Airtel prepaid users can tweak account settings online with self-care portal

Airtel, India’s largest telecommunication company has introduced an online service to let prepaid users manage their accounts. The facility will be in addition to the online recharge facility offered by Airtel. Most operators in India offer online recharge facilities, but rarely go beyond it. Some of the other operators, including some new ones, have similar […]

Apple says Fair Labor Association checking Foxconn units in China

Apple said the Fair Labor Association will conduct special voluntary audits of Apple’s final assembly suppliers, including Foxconn factories in Shenzhen and Chengdu, China, at Apple’s request. The FLA conducts independent monitoring and verification to ensure that the FLA’s Workplace Standards are upheld wherever FLA company products are made. A team of labor rights experts […]

Coming soon, Rs 10k high-end Android 4 handsets from Indian brands

Taiwanese chip company MediaTek, which indirectly led to the boom in low-priced Indian-branded mobile phones with its chips, has launched a new Android platform for companies. Phones based on the platform will hit the market before March-end, the company said. The MT6575 platform has a 1GHz processor based on Cortex-A9 technology from Britain’s ARM Holdings […]