Smartphone users reject apps over privacy issues
September 6th, 2012 - 9:49 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sept 6 (IANS) Smartphone users are rejecting or uninstalling some apps because of concerns over intrusive nature of collecting personal information, according to a US survey.The Pew Internet Project ... Read more...
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Reliance Capital starts mutual fund service through SMS
August 29th, 2012 - 5:50 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 29 (IANS) Reliance Capital Asset Management, a unit of Reliance Capital, Wednesday launched Systematic Investment Plan (SIP) in mutual funds through SMS.This is the first-of-its-kind initiative by any ... Read more...
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Canadians now spend less time on mobile devices
August 21st, 2012 - 2:08 pm ICT by IANS
Vancouver, Aug 21 (IANS) While the frequency of Canadians using their Smartphones, Tablets and eReaders remains stable, the average time they use them has declined, a study showed.The study led ... Read more...
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Facebook ‘working on phone with HTC’
July 27th, 2012 - 9:35 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, July 27 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Facebook is working with HTC, a Taiwanese handset maker to build a smart phone that will be specifically for Facebook.
Reports on this say that the ... Read more...
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Digitalisation is the future: Prasar Bharati CEO
June 5th, 2012 - 6:44 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 5 (IANS) Terming digitalisation as the future in television viewing, Prasar Bharati CEO Jawhar Sircar Tuesday said it would also help content providers understand which programme is a ... Read more...
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Over 41 mn mobile users want to change operators
May 3rd, 2012 - 10:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) Over 41 million mobile subscribers have submitted requests till the end of March to port their number to a different network through mobile number portability ... Read more...
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China records over 1 billion cell phone users
March 30th, 2012 - 5:08 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, March 30 (IANS) The number of mobile users in China surpassed the one billion-mark this February, the Chinese government has announced.The total number of mobile phone users increased by ... Read more...
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Cell phone - the new tool for data collection
March 18th, 2012 - 1:33 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, March 18 (IANS) Researchers can garner vast amounts of information bearing on pollution, epidemics, transportation, from cameras, audio recorders and other applications built into cell phones, cheaply and efficiently.
... Read more...
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Bluetooth offers round-the-clock health monitoring
March 11th, 2012 - 2:22 pm ICT by IANS
Wellington, March 11 (IANS) A Bluetooth application hooked-up with your smartphone can monitor your vital signs - temperature, heart rate and blood pressure.The application could also cover sensors for blood ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
India adds 8.44 mn GSM subscribers in January
February 24th, 2012 - 10:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) India's GSM subscriber base grew by 1.32 percent in January with addition of 8.44 million mobile phone users, of whom Uninor alone signed up over ... Read more...
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SMS causes quake alarm in Agra on Republic Day
January 26th, 2012 - 3:25 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, Jan 26 (IANS) An SMS sent by a prankster is being forwarded on Republic Day Thursday, causing alarm and fear of an earthquake among mobile users.The message, attributed ... Read more...
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Chinese mobile users sent 10 bn SMS in one day
January 24th, 2012 - 3:18 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Jan 24 (IANS) Chinese mobile phone users may have sent more than 10 billion greeting messages Sunday, an expert said.Kuang Jie, senior partner of ProKing Management Consulting, made the ... Read more...
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Internet penetration can help raise GDP: Report
January 19th, 2012 - 4:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) A 10 percent increase in internet penetration in India can increase the gross domestic product (GDP) by 1.08 percent, says a report released Thursday by ... Read more...
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‘The Dirty Picture’ most viewed on mobile in 2011
December 28th, 2011 - 2:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 28 (IANS) Thanks to Vidya Balan's oomph, content related to "The Dirty Picture" got grabbed maximum eyeballs on the mobile platform, while controversial Poonam Pandey took ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Mobile users can now send 200 SMSes a day
November 1st, 2011 - 9:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 1 (IANS) Mobile phone users can now send up to 200 SMSes a day.
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) Tuesday raised the earlier cap of 100 ... Read more...
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Idea launches 3G services in Kashmir
October 19th, 2011 - 6:11 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Oct 19 (IANS) Idea cellular Wednesday launched its 'Gold Standard' 3G services in the Jammu and Kashmir circle.To start with, Idea Cellular, an Aditya Birla Group company, will make ... Read more...
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Amitabh’s prank rings wrong bells in Punjab
September 21st, 2011 - 12:23 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Sep 21 (IANS) Their mobile phones are ringing thanks to "Kaun Banega Crorepati" (KBC), but the calls have nothing to do with millions of rupees. A prank by ... Read more...
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Now, uninterrupted videos even on basic mobiles
September 11th, 2011 - 4:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 11 (IANS) Mobile users with basic phones can now view videos without buffering hiccups thanks to an innovative streaming platform, Jigsee, which enables an uninterrupted viewing experience ... Read more...
