Quora beta tests Hindi interface
Nine years after Adam D'Angelo and Charlie Cheever started Quora, a question-and-answer site that initially focused almost entirely on Silicon Valley, …
Indic Languages
SwiftKey now allows users to type in 15 Indian languages on Android
Popular keyboard app SwiftKey has released an updated version of its Android app to add support for 12 new Indic languages. With this, SwiftKey now sup…
Hungama adds Indic language support to its Android app
Digital entertainment platform Hungama.com has updated its Android app with multilingual transliteration. The app will now be available in Hindi, Telug…
55 books by Kannada author Niranjana being digitized & released on Kannada Wikisource
Around 55 books written by the Indian author and activist Niranjana in Kannada will be digitized and made available on Kannada Wikisource, allowing…
What Google’s Indian Language Internet Alliance needs to do
Google seems to be finally focusing on growing Indic language content online: It has partnered with several Indic technology companies and publishe…
Government’s e-Bhasha platform likely to be ready in two months
The Indian Government’s e-Bhasha platform underwent a preliminary review last week and is likely to be ready for deployment in the next two months, rep…
Swiftkey Keyboard adds support for 11 Indian languages
Popular keyboard app SwiftKey is releasing an updated version of its Android app, adding support for 11 new Indian languages along with Nepali and …
AIR adds five Indic languages to its free news alerts via SMS service; More planned
After launching text updates for news via SMS in English last year, All India Radio has extended the service to include 5 regional languages including …
Newshunt raises Rs 100 crore from Sequoia Capital India; On Ver se’s pivot
Mobile content application NewsHunt (Ver Se Innovations) has announced a fund raising of Rs 100 crores, in a Series B round led by Sequoia Capital Indi…
dot Bharat domain launched in Devanagari script; Public availability in 3 months
The National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI) launched the .Bharat domain name in Devanagari script. This will make the domain available in eight Indi…
Linguify.Mobile platform translates Quikr, Yepme apps into Hindi
Pune-based application language management company LinguaNext has announced the availability of the Quikr and Yepme mobile apps in Hindi through its ‘L…
Nitish Kumar launches #BiharonWikipedia campaign; Details please?
Former Bihar Chief Minister and Janata Dal (United) leader, Nitish Kumar has launched the ‘Bihar on Wikipedia’ campaign, reports DNA. Kumar invited peo…