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Droid Does, BlackBerry Doesn’t…And Vice-Versa
Yesterday I received a Motorola Milestone (the EU version of the Droid) for testing purposes kindly offered by a local store. Faithful readers should be aware I’ve been using a BlackBerry Bold lately and definitely loved it. At the same time, I’m a geek and early adopter so I’m very curious to test this... »
Massachusetts Miracle in the Making
Came across a patriotic video that will have your patriotic heart soaring – at least for the first 42 seconds. After that, how you view this video depends on how you view the current Obama administration. The premise of the video is how on April, 19, 1775 Americans first fought the British... »
Samsung Wins 23 ICES Innovation Awards
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., an established leader and innovator in consumer electronics, I.T. and Telecom, has won International CES 2010 Innovations Awards for 23 different products, including three best of innovation awards. Samsung has won more than 100 CES Innovation Awards in three years, for multiple product categories like; TVs, home theater, digital audio,... »
Kaira Calls For Help to Hunza Landslide Victims: Telenor Presents Rs. 2 mln For Affectees
Minister for Information and Broadcasting Qamar Zaman Kaira Thursday asked civil society, corporate sector and philanthropists to come forward and help government in its relief and rehabilitation effort for victims of recent land-slide in Attabad, Hunza. The Minister, who is also Governor of Gilgit-Baltistan was talking to Vice President Corporate Affairs of Telenor,... »
US, Pakistan Further Expand Bilateral Cooperation in IT Field
The U.S and Pakistani officials agreed to enhance bilateral cooperation in the fields of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and evolving a cooperation program for deploying socially relevant services using mobile phones and other IT platforms. This was agreed during the meeting of Ambassador Richard Holbrooke Special Representative of US for Afghanistan and Pakistan and... »
Virgin Media’s Blaze of Glory
James Enck submits: I’ve previously sung the praises of Virgin Media’s (VMED) top-notch treasury team, and once again they’ve shown what they’re made of. On Monday the company announced a £500m offering of senior secured notes, following on from the senior facilities amendment process of last year, which allowed the company to issue bonds ranking... »
5 Cricketers in Pakistan Squad for the Under-19 World Cup discovered by Mobilink Hunt for Heroes
Mobilink, Pakistan’s market leader in cellular services and part of Orascom Telecom Holdings wishes all the best to the Pakistan Under-19 squad for the upcoming ICC Under-19 World Cup in New Zealand. Mobilink feels greatly honored to have discovered and groomed 5 young talents in the 15-member squad through the Mobilink Hunt for Heroes... »
Jazz SMS Khazana
A treasure awaits at your fingertips. Now with “Jazz SMS Khazana” you can win exciting cash prizes sitting at home. Just send a blank SMS to 5555 and you can win Rs. 50,000 daily, Rs. 5,00,000 weekly or even get a chance to win the grand prize of Rs. 50,00,000! So why wait? Start... »
Zillow Wants a Home on Wall Street
Zillow, a real estate listing service that’s nearing profitability, is also dreaming of going public, though it’s pragmatic enough not to set its sights on doing so for another year. Zillow COO Spencer Rascoff today told Bloomberg that the company was courting Wall Street investors. The question is, why is he talking about it now? If you... »
Verizon Unveils More Interactive TV Features, Including Navigational Shortcuts, in Western New York
NEW YORK – Verizon continues to deliver the ultimate home-entertainment experience, introducing even more innovative interactive features for FiOS TV subscribers in Western New York. Related Topics: home, New York, Verizon »
Verizon Unveils More Interactive TV Features, Including Navigational Shortcuts, in South-Central Pennsylvania
HARRISBURG, Pa. – Verizon continues delivering the ultimate home-entertainment experience by introducing even more innovative interactive features for FiOS TV subscribers in south-central Pennsylvania. Related Topics: home, Verizon »
How Google Ranks Tweets: I Disagree
Today I came accross an interesting interview to Amit Singhal from Google, lead developer of Google’s real-time search. He explained how a “tweet” is ranked by Google and why a uses has a higher reputation than another user. Amit’s analysis is pretty clear: the approach used by Google is very similar to the one used... »
Ufone Background Music Service
Ufone Background music lets you play music and sound effects in the background of your call. You can play your favorite song in the background, or the sound of the beach, a market place and many more. So stop making those boring calls and personalize your conversations by playing music that matches the mood in... »
Telecom Sector Showing Positive Trend – PTA Annual Report 2008-09
Out of the top four cellular players Ufone has been the biggest impetus behind the Cellular industry’s 17% growth as declared by PTA in its annual report for the year 2008-2009. Ufone’s is at the top with an astounding revenue growth of 46% during past year. The report states that cellular telecom sector in Pakistan... »
Packet8 Service Down
Almost exactly one year ago 8X8’s Packet8 VoIP service suffered a major outage due to DNS issues. It now appears that both their domains 8×8.com and www.packet8.net are down. But more importantly their VoIP phone service is down. Stay tuned while I try and find out more… Update #1: from Joan Citelli Director,... »
How To Get A Google Nexus One Outside Of The US (part 2)