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Free ad service on voice calls unveiled in Karnataka
July 1st, 2011 - 12:12 am ICT by IANS
Bangalore, June 30 (IANS) Yellow Pages pioneer GETIT Infoservices Ltd. Thursday unveiled its Freeads service on voice calls and SMS for mobile users as part of its growth plans in ... Read more...
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Come clean on energy, people tell Airtel chief
June 20th, 2011 - 9:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) Disappointed over the breakdown of talks between telecom giant Bharti Airtel and Greenpeace over a timeline for disclosing its carbon emission, thousands of people sent ... Read more...
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Huawei to design mobile handsets for Indian market
June 15th, 2011 - 12:02 am ICT by IANS
Bangalore, June 14 (IANS) Chinese telecom behemoth Huawei Technologies is setting up a product development centre in this tech hub to design, develop and test mobile handsets for the booming ... Read more...
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India’s 300 mn mobile phone ‘ghosts’ (Comment)
May 4th, 2011 - 12:16 pm ICT by IANS
A few days ago, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), the industry watchdog, said the country's mobile phone subscriber base had reached an astounding 812 million, adding 20 million ... Read more...
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Mobile users in UK turn to free instant messaging for communication
April 26th, 2011 - 4:29 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr 26 (ANI): A survey has shown that mobile text messaging could soon become extinct in UK, as the younger generation are turning more and more to other forms of ... Read more...
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Telcos to meet government on number porting issues
March 4th, 2011 - 7:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) Telecom operators have been called for a meeting by the Department of Telecom (DoT) to resolve problems faced by customers while porting their numbers ... Read more...
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Oz youngsters use Facebook, Twitter ‘to look cool, not to communicate’
February 21st, 2011 - 1:00 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Feb 21 (ANI): The social-networking obsessed Australian youngsters have admitted that they use tools such as Facebook, Twitter and Smartphone apps to appear 'cool' rather than communicate.A new research has ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
India added 22.62 million mobile users in December
February 10th, 2011 - 4:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) India added 22.62 million mobile phone subscribers in December, taking the total number of cellular users in the country to 752.19 million till Dec 31, official data ... Read more...
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T-Mobile Woos Buyers With Special Valentine’s Day Offer
February 8th, 2011 - 5:15 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Feb 8 (THAINDIAN NEWS) There is great news for the US mobile users who are planning to take a T Mobile connection. The company has come up with a unique ... Read more...
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A billion SMSes sent in a single day in Beijing
February 8th, 2011 - 4:50 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Feb 8 (IANS) About one billion text messages were sent in Beijing Wednesday on the eve of the Spring Festival. But, many who received the numerous messages were not amused, with ... Read more...
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IMImobile partners with Krishcricket
February 3rd, 2011 - 9:05 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Feb 3 (IANS) IMImobile, enabler of mobile value added services, Thursday announced its partnership with krishcricket.com to provide cricketing services through mobile operators.Founded by former Indian cricket team captain Krishnamachari Srikkanth, ... Read more...
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Kamal Haasan To Unveil Moser Baer Chief’s Book On Tamil Cinema
January 28th, 2011 - 12:21 am ICT by Sampurn Wire
Veteran superstar Kamal Haasan will unveil a book titled ‘The Best of Tamil Cinema: 1931 to 2010’ on March 2 in Chennai. The book has been penned by G. Dhananjayan, ... Read more...
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Gujarat tech city project not just about real estate: Pitroda
January 13th, 2011 - 6:46 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, Jan 13 (IANS) Sam Pitroda, chairman of the Knowledge Commission and advisor to the prime minister, said here Thursday that creating an international financial centre was not all about building real ... Read more...
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Indian youngsters lag behind in mobile Internet use
January 13th, 2011 - 2:39 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 13 (ANI): Indian youngsters are less tech-savvy as compared to their global counterparts, if the recent research by Nielsen is anything to go by.The study on youth and cellphone usage ... Read more...
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Free app ‘Park Patrol’ alerts drivers of lurking parking officers
January 11th, 2011 - 2:42 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Jan 11 (ANI): A new application called ParkPatrol helps you dodge parking officers lurking near your parked car.Available on iPhone, BlackBerry and Android platforms, the app sends you an alert the ... Read more...
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Delhi Metro changes new helpline number
December 28th, 2010 - 9:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 28 (IANS) Within two days of issuing a new helpline number, Delhi Metro was asked by telecom authorities to change it to "155370," according to an official. The Metro ... Read more...
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J-K Govt. lifts ban on SMS on post-paid mobiles
December 22nd, 2010 - 10:05 pm ICT by ANI
Srinagar, Dec 22 (ANI): The Jammu and Kashmir Government on Wednesday withdrew the ban on Short Messaging Services (SMS) for the customers using post-paid mobile phone, but the ban on sending of ... Read more...
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