0 Government withdraws ban on bulk SMSes and MMSes

The government has lifted its restriction on bulk SMSes and MMSes with immediate effect. It's notable that the ban has been revoked a day before the stipulated 15-day deadline of August 31. The move is a huge respite for millions of pre-paid mobile users, who were restricted from sending more than 20 SMSes a day in the wake of the NE situation.

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0 4.8-inch Samsung ATIV S is the first Windows Phone 8 device

Samsung’s pre-IFA 2012 press conference held a lot of announcements, ranging from Android and Windows Phone 8 smartphones, to Windows 8 and RT tablets.

The Android smartphone Samsung introducedwas the massive 5.5-inch Galaxy Note II, about which you can find more details here. The Korean giant also announced the world’s first Windows Phone 8 device, the Samsung ATIV S. The news is quite surprising, as the industry was expectingNokia (because of their exclusive partnership with Microsoft), to be the first company to reveal a Windows Phone 8 device, at their September 5 press conference.

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0 Google+ introduces birthday reminders

Following the footsteps of Facebook, Google has also added birthday reminders on its social networking website, Google+. The reminder will appear on the right hand side of the main Google search page when someone in your contacts is celebrating his/her birth anniversary.

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0 Microsoft SkyDrive now available on Android

A few weeks ago Microsoft had revealed their intentions to release an official SkyDrive app for Android phones. Today, Microsoft has announced the app, which is now available for download on Google Play store for free.

Those of you that are interested in checking out theSkyDrive app can download it here. Microsoft's SkyDrive for Android is similar to the apps for Windows Phone and iOS. Those interested can download the Windows Phone version of the apphere and the iOS version of the app here.

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0 Android Hackathon Mumbai kicks off on September 1

If you are an Android developer, or learning its development, or just an enthusiast about Android technology, you may want to attend the Android Hackathon at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Mumbai on September 1, organized by the Google Developers Group of Mumbai (GDG Mumbai).

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0 Google announces Let's Talk Mo service

Google India has come up with a new service called 'Let's Talk Mo', which aims to enable small and medium businesses to reach out to the 70 million mobile users in the country. With the Let's Talk Mo service, Google will help businesses create mobile sites for free.

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0 Airtel, Microsoft partner to provide Indian SMBs secure access to Office 365

Bharti Airtel has announced it will deliver Microsoft’s cloud based Office 365 business productivity solutions to SMBs, by provisioning the service through its cloud platform.

Under the agreement, Airtel will be able to provide SMBs access to Microsoft Office 365, addressing their connectivity and productivity requirements while allowing them to focus on their core business activities.

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0 AirPlay Direct to be unveiled by Apple this September

Apple is expected to improve is wireless music and video streaming service, AirPlay, by removing the need for Wi-Fi altogether.

AirPlay, which was introduced in iOS 4, allowed users to wirelessly stream music and videos to an AirPlay enabled device such as the Apple TV or the B&W Zeppelin Air (audio only).

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0 Microsoft launches new logo after 25 years

Microsoft will use a new logo for the first time in over two and a half decades. The software titan has created a new logo which has been heavily inspired by the emblem of Windows operating system. This change in the logo also shows the company's focus on the tile-centric Metro interface, which it uses in the Windows Phone platform, XBOX 360 and the upcomingWindows 8 and Office suite.

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0 Facebook announces new look for Messages

Facebook has announced it will be rolling out a new and cleaner version of Messages, which will now have a dual-pane layout.

The new Messages inbox has a list of the recent messages on the left side, and a reading pane on the right. The two pane format is said to make the Facebook Messages platform look closer to the professional emails, such as Microsoft Outlook. The previous Message design had a single-column view, while users needed to visit another page for viewing any conversation.

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0 Government working on area-specific SMS monitoring system says reports

The government is reportedly working on a new system that will help authorities curb bulk SMSes and MMSes at a regional level in the future. Currently the government has imposed a nationwide ban on bulk SMSes and MMSes which prohibits users from sending more than five messages in a day. The move was taken in view of widespread circulations of messages having inflammatory and provocative content that led to the exodus of the North East Indians from different states.

