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*Kerala Startup Mission is coming up with a Webinar series ‘Inspire2Innovate’ Innovation, Technology and Entrepreneurship for the student champions. * (Read more)
Kerala Startup Mission on behalf of Government of Kerala is calling for innovative ideas and solutions to defend and hunt down the Global Pandemic from the Avengers around us (Read more)
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Automate the Boring Stuff, the best selling video course on learning Python is free until April 7 - FREE
Vue mastery is giving out it's premium courses for free for one week - FREE
Machine Learning Starter Program - Analytics Vidhya (Use coupon: LOCKDOWN) to get INR 4999 Rs. Discount)
Mozilla has announced the creation of a COVID-19 Solutions Fund as part of the Mozilla Open Source Support Program (MOSS).Through this fund, they will provide awards of up to $50,000 USD each to open source technology projects which are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic in some way.
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This is a curated list of free and useful resources, software and other offerings for those who are quarantined at home 🦠 (Developers, Students & for Everyone) ⚡️ You can help by adding more contents by a Pull request (Pull request will be handled within 24 hours) Check the Contribution Guideline before contributing
- Movies
- Books
- Education
- Collaboration Tools
- Software Packs
- Online Hackathon
- Online Events
- Commuinty for Discussion
Filmmaker Gary Hustwit is streaming his documentaries free worldwide during the global COVID-19 crisis. Each Tuesday they are posting film on their website. We hope you enjoy them, and please stay strong.
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You get the most bang for your metaphorical buck with Amazon Prime. The free trial is 30 days, but not only do you benefit from streaming TV shows and movies, you also get musics too.
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Crunchyroll is an American distributor, publisher, and licensing company focused on streaming anime, manga, and dorama.
14-Day Free Trial of Crunchyroll Premium
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A telegram channel for free Audiobooks
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A telegram channel for free Ebooks
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In response to the challenges created by the global public health crisis of COVID-19, Project MUSE is pleased to support its participating publishers in making scholarly content temporarily available for free on their platform.
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Audible stories are free now for kids and families. Available in six languages
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NVIDIA Teaching Kits are complete course solutions for use by educators in a variety of academic disciplines that benefit from GPU-accelerated computing. Co-developed with leading university faculty, Teaching Kits provide full curriculum design coupled with ease-of-use. Educators can bridge academic theory with real-world application to empower next-generation innovators with critical AI skillsets.
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StayHome: Best Free Online Data Science Courses to Upskill Yourself during COVID-19
With the work-from-home protocol in place, here are online courses that you can take for free and grow your skill set. Stop coronavirus, not learning!
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Oracle Ramps Up Free Online Learning and Certifications for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and Oracle Autonomous Database
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Red Hat offering various courses as complimentary access for free.
Because of #COVID_19 Situation Red Hat provides free courses for 30Days durations. Get the benifits as much as you can. These all are worth more than ₹10-₹15k at Red Hat Here, I'm attaching all the links of #freecourses.
Complimentary Technical Overviews:
- 💐 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Technical Overview (RH024) - https://lnkd.in/fGqpF6a
- 💐 Red Hat Agile Integration Technical Overview (DO040) - https://lnkd.in/feDkixr
- 💐 Ansible Essentials: (DO007) - https://lnkd.in/fYuBVFb
- 💐 (DO080) - https://lnkd.in/fmvNv-h
- 💐 (RH053) - https://lnkd.in/fR7DJ4X
- 💐 (CL010) - https://lnkd.in/fUHt8VG
- 💐 (RH018) - https://lnkd.in/fvi3XBw
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We want you to learn Vue while you might be stuck at home and we know some people around the world can't afford our courses. Monday through Sunday April 13, 12:00 AM ET until April 19, 11:59 PM ET Reserve your spot to get access to all Vue.js courses free.
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In this time of transition to home working, we want to empower you to build new skills on Cloud technology. Register below to receive access to Google Cloud training at no cost.
