155 lakh customers have opted for MNP

About 155.48 lakh (15.55 million) customers have opted for mobile number portability (MNP) with Gujarat receiving the maximum number of requests at 15.51 lakh till the end of July, official data said Friday.MNP is a service which allows users to switch operators while retaining their phone numbers. "Mobile number portability requests increased from 129.85 lakh subscribers at the end of June 2011... By

Can Dell be surpassed by Lenovo in PCs?

The worlds No.3 PC brand has seen strong sales in China and other emerging markets. Lenovo, which last month reported earnings that topped analysts forecasts, is the most well-known Chinese PC brand. It is trying to grab market share in its mainstay PC business, a sector whose growth has been stunted by smartphones and tablet computers.With our own rapid growth, combined with the successful... By

Embedded systems market to double by 2015: IDC

IDG News Service The market for embedded computer systems, which already generates more than US$1 trillion in revenue annually, will double in size over the next four years, according to a report about to be released by research company IDC.Much of this growth will be propelled by more sophisticated, cloud-connected embedded systems, which will have faster chips, better connectivity and more... By

Soon you will be able to Tweet in Hindi

In coming weeks, it will become possible for users to post Hindi tweets on Twitter. A new post on the companys official blog says, After launching Hindi, Filipino, Malay and Simplified and Traditional Chinese in the coming weeks, Twitter will support 17 different languages.In India both Twitter and Facebook have a huge following. Facebook already offers its services in Hindi and five other... By

Can Twitter claim trademark on tweet?

If Twitter has its way, then in certain cases you might have to take the companys permission before you go about using the word tweet. Only the birds in the sky will be able to tweet, tweet, tweet. In the latest instance, Twitter is suing Twittad, a marketing company focused on promoting through Twitter, over the use of the word tweet in its slogan, Let Your Ad Meet Tweets. This isn't the first... By

Android developers plagued by software pirates

The study released by the Boston based consultancy firm, Yankee Group, and Skyhook Wireless, a mobile location data company, shows that Android developers are losing serious amount of money due to the activities of software pirates. The survey covered 75 Android developers, from 22 countries, each of which has a popular paid app in the Android market. Developers were asked 15 questions... By

Android Ice Cream Sandwich debut in Oct or Nov

At the Dreamforce cloud computing conference in San Francisco, Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt has revealed that the next version of Androids operating system, the Ice Cream Sandwich, will arrive in October or November of this year. "We have a new operating system, internally known as Ice Cream Sandwich for some reasons, which is being release in October/November, which everybody's very... By

$3.7 billion revenues from mobile apps in 2011

According to the new report from the market research firm Ovum, app downloads from the Android market are poised to touch a whopping 8.1 billion downloads figure, as compared to 6 billion downloads off Apple's app store. This represents a phenomenal rise from last year, when 1.4 billion apps got downloaded from Android market, and 2.7 billion from the Apples app store. Nick Dillon, devices... By

Microsofts Cloud Collapse: hotmail users cut off

Microsofts cloud system was down around the world. Users in India and elsewhere were unable to access their Hotmail and Skydrive accounts for almost four hours. Office 365 was also inaccessible. The official Microsoft blogs and Twitter accounts were busy putting out the small public relations flare ups, but these things happen and there was little spokespersons could do but tell users to sit... By

SolidWorks 2012 delivers design solutions

Dassault Systemes SolidWorks Corp. (DS SolidWorks) has unveiled SolidWorks 2012 a comprehensive 3D design solution that enables users to work more efficiently and have the data they need to make better design decisions throughout the product development process. Benefits take shape throughout SolidWorks 2012 with a variety of improvements in areas such as assembly and drawing capabilities, built... By

New facilities for HP ITO delivery

HP Enterprise Services on Thursday announced that it has opened two new facilities in Bangalore. The new facilities will increase the capacity of the Best Shore hub in India and will offer infrastructure technology outsourcing (ITO) services to clients across the globe in a shared service delivery environment, said a press release. Earlier, HP had announced that it expects to add more than 500,... By

Europeans turn to smartphones; Nokia hit

Booming demand for Apple's iPhone and phones using Google's Android software lifted second-quarter smartphone sales in Western Europe by 48 per cent year on year, while former market leader Nokia fell further behind."Smartphones now dominate the Western European phone market and those vendors with stronger portfolios in the segment are consolidating their positions," said IDC analyst Francisco... By