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0 Fenda Audio launches two 2.1 Bluetooth wireless speakers in India

Fenda Audio has added two new 2.1 wireless Bluetooth speakers to its range of speakers in India - the W330BT and W130BT.

Established in 2004, Fenda has been dedicated to bringing a quality sound experience to the Indian market. Its brand F&D, under which it markets its multimedia and laptop speakers and docking stations, has since grown into offering more than 30 products, which are today available at all major electronic stores and dealer locations across India.

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0 Government disconnects over 51,000 phone numbers for pesky calls

The government has disconnected more than 51,000 unregistered phone numbers that were being used for the telemarketing activities till July 2012. Moreover, notices were served to nearly 88,300 subscribers for similar violations. The revelation was made by Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology, Milind Deora in a written reply to Rajya Sabha last week.

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0 Microsoft opens registration for Windows 8 upgrade

Microsoft has officially opened registration for new Windows 7 users (who purchase Windows 7 PC between June 2, 2012 – January 31, 2013) to upgrade to Windows 8. Microsoft is offering the upgrade to Windows 8 Pro for $14.99. It may be recalled that the Indian consumers are entitled to a downloadable upgrade to Windows 8 Pro for a price of just Rs. 699.

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0 Download Windows 8 Enterprise 90-day trial edition now

Microsoft has released a 90-day trial edition for its final version of Windows 8 operating system, which is slated to go on sale on October 26 this year. The trial, however, is available only for the Enterprise edition of Windows 8 and is aimed at developers who intend to build apps, and IT administrators who want to try out the new OS before making their decision to migrate, all ahead of its official debut. Microsoft recently released final version of Windows 8 to MSDN and Technet subscribers.

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0 HP spinning off webOS as 'Gram'

WebOS just can't let go. More than six months after HP decided to open source the mobile OS, webOS Nation has discovered that the webOS Global Business Unit (GBU) will be reborn as a new company known as Gram.

WebOS Nation posted a memo from HP chief of staff Martin Risau in which is Gram is described as "a new brand."

"We are no longer a consumer hardware brand, we are a different company with focus on software, User Experience, Cloud, engineering and partnering," Risau wrote.

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0 Nokia to unveil Windows Phone 8 devices on September 5

Nokia is holding a media event in New York on Sept 5, and speculation all over the Internet is that the company may unveil its long awaited Windows Phone 8 smartphones. Adding fuel to this rumour is the fact that the event will be held jointly with Microsoft.

This could be the beginning of the unveiling of Windows Phone 8 devices as other manufacturers such as HTC and Samsung are expected to launch their Windows Phone 8 devices before the holiday season. Also Windows 8, Microsoft’s desktop and tablet OS will be hitting store shelves in October.

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0 India one of the most risk ridden data centre locations in the world

India has milked its reputation of offering cheap IT labour for long but the reputation might be in danger tells us a study conducted by Cushman & Wakefield and Hurleypalmerflatt named ‘Data Centre Risk Index’ . The study evaluated “Data Centre Risk Index” i.e., the risks to global data centre facilities and international investment in business critical IT infrastructure.

In the survey, India scored an unsurprising second position in the most risk ridden Data Centre location among top 30 countries, the last being Brazil. The centre of global outsourcing over the past few years may not look so attractive anymore! This may be due to India’s low score in “Ease of Business”, “Inflation”, “per capita GDP” and “Corporate Tax”. The recent power grid collapse only adds to such a low ranking of India in the study.

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0 Aakash 2 tablet to launch "very soon", now expected in September

The Aakash tablet is once again in the news, and this time hopefully for the right reasons. Kapil Sibal, the Minister of Human Resources, has announced that the “Aakash tablet will be launching very soon,” when addressing the first convocation of BITS Hyderabad.

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0 Huawei to start smartphone manufacturing at Chennai(India) plant

According to a report by the Financial Chronicle, Huawei is planning to start production of smartphones for the Indian market in its Chennai plant, helping it expand its presence in the country to over 200 cities and 20,000 outlets, in three years. Huawei right now has a presence in over 35 Indian cities , with 2,500 outlets across the country.

