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Following Google's announcement that its next Android release has been named after the chocolate bar, KitKat, Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) graduates now are appealing for Google to consider popular Indian drink "lassi" as a possible name for future Android releases. Another group is appealing for the U.S. company to ponder over Indian sweets like "ladoo".
For those who don't know, lassi is either a sweet or salty yogurt drink, and analogous to a thick milkshake, in my opinion. Ladoo, on the other hand, is a very popular spherical, sweet dessert, which looks very similar to a golf ball. Both are prevalent in South Asian culture and cuisine and as such, IIT grads are appealing to Google to possibly name a future Android release lassi, reports The Times of India.
To be specific, a group of students from IIT Kharagpur have written an open letter to Google Android's boss, Sundar Pichai, with the request. Interestingly, IIT Kharagpur is also Pichai's alma mater.
According to the university group, naming the next OS, lassi, would be acknowledgment Google is aware and wants to appreciate the customer support it has in India. Quoting IDC figures, the letters also adds that 68.8 percent of smartphones shipped to India in 2012 were running the Android platform. Google itself claims there has been an annual growth of 500 percent in India for Android smartphones.
The second suggestion of naming future Android release, ladoo, comes from some 500 Indian tech startups that kicked off an online campaign to convince Google to name the next OS, ladoo. The campaign has since gathered over 4,800 supporters.
India grads want next Android release named after local drink | ZDNet
For those who don't know, lassi is either a sweet or salty yogurt drink, and analogous to a thick milkshake, in my opinion. Ladoo, on the other hand, is a very popular spherical, sweet dessert, which looks very similar to a golf ball. Both are prevalent in South Asian culture and cuisine and as such, IIT grads are appealing to Google to possibly name a future Android release lassi, reports The Times of India.
To be specific, a group of students from IIT Kharagpur have written an open letter to Google Android's boss, Sundar Pichai, with the request. Interestingly, IIT Kharagpur is also Pichai's alma mater.
According to the university group, naming the next OS, lassi, would be acknowledgment Google is aware and wants to appreciate the customer support it has in India. Quoting IDC figures, the letters also adds that 68.8 percent of smartphones shipped to India in 2012 were running the Android platform. Google itself claims there has been an annual growth of 500 percent in India for Android smartphones.
The second suggestion of naming future Android release, ladoo, comes from some 500 Indian tech startups that kicked off an online campaign to convince Google to name the next OS, ladoo. The campaign has since gathered over 4,800 supporters.
India grads want next Android release named after local drink | ZDNet
