Android's 'n-word' poll sparks online jeers

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http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/RYLMaUBRXYjfPanL3iTUkQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PT EzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2016-05-18T192347Z_1_LYNXNPEC4H1HJ_RTROPTP_2_ALPHABET-GOOGLE-IO.JPG (http://news.yahoo.com/androids-n-word-poll-sparks-online-jeers-192347736--finance.html)Google's Android ran afoul of social media users on Wednesday after encouraging people to nominate a word starting with the letter "N" for the latest version of its mobile operating platform. An Android website asked for submissions for "any tasty ideas that start with the letter N" for its new "Android N" operating platform, which was unveiled at its Google I/O developers conference on Wednesday. "Google please do not ask the internet to send you n-words," tweeted Jon Hendren (@fart) a so-called "DevOps thought leader." A representative for Google, a unit of Alphabet Inc, declined to comment.



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