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Mobile education comes to villages
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Prasad Krishna
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May 27, 2011
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May 30, 2011 05:49 AM
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PEOPLE living in remote villages, trekking many miles to schools and colleges before dropping out, can now look forward to a tech option — mobile education. Education over mobile phones is vital in India, where the literacy rate according to 2011 census is 74.04 per cent, observers note. This article by Shayan Ghosh was published in Mail Today on May 27, 2011.
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Can the mouse be a tool of revolution in India?
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Prasad Krishna
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Feb 15, 2011
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Apr 01, 2011 04:26 PM
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Do you consider yourself a ‘slacktivist’?” Vikram Sengupta considers the question for a couple of seconds, and then excuses himself. “I’ll call you back. I’m in the middle of something right now,” he says, and hangs up. Being called a ‘slacktivist’ is probably not very flattering, first thing in the morning or at any other time of the day. But this writer has been at the receiving end of endless mails from him, mails which sought to impose a burning moral imperative to sign up instantly and save the grand Canadian Musk Ox or the Mexican Dumpy Frog. The question, therefore, is not unjustified.
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Mumbai no longer ‘meri jaan’
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Radha Rao
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Dec 07, 2009
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Apr 04, 2011 06:52 AM
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Why online (and offline) activism after 26/11 never took off; what should have been done to mobilize people - an article in the Livemint by Seema Chowdhry and Samanth Subramanian - 20th November, 2009
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Muzzling the Internet
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Prasad Krishna
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Mar 18, 2011
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Apr 01, 2011 03:14 PM
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It is strange suddenly to be confronted with the provisions of a law passed way back in 2008. But why should the Information Technology Amendment Act, 2008, pushed through in the weeks following the 26/11 attacks in Mumbai be making news now? This news item by Sundeep Dougal was posted in Outlook on March 17, 2011.
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Nel suk dei nativi digitali. Perché gli studenti 2.0 hanno bisogno di una bussola per orientarsi
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Prasad Krishna
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Jan 03, 2011
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Apr 02, 2011 01:31 AM
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Addio al vecchio sapere lineare fondato sulla parola scritta e sulla trasmissione di conoscenza maestro-alunno: imparare oggi ha la forma di un suk arabo nell'ora di punta. Tra social network, video-racconti su YouTube, la musica di MySpace, il linguaggio sincopato delle chat e le bufale online, gli studenti di nuova generazione hanno bisogno di una bussola per orientarsi. Ma la scuola non c'è. O meglio, non ce la fa: a studenti 2.0 corrispondono spesso istituti scolastici da secolo scorso.
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A Network of Chains
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Prasad Krishna
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May 23, 2011
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New infotech rules infringe on freedom of expression, make net use near-impossible, writes Arindam Mukherjee. The article was published in the latest issue (May 30, 2011) of Outlook Magazine.
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Networking its way to better governance
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Prasad Krishna
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Mar 28, 2011
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Apr 01, 2011 03:13 PM
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New policy to regulate Government presence on social media. This article by Deepa Kurup was published in the Hindu on March 28, 2011.
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Networking? Not working
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Prasad Krishna
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Jul 15, 2010
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Apr 02, 2011 11:12 AM
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Concerns about privacy, wastage of time and trivialized communication are some reasons ‘refuseniks’ are going off sites such as Facebook and MySpace, writes Shreya Ray in Livemint.
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In new Facebook features, a comeback for community
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Prasad Krishna
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Oct 11, 2010
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Apr 02, 2011 09:58 AM
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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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New Kids on the Blog
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by
Prasad Krishna
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Feb 17, 2011
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Apr 01, 2011 04:10 PM
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Across the world, the blogosphere is shrinking. But that might not be a bad thing. Look closer, self-indulgence has found newer platforms, and only the fittest and the smartest blogs have survived. This article was published by the Indian Express on February 6, 2011. Indian Express reporter spoke with Nishant Shah.
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