Way2SMS Email alerts on Mobile
Friday, May 29, 2009
Way2SMS has just a while ago launched e-mail alerts in Mobile, nothing innovative but another service on your mobile available for FREE. doesn’t require GPRS in the mobile and activation is done quick and easy.
VV Raju, Founder CEO, Way2SMS.com told us,
VV Raju, Founder CEO, Way2SMS.com told us,
Now, with Way2SMS email alerts, one will never be far from his mail inbox. As a pioneer in Internet to mobile SMS segment, connecting inbox with mobile is yet another significant step that keeps way2sms ahead of its peers. Subscriber will become more informed no matter where he is. We have made sure that this feature can be easily activated as there is no installation required. Alerts can be received from multiple mail boxes if subscriber wishes.One can customize his preferences incase if he would like to receive email notifications only from particular contacts during a particular time. All one need to do is to link his Yahoo, Gmail and other email accounts with Way2SMS mail account.
Nautanki.tv mini-film contest - webtalkies
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Nautanki.tv is hosting an online mini-film festival where creative artists can create films, both fiction and non-fiction, across genres and languages. The only constraint would be in terms of the film duration which will have to be between min 3 to max 15 minutes. The shortlisted films will be screened on nautanki.tv and simultaneously judged by our panel of judges including filmmakers like Paromita Vohra and Amol Gupte, film editors like Deepa Bhatia and cinematographers like Mahesh Aney.
The best three films will be chosen by the jury as per the following categories and will be awarded prize monies as follows:
The best three films will be chosen by the jury as per the following categories and will be awarded prize monies as follows:
- Best Short Film : Rs 50,000
- Best Editor : Rs 25,000
- Best Cinematographer : Rs 25,000
- Audience Choice Award and a cash prize of Rs. 30,000.
Amazon Offline Data Backup Web Service
Friday, May 22, 2009
Amazon the innovator for Web 2.0 and Cloud Storage is offering its services to customers who have stashed away Data on Backup Tapes and Drives. Amazon came up with this service after few very large data owners couldn't transfer their files to Amazon S3 over their broadband networks.
All one has to do is ship your physical drive via snail-mail and Amazon will import the same to their S3 storage cloud and ship you back your drive by snail mail. Once amazon has your data on S3, you should be able to access it online :-)
However, note that Amazon charges $80 / drive so make sure you ship them at least a Terabyte drive instead of few 250 GB drives. Here is the cost calculator for availing this service. Do let us know of your feedback about the turnaround time and data integrity after being transferred to s3 cloud.
All one has to do is ship your physical drive via snail-mail and Amazon will import the same to their S3 storage cloud and ship you back your drive by snail mail. Once amazon has your data on S3, you should be able to access it online :-)
However, note that Amazon charges $80 / drive so make sure you ship them at least a Terabyte drive instead of few 250 GB drives. Here is the cost calculator for availing this service. Do let us know of your feedback about the turnaround time and data integrity after being transferred to s3 cloud.
Intel Pushes Moblin against Windows on Netbooks
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
The competition for Netbooks market has gotten intensive with semi-conductor giant Intel entering the fray with Moblin OS dumping its long time friend Microsoft. Moblin is an Open source initiative on the Linux platform which has gained traction in the recent 12 months especially in consumer devices with backing from Google and other siliocn valley enterprises.
The WSJ quoted,
The WSJ quoted,
Moblin v2.0, designed for use with an Intel chip called Atom, comes with a distinctive interface called M-zone that's designed to help users play digital media, use the Internet and engage in social networking.You are already aware that Google's Android Mobile Platform is being ported to Netbooks. This only means Microsoft has no choice but to release Windows 7 Netwbook version at a relatively lower cost.
Samsung TVs with Twtitter + Flickr - Network Enabled
Most of you must be updating your status on Facebook that you are watching Oscar Winner - Slumdog Millionaire or IPL T-20 or tweeting about it to let your friends know what you are upto in this connected world. Now, Samsung has gone a step ahead and ported Web 2.0's popular micro blogging platform - Twitter. to its TV Sets. This means you can now tweet via your TV.
How Samsung is actually doing this ? It has has released a Twitter widget for use on its new network-enabled LED 6000, 7000 and 8000 series LCD screens :-) There is also an integration with Yahoo! services widgets like Flickr, Sports, Weather etc. Your idiot box got smarter now :-)
How Samsung is actually doing this ? It has has released a Twitter widget for use on its new network-enabled LED 6000, 7000 and 8000 series LCD screens :-) There is also an integration with Yahoo! services widgets like Flickr, Sports, Weather etc. Your idiot box got smarter now :-)
India Election Comission Website Down
Saturday, May 16, 2009
The Indian Election Commission Website - ECI running Microsoft Windows Server and IIS isdown as it can't take few thousand hits :-)
Electorate of Chitradurga in Karnataka have elected the first Software Engineer - Janardhana Swamy to the Indian Parliament. JSwamy is leading by a margin of over 75,000 votes and his victory is confirmed.
Electorate of Chitradurga in Karnataka have elected the first Software Engineer - Janardhana Swamy to the Indian Parliament. JSwamy is leading by a margin of over 75,000 votes and his victory is confirmed.
MTNL 3G service in Mumbai - Live
Friday, May 15, 2009
The users of Mahanagar Telephone Nigam (MTNL) are finally going to get much awaited 3G services in Mumbai. MTNL, with Alcatel-Lucent, is set to officially launch its 3G services in Mumbai today.
