20+ kids
How the web has modified lives: 21-year-old Rishabh Sarkar mentioned expertise and web entry have made schooling extra accessible. Shriya Kaushal says she is grateful for the Web as a result of she was capable of examine for her civil companies entrance examination on-line.
What features of the web have been dangerous? Elevated display screen time has turn into a nuisance for the beneath 20s. Oishani Chowdhury mentioned that she is attempting to chop down on social media consumption.
Apps wanted: YouTube, Google, WhatsApp, official electronic mail, Wikipedia, Telegram
New expertise: Sarkar picked a cybersecurity course in the course of the pandemic. Kaushal began instructing at Unacademy.
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30+ entrepreneurs
Know-how has modified everybody’s lives and tech entrepreneurs are seeing it each day. ET spoke to a few founders of three completely different startups primarily based in Bengaluru, New Delhi and Mumbai. Right here’s what they mentioned:
Main modifications because of tech: Zoom and different video-conferencing platforms have made the largest distinction as they’ve enabled them to boost capital by way of video calls.
New learnings: YouTube is clearly a go-to vacation spot for brand new learnings for these founders.
Apps wanted: WhatsApp, Google Docs, Zomato, Swiggy, Slack, Zoom, Salesforce
Can tech exchange all? Throughout cities, founders are doing digital conferences however they nonetheless really feel the necessity to meet in individual. “I nonetheless want to satisfy some folks in individual to transform a sale or transaction,” mentioned Rameswar Misra, cofounder of Goat Model Labs.
50/60+ homemakers
For Hasumati Mehta, life took an sudden flip when the pandemic claimed her husband. Till then, the 68-year-old by no means needed to trouble about banking transactions. “Now, I’ve began paying my payments utilizing my smartphone and debit card,” Mehta says.
How life has modified with tech: Scores of homemakers have taken to digital funds.
New expertise: These folks discovered it onerous to entertain themselves and resorted to app-based leisure and studying.
Apps wanted: WhatsApp, Google Pay, YouTube, Amazon, BigBasket and Flipkart
Apps that don’t work for them: Many agreed that messaging apps anticipated them to be obtainable on-line on a regular basis. Others claimed they discovered being on Facebook or Instagram addictive.
40+ small enterprise homeowners from Bharat
Web and smartphone penetration in semi-urban and rural areas have helped Indians develop the avenue of their companies by way of digital modes. We spoke to a few small enterprise homeowners to get some insights.
How tech has modified lives: Ease of digital funds has helped small enterprise homeowners full monetary transactions. SME staff additionally rely closely on Fb and WhatsApp to extend hyperlocal attain.
On-line expertise picked up in the course of the pandemic: There may be nearly a consensus about digital funds and monetary companies apps—Paytm and PhonePe—turning into ubiquitous for all primary transactional and banking actions.
Apps wanted: WhatsApp, Fb, Paytm, PhonePe, Google Pay, YouTube, Google Meet, Flipkart
What they don’t like: On-line frauds, Web habit, complexity of some apps, and many others.
Abilities to study subsequent: Two folks mentioned they’re lively in native on-line golf equipment. One respondent mentioned she want to find out about ecommerce and meals supply companies by way of apps.
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