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Government today suspended the environmental clearance given to the mine of Anil Agarwal Foundation in North Goa, making it the second setback for the company after the construction work of Vedanta University proposed along Konark-Puri coast in Orissa was put on hold last week. The decision came following the National Environment Appellate Authority’s (NEEA) decision yesterday to stay the ‘green nod’ given to the mine of Sesa Goa located at Pirna village and Nadora in Bardez Taluk in North Goa.

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Govt suspends ‘green nod’ to firm for Goa mining

It is no secret that I have been hearing great things about the future of the optical market. Check out this post for optimistic interviews regarding the space with Hunter Newby of Allied Fiber and Jim Theodoras of Adva Optical Networking . Between the need for faster enterprise and consumer broadband connections and the need for more backhaul capacity to satisfy the needs of an ever-growing number of 3G and eventually 4G devices, the need for speed is real and consumers and businesses are paying for it.

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LIGHTWAVE One Optical Event New to ITEXPO in LA This Fall

I’m sick of the never-ending privacy changes at Facebook, frustrated that I have in good faith entered a ton of information about myself and my social circles, just to have them constantly tweak and fiddle things so that they can get more visibility and make more money, all while compromising my privacy. What’s up with that, Zuckerberg?

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How do I delete or cancel my Facebook account?

After spending the past year working on the #140conf events and exploring the on-going effects of the emerging real-time Internet on both business and on people, I decided the next thing to do was to write a book about the social revolution we are experiencing and provide a platform for some of the amazing people who are involved in this social revolution to get discovered outside their areas of direct influence. I want to do this right. However, I don’t have any editor or publisher (yet) but I woke up the other morning with the feeling that I had to write the book and the time to start writing was NOW.

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My new book project: The Connected Me

Well if you thought the auction of 3G would bring in cheap and super fast internet browsing in the years to come then you can be very disappointed. This is because the manner in which 3G auctions is played out the only person benefitting from the spectrum auction would be the government that will laugh its way to the bank. The 3G auction has reached unexpected overall numbers and bidding still continues in over 7 circles which have excessive bids.

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3G To Be Very Expensive Sirji!

The Google vs Microsoft battle is an old one. While Google rules the web Microsoft has ruled the desktop office software business for many a years. Since last 5 years though Google has made strides in what one calls cloud based office productivity products

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Cloudy Times Ahead: MS Office 2010 Takes To The Clouds Against Google

DirectRooms.com is pleased to announce that the Mozart Concerts will be entertaining numerous audiences in Vienna from the 17th of May to the 30th of October 2010 with their classical music, and the orchestra will also include selected music presentations by Strass, such as The Blue Danube Waltz and Radetsky March.

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DirectRooms.com – Captivating Concerts at the Culture Capital of Music in Vienna

AHEB Investment Group was enlisted by European construction group PRETA Overseas Ltd to facilitate funding for their latest construction project in Russia. AHEB played a central part in securing collateral against the principal and interest for the 80m loan granted to PRETA Overseas by the lending financial institutions.

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AHEB Investment Group assists PRETA Overseas with 80m euro project funding

It’s finally happening, after looking into the concerns of Advertisers and Broadcasters, the IBF (Indian Broadcasting Foundation) is finally on its way to establish BARC (Broadcast Audience Research Council) in an effort to break the monopoly enjoyed by TAM and aMap. Since long it has become a matter of concern for various Advertisers and Broadcasters the way TRPs rule this hot industry. The main concern is the authenticity of the data which comes from merely 10,000 odd urban homes where TAM/aMAP meters are installed.

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Media Monday: Can Govt break the TRP monopoly?

