Facebook Reaches Settlement With FTC On Privacy Issues

Facebook agreed to tighten its privacy policies in order to settle charges that it abused users' personal data, the US Federal Trade Commission said Tuesday. The social networking giant pledged to strengthen customer consent rules on privacy and to shut down all access to accounts deleted by customers in 30 days or less, the FTC said. Facebook did not admit guilt and was not fined amid charges it shared user information with advertisers and other ...

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Internet domain names in 22 Indian languages soon

By mid-2012, vernacular domain names in all 22 Indian languages may secure the approval of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). By the end of this year, the central government would approach ICANN for internationalised domain names in seven additional Indian languages. These are Sindhi, Kashmiri, Kannada, Oriya, Malayalam, Manipuri and Assamese. Internationalised domain names (IDNs) include characters other than the ...

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HTC launches Sensation XL in India for INR 39,990

HTC India has launched its second Beats Audio Android phone Sensation XL in country today. Company has priced it at a hefty INR 38,799 (best buy price, MRP is INR 39,990), making it the most expensive Android phone pricing till date in India. Sensation XL will be available in stores country-wide soon. Features Overview:  HTC Sensation XL features a 1.5GHz processor, a whopping 4.7 inch display with 800X480p resolution, and Android 2.3. ...

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Ericsson to manage 70% of Airtel networks

It has been reported that the Swedish firm Ericsson has finalized a deal with Airtel in order to handle more than 70% of Airtel’s network in India, whereas Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) will be handling the rest of the parts, though the authorities have not disclosed the amount as of now. “This unique multi-technology managed services partnership with Ericsson will help us focus on creating a compelling service proposition for our customers, as we ...

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French IT Company to ban emails in office

Atos, one of biggest information technology companies in the world with over 80,000 workers in 42 countries, will soon ban e-mails because it says 90 percent of them are a waste of time. Atos, headquartered in France, said too many employees waste time dealing with irrelevant e-mails, according to the Daily Mail. The company would phase out e-mailing within 18 months, and said it wants people to spend more time talking to each other -- either ...

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Cisco says Global cloud data traffic growing rapidly

Network equipment maker Cisco Systems Inc said global cloud data traffic will grow at a compound annual rate of 66 per cent between 2010 and 2015, as consumers and businesses seek untethered access to content and applications. By mid-decade more than a third of all data center traffic will be based in the cloud, which allows data to be stored and accessed remotely, Cisco said in its first annual Global Cloud Index published on Tuesday. Gobal ...

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Cluzee - Siri's Android Alternative - Natural Language Assist Android App

If you are an Android user and have been wishing for something along the lines of Siri for your smartphone, Cluzee is looking like your alternative. Cluzee might lack the integration with some of the outside devices and services like Plex media and such that Siri offers. However, it will do the core voice functions Siri offers. Cluzee does have a few tricks that Siri is missing reports BGR.One of those cool tricks is that ...

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Facebook targets $10 Billion in IPO

Facebook might finally be laying down the groundwork for a highly anticipated initial public offering, long expected to take place sometime after April 2012.The Wall Street Journal has reported that the world's largest online social network is looking to raise as much as $10 billion in its IPO. The Journal cited people familiar with the matter but did not identify them by name.The amount would value Facebook at as much as $100 billion, according ...

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How Facebook tracks its 800 Million Users Online and Offline ?

Facebook has for the first time revealed details about how it tracks users across the Web. According to USA Today, the complete picture how the social network keeps tabs on its 800 million users was revealed through series of interviews with the social networking site's engineering director, spokesman, corporate spokesman and engineering manager. Facebook does not track everybody the same way, as it uses different methods for members who have signed ...

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TolMol.com launched Quran Mobile Phone

Online retailer TolMol.com in a joint venture with Malaysian digital Islamic products maker ENMAC Engineering, Monday launched GSM mobile handset MQ3500 also called 'Quran mobile' to cater to the Muslim community in the Indian market. Enmac Qur’an mobile handset comes with recitation of complete Quran, the holy scripture of the Islamic community. It will be in voice of seven famous Quari, along that would be made available in 29 languages including ...

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RIM Blackberry to launch a free aptitude test app for students

Research In Motion(RIM) Blackberry will provide free aptitude test application on its BlackBerry phones for students in India in partnership with content providers Ipomo and mobile operator Vodafone. "We are looking at the way a student can utilise his time for productive work on mobile phones. Hence, we have decided to give students Aptitude Competition for Excellence (ACE) applications free so that he can utilise his time to prepare for competitive ...

