual concerned then adds their name, sex,
:07:27. > :07:31.age and vocation. This information is added to the database and create
:07:31. > :07:35.their universal ID. While the technology is simple and robust,
:07:35. > :07:41.there are still lots of problems creating an accurate database which
:07:41. > :07:45.accounts for a population as large as India's. Very large number of
:07:45. > :07:49.people in this country are agricultural labourers.
:07:49. > :07:55.Agricultural labour in this country is very much manual. We don't drive
:07:55. > :08:00.tractors very much. People literally soil and toil in the
:08:00. > :08:08.field. The fingerprints are gone for many. Of course we use other
:08:08. > :08:13.forms, including the virus. Sometimes signature, photograph.
:08:13. > :08:18.This scheme is entirely voluntary. The incentive to join four Indians
:08:18. > :08:21.is to ensure continued access to state services. While ensuring that
:08:21. > :08:25.the right people get the right government aid is important, the
:08:25. > :08:30.notion of a centralised ID database has raised civil liberties concerns
:08:30. > :08:35.in some quarters. If you can identify anyone across the country
:08:35. > :08:39.there might be places you don't want to be identified. For example
:08:39. > :08:44.on the internet. If I'm going to a cyber cafe, the government could
:08:44. > :08:52.come out saying that you need to collect I D before you lock him in.
:08:52. > :09:00.All of my internet activity, the government can look any time.
:09:00. > :09:05.country like India this is natural. -- is apprehension is natural. We
:09:05. > :09:10.have a committee to go into the kind of demographic data we must
:09:10. > :09:16.collect. We should collect the most minimal data regarding the personal
:09:16. > :09:21.attributes. We collect what I call four fields confined to the name,
:09:21. > :09:27.gender, the date of birth, and place of residence. I am not saying
:09:27. > :09:32.privacy is not important for many people. But for 300 million people,
:09:32. > :09:37.getting access to daily bread is more important. Those people don't
:09:37. > :09:40.care too much about this. project is ongoing. So far about
:09:40. > :09:48.200 million people across the nation have already been registered.
:09:48. > :09:53.That number is expected to double by the middle of next year.
:09:53. > :09:56.That was on India's attempts to let every single person and -- stand-up.
:09:56. > :09:59.Public-transport in India is infamous for being crowded and
:10:00. > :10:09.chaotic. But I have to say this vehicle is a lot more chilled. It
:10:09. > :10:14.is one on which you are guaranteed not to miss your connection.
:10:14. > :10:18.This is a special bus that runs from the centre of Bangalore to the
:10:18. > :10:22.international airport. It is destiny -- it is testing an idea
:10:22. > :10:27.designed to keep commuters entertained. Tablets at the back of
:10:27. > :10:30.the seats. These touch screen devices sport skinned versions of
:10:30. > :10:35.Google's Android operating system, meaning passengers had a choice of
:10:35. > :10:38.just a few apps and Webb says as -- services. The touch screen is not
:10:38. > :10:43.that responsive. Almost certainly a problem caused by the fact the
:10:43. > :10:47.screens need to survive a lot of heavy-handed action. The tablets
:10:47. > :10:53.talk to the bus using wi-fi and the bus talks to the rest of the world
:10:53. > :10:57.over at 3G connection. In actual fact it has two high-speed
:10:57. > :11:01.connections on board. Each one can achieve a maximum of 21 megabits
:11:01. > :11:04.per second. Realistically they won't get near that. That has to be
:11:04. > :11:08.shared through all of the tabloids on board. It should be fine for
:11:08. > :11:13.simple surfing but if everyone uses YouTube at the same time it could
:11:13. > :11:17.get patch -- it could get patchy. Since the bus news between mobile
:11:17. > :11:22.cells at speed the 3D reception itself can also be a bit patchy
:11:22. > :11:28.leading to occasional freezing. The treaty connection also allows the
:11:28. > :11:33.company running the tablets to monitor connections to push out new
:11:33. > :11:39.apps and send targeted adds up to those on particular groups based on
:11:39. > :11:43.the surfing habits. This service is not for everybody. The cost of a
:11:43. > :11:48.ticket is between 50 and 240 rupees, about the price of a restaurant
:11:48. > :11:51.meal. This is definitely for working, middle class and up. That
:11:51. > :11:57.is the type of person who will be travelling to the airport anyway.
:11:57. > :12:03.A more from India in a couple of minutes. First, this week's Tech
:12:03. > :12:06.News. And new milestone in Facebook history as it went public this week.