A few days ago I wrote a post on how to get a Google Nexus one in countries where it is not officially available yet, thanks to some simple tricks. Today, I want to share another way to get a Nexus One outside of the US. As of today, Florida-based Global Roaming is shipping worldwide... »
Australia goes wild for wireless internet
Use of wireless broadband services mushroomed during the past year to reach more than two million subscribers, driven by the popularity of wireless modems and mobile devices such as the iPhone. The Australian Communications and Media Authority’s communications report, released yesterday, revealed the use of wireless broadband services jumped 162 per cent in 2008-09, while... »
PocketMac Rescues Smartphones from the Toilet
Admit it, you’ve come close to doing the unthinkable – you text on your phone and surf the web while in the bathroom and when you get up to flush, your beloved phone slips out of your hand, your shirt pocket, or pants pocket and heads toward the toilet. You see your... »
The Rise of Connected Devices
The recently concluded Consumer Electronics Show brought home one simple fact: We will soon be hard-pressed to find consumer electronics that don’t feature a built-in Internet connection. From e-readers to tablets to Blu-ray players, we should be preparing for a connected experience. And consumers electronics makers should be preparing for a boost in sales. Especially... »
E-Bond Trading Platform to Create Wider Investor: Syed Salim Raza
Governor, State Bank of Pakistan, Syed Salim Raza on Monday said that Electronic Bond Trading Platform will enhance investors’ base of the sovereign debt market as it would attract investors from the non-banking sector as well resulting in higher liquidity in the government securities. Speaking at the launching ceremony of this bond here at State... »
British Council Focussing on Digital Technology in Pakistan
The head of British Government agency that promotes the use of information and communications technology has appreciated the computer usage in Pakistan and said the country has a good level of computer literacy. Stephen Crowne, Chief Executive, BECTA, was speaking to the members of the international media at the opening of the three-day “The... »
T-Mobile drops @Home VoIP service
T-Mobile has announced that they will no longer be offering their land-line replacement service @Home which allowed customers to make wireless VoIP calls over their home broadband connection. Users of the service could make calls from their mobile phones by connection to T-Mobile’s @Home HiPort wireless router–allowing for unlimited nationwide VoIP calls for $9.99... »
MagicJack ‘femtojack’ uses mobile phones to make VoIP calls
The people behind MagicJack, a plug-and-play VoIP device, have recognized the trend of consumers cutting their traditional landline voice connections like much of the telecom industry and have updated their offering to reflect that. MagicJack’s original offering was a USB device that came with a phone jack–plug your regular landline phone into the MagicJack,... »
Cisco brings TelePresence to the home
Last week at CES, Cisco unveiled its TelePresence system for consumer homes. The system used a set-top device, a remote control, a high-def camera, microphone, and a standard HDTV. The device is expected to cost around $1,000 excluding the cost of the TV and consumers’ monthly Internet bills. The company plans to trial its telepresence... »
Phone.com Unveils Hosted HD Voice Phone Network
Phone.com has announced its new hosted High Definition (HD) Business Phone service. It’s an add-on to Phone.com’s Virtual Office service. The new service allows home offices and other small businesses to enjoy professional welcome greetings, phone menus, extension dialing, sophisticated call routing, voice mail, fax and many more features with …(210 words) ... »
Phone.com Unveils Hosted HD Voice Phone Network
Phone.com has announced its new hosted High Definition (HD) Business Phone service. It’s an add-on to Phone.com’s Virtual Office service. The new service allows home offices and other small businesses to enjoy professional welcome greetings, phone menus, extension dialing, sophisticated call routing, voice mail, fax and many more features with …(210 words) Related Topics: business,... »
How To Get A Google Nexus One EVERYWHERE Now
Early adopter? Android fan? Google lover? Ok, You want a Nexus One, the new, powerful, Google phone, right? And you are frustrated since you live in a country where Google doesn’t ship, correct? Many of you, me included, get the following message when try to access http://www.google.com/phone Well, a guy found a pretty easy way to... »
Monsoon Intros Next-Gen Home Video Convergence Device
Consumer Electronics Show (CES) — Leave it to a company called Monsoon Multimedia to release a product named “Volcano.”But the company claims Volcano is no disaster; it’s a next-generation home video convergence device. Volcano incorporates major features of TiVo (time shifting), Slingbox/HAVA (place shifting), Roku (Internet video such as Netflix …(368 words) Related Topics: call,... »
Fonality Serves up 1 Billion Cloud VoIP Calls?
Today, Fonality announced it has served up its 1 billionth cloud call on their hosted VoIP platform called UNBOUND. UNBOUND is Fonality’s fully hosted cloud phone system and VoIP service solution and starts at $24.99/mo. Of course, Fonality also offers fully premise-based IP-PBX solutions as well. I like Fonality and the Fonality team, including Chris... »
4Home, Verizon Wireless Tout 4G Home Control
Consumer Electronics Show — 4Home and Verizon Wireless are demonstrating collaboratively developed 4G home control services at this week’s CES.Verizon’s 4G Long-Term Evolution (LTE) network is slated for commercial launch in 2010. 4Home, the category-creator that has developed a carrier-grade software platform for connected home services, is working with Verizon …(285 words) Related Topics: 4G,... »