Innoz Brings the Internet to Those Without Smartphones

December 12, 2013

The article titled India Startup Touted as World’s Largest Office Search Engine on ZDNet provides a glimpse into the offline world of SMS-based internet. Innoz, an Indian company called “the offline Google” aspires to connect people without smartphones or ipads to the Internet. It works through texting, which any phone can do now.

The article explains:

“Innoz’s flagship product, SmartSMS, provides a specific answer of up to 480 characters to an SMS query within seconds. There’s an option to retrieve more information on the query if needed. Users text their query to 55444 and the software searches for an answer. The query can be on any topic–from what to wear for a job interview to who a particular actor is dating. Innoz works in partnership with Wikipedia, knowledge engine WolframAlpha, and other Internet resources to provide answers.”

Co-founder Deepak Ravindran believes that his company is capable of connecting the cut-off people of India. The majority of the text queries do come from smaller cities in a variety of Indian dialects and languages. Giving these less connected people the ability to access the internet without a smartphone has made Innoz a “top 5 startup” on Forbes magazine’s ranking and perhaps, perhaps even has Google looking over its shoulder.

Chelsea Kerwin, December 12, 2013

Sponsored by ArnoldIT.com, developer of Augmentext

Comments

3 Responses to “Innoz Brings the Internet to Those Without Smartphones”

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    I think this is the great move by Innoz which will be helpful for many people.

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