:12:07. > :12:12.25% more shares were made available in response to strong investor
:12:13. > :12:16.demand. But some investors see the $100 billion valuation as a bit
:12:16. > :12:20.inflated. Facebook is moving into an era of mobile use which it has
:12:20. > :12:26.not figured out how to monetise effectively yet. Others are looking
:12:27. > :12:31.to other recent IPOs which have not performed as planned. After much
:12:31. > :12:35.controversy Apple has dropped all mentions of 4 G on the adverts for
:12:35. > :12:38.its new iPad. It has since transpired that it is only
:12:38. > :12:43.compatible with the American version of 4 G and does not use the
:12:43. > :12:48.radio frequencies used by the European's networks. Apple says it
:12:49. > :12:54.has decided to stick to the terms, wi-fi and cellular. China's biggest
:12:54. > :13:01.search engine has announced plans to announce its -- to launch its
:13:01. > :13:05.own smartphone. The Chanhong H5018 will be powered by the Baidu cloud
:13:05. > :13:12.smart operating system. They plan to make it compatible with all
:13:12. > :13:17.operating systems. They plan to sell it for about $150. Honda Motor
:13:18. > :13:23.has unveiled its latest vision for personal mobility devices, the Yumi
:13:23. > :13:27.Club. The Ryder controls this self balancing unicycle by slightly
:13:27. > :13:37.shifting their weight. It's they can expect at top speed of 6kph.
:13:37. > :13:41.The battery lasts for 60 minutes. It is incredible to think that
:13:41. > :13:44.almost one-sixth of the population in the world live in India. Not
:13:44. > :13:49.many live in cities as technologically obsessed as
:13:49. > :13:57.Bangalore. So how do you encourage more people to become both fey with
:13:57. > :14:01.the latest technology? We felt -- we sent our correspondent to find
:14:01. > :14:04.out more about the Tabard. All of us are bargain-hunters at
:14:04. > :14:09.heart but is it worth buying something just because it is going
:14:09. > :14:14.cheap? Gadget hunters in Bangalore head to the market, an oasis of
:14:14. > :14:18.unbranded electronics. On display, mainly mobile phones and
:14:18. > :14:23.accessories. On closer examination there is a new form factor in town.
:14:23. > :14:28.Tabs. Not just top end but bargain basement as well. Fenders challenge
:14:28. > :14:33.is to make their tablets stand out while tempting people away from the
:14:33. > :14:36.ever popular smartphone. To be successful in any market place
:14:36. > :14:41.especially when the competition is stiff you need to offer more than
:14:41. > :14:47.the shop next door. There is a couple of ways to do this. Like
:14:47. > :14:52.adding features. This is Intel Studybook aimed at the Indian
:14:52. > :14:55.market. There is a rubber band inside protecting the innards from
:14:55. > :15:00.dusty and sandy conditions. It has all but the modern features you
:15:00. > :15:05.would expect like the screen. But it is not cheap. It costs around
:15:05. > :15:10.the same as a dead stop computer. The other way is to go for value
:15:10. > :15:15.for mother up -- for money. This is half the price of the study book.
:15:15. > :15:25.And it comes in a box. But the screen is resistive. The rock-
:15:25. > :15:35.bottom price is due to cutting back Defeated his imported not to
:15:35. > :15:52.
:15:53. > :15:59.A large part of the consumer Who experience on cheaper tabs will
:15:59. > :16:05.be different. The challenge is dealing with expectations. The CEO
:16:05. > :16:11.is no stranger to this. His part -- his company partnered with the
:16:11. > :16:20.Indian government. They gave 220 million students beekeepers tablets
:16:20. > :16:29.in the world. There are 48 million internet users in a country of 100
:16:29. > :16:37.Those people can act for the iPad. The performance expectations are
:16:37. > :16:42.set by the user experience. Those price constraints meant lower spec
:16:42. > :16:49.components. That, combined with people and the depressed, meant
:16:49. > :16:58.that the first version ran into criticism. We showed a product road
:16:58. > :17:03.map, versions 2, 3, 4 and five. We said, heres version one. There is
:17:03. > :17:11.more to come. Do not judge this cannot buy what version one is.
:17:11. > :17:16.improvements followed. As well as a high-capacity screen, this should
:17:16. > :17:23.run faster than the first one, courtesy of a new processor. They
:17:23. > :17:29.will make a commercial on the subsidised version. The programme
:17:29. > :17:38.is an example of the government's eagerness to prioritise education.
:17:38. > :17:43.But is a low-cost tablet the best way to do it? They are small. Our
:17:43. > :17:50.primary students like models like this. They used bigger computers
:17:51. > :17:57.and laptops. The like that. At this institute, students learn on
:17:57. > :18:07.laptops. They say introducing people to a low cost tab that will
:18:07. > :18:14.
