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Over the last decade the number of smartphone owners has skyrocketed from 150 million to 4 billion worldwide. More than half the worlds population now carries the power of a supercomputer in their pockets, allowing more and more residents of the emerging world to access vital consumer and professional services for the first time.

Follow us on FROM TOI PRINT EDITION End of the digital divide: Fast-spreading digital revolution offers a new growth path for India and other emerging nations April 13, 2021, 9:03 PM IST Ruchir Sharma is the author of the upcoming ‘10 Rules of Successful Nations’ Emerging economies struggled to grow through the 2010s, and pessimism shrouds them now. People wonder how they will pay debts rung up during the pandemic, and how they can grow rapidly as t...

Abu Dhabi: His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has approved the national digital wellbeing policy that aims to create a safe digital community and promote a positive identity through appropriate digital interactions. The policy was launched in the presence of Lieutenant General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, and Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minis...