Iran warns Google over changing Persian Gulf’s name
May 17th, 2012 - 8:00 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, May 17 (IANS) Iran Thursday warned the US-based Google company of legal action over using "alternative words" for the Persian Gulf on its online map service, a media report ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
New York unveils digital map to help job seekers
May 16th, 2012 - 1:40 pm ICT by IANS
New York, May 16 (IANS) New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has unveiled an online map aimed at helping job applicants find employment in local technical and digital media businesses.The ... Read more...
Posted in World |
China examines Google’s mapping request
February 2nd, 2012 - 10:37 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Feb 2 (IANS) Chinese authorities are examining an application from Google for an online mapping licence, the Shanghai Daily reported Thursday.The National Administration of Surveying, Mapping and Geoinformation, said ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Egypt Air strikes out Israel from route map
March 26th, 2011 - 2:36 pm ICT by ANI
Cairo, Mar.26 (ANI): Egypt Air has removed Israel from its route map, even though its subsidiary, Air Sinai, flies to its capital, Tel Aviv, four times a week.Customers seeking flights to ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Egypt Internet Shutdown Stuns World, Economic Impact Yet To Be Measured
January 29th, 2011 - 8:05 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Jan 29, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The stand taken by the government in Egypt to thwart the protesters demanding the end of Hosni Mubarak's reign has stunned the political circles globally. Amidst ... Read more...
Posted in Technology Industry News |
New rules for net mapping
May 19th, 2010 - 6:33 pm ICT by ANI
Beijing, May 19 (ANI): Aiming to prevent state secrets from being disclosed and uncertified maps from being published online, an updated standard for Internet map servers would be implemented next month."The new ... Read more...
Posted in World |
McDonald’s online map shows ‘McFarthest Point’ in America
October 1st, 2009 - 6:06 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 1 (ANI): McDonald's is certainly everywhere - the popular fast food chain has reached America's farthest spot between the grasslands of South Dakota.An online map created by Steven von Worley ... Read more...
Posted in World |
ESO releases 360-degree panoramic map of entire night sky
September 15th, 2009 - 4:47 pm ICT by ANI
Munich, September 15 (ANI): The European Southern Observatory (ESO) has released an amazing, interactive, 360-degree panoramic online map of the entire night sky.It is first of three images of ESO's GigaGalaxy Zoom ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Web tool to ensure “free and fair” elections in Afghanistan
August 20th, 2009 - 3:39 pm ICT by ANI
London, August 20 (ANI): Thanks to a web tool, citizens of Afghanistan would be able to record incidents of rigging in the country's electoral process by recording the episodes via text messages. ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Nanomaterials can serve as effective tools for cleanup of contaminated sites
July 9th, 2009 - 12:10 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 9 (ANI): In a new research, scientists have determined that nanomaterials can serve as effective and economically viable tools for the cleanup of contaminated sites.The research is detailed in new ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
North Korea-Mystery Uncovered
May 27th, 2009 - 8:54 pm ICT by GD
Curtis Melvin, a doctoral candidate at George Mason University in the United States is one of the leading citizen spies in North Korea. Already having visited the country in two group tours, ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |