Telecom services provider Idea Cellular today said it has partnered with Indian Railways to promote its language helpline service. As part of the campaign, the Idea Language Helpline will be promoted across Indian Railways network for a week with the Idea Language Helpline jingle playing on 139, Idea Cellular said in a statement. Through this initiative, Idea Cellu
Security concerns have forced authorities to disable the "virtual tour" of Hotel Maurya Sheraton where US President Barack Obama will stay during his visit to the capital beginning this Sunday. The management has disabled the "online virtual tour" section in the Delhi hotel website, officials said. The virtual tour enables a client to have a pee
SBI Life Insurance has partnered with AP Online, a joint venture between TCS and Andhra Pradesh government, to enable its customers to conveniently make renewal premium payment through the latter`s 1500 franchisees widely spread across the state. The franchisees, present even in rural geographies of the states, are equipped to facilitate cash collections up to Rs 49,999 and to de
Oracle Corp will snap up e-commerce software solutions provider Art Technology Group in an all cash deal worth USD 1 billion. The latest acquisition, expected to be completed by early next year, would bolster Oracle`s capability to offer industry-specific enterprise solutions. Oracle today said it has agreed to buyout Art Technology Group (ATG) for USD 6 per share
In a bid to help prisoners lead a meaningful life and better integrate into society after their release, Cherlapally Central Jail here will set up a first-of-its kind business process outsourcing (BPO) centre. "The BPO, to be operational from the prison, is all set to take off in next two-three months," Director-General of Prisons (Andhra Pradesh) CN Gopinath Reddy said
The transformation of the world into a "global village", the Internet as well as additional technology available to the public has made terrorism more lethal in the 21st century, Israel`s intelligence chief has warned. "The terrorist threat in the future has become more complex. The world has turned into a `global village` and everything is available to everyone. T
Microblogging website Twitter can help predict the swings and throws of a stock market much like or rather better than any financial analyst, scientists say. Researchers at the Indiana University who analysed nearly 10 million tweets, or 140 character messages, found that they could predict the rise and fall of the Dow Jones Industrial Average -- in some cases nearly a week in ad
The Department of Telecom (DoT) has asked all mobile phone companies in the North-East to complete the re-verification of their customers within three months, fuelling speculations that a good chunk of the pre-paid connections might be disconnected in the process. "After the expiry of three months no recharge will be allowed for unverified connection," said a DoT notifi
The BJP`s TN state unit today demanded the sacking of Union IT and Telecom Minister A Raja for his alleged role in the 2G spectrum allocation scam, saying he had been clearly indicted by many agencies. `Raja, in the first place, should not have been inducted in the Central cabinet at all, but it was done under certain complusions. He has been clearly indicted (by agencies such as
Police officers and detectives in Britain will now receive special training on how to use social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter to keep a tab on the movements of suspected criminals. Under this new programme, around 3,500 officials will receive the social media training each year, said the National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA), which supports police by provid
Enterprise communication services provider Tulip Telecom said that it has bagged orders worth Rs 37.95 crore from Punjab for providing data connectivity services. "Tulip has been named as the network bandwidth service provider (NBSP) for deploying data connectivity services in Punjab under the R-APDRP scheme," Tulip Telecom Chief Executive Officer Sanjay Jain said.
Internt search giant Google has sued the US Department of the Interior alleging that the federal agency favoured rival Microsoft while considering bids for e-mail and collaboration software for its 88,000 employees. In the suit filed in the US Court of Federal Claims, Google alleges that the US agency`s request was written to "exclude Google`s online services, Google Apps, b
Jammu and Kashmir government is taking various steps, including installation of internet Wi-Fi and upgradation of infrastructure, in Gulmarg to make the hill station a tourist friendly spot. Minister of State for Tourism Nasir Aslam Wani, who visited Gulmarg yesterday, directed Gulmarg Development Authority (GDA) to install Wi-Fi technology to provide high speed wireless internet
Worried about reports of a clear link between serious ailments and strong radiation emanating from mobile towers, the government has taken a tough stance and will start random testing of towers next month, with a huge penalty proposed in case of non-compliance with norms. "Nationwide random testing of radiation emitted by mobile towers will commence from November 16, 2010, o
Asian and Pacific countries agreed today to help establish next-generation high-speed broadband networks in their region by 2020, overcoming the "digital divide" between rich and poor nations. The accord was mentioned in a declaration adopted by tele-communications and information ministers from the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum at the end of
Around 11,485 candidates today appeared for the online Common Admission Test (CAT) 2010, the highest so far since the start of the exam on October 27, with the organisation conducting it claiming that the sessions ended "successfully". The first edition of the online CAT exam was marred by technical glitches last year. "11,485 candidates registered f
As social networking websites Facebook and Twitter stand banned in China, their indigenous versions have hooked millions of Chinese users. Kaixin001.com, translated in English as the `happy network` is China`s Facebook-style website that already has about 90 million users. Then there is Twitter`s Chinese clone Weibo which is used by 40 million people, a media repor
Myanmar authorities appear to be deliberately slowing down the Internet ahead of this weekend`s election to make it more difficult for journalists to get images and news out of the country, rights groups said today. The highly secretive military junta has not announced any Internet slowdown but analysts say it fits a pattern of new restrictions put in place ahead of Sunday`s vote
This robot may not have a Rajnikanth-like image, but the model created by a 17-year-old Doon School student possesses emotional intelligence and can even dish out answers for unexpected questions with the help of the internet. The 3-dimension Robo `iTalk`, an award winning working model, talks in English, lisps like a human and understands human moods of happiness and anger with
State-owned BSNL is likely to invite bids from telecom vendors, including the Chinese firms, this month for its proposed 5.5-million GSM lines tender with an estimated investment of Rs 2,000 crore. "GSM tender of 5.5 million line is under evaluation...hopefully by first week of early next month we will float it," BSNL CMD Gopal Das told PTI. In June this
