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- In a first, Indian Singers Rights' Association distributes royalty — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 17, 2018 02:21 PM
- While singers say this benefits out of job artistes, the transparency in distribution remains questionable.
- Article on Telugu Wikisource Feature Book in Pustakam.net — by Pavan Santhosh — last modified Apr 17, 2018 02:08 PM
- An article about Telugu Wikisource feature book - Andhrula Sanghika Charitra (ఆంధ్రుల సాంఘిక చరిత్ర) by Pavan Santhosh got published in Pustakam.net.
- Sambad Health and Women Edit-a-thon — by Admin — last modified May 07, 2018 04:34 PM
- Sambad Health and Women Edit-a-thon was an offline edit-a-thon held in the month of April in collaboration with the Sambad media house, Odia Wikimedia User Group and the Center for Internet and Society.
- Pension won’t be denied for want of Aadhaar, says EPFO — by Admin — last modified Apr 10, 2018 10:33 PM
- The move is aimed at ensuring that no retired government employee is deprived of pension for want of Aadhaar or failure of fingerprint authentication.
- It feeds on you! — by Admin — last modified Apr 10, 2018 04:16 PM
- A robust data protection law can prevent Facebook from manipulating users
- CIS' Submission on Statement of Working of Patents — by Anubha Sinha — last modified Apr 21, 2018 03:32 PM
- The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) made a submission to the Indian Patent Office on the issue of Statement of Working as per Form 27 under the Patents Act, 1970.
- Government gives free publicity worth 40k to Twitter and Facebook — by Akriti Bopanna — last modified Apr 27, 2018 09:52 AM
- We conducted a 2 week survey of newspapers for links between government advertisement to social media giants. As citizens, we should be worried about the close nexus between the Indian government and digital behemoths such as Facebook, Google and Twitter. It has become apparent to us after a 2 week print media analysis that our Government has been providing free publicity worth Rs 40,000 to these entities. There are multiple issues with this as this article attempts at pointing out.
- Digital Native: Delete Facebook? — by Nishant Shah — last modified May 06, 2018 03:08 AM
- You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave.
- Govt websites face major outage; hacking ruled out — by Admin — last modified Apr 07, 2018 04:17 PM
- Defence Minister orders probe.
- Cambridge Analytica row: Facebook data breach hit 560K Indian users — by Admin — last modified Apr 07, 2018 04:01 PM
- Facebook said that data and information of 87 million users globally were compromised.
- It Took Just 355 Indians to Mine the Data of 5.6 Lakh Facebook Users. Here's How — by Admin — last modified Apr 07, 2018 03:33 PM
- Data privacy in India is still a nascent subject. Experts say cheap data has led to unprecedented Facebook penetration. Often, it is seen that those who open an account are not aware of the privacy concerns.
- After data leak row, Facebook imposes restrictions on user data access — by Admin — last modified Apr 07, 2018 03:30 PM
- MEIT issues notice to Facebook even as experts debate absolute impact on the second largest developer community.
- Your mobile apps have the permission to spy on you — by Admin — last modified Apr 03, 2018 03:48 PM
- The top applications on the Android Play store in India seek permission like access to your camera, microphone, modify contacts and download files without notifications depending on the use of the app.
- If data is the new oil, how much does an Indian citizen lose? — by Admin — last modified Apr 03, 2018 03:42 PM
- Surveillance capitalism is the business model of the Internet, so what exactly are we talking about here?
- Parties seek social media influencers to go viral — by Admin — last modified Apr 03, 2018 03:30 PM
- It was 2015. Rahul Gandhi, Congress vice president then, met Mount Carmel College students in Bengaluru. Soon after the interaction, there were media reports on how Gandhi was stumped by the questions.
- Making Humanities in the Digital: Embodiment and Framing in Bichitra and Indiancine.ma — by Puthiya Purayil Sneha — last modified Jun 25, 2018 12:50 PM
- The growth of the internet and digital technologies in the last couple of decades, and the emergence of new ‘digital objects’ of enquiry has led to a rethinking of research methods across disciplines as well as innovative modes of creative practice. This chapter authored by Puthiya Purayil Sneha (published in 'Making Things and Drawing Boundaries: Experiments in the Digital Humanities' edited by Jentery Sayers) discusses some of the questions that arise around the processes by which digital objects are ‘made’ and made available for arts and humanities research and practice, by drawing on recent work in text and film archival initiatives in India.
- The Narendra Modi app: The secret weapon in BJP’s elections arsenal — by Admin — last modified Mar 29, 2018 04:28 PM
- Narendra Modi app, BJP's secret weapon.
- Narendra Modi’s personal app sparks India data privacy row — by Admin — last modified Mar 28, 2018 04:17 PM
- PM’s NaMo app sends user data to third party in US, says researcher.
- Cambridge Analytica scandal: How India can save democracy from Facebook — by Sunil Abraham — last modified Mar 28, 2018 03:44 PM
- Hegemonic incumbents like Google and Facebook need to be tackled with regulation; govt should use procurement power to fund open source alternatives.
- UIDAI servers or third parties, Aadhaar leaks are dangerous: Experts — by Admin — last modified Mar 27, 2018 02:16 AM
- Even though the UIDAI has denied these reports, its arguments rest on shaky grounds, according to experts.
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