Ashish Sharma

Ashish Sharma

Ashish Sharma

Internet economy

Millennials roaming cyberspace can make an economy sputter even further by not participating in Real Life

Updated On: 07 Oct 2017 | 1:10 AM IST

Virtual policies

Real Life actors such as RBI try to manage supply of money to keep inflation in check

Updated On: 12 Aug 2017 | 12:24 AM IST

Real Life more addictive than the net

Needless to say, Real Life is a very popular MMORPG

Updated On: 28 Jul 2017 | 11:09 PM IST

Real life's Good and Simple Tax

Tax revenue could drain away if rampant GST-free activity takes place in cyberspace

Updated On: 15 Jul 2017 | 12:12 AM IST

A toxin-free work culture

Uber has been in news for 'toxic work culture' and its CEO Travis Kalanick has finally stepped down

Updated On: 30 Jun 2017 | 11:15 PM IST

Ashish Sharma: The quicker path to riches

Virtual economies match talent and rewards better

Updated On: 25 Feb 2017 | 1:34 AM IST

Ashish Sharma: Great time to go live

Facebook must never have anticipated such frivolous behaviour on its social media site

Updated On: 30 Dec 2016 | 11:35 PM IST

Ashish Sharma: Yay! Holidays!

This tight-knit community is highly vigilant against possible predators who consider the depressed fair game

Updated On: 17 Dec 2016 | 1:20 AM IST

Ashish Sharma: The world of video calls

Screen blackouts, I later learn, are clever tricks rather than bugs to tantalise you into paying for 'undisturbed' streaming

Updated On: 02 Dec 2016 | 11:14 PM IST

Ashish Sharma: Ancient internet

GooGoo is a popular search engine today, but many do not know that it has been in business since 1880

Updated On: 18 Nov 2016 | 11:50 PM IST

Virtual office roleplay

It is weird to note that corporate workers - exactly the people being made fun of - are the ones running the roleplay show

Updated On: 05 Nov 2016 | 12:06 AM IST

Calendar countdown

Updated On: 22 Oct 2016 | 1:47 AM IST

Eye on the game

When I visited Twitch, the most striking part was the sheer number of people swarming on the sidelines, watching other people play

Updated On: 22 Oct 2016 | 1:45 AM IST

A how-to for everything

For most of these holidays, I keep myself from doing things by reading hundreds of WikiHow posts, and even using a dozen or so

Updated On: 08 Oct 2016 | 12:03 AM IST

Virtual disillusion

Every night after work, I would return helplessly to this website: I desperately needed a channel for my twinges, for my confusion

Updated On: 24 Sep 2016 | 12:04 AM IST

A meme for every mood

One the most interesting aspects of the topic at hand is the pronunciation of the word itself

Updated On: 27 Aug 2016 | 12:06 AM IST

The Pokemon conundrum

Pokemon Go is the first real success story of augmented reality technology

Updated On: 13 Aug 2016 | 12:03 AM IST

Web monkeys

I even set up a gang called Web Monkeys, a group of hip, high-tech teens supposed to save the still-new internet from doom: clearly, computers were magical back then

Updated On: 04 Jun 2016 | 12:06 AM IST

Downloading happiness

After immersion into VR, I was fine for a few minutes but, while inching across the room, I started to expect a virtual grid to appear, so I could step aside, mentally, into a virtual space, even with

Updated On: 21 May 2016 | 12:06 AM IST

World's largest transport aircraft lands in India

Updated On: 14 May 2016 | 1:33 AM IST