Internet major Yahoo! has announced plans to develop a mobile browser at its R&D centre in Bangalore while recruiting 200 software engineers, taking the total headcount of the centre to 1,000 (from the current 800) by the end of the year. It also plans to roll out newer products from the centre over the next 3-4 months."Yahoo! India is no more focusing on India alone, but will make products for the world and lead in technological advances," Daniel Rosensweig, COO of Yahoo global, said here today. Rosensweig, who is on his first visit to India, claims the company has garnered 85% of the total Internet users in the country. Yahoo! is also looking at launching mobile products in India that would be customised for the country's market. Yahoo!, which had earlier made an equity investment of $8.65 million in Bharatmatrimony.com, would look at similar investments in the country. These investments would be made depending on the opportunities that arise, even as is open to acquiring companies that fit it into its game plan, he said. He, however, did not elaborate on this.India is the second biggest development centre for the company, and it also employs 10% of the company's total workforce. The Bangalore centre was set up orginally as an engineering centre, and now has become one of the company's prestigious research and innovation wings, he said.
