Archive for the ‘News’ Category

Yahoo Pulse for mobile

Posted by vikrant On July - 6 - 2010
Yahoo is now concentrating on the mobile market with a series of new launches with Yahoo apps for messenger,  mail and search for the android based mobiles. In its efforts to capture the mobile market now yahoo has come up with the mobile version of the Yahoo Pulse known as “Yahoo! Social Pulse”. This app

Government delays MNP again

Posted by vikrant On July - 4 - 2010
Government of India has delayed the Mobile number portability again(MNP) for a period 4 months. Department of telecommunication has stated in a press release dated 30th June that due to the complexity and enormity of the testing involved before implementing MNP it has been delayed till 31st October 2010. This has been 3rd time when

Cloud Computing: set to thunder ur business enterprise?

Posted by Ansha On July - 2 - 2010
Cloud Computing is the latest buzzword in technology which promises to bring revolution in the way modern business operate. What makes cloud computing truly remarkable is the concept which empowers its customers to change their IT related capability and capacity ‘on demand’ without any long term investments. It represents paradigm shift by delivering business applications

Google News is now customizable and sharable

Posted by vikrant On July - 1 - 2010
Google has redesigned the Google news home page to make it more personal, customizable and shareable. Google has given user more control on how he wants his home page to be displayed. You can Add/select news sections which you would like to add the main page in the left navigation.”News for you”, Local news are

Gmail supports Microsoft documents

Posted by vikrant On June - 27 - 2010
Gmail has now added the support for the Microsoft word files (.doc and .docx). Now Microsoft Word attachments in Gmail can be viewed in the browser it self without the need to download. Google Docs viewer now allows you to view the following formats .pdf .ppt .tiff .doc .docx To view the attachment just click

Windows Live Essentials beta

Posted by vikrant On June - 27 - 2010
Microsoft has rolled out Windows Live Essentials 2010 beta version. The Web application suite has the following free programs bundled with it: Windows Live Messenger Messenger Companion Photo Gallery Live Writer Windows Mail Movie Maker Family Safety Bing Sync Additional Programs Microsoft Office Outlook Connector Microsoft Silverlight Operating System Requirement: Windows Vista or Windows 7

MIT develops mobile phone based optometry solution

Posted by saurabh On June - 25 - 2010
The team at the MIT Camera Culture Lab have developed a portable and inexpensive solution for estimating refractive errors of human eye. Some common errors of the eye, including nearsightedness, farsightedness, astigmatism, and age-related vision loss can be diagnosed using this affordable technology which until now was possible using specialized equipment operated by a trained

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