May 22, 2013

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Airtel Call Home Launched New Plans for More Asian Countries

Airtel Callhome Launches Plans for Asian Countries

Airtel is going global. With its calling card service Airtel Callhome, NRIs residing in the US, UK, Canada and many other countries are already calling their friends and family back in India. Airtel Callhome has now expanded its services for citizens of four new countries – Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Philippines. The citizens of [...]

T-Mobile 4G Enabled Tablets Coming in 2011

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T-Mobile is following in Sprint’s footsteps and will also be producing a 4G tablet to hit shelves in 2011. Sadly, neither an additional information about the T-Mobile 4G tablets was released, nor a timescale when to expect them in 2011. A press release on Friday reads that: T-Mobile is working closely with the majority of [...]

Amazon Releases Kindle for the Web, Windowshop; Event taken place at “Google Chrome OS Event”

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There isn’t any doubt that Amazon’s Kindle dedicated eBook readers are a success around the world and now the online retailing giant could be looking to step up its game. After Google just launched its own eBook store, Google eBookstore, word is going around the Amazon is gearing up to launch a new web app [...]

Truphone Introduces Desktop Application; Replacing the Name “Truphone” to “TRU”

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Truphone is going beyond mobile by launching a desktop application that brings the same benefits the company’s mobile users can already enjoy to a computer near you. VoIP telco Truphone have released a desktop app to allow pay-as-you-go VoIP calling from PCs, Macs and Linux. Truphone, In other words, using the Truphone application on your [...]

Google Editions E-Reader Service to be launched in US by the Year End

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Google Editions will launch in the US this year, with international launches to follow soon after in. Dubbed Google Editions, the new venture will take a different approach to book selling than most of its competitors, including Amazon’s Kindle or Apple’s iBookstore. Instead of relying on a single, centralized store, Google will let users buy [...]

The WHERE Brings “Local Discovery Apps” for iOS and Androids

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Location media company “WHERE” launched its new local discovery service that “empowers and inspires people to discover their next favorite place.” At the moment, the mobile application is available for the iPhone and Android-powered devices, with release on BlackBerry and other major platforms (though we’re not sure which platforms) expected by year’s close. WHERE’s key [...]

XBOX “Live Reward Program” Opened for UK and US Users

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The Xbox Live Rewards program which will let users earn Microsoft Points for activity on the online gaming portal has now launched. The service was first tested a year ago and has now been available to all Members who are 18 and over in the UK and the US. The system works pretty much like [...]

Comcast to Introduce “Recurring Fee” for Netflix Streaming

BBC Global iPlayer Subscription Based App for iPad Coming Soon

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BBC has plans to launch their global version of the iPlayer as a subscription-based app for the iPad. According to a report by the Financial Times, quoting Luke Bradley-Jones, managing director of BBC.com, as saying that the network plans to expand its UK-only iPlayer platform “to initially launch just on the iPad platform, as it [...]

WikiLeaks Site Deleted from Amazon Servers due to US Pressure

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Amazon.com stopped hosting WikiLeaks from its Web servers following pressure from members of Congress, prompting the controversial group to move its website to a European provider. WikiLeaks said in a Twitter message it had been “ousted” by the Seattle online retailer, which also sells Web services and online storage. In its message, WikiLeaks said its [...]

Verizon LTE to Rollout on Dec 1st

Verizon announced today that it will be holding a press conference on December 1st to discuss its LTE rollout plans. The press conference will begin at 12:00 noon EST and is available via teleconference and on twitter (@VerizonWireless #VZW4G). The  carrier is expected to blanket 38 major metropolitan areas and more than 110 million Americans [...]