Intel achieves 50 Gbps throughput using photons
Intel has successfully achieved 50 Gbps throughput over photon based telecommunication equipment. This is 50 times faster than the 1 Gbps ethernet we have currently. Although it will still take a few years before this tech can come to our homes or offices, it is a wonderful breakthrough in terms of communication speeds.
Vodafone launches solar powered mobile phone in India
In order to tap in rural customers with little or no power supply, Vodafone has launched a solar power mobile handset VF 247 in India at a price of INR 1500.
Indian Railways planning to launch its own ticket booking site
Apparently, all is not well between the Indian Railways and the Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC). After terminating the catering contract in Rajdhani, Duronto, Shatabdi & other mail and express trains, Indian Railways is allegedly planning to launch its own online ticketing site.
With a profit of approx. INR 1.22 billion, IRCTC is the largest ecommerce site in India, responsible for 30% of all rail booking in India. However, Indian Railways feel that IRCTC lacks in terms of infrastructure and customer support, and is therefore planning to take the task in its own hands.
[via PI]
Apple store refreshed. Magic trackpad & Battery charger added
Apple refreshed its online Apple store yesterday and added two new cool products – The Magic Trackpad & AA battery charger.
The presentation responsible for the Indian Rupee symbol
If you are one of those people who think that the Indian Rupee symbol was designed in a day or two, you need to look at the following presentation prepared by the symbol designer D Uday Kumar, assistant professor at IIT Guwahati:
Indian Ocean giving away its latest album for free
Indian Ocean, the contemporary fusion music band from Delhi, India is giving away their latest album 16/330 Khajoor Road for free on their website. The songs of the album will be made available to download one by one. The current available song is “Chand”.
US Copyright office legalizes jailbreaking and unlocking of iPhone
Epic news today. The United States Copyrights Office have legalized jailbreaking the iPhone to run apps that are not available (read rejected) on the app store. The revolutionary rule is one of the six new activities that are now exempt from DMCA. The new rule also exempts unlocking your iPhone to use it on another network. Ripping a DVD for educational purposes is also allowed from now on.
Facebook crosses 12 million users in India. All set to overtake orkut
Everyone knows that Facebook recently crossed 500 million users worldwide. What many might not know that Facebook also crossed 12 million users in India. At this rate, it will be able to overtake orkut very soon.
Facebook announced this milestone on the official Facebook India page. As part of the celebration. Facebook has launched the Facebook-Stories initiative where users can share their own stories about impact of Facebook on their lives.
Certainly a big number for India. however, when we look at it from a population penetration perspective, it is just close to 1%.
[via Facebook India & PI]
White iPhone 4 delayed further to “later this year”
Bad news for people who are waiting for the white iPhone 4. Apparently, Apple is facing some manufacturing challenges in producing the white model. In a press statement released today, Apple has told that the white iPhone 4 will not be available until later this year.
Here is the full statement:
White models of Apple’s new iPhone® 4 have continued to be more challenging to manufacture than we originally expected, and as a result they will not be available until later this year. The availability of the more popular iPhone 4 black models is not affected.
[via PR News]
Olive telecom launches India’s first 3G tablet
Olive telecom has launched Olivepad-VT100 in India. Olivepad is the first 3G enabled tablet to be launched in India. The tablet will be powered by the Android OS and will support 3.5G HSUPA networks in addition to WiFi and Bluetooth.
Weighing at 410 grams the Olivepad is powered by an ARM11 600MHz processor and is based on the new Qualcomm MSM7227 chipset. It features 512MB RAM, 512MB inbuilt flash memory, and microSD expandability up to 32GB, aside from a CMOS 3MP camera and webcam.
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