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time for Click. Listen up. I am 100% positive it is

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Welcome. Welcome to Bangalore in southern India. Of all the

countries we have been to this is the one that has been making the

most noise in the world of technology. Believe me, that is a

lot of noise. This week we are hitting the second

most populous country in the world to look at the technology that is

trying to count these enormous population.

In a place where price is paramount, we look at the cheap tablets hoping

to take a bite out of the Big Apple. There is a trip on a wi-fi bus,

adored in that the countryside and of course the very best of this

week's Wedd in Webscape. Hang on to those dots. Our custom

transportation is heading east. We are leaving London behind and

flying 6,000 miles to a city that has been at the centre of the

technology boom. Welcome to Bangalore. It is thus robbing

chaotic place in a country of 1.2 billion people. If you take to the

roads you would be forgiven for thinking every single one of them

is here. In fact by the year 2050 India is expected to overtake China

and become the most populous country on the planet. Bangalore

itself has become a relatively affluent city, filled with the

burgeoning middle class enjoying the fruits of its labour. The

People's Study in modern colleges and work in technology firms that

these days are more than just outsourcing and call centres. Not

that anyone can deny that these two areas have been responsible for a

loss of the wealth. Check this out. -- a lot of. Nothing says expensive

technology park like some mad architecture. This can this belongs

to Infosys, one of the country's largest technology companies. It is

one of several throughout the region. You can see why they call

this place the Silicon Valley of India. In fact India is the first

country to get its hands on this, the very first smartphones from

Intel. This is an important device for the chip giant as the world

moves towards more portable devices. Reviews suggest this Android

powered iPhone lookalike performs well, although it has nothing to

make it stand out, as the others on sale. Whether many people here will

be able to afford the $450 device is another matter. Although there

are almost 900 million mobile connections in India, high-end

smartphones cost a significant proportion of the average wage.

India's explosion on to the landscape has not come without its

problems. Bangalore's infrastructure have all struggled

to keep up with its swelling population. And of course as big a

deal as technology is here, it is still only a tiny part of a

developing nation as relatively work the of the IT workers are they

are only a fraction of a very poor country. In fact there is a

significant proportion of India's population who do not even exist

according to official records. And that is because so many people live

miles from the nearest city, town or village. As it happens the man

who co-founded Infosys in 1981 has in recent years turned his

attention to helping to improve the quality of life. We have been to

see one of his projects which aims to ensure everybody in India is

counted. A universally recognised form of

identification is an important thing in a country like India.

In order to receive welfare and state aid, proof of identification

is crucial. When you go to claim some sort of subsidy from the

government, or you are getting benefits from the government, you

need to establish that you are the person that you claim that you are.

This is a problem because around 300 million Indians do not possess

an adequate form of official ID. Paper identity schemes have been

tried in the past with little success.

So a scheme has been developed to help people prove they are indeed

who they say they are. India is of course a massive country with a

huge population. It is the sheer size of that population that

creates a big problem for the Indian government, which is why we

have come to this residential block in Bangalore, a small area of it

has been set aside as an enrolment centre for an initiative -- for a

special initiative designed to give a unique ID to hundreds of millions

of individual citizens. It's at centres like these people

all over India are registering for it. There biometric data is

captured and entered into the system in about ten minutes. This

doctor is the deputy Director General of the unique

identification Authority of India, the organisation tasked with

implementing this ID scheme. the first time in this country we

are establishing a unique identity for every resident. Unlike the

identities we have used so far, this is not a physical form. It is

an electronic form. We are looking at it from the residents' point of

view with respect to delivery of various services. It is more a

welfare Oriented scheme than as the -- security concern. One of the

biggest issues is corruption. Another one is a lot of subsidies.

A lot of this goes to people who are not entitled to get subsidies.

They managed to get hold of identification cards. They claim

subsidies that are not entitled to. This is one problem that this is

trying to address. A huge challenge, creating a unique ID for large

parts of the Indian population. The process begins here. First a

photograph is taken. Then fingerprints and viruses are

scanned. This biometric data forms the basis of that ID. In addition

to biometric data the individual concerned then adds their name, sex,

age and vocation. This information is added to the database and create

their universal ID. While the technology is simple and robust,

there are still lots of problems creating an accurate database which

accounts for a population as large as India's. Very large number of

people in this country are agricultural labourers.

