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Blog Entry First Pune Odia Wikipedia Workshop Organized!
by Subhashish Panigrahi published Oct 31, 2012 last modified Nov 30, 2012 12:44 PM — filed under: , , , , ,
The first Pune Odia Wikipedia workshop was organized in Pune on October 27, 2012. Subhashish Panigrahi recollects his experience about the events through this report.
Located in Openness / Blog
October 2012 Bulletin
by Prasad Krishna published Oct 31, 2012 last modified Nov 08, 2012 11:42 AM — filed under: , , , , ,
Welcome to the newsletter of October 2012 from the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS). The present issue features an analysis by Ujwala Uppaluri of the Delhi High Court’s judgment in Super Cassettes v. MySpace, announcement of public call for comments for reports on “Banking and Accessibility in India” and “Making TV Accessible in India”, and updates on Indic languages.
Located in About Us / Newsletters
Blog Entry Super Cassettes v. MySpace
by Ujwala Uppaluri published Oct 30, 2012 last modified Oct 31, 2012 10:27 AM — filed under: , , , ,
The Delhi High Court’s judgment in Super Cassettes v. MySpace last July is worrying for a number of reasons. The court failed to appreciate the working of intermediaries online and disregard all pragmatic considerations involved. The consequences for free expression and particularly for file sharing by users of services online are especially unfavourable.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
File Phone Spreadsheet
by Jadine Lannon published Oct 30, 2012 — filed under:
A documentation of the basic components and features of the mobile devices in a spreadsheet.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Blog Entry The Hathitrust Judgment and its impact on TVI negotiations at WIPO
by Rahul Cherian published Oct 30, 2012 — filed under: , ,
Those of you who have been following my earlier posts on the WIPO negotiations on the Treaty for the Visually Impaired will remember that one of the biggest concerns of the World Blind Union on the draft wording of the Treaty was with the definition of an “authorized entity” that can undertake conversion and distribution of accessible format copies.
Located in Accessibility / Blog
Blog Entry Malayalam Wikipedia Education Program: August to October Updates
by Shiju Alex published Oct 29, 2012 last modified Nov 09, 2012 06:18 PM — filed under: , , , ,
Three months back, I wrote a blog post (http://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/07/06/wikipedia-education-a-model-from-malayalam-wikipedia/) about the inauguration of the Wikipedia education program in Malayalam Wikipedia. This program is the first of its kind in an Indic language, and Malayalam community is doing the program in collaboration with the IT@School, a project of the Department of General Education, Government of Kerala, setup in 2001, to foster the IT education in schools.
Located in Openness / Blog
Blog Entry Bridging Gender Gap in Pune: WikiWomenDay 2012 Celebrated with Success!
by Subhashish Panigrahi published Oct 29, 2012 last modified Nov 10, 2012 08:30 AM — filed under: , , , ,
A2K team members Subhashish Panigrahi and Noopur Raval participated in the "WikiWomenDay" organized by Wikipedia Club Pune at PAI International Learning Solutions, Azam Campus on October 28, 2012. Subhashish unfolds the happenings of this full day free fun workshop.
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Wikipedia Hackathon at BITS Hyderabad
by Prasad Krishna published Oct 25, 2012 last modified Oct 25, 2012 08:42 AM — filed under: , , , ,
CIS - A2K team and BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad Campus are organizing a hackathon for their tech fest — ATMOS on October 26 - 27, 2012, from 6.00 p.m. on October 26 to 6.00 a.m. on October 27.
Located in Openness / Events
A Workshop on "Exploring the Internals of Mobile Technologies"
by Jadine Lannon published Oct 23, 2012 last modified Oct 25, 2012 06:52 AM — filed under: , ,
The Centre for Internet and Society invites all individuals interested in investigating and exploring the internal of the Mobile/Hardware Technologies and understanding of capabilities of mobile phones to join our workshop on Saturday, October 27, 2012, at the TERI Southern Regional Centre.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Events
Blog Entry Launch of Assamese Wikipedia Education Program at Guwahati University
by Nitika Tandon published Oct 22, 2012 last modified Jul 26, 2013 11:43 AM — filed under: , , , , ,
The Assamese Wikipedia community has shown a rapid growth in the past six months from 20 active editors in January 2012 to 29 active editors in June 2012. The absolute numbers might seem low but in terms of percentages its an overwhelming increment of 45 per cent.
Located in Openness / Blog