Google to create android applications in Indian languages:
Google Wednesday said it will host a two-day workshop in
Bangalore later
this week focused on designing and creating android applications in Indian
languages.
Nearly
100 developers are scheduled to participate in the event to be held Feb 21-22.
Participation is open to both amateur and professional developers.
"It
aims to promote regional languages and develop applications for Internet users
who communicate and understand only their native language with a view to
encouraging more users to come online," Google said.
"The
next 300 million Internet users in India won't use English. That's why we're
working on enabling the Internet in Indian languages, which is the key to
driving growth," said Google managing director Rajan Anandan said in the
statement.
"We
are seeing great interest from users in small towns across India, because
people are becoming aware of the value of the Internet even in small towns and
villages," he said.
The
event called Hackathon will help organisations prepare for the coming growth in
the Indian language internet, he added.
At
the event, Google will host workshops covering the technical process of
enabling apps in Indian languages and monetisation potential of language apps.
The
sessions will also cover business aspects of enabling existing android
applications in multiple languages and how that can further the reach and
monetisation potential of the apps for the developers.
"The
objective of the sessions is to enable better understanding of the growing
Internet user base in India and the opportunity it represents for the
developers and help them to build valuable skills," the company statement
said.
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