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In the Right Circle
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 23, 2011
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Privacy
I’ve been on Google Plus for a few weeks now. In the beginning, it felt like showing up early at a much-talked-up party. There was a small scatter of people, poking around, examining the place, making preliminary conversation with the few others they knew. Most of the talk was, unsurprisingly, about Google Plus.
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News & Media
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An Interview with David Baines
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 23, 2011
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last modified
Nov 08, 2011 09:33 AM
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filed under:
Interview,
Accessibility
Maureen Agena interviewed David Baines, Deputy Director, Mada (Qatar Assistive Technology Center). Maureen asked questions regarding the status of disabled persons in Qatar, the level of ICT accessibility awareness for PWDs in Qatar, efforts of the Qatar Government towards Mada relating to policy measurements, schemes for PWDs, etc.
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Accessibility
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Interns
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 20, 2011
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About Us
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People
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The Siege of Android: How Google Lost The OS War
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 18, 2011
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last modified
Aug 19, 2011 06:46 AM
In a narrative beginning in 2016 and ending today, Forbes India recalls how the once irrepressible Google lost the mobile OS war
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News & Media
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The Unsocial Network
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 18, 2011
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last modified
Aug 19, 2011 06:47 AM
Has social media become a threat to democratic states even as it serves as a vehicle against totalitarian regimes? Its abuse during the London riots has reopened the question.
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News & Media
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Hazare 'clicks' with city techies
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 18, 2011
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last modified
Aug 19, 2011 06:48 AM
These days revolutionaries, crusaders and even rioters use social networking to further their cause. After the Arab Spring and the London riots, social networking is now playing a key role in Anna Hazare's ongoing anti-corruption campaign. Bangalore techies are in demand to run the show.
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News & Media
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Govt wants to monitor Facebook, Twitter
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 09, 2011
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filed under:
Internet Governance
The Union home ministry has written to the department of telecom asking it to "ensure effective monitoring of Twitter and Facebook".
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News & Media
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Nothing unique about this identity
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 09, 2011
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filed under:
Privacy
Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking peeping tom to install your window blinds, opined, not long ago, the American poet and novelist John Perry Barlow once. The statement attains significance in the context of Unique Identification (UID) project which is being touted as a milepost in inclusive politics. Liberalisation evangelists see UID project as the most virtuous thing that can ever happen to the Indian people who find themselves excluded from the system.
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News & Media
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Tired of tele-marketing calls? Act on privacy right: Experts
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 09, 2011
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filed under:
Privacy
Annoyed with unsolicited calls from insurance and banking companies? Under the proposed Right to Privacy Act, such calls would be considered a violation and the company responsible penalised up to Rs 5 lakh. The draft Right to Privacy Bill says that no person with a business in the country can collect or disclose any data relating to any individual without his/her consent.
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News & Media
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When Knowledge Isn’t Written, Does It Still Count?
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 09, 2011
“MAKING fun of Wikipedia is so 2007,” a French journalist said recently to Sue Gardner, the executive director of the foundation that runs the Wikipedia project.
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News & Media
