Facebook newbrands Internet.org, now called 'Free Basics'

While the free service Facebook Internet.org faced criticism in India, it seems that the social network has not yet waived. Now he has decided to rename the product "Fundamentals free by Facebook.

The announcement was made at the headquarters of Facebook in Melno Park, California by Chris Daniels, vice president of Internet.org, in the presence of a small group of Indian journalists.

The application and the web platform provides access to more than 250 services, which are now available in 19 countries around the world including India. Free basic users also have access to 60 new free services. The announcement comes before the council are PM Modi with Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, in the new campus.

Zuckerberg has also written a post indicating how a soybean farmer rural Maharashtra "makes better decisions parenting through access to expert advice through the application BabyCenter free through Internet.org. '

He also speaks of the "improvements" and the platform to be "open to all developers." We have improved the security and privacy of Internet.org. We have encrypt information everywhere possible, and from today Internet.org also supports HTTPS secure web services as well, "he added.

In India, the net neutrality and the massive public outrage had been many discussions take sides, and some big names like NDTV, Cleartrip and some properties of Times Group Internet.org decided to leave as a result.