Airtel ‘Call-me-back’ Service’ for Sending Free Toll Free SMS


Airtel announced the ‘Call-me-back’ service for prepaid subscribers in collaboration with mCarbon.  This service will allow the users who have less than Rs. 1 balance to request their family or friends to call them back.

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Call-me-back service offered by Airtel does not charge anything from the user.  If the user has less than Rs. 1 balance in his account, he can send an SMS using the ‘Call-me-back’ service.  The user can send a toll-free SMS with the message ‘Call and the message ‘Pls call me back’ to this friends and family members.  The user will not be charged for sending this message but eh people who call back on the user’s number will be charged according to their plan rate.  The user can send toll free SMS to either Airtel prepaid plan users or postpaid users including those who are in roaming.  This service is only available for prepaid account users who have less than Rs. 1 balance in their account and the service can be utilized for three times in a day.

Airtel also introduced Wi-Fi Hangout, which is a prepaid hotspot service in the beginning of this week.  Prepaid users can access broadband internet experience on Wi-Fi supported device laptops, mobiles and tablets.  This service is presently available in only few cities such as Bangalore, Mumbai etc.  Wi-Fi Hangout is available in different packages such as Rs. 20 for 30 minutes, Rs. 30 for 60 minutes and Rs. 50 for 120 minutes.

Data Share Plan is another service offered by Airtel.  Users of this plan will be allowed to access 3G data on three devices by paying Rs. 1,000.  After the usage of 5GB the speed will be reduced to 80DB per second and the user can use unlimited data.

mCarbon Tech Innovation Co-founder and director said that the they are happy to launch ‘Call-me-back’ service in partnership with Airtel.  He said the service is part of customer experience management.  He said they are positive to add more and more applications for the convenience of customers.

New Architectural Wonders in India


Construction and architecture have risen to a new level altogether with great minds working enthusiastically towards building India with amazing structures. India prides itself on having some of the most contemporary designs for offices, especially in the IT sector.

It’s amazing how modern architecture is changing the look of India, with the infrastructure boom in play we see new shapes and beautiful looking buildings cropping up all around India.

Here is the list of such 10 buildings.

1. International Tech Park, Bangalore

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International Tech Park Bangalore (ITPB) developed and managed by Ascendas. It is India’s first hi-tech park of its kind designed to provide a complete pleasure environment for IT-related businesses. It is offering high-quality infrastructure combined with extensive amenities and recreational facilities and activities.

ITPB has a built-up area of over 2,000,000 sqft with more than 233 companies and over 320,000 people comprised by the community working out of ITPB. There are six buildings, named Discoverer, Inventor, Explorer, Navigator, Creator, and Pioneer. In addition to this, ITPB also boasts of its own five-star hotel Vivanta by Taj which is operated by Asia’s leading luxury hotel chain, Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces.

2. Patni Knowledge Park, Mumbai

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Patni Knowledge Park opened in September 2006 in Airoli near Mumbai. It is the state-of-the-art environment-friendly facility which complements the organization’s green initiatives around efficient utilization and conservation of energy, water and natural resources.

 The centre is spread over 5 acres and has a seating capacity of over 3500. It was awarded the LEED Platinum (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) rating for its Green IT-BPO Centre. This makes the Patni Knowledge Centre the second largest Platinum rated building in the world.
3. Oracle Financial Service Software, Bangalore
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Earlier known as i-flex Park, the facility at Bangalore has uniquely designed blocks, an executive complex and a block for development and customer care activities. With a floor space of over 144,000 sqft, the building which is a part of the Bagmane Tech Park accommodates more than 1,500 employees. The building has several energy saving measures including special provisions for natural light.

The software park is built and maintained by Bagmane Group. The park shares its boundaries with HAL and DRDO and is near the HAL Airport. It is equipped with all modern class facilities and is surrounded by a lake near the entrance. It also contains a Shopping mall, and a 4.7 hectare lake in the centre of the park.

4. Infosys Training Campus, Mysore
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Infosys has the world’s largest training centre in Mysore. With a total area of 1.44 million sqft, Infosys Global Education Center (GEC I and II) can train 14,000 employees at any given time. The facility has 147 training rooms, 485 faculty rooms, 42 conference rooms, 5 assessment halls, an induction hall, a cyber cafe and two state-of-the-art libraries which can house over 140,000 books.

Mysore campus has multiplex and auditorium complex. The main auditorium in this complex has a seating capacity of 1,056 seats and three multiplex theaters of 145 seats each. The total capacity of this complex is 1,491 seats. The auditorium has state-of-the-art digital projection systems and audio systems along with the best acoustic arrangements.