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To minimize the impact of COVID-19 outbreak on students, Progate (an online coding learning platform from Japan) has shared free access to their learning platform for all students until 30th April 2020. This will not only help you to strengthen your programming skills but will also allow you to prepare for interviews and placements.
This access includes 14 detailed online lessons of Python, Go, SQL, Command-Line and Git. You will also get free access to all the 1st lesson of any other courses by default.
STEPS TO ACTIVATE YOUR ACCESS:
- (1) Login using Gmail/FB/Twitter on progate.com (if you haven't already)
- (2) Join the team: bit.ly/progatecovid19
- (3) Start learning!
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Learn to use Python professionally, learning both Python 2 and Python 3!
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Analytics Vidhya has made their Machine Learning Startup Program free till April 14th for everyone! This includes a course on machine learning, access to 2 hackathons, key talks from DataHack Summit by experts, and a free Machine Learning handbook! (Use Coupon: LOCKDOWN) to get INR 4999 ($80) DISCOUNT
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Automate the Boring Stuff, the best selling video course on learning Python is free until April 7.
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Udacity’s Contribution to the COVID-19 Crisis: One Free Month Access to Nanodegree Programs offering everyone one free month on one of 40 premium Nanodegree programs.
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Moz Academy courses are now available for free! Browse our course list, then use the promo "wegotthis" to sign up.
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To limit the spread of Coronavirus, the governments in Kerala, Jammu & Kashmir, and Ladakh have announced that schools and colleges in the state and the union territories will remain shut till 31st March or as decided and communicated by respective governments from time to time. To minimize the impact of this on the affected students’ learning, Internshala will be providing free access to its e-learning platform, Internshala Trainings, to the college students in the above mentioned regions till 31st March. The students can learn a number of skills in programming, data science, business, design, creative writing etc. on Internshala Trainings through its short duration online training programs.
Internshala has announced its 2nd Coronavirus initiative to provide free training to the children of healthcare workers. Visit this link for details.
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During the COVID-19 crisis, Unity supporting the community with complimentary access to Unity Learn Premium for three months (March 19 through June 20). Get exclusive access to Unity experts, live interactive sessions, on-demand learning resources, and more.
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Coursera for Campus will be available globally at no cost to any university impacted by COVID-19
How the program works:
- Access 3,800 courses and 400 Specializations
- Up to 5,000 licenses for enrolled students at impacted organization
- Institutions may enroll students in courses through July 31, 2020
- Students can complete courses through September 30, 2020
- Month-to-month extensions are available dependent on need
- Enterprise-level admin tools, analytics, and online support resources
- Features such as SSO and private authoring may not be included
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The social networking website is opening up 16 of its learning courses for free. Courses that provide,
- Tips on how to stay productive
- Build relationships when you’re not face-to-face
- Use virtual meeting tools and balance family and work dynamics in a healthy way
The company is also using its powerful platform to share news more broadly, help businesses use live video to replace onsite events, and deal with business continuity.
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During the current COVID-19 crisis, JSTOR and their participating publishers are making additional content freely available to participating institutions where students have been displaced
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Effective immediately, CISCO expanded the capabilities of its free Webex offer in all countries where it is available, not only those impacted by COVID-19.
Here are the additional features,
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Unlimited usage (no time restrictions)
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Supports up to 100 participants
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Offers toll dial-in (in addition to existing VoIP capabilities).
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Zoom offers a full-featured Basic Plan for free with unlimited meetings.
- Basic plan - free
- Host up to 100 participants
- 40 mins limit on group meetings
- Unlimited number of meetings
- Mac, Windows, Linux, iOS and Android
- Co-annotation on shared screen
- Group messaging and presence
- Instant or scheduled meetings
A participant does not require a Zoom account in order to join a meeting.They can just signup with the lnvitation link you send
Here is guide on 'how to host a meeting on Zoom!' Read here
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Multi-platform open-source video conferencing
At Jitsi, we believe every video chat should look and sound amazing, between two people or 200. Whether you want to build your own massively multi-user video conference client, or use ours, all our tools are 100% free, open source, and WebRTC compatible.
