Posted by Richard Whitt, Washington Telecom and Media Counsel Given how important broadband capability is to economic growth and job creation, it’s no surprise that it’s become a major topic of discussion in Washington. The FCC is currently finalizing its National Broadband Plan to present to Congress next month
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Experimenting with new ways to make broadband better, faster, and more available
Posted by Jamie Davidson, Associate Product Manager (cross-posted from the Official You-Tube Blog ) Diversity of content is one of the great things about YouTube. But we know that some of you want a more controlled experience. That’s why we’re announcing Safety Mode , an opt-in setting that helps screen out potentially objectionable content that you may prefer not to see or don’t want others in your family to stumble across while enjoying YouTube.
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Safety Mode: giving you more control on YouTube
Presented By Joanna Sutter, fitnessandspice Too many women die each year because they are unaware that heart disease is their #1 killer. One in three women suffers in silence, and almost one woman dies every minute of this largely preventable disease. Friday, February 12th is Blog Your Heart Out Day …a day when bloggers around the world can SPEAK UP about heart disease.
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Blogs with Heart: Going Public about Heart Disease
So far we have discussed a lot of deals for making cheap international voip calls, specially making very cheap calls to India. However it is a fact that text messaging is equally used by people all over the world. Many people send international SMS on…
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Send Cheap International SMS : Cheap SMS to India by Localphone
Those of you using MetroPCS Unlimited Calls Service in USA, are mostly satisfied with their service. However we received complaints from users that they can’t all specific Indian numbers. Our Reader, Kunal has sent some tricks to make all India numbers work again!.
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MetroPCS VOIP Service Review and How to Call Indian Numbers
Fraud call 'THIS IS NOT A BIG POINT OK!' says Martin Parker from Platinum Holiday Scam call 'THIS IS NOT A BIG POINT OK!' says Martin Parker from Platinum Holiday, when I asked him how he got my number!!! FOR FULL STORY VISIT sumod-sunny-joseph.blogspot.com ….His number is 'UNAVAILABLE' on the CID. This fraud caller uses a phony name of Martin Parker from a company called Platinum Holiday….on inquiring as to where he got our number from, he gets irritated and responds by saying 'This is not a big point ok!!!'…..Are you a victim?
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Fraud call ‘THIS IS NOT A BIG POINT OK!’ says Martin Parker from Platinum Holiday Scam call
Posted by Mistique Cano, Manager, Public Policy Communications Given that most of us of are still digging out from this weekend’s record snowfall, we’re postponing today’s D.C. Talk, Democracy Online: Can the Internet Bring Change? We hope to reschedule soon.
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Postponed: Today’s D.C. Talk on Democracy Online
Released for Sprint , the LG Lotus Elite LX610 is the successor of the Lotus. Not only does it possess a more fashionable design over the original, it also has a few enhanced features, including an external touchscreen display and integration with social networks, which help to better cater to your communication and entertainment needs. The biggest surprise brought by the Lotus Elite is its 2.4-inch outer screen, which boasts 262k colors, 320×240-pixel resolution as well as intuitive touch capabilities.
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LG Lotus Elite LX610 – Brings Style and Functionality to a New Level
I thought he was out of his mind when he suggested we be together. The “together” part would prove difficult, since I was living in Houston, TX through the winter and he lived in California. The idea of missing the one person in the world you love the most on a constant basis is about as appealing as living in a refrigerator, but when compared to the alternative…it can prove to be an adventure and definitely a test of love. My boyfriend and I came up with some guidelines that so far have proved to keep our relationship going. They go something like this: Yap it Up. This might be the only time in life when being a chatter box is a virtue. When your significant other is far away the best way to feel close is to paint them a little picture of your world as often as possible. Tell them about the bum you stopped to give a buck to or the baby in line at the bank who wouldn’t stop screaming profanities at his mother (true story). When space and time is set between you, there’s no detail that’s too mundane to share.
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Long Distance Relationships: Doable?
In the recent past we have discussed about so many offers to make cheap and free calls to India. So, we now thought to search some good options to make cheap internaional phone calls to other destination. We all know, calling Pakistan aint a cheap deal now..
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VoipGain offers cheap calls to Pakistan and India
In a move that has been designed to target the international education industry in both the UK and Australia, after both countries have had very public issues with visa issuance/ bogus schools and violence towards international students , the Canadian province of Quebec is now offering all international students who graduate from any university in the province, a fast track to Canadian Citizenship. The move was announced earlier this week as the province’s premier, Jean Charest, visited India and met with students and scholars from the University of Mumbai. Starting February 14th, international students who graduate from universities in Quebec would get “a certificate of selection” that would put them on a fast track to Canadian citizenship.
