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June 2013 Bulletin
— by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 27, 2013 09:48 AMOur newsletter for the month of June 2013 can be accessed below.
Bangalore RHoKed to Create 8 Apps for a Better World!
— by Yogesh Londhe — last modified Jul 03, 2013 07:48 AMThe Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) on June 1 and 2, 2013 hosted a Random Hacks of Kindness (RHoK) event at its office. Yogesh Londhe shares with you a post-event report.
A 'Kannada' Wikipedia Workshop for Bloggers
— by U.B.Pavanaja — last modified Jul 03, 2013 10:19 AMOn Sunday, June 23, 2013, a day-long Kannada Wikipedia workshop was conducted at Suchitra, Bengaluru for Kannada bloggers by the Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) team. This blog post gives a report on the workshop.
Wikipedia Visual Editor
— by Nitika Tandon — last modified Jul 11, 2013 06:14 AM
Big Data, People's Lives, and the Importance of Openness
— by Nishant Shah — last modified Jul 03, 2013 04:23 AMOpenness has become the buzzword for everything in India right now. From the new kids on the block riding the wave of Digital Humanities investing in infrastructure of open knowledge initiatives to the rhetoric of people-centered open government data projects that are architected to create 'empowered citizens', there is an inherent belief that Opening up things will make everything good.
Wiki donors
— by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 01, 2013 04:19 AMTime Out finds out what Wikipedia’s doing to turn the info mammoth Kannada friendly
My First Wikipedia Training Workshop – Theatre Outreach Unit, University of Hyderabad
— by T. Vishnu Vardhan — last modified Aug 19, 2013 06:51 AMOn March 8, 2013, a day-long Telugu Wikipedia training workshop was organized by the Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) team at the Golden Threshold, Nampally, Hyderabad in collaboration with Theatre Outreach Unit, University of Hyderabad. This blog post gives a concise account of the event.
A Feature on Wikipedia and Telugu Wikipedians on HMTV
— by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 21, 2013 04:46 AMBased on the Telugu Wiki Mahotsavam, HMTV (one of the leading Telugu News channels in Andhra Pradesh) has produced a half an hour feature on Wikipedia and Telugu Wikipedians.
Wiki Rahasya: Panel Discussion on Suvarna News
— by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 02, 2013 04:36 PMDr. U.B.Pavanaja participated in a panel discussion around Wikipedia in general and about Kannada Wikipedia in specific. This was telecast by Suvarna News 24x7 (Kannada) TV channel on June 13, 2013.
A Telugu Wiki Meetup @ CIS, Bangalore
— by SJ Veera — last modified Aug 19, 2013 06:53 AMOn June 2, 2013, the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) hosted a Telugu wiki meetup in its Bangalore office. Updates from the meetup is shared in this blog post.
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