To encourage more conversations, San Francisco, CA-based Twitter redesigned its website in India and backed it by an improved translation engine to help users localize content in seven Indian languages: Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi, Urdu, Tamil, Bengali and Kannada. "We want people in India to be able to find tweets and...
Google Launches Shopping in India
India is the first country to get a separate shopping homepage on Google. The company launched Google Shopping, allowing users to search for products in English and Hindi — India's most popular language — and compare deals from retailers. The service can be accessed via a new shopping tab within...
Google Gains Momentum in India
Having reached its target of 400 free WiFi-enabled railway stations in India, Google India has plans to expand its free WiFi services to public places such as malls, cafés, and universities. Additionally, Google Station will collaborate with India's southern state of Andhra Pradesh to provide internet access to 12,000 villages...
Amazon Takes Steps to Boost its Position in India
After launching Project Armada to improve its logistics services in the U.S., Amazon has introduced the plan in India. Under this project, Amazon will partner with logistics companies in India which will give vehicles on lease to Amazon's sellers to effect deliveries. This step enables the company to cut down...
India's Indus Creates a Localized Smartphone OS
Rakesh Deshmukh, Sudhir Bangarambandi and Akash Dongre, alumni of the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay and co-founders of Mumbai-based Indus have customized Android to build a regional mobile operating system called Indus OS for smartphones sold across the diverse landscape of India. The operating system was built on the following...
President Obama appoints Hindi speaking Ambassador to India
Former Congressman Dr. Tim Roemer is returning to the USA from his two years as the US Ambassador to India. Replacing him in New Delhi will be Los Angeles native and bow-tie wearing Dr. A. Peter Burleigh. A distinguished career U.S. Foreign Service officer who served as Ambassador and Deputy...