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    As part of its initiatives to spread awareness about Internet, Google India announced the launch of mobile Internet bus to provide the experience of worldwide web to people across Tamil Nadu.

    The bus project is based on four themes - information, communication, entertainment and education, and it would have useful and informative content in English and Tamil, Google India (Research and Development) Centre Head Prasad Ram told reporters in Chennai.

    "We want to educate people about the benefit of Internet and this bus would make them to understand the usage of Internet in a much effective way," he said.

    The bus would be covering 15 towns across the state over a period of one-and-a-half months, he said.

    Google India Product Manager Prem Ramaswami said later that this was like a pilot project for them and based on the response they get from this project, they would continue it in other states as well.

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    "It is like a pilot study (for us). More than 19 per cent of Tamilians prefer Google Tamil for accessing the Internet and that is also one of the reasons to launch the bus project from Tamil Nadu," he said.

    Explaining about the project, Prasad Ram said that it would explain a user on what all services it could offer through audio-visual format so that a user would be able to get the required information.

    He said once the project was completed, they would be able to share some vital information to the state government as well.

    Google GreatBy: Muthukumar S | 04-Feb-2009 Reply | Forward Well done Google.Due respect given by you to the Tamilians.
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