How to observe Ramadan with your phone

Ancient traditions of Islams are coping up with technology and are going high-tech. For those who are observing the holy month will have a swing of...

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Dubai: Blackberry is a spy tool

Dubai: Blackberry is a spy tool

By janica | Business, Consumer Goods, Events, Gadgets

United Arab Emirates worries about the U.S and Israel’s spying that they actually plans to gruffly limit BlackBerry services in the United Arab Emirates. This was given by Dubai’s police chief said in comments that recommend a tough line in talks with the smart phone maker.
The UAE says it will block BlackBerry e-mail, messaging and

Microsoft and Yahoo colaborates

Microsoft and Yahoo colaborates

By janica | Business, Consumer Goods, Events

Microsoft Corp.’s technology is now meting out all the search desires on Yahoo Inc.’s website in the U.S. and Canada. This would complete the long-awaited rise that builds a more alarming challenger to Google Inc. in the most productive part of the online advertising market.
Last Tuesday’ shift was the largest step in a partnership of

Toyota finds way to protect pedestrian

Toyota finds way to protect pedestrian

By janica | Business, Consumer Goods, Electronics, Vehicles

Toyota, the world’s biggest automaker, has sold nearly 337,000 third-generation Prius cars in Japan. It has sold more than 2.68 million hybrids around the world so far, a million of them in Japan
The new Toyata Prius hybrid is becoming little less hushed with a new electronic humming device. The device is the automaker’s answer to

Multi Tasking with Sony

Multi Tasking with Sony

By janica | Business, Consumer Goods, Electronics, Software

Sony Corp broadcast a new version of the “Location Porter”. The location porter is a professional-use real-time video transmission system.
The Location Porter is a structure that uses mobile phone networks and the Internet to transmit high quality video in real time without a mobile unit.
The RVT-SD100 approximately measures 143 x 80 x 222mm, and cameramen

How to observe Ramadan with your phone

How to observe Ramadan with your phone

By janica | Business, Consumer Goods, Events, mobile phones

Ancient traditions of Islams are coping up with technology and are going high-tech. For those who are observing the holy month will have a swing of modern offerings.
Cell phone applications such as “iPray” or “iQuran” offer a beeping reminder of requisite prayer times, while the “Find Mecca” and “mosque finder” programs help the Muslim traveller

Indonesia: No plans on banning Blackberry

Indonesia: No plans on banning Blackberry

By janica | Business, Consumer Goods, Events, mobile phones

Indonesia on Thursday denied it is considering a ban on certain BlackBerry smartphone services. This was highlighted in line with similar shift from the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.
Communications ministry spokesman Gatot Dewa Broto said the government had appealws the maker of the popular smartphone, Research in Motion (RIM), open a “data centre” in

Aquavista Unveils the World's First Clock Aquarium

Aquavista Unveils the World’s First Clock Aquarium

By Hippy Buyer | Consumer Goods, Electronics, Gadgets

Following the success of its award-winning wall mounted aquariums, Aquavista Enterprise Inc. introduces its newest invention and concept for keeping time and fish ~ the patented AquaClock™ Series—the world’s first clock aquariums. Or as some people call it, the world’s first aquariums that are clocks. Anyway you look at it, the AquaClock is a designer

UAE: To Suspend Blackberry Usage

UAE: To Suspend Blackberry Usage

By janica | Business, Consumer Goods, Electronics, Events, Gadgets

The United Arab Emirates’ threatening crackdown on BlackBerry services will extend to foreign visitors, putting the government’s concerns over the smart phones in direct conflict with the country’s ambitions to be a business and tourism haven.
It was later announced through the Emirate’s telecoms regulator that foreigners and travellers to the city-state of Dubai and the

FedEx and its Vision

By janica | Business, Consumer Goods, Eco-friendly, Gadgets

FedEX CEO Fred Smith has been envisioning a future where unmanned flying drones will be able to deliver packages to its consumers instead of instead of being limited to military duties only.
Today there are strict rules in place in regards to where unmanned automated vehicles can fly. The plane can never over residential areas. It

Royalties to share their photos online

Royalties to share their photos online

By janica | Business, Consumer Goods, Electronics, Events

The royal family are now sharing her photo albums and those of the House of Windsor in the online Flickr photo site. These are not your average family snapshots.
The launch of the British Monarchy Flickr account will beef up Buckingham Palace’s online presence, adding to its Twitter account and YouTube channel. The site will