:18:14. > :18:19.It will make them feel safer. It is There is massive income in the
:18:19. > :18:25.after-sales market. Advertising revenue will bring in real money.
:18:25. > :18:30.The device that eventually wins, beat smartphones or tablets, will
:18:30. > :18:35.not be that important. If you want to see innovation, you
:18:35. > :18:39.might be tempted to visit countries like Japan or South Korea. Some of
:18:39. > :18:43.the most interesting innovations happen in the developing world.
:18:43. > :18:49.Here, technology is forged out of necessity. If they need something
:18:49. > :18:54.to do, they will hack existing TEC to do it. They will get to make
:18:54. > :19:04.different types of technology and why it together to get the job done.
:19:04. > :19:08.
:19:08. > :19:18.We show you how to water your crops using your mobile phone.
:19:18. > :19:22.
:19:22. > :19:27.This is an irrigation settled. It involves a daily walk. Power
:19:27. > :19:34.cuts in rural areas are long and frequent. His entire journey is
:19:34. > :19:40.wasted. This is something that is designed to save him a lot of time.
:19:40. > :19:44.This box contains the insides of a mobile phone. The farmer can call
:19:44. > :19:52.this box from his mobile phone, and that this will control the Pops
:19:52. > :20:00.system without him coming to go anywhere near it. This man need to
:20:00. > :20:05.make two calls. If the Jews is flowing, he makes a second call
:20:05. > :20:12.which powers the pump and flows -- sent a confirmation text that
:20:12. > :20:19.ensures him that his crop is getting watered. Clever stuff. In
:20:19. > :20:28.parts of India, recall that innovation. He is Kate Russell with
:20:28. > :20:38.I love going through YouTube look good for random videos. But
:20:38. > :20:41.everyone has much time to waste as I do. Sir I use SnipReel to Laxman
:20:42. > :20:50.-- maximum satisfaction for minimum procrastination, looking for the
:20:50. > :20:55.best videos. There are slick professionally edited videos on
:20:55. > :21:05.YouTube. I would not mess with those. These are good for finding
:21:05. > :21:06.
:21:06. > :21:12.gems hidden inside people's home movies. SnipReel that he mark
:21:12. > :21:22.points to create a highlight will, and to share with Twitter. --
:21:22. > :21:33.
:21:33. > :21:39.How would you like to watch the use on your Windows 7 while not on a
:21:39. > :21:49.Wi-Fi connection, without cost to you any data usage? YouTube Pro is
:21:49. > :21:51.
:21:51. > :21:55.an act to let you watch videos and If you activate background
:21:55. > :21:59.downloading, you can make a collection of videos and even
:21:59. > :22:03.chugging away. As long as your handset is plugged in and running
:22:03. > :22:08.on the Wi-Fi Connection, there is no limit to the size you can
:22:09. > :22:13.download. As long as your hand so it has the space to store it all.
:22:13. > :22:18.You will need to lock him with your Windows Live ID, if you want to use
:22:18. > :22:23.the favourite feature. You can access your own video collection.
:22:23. > :22:33.It can be handy for boring people... I mean, showing people this
:22:33. > :22:34.
:22:34. > :22:38.fascinating family videos. In the UK, there is exciting initiatives
:22:38. > :22:45.aimed at children taking an interest in computer science. If
:22:45. > :22:49.you're an educator, youth worker or parent, CS Unplugged. All have some
:22:49. > :22:59.fantastic resources helping children understand the basics of
:22:59. > :23:00.
:23:00. > :23:05.computer science without realising What I love about this site it is
:23:05. > :23:10.crammed full of fun and strategic games that games that basics of
:23:10. > :23:14.programming principles. Like binary numbers, are rhythms and data
:23:15. > :23:19.compression. By late -- by relating these subjects to fund things in
:23:19. > :23:24.the real world, it can help children understand them. There are
:23:24. > :23:30.activity sheets, so you know how to run the Games. They can be
:23:30. > :23:34.downloaded in many languages. They are teacher needs and even a
:23:34. > :23:44.YouTube channel. A great set of educational tools for the next
:23:44. > :23:51.
:23:51. > :23:57.A couple of old familiars have added a few new features of this
:23:57. > :24:04.week. This Flipboard has integrated audio. It is the first one to do so
:24:04. > :24:11.of its type. As we predicted last week, Twitter is rolling out a
:24:11. > :24:21.weekly e-mail digest for all those twigs. -- people who cannot be
:24:21. > :24:22.
:24:22. > :24:28.glued to a computer all day. That's it from click in India. I