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In new Facebook features, a comeback for community
by Prasad Krishna published Oct 11, 2010 last modified Apr 02, 2011 09:58 AM — filed under:
Nearly 750 tweets bombard the web every second. Internet traffic is growing by 40 per cent a year. People post 2.5 billion photos on Facebook every month. Every minute, 24 hours of video is uploaded on YouTube. But who owns all that data? Until now, big business was in complete control and used the data to monetise operations. But all that is set to change. With Facebook launching two new features, ‘Groups' and a ‘Download your information,' the community is making a comeback.
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Technical Aspects of UID: A Public Talk
by Prasad Krishna published Oct 11, 2010 last modified Apr 04, 2011 07:23 AM — filed under:
Prof. K Gopinath from Indian Institute of Science and Sunil Abraham from the Centre for Internet and Society will give a lecture on the technical aspects of UID on 20 October 2010 at the Centre for Internet and Society in Bangalore.
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Stiff Resistance Dogs India's ID Plan
by Prasad Krishna published Oct 01, 2010 last modified Apr 02, 2011 09:59 AM — filed under:
An article about the UID project by Indrajit Basu in Asia Times Online.
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September 2010 Bulletin
by Prasad Krishna published Sep 23, 2010 last modified Aug 10, 2012 07:22 AM — filed under: , , , , , ,
Greetings from the Centre for Internet and Society! In this bulletin we bring you updates of our research, news and media coverage and announcement of events organised in the month of September 2010.
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Conference: Internet at Liberty 2010
by Prasad Krishna published Sep 21, 2010 last modified Apr 02, 2011 10:00 AM — filed under:
This conference is being held in Budapest from 20 to 22 September 2010. It is co-sponsored by Google and Central European University. Sunil Abraham and Anja Kovacs are attending the conference.
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UNESCO's Open Forum
by Prasad Krishna published Sep 15, 2010 last modified Apr 05, 2011 03:58 AM — filed under:
As UNESCO organized Freedom of Expression related workshops, this Open Forum will be dedicated to other key IGF topics, notably multilingualism in cyberspace, open access to scientific information, open educational resources, and accessibility for marginalized groups. In addition, UNESCO will take this opportunity to announce new initiatives and share experiences with participants. The interactive panel format will start with brief presentations from experts, followed by a moderated discussion with participants.
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A Talk by Charlotte Lapsansky
by Prasad Krishna published Sep 13, 2010 last modified Apr 22, 2011 07:41 AM — filed under:
Charlotte Lapsansky will give a lecture on the "Mobile Voices project" at the Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore on Thursday, 16 September 2010.
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INDIA Fears of Privacy Loss Pursue Ambitious ID Project
by Prasad Krishna published Sep 09, 2010 last modified Apr 02, 2011 10:00 AM — filed under:
Fears about loss of privacy are being voiced as India gears up to launch an ambitious scheme to biometrically identify and number each of its 1.2 billion inhabitants.
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Blog Entry Moldova Online: An Interview with Victor Diaconu
by Sudha Rajagopalan published Sep 09, 2010 last modified Mar 21, 2012 10:10 AM — filed under:
In this interview for Russian Cyberspace, set up with the help of Sunil Abraham (Executive Director at the Centre for Internet and Society in Bangalore, India), computer software professional Victor Diaconu explains the nature of Internet use, state control and the development of blogging and social media platforms in Moldova. Victor works at Computaris in Chisinau. He is Moldova educated, and has travelled to several western countries (including lengthy stays to US, UK) to learn about and understand what there is to be done in Moldova. Sudha Rajagopalan interviewed Victor Diaconu.
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Blog Entry Presentation of the UID project by Ashok Dalwai – A Report
by Elonnai Hickok published Sep 08, 2010 last modified Mar 21, 2012 10:09 AM — filed under:
On Tuesday, 7 September 2010, Ashok Dalwai, the Deputy Director General of the Unique Identification of India (UIDAI), gave a lecture at the Indian Institute for Science in Bangalore. Representing the UID Authority, his presentation explained the vision of the project and focused on the challenges involved in demographic and biometric identification, the technology adopted, and the enrolment process. Elonnai Hickok gives a report of his presentation in this blog post.
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