Google India has taken the initiative of working with various stake holders of the internet eco system in India to grow Indian Languages on the internet. Through this effort, India is expected to from the internet user base from the current 250 million to 500 million by 2017, a majority of whom will be from mobile […]
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43% of the non-users of the Internet in India are willing to go online if content is provided in local language
Every year IAMAI does a great job in releasing a report on Local Language (Indic) usage in India. Few highlights from “Local Language Report 2013” are listed below, Increase in availability of local language content can increase the user base of internet users in India by 25% (majority of this coming from rural areas) 43% […]
Is 2012 the year for recognition of Indian languages on the internet?
The year 2012 seems to have begun well for the Indic space – print and online media in India have been writing about Indian language space on the internet. Economic Times on Jan 24, 2012 (Republic Day) carried an article titled “Internet’s Next Growth Story to be Scripted in Vernacular Languages” (epaper, scanned version) and […]
Column: Want to type in Kannada on the internet?
My column in Vijaya Next newspaper on how to enter text in Kannada language
Now, you can tweet in Indian languages
Twitter has been gaining substantial user base from India. Just a year back this article said Twitter was yet to gain popularity in India. In March 2009 the traffic from India went up by 74%, but as the comments in that posting indicates when you start from zero the growth curve always looks impressive. The […]