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- An Analysis of the Comments by World Blind Union and the International Publishers Association — by Rahul Cherian — last modified Mar 30, 2012 07:34 AM
- Rahul Cherian provides an analysis of the comments by the World Blind Union and the International Publishers Association after the 23rd session of the Standing Committee of Copyright and Related Rights.
- Convergence India 2012 — by Yelena Gyulkhandanyan — last modified Mar 30, 2012 05:46 AM
- The 20th Convergence India conference, deemed South Asia’s largest international ICT event, took place in the country’s capital from March 21-23, 2012. Featuring a grand exhibition of innovative products and industry players from over 25 countries as well as an assembly of prominent speakers, the three day event highlighted the importance of ICT growth and equitable distribution for the socio-economic future of India.
- Data protection experts slam state for sending mass SMSes — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Mar 27, 2012 03:46 AM
- Experts in the field of data protection, privacy law and media have criticised the West Bengal government's mass SMS sent to individuals, companies and media houses through private mobile networks last Friday. Lara Choksey reports this in an article published in the Statesman on March 25, 2012.
- Statutory Motion Against Intermediary Guidelines Rules — by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Apr 03, 2012 09:35 AM
- Rajya Sabha MP, Shri P. Rajeev has moved a motion that the much-criticised Intermediary Guidelines Rules be annulled.
- Open access to government data on the cards — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Mar 26, 2012 07:31 AM
- The way has been cleared for public access to the data collected by Union government ministries and departments, with official approval being accorded to the National Data Sharing and Accessibility Policy (NDSAP). T Ramachandran's article was published in the Hindu on March 25, 2012. Pranesh Prakash is quoted in it.
- Is your facebook page your mini resume? — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Mar 26, 2012 07:27 AM
- As privacy debates heat up across the world, Bangaloreans reveal the trend of employers asking job aspirants for their Facebook IDs and passwords has caught on here too. When Adil Pasha, 24, revealed at an advertising job interview that his main strength was creativity, his interviewers asked for his FB password to check his latest updates.
- Habits of Living: Global Networks, Local Affects — by Wendy Chun, Kelly Dobson, Matthew Fuller and Eivind Rossaak — last modified Oct 24, 2015 01:38 PM
- “Networks” have become a defining concept of our epoch. From high-speed financial networks that erode national sovereignty to networking sites like Facebook that transform the meaning of the word “friend,” from blogs that foster new political alliances to unprecedented globe-spanning viral vectors that threaten world-wide catastrophe, networks allegedly encapsulate what’s new and different.
- Interface Intimacies — by Audrey Yue and Namita A Malhotra — last modified Oct 24, 2015 01:40 PM
- Sherry Turkle, in her book Alone Together, talked about how the digital technologies, replacing interface time with face-time, are slowly alienating us from our social networks. There has been an increasing amount of anxiety around how people in immersive and ubiquitous computing and web environments are living lives which are connected online but not connected with their social and political contexts.
- Locating the Mobile: An Ethnographic Investigation into Locative Media in Melbourne, Bangalore and Shanghai — by Larissa Hjorth and Genevieve Bell — last modified Oct 24, 2015 01:41 PM
- From Google maps, geoweb, GPS (Global Positioning System), geotagging, Foursquare and Jie Pang, locative media is becoming an integral part of the smartphone (and shanzhai or copy) phenomenon. For a growing generation of users, locative media is already an everyday practice.
- We, the Cyborgs: Challenges for the Future of being Human — by Asha Achuthan — last modified Oct 24, 2015 01:42 PM
- The Cyborg - a cybernetique organism which is a combination of the biological and the technological – has been at the centre of discourse around digital technologies. Especially with wearable computing and ubiquitous access to the digital world, there has been an increased concern that very ways in which we understand questions of life, human body and the presence and role of technologies in our worlds, are changing. In just the last few years, we have seen extraordinary measures – the successful production of synthetic bacteria, artificial intelligence that can be programmed to simulate human conditions like empathy and temperament, and massive mobilisation of people around the world, to fight against the injustices and inequities of their immediate environments.
- The Digital Classroom in the Time of Wikipedia — by Nishant Shah — last modified Oct 05, 2015 02:53 PM
- The digital turn in education comes across a wide range of initiatives and processes. The Wikipedia which is the largest user generated content website stands as a figurehead of such a digital turn, writes Nishant Shah.
- We Have the Answer for You. So, what's the Question? — by Prasad Krishna — last modified May 08, 2015 12:30 PM
- The Everyday Digital Native Video Contest invited everyone to send in videos that answered the question: who's the everyday digital native? Participants from all parts of the globe now have the answers.
- Why your Facebook Stalker is Not the Real Problem — by Nishant Shah — last modified Mar 21, 2012 05:02 AM
- We live in networked conditions. This is a statement that can now be taken at face-value, and immediately explains our highly connected, inter-meshed environments finds Nishant Shah in this article published in FirstPost on March 20, 2012.
- Click, Play, Watch — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Mar 20, 2012 12:52 PM
- Filmmakers are casting the net for viewers and opting for online releases to reach out to a wider audience, finds Rinky Kumar in this article published in MidDay on March 18, 2012. Sunil Abraham is quoted in this.
- Vote for the Everyday Digital Native Video Contest! — by Prasad Krishna — last modified May 08, 2015 12:32 PM
- The Centre for Internet & Society and Hivos are super excited to present the final videos in the Everyday Digital Native Video Contest. We invite readers to vote for the TOP 5 Videos. The finalists will each win EUR500! Voting closes March 31, 2012
- Pinning the Badge — by Nishant Shah — last modified May 08, 2015 12:34 PM
- In a world of competition, badging provides a holistic way of grading and learning, where individual talents are realised and the knowledge of the group is used.
- Expert Meeting on Freedom of Expression and Intellectual Property Rights — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Mar 16, 2012 07:41 AM
- This report provides an overview of the discussion from the Expert Meeting on Freedom of Expression and Intellectual Property Rights, organized by ARTICLE 19 in London on November 18, 2011.
- An Interview with PK Garg — by Yelena Gyulkhandanyan — last modified Mar 14, 2012 05:20 AM
- Former Wireless Advisor to the Government of India, Ministry of Communications & IT, and current ITU regulatory board member, PK Garg, discusses some of the telecom policy interventions in an interview with Yelena Gyulkhandanyan.
- Save Your Voice — A movement against Web censorship — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Mar 13, 2012 11:44 AM
- ‘Save Your Voice (SYV)’ is a movement against Web censorship and its main demand is the repealing of the Information Technology Act, said SYV founders, Aseem Trividi, a cartoonist, and Alok Dixit, a journalist, on Monday.
- Short-Term Consultant Required: Wordpress Webmaster — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Mar 13, 2012 11:27 AM
- CIS wishes to commission the improvement of the Privacy India website. The Privacy India website should have a well-organized interface and easily navigable
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