Agricultural labour in this country is very much manual. We don't drive

tractors very much. People literally soil and toil in the

field. The fingerprints are gone for many. Of course we use other

forms, including the virus. Sometimes signature, photograph.

This scheme is entirely voluntary. The incentive to join four Indians

is to ensure continued access to state services. While ensuring that

the right people get the right government aid is important, the

notion of a centralised ID database has raised civil liberties concerns

in some quarters. If you can identify anyone across the country

there might be places you don't want to be identified. For example

on the internet. If I'm going to a cyber cafe, the government could

come out saying that you need to collect I D before you lock him in.

All of my internet activity, the government can look any time.

country like India this is natural. -- is apprehension is natural. We

have a committee to go into the kind of demographic data we must

collect. We should collect the most minimal data regarding the personal

attributes. We collect what I call four fields confined to the name,

gender, the date of birth, and place of residence. I am not saying

privacy is not important for many people. But for 300 million people,

getting access to daily bread is more important. Those people don't

care too much about this. project is ongoing. So far about

200 million people across the nation have already been registered.

That number is expected to double by the middle of next year.

That was on India's attempts to let every single person and -- stand-up.

Public-transport in India is infamous for being crowded and

chaotic. But I have to say this vehicle is a lot more chilled. It

is one on which you are guaranteed not to miss your connection.

This is a special bus that runs from the centre of Bangalore to the

international airport. It is destiny -- it is testing an idea

designed to keep commuters entertained. Tablets at the back of

the seats. These touch screen devices sport skinned versions of

Google's Android operating system, meaning passengers had a choice of

just a few apps and Webb says as -- services. The touch screen is not

that responsive. Almost certainly a problem caused by the fact the

screens need to survive a lot of heavy-handed action. The tablets

talk to the bus using wi-fi and the bus talks to the rest of the world

over at 3G connection. In actual fact it has two high-speed

connections on board. Each one can achieve a maximum of 21 megabits

per second. Realistically they won't get near that. That has to be

shared through all of the tabloids on board. It should be fine for

simple surfing but if everyone uses YouTube at the same time it could

get patch -- it could get patchy. Since the bus news between mobile

cells at speed the 3D reception itself can also be a bit patchy

leading to occasional freezing. The treaty connection also allows the

company running the tablets to monitor connections to push out new

apps and send targeted adds up to those on particular groups based on

the surfing habits. This service is not for everybody. The cost of a

ticket is between 50 and 240 rupees, about the price of a restaurant

meal. This is definitely for working, middle class and up. That

is the type of person who will be travelling to the airport anyway.

A more from India in a couple of minutes. First, this week's Tech

News. And new milestone in Facebook history as it went public this week.

25% more shares were made available in response to strong investor

demand. But some investors see the $100 billion valuation as a bit

inflated. Facebook is moving into an era of mobile use which it has

not figured out how to monetise effectively yet. Others are looking

to other recent IPOs which have not performed as planned. After much

controversy Apple has dropped all mentions of 4 G on the adverts for

its new iPad. It has since transpired that it is only

compatible with the American version of 4 G and does not use the

radio frequencies used by the European's networks. Apple says it

has decided to stick to the terms, wi-fi and cellular. China's biggest

search engine has announced plans to announce its -- to launch its

own smartphone. The Chanhong H5018 will be powered by the Baidu cloud

smart operating system. They plan to make it compatible with all

operating systems. They plan to sell it for about $150. Honda Motor

has unveiled its latest vision for personal mobility devices, the Yumi

Club. The Ryder controls this self balancing unicycle by slightly

shifting their weight. It's they can expect at top speed of 6kph.

The battery lasts for 60 minutes. It is incredible to think that

almost one-sixth of the population in the world live in India. Not

many live in cities as technologically obsessed as

Bangalore. So how do you encourage more people to become both fey with

the latest technology? We felt -- we sent our correspondent to find

out more about the Tabard. All of us are bargain-hunters at

heart but is it worth buying something just because it is going

cheap? Gadget hunters in Bangalore head to the market, an oasis of

unbranded electronics. On display, mainly mobile phones and

accessories. On closer examination there is a new form factor in town.