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Video messaging platform Loom announced that it is removing recording limits on its free plan (formerly capped at 25), cutting the price of Loom Pro from $10/month to $5 a month, and extending its free trial of Loom Pro from 14 to 30 days. These offers are valid until July 1.
Additionally, the company announced that Loom Pro is now free in perpetuity for students and teachers who are using Loom for classroom work.
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With fast, multiplayer screen sharing, Screen lets you work together like you’re in the same room.
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Slack is a meeting space, water-cooler, bulletin board, and phone-tree for your whole organizing team. It’s a great place to coordinate and collaborate, and a fun place to get to know your fellow organizers and activists, even when you can’t all be in the same room at the same time. It’s a tool that you can use on your computer and your phone to stay in touch with your team, and keep everyone up to date with the important news and goings-on.
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Discord is the easiest way to communicate over voice, video, and text, whether you’re part of a school club, a nightly gaming group, a worldwide art community, or just a handful of friends that want to hang out.
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Adobe is making temporary at-home access to Creative Cloud available until May 31, 2020 for schools and colleges who currently have only lab access for students, at no additional cost. To be eligible for this access, your school or college must be a current customer with an active Device, Shared Device License, or Serial Number plan. This at-home access is temporary, and will apply to Adobe ID, Federated ID or Enterprise ID users in your Adobe Admin Console. The temporary licenses may be provided and removed at Adobe’s sole discretion.
- Only IT Admins can request temporary access for their institution.
- Each request will be evaluated and eligible organizations will be informed over email when access has been provided.
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Due to the current outbreak, many people are avoiding gathering in large groups, including at yoga studios and other fitness spaces. So that anyone who wants to practice at home can do so, they are making all of their apps - Down Dog, Yoga for Beginners, HIIT, Barre, and 7 Minute Workout - completely free until April 1st.
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Affinity Graphic Design Software Free 3 Months Trial (Windows & Mac)
- A new 90-day free trial of the Mac and Windows versions of the whole Affinity suite
- A 50% discount for those who would rather buy and keep the apps on Mac, Windows PC and iPad
- A pledge to engage more than 100 freelance creatives for work, spending the equivalent of our annual commissioning budget in the next three months (more details of this will be announced soon).
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Join us on Apr 11th, 2020 for MLH's Local Hack Day: Share Day. Share Day is a global demo day focused on highlighting the achievements of your community. Over the course of 12 hours, attendees will put the finishing touches on their current projects and participate in a global project showcase.
This is an event for all skill levels, from beginners to the most veteran developers. Workshop attendees will learn skills that they can apply in their projects, schoolwork, job, and beyond.
A Share Day hosted by Microsoft Student Partner
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Mozilla is announcing today the creation of a COVID-19 Solutions Fund as part of the Mozilla Open Source Support Program (MOSS). Through this fund, they will provide awards of up to $50,000 each to open source technology projects which are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic in some way.
As part of the COVID-19 Solutions Fund, they will accept applications that are hardware (e.g., an open source ventilator), software (e.g., a platform that connects hospitals with people who have 3D printers who can print parts for that open source ventilator), as well as software that solves for secondary effects of COVID-19 (e.g., a browser plugin that combats COVID related misinformation).
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Idea & Product Solution
When the adverse CoronaVirus is taking lives from various parts of the Globe, Kerala Startup Mission on behalf of Government of Kerala is calling for innovative ideas and solutions to defend and hunt down the Global Pandemic from the Avengers around us.
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Do you have a solution that can reduce the severity of the coronavirus outbreak, but need help commercializing and rapidly deploying? The Black & Veatch COVID-19 Response Accelerator is designed for growing companies looking to scale emerging solutions to save lives, help communities cope, and protect the economy.