5. Wipro Campus, Noida
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Wipro Campus Greater Noida is a LEED (Leadership in energy & environmental Design) certified Gold rated Green Building by IGBC (Indian Green Building Council) in New Construction Category. It has a total area 40,00,000 sqft.

This project has been designed to provide an interactive campus environment in a tranquil setting. The activity hub with common facilities like recreation, cafeteria and sports centre is planned along the central axis with software office blocks on either side of the axis. The reception, library and rejuvenation areas are curvilinear in stark contrast to the efficient, straight and rectangular forms of the office blocks.

 

 

6. Signature Towers, Gurgaon
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Built by the Unitech Group, Signature Towers is one of the best-designed office complexes in India. With an identity that is unique, Signature Towers has become one of the best-designed office complexes in India. From the elegant foyer to the modern amenities, a neat design all over.

Many leading multinational and Indian companies, as well as Unitech, have chosen to operate their businesses from Signature Towers, with its perfect location just a few hundred meters off the National Highway 8 in Gurgaon.

It has a site area of 20,235 sqmtr, gross floor area of 30,355.55 sqmtr with 15 storeys it has 24-hour security service and monitoring of strategic areas by CCTV cameras and watchman patrol.

7. DLF Gateway Tower, Gurgaon
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DLF Gateway Tower is a12-storey complex, spread across an area of 1.15 acres. With its ship-like shape, Gateway Tower presents futuristic architecture, which is also reflected in its interiors with floor plates measuring to 85,000 sqft.

DLF Gateway Tower transcends the conventional concept of office space by combining work and leisure within the premises. The unique feature of this complex is its high visibility and compact office space. The tenants comprises of Ariba, Planet Sports, Corning, Cargill, Innodata, Korn and Ferry, GE Plastics etc.

8. Statesman House, New Delhi
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Statesman House is located in Barakhamba Road in the middle of Connaught Place and is one of the most impressive structures in Delhi. It’s a huge circular building and is quite majestic and 72 meter high building with total built up area of 9,600 square meters. It is one of the finest architectural landmarks in New Delhi. The building is centrally air-conditioned with the provision of vibration proof area for printing press in basement. The building has 3 basements and 17 upper floors.

This fully refurbished centre at Statesman House provides some of the finest office space facilities. In this excellent building, there is over 20,000 sqft of serviced offices, meeting and training rooms, and WiFi enabled communal areas.

9. Infinity Towers, Gurgaon
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Infinity Towers is located at the entrance of Gurgaon. Designed by famous architect Hafeez Contractor the complex constitutes three interconnected towers scaling between 10-12 storeys. Spread across 1.2 million sqft of space, the complex is designed to provide unmatched flexibility with scalability option.

The Structure is designed to Seismic Zone V specifications for greater earthquake resistance along with National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) rules and provides for facilities and amenities like food court, health club and ATMs to the occupants of the complex. Additional safety systems include 24 hours CCTV security in common areas, modern fire detection and suppression systems and 24 X 7 Ambulance service for any kind of emergency.

10. Cyber Towers, Hyderabad
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A landmark building in Hyderabad, the Cyber Towers was inaugurated in 1998 as the first phase of HITEC city. The building houses several offshore development facilities and call centers. The Cyber Towers building is 10 storeys divided into four quadrants with a large fountain in the middle of the quadrants.

HITEC city is spread over 151 acres and has a total built up area of 5,000,000 sqft. It provides employment to about 45,000 professionals.

Acer Iconia Smart S300 Launched


Acer, has launched Acer Iconia Smart S300, which is an Android 2.3 based smart phone featuring a large 4.8 inch capacitive multi touch screen, 8 megapixel rear camera with auto focus and led flashlight, and 2 MP front facing camera.

Other features include Wifi, Bluetooth, GPS, FM radio, TV, micro SD slot,

HDMI port and motion sensing along with 8 GB internal memory. The phone comes with a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor. Acer’s Clear fi media sharing system is also included which allows one to easily access, play and share multimedia across the home network and to instantly publish updates to social media networks. The phone is available for a price of Rs 28,990.

Best Five Newly Released Smartphones


Are you looking forward to getting yourself a new smartphone? The world of smartphone is flooded with innumerable options, making the choice even more tougher. Here are some collections of newly released smartphone with new features and its impressive look.

Here are the 10 best newly released smartphones available in the market soon.

1. HTC Titan

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HTC Titan has a striking 4.7 super LCD touchscreen display with 480×800 pixel resolution powered by single core 1.5 GHz processor and 512 MB of RAM with latest windows OS.

The 8 megapixel camera with dual LED flash is the coolest feature in the Titan and capable of recording 720p HD videos. It has a new addition of burst mode feature that lets you take a series of pictures quickly and then choose the best one and Panorama. There is also face detection that will detect multiple faces. Tap to focus and tap to take or by pressing the camera button.

