Reliance Communications (RCom) has launched 'Mobile Radio' on all of its phones, the company said. The service is available to both post-paid and pre-paid subscribers of Reliance Mobile and Hello, as well as to Reliance landline subscribers.
Regardless of the kind of mobile phone, all Reliance customers will be able to avail "Mobile Radio" in 8 Indian languages, including Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malyalam, Marathi, Gujarati, Punjabi, and Hindi.
The company said that with this service, even those customers who bought mobile phones way back in 2003 that do not have built-in radio, will still be able to avail "Mobile Radio".
A visibly excited Mahesh Prasad, president of Applications, Solutions, and Content Group for Reliance Communications, expressed the view that with the launch of this service, the fundamental barrier between mobile and radio has been bridged.
Reliance "Mobile Radio" sports categories such as devotional, latest hits, evergreen, and romantic, among others. And, subscribers to the service can either opt to access entire songs of their choice, or replay, or just skip the song altogether.
Subscribers will have two options: one, they can subscribe for a monthly fee of Rs 30, and listen to radio for Rs 1 per minute; or they can listen to the service directly without subscribing for a fee of Rs 3 per minute. To access "Mobile Radio" Reliance subscribers need to dial the number, 51234777.
RCom said there are plans to provide access to regional content as well.
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Google Apps Adds Five New Features
Google has introduced five new features within Google Apps, to make it easier for organizations and schools to start using Google Apps email services without leaving any of their email data behind.
Google has introduced the 'shared address book' which is designed to make it easier to get in touch with everyone in the organization without going to a separate list or company directory. When composing a new email, or sharing a document, users now have the option to search through all the users on the domain, even if they aren’t in the users’ personal contact list.
The new chat feature allows the user to interact with colleagues and friends directly from within the Google Apps start page. The new Google Talk gadget also allows for multi-person chat, so users can schedule a meeting or get input from multiple people without switching back and forth between chat tabs.
In addition, the start page is now a central place to preview and access the calendar and inbox, find company information, and search the web. Now users have access to even more options to customize the start page thanks to the new start page directory, which features thousands of Google Apps gadgets.
Users can access Google calendars through an easy-to-browse gallery where they can sort through public calendars that can be overlaid on top of school or business calendars. They can also open PowerPoint attachments as slideshows without having to download anything. Since users can open .doc and .xls attachments with Google Docs and Spreadsheets, there's no need to leave the web browser to view email attachments.
Lastly, users can start sharing more large presentations and files as attachments, as Google has doubled the allowable attachment size to 20 MB.
Google has introduced the 'shared address book' which is designed to make it easier to get in touch with everyone in the organization without going to a separate list or company directory. When composing a new email, or sharing a document, users now have the option to search through all the users on the domain, even if they aren’t in the users’ personal contact list.
The new chat feature allows the user to interact with colleagues and friends directly from within the Google Apps start page. The new Google Talk gadget also allows for multi-person chat, so users can schedule a meeting or get input from multiple people without switching back and forth between chat tabs.
In addition, the start page is now a central place to preview and access the calendar and inbox, find company information, and search the web. Now users have access to even more options to customize the start page thanks to the new start page directory, which features thousands of Google Apps gadgets.
Users can access Google calendars through an easy-to-browse gallery where they can sort through public calendars that can be overlaid on top of school or business calendars. They can also open PowerPoint attachments as slideshows without having to download anything. Since users can open .doc and .xls attachments with Google Docs and Spreadsheets, there's no need to leave the web browser to view email attachments.
Lastly, users can start sharing more large presentations and files as attachments, as Google has doubled the allowable attachment size to 20 MB.
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Microsoft, BBC Offer 3D Online Tour of UK
Microsoft Live Labs has announced a collaboration with the British Broadcasting Corp (BBC) in a time-limited technical trial to launch unique three-dimensional photographic representations of historic sites throughout the UK. This offering will allow users to experience a trial 3-D online interactive experience to complement BBC's 'How We Built Britain' television series.
Microsoft Live Labs will allow viewers to explore Photosynth representations of Ely Cathedral, Burghley House, the Royal Crescent, Bath, the Scottish Parliament buildings and Blackpool Tower Ballroom. The BBC will also have units on location at each of the historic sites to collect images from tourists visiting the sites. The synths will then be updated during the television series with a selection of these images.
Historical and user-submitted images will be integrated into the synths to contrast how people interacted with the locations in the past and present. By clicking and dragging their mouse, visitors to the site will be able to explore a building, zooming in to see the smallest decorative detail, or zooming out and panning through 360 degrees to place the building in a wider context.
Adam Sheppard, group product manager for Microsoft Live Labs said, "Photosynth is an extremely immersive experience where one can find oneself spending hours walking in the footsteps of the photographer and exploring minute details of the 3-D environment. This opportunity with the BBC allowed us to test the limits of the Photosynth technology by integrating photographs from decades ago of the UK's historic sites along with those of the general public today. We're eager to see how people tell their stories with this new interactive medium."
Microsoft Live Labs will allow viewers to explore Photosynth representations of Ely Cathedral, Burghley House, the Royal Crescent, Bath, the Scottish Parliament buildings and Blackpool Tower Ballroom. The BBC will also have units on location at each of the historic sites to collect images from tourists visiting the sites. The synths will then be updated during the television series with a selection of these images.
Historical and user-submitted images will be integrated into the synths to contrast how people interacted with the locations in the past and present. By clicking and dragging their mouse, visitors to the site will be able to explore a building, zooming in to see the smallest decorative detail, or zooming out and panning through 360 degrees to place the building in a wider context.
Adam Sheppard, group product manager for Microsoft Live Labs said, "Photosynth is an extremely immersive experience where one can find oneself spending hours walking in the footsteps of the photographer and exploring minute details of the 3-D environment. This opportunity with the BBC allowed us to test the limits of the Photosynth technology by integrating photographs from decades ago of the UK's historic sites along with those of the general public today. We're eager to see how people tell their stories with this new interactive medium."
Friday, June 1, 2007
'Google Gears' Shift Web to Offline
Google has announced "Google Gears" for developers; an open source technology for creating offline Web applications.
"Google Gears" marks an important step in the evolution of Web applications because it addresses a major user concern: availability of data and applications when there's no Internet connection available, or when the connection is slow or unreliable.
Reportedly, the new software will run both online and offline, affording users the flexibility to work anytime anywhere, including at the remotest of locations. All the user needs to do is install a plug-in into Web browsers, and the software will open an offline door to applications that till now were accessible only via an Internet connection.
Google hopes that in the long term, "Google Gears" will help the industry as a whole move towards a single standard for offline capabilities that all developers could use.
Eric Schmidt, Chief Executive Officer of Google, said, "With 'Google Gears' we are tackling a key limitation of the browser in order to make it a stronger platform for deploying all types of applications, and enabling a better user experience. We believe strongly in the power of the community to stretch this new technology to the limits of what's possible, and ultimately emerge with an open standard that benefits everyone."
Google is offering "Google Gears" as a free, fully open source technology in order to help not just Google applications but all Web applications. For starters, the Google Reader feed reader (http://reader.google.com) is available with Gears-enabled offline capabilities.
Meanwhile, the company also plans to add other programs such as e-mail, calendar, word processing, and spreadsheet to its list of Gears-enabled offerings.
As of now, Google has partnered with Adobe Systems to use "Google Gears" in their products.
source: Techtree.com
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