Is Facebook testing its location based service Places for imminent rollout in the UK? Notes on Twitter started to surface over the weekend indicating that might be the case.
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Facebook denies testing Places in the UK – but it’s clearly on its way
Nokia X2 has finally launched in India at an price of Rs 5999 making it has the cheapest X Series mobile available. Nokia X2 was announced in April 2010 at price of Rs 5000 was expected to be available in June and after 5 months its now here with an delay of three months. Nokia X2 is a candybar mobile phone with 2.2″ QVGA TFT screen with screen resolution of 320 x 240 pixels and runs on Symbian 40 Operating System.
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Nokia X2 with 5MP Camera in India at Rs 5999
Mobile telephony brand MTS of Sistema Shyam TeleService Limited (SSTL) Monday launched three new smartphones priced between Rs.4,999 and Rs.13,500. Targeted at young net-savvy professionals, these smartphones –Ivory, Buzz and Alive– are loaded with social networking operations and high-speed data services
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MTS launches low cost smartphones starting Rs.4,999
Those of you who read my self-titled blog will already know, but as I have a few thousand extra subscribers on Logo Design Love, it’s worth repeating here. I’ve just launched my third blog, Identity Designed (ID) — a showcase and forum for those involved in the design of brand identities. I spoke a while back about shifting more towards the bigger brand identity picture, possibly even selling Logo Design Love
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Identity Designed goes live
“He’s a classic Aussie in the sense that he’s a bit of a male chauvinist.” That quote comes at the end of a piece on the recent escapades of Julian Assange, founder and chief spokesman for Wikileaks . It seems apt, because it’s becoming increasingly clear that an organisation which aspiries to transparency and the high ideals of open information is going to have problems going forward if it continues to entertain an individual who lacks transparency and whose private life is alleged by his female accusers to be be riddled with low ideals.
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Can Wikileaks afford to back the undiplomatic Julian Assange?
A few days ago, Bharti Airtel took a big step towards customer satisfaction by stopping bulks SMS services . This was great news for customers of the telecom giants as more and more mobile users around India were troubled through such services. Being the first in the industry to do so has definitely given Airtel an edge over other services providers in the industry (though there might still be some disgruntled customers regarding service).
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Bharti Airtel Ties-Up With ip.access For Picocells – Readying For MNP?
Till recession hit globally, India had grown phenomenally at more than 8% per year for couple of years. This was possible due to the growth of many sectors primarily among them – Telecom, IT, Manufacturing to name a few. And this phenomenal growth also led to the ballooning of CEO salaries across organizations across various sectors.
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Government Panel to decide on CEO Salaries – Is it right ?
Saregama the music label company has taken a serious stride into the digital arena by revamping its current web presence. Saregama which is an age old music label since the gramophone days is looking to bring all its music on one platform via this new website at saregama.com . One of the key changes and additions to the website has been the addition of free streaming of music.
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Saregama Revamps Website – Allows Streaming, Downloads & Internet Radio
A trusted source has confirmed that French-blogging platform, Overblog , will soon be part of the Wikio family. Rumor has it that the growing Luxembourg-based news portal is apparently trying to develop European Google News for blogs. For anyone who isn’t familiar with Wikio, all you really have to know is that it’s a news portal founded by Pierre Chappaz in 2005 after his previous company, Kelkoo , was acquired by Yahoo in 2004 for some 475 million euros.
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Overblog marries Wikio to breed a European Google News for blogs
On one hand you can see Steve Jobs’ keynote on “Apple TV” which is a revolutionary step towards Web-TV integration and on the other you can find Indian TV producers experimenting with local content to make interesting programs.
A social support revolution is taking place in the United States and it is firmly dealing with the issue of independence to people with disabilities and their acceptance in society. This is being brought about by Pacific Diversified Services , an integrated work and community inclusion agency as they describe themselves. What got me writing today is the technological side of societal integration for people with disabilities
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Technology That Makes A Level Playing Field For People With Disabilities
After visiting Montreal at the end of May, I’ve have been looking forward to a chance to return to the city and catch up with some of the amazing people I met with while I was in town for Webcom Montreal. I’m happy to announce that I will be hosting #140conf Meetups in both Montreal and Toronto at the end of September. On September 27th I will be in Toronto and on the 28th I will be in Montreal.
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#140conf Visits Toronto (Sep 27) and Montreal (Sep 28) – Join us!
Finally, Blackberry Issue seems to have been resolved – Research in Motion has bowed down to the demands of Indian Government and offered to setup their messaging / Email servers here in India . They have promised to offer full monitoring access to Indian security agencies. They will also have a review in 60 days time
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Weekly Wrap-up: Blackberry issue, DTC calculations, $35 tablet, Most Trusted brands, telephony price war, Internet usage, 3G allocation & more..
This week saw the Government taking initiative to launch a heritage sites portal for the Father of the Nation. Also, MHRD partnered with HCL to roll out the $35 laptops. On the international front, Apple announced the launch for Ping, a music based cosial networking website, while Sony launched Qriocity to compete with iTunes.
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WWW: WAT Weekly WrapUp 29th August – 5th September 2010
Visit the following page Phone Card Special and save 10% on all phone cards until September 16, 2010. Smart Global Call International Phone Cards features a wide selection of phone cards that can be used to make cheap long distance phone calls from almost any location.
