The Russia-based operator MTS, which created a flutter by halving its standard call rates to half a paisa per second recently, has now offered free data modems (data cards) for those who pay three months’ bill in advance. The scheme is available for those who choose either the Rs 699 per month scheme or Rs […]
Google’s Android platform will take a 12% market share and nearly 1 lakh tablets will ship this year in India, according to Cyber Media Research’s forecasts for the Indian market. The overall smartphone market will zoom from around 6 million (60 lakh) units last year to 10 million (1 crore) units this year, it added. […]
The war for tablets just got hotter, with Big Bazaar group’s futurebazaar.com starting to take orders for the Blacberry tablet ‘Playbook.’ The announcement has come three days after futurebazaar’s rival, Letsbuy.com had announced opening of pre-orders for Playbook’s rival, the Flyer from HTC. The Playbook, a seven-inch ‘professional’ counterpart to the iPad, was announced a […]
Jairam Ramesh, union minister for environment and forests, has rejected two projects in Kerala including a controversial proposal to install camouflaged turbines under Kerala’s biggest waterfalls known as Athirapilly. He also rejected permission to set up an international cricket stadium in Kochi. However, Jairam Ramesh approved seven projects, including the much-awaited Vizhinjam port project, infrastructure […]
Jayalalitha, leader of the AIADMK party and the chief minister of Tamil Nadu, has called rumors of her negotiating an entry into the UPA coalition as “premature.” “No one from the UPA has approached me,” she said, when asked about the possibility of her joining the UPA at the centre. Asked about her previous offer […]
Verizon, one of the largest corporate connectivity provider in the world to enterprises, and Tata Communications (formerly VSNL), the India-based connectivity provider have decided to let their video conferencing customers talk to each other. Verizon said this is just the first step towards a world where subscribers of different high-definition video conferencing providers can call […]
The Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) has urged the Congress party to rein in its ministers and leaders from making baseless charges and instead take action to address the concerns of the people on corruption. RSS Spokesperson Ram Madhav was responding to statements, both by ministers such as Pranab Mukherjee, P Chidambaram etc.. as well as […]
The BJP too has asked for the resignation of Home Minister Chidambaram, after media reports that jailed telecom minister A Raja claimed that he split the loot from the 2G scam with Chidambaram. “If two people have taken money and only one is the in jail, he will of course talk.. Why is Mr Chidambaram […]
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the organization behind standards such as WiFi, Wimax and hundreds of others, sees Solar energy as becoming the cheapest power source in ten years. The organization, which is increasing its focus on Solar this year through the setting up of a journal and experts groups, is one […]
The second post-mortem report on the 14-year-old girl from Lakhimpur has confirmed murder, but neither confirmed or denied rape, according to early reports. The result is likely to create even more pressure on the authorities to act fast to find the culprits — suspected to be among the Policemen in the Lakhimpur Police Station. The […]
Vodafone Essar, India’s second biggest GSM operator, seems to be shifting its focus to the enterprise segement — one which it has largely ignored so far. The firm today announced the starting of a “audio conferencing service” targeted purely at companies. Vodafone, due to its traditional focus on mobile services, has always been a consumer […]
The government yesterday refused to hand-over the audio recordings of the meetings of the drafting committee for the Lokpal bill when five of the ten members demanded it, the Civil Society leaders participating in the Lokpal bill drafting committee said. They also said that the Government ministers did not discuss any point, but “simply announced […]
The Civil Society leaders under Anna Hazare attacked the government’s latest position that the Prime Minister should not be included under the scope of the anti-corruption ombudsman, the Lokpal. “Under the Indian constitution, only the President of India enjoys an exemption from prosecution.. If you want to take him out, you will have to amend […]
Etisalat and LG have teamed up to deliver Internet and videos through LG’s new range of Internet-enabled TVs. The agreement is primarily targeted at the Middle East market, where Etisalat is a big player. The new LG TVs, also available in India, contain built in mini-computers inside them that allow the TV to be used […]
Ramco Systems, the Chennai-based cloud-provider and arguably the largest Indian stand-alone cloud brand, has expanded its portfolio to analytics. The player, one of the pioneers of the Cloud model in India and among the most affordable among such services, said it has around 3,000 users for its current offering — enterprise resource planning or ERP. […]
The Congress Party has asked for a CBI enquiry into the death of a 14-year-old girl in Lakhimpur in UP. The girl, whose body was found hanging from a tree in a Police Station compound, has been confirmed as murdered by the second post-mortem analysis conducted earlier in the day. Mayawati Government has also ordered […]
Under attack from various quarters for rising Maoist violence and other reasons, the home minister P Chidambaram today brought out numbers to prove that the violence was actually falling. After a review meeting with the chief ministers of Orissa and Chhatisgarh, Chidambaram brought out numbers to point to a drop in violent incidents involving left […]
The Bombay High Court has asked the Maharashtra government to submit its investigation file into the death of journalist J Dey after receiving two petitions on the matter. The move indicates that the Court may supervise the investigation or order a CBI inquiry into the matter. Two public interest petitions, both by journalists and two […]
In a move probably aimed at addressing the conspicuous lack of “new model” announcements in the recent days, Nokia has unveiled a new pink edition of its high-end smartphone N8. The “feminine powerhouse”, to be available from today onwards in 18 cities, is targeted at women, the firm said. Nokia is undergoing a massive shift […]
India will move to a system of graded certification of movies, instead of the current regime of cutting of scenes, Rajiv Takru, an official of the ministry of Information & Broadcasting said at a conference today. Speaking at Samvaad 2011 in Mumbai, Thakru also said that the government may change the name of the Central […]