We are on the start of yet another week – Its Monday and time to share our some of the buzzing and popular articles of the week. Here they are: Popular posts of the week w00t ! Google Apps Customers will soon support nearly all Google services Android beats Apple iphone sales for the first time ! Reliance & Ambani Brothers – Past, Present & Future… Where Are The Telco’s Going With The Price War, Uninor Trumps Everyone With Unlimited Talk Plan Yay ! No student can fail till class VIII – now enjoy vacations tension-free ! 65% softwares used in India are Pirated worth $2 billion ! WTF ! Commonwealth Games Costs rise to 30,000 crore from estimated 1899 crore… 7 Rules for Excellent Customer Service – He won’t complain, He just won’t come back! Why service at Indian Retail stores is so bad… Top 25 Popular travel destinations in India [TripAdvisor] Related posts: Weekly Recap – Top 10 Popular posts of the week Last week we featured quite a few interesting posts as well as some “Top Lists”, if you have missed them… Popular posts of week [Weekly wrap-up] Yeah, its a little late in the day to do this weekly wrap-up, but better late than never Here…

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Popular posts of the week [Weekly Recap]

I should start out this post by saying I believe that the momentum Apple has gained in the mobile and now tablet space is probably close to unstoppable in the near-term. Short of Steve jobs resigning and someone messing it all up, it is very difficult to see how anyone can catch them.

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Steve Jobs is My Hero but He Scares Me

Congratulations on your Purchase of the Apple iPad – The device which can help you stay connected while you are at rest, driving in a public transport or when the Laptop battery is empty. The Apple iPad once unboxed would give you give a look of a Strong Aluminum Unibody casing which is not only beautiful but also rigit which means that the product seems to be tough for normal damages. Initially you need to remove the plastic wrapping which comes on the device which won’t be taking more than a few seconds, following which you will be pressing the Power Button on the top of the iPad which will start off the device

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Apple iPad Initial Setup – Drivers, iTunes A/c & Sync Data

On the evening of May 10, 2010, the second #140conf LA Meetup took place at the Comedy Store in Hollywood, CA. To get a sense of the evening, please look at the following blog posts: From our speakers : Simon Mainwaring: 140conf LA meet-up: Social media inspiring social change Krupali Tejura: Incredible Twitter, Incredible People And our guests : Greg Pincus: Taking Social Media Offline Chris Foley: 140Conf LA Meetup | A Night to Remember Ashley Smith: #140conf LA Meetup at The Comedy Store – VIDEO – - – Tags: 140conf , social media , LA , Jeff Keni Pulver

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Recap: #140conf LA Meetup #2 (May 10, 2010)

The Metro NYC #140conf Community will be getting together on Monday, May 17th from 6PM to 8PM. Special thanks to MetLife for sponsoring this Meetup. Agenda: 6:00 PM- Registration / Networking 6:30 PM- Speakers start Speakers include: Jeff Pulver (@jeffpulver) – The Connected “Me” Liz Pullen (@nwjerseyliz) – Mo Krochmal (@krochmal) – The Class of 2015 Owen Stone (@Ohdoctah) – 8:00 PM- Wrap up / Networking If you would like to join this meetup, please RSVP here

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The post-#140conf NYC Meetup: Monday, May 17th

As a professional photographer in the field every week, I’m curious about how the new Apple iPad works as a photo import and management tool. Can I pull photos directly off the SDcard, and if so, how do they show up on the device itself? It’d be great to preview them with clients, that’s for sure.

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How do I import SD Card photos on my Apple iPad?

If you are a limit card customer and your account/card is still active, then please note below mentioned changes. Message marked in underline, indicates changes in existing tariffs. 1) In Derivatives segment, Options brokerage will be charged @ Rs 15/- P er lot executed .

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Reliance Money changes option trading Limit Card tariff

Image via Wikipedia Standard Chartered is likely to hit the markets with the country’s maiden Indian Depository Receipt issue on May 25, with an offering of securities worth around $600 million. The London-headquartered bank will issue around 240-million IDRs, with each share representing 10 IDRs

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StanChart plans country’s maiden IDR on May 25

On a PC, I have become dependent on the Hootsuite Hootlet which allows me to rapidly post links to social networks immediately or at a preset time. It also automatically shrinks the URL making it oh so easy to post the page you are on to Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter and other social networks you like to share on. The process is pretty easy – you just create a Bookmark – any bookmark and then rename it Hootlet and paste this Javascript code as the URL

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Hootsuite Hootlet on the iPad

Posted by Alan Eustace, Senior VP, Engineering & Research (cross-posted from the Official Google Blog ) Nine days ago the data protection authority (DPA) in Hamburg, Germany asked to audit the WiFi data that our Street View cars collect for use in location-based products like Google Maps for mobile, which enables people to find local restaurants or get directions. His request prompted us to re-examine everything we have been collecting, and during our review we discovered that a statement made in a blog post on April 27 was incorrect. In that blog post, and in a technical note sent to data protection authorities the same day, we said that while Google did collect publicly broadcast SSID information (the WiFi network name) and MAC addresses (the unique number given to a device like a WiFi router) using Street View cars, we did not collect payload data (information sent over the network).

