Technology Nerd » Google India http://tnerd.com (Technology, as it happens, When it happens!) Sun, 21 Mar 2010 06:06:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Gmail: Now Compose E-mail in 5 Indian Languages [Feature Alert] http://tnerd.com/2009/03/31/gmail-now-compose-e-mail-in-5-indian-languages-feature-alert/ http://tnerd.com/2009/03/31/gmail-now-compose-e-mail-in-5-indian-languages-feature-alert/#comments Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:39:35 +0000 Abbas http://tnerd.com/?p=3137 GmailGmail just announced the latest update which positively affects Indian users around the world.  E-mail is one of the most prominent modes of communication over the internet and making it available for everyone to access it regardless of language, only seems logical to me.

Indian users can compose e-mail in 5 different Indian languages. The languages include Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam. The new features are based on Google’s transliteration technology.

Gmail Languages

Google’s engineering team in India is always looking out for stuff they can work on to make Google’s products more local and accessible by Indian users. Gmail offered local language interface quite some time ago and offering to compose an e-mail in local language was the next best thing to do.

The feature will automatically appear on Indian Gmail users interface, however, if you don’t see it on your account you can enable/disable it from “Settings”.

Gmail Settings

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]]> http://tnerd.com/2009/03/31/gmail-now-compose-e-mail-in-5-indian-languages-feature-alert/feed/ 0 Google SMS Search for India Launched [9-77-33-00000] http://tnerd.com/2008/11/18/google-sms-search-for-india-launched-9-77-33-00000/ http://tnerd.com/2008/11/18/google-sms-search-for-india-launched-9-77-33-00000/#comments Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:39:21 +0000 Abbas http://tnerd.com/?p=2446 Google India SMS Search.We have seen quite a few services being offered by Google to its Indian audience. Adding to the list is Google’s new SMS search for India. Google claims that its better than anyother service in the market as it does not charge any premium where as other services cost anywhere between Rs 3-6 per SMS.

This is certainly a strong selling point for Google SMS search in India as it offers a cheap alternative and equaly good or better service.

Google is not the first to offer such service in India. Microsoft teamed up with Vodafone  to offer similar service for a cheaper price, 30 paise per SMS, however, this service was limited to Vodafone users. Other services include OnYoMo and Guriji SMS services on the same lines.

Being the best in the Search industry I certainly expect much better service and information offered by Google SMS search.

Here are some of the things you can search using Google SMS Search

  • Local (Pizza, Restaurants in your area)
  • Cricket (Scores, etc..)
  • Railways PNR Status
  • Train Schedule
  • Business Search
  • Stock Quotes
  • Horoscopes
  • News, Movies
  • Flight status
  • Etc…

Click here to see the complete list.

I did the next logical thing.. test the service. The first 2 queries returned "No Results", my mistake maybe. I sent the third query which returned irrevelant results. Not only that but it continued to send me SMS stating that the results were not found. I hope it stops at some point.

We will have to use this service for a little longer before we start making comments on its usefulness and functionality.

If you’d like to try this service you an either visit Google India SMS page or just SMS 9-77-33-00000

[Update]: 20 minutes later, I still continue to get "No results found" SMS from Gogole. Somebody did’nt do their job well!

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