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0 Lenovo to launch Windows RT version of IdeaPad Yoga laptop-tablet hybrid

Last week, we’d heard of a Lenovo Windows 8 tablet, the ThinkPad Tablet 2, which would run on an x86 Intel Atom processor, and be based on Windows 8 Pro.

Now, it looks like Lenovo is working on a Windows RT tablet as well, thought to be an ARM variant of the 13.3-inch IdeaPad Yoga convertible laptop-tablet that Lenovo demoed at CES 2012. The ARM version, if nothing else, should sport better battery life.

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0 iPhone 5 to feature a Nano SIM tray

Apple is expected to launch the next generation iPhone, the iPhone 5 around September 12th and the rumour mills are hard at work, churning out new information about to Apple’s upcoming smartphone.

The latest rumour suggests that the device will feature a “Nano SIM” tray. Images have surfaced on the Internet suggesting what the tray may look like. The report comes from nowhereelse.fr, which shows off the images of the new Nano SIM tray.

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0 Kinect for Windows sensor and SDK now available in India

Microsoft Corporation India has announced the availability of Kinect for Windows sensor and Software Development Kit (SDK) in India.

Surprisingly enough, the Kinect for Windows sensor has been priced at Rs. 19,990 – rather exorbitant when you consider the Kinect for Xboxsensor comes for Rs. 9,990, and the Xbox 360 4GB Kinect Bundle comes for Rs. 24,990.

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0 Android 4.0 ICS-based Wtab 7.2 launches at Rs. 4,899

Delhi-based Champion Computers has announced the launch of an Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich-based tablet called 'Wtab 7.2'. The device has been priced at Rs. 4,899.

The Wtab 7.2 runs on ARM Cortex A8 1.5GHz processor and has a 512MB of RAM. The device features 4GB of internal storage, microSD card support up to 32GB of storage, 7-inch (17. 8cm) 5 point touch capacitive screen, and front-facing camera. For connectivity, it supports 3G via USB dongle and Wi-Fi. To know more about the device, click here.

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0 Windows 8 retail packaging revealed

The Verge has photos of what looks to be the boxed retail packaging for two of Microsoft’s upcoming operating systems, Windows 8 and Windows 8 Pro. Windows RT, meant for ARM-based tablet / netbook devices, will not be available off the shelves.

The packaging features ‘Metro UI’ style (or should we say, ‘New User Interface’ style) Windows 8 logos, with different colour schemes for the two editions

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0 Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 coming soon

The wait for Samsung's Galaxy Note 10.1 tablet is finally over.The device, which was first unveiled at Mobile World Congress in February, will be "available globally" this month, Samsung announced on Monday. Initially, the Galaxy Note 10.1 will be available in Wi-Fi-only or Wi-Fi plus 3G HSPA+ options, but Samsung promised to bring a Wi-Fi plus LTE version to market later this year.

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0 Microsoft launches Office Store, for third-party Office 2013 apps

Microsoft has launched a new feature for Office 2013 which is very similar to the Windows Store for Windows 8 apps. Called the new Office Store, it allows third party app developers to create, publish, sell and distribute Microsoft Office related apps. The store is specifically designed for Office 2013 applications.

Few weeks ago Microsoft announced the availability of its Office 2013 productivity suite. In yesterday's Office Store announcement, Microsoft revealed its new features.

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1 Google creates Official Android blog

Do you insist on keeping yourself updated at every piece of official news surrounding Android platform? If your answer is yes, then we have some good news for you.

Since the beginning, Android was a blogless mobile operating system, and Google used to publish their news or several updates with the help of Google Mobile Blog, but no more! Today, Google officially launched their official blog for Android mobile operating system.

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0 Microsoft announces Windows 8 has been Released to Manufacturing

Microsoft has announced that Windows 8 has been Released to Manufacturing (RTM). With this, industry partners are readying products in time for the Windows 8 worldwide launch on 26 October, 2012.

Select audiences, including developers, IT professionals and partners will have early access to the final RTM code beginning later this month. Highlights include:

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