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Binu is father or source of all light also stands for the sun itself.(In old prakrit).

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Binu is a common given name for Boys in Kerala state in south western India. The name was popular in 1970s. Binu is also a short form of Binyamin, a Aramiac, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic name. The Latin name Benjamin is derived from Binyamin.

Several religious leaders of the Syrian Christians in Kerala have the name, Binyamin. Several of the Syrian Christian/Syrian Malabar Nasrani parents in Kerala, India perform the christening of their children in the Manjanikkara Dayara. One of the entombed bishops in Manjanikkara is Binyamin. He came from Syria and died in service in Manjanikkara in 16th century. They name their boys after him with names such as "Binu", "Benny", Benoy, Binoy (Ben-oni original name of Binyamin). Binyamin is pronounced as in "Be-new-min" in Hebrew & Syriac. So the real pronunciation is "Benew", but in Malayalam it is commonly pronounced as in "Beenoo" with short vowel sounds. Binyamin (known by his Latin name Benjamin outside Israel) is the first name of the ninth and current Israel Prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. His short name is 'Bibi', which is also a common name in Kerala. Other person who is commonly in the news with the name is the Binyamin Appelbaum, a reporter for the New York Times. Binyam is the Ethyopian version of this name. Many of these variations point to the name in Torah or Old Testament of Bible. Binyamin/Benjamin was the second son of Yaakov/Jacob and Rachel, and the twelfth and youngest son of Yaakov/Jacob overall.

People in Kerala are popularly known by their first name alone. That was the practice in most of southern India. First names were usually long and religious. Most had a popular short name derived from the first name. Names in Kerala underwent a revolution in Kerala during the 60s and 70s. Many Parents wanted their children to have religious-neutral popular short names in a state with many religions practiced in harmony. Most parents were educated in English by that time. So they invented names with two sounds in Malayalam starting with English alphabets. Anu, Binu, Cinu, Dinu, Finu, Ginu, Jinu, Linu, Minu, Rinu, Sinu, Tinu, Vinu, Winu, Zinu were common names given to children in Kerala of all religions and no-religion during that time. The missing alphabets I, K, N, O, P, Q, X, Y in the list did not make it as they did not rhyme in Malayalam. Many of the people with first name "Binu", got their name in this period for this reason as well. Hindus, Muslims, Christians and non-religious have the first name Binu. Kerala also started a practice of using the first name of the head of the household as the last name of the spouse and children, as the use of last name was not very common in the olden days. Hence the last name "Binu" started appearing in Kerala since 1980s.

Binu is also a modified or evolutionary form of the name Vinod, or Vinodam, which means happy or merry in Sanskrit. Vinod and its short form Vinu is a common first name in India. Thus the meaning of the name Binu can be attributed to 'merry man'. Sanskrit is an Indo-European language. The root word Vinodam(merry in Sanskrit and Indic languages), Vinum (wine, the merry making substance, in Latin), Vino(wine in Italian, Spanish and many Slavic languages), binu(wine in Sardinian), Wine in English are linked.

The biNu Mobile Platform

biNu (pronounce bye-new) is a mobile app platform that enables lower end mobile devices (feature phones and low end smartphones) to access access more than a 100 apps including Facebook, Twitter, Wikipedia, YouTube, Google Search and others, on their phone. The biNu app, which is used by more than 5million people worldwide ^[1] not only delivers a host of smartphone apps to feature phones, it also compresses the data, using 10 times less bandwidth than normal, which is also helpful in countries with rickety mobile networks.^[2]. The app includes a variety of social and messaging services which allow documents, photos, movies and other digital items to be stored in the Cloud and shared with friends ^[3]. The company is headquartered in Sydney, Australia and has investment from Google Chairman Eric Schmidt, Seek co-founder Paul Bassat, the Savannah Fund, David Risher, 500 Startups, Dick Parsons’ and Richard Lauder’s PanAfrican Invesmetment Co., CVC Capital Partners’ Adrian McKenzie, Australian economist Nicholas Gruen, and Lend Lease Ventures’ Anthony Pascoe. ^[4].

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[1] ttp://venturebeat.com/2013/02/20/binu-new-apps/#vb-gallery:1:510363

[2] ttp://gigaom.com/2012/08/15/smartphone-in-the-cloud-binu-snags-2m-from-eric-schmidt/

[3] ttp://betakit.com/2013/02/20/with-5m-monthly-users-binu-adds-cloud-storage-service-for-feature-phones

[4] ttp://techcrunch.com/2012/11/21/binu-series-a/

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 Binu is also a modified or evolutionary form of the name [[Vinod]], or Vinodam, which means happy or merry in [[Sanskrit]]. Vinod and its short form Vinu is a common first name in India. Thus the meaning of the name Binu can be attributed to 'merry man'. [[Sanskrit]] is an Indo-European language. The root word Vinodam(merry in Sanskrit and Indic languages), Vinum (wine, the merry making substance, in Latin), Vino(wine in Italian, Spanish and many Slavic languages), binu(wine in Sardinian), Wine in English are linked.
+'''The biNu Mobile Platform'''
 biNu (pronounce bye-new) is a mobile app platform that enables lower end mobile devices (feature phones and low end smartphones) to access access more than a 100 apps including Facebook, Twitter, Wikipedia, YouTube, Google Search and others, on their phone. The biNu app, which is used by more than 5million people worldwide <ref>http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/20/binu-new-apps/#vb-gallery:1:510363</ref> not only delivers a host of smartphone apps to feature phones, it also compresses the data, using 10 times less bandwidth than normal, which is also helpful in countries with rickety mobile networks.<ref>http://gigaom.com/2012/08/15/smartphone-in-the-cloud-binu-snags-2m-from-eric-schmidt/</ref>. The app includes a variety of social and messaging services which allow documents, photos, movies and other digital items to be stored in the Cloud and shared with friends <ref>http://betakit.com/2013/02/20/with-5m-monthly-users-binu-adds-cloud-storage-service-for-feature-phones</ref>. The company is headquartered in Sydney, Australia and has investment from Google Chairman Eric Schmidt, Seek co-founder Paul Bassat, the Savannah Fund, David Risher, 500 Startups, Dick Parsons’ and Richard Lauder’s PanAfrican Invesmetment Co., CVC Capital Partners’ Adrian McKenzie, Australian economist Nicholas Gruen, and Lend Lease Ventures’ Anthony Pascoe. <ref>http://techcrunch.com/2012/11/21/binu-series-a/</ref>.