Titan will support GSM networks and tri band HSPA networks offering 3G connectivity. It features a gyroscope sensor for orientation and a gravity sensor and Digital Compass for applications. It also offers both Bluetooth and WiFi support and will be available in the November.

2. Samsung Captivate Glide

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The new Samsung Captivate Glide is a 4G Android smartphone with a thin side-slide QWERTY keyboard and a powerful Nvidia Tegra 2 dual core 1 GHz processor, 1GB of RAM and runs on Android 2.3 OS.

 It has a large 4 inch Super AMOLED display with 480×800 pixel resolution, 8 Megapixel digital camera with powerful flash with 1080p HD video recording and has a 1.3 megapixel front-facing camera, it has 8 GB of built in memory and up to 32 GB of expandable memory.

3. HTC Radar

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HTC Radar has a 3.8 inch WVGA S-LCD display and has a resolution of 480×800 pixels, with the same resolution as the Titan. Powered by 1GHz Snapdragon processor, 512 MB of RAM and runs on updated Windows 7.5 Mango OS.

 It’s also equipped with a 5 megapixel autofocus camera with a single LED flash and capable to record 720p HD video recording. Connections include a 3.5mm headphone jack, a microUSB port and there’s 8GB of memory as well. Pricing and availability have not been announced.

The HTC Radar is a quad-band GSM, dual-band, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS on board. The other notable thing about the Radar is that it is the first Mango phone to support T-Mobile’s HSPA+ 4G network. Pricing and availability have not been announced.

4. Motorola Atrix

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The latest smartphone has 4 inch capacitive touchscreen with 540×960 pixel HD resolutions, powered by NVIDIA’s dual-core Tegra 2 powerhouse 1GHz, 1 GB of RAM and runs on Android 2.2.1 OS.

It has a 5 megapixel camera with 720 video capture and dual LED flash, VGA (0.3 MP) front-facing camera, Bluetooth, WiFi, 16 GB of internal storage and 32 GB of expandable memory.

5. Huawei Ascend II

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The Ascend II runs the Android Gingerbread OS, and carries a 600MHz processor. It has a 3.5 inch HVGA display as well as a 5-megapixel camera. Although the specs aren’t exactly mind-blowing, the phone is quite stylish, with sleek curves and a black-and-white color scheme.

It features Wi-Fi capability and 3G Real Web Browsing and smartphone also gives customers access to more than 200,000 cool apps on the Android Market(TM) as well as great Google applications such as YouTube, Gmail, Google Maps, Google Search and more.

India launches Aakash, the cheapest tablet around


The much awaited India’s ultra-low-cost tablet is finally here. The much talked-about $35 tablet has been branded Aakash, and not Sakshat as reported earlier.

The initial cost at which the government is acquiring one lakh units the tablet PC from DataWind is Rs 2250 per unit. The target price at which the government intends to acquire an additional 1 crore units is the previously publicised Rs 1750 per unit.


Powered by Android 2.2 (Froyo) and a 366 Mhz processor the 7-inch tablet has a resistive touch screen. The Aakash tablet is in fact DataWind’s UBISlate 7 tablet. Weighing 350 grams the tablet has 256MB RAM and an internal storage of 2GB Flash memory.

The tablet will also be commercially available from November at a price of Rs 2999. A cellular modem will be the additional feature in the commercial model. Some units of the tablet PC were also distributed to the students present at the launch event in New Delhi. The device will initially be made available to post-secondary students.

The Aakash tablet also has support for Wi-Fi connectivity and includes a microphone and stereo earphones. The tablet also comes with a 12-month replacement warranty. The device was first showcased in back in July 2010. The tablet supports additional external memory up to 32 GB and includes an USB port.

A keyboard portfolio case for the tablet will also be made available during the commercial launch at an additional cost of Rs 300.

India trails fellow BRIC nations Brazil, Russia and China in the drive to get its 1.2 billion population connected to technologies such as the Internet and mobile phones, a report by risk analysis firm Maplecroft said this year.

The number of Internet users grew 15-fold between 2000 and 2010, according to another recent report. Still, just 8 per cent of Indians have access. That compares with nearly 40 per cent in China.

Some 19 million people subscribe to mobile phones every month, making India the world’s fastest growing market, but most are from the wealthier segment of the population in towns.

The launch last week of Amazon’s Kindle Fire shook up the global tablet market, with its $199 price tag and slick browser a serious threat to Apple’s iPad.

Like the Kindle Fire, the Aakash uses the Google Android operating system, but market watchers were sceptical the Indian-made device will have mass appeal.