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The Challenge is open to all the Startups, Companies, Innovators etc. whose innovation can plug the gap between the demand and supply of essential medical items to fight the Covid-19 outbreak as well as an innovative tech for applications such as motion tracking, geofencing, fake news detection, etc.
Powered by Startup India
Apply before Wednesday, 15th April
Submit Solutions to combat Covid19 Here
Hack Quarantine is a 3 week global, digital hackathon that aims to raise awareness and build solutions for those affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Powered by GitHub & Hackathons UK
March 23rd to April 12th
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The COVID-19 Global Hackathon is an opportunity for developers to build software solutions that drive social impact, with the aim of tackling some of the challenges related to the current coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
Deadline: 9:00am PDT Mar 30, 2020
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Join 1000+ other people from India's tech, business and healthcare community and build projects to help minimize COVID-19's impact on India
Format
- Hackathon will run starting 22 March 2020 (Sunday) and will continue running until the COVID-19 situation stabilizes
- Teams will get formed online and hackathon will happen virtually. A platform like Slack is needed for people to discuss projects and form teams
- Each week it’s expected that teams will work on their projects after work time and during weekends
- There will be a demo day every Sunday evening where finished and work in progress projects will be demonstrated to a group of audience
- Demo day will be moderated by the hackathon organizing team but anyone is free to join to see projects
- Enterprise-level admin tools, analytics, and online support resources
- During the demo day, the organizing team and advisors will help any promising project with financial help or resources or guidance
- Prizes: To be Decided
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Kerala Police Cyberdome is conducting Online Hackathon “CODE-VID-19” to find IT based innovative solutions that can help Police in the fight against COVID-19. Inviting tech-community across India to come forward and contribute to this mission. Showcase your Technical skills to Stop-Prevent-Contain the Pandemic. CODE-VID 19 envisages to find technology based innovative solutions for the Police to effectively contain corona virus for the benefit of society. The last date of submission of your idea and technical solutions is 29-03-2020. The best idea will be suitably rewarded.
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The most important factor in preventing the spread of the Virus locally is to empower the citizens with the right information and taking precautions as per the advisories being issued by the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare. Further, we are also getting inputs with regard to individuals and companies who have developed technologies and innovative solutions, Bioinformatics, datasets, Apps for diagnosis etc that can be leveraged for strengthening the fight against Corona.
In order to involve the community in the fight against the Virus, we would want you to share your solutions to help fight #Coronavirus . Submitted solutions will be evaluated for adoption and those selected will be suitable rewarded.
Last Date of Participation - 31st March 2020
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Omidyar Network India today announced a call for proposals for rapid response funding to tackle the challenges posed by the Covid-19 situation and the consequent socio-economic impact. We are committing Rs. 7.5 crore ($1 million) to this initiative.
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Kerala Startup Mission is set to organise webinar series for the student champions in three major areas – Innovation, Technology, and Entrepreneurship.
Are you someone looking ahead to be a successful entrepreneur in your life? Do you wish to learn from people who had travelled the road that no one had travelled? Take this opportunity to hear the amazing stories of some of the most inspirational people and to be inspired to get started with building your dreams. Inspire2Innovate is a 20 days webinar series starting from the 7th of April 2020, bringing in 20+ inspiring minds to you all. The talks will be centred around Innovation, Technology & Entrepreneurship.
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Topic: Leveraging Technology for Financial activities
Date: 13 April 2020 | Time: 05:00 PM IST | Duration: 40 minutes
ASAP is Conducting a series of webinars to develop the skills of people in this lock down period effectively. The webinars on different topic will be conducted from Monday to Friday 4 PM to 5 PM, Those who are interested can attend the webinar by visiting following link on the time. No pre – registration required. It is able to enter before half an hour to the scheduled time only. All are welcomed. Please mail us to [email protected] if you have any query or suggestions.
A community made by makers and for makers! A great place where you can think, brainstorm, share, discuss and transform your ideas into the real stuff.
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TinkerHub Foundation, a not for profit, community-based organisation that works to create talents in emerging technologies.
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