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Mobile education comes to villages
by Prasad Krishna — published May 27, 2011 — last modified May 30, 2011 05:49 AM — filed under:
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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Mobile India 2016
by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 13, 2016 — filed under:
COMSNETS in association with Department of Electronics and Information Technology, Digital India, et.al. organized the event in Bangalore from January 5 to 9, 2016. Sunil Abraham participated as a speaker in Session 4: Law, regulation and policy of App Economy.
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Blog Entry Mobile net ban during peaceful protest leaves farmers confused
by Shruti Jain — published Jan 19, 2018 — filed under: ,
Strap: Administration says it was done to prevent rumours from spreading, protesters insist they needed internet to fight it.
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Mobile Tech 4 Social Change
by Radha Rao — published Aug 19, 2009 — last modified Apr 05, 2011 04:32 AM — filed under:
Mobile Tech 4 Social Change, Bangalore camp is a one-day event and is an exploration of mobile technology to advance social development and social change goals.
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Mobile, Trust and Privacy
by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 04, 2014 — last modified Oct 05, 2014 09:21 AM — filed under:
Sunil Abraham was a speaker at the event organized by GSM Association on September 4, 2014.
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Mobilising support for freedom on the Web
by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 25, 2012 — filed under: , , ,
A motion in the Rajya Sabha has sought annulment of the IT intermediary guidelines, writes Deepa Kurup in this article published in the Hindu on April 22, 2012.
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Blog Entry Models for Surveillance and Interception of Communications Worldwide
by Bedavyasa Mohanty — published Jul 02, 2014 — last modified Jul 10, 2014 07:50 AM — filed under: , ,
This is an evaluation of laws and practices governing surveillance and interception of communications in 9 countries. The countries evaluated represent a diverse spectrum not only in terms of their global economic standing but also their intrusive surveillance capabilities. The analysis is limited to the procedural standards followed by these countries for authorising surveillance and provisions for resolving interception related disputes.
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Modi Govt compromising privacy of individuals: Cong
by Admin — published Mar 26, 2018 — last modified Apr 18, 2018 01:10 AM — filed under: ,
Charging the Narendra Modi Governemt with compromising the privacy of individuals by leaking user information on the Narendra Modi app, the Congress on Monday said the counter allegations by the BJP that the Opposition party was indulging in 'data theft' were an attempt to divert attention from the issue.
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Modi's Valley hug sparks swadeshi talk
by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 11, 2015 — filed under: ,
His warm hug of Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg will perhaps be the most abiding image of Narendra Modi's visit to the Silicon Valley.
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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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