Apple, Google, Research In Motion (RIM) are neck and neck in the cut-throat smart phone market in the US, according to a Nielsen survey Thursday. While Apple and Google have their own individual operating systems to run their respective smart phones, Google’s Android operating system (OS) supports the rest of the competition. “When it comes [...] Continue reading Apple, Google, RIM neck-and-neck in smart phone market
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Manisha Kumari, a woman kabaddi player, was shot dead by a CRPF trooper posted at a Patna stadium where she had been practicing for the 34th National Games when she refused to give him her phone number, police said Thursday. The trooper later turned the gun on himself and is in a critical condition. Manisha, [...] Continue reading Refused phone number, trooper kills woman kabaddi player
Microsoft plans to launch its Windows Phone 7 and search engine Bing in the Indian market this year, an official said here Wednesday. The software major’s India development centre has fine-tuned the innovative applications of Bing for its launch in India. “Windows Phone 7 will be launched in a few months but the date has [...] Continue reading India launch of Microsoft Windows Phone 7 this year
Telcom firms have launched a major advertising, marketing and promotional blitz to attract new and existing customers after the government launched a pan-India scheme that allows them to switch operators while retaining the numbers. Although mobile number portability may not be a big game changer for the industry, it is certainly proving to be a [...] Continue reading Mobile phone firms go all out to woo other’s customers
More than 1.5 million Windows Phone 7 devices have been sold in the six weeks since the smartphone went on the market, Microsoft announced Monday. While far from the 300,000 daily activations attributed to the iPhone and phones powered by Google’s Android operating system, the Windows Phone sales figures met the company’s “realistic expectations”, Microsoft [...] Continue reading Microsoft Windows 7 Phone passes 1.5 mn mark