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Back to School Phone Card Special Offer
Have a wonderful Labor Day weekend and enjoy this picture taken yesterday in Norwalk, CT. Follow me: Facebook Profile Google Reader Profile Twitter Profile Related Entries TrackBacks | Comments | Tag with del.icio.us | Communications and Technology Blog – Tehrani.com Home | Permalink: Happy Labor Day Weekend Copyright Communications and Technology Blog – Tehrani.com
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Happy Labor Day Weekend
Evan Roth wants a Graffiti Markup Language tag recorder badly enough to pay 1200 euros for one . GML Field Recorder Challenge An easily reproducible DIY device that can unobtrusively record graffiti motion data during a graffiti writer’s normal practice in the city. Project Description and Design Requirements: The GML Field Recorder Challenge is a DIY hardware and software solution for unobtrusively recording graffiti motion data during a graffiti writer’s normal practice in the city.
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Build a GML tag recorder, win 1200 euros
“Forget Prepaid, Forget Postpaid” is the news been splashed by T24 mobile services. T24 mobile services are the India’s first unpaid mobile connections soon to be available in metros of India although its running in Andhra Pradesh. T24 mobile is joint venture by Future Group and Tata Teleservices to offer GSM Services in India.
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Get Free Talktime on T24 network by Shopping at Future Group Stores
This HTC QWERTY device, emblazened with the Verizon logo, has just popped up on the FCC. At a guess this will no doubt be an Android device (no Windows flag in sight) and the keyboard, as you can see, is a lovely shade of red. Known as the “HTC PD42100″ it’ll be arriving on Verizon pretty soon and, we can only hope, to a European network in a slightly different guise soon
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HTC Sliding QWERTY spotted on FCC
Vodafone have updated their Coming Soon section of the website to include information on the Samsung Galaxy Tab which will be available on their network soon here in the UK. The Tab is an Android based tablet running 2.2 FroYo so you get the latest version of the OS right out of the box, it also offers a 7 inch touch screen and features like a front facing camera for video calling.
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Register At Vodafone For Galaxy Tab
Is it possible to logout from my FaceBook account from another computer? I had recently visited a Internet Cafe to access my account and had forgotten to logout and delete my FaceBook Logins from the browser, now will have to revisit the place or can i logout from my office computer
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How to Logout FaceBook Account from Remote Computer
I have been using my FaceBook account from past 2 years and from the recent few days i think that someone else is also logging into my account and also accessing my photos. Is there some way to find this out without changing the password first to make sure that there was someone else accessing the account. FaceBook is now one of the Top3 websites all over the world and is accessed by most of the people who have access to the Internet
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Find FaceBook Login Details – Last Accessed Location & Time
This was the update on a write up on The Economist about the telecom networks using “network analysis” which in short meant that one looks for patterns in random activities. Interestingly, they gave the example of Bharti Airtel which I quote,” “Instead of looking at the call records of a single customer at a time, it looks at customers within the context of their social network. The ability to retain customers is particularly important in hyper-competitive markets, such as India.
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Bharti Airtel: “Running Network Analysis”
So, for all the guys out there that have fallen for a beautiful woman only to find out that she was not quite what she said she was, help is finally at hand. The cell phone reverse search is what you are looking for and these sites could prove more useful than what you first thought.
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Use a Cell Phone Reverse Search to Learn More About Who You Are Really Dating
If you are looking for the right reverse cell lookup service then you have come to the right place. Here you will find all of the tricks and tips that you need to find a service that provides you with the information that you are looking for while meeting your price requirements and also generally providing a service that you are happy with.
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Reverse Cell Lookup Service – Tips and Tricks to Get the Precise Information You Need Today
I teach high school. I love all of high school, including high school sports, and including the fun that students have at Friday night (or Thursday night this week for us) football. So I understand the intent of the following headline in The Denver Post
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Dear Denver Post – You’re the Disappointment
A reverse cellphone lookup service is probably the best way to identify the person who owns a particular cellphone number. You will realize that this service comes into great use when you see unfamiliar numbers on your caller ID or on the call log of your spouse or child.
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Select the Best Reverse Cellphone Lookup Service to Get Correct Information
The South Korean company Of samsung Of electronics announced two new compact models MP3 of [pleerov]: YP-Q3 and YP-U6. [Pleer] YP-Q3 will replace with itself this model as YP-Q2, where design will be renovated, the number of color formulation of housing will be added, and also will become accessible the technology of working the volumetric sound Of soundAlive. Housings of both novelties are…
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Samsung presented new compact MP3 of [pleery]
In the worldwide network filtered photographs and video of new [smartfona] from Motorola under control of the operating system Of android. Device is called Motorola XT300, this is slider with the sensory display and the sliding QWERTY- keyboard
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Motorola XT300: vertical slider with QWERTY on the base Of android
Company “[Kontent] master”, the producer GPS of the navigators OF SHTURMANN, presented Location-based of service (LBS) within the framework of the business program of Moscow international automobile salon 2010. In the first version of navigation client SHTURMANN were realized three base LBS of the service: information against the overloading of roads, the search for objects on the remote servers..
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LBS – new possibilities of automobile navigation SHTURMANN