Tabs. Not just top end but bargain basement as well. Fenders challenge

is to make their tablets stand out while tempting people away from the

ever popular smartphone. To be successful in any market place

especially when the competition is stiff you need to offer more than

the shop next door. There is a couple of ways to do this. Like

adding features. This is Intel Studybook aimed at the Indian

market. There is a rubber band inside protecting the innards from

dusty and sandy conditions. It has all but the modern features you

would expect like the screen. But it is not cheap. It costs around

the same as a dead stop computer. The other way is to go for value

for mother up -- for money. This is half the price of the study book.

And it comes in a box. But the screen is resistive. The rock-

bottom price is due to cutting back Defeated his imported not to

A large part of the consumer Who experience on cheaper tabs will

be different. The challenge is dealing with expectations. The CEO

is no stranger to this. His part -- his company partnered with the

Indian government. They gave 220 million students beekeepers tablets

in the world. There are 48 million internet users in a country of 100

Those people can act for the iPad. The performance expectations are

set by the user experience. Those price constraints meant lower spec

components. That, combined with people and the depressed, meant

that the first version ran into criticism. We showed a product road

map, versions 2, 3, 4 and five. We said, heres version one. There is

more to come. Do not judge this cannot buy what version one is.

improvements followed. As well as a high-capacity screen, this should

run faster than the first one, courtesy of a new processor. They

will make a commercial on the subsidised version. The programme

is an example of the government's eagerness to prioritise education.

But is a low-cost tablet the best way to do it? They are small. Our

primary students like models like this. They used bigger computers

and laptops. The like that. At this institute, students learn on

laptops. They say introducing people to a low cost tab that will

It will make them feel safer. It is There is massive income in the

after-sales market. Advertising revenue will bring in real money.

The device that eventually wins, beat smartphones or tablets, will

not be that important. If you want to see innovation, you

might be tempted to visit countries like Japan or South Korea. Some of

the most interesting innovations happen in the developing world.

Here, technology is forged out of necessity. If they need something

to do, they will hack existing TEC to do it. They will get to make

different types of technology and why it together to get the job done.

We show you how to water your crops using your mobile phone.

This is an irrigation settled. It involves a daily walk. Power

cuts in rural areas are long and frequent. His entire journey is

wasted. This is something that is designed to save him a lot of time.

This box contains the insides of a mobile phone. The farmer can call

this box from his mobile phone, and that this will control the Pops

system without him coming to go anywhere near it. This man need to

make two calls. If the Jews is flowing, he makes a second call

which powers the pump and flows -- sent a confirmation text that

ensures him that his crop is getting watered. Clever stuff. In

parts of India, recall that innovation. He is Kate Russell with

I love going through YouTube look good for random videos. But

everyone has much time to waste as I do. Sir I use SnipReel to Laxman

-- maximum satisfaction for minimum procrastination, looking for the

best videos. There are slick professionally edited videos on

YouTube. I would not mess with those. These are good for finding

gems hidden inside people's home movies. SnipReel that he mark

points to create a highlight will, and to share with Twitter. --

How would you like to watch the use on your Windows 7 while not on a

Wi-Fi connection, without cost to you any data usage? YouTube Pro is

an act to let you watch videos and If you activate background

downloading, you can make a collection of videos and even

chugging away. As long as your handset is plugged in and running

on the Wi-Fi Connection, there is no limit to the size you can

download. As long as your hand so it has the space to store it all.

You will need to lock him with your Windows Live ID, if you want to use

the favourite feature. You can access your own video collection.

It can be handy for boring people... I mean, showing people this

fascinating family videos. In the UK, there is exciting initiatives

aimed at children taking an interest in computer science. If

you're an educator, youth worker or parent, CS Unplugged. All have some

fantastic resources helping children understand the basics of

computer science without realising What I love about this site it is

crammed full of fun and strategic games that games that basics of

programming principles. Like binary numbers, are rhythms and data

compression. By late -- by relating these subjects to fund things in

the real world, it can help children understand them. There are

activity sheets, so you know how to run the Games. They can be

downloaded in many languages. They are teacher needs and even a

YouTube channel. A great set of educational tools for the next

A couple of old familiars have added a few new features of this

week. This Flipboard has integrated audio. It is the first one to do so

of its type. As we predicted last week, Twitter is rolling out a

weekly e-mail digest for all those twigs. -- people who cannot be

glued to a computer all day. That's it from click in India. I