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Training in eSpeak Marathi by Nirmita Narasimhan — last modified Oct 04, 2015 07:33 AM
NVDA team conducted a training programme in Marathi language on August 22 and 23, 2015 at Atmadepam Society in Nagpur. Twenty-two participants attended. Harshad Jadhav was the trainer.
Cyber 360 by Prasad Krishna — last modified Oct 14, 2015 02:22 AM
Synergy Foundation organized the Cyber 360 conference in Bangalore on September 29 and 30, 2015. Sunil Abraham participated in the event.
Unable to read Odia on your android device? Don’t fret! by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 15, 2015 08:04 AM
If you get only boxes in place of Odia fonts in your Android device then it does not support the language. So you need to install Odia font in your smart phone; one way is to root it, but it’s not without cons.
Facebook’s Free Internet Access Program in Developing Countries Provokes Backlash by Prasad Krishna — last modified Sep 29, 2015 04:35 PM
In India and Indonesia, users criticize Internet.org initiative, saying it violates the principles of net neutrality.
Indian PM Narendra Modi’s digital dream gets bad reception by Prasad Krishna — last modified Sep 29, 2015 03:23 PM
As Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Silicon Valley’s most powerful chief executives this week how his government “attacked poverty by using the power of networks and mobile phones’’, the entire population of the state of Kashmir remained offline — by order of the state.
What Bengaluru Thinks of the Big Tech Announcements in Silicon Valley by Prasad Krishna — last modified Oct 18, 2015 01:26 PM
There is a split verdict on the big tech announcements made out of California during the Prime Minister's visit, in the desi version of Silicon Valley - Bengaluru.
ভারতে পাঁচশোরও বেশি স্টেশনে ফ্রি ওয়াই-ফাই চালু হবে by Prasad Krishna — last modified Oct 02, 2015 02:19 PM
"তবে ভারতে সেন্টার ফর ইন্টারনেট অ্যান্ড সোসাইটির গবেষণা-প্রধান সুমন্দ্র চট্টোপাধ্যায় মনে করেন এই পদক্ষেপগুলো মসৃণভাবে রূপায়ণ করাটাই হবে প্রধান চ্যালেঞ্জ।
‘By weakening our security, govt is putting us at risk of espionage’ by Prasad Krishna — last modified Oct 02, 2015 03:09 AM
After the BlackBerry encryption and IT Act fiascos of recent years, the government last week sent yet another cyber policy howler, the Draft National Encryption Policy, only to withdraw it in the face of severe protests. S. Raghotham and Mayukh Mukherjee spoke with Pranesh Prakash, policy director, Centre for Internet & Society, on the government’s continued misadventures with data privacy and encryption.
Government invites comments on Draft National Encryption Policy, attracts controversy by Prasad Krishna — last modified Sep 27, 2015 02:34 PM
The Department of Electronics & Information Technology (DeitY) has posted a Draft National Encryption Policy on its website inviting comments from the public. The purpose of the policy is to frame rules under Section 84A of the Information Technology Act, 2000, regarding use of encryption methods.
Some Key Words Are Missing by Prasad Krishna — last modified Sep 27, 2015 02:22 PM
Google manipulating search results? The Competition Commission is on its case.
Faking a stand by Prasad Krishna — last modified Sep 27, 2015 12:41 PM
A 'Like' here, a forward there, new-age India's patriotism is confined to social media
Asian Regional Consultation on the WSIS+10 Review by Prasad Krishna — last modified Sep 27, 2015 11:33 AM
The Asian Regional Consultation on the WSIS+10 Review was held in Pattaya, Thailand from September 3 to 5, 2015. The event was organized by The Internet Democracy Project, Bytes for All, APNIC, the Association for Progressive Communications, ISOC, Global Partners Digital and ICT Watch. Jyoti Panday participated in the meeting.
Wikimedia contributor shares his Linux story by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Jun 18, 2016 05:08 PM
Computers have fascinated me since childhood, but my first encounter—like many others—was not with Linux. For me, it was with Microsoft Paint. Then, many years later in 2011, it was my Wikipedia mentor, Shiju Alex, who introduced me to Linux. Since then, it's been my life!
Hiding behind rules on naming sites it banned, govt reveals fears by Prasad Krishna — last modified Sep 27, 2015 10:59 AM
With the union government's ban on 857 porn sites in July creating brouhaha across the country, there had been a concern over the voice of the youth being stifled and censorship making a comeback.
Government may tieup with global police, Interpol to fight child pornography by Prasad Krishna — last modified Sep 27, 2015 10:25 AM
International partnerships, including with the global police network Interpol, could be the basis for India's strategy to counter child pornography after the government's move to ban websites peddling smut backfired last month.
Does this click with you? by Prasad Krishna — last modified Sep 27, 2015 10:07 AM
While the web caters to customers who purchase basic lifestyle products, the app is ideal to make impulsive shopping decisions.
IPEX 2015 by Prasad Krishna — last modified Oct 25, 2015 03:06 PM
Rohini Lakshané attended IPEX 2015 organized by the Confederation of Indian Industry, APTDC and TDPC on September 25 - 26, 2015 at Hotel Westin in Chennai.
Ahead of hosting Modi, Facebook rebrands internet.org as Free Basics by Prasad Krishna — last modified Oct 18, 2015 02:21 PM
Hinting at what could be vital points of discussion when Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg on Sunday, the social media giant has rebranded its internet access enabling platform Internet.org as Free Basics.
Hits and Misses With the Draft Encryption Policy by Sunil Abraham — last modified Sep 26, 2015 04:46 PM
Most encryption standards are open standards. They are developed by open participation in a publicly scrutable process by industry, academia and governments in standard setting organisations (SSOs) using the principles of “rough consensus” – sometimes established by the number of participants humming in unison – and “running code” – a working implementation of the standard. The open model of standards development is based on the Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) philosophy that “many eyes make all bugs shallow”.
Google's Optical Character Recognition Software Now Works with All South Asian Languages by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Sep 26, 2015 02:31 PM
The Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software by Google now works for more than 248 world languages, including all the major South Asian languages, and it's easy to use and works with over 90 percent accuracy for most languages.

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