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What is the Open Data Movement & Why Does it Matter?
— by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — last modified Jun 18, 2015 01:12 AMI gave a talk at this event organized by Phandeeyar on May 13, 2015 in Yangon. About 25 delegates attended the event.
Wikipedia Campus at Oxford College
— by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified May 27, 2015 02:22 PMCIS-A2K collaborated with the Oxford College of Engineering, Bommanahalli, Bangalore on April 24, 2015 for introducing Wikimedia projects at their institution. Radhakrishna, a senior Wikimedian from Bangalore provided the crucial introduction and worked closely with the A2K team in conducting all the activities.
Now you can search Google in Kannada, in your handwriting
— by Prasad Krishna — last modified May 09, 2015 08:29 AMAll you need to do is to make changes in settings on your phone or tablet.
ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଭାଷା ପାଇଁ ଡିଜିଟାଲ ଅସୁବିଧା
— by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified May 27, 2015 03:22 PMThis paper was presented at the 2nd National Language Seminar by CIS-A2K Pogramme Officer Subhashish Panigrahi. In the paper, Panigrahi discusses about the hindrances of mass use of Odia language on the internet and how that is impacting in overall contribution of people in the language.
Patterns of Gender Aggression and Harassment in Open Tech and Open Culture Communities Online
— by Rohini Lakshané — last modified Jun 01, 2015 02:13 AMReport on the talk delivered by me at Adacamp held in Montreal, Canada on April 13-14, 2015.
NASA International Open Data Challenge 2015
from Apr 11, 2015 09:00 AM to Apr 12, 2015 06:00 PM — The Centre for Internet & Society, No. 194, 2nd 'C' Cross, Domlur, 2nd Stage, Bangalore 560071 (opposite Domlur Club and very near to TERI complex), — by Sharath Chandra RamAs part of the initial NASA Open Government 2.0 plan, the NASA International Open Data challenge brings together the FOSS community, citizen scientists, open data practitioners , open hardware enthusiasts and students for collaborative problem solving with the goal of producing relevant open-source solutions to address global needs applicable to both life on Earth and life in Space.
Odia waits for Google Translate debut - Nine Indian languages available
— by Prasad Krishna — last modified May 08, 2015 01:27 AMOdia getting the "classical" status last year was certainly a proud moment for the people of the state, but, it is yet to feature among the languages available in Google's popular translation service.
2nd National Language Conference, Bhubaneswar
— by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Apr 10, 2015 03:23 PMInstitute of Odia Studies and Research organised 2nd National Language Conference beginning on Monday, March 30, 2015 and ending on April 2, 2015 at the Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar. This conference was organised in collaboration with the Department of Tourism and Culture. I presented a paper in Odia language in this conference as part of a panel discussion related to Odia language computing.
Bangla Wiki turns 10
— by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 04, 2015 04:10 PMThe 10th anniversary of Bengali Wikipedia was marked with a a gathering of Wikipedians of vernacular languages from across the country and beyond at Jadavpur University. Bengali is one of 20 Indian languages to have a Wikipedia presence. The event also celebrated 14 years of the mother edition in English of the open-access, crowd-sourced online encyclopaedia.
India backs open source software for e-governance projects
— by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 04, 2015 04:00 PMIndia has said it will use open source software in all e-governance projects, though it did not rule out the use of proprietary software to meet specialized requirements.
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