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IRC19: #List - Conference Programme
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
Jan 21, 2019
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last modified
Jan 31, 2019 06:33 AM
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RAW
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Digital Design: Human Behavior vs. Technology - Vita Beans
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by
Denisse Albornoz
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published
Mar 04, 2014
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last modified
Oct 24, 2015 02:29 PM
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filed under:
Making Change,
Net Cultures,
Research,
Featured,
Researchers at Work
What comes first? Understanding human behavior and communication patterns to design digital technologies? Or should our technologies have the innate capacity to adapt to the profiles of all its potential users? This post will look at accessibility challenges for digital immigrants and the importance of behavioral science for the design of digital technologies. We interview Amruth Bagali Ravindranath from Vita Beans.
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Digital Natives
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Making Change
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Mobile App Developer Series: Terms of Agreement – Part IV
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by
Samantha Cassar
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published
Mar 23, 2015
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last modified
Apr 03, 2015 08:26 AM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge
The following is Part Four in a series reporting on interviews conducted with 10 of Bangalore's mobile app developers and other industry stakeholders. Through this research, CIS attempts to understand how the developers interviewed engage with the law within their practice, particularly with respect to IP. Here we examine different attitudes and work practices related to contracts agreements and developer culture in the legal realm.
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Access to Knowledge
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Blogs
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UK’s Interception of Communications Commissioner — A Model of Accountability
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by
Joe Sheehan
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published
Jul 24, 2014
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Privacy
The United Kingdom maintains sophisticated electronic surveillance operations through a number of government agencies, ranging from military intelligence organizations to police departments to tax collection agencies. However, all of this surveillance is governed by one set of national laws outlining specifically what surveillance agencies can and cannot do.
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Internet Governance
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Blog
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Typing in Indic Languages from Mobiles made Easy!
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by
Subhashish Panigrahi
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published
Nov 19, 2012
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last modified
Jul 17, 2013 09:02 AM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Openness,
Information Technology
A new app is up for typing in Indic languages from mobile phones. This is is available online at: http://bitly.com/indictyping and supports on iOS. Android version is to be released soon.
Located in
Openness
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Blog
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Call for Essays — #List
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by
Puthiya Purayil Sneha
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published
Jul 12, 2019
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last modified
Oct 11, 2019 05:07 PM
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filed under:
Researchers at Work,
List,
RAW Blog,
Research,
Featured,
Call for Essays,
Internet Studies
The researchers@work programme at CIS invites abstracts for essays that explore social, economic, cultural, political, infrastructural, or aesthetic dimensions of the ‘list’. We have selected 4 abstracts among those received before August 31, 2019, and are now accepting and evaluating further submissions on a rolling basis.
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RAW
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CIS Submission to TRAI Consultation on Free Data
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Jun 30, 2016
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last modified
Jul 01, 2016 04:04 PM
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filed under:
Telecom,
Homepage,
TRAI,
Net Neutrality,
Featured,
Internet Governance,
Submissions
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) held a consultation on Free Data, for which CIS sent in the following comments.
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Internet Governance
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Blog
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Banking and Accessibility in India: A Report by CIS
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by
Nirmita Narasimhan
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published
Aug 12, 2013
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last modified
Aug 13, 2013 04:00 AM
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filed under:
Featured,
Homepage,
Accessibility
The report gives an analysis of banking accessibility for persons with disabilities in India. Besides a detailed look at the legal provisions and guidelines on banking and technology, the report also provides a view on different disabilities in relation to banking and accessibility in India and contains case studies and guidelines from countries such as New Zealand, Australia, the United States of America, Canada and the Netherlands. The report sums up the analysis with suggestions and recommendations to improve banking accessibility for persons with disabilities in India.
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Accessibility
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Blog
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MHRD IPR Chair Series: Information Received from IIM, Bangalore
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by
Nehaa Chaudhari
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published
May 21, 2016
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filed under:
Intellectual Property Rights,
Access to Knowledge
This post provides a factual description about the operation of Ministry of Human Resource Development IPR Chair’s Intellectual Property Education, Research and Public Outreach (IPERPO) scheme in IIM, Bangalore.
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Access to Knowledge
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Blogs
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The joys of being a Wikipedian
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jul 30, 2014
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filed under:
Openness,
Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia
Radha Krishna, an engineer, had always wanted to share information online so that people who wanted to learn more could just log in and benefit by reading his articles. Eight years ago he started his own website for this very purpose. But he found it hard to maintain the site. He then chanced upon Wikipedia, the largest open-source encyclopedia, which was then just becoming popular in the country.
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News & Media
