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Google’s Android ran afoul of social media users on Wednesday after encouraging humans to appoint aword beginning with the letter “N” for the state-of-the-art model of its cell operating platform.
An Android website requested for submissions for “any tasty thoughts that start with the letter N” for its new “Android N” operating platform, which turned into unveiled at its Google I/O builders convention on Wednesday.
(additionally see: Google I/O 2016 Highlights)
The backlash ranged from mild ribbing to invocations of the term “the n-phrase,” that’s regularly used as a stand-in for an offensive racial slur.
“Google please do not ask the net to ship you n-phrases,” tweeted Jon Hendren (@fart) a so-called“DevOps idea chief.”
A representative for Google, a unit of Alphabet Inc, declined to comment.
(additionally see: Google I/O 2016: Android automobile, Android television, and different bulletins)
“Android Nope #NameAndroidN,” tweeted Schrodinger Cait (@stimpyjaycat).
“I assume it’s obvious how #nameandroidn can move extraordinarily incorrect lol,” tweeted Tom (@skullisnull).
Gizmodo pronounced on Wednesday that the online nameless message board 4chan become flooding the Android’s name submission web site with pointers similar to an offensive epithet for black human beings.
a few social media users advised “nachos,” “Nutella” and “nectarine.”
© Thomson Reuters 2016
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