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Google Gives Wikimedia Millions—Plus Machine Learning Tools
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by
Admin
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published
Jan 22, 2019
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last modified
Feb 02, 2019 12:52 PM
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filed under:
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge
Google is pouring an additional $3.1 million into Wikipedia, bringing its total contribution to the free encyclopedia over the past decade to more than $7.5 million, the company announced at the World Economic Forum Tuesday.
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News & Media
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Google Policy Fellowship Programme: Call for Applications
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
May 09, 2013
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last modified
May 17, 2013 01:01 AM
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Openness,
Internet Governance,
Access to Knowledge
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) is inviting applications for the Google Policy Fellowship programme. Google is providing a USD 7,500 stipend to the India Fellow, who will be selected by July 1, 2013.
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Blog
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Google Policy Fellowship Programme: Call for Applications
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
May 24, 2012
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last modified
May 24, 2012 03:38 PM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance,
Research,
Telecom,
Intermediary Liability,
Censorship,
Openness
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) is inviting applications for the Google Policy Fellowship programme. Google is providing a USD 7,500 stipend to the India Fellow, who will be selected by August 15, 2012.
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Google's Optical Character Recognition Software Now Works with All South Asian Languages
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by
Subhashish Panigrahi
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published
Sep 26, 2015
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filed under:
Wikipedia,
Accessibility,
Access to Knowledge
The Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software by Google now works for more than 248 world languages, including all the major South Asian languages, and it's easy to use and works with over 90 percent accuracy for most languages.
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Blogs
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Google-translated Telugu articles prioritisation exercise: February iteration
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by
Pavan Santhosh
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published
Feb 08, 2017
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last modified
Apr 18, 2017 05:02 AM
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filed under:
CIS-A2K,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Telugu Wikipedia,
Openness
The February iteration of the Google-translated Telugu articles prioritisation exercise took place online.
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Google-translated Telugu articles prioritisation exercise: January iteration
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by
Pavan Santhosh
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published
Jan 10, 2017
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last modified
Apr 15, 2017 05:47 PM
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filed under:
CIS-A2K,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Telugu Wikipedia,
Openness
The January iteration of the Google-translated Telugu articles prioritisation exercise took place online.
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Governance in the Age of the Internet and Free Trade Agreements
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jun 08, 2013
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last modified
Jul 03, 2013 05:04 AM
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filed under:
Intellectual Property Rights,
Internet Governance,
Access to Knowledge
Sunil Abraham was a speaker at this event organized by Thai Netizen Network on June 8, 2013 at Queen Sirikit National Convention Center. The Ministry of Information and Communication and the National Science and Technology Development Agency were co-hosts for the event.
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Government Intervention in the Marketplace: Policies for Access or Politics? (Interviews with Semiconductor Industry – Part 4)
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by
Maggie Huang
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published
Dec 26, 2014
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Pervasive Technologies
This is the last of a four-part blog series highlighting findings from a small sample of interviews with fabless semiconductor industry professionals in Taiwan. These industry insiders was approached for the intent of understanding expert knowledge on the process of integrated circuit design. However, the conversations resulted in leanings far beyond that scope. This post explores the tension between market forces and governmental intervention in providing access to mobile technology.
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Government of Odisha adopting Creative Commons License to Promote Transparency and Access to Knowledge
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by
Sailesh Patnaik
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published
Jan 17, 2018
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last modified
Jan 18, 2018 01:22 AM
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filed under:
Odia Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge
This year started with an astonishing announcement by the Government of Odisha towards the free knowledge movement. On the Public Domain day, which is celebrated every year on 1st January, The Government of Odisha continuing its collaboration with the Odia Wikipedia community has announced to release the content of its two major departments under Creative Commons license.
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Govt for Legalising Parallel Import of Copyright Works; Publishers Oppose
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by
Shamnad Basheer
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published
Aug 30, 2011
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last modified
Aug 30, 2011 10:19 AM
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filed under:
Intellectual Property Rights,
Copyright,
Access to Knowledge
Section 2(m) legalises the parallel imports of books and other copyrighted material into India and was part of the initial Copyright Amendment Bill introduced in the Parliament of India in 2010.
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