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- Report on 30 Days Summer Course on Basic Computer Competencies and Language Proficiency — by Nirmita Narasimhan — last modified Jul 12, 2015 01:55 PM
- The month long summer course was held at Karna Vidya Technology Centre, Thiru-Vi-Ka, Industrial Estate, Chennai and was attended by 20 delegates.
- Digital India launch likely in July — by Prasad Krishna — last modified May 31, 2015 04:08 PM
- The Modi government, which completed one year at the Centre, is preparing for a big-ticket launch of Digital India, taking technology to the villages and block levels, through merchandise, hackathons and games spread over a week-long initiative across the country.
- Joining the Dots in India's Big-Ticket Mobile Phone Patent Litigation (Updated) — by Rohini Lakshané — last modified May 06, 2018 03:51 AM
- An analysis of the significant commonalities and differences in various big-ticket lawsuits in India over the alleged infringement of mobile device patents.
- ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପିଡିଆ: ନୂତନ ଯୁଗର ଆରମ୍ଭ — by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Jun 18, 2016 06:19 PM
- My op-ed on Odia Wikipedia and its journey of 13 years was published in Odia daily "The Samaja".
- Odia Language Wikipedia Page Grows to 800K Page Views A Month — by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Jun 18, 2016 06:20 PM
- Odia Wikipedia is one of the first few Indian language Wikipedia projects celebrating such an old age. The Wikimedia community will gather in Odisha's capital of Bhubaneswar on June 3 to celebrate Odia Wikipedia's 13th anniversary.
- Report on eSpeak Tamil Computing with NVDA Training Workshop — by Nirmita Narasimhan — last modified Jun 04, 2015 01:44 PM
- The training programme was held from May 25 to 29, 2015 at Differently Abled Children Section, District Central Library, Coimbatore. Twenty-one delegates attended.
- Mastering the Art of Keeping Indians Under Surveillance — by Bhairav Acharya — last modified Aug 23, 2015 12:26 PM
- In its first year in office, the National Democratic Alliance government has been notably silent on the large-scale surveillance projects it has inherited. This ended last week amidst reports the government is hastening to complete the Central Monitoring System (CMS) within the year.
- IANA Transition & ICANN Accountability Process and India' s Position — by Jyoti Panday — last modified Aug 23, 2015 09:26 AM
- Jyoti Panday participated in the workshop organized by CCAOI on "IANA Transition & ICANN Accountability Process and India' s Position" on May 30, 2015.
- The Four Parts of Privacy in India — by Bhairav Acharya — last modified Aug 23, 2015 01:04 PM
- Privacy enjoys an abundance of meanings. It is claimed in diverse situations every day by everyone against other people, society and the state.
- Report on Training in Basic Computing with use of NVDA and eSpeak in Assamese — by Nirmita Narasimhan — last modified Jun 03, 2015 02:44 AM
- This training was held at Monfort School in Guwahati on May 9 and 10, 2015. Laishram Lingappa was the trainer. Eleven participants attended the programme.
- FOSS for Public Use: Free and Open Source Software for Digital India — by Anubha Sinha — last modified Jun 18, 2016 06:20 PM
- I attended a round-table meeting on May 29, 2015 at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. The meeting was organized by SFLC in collaboration with the International Centre for Free and Open Source Software, and the Centre for Internet & Society.
- International Open Data Charter: First Public Draft — by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — last modified Jun 02, 2015 03:51 PM
- The first public draft of the International Open Data Charter was released at the International Open Data Conference in Ottawa, Canada, May 28-29, 2015. It is being developed by a range of organisations led by the Open Government Partnership (OGP) Open Data Working Group (co-chaired by Government of Canada and the Web Foundation), the Government of Mexico, the Open Data for Development (OD4D) Network, and Omidyar Network. CIS has contributed comments to a previous version of the draft, and also took part in the pre-release meeting of potential stewards of the Charter on May 26 in Ottawa. Here is the text of the draft Charter. Please visit opendatacharter.net/charter/ to submit your comments.
- Digital India: PM Modi to launch BJP's flagship programme likely in July — by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Aug 22, 2015 04:45 PM
- The Modi government, which completed one year at the Centre, is preparing for a big-ticket launch of Digital India, taking technology to the villages and block levels, through merchandise, hackathons and games spread over a week-long initiative across the country.
- How to do GuerillaGLAM — by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified May 28, 2015 03:30 PM
- A proposal titled How to do GuerrillaGLAM" that I had submitted for the Wikimania 2015 has been accepted. I will be presenting this on July 18.
- Report on Training on the Use of eSpeak Hindi on Windows and Android Platforms — by Nirmita Narasimhan — last modified Jul 21, 2015 02:30 PM
- Indian Association for the Blind conducted a one day workshop on the use of eSpeak for Windows and Android platforms on May 28, 2015. Twenty-seven delegates attended the training programme held at Indian Association for the Blind, Delhi. Kaifee Asami was the trainer. The programme introduced eSpeak for reading and writing in Hindi on both computers and mobiles.
- Indian music streaming service Gaana hacked, millions of users’ details exposed — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 22, 2015 04:44 PM
- Indian music streaming service Gaana, which has over 7.5 million monthly visitors, has been compromised by a hacker and its user information database is now exposed.
- Your phone is a surveillance device, your ISP a surveillance provider…: Pranesh Prakash — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jun 17, 2015 02:53 PM
- “In India there is no special privilege for journalists over ordinary citizens,” Pranesh Prakash, Policy Director at the Centre for Internet and Society began at the workshop entitled ‘Digital Security for Journalists’ organised by the Mumbai Press Club and the Centre for Internet and Society.
- National IPR Policy Series - CIS Letter to IPR Think Tank — by Nehaa Chaudhari — last modified May 28, 2015 01:08 PM
- We sent this letter to the IPR Think Tank following responses that we received from the DIPP, to our RTI requests.
- Mathematisation of the Urban and not Urbanisation of Mathematics: Smart Cities and the Primitive Accumulation of Data - Accepted Abstract — by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — last modified Nov 13, 2015 05:47 AM
- "Many accounts of smart cities recognise the historical coincidence of cybernetic control and neoliberal capital. Even where it is machines which process the vast amounts of data produced by the city so much so that the ruling and managerial classes disappear from view, it is usually the logic of capital that steers the flows of data, people and things. Yet what other futures of the city may be possible within the smart city, what collective intelligence may it bring forth?" The Fibreculture Journal has accepted an abstract of mine for its upcoming issue on 'Computing the City.'
- Consilience — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jun 19, 2015 01:55 AM
- Pranesh Prakash was a speaker at this event organized by the National Law School of India University on May 9 and 10, 2015 in Bangalore. The theme for this conference was "Net Neutrality".
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