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WiFi data collection: an update

2 Questions that came in this morning 1)  Are recorded conference calls free? We do not charge for audio recording. conference call2)  When you send out an invite, can you set up a reminder, so that when they open up Outlook, there’s already a reminder in there, so they don’t forget about the upcoming meeting (i.e., 15 min

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Various questions about Rondee phone conferences

My mother received an iPad from the family on Mother’s Day and when she opened the box I noticed there was no user manual but there was an Apple sticker. How amazing I thought that customers are accepting of being marketing vehicles for a company – and in this case accept getting a sticker instead of instructions – or headphones for that matter. This week I had my MIS team get me a Griffin Technology PowerBlock Wall Charger for the iPad as I read it was the fastest way to charge the device

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Apple Shows the Success of Sticker Marketing

Tel3Advantage offers one of the most popular preapid calling plans in North America and, as shown below, has the lowest rates to many popular destinations. The rates are even lower for the first 30 days if people sign-up using the Triple Promotion. Visit Tel3 Triple Promo for details.

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Tel3Advantage has the Lowest International Rates to Many Popular Destinations

Microsoft has just unveiled the Kin Two along with the Kin One for Verizon Wireless customers. Both targeted at the social-media-savvy youth, they share quite a number of common features such as strong integration of social network and the Zune-powered music player.

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Microsoft Kin Two – Designed for the Young, Socially-connected Crowd (Comparing with Kin One)

Vacation time is here and searching for tours, attraction, museums and vacation ideas has never been easier than with Trusted Tours and Attractions . They offer reviews and recommendations on the top tours, attractions and museums to visit in places like, Orlando, Washington DC, Phoenix, San Francisco, Tampa, Sedona, Philadelphia, Las Vegas, Boston and many more

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Vacation Time Is Here Book With Book With Trusted Tours And Attractions

If you are looking for quality shoes with the best prices around Super Shoes is the place to go to find top name brands. For over 100 years, Supershoes.com has been your neighborhood shoe store offering you quality shoes for the entire family. SuperShoes.com carries one of the largest selections of shoes, boots, sandals, Western, nursing shoes, dress, military, work, bowling, slipper, athletic and more

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Get The Best Prices At SuperShoes.com

In regard to the responses his ad has generated so far, he resists breaking down percentages by serious inquiries versus goofs. “That’s a judgment call, right?” he asks, laughing. But he’s been impressed with the quality of quite a few contacts — although, thus far, the best of the batch are folks who weren’t listed as independents prior to the aforementioned deadline.

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CO Lt Governorship up for grabs

Pontiac Emergency Financial Planner Fred Leeb had authority to auction off the Pontiac Silverdome, and does not have to allocate funds to the city council so it can sue him, a judge ruled in two lawsuits stemming from the stadium sale.

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Pontiac emergency planner had authority to auction Silverdome, judge rules

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, the University of Michigan and the Society of Hospital Medicine have selected 15 physician organizations in Michigan, including eight in Southeast Michigan, to work with 14 hospitals on a…

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Physician groups, hospitals picked for project to reduce readmissions

Pakistan Mobile is one of the costliest destinations even in 2010. Most asian countries have lowered their calling rates to increase volumes of call but Pakistan has never realised the true potential… Learn how to make FREE calls worldwide.

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Free International Calls to Pakistan Mobile

For the sixth consecutive year, consumers are happier with their online experiences at credit unions than they are with banks, although banks still rank ahead of most other online consumer experiences, according to a report released Thursday by Ann…

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Survey: Consumers rate online experience at credit unions higher than at banks