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Figures: by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 10, 2016 02:22 PM
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Indian companies need to boost encrpytion adoption rate: experts: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 10, 2016 — filed under: Encryption, Internet Governance
Most banks do not follow Reserve bank of India’s standard 64/128-bit encryption policy due to laxity and unavailability of funds.
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Implementing Indian languages in feature phones will be difficult: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 10, 2016 — filed under: Internet Governance
A recent government standard requiring support for inputting text in any one Indian language in mobile phones - along with Hindi and English - has manufacturers worried. The companies argue that the well-intentioned move may be difficult to implement, especially in the case of feature phones, because inventory and logistics will have to be planned for each state.
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Wikipedia WikiMeetup at Bangalore: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 11, 2016 — last modified Aug 12, 2016 01:31 PM — filed under: CIS-A2K, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Event
Bangalore based Wikipedians will gather for a meeting at the Centre for Internet and Society on Sunday, August 14, 2016 at 3.00 p.m.
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And now, Aadhaar-enabled smartphones for easy verification and money transfer: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 12, 2016 — filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
As reported earlier, the Indian government has planned to make Aadhaar-enabled smartphones , with which users would be able to self-authenticate and let businesses and banks verify the identity of their clients. This would also help in the government's aim of a cashless society.
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Telugu Wikipedians create Articles on Punjab in Telugu Wikipedia: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 12, 2016 — filed under: CIS-A2K, Telugu Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge
Telugu Wikipedians created articles on Punjab in a national level contest. Telugu Wikipedians received a trophy during the closing ceremony of Wiki conference India at Chandigarh.
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Sakshi: by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 12, 2016 01:59 PM
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Eenadu: by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 12, 2016 02:01 PM
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Rational Internet laws essential to fulfil India’s digital goals: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 15, 2016 — last modified Aug 15, 2016 04:13 AM — filed under: Digital India, Internet Governance
India has emerged as a digitally-connected nation but experts suggest the country still lacks pragmatic Internet laws.
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Using technology to address issues: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 15, 2016 — filed under: Accessibility
Can technology help the visually-disabled, who have no access to books and reading resources in their schools?
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