20 September 2014 Current Affairs
Unicode Based Mobile App Launched In Kannada
The Chief Minister of Karnataka Siddaramaiah launched a Unicode-based mobile phone application to enable Kannada interface in Android phones. The source code of the app can be downloaded free of cost by the users from the website of the Kannada and Culture Department. The language was launched in a bid to improve the usage of Kannada on mobile phones and tabs. Earlier, the app linked to the Kannada language was available through private players but now the Government has officially introduced the app.
All India Radio Launches News SMS service In Five Indian Languages
Union Minister for Information & Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar launched public broadcaster All India Radio’s (AIR) free News SMS service in five Indian languages — Hindi, Marathi, Sanskrit, Dogri and Nepal. AIR news SMS service in English is already in operation from the September last year. Over three lakh people already are availing this service on their mobiles.