London: Mobile phones are actually filthier than toilet seats because they are never cleaned even after being handled by different people, thus swarming with germs, say researchers. Tests showed that up to 10 times the amount of pathogens which cause nausea and stomach upsets were present on a mobile phone than a toilet seat. Charles Gerba, professor of microbiology at the University of Arizona, said during his ongoing experiments he...
04:01 PM, Sep 02, 2012
Mumbai: A 43-year-old woman professor at a city college has become the latest victim of the Nigerian fraud, losing around Rs 11.50 lakh to cheats who sent her an email stating she had won $8,50,000 under an ICC World Cup Mobile Lucky Draw. The city cyber cell said that they had been sensitising people about the email trick popularly called Nigerian fraud, but the greed was making people fall prey...
05:12 PM, Aug 28, 2012
Jaipur: After girls in a village in Uttar Pradesh were banned from using mobile phones about a month ago, now a village panchayat in Rajasthan has prohibited minor girls from carrying mobiles and has directed them to cover their heads when going out of home. The village council has also ordered minor boys not to play music on their mobile phones. The restrictions have been imposed in Kishorpura village near...
12:04 AM, Aug 26, 2012
San Jose: Apple Inc scored a sweeping legal victory over Samsung on Friday as a US jury found the Korean company had copied critical features of the hugely popular iPhone and iPad and awarded the US company $1.051 billion in damages. The verdict, which came much sooner than expected, could lead to an outright ban on sales of key Samsung products and will likely solidify Apple's dominance of the exploding...
04:54 AM, Aug 25, 2012
New Delhi: After checking the use of SMSes to prevent spreading of rumours which had led to mass exodus of northeastern people from certain states, the government on Thursday increased the number of SMSes to 20 per day with immediate effect. According to a notification issued by the Ministry of Communication, it has been decided to revise the permissible limit of "bulk SMS/MMS to 20 in place of five with...
07:24 PM, Aug 23, 2012
Savonlinna: A Finnish teenager won a mobile phone throwing contest on Saturday by hurling his old Nokia phone 101.46 meters. The annual contest is one of many offbeat events such as wife-carrying that are held in the summer when normally reserved Finns like to celebrate the warmer weather with silliness and outdoor sport. Ere Karjalainen, who beat around 50 contestants, including some who had travelled from England and India, said...
03:30 PM, Aug 22, 2012
Vancouver: While the frequency of Canadians using their smartphones, tablets and e-readers remains stable, the average time they use them has declined, a study showed. The study led by Ipsos Reid about the mobile market in Canada, involving 2,000 adults, may suggest a potential shift in usage patterns of digital devices, reported Xinhua. It shows that the mobile device usage have stabilised over time. On average, Canadians reported using their...
03:12 PM, Aug 21, 2012
New Delhi: Restriction on SMS to five per day is not only causing problems for millions of mobile phone users but may also leading to loss of 7-8 per cent revenue of telecom operators for the month, operators' association COAI has said. The government had banned bulk SMSes and MMSes for 15 days across the country from August 18 to check spread of rumours which has led to exodus of...
11:12 PM, Aug 20, 2012
Islamabad: Cellular services were on Sunday night suspended in four major Pakistani cities, including Lahore and Karachi, to prevent terrorist attacks using bombs triggered with mobile phones, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said. Millions of people in Lahore, Multan, Karachi and Quetta were unable to use their mobile phones from 8 pm as cellular operators suspended all services in most parts of these cities on the directions of the Interior Ministry....
01:42 AM, Aug 20, 2012
New Delhi: Vice Chief of Army staff Lt Gen SK Singh on Sunday visited the spot where an armyman has climbed a 200 ft high mobile tower alleging harassment by his seniors and tried to persuade him to come down. Singh spoke to K Muthu, who is attached with Engineers Regiment, on phone for over 30 minutes, army officials said. Muthu, however, was not ready to believe that it was...
