■ BharOS
◇ Context: Developed by an IIT Madras-incubated startup, BharOS is being pitched as India’s answer to the Google-owned Android and Apple’s iOS, the two most dominant mobile operating systems in the world.
□ What is BharOS? How was it made?
◇ BharOS is an Android Open-Source Project and was developed by JandK Operations Private Limited, a non-profit organisation incubated at IIT Madras.
◇ Concerns existed with respect to the collection, storage, and usage of data that is generated by Indian smartphone users. BharOS tries to address these issues.
◇ Context: Developed by an IIT Madras-incubated startup, BharOS is being pitched as India’s answer to the Google-owned Android and Apple’s iOS, the two most dominant mobile operating systems in the world.
□ What is BharOS? How was it made?
◇ BharOS is an Android Open-Source Project and was developed by JandK Operations Private Limited, a non-profit organisation incubated at IIT Madras.
◇ Concerns existed with respect to the collection, storage, and usage of data that is generated by Indian smartphone users. BharOS tries to address these issues.