| Indore May 25, 2008 Webdunia.com has enriched content of all the 9 portals, in various Indian languages, and introduced a games portal. The games site, currently running on a beta version offers instructions in multiple languages - Hindi, Tamil, Gujarati, Marathi, Punjabi, Gujarati, Kannada, Telugu, and Malayalam. Gamers have the option of choosing from several interesting games which are categorised in generic sections as well as groups like memory, arcade action and funny. The gaming portal also offers games based on traditional Indian themes like archery. Other popular games include click mania, sling shot and space war. The portal allows users to play games, keep a record of their scores and win prizes. The idea is to create an engaging and enjoyable pastime for young gamers. The instructions and the scores are made available in the Indian languages preferred by the gamer. Webdunia President and COO Pankaj Jain says, “Webdunia games offers well-rounded entertainment and knowledge-based content. Our goal is to encourage young gamers to find new challenges in improving their reflexes as they experience excitement while playing games and beating their peers through a variety of unique features”. The users can create their own profiles and review their scores, favourite games, editable screen names and the number and the kind of stars won. Depending on the difficulty level and the score, the users can bag stars – Bronze being the lowest and the Gold being the highest. The gamers can also win prizes. A listing of favourite games can be created in the Mygames list that also helps store previous scores like any traditional gaming site. Clickmania, Columbus, Sling Shot, Parking plot being some hot favorites are easy enough to figure out what you are about to play before clicking and carry very simple navigation. Language classifieds Webdunia has also introduced a classified advertisement service in local languages. If you are a professional, a businessman, a housewife, a job-seeker, a college student or a teenager seeking proficiency in spoken English or want to master yoga, this unique service is the answer. Apart from being totally free, it lets the readers post a classified ad in a language of their own choice, in their city, instantaneously. The users do not need a newspaper that is published out of their city. Nor do they have to wait for their newspaper to carry the to-let classified ad during the weekend. The registration for the classifieds is simple and quick. It gives users the option to post an advertisement and receive responses on the email, phone or even by post. The Webdunia users will have a simple dashboard available online. They can edit the advertisement or change the asking price in case they find no takers for the old mobike that was cared for so fondly. Unique Email in 9 Indian languages Interestingly, for sending an e-mail in any of the 9 languages the sender does not need a language key board or language software. Nor does the recipient need any language software. About Webdunia Email service is available in 11 languages—Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Tamil and Telugu. Headquartered in Indore, Webdunia development centres operate from Chennai, Indore and Thiruvananthapuram. |
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