Could this be the next Sabeer Bhatia moment? Rakesh Mathur and Beerud Sheth, two US-based Bombay IIT graduates have developed what could possibly be the next big thing on the Internet.
On Monday, they released Webaroo, a software service that will let one surf thousands of websites without connecting to the Internet.
Webaroo, which downloads and stores bits of the Internet data relevant to a particular subject on your laptop or mobile handheld device for surfing offline, is already the buzzword across tech circles around the globe.
The implications of this technology are huge. It will enable a person to surf reviews of hotels and restaurants in Mumbai on-board a train or flight without requiring a live Internet connection, or read about the latest in sports while travelling on the potholed highway to your native village in the hinterland.
Webaroo servers, meanwhile, comb the Internet for most relevant content using intelligent search to create downloadable 'packs'. Whenever you connect to the Internet or hit upon a Wi-Fi hotspot next, the software updates the content on your device in a few minutes.
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