Specifications:

Hardware:

- Processor: 366 Mhz. Connexant with Graphics accelerator and HD Video processor
- Memory (RAM): 256MB RAM / Storage (Internal): 2GB Flash
- Storage (External): 2GB to 32GB Supported
- Peripherals (USB2.0 ports, number): 1 Standard USB port
- Audio out: 3.5mm jack / Audio in: 3.5mm jack
- Display and Resolution: 7″ display with 800×480 pixel resolution
- Input Devices: Resistive touch screen
- Connectivity and Networking: GPRS and WiFi IEEE 802.11 a/b/g
- Power and Battery: Up to 180 minutes on battery. AC adapter 200-240 volt range.

Software:

- OS: Android 2.2
- Document Rendering
* Supported Document formats: DOC, DOCX, PPT, PPTX, XLS, XLSX, ODT, ODP
* PDF viewer, Text editor
- Multimedia and Image Display
* Image viewer supported formats: PNG, JPG, BMP and GIF
* Supported audio formats: MP3, AAC, AC3, WAV, WMA
* Supported video formats: MPEG2, MPEG4, AVI, FLV
- Communication and Internet
* Web browser – Standards Compliance: xHTML 1.1 compliant, JavaScript 1.8 compliant
* Separate application for online YouTube video
- Safety and other standards compliance
* CE certification / RoHS certification

Low Cost Tablets in India


It’s raining tablets these days. Almost every person wants to own it. What resist a lot of people from buying these tablets is their hefty price tags. There is a myth regarding low cost tablets in terms of features, but most of these products come along with some great features, like Wi-Fi, 3G and GPS. So if you were holding yourself back from buying a tablet, your search comes to an end, as listed below are some affordable tablets, which support different applications.

MSI WindPad 100A

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This device has a very sleek and slim outlook, equipped with 1280 x 800 IPS. With different ports, it also includes 3.5mm audio jack, USB and HDMI. It features rear camera of 5MP and front camera of 2 MP and is powered by Tegra 2 processor with 2 GB RAM. You can avail this tablet with both 16 GB and 32 GB. This device is priced around 17,000.

 

Reliance 3G Tab

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Reliance 3G tablet powered by Android 2.3, comes with a 7-inch display. It also possesses micro SD storage space supporting up to 32GB. It sports two cameras of 2MP and also includes other features like GPS, mobile TV, voice calling, video streaming and others. It is priced at 12,999.

Olive Pad VT-100

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OlivePad – VT100 is India’s first 3.5G Pad. It sports 7-inch touch screen display with Android operating system, supporting Bluetooth 3.5G HSUPA and Wi-fi. It features three inbuilt mega-pixel camera and a front camera. It also offers gaming console, easy access to social networking, an e-book reader, GPS for maps, video and voice calling and television. It is available in India for 14,490.

Wespro Digital ePad

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This is another tablet that is affordable and sports different features. It comes with 400 MHz processor, 1.9 Android operating system. It also features 128 MBRAM, Wi-Fi, MP3,MPEG, expandable memory up to 32 GB, WMA DIVX and XVID file formats. You can own this tablet for 5,999 only.

HCL Sakshat Tablet

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Sporting a 7-inch diplay, this tablet has USB Ports, external hard drive and various applications like PDF viewer, Power Point, Open Office, Word, Excel, video streaming, web browsing, sip and unzip facility, and flash video. You can get all this just for 1,500(approximately)

Toshiba Thrive

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This 10.1 inch multi-touch display with 800 x 1280 pixels screen resolution tablet comes with Android 3.0 Honeycomb, powered by NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor. It sports Dual cameras, 5 MP rear camera for HD video playback and recording, secondary 2MP front cameras for video calling, 3.5mm jack, 32 GB in-built memory, music player, stereo speaker and external memory card slot. 8 GB Toshiba Thrive will cost you for 19,000 in India.

Beetel Magiq Tablet

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Originated by Beetel Teletech, this tablet comes with, 2.2 Android operating system and 8 GB memory, expandable up to 16 GB. It sports front and back camera of 2 MP, 3G function, Wi-Fi and long battery life. It is priced at 8,999.

Zinglife ZL101

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Zinglife developed a 10-inch tablet, powered by 2.2 Android operating system. It offers 1GHz processor, RJ45 broadband port and 512 MB of RAM. It is estimated to be priced at 12,300.

Spice MI-720

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This device runs on 2.3 Andriod and sports updated processor of 800MHz. It also features 512 MB RAM and ROM, VGA front and rear camera of 3MP, SIM and SD card slot, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. It aims at becoming a popular choice in India as it replaces MI-700. This device can cost around 17,000