Ada Derana launches Sri Lanka’s first interactive Apple app
May 10, 2011 07:51 pm
Sri Lanka’s most reliable news property Ada Derana has delivered accessibility on yet another platform with the launch of an app for Apple iPhones and iPads.
This is Sri Lanka’s first comprehensive and interactive app and is in line with its international counterparts.
The app enables millions of users of Apple’s popular portable devices to access the full suite of Ada Derana features including breaking news, video stories, video news bulletins, and interactive features via social media.
The app is a comprehensive technically sound application developed by Derana’s strategic web partner Fortuna Global (Pvt) Ltd along with the Ada Derana web news team, under the supervision of Apple Computer, Inc.
Janeeth Rodrigo, Manager of the Ada Derana Web Division commented on the app launch, saying ‘Months of research went into the development of this app. With the growing popularity of iPads and iPhones amongst Sri Lankans, our primary objective was to keep them updated of the latest news without a second’s delay. We’re excited to be the first such app to be launched in Sri Lanka and hope our users will love the experience’.
Commenting further on
the development, Suren Kohombange, CEO of FortunaGlobal said “We at
FortunaGlobal see this application as the first step in moving content to
increasingly popular mobile applications, giving users real-time access to
information from the most reliable Sri Lankan source”. He added that the team is currently putting together the Ada Derana Android app.
Ada Derana has constantly innovated its news content and distribution, and is delivered across a multitude of media platforms including television, radio, web, IVR and SMS.
Building a solid reputation since launch, www.adaderana.lk is considered by many Sri Lankans as the most dependable news source with even the world’s largest news agencies turning to the 24x7 news portal for news leads.
The site enjoys over 4 million hits per day and is ranked by web information aggregator Alexa (an Amazon subsidiary) among the top 10,000 sites on the world wide web. In Sri Lanka, it is the number one news portal.
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