Mary Meeker's report also says that India now has 44 million smartphone users. ...
02:40 PM, Dec 04, 2012
As the short messaging service, or SMS turns 20, it has swept aside in two decades known conventions about courtesy, relationship, language and communication. ...
09:06 AM, Dec 04, 2012
The revolutionary SMS has been overtaken along the evolutionary trail. ...
03:09 PM, Dec 03, 2012
The first SMS was sent via Vodafone's UK network to an Orbitel 901 mobile phone. The message said, "Merry Chistmas." ...
07:14 AM, Dec 03, 2012
The iconic Batmobile used in the 1960s Batman television series is to go up for auction. ...
03:24 PM, Nov 30, 2012
Norway's Telenor is in talks to merge its Indian operations with Tata Teleservices to gain a bigger foothold in the world's second-biggest mobile phone market, a source with direct knowledge of the situation said on Tuesday. ...
12:59 AM, Nov 28, 2012
Checking your bank balances or placing a request for a cheque book has been made as simple and hassle-free as dialing *99# from your mobile. Just dial *99# from your mobile of any make, every banking service, be it fund transfer or checking balances, comes at platter. ...
08:22 PM, Nov 26, 2012
Islamabad: The Pakistani Taliban on Friday ridiculed the government's move to suspend mobile phone services at select locations to prevent terror attacks, saying it would have no impact on on their activities. "We do not carry out bombings through mobile phones. The Taliban cannot be stopped by jamming mobile phone services," Ihsanullah Ihsan, spokesman of the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, said. "We would achieve our targets in any case, Ihsan was...
11:24 PM, Nov 23, 2012
Karachi: Alarmed by the recent terror attacks on Shia processions by Taliban, Pakistan on Friday shut down the mobile phone network in Karachi, Quetta and some other cities as a part of security measures for this weekend, which is the climax of the holy month of Muharram. Mobile phone services and even wireless phone networks of the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority were suspended since 1 pm on Friday in Karachi, Quetta...
06:48 PM, Nov 23, 2012
New Delhi: Zen Mobile, an Indian mobile brand, has launched its first Android smartphone - the Zen Ultraphone U1. The dual SIM phone is based on Android 2.3 and is powered by a 1 GHz processor. It comes with features like a 3.5 inch HVGA (480x320 pixel) capacitive touchscreen, a 3.2 megapixel camera with flash, GPRS/EDGE, WiFi and Bluetooth. The phone has 512MB phone memory; it supports microSD card up...
01:22 PM, Nov 21, 2012
Indore: Targeting 560-million Hindi-speaking population, the second largest private sector lender HDFC Bank today launched a mobile banking application in the national language. Mobile banking services is part of the bank's overall strategy to use convergent communication platform to engage with customers, Senior Executive Vice-President for Direct Banking Channels and Premier Banking Birendra Sahu said here. Today 82 per cent of all customer-initiated transactions happen on electronic channels, he said,...
04:13 PM, Nov 20, 2012
New Delhi: Use of cell phones is increasing at an incredible rate in Delhi with the number of mobile connections in the city reaching 4.25 crore against its population of around 1.70 crore, implying that on an average every Delhiite has at least two phones. The number of mobile phone connections in 2010-11 was 3.88 crore which increased by 37 lakh to reach 4.25 crore in 2011-12, as per Delhi...
03:03 PM, Nov 20, 2012
New Delhi: After the successful launch of the Galaxy S III, Samsung is now rumoured to be preparing for the launch of its successor, unofficially dubbed - the Galaxy S IV smartphone. The rumour mill started churning out rumours at a rapid pace about the Galaxy S IV after Asia Economics reported on Friday that Samsung is working on a new smartphone with a large 1920 x 1080 resolution display....
12:22 PM, Nov 20, 2012
San Francisco/New York: Intel Corp's Chief Executive Officer Paul Otellini will retire sooner than expected and the top chipmaker said it may name an outsider for the position for the first time to steer a difficult transition toward mobile computing. Intel, which has selected chief executives from within its own ranks throughout its 45-year history, said it would consider both internal and external candidates in a transition expected to last...
04:26 AM, Nov 20, 2012
New Delhi: Over the past few weeks a host of leaks have indicated that Sony would launch a few smartphones in early 2013. The sales and marketing head of Sony Mobile, Dennis Van Schie states that the company is aiming to take on Apple and Samsung when it launches its next smartphone. Cnet, which sourced its information from Financial Times Deutschland (FTD), reports that Sony is going to launch a...
12:52 PM, Nov 18, 2012
London: A lot of Britons seem to be leading their lives as gadget addicts, as a survey has found most of them using smartphones before leaving bed and one in three checking phone right after sex. According to a poll conducted by The Sun, 90 per cent of Britons now own a smartphone - and are using them constantly, for everything from tweeting to finding their way around. Two-thirds of...
06:43 PM, Nov 16, 2012
Agra: Come Diwali, and traders now have newer gods to pray to: computers, laptops, iPads and mobile phones. Yes, the customary prayers to Lord Ganesha and Goddess Lakshmi still take the pride of place, but with changing times, Diwali puja has taken newer forms. "Computers, mobiles and laptops have become the most integral part of business in India," BC Bhartia, national president of the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT),...
10:42 AM, Nov 13, 2012
Mumbai: With nearly 1,800 mobile phone towers in the metropolis being illegal, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation is contemplating action against their operators, BMC Commissioner Sitaram Kunte has said. The BMC has also assured that it would amend its policy on mobile towers and would see to it that not more than two towers were installed on a building. The issue of health hazards due to the radiation from mobile towers...
10:16 AM, Nov 13, 2012
London: Pregnant women, beware! Cellphone radiation exposure during pregnancy impacts fetal brain development and may cause hyperactivity, researchers say. Yale School of Medicine researcher, Dr Hugh Taylor co-authored the latest study to probe the impact of cellphone exposure on pregnancies. "We had pregnant mice in cages and we just simply put a cellphone on top of the cage. In half the mice, the cellphone was active and in half of...
04:23 PM, Nov 12, 2012
Islamabad: Authorities have agreed to allow mobile phone services between Pakistan and India though certain issues remain to be settled, a Pakistani parliamentary panel has been informed by officials. The Standing Committee on Commerce of the National Assembly or lower house of Parliament was told by officials of the Ministry of Information Technology on Thursday about the move to allow mobile phone services between the two countries. The panel expressed...
02:48 PM, Nov 09, 2012
