Government is planning to launch a mega portal which will contain almost all the information about Mahatma Gandhi. The INR 8 Crore portal will house over 34,000 letters written by and to Mahatma Gandhi, documents related to his personal life and freedom struggle. The portal recommended by Gandhi Heritage Sites (GHS) Panel, will be managed [...]
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Mahatma Online – Government To Launch Gandhi Heritage Sites Portal
Government is planning to launch a mega portal which will contain almost all the information about Mahatma Gandhi. The INR 8 Crore portal will house over 34,000 letters written by and to Mahatma Gandhi, documents related to his personal life and freedom struggle. The portal recommended by Gandhi Heritage Sites (GHS) Panel, will be managed [...]
Sony Launches ‘Qriocity’ To Compete With Apple iTunes
Sony was said to be growing increasingly wary of Apple’s attempts to dominate the mobile devices market. Sony Corp. will start a video- and music-streaming service in five European countries this fall to challenge Apple Inc.’s iTunes store.
Announcing the subscription service at the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin, Sony pronounced “curiosity,” will start in [...]
Ekoing Loud And Clear – A Startup Review
A few of the top words doing the rounds in the Indian economic scene this past year are microfinance, mobile revolution, financial inclusion, social responsibility, sustainable solutions, etc. There is one startup that will emerge from a mash up of these words – Eko India Financial Services Private Limited. Based on the idea of providing [...]
Samsung Unveils iPad Competitor Galaxy – Should Apple Worry?
Apple’s iPad got a new competitor in Samsung Galaxy, which was unveiled at Berlin’s IFA consumer electronics fair on Thursday.And looking at the specifications of the device, many feel its a worthy one.It has a 7-inch Super AMOLED display with Samsung’s proprietary TouchWiz UI, a 1 GHZ Cortex A8 processor, 16Gb/32Gb of internal memory expandable [...]
Essar on a Roll – Acquires AGC and Revamps Board
For a group that is as big and versatile as Essar, it could seem simple and smooth to achieve an acquisition like that of AGC Networks. Simple and smooth it was for Essar Group that has its presence in more than 13 business sectors to purchase AGC Networks; which also is a pioneer in the [...]
Skype Launches Latest v5.0 Beta: 10 Way Calling Is Finally Here
Few days back we wrote about overwhelming response to Gmail calling and the growing competition in internet calling market. Skype has also joined the race by launching a new beta version for v5.0 (currently only for Windows users) which will allow users to have 10-way video calling. The previous beta allowed 5-way video calling, but [...]
Comverse Lets You Monitor Mobile Bills – Avoid ‘Bill Shock’
Has it ever happened to you that one month you are happy with your phone bill and the next month you are shocked to the core looking at the same because it has skyrocketed? That expression of yours when you look at the bill in the second month, that priceless expression is called ‘Bill Shock‘ [...]
MHRD Partners With HCL To Rollout 35$ Laptops
HCL Technologies Ltd will help MHRD manufacture 100000 35$ laptops and roll them out to students. The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Rajasthan will carry out intensive laboratory and field tests across the country using the devices. If the laptops pass the field tests, the government will procure 1 million units in the first [...]
Now Tweeting – 145 Million Users
The Twitter bird has had much to keep up with lately. With over 145 million registered users now, the micro blogging website is concentrating on how the tweeting experience can be made as available and simple as possible.
Twitter applications moved to OAuth, an authentication which lets you use apps without them storing your password, just [...]
Airtel App Store For Fixed-Line Broadband Users
It was just earlier this year that Airtel launched Airtel App Central for mobile customers. This app store was a big success and on those lines Airtel is planning to launch an app store for fixed-line broadband users. Bharti Airtel currently has 3.1 million fixed-line telephone subscribers out of which 1.3 million have broadband connection. [...]
pinkWhale Initiates India’s First All-Inclusive Online Healthcare Service
It comes as a pleasant surprise for all us Indians to witness a revolution in the Online Healthcare industry. A first of its kind in India , Internet Healthcare firm – pinkWhale offers not only valuable health related information like other online websites do, but provides a complete array of medical services just like a [...]
AppleTV & Ping – New Game Changers For Apple?
Apple on Wednesday unveiled a number of additions to its current offerings which included revamped range of IPods, new versions of iOS software, iTunes 10 with a new logo and improved features but the offerings which have elicited tremendous response from followers and critics are the introduction of re-designed version of Apple TV and Apple’s [...]
Opera: Percentage Of Females Using Mobile Web Is Lowest In India
Opera recently released its monthly State of the Mobile Web report for July, offering up in-depth insight into all facets of mobile Web usage worldwide. There is a remarkable discrepancy in the male or female split when it comes to mobile data usage. Only four percent of Indian users are female, which is very [...]
3G Services Almost Here – Government Allocates 3G Spectrum To Service Providers
Government has allocated 3G spectrum to mobile service operators including Vodafone Essar, Reliance Communication and Tata Teleservices. The operators are excited to rollout the 3G services to the Indian customers. We can expect the world class 3G service which will redefine the telecom experience in India to be introduced in the next few months.
Roll out [...]
Survey Says eReaders Helping In Driving Book Buying Growth
A survey has revealed that those with eReaders now frequently read more than they did with traditional printed books. The survey, carried out by Marketing and Research Resources Inc., showed the impact that portable eReaders are having on reading habits. The results revealed that 40 per cent of eReader owners now read more than they [...]
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