Centre for Internet & Society

December 2010 Bulletin

by Prasad Krishna

Greetings from the Centre for Internet and Society! It gives us immense pleasure to present regular updates on the progress of our research on the mainstream Internet media. In this issue of we bring our latest project updates, news and media coverage:

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Call for Comments for Report on Open Government Data in India

by Prasad Krishna

The Centre for Internet & Society is pleased to announce a public call for comments on the Report on Open Government Data in India prepared by Glover Wright, Pranesh Prakash, Sunil Abraham and Nishant Shah.

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Wikipedia Meet-up in TERI

by Prasad Krishna

The Wikipedia Bangalore meet-up is a monthly get-together of Wikipedians (contributors and users) to meet, discuss, share experiences, reach out and advocate for Wikipedia and Wikimedia. Danese Cooper, Chief Technical Officer, Wikimedia Foundation, Alolita Sharma, Engineering Programs Manager, Wikimedia Foundation, Erik Möller, Deputy Director, Wikimedia Foundation and Achal Prabhala, Wikimedia Foundation Advisory Board Member attended the meeting. The Centre for Internet and Society made arrangements for this event.

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Call for Comments for Report on the Online Video Environment in India

by Pranesh Prakash

The Open Video Alliance, the Centre for Internet and Society and iCommons are pleased to announce a public call for comments on version 1 of "Online Video Environment in India: A Survey Report".

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Open standards policy in India: A long, but successful journey

by Prasad Krishna

Last week, India became another major country to join the growing, global open standards movement. After three years of intense debate and discussion, India's Department of IT in India finalized its Policy on Open Standards for e-Governance, joining the ranks of emerging economies like Brazil, South Africa and others. This is a historic moment and India's Department of Information Technology (DIT) deserves congratulations for approving a policy that will ensure the long-term preservation of India's e-government data.

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Privacy, Free/Open Source, and the Cloud

by Elonnai Hickok

A look into the questions that arise in concern to privacy and cloud computing, and how open source plays into the picture.

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Report: Digitally Open: Innovation and Open Access Forum, 23 Oct 2010, Doha, Qatar

by Prasad Krishna

A summary of the event "Digitally Open: Innovation and Open Access Forum" held in Doha.

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Social Mashup!

by Prasad Krishna

Save the Date Join us to meet India’s most passionate, innovative, and curious start-up social entrepreneurs for two groundbreaking days of conversations, connections and inspiration. This event will be held on 2-3 December 2010 at the Indian School of Business in Hyderabad.

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Digitally Open: Innovation and Open Access Forum

by Prasad Krishna

Promoting Openness in Today's Digital World

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