The subscribers to the service will enjoy mobile data transfer speeds of 2 mbps against the current speed 144 kbps. Apart from this, functions like video on demand, live TV, video screening of calls, mobile surveillance, movie downloads and other facilities will be available, once MTNL starts supporting these functions.
At present only MTNL and BSNL enjoy the freedom to offer 3G services in different parts of India, as the 3G spectrum auction process is not yet finalized.
The subscribers to the service will enjoy mobile data transfer speeds of 2 mbps against the current speed 144 kbps. Apart from this, functions like video on demand, live TV, video screening of calls, mobile surveillance, movie downloads and other facilities will be available, once MTNL starts supporting these functions.
At present only MTNL and BSNL enjoy the freedom to offer 3G services in different parts of India, as the 3G spectrum auction process is not yet finalized.
Mobile number portability from September: DoT
Monday, May 11, 2009
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has notified that cellphone users will be able to avail the facility of switching services providers without altering their existing number.
DoT , in its notification has said that, 'Mobile Number Portability (MNP) is to be implemented in Delhi, Mumbai, Maharashtra and Gujarat Service areas of Zone I and Kolkata, Tamil Nadu, Chennai, Andhra and Karnataka of Zone 2 within six months of award of licence by September 20, 2009, and in the rest of the country by March 20, 2010.
Mobile India has the complete analysis on what will be the outcome of Mobile Number Portability in India.
DoT , in its notification has said that, 'Mobile Number Portability (MNP) is to be implemented in Delhi, Mumbai, Maharashtra and Gujarat Service areas of Zone I and Kolkata, Tamil Nadu, Chennai, Andhra and Karnataka of Zone 2 within six months of award of licence by September 20, 2009, and in the rest of the country by March 20, 2010.
Mobile India has the complete analysis on what will be the outcome of Mobile Number Portability in India.
iPhone - Travel Related Apps
Thursday, May 07, 2009
It is summer time and you must be traveling with your family to far of destinations. Don't forget to carry your iPhone with the following Apps Loaded on to it so that you have some required info Handy.Flight Status:
Flight status lets you check the status of your flight, view maps with live weather, view terminal, baggage claim and gate information.
Weather Pro:
Weather Pro reports high quality forecasts for over 400,000 locations, every 3 hours, 7 days a week. With features including temperature, rainfall, humidity and windchill this app is sure to keep you up to date with the weather, wherever you are.
AroundMe:
Find whatever you're searching for with this location aware app. AroundMe quickly identifies your position and allows you to choose the nearest Bank, Restaurant, Bar, Gas Station, Hospital, Hotel, Taxi..
Currency:
Currency provides up-to-date exchange rate information for over 90 currencies and 100 countries. Great for when you travel abroad and need to calculate the latest exchange rates.
You can download the iPhone Apps here. If you found any other iPhone Apps useful for your travel, then you can leave a comment and review about it :-)
Wireless Operators to pay more for licence renewal
Monday, May 04, 2009
Cellular services providers are likely to cough up out a sizeable amount to renew their licences to continue operating which may be due to expire in the coming years, as a government panel is on its way to implement all spectrum related issues.
The government panel has recommended slapping a fee on telecom companies, a sum equivalent to the market value of the spectrum they hold at the time of renewal. Notably, most of the telecom operators had received their licences in the early 1990s for a 20-year period which is close to expire over the next couple of years.
As of now, these companies can avail a pan-India licence for Rs 1,651 crore, a rate determined in 2001. India with 22 circles, has a different entry fee for each circle and the total sums up to this amount. The panel has proposed three possible methods to determine the fee which operators will have to pay to renew their licences. It has also recommended auctioning airwaves by the government in case the company refuses to pay the renewal fee.
The government panel has recommended slapping a fee on telecom companies, a sum equivalent to the market value of the spectrum they hold at the time of renewal. Notably, most of the telecom operators had received their licences in the early 1990s for a 20-year period which is close to expire over the next couple of years.
As of now, these companies can avail a pan-India licence for Rs 1,651 crore, a rate determined in 2001. India with 22 circles, has a different entry fee for each circle and the total sums up to this amount. The panel has proposed three possible methods to determine the fee which operators will have to pay to renew their licences. It has also recommended auctioning airwaves by the government in case the company refuses to pay the renewal fee.
Internet Explorer 8 ab Hindi mein
Friday, May 01, 2009
Internet Explorer 8 was launched a month ago, and during this time, users across the world have come to love it for its cool and innovative features like InPrivate Browsing, Web Slices, Accelerators and Visual Search, among others.
Today, Microsoft launched Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) in 18 additional languages including Hindi along with Windows Vista/Windows Server 2008 Language Packs for these languages. With this, IE8 is available to consumers around the world in 43 different languages, with an additional 20 languages planned [Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Konkani, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Tamil and Telugu] for release in the coming months.
The inclusion of Hindi among these 18 additional languages will take Internet Explorer to the heart of our country and ensure users across India will be able to truly benefit from technology.
Today, Microsoft launched Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) in 18 additional languages including Hindi along with Windows Vista/Windows Server 2008 Language Packs for these languages. With this, IE8 is available to consumers around the world in 43 different languages, with an additional 20 languages planned [Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Konkani, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Tamil and Telugu] for release in the coming months.
The inclusion of Hindi among these 18 additional languages will take Internet Explorer to the heart of our country and ensure users across India will be able to truly benefit from technology.