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Citizenship for Canadian International Students
World Cancer Day is marked on February 4 to raise awareness of cancer and to encourage its prevention, detection, and treatment. As a way to acknowledge the day and to find out more about how to help yourself or others, take a look at what Suzanne Somer’s has to say about her cancer journey and the alternative therapies that she’s investigated. Suzanne Somers’ 19 th book was written as a result of being misdiagnosed with full body cancer in November 2008. Suzanne says that her doctor told her to prepare herself and her family for the end. See Suzanne Somers discuss Knockout (via Spruce TV) It makes me wonder, if something like that can happen to someone with Suzanne’s resources, what else is happening that we never hear about. “Knockout” is a series of interviews with patients who’ve received alternative medical treatments and the doctors or medical practitioners who prescribe these different types of treatments. Dr.
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Knockout: Interviews with Doctors Who Are Curing Cancer-And How to Prevent Getting It in the First Place
You are not going to believe this! Can you imagine a door-to-door courier service that delivers within the same day (not 24 hours ), not next day, but the same day across 20 cities in India? What’s more, it comes with a money back guarantee! Potential Market I am not sure how profitable will this service be but the proposition is quite valuable to B2B (Business to Business) and B2C (Business to Consumer) segments. B2B users could use this for supplying products and equipment.
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Kingfisher Xpress Cargo – Same Day Delivery Guaranteed– Too Good to be True ?
Nasscom (National Association of Software and Services Companies) is going to launch a dedicated job portal that will facilitate recruitment for persons with disability by creating a repository of applicants, available skill-sets and potential recruiters. This is one of the first initiatives that Nasscom has taken after the formation of Nasscom’s disability advisory group (DAG)
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A Job Portal For Aspirants With Disabilities, courtesy Nasscom
In response to my posting about the teardrop trailer, several people pointed us to the T&TTT Forums (for “Teardrops & Tiny Travel Trailers”). Thanks for the link! Teardrops & Tiny Travel Trailers More: “Cutest trailer in the known universe” Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in Mobile | Digg this!
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More tiny trailers
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that publishers, McGraw-Hill Cos, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt K-12, Pearson Education, and Kaplan Inc., have signed with ScrollMotion to adapt their textbooks for Apple’s new iPad tablet. Though Apple didn’t outline its strategy to target the educational sector with its iPad last week, people familiar with Apple’s thinking have said that the iPad’s use in schools was one of the focal points of discussions in developing the product.
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Major Textbook Publishers Sign with ScrollMotion to get on iPad
Over the last 5 weeks of the 3rd Annual Smartphone Round Robin , the editors of our sibling sites, Casey from AndroidCentral.com, Kevin from CrackBerry.com, Matt from NokiaExperts.com, Dieter from PreCentral.net, and Phil from WMExperts.com have all had their chance to review TiPb’s flagship iPhone 3GS.
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TiPb Responds to iPhone Reviews — Smartphone Round Robin
Trimble Navigation (NASDAQ: TRMB) reports Q4 EPS of $0.21, in-line with analyst estimate of $0.21. Revenue for the quarter was $277.5 million, which compares to the estimate of $268.64 million.
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Trimble Navigation (TRMB) Reports In-Line Q4; Guides Relativity In-Line
Mindstorms Rubik’s Cube solvers are a dime a dozen, but David Gilday’s bot offers two cool twists (sorry) — first, it solves a 4×4 cube rather than the classic, ordinary 3×3 cube. Second, and cooler, rather than relying on the NXT Intelligent Brick to do the heavy lifting, it uses a Nokia N95 mobile phone that sits in a cradle above the cube, scanning it with its camera and solving the puzzle. More: Make a rubik’s cube out of dice – Make: Video Podcast Rubik’s Cube cake Rubik’s cube costume build Rubik’s Cube Mosaic Puzzle Bronze Rubik’s cube Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in LEGO | Digg this!
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Nokia-based Rubik’s Cube solver
According to our sibling site, Android Central, in the wake of Apple’s iPhone 3.1.3 update and new iPad hardware, Google issued a Nexus One software update of their own — one that enables multitouch pinch-to-zoom in the built in apps like the web browser, maps, and gallery. Oh, and there’s also a coincidentally timed Chrome OS tablet “concept” making the rounds. We’re being more than a little facetious in linking Google’s Android updates and Chrome OS concepts to any iPhone and iPad news.
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Nexus One Update Brings Pinch-to-Zoom, Chrome OS Tablet Gets Conceptual — The Competition!