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Letsbuy November December 2011 Coupon Code

Order in www.letsbuy.com with our sKoolBoyz.in Coupon Codes to get Additional Discounts. Coupon Code: AMEXLB Website : www.letsbuy.com Discount : 10% Valid Till : 31 December 2011 Valid for : All Purchases  Please comment here whether this Coupon code works for you. Check this Letsbuy December 2011 Coupon C ...

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Bangalore based Aditi Technologies acquires US cloud computing firm Cumulux

Software major Aditi Technologies acquired the US-based cloud computing start-up Cumulux for an undisclosed sum to offer cloud services and drive applications and workloads over a network, the company said Monday. "We are betting our business on cloud computing, which will give competitive advantage to customers as we have demonstrated our domain expertise in building solutions on Windows Azure for Microsoft's independent software vendors (ISVs) ...

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No Empty space in world - Light created from Vaccum shows Vaccum is not true

Scientists claim to have produced particles of light out of vacuum, proving that space is not empty. An international team says that its experiment in which tiny parcels of light, or photons, are produced out of empty space has confirmed that a vacuum contains quantum fluctuations of energy, the Nature journal reported. In fact, the scientists have demonstrated for the first time a strange phenomenon known as the dynamical Casimir effect, or DCE ...

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Google Music India - Consolation for Indians

Google India users can explore Indian Music. Google India users can listen to thousands of full songs from Google's partners in.com, saavn and saregama. Currently, Google's new Cloud Music service is launched only for United States and in near future it might be expanded to most of the countries in the World. Website: http://www.google.co.in/mu ...

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Google Music in Android Market - music.google.com

Google has unveiled its much-anticipated digital music store as it opens a new front in its battle with Apple to provide services over mobile devices. For the first time, Google will sell songs on the Android Market, its online store for apps, movies and books. Songs were priced at free, 69 cents, 99 cents and $1.29. Some examples of artists whose work is available right away include Coldplay, Drake and Pearl Jam. The songs are automatically ...

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Amazon's The Kindle Fire - Audience Review

Amazon's Kindle Fire - Audience Review  I have had the Kindle Fire for a little over a week now, and I think that is enough time to provide my first impressions on the device. The first and most important thing that should be said is that this is not an "iPad-killer." It is not designed to be. I have seen so many articles and comments comparing this to the iPad, and surveys where people are asked if they will be buying a Kindle Fire over an ...

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iPhone 4S Price in India - Rs. 57,500 - launched by Aircel & Airtel

The Lowest priced model of iPhone 4S in India is Rs 44,500 which is a bit shocker for iPhone fans in India. The handset's prices were out after Bharti Airtel revealed them on its website and launched pre-bookings on Friday, prior to the official launch on November 25. The 32 GB model is priced at Rs 50,900 and the top-end 64 GB model for Rs 57,500. Aircel, the other operator to announce the iPhone 4S on its network will also sell this phone ...

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Speed of light broken by Neutrino - Results confirmed after new Test again.

The speed of light appears to have been broken again after scientists carried out a new set of experiments to test measurements that could require the laws of physics to be rewritten. Scientists have posted new results that confirm measurements made in September that a beam of subatomic particles had travelled faster than the speed of light. The initial result caused widespread debate as it appeared to break one of the most fundamental laws of ...

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Samsung's new Galaxy Note : Tablet or a Smart Phone ?! ;)

Samsung has introduced a new smartphone, not really, may be a table, nah nah. we can call it a hybrid ;) yeah, it is galaxy note. Check out the size comparison below: The big one is Galaxy Note. The smaller one is IPhone 4. ;) See, even you are confused now ?! :P They say, "The Galaxy Note is a primary device that will minimize the need to switch to other devices while on the go and open up the potential of your mobile experience." Lets have ...

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Twitter Introduces SMS Options

We have used the SMS updates from Facebook. Now its Twitter's time to give this facility for us. You can get the updates about the retweets, You can subscriobe the tweets of a particular user, you can respond to that user and you can do a lots. Check out below: For now, In India, four network users can avail this facility, So, what next?? Happy Tweeting All the Time ! ;) ...

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Google's Children's Day Doodle

Guys, Checked the doodle of today? You might have seen an exhibition of an array of Indian Musical Instruments. Wondering, what do these musical instruments got to do with the Children's day ! let me explain you. :D For about the last two years Google has been conducting doodle4google, a competetion for the kiddos in India. For what? , Of course, the Children's Day , the very Special November 14 for the kids of India. Its conducted by Google ...

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