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Building Knowledge Bases and Platforms via Mass Collaboration on the Internet: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 23, 2013 — last modified Oct 14, 2013 01:44 AM — filed under: Openness, Access to Knowledge
T.Vishnu Vardhan delivered a lecture at the School of Cultural Texts and Records in the Digital Humanities class to students of Department of Film Studies, Jadavpur University on September 23, 2013.
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Charting the Charter: Internet Rights and Principles Online: by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 21, 2013 — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance
This workshop is being organised by IRP Coalition on October 22 in Bali Nusa Dua Convention Centre. Pranesh Prakash is participating as a panelist.
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OSOD 2013: International Workshop on Open Science and Open Data: by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 22, 2013 — filed under: Openness, Open Content, Open Access, Access to Knowledge
Nehaa Chaudhari was a panelist at the International Workshop on Open Science and Open Data, 2013, held on October 07, 2013 at the Indian Statistical Institute. She gave a presentation on "Government Copyright and the Open Access Conundrum"
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Indian politicians yet to tap voters online: CIS’s Abraham: by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 23, 2013 — filed under: Social Media, Internet Governance
Sunil Abraham talks about the role online media will play in forthcoming elections and the behaviour of online readers of news.
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Prashant: by Prasad Krishna — last modified Oct 23, 2013 09:57 AM
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Wikipedia in Indian Languages on Mobile Phones: by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 25, 2013 — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia
Wikipedia in India's regional languages and accessible over mobile phones is revolutionising the way Internet content is used in this multi-lingual country, say information technology (IT) experts.
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Location Tracking: Why the Govt-Mobile Manufacturer War Won’t End Soon: by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 25, 2013 — filed under: Internet Governance
The Union government and mobile operators are at loggerheads on location based services (LBS) – the service through which mobile companies can provide real time location of mobile users to the government.
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Asian Forum on Global Governance: by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 28, 2013 — last modified Nov 20, 2013 04:35 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
The Asian Forum on Global Governance is an annual workshop jointly organized by the ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius, and the Observer Research Foundation.
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E-governance hopes rise as India crosses 1 billion transactions: by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 29, 2013 — filed under: E-Governance, Internet Governance
Government agencies and departments, regarded as bywords for inefficiency and red tape, have recorded over a billion e-governance transactions so far this year, watershed for the world's largest democracy that is betting on technology to cure its ills.
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Your private data may be online, courtesy govt: by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 29, 2013 — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
Some depts have posted bank account & income details on net for transparency; experts cry privacy breach.
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