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NGOs tell Modi not to succumb to US pressure on intellectual property: by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 02, 2016 — last modified Jul 02, 2016 05:14 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge
A group of NGOs have appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi not to succumb to pressure from the US on the issue of intellectual property regime (IPR).
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Sub$-100 Phones: Browser Compatibility Tests: by Rohini Lakshané — published Jul 09, 2016 — last modified Feb 16, 2017 04:47 PM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Access to Knowledge, Pervasive Technologies
This post documents the results of browser compatibility tests conducted on six out of eight specimen mobile phones being studied under the Pervasive Technologies project. These phones are Internet-enabled and cost the equivalent of USD 100 or less in India. Rohini Lakshané and CIS volunteer Dhananjay Balan carried out the tests. Intern Shreshth Wadhwa provided assistance.
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Open source effort gives indigenous language an official typeface: by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Jul 09, 2016 — last modified Aug 03, 2016 02:00 AM — filed under: CIS-A2K, Open Source, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia
Santali, an aboriginal South Asian language, has a brand new freely licensed font and set of cross-platform open source input tools on the way.
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Community celebrates birthday of Odia Wikipedia and Odia Wiktionary: by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Jul 09, 2016 — last modified Jul 09, 2016 03:25 AM — filed under: Wikimedia, CIS-A2K, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge
This June, Odia Wikipedia turned 14 and Odia Wiktionary turned 11. Odia Wikimedia community member Chinmayee Mishra, CIS-A2K Programme Associate Sailesh Patnaik and I co-authored this blog in the Wikimedia Blog. The blog chronicles several major activities of the community and features quotes from many old and new community members.
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୧୧ ବର୍ଷରେ ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିଅଭିଧାନ, ଯୋଡ଼ିହୋଇଛି ଲକ୍ଷେରୁ ଅଧିକ ଶବ୍ଦ: by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 09, 2016 — filed under: CIS-A2K, Odia Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge
Odia Wikisource turned 11 on June 16. A news article was published about the project and the contributor community in Odia-language daily Prameya on June 17.
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The Digital Oxygen for Odia Language: by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 09, 2016 — filed under: CIS-A2K, Odia Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge
The article was published in My City Links on July 4, 2016.
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ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିଅଭିଧାନରେ ଏକ ଲକ୍ଷ ଶବ୍ଦ: by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 09, 2016 — filed under: CIS-A2K, Odia Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge
A news article on Odia Wiktionary's 11th anniversary that got published in Odia-language daily Sambad on June 18.
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