Yahoo Builds Tech Lab in Bangalore
March 5, 2008 by Arun Pal Singh
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Yahoo! Inc. has set up a laboratory in this tech hub to roll out next-generation search and multimedia retrieval products for its global customers.
This new laboratory with an initial team of 100 scientists and engineers will be part of expansion of its Research and Development operations in the country.
Yahoo Labs Banglore will be a centre of excellence for next generation search and advertising technologies, focused on making the Web more relevant and simple for users and advertisers. Rajeev Rastogi, fromer Bell Labs director, has been appointed as vice-president and head of the new lab.
Yahoo Labs Bangalroe intends to build a world class team focused on delivering the most valuable insights and leading edge technologies to delight all of our customers worldwide. Yahoo! India Lab will initially have a 100-member team of scientists and engineers.
They will work on multiple projects to make the Web more relevant and simple for users and advertisers worldwide. The India lab will work in tandem with the other labs in the US for deriving new algorithms to enhance the performance of our search and retrieval tools.
While the research and development center will write software codes for various functions, the lab will develop products for databases.
Source -Economic Times
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