08:17 AM, Aug 19, 2012
New Delhi: Following rumours leading to the mass exodus of the Northeast people from various cities, the Ministry of Home Affairs has banned bulk SMSes and MMSes for 15 days starting Friday. More than five SMSes or MMSes from one number cannot be sent in one go. MMSes have been restricted to 25k. The ban has been imposed throughout the country. This comes amidst rumours spreading panic amongst the people...
02:17 PM, Aug 17, 2012
Beverly Hills: A Los Angeles restaurant is offering a deal to customers who agree to look at their fellow diners instead of their phone screens. Eva Restaurant is giving a 5 per cent discount to customers who will leave their cellphones with staff when they are seated. Owner Mark Gold told KPCC radio on Tuesday that the policy isn't about other diners who might be annoyed by cellphone chatter or...
10:35 AM, Aug 17, 2012
Shimla: Himachal Pradesh BJP on Sunday slammed UPA government's proposed scheme to distribute free mobile phones to BPL families, saying it was a "cruel joke" on poor people whose daily income ranged between Rs 26 to 32. "The proposed move to launch the scheme on Independence Day (August 15) simply reflects the perversity and mental bankruptcy of the UPA government whose priority is not food and shelter to the poor...
02:49 AM, Aug 13, 2012
Srinagar: Hitherto unknown militant outfits have asked women in Kashmir to observe 'purdah' and not to use mobile phones in public. "People should ensure that girls observe purdah in public places. If we spot any woman without purdah we will sprinkle acid on her face," handwritten posters of 'Lashkar al Qaeda' and 'Alqaeda Mujahideen' warned. The posters, appearing at many mosques in militancy-hit Shopian district a few days ago, threatened,...
05:27 PM, Aug 12, 2012
New Delhi: Nuance's latest speech recognition software, Dragon 12 aims to change how you work, communicate, and create content. This latest iteration, Dragon NaturallySpeaking 12 has been designed to turn talk into text faster and more accurately than its previous versions. Users only need to speak to capture ideas, create content, browse email, search the Web, or control their PCs. Dragon 12 also lets users convert their iOS or Android...
11:26 AM, Aug 12, 2012
New Delhi: Environment Ministry feels radiation emitted by mobile towers has ill effects on wildlife, especially birds and bees, and has asked the Department of Telecommunication not to permit such structures within one-km radius of each other. In an advisory, the Ministry has said that there is an "urgent need" to refine the Indian standard on safe limits of exposure to electro-magnetic radiations (EMR). Till it is reformed, "a precautionary...
05:42 PM, Aug 10, 2012
New Delhi: Nokia on Thursday introduced two new Asha series phones including Asha 311. Please note that this handset, like all Nokia Asha series phones, is based on Nokia's own Series 40 operating system and comes with features that can compete with entry level smartphones from rivals. Nokia Asha 311 has a 1 GHz processor, 3 inch capacitive touch display protected by Gorilla glass, and offers WiFi and 3G connectivity....
03:51 PM, Aug 10, 2012
New Delhi: Phone snatchers had a field day at Ramlila Maidan, the venue of yoga guru Ramdev's fast, as over 50 mobile phones were reported missing from the ground. Four to five people, who allegedly stole the phones, were caught by the volunteers who were asked by Ramdev not to punish them. "Give lighter punishments to these small thieves. Catch bigger thieves," the yoga guru said, referring to people stashing...
04:40 PM, Aug 09, 2012
New York: A 17-year-old boy who says he has "abnormally fast thumbs" has been named the fastest texter in America for the second year in a row. "It feels incredible," said Austin Wierschke of Rhinelander, Wisconsin, after winning the sixth annual US LG National Texting Competition in Times Square on Wednesday. He gets $50,000 in prize money, which he says he'll save and use to pay for college, along with...
12:56 PM, Aug 09, 2012
New York: A 17-year-old boy who says he has "abnormally fast thumbs" has been named the fastest texter in America for the second year in a row. "It feels incredible," said Austin Wierschke of Rhinelander, Wis., after winning the sixth annual US LG National Texting Competition in Times Square on Wednesday. He gets $ 50,000 in prize money, which he says he'll save and use to pay for college, along...
11:02 AM, Aug 09, 2012