Apple on Tuesday released an updated version of its iPhone OS software for the iPhone and iPod touch. The new version 3.1.3 patches several security holes, provides a few bug fixes and minor enhancements, and is available via iTunes download. The five security fixes are related to CoreAudio,..
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Apple iPhone, iPod touch Security Patch: What’s Fixed
Enagdget tipsters, digging deep into the iPad ’s iPhone 3.2 SDK and iPhone 3.1.3 firmware , have found more evidence of the 4th generation iPhone (likely to ship this June/July) namely it’s code name — N89. Buried way inside the platform simulator lies a set of folders dedicated to specific models of iPhone OS-ready devices, including the iPhone 3GS, second generation iPod touch, something called the “K48″ (yep, the codename we were told was the internal name for the iPad), and… the “N89.” Sure, it sounds like a Nokia phone just waiting to happen, but this is — according to our extremely knowledgeable and trusted sources — likely the codename of the next iPhone (previous versions were called the M68, N82, and N88). There’s also news on the 4th generation iPod touch as well (likely to ship this September): Apple’s just released firmware (3.1.3) also includes another new model, the “N80,” which we’re told will most likely be the next version of the iPod touch
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4th Generation iPhone Code Named N89; iPod touch G4, N80
The first Android phone, 5-line QWERTY keypad The LG InTouch Max GW620, the first Android phone from LG, enters the world of applications. Personalise your phone with a series of apps to suit you, from news and weather apps, to games apps, and your favourite social networking apps including Facebook and Twitter. With a slide out 5-line QWERTY keypad, just like a pocket PC, and status updates…
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LG GW620 Mobile Phone
Apple has just released iPhone 3.1.3 (7E18), a minor OS update for iPhone 3GS, iPhone 3G, iPhone 2G, iPod touch G1, iPod touch G2, and iPod touch 3G. The update includes: Fix for iPhone 3GS battery level reporting Fix for app crashes on launch Fix for app crashes while using Japanese Kana Keyboard iPhone 3.1.3 security-related update details can be found in Apple’s knowledge-base article
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Enjoy programming microcontrollers, but frustrated about how difficult it can be to get them to do more than one thing at a time? Well, then you might be interested in Concurrency , an open source programming language and environment specifically designed with multithreading in mind. That means you can write programs that do multiple things at the same time, without interfering with each other
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Easy multithreading on Arduino with Concurrency
UPDATE: PatternMusic reveals that the issue is (mis)use of the DCIM folder (digital camera image folder — where your camera roll pictures are stored) to transfer non-image related files. Apple, however, precludes apps from reading or writing data files to any other place except the app’s “sandbox” document folder through their developer agreement.
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UPDATE: Apple has Stanza App Remove DCIM Work-around for USB Sharing
Posted by Tamar Fruchtman, Senior Corporate Counsel Today, Stanford University announced that it has expanded our original partnership to take advantage of our settlement agreement to make millions of works from its library collection accessible to readers, researchers, and book lovers across the United States. That means that if the settlement agreement is approved by the court, anyone in the US will be able to find, preview and buy online access to books from Stanford’s library. Stanford joins the University of Michigan , University of Wisconsin-Madison , and University of Texas , who also expanded their original partnerships with Google.
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Stanford expands Google Books agreement
At NASSCOM, Tringme once again proved that they are the most happening VOIP startups in India by winning a prestigious most innovative startup of 2009 award. Tringme as you all know is one of the first Indian VOIP Provider to launch a web based VOIP service and a Flash VOIP softphone. Tringme has also been a great friend of VOIP Guide besides me being friends with Tringme Founder
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Tringme VOIP wins most innovating startup of 2009 at NASSCOM
Goa first woman chief minister Shashikala Kakodkar (75) and country’s third being felicitated by the Union Agriculture minister Sharad Pawar in the presence of Chief minister Digambar Kamat , north Goa MP Shripad Naik and others during the special felicitation ceremony of the former chief minister on completing 75 successful years of her life at the Gymkhana ground in Panaji. Shashikala Kakodkar who is also known as the ‘Iron lady’ of the state lit seventy five diyas (symbolic to her age) during the ceremony. Courtesy: daijiworld
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Goa’s first woman chief minister Shashikala Kakodkar felicitated
Posted by Steve Grove, YouTube’s Head of News & Politics (cross-posted from the Official YouTube Blog ) Today, President Obama had his first exclusive interview after his State of the Union speech with you, the YouTube community. The President engaged in a direct conversation about a broad range of issues, from generating jobs to opening up the health care process to investments in nuclear energy.
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Your Questions for President Obama