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IBM and IIT Bombay to collaborate on mobile web research |
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IBM has initiated an Open Collaboration Research (OCR) project with the Industrial Design Center (IDC) at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT Bombay), which will focus on the development of new designs for mobile device interfaces that can easily be used by people who are semi-literate or illiterate, as well as individuals who have limited or no access to information technology.  The collaboration's core focus will be on developing simple, inexpensive mobile phone user interfaces for everyone, regardless of geography or education level. It aims to introduce new levels of ease-of-use to mobile phone interaction via developed software technology that will be made available to the public through open source. Dr. Manish Gupta, Director, IBM Research – India and Chief Technologist, IBM India/SA says with mobile devices becoming omnipresent, the IBM and IIT Bombay project will develop smarter technologies around mobile devices that will help individuals and businesses around the world transcend many boundaries – including geographical, economic and social. The ever increasing acceptance and popularity mobile phones has opened up a new platform for taking information and services to a vast population, who hitherto has been lacking them. The multi-modal interface will offer a simpler, inexpensive option for the underprivileged to reap the benefits of information technology, the company said in a statement. The research partnership with IIT Bombay is the third such engagement in India under IBM's OCR program. In March this year, IBM announced an OCR project with the National Institute of Design (NID). It was preceded by an OCR engagement with the Indian School of Business (ISB). The projects with IIT Bombay and NID are part of IBM's five-year, $100 million investment to advance mobile services and capabilities for businesses and consumers worldwide. |
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