Dhanush at Nokia Lumia smartphones launch

Dhanush

True to the theme of 'Amazing Everyday', Nokia celebrated the launch of its Nokia Lumia smartphones in the city with a grand and surprise bash for consumers with an energetic performance by Dhanush and Mir with Bandage at a mall.

The campaign reached its peak with a series of impromptu concerts that were kicked off in Delhi a few days back with the music composer duo Vishal and Shekhar. In Bangalore and Mumbai, consumers were treated to performances by artists Raghu Dixit and Indian Ocean and KK and the evergreen band Parikrama at a mall respectively.

Consumers welcomed and cheered Dhanush and encouraged encores of his popular "Kolaveri Di". A cold Christmas turned out to be fun with audiences singing and dancing to it. A few even quickly captured Dhanush's appearance on their mobiles and shared it with friends online.
Additionally, residents of Delhi were treated to a surprise cricket match with Indian cricketerHarbhajan Singh with shoppers at a mall on Christmas Eve. The match was a modified version of the original sport. Harbhajan Singh chose two players to play with. The match had four balls in an over with runs being awarded for placement of the ball on the net. Finally, team members got to take a picture with the celebrity cricketer post the match. It was an evening of both unexpected delight and amazement that when they realized that they could play cricket with their favourite cricket star.

As part of the 'Amazing Everyday Campaign', Nokia also organized impromptu treats for consumers like a surprise 40 minute helicopter ride over the river Hooghly for some lucky early buyers of the Lumia smartphones and a luxurious BMW pick up and drop between their homes and the nearest Nokia Priority Partner, for consumers who had pre-booked the device. Nokia is invading cities with fascinating and surprising elements making the enthusiasm around the Lumia range contagious. The company is creating, for consumers, unique and interesting moments in their daily lives by adding a bit of a thrill to their mundane routine.

ACER NEVER GIVE UP

In response to the rumor that Acer will withdraw from the tablet PC and smartphone markets, the company's founder, Stan Shih, has said that although Acer's tablet operation has not performed well, it is not time to give up the business.




Acer's board of directors has discussed the company's product development and streamlining its corporate organization, and has consented to strategies of simplifying operational goals through focusing on profitable products, Shih indicated.


Considering the much overlapped development of tablet PC and smartphones, a simplified organization is expected to increase operation efficiency, reduce conflicts in product development and consolidate resources for developing niche and competitive products, Shih explained.


Acer has clarified the rumor by stating that Acer has no plans to quit the tablet PC and smartphone business operations or downsize related personnel but will made optimal adjustments to decrease the number of product models for selective and strategic input of operational resources. If the adjustments lead to success, Acer will expand tablet PC and smartphone business operations, the company said.

DROPBOX 2.0 APP

Dropbox released version 2.0 of its Android app this morning, and it’s a complete revamp of the last version. The update includes a total redesign of the app as well as plenty of welcome features for faster and easier file management.
Dropbox did a fantastic job with the new design. It’s simple, clean, and it’s one of the very few Android apps I don’t find ugly in the least. The new navigation bar at the top has three tabs: Dropbox, Uploads, and Favorites. Each of them have their own new features.
Every file in your Dropbox folder now has an arrow to the right of it. Tap it, and you’ll bring up a pop-over menu with options to share, favorite, delete, etc. The option to favorite a file is a new feature in Dropbox. It’s saved in the Favorites tab and you can access it any time even without an Internet connection because it saves locally. You can rename specific files from the app now, too.
The Uploads tab has been streamlined and includes support for uploading files from (and exporting files to) local storage — and not just one file either. Bulk upload is a nice addition in Dropbox 2.0 if you have a lot of files but only a little time.

NEW SUBSCRIBE BUTTON

On December 7th, Joanna Shields, vice president and managing director of facebook EMEA announced that Facebook will introduce a new “Subscribe” button on a user’s profile. This was already available for pages since mid September, now it is available for user profiles too.


This subscribe button is available for user’s profiles. When a user clicks on “subscribe” all your public updates will be available to the user on his news feed, without you having to approve the request.




                                       
This does not mean that you have no control over who’s subscribing, you do have options to block subscribers. There is also no limit to the number of subscribers for the profiles.


Well, now while you create posts ensure that you select which are public posts and which are within closed loop. You will require to manage your public profile and friends within the same profile page.


The traditional “like” button allowed you to see some of the posts from the profile, however, this new subscribe button will make available all the public posts from the profile you subscribe to. 


This is yet to be launched at some places, so if you are not seeing it on your pages, it will be there soon. Until then let us wait for the update to be rolled out to our profiles.


So, with the new subscription system introduced in Facebook since September, users are faces with a choice to either create a Facebook page or a profile. Well, there are no statistics that prove which works well for public figures, I would suggest try both (there are no negative effects after all.

IPv6(INTERNET PROTOCOL VERSION 6) TRIAL ON 2013

 China will allow commercial use of its next-generation internet system by 2015 after putting it on trial in 2013, a media report said.
The new system expands the capability of the Internet Protocol address and improves the speed of the internet. It is also expected to create employment, the Chinese cabinet said in a statement Friday.
The new technology, called IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6), is an upgrade of the current IPv4 whose IP addresses are about to be all used up, People's Daily reported.
The new system expands the capability of the Internet Protocol address and improves the speed of the internet.
The new IPv6 technology opens up a pool of internet addresses that are a billion to trillion times larger than the total pool of IPv4 addresses and are virtually inexhaustible for the foreseeable future, experts said.
The IPv4 was developed in the early 1980s and has a capacity of just over 4 billion IP addresses.
The new IPv6 network bandwidth can reach 2.5-10 gigabytes per second, 100 times faster than the current speed.
The government will try out the system on a small scale by the end of 2013 before expanding it in 2014 and 2015.
China is the world's biggest internet market with about 500 million online users.
Chinese companies are also encouraged to develop new technologies on the new IPv6 network, such as cloud computing, Internet of Things - uniquely identifiable objects (things) and their virtual representations in an Internet-like structure - and Three Network Convergence - an initiative that hopes to integrate telecommunications, TV and radio, and the Internet in the world's most populous country.

NOKIA LUMIA 900

A leaked image that appeared on My Nokia Blog suggests that the Finnish giant is expected to unveil another top-end Windows Phone called Nokia Lumia 900 at the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show (CES) to be held in Las Vegas in January second week. The company is also expected to announce several other smartphones along with the Lumia 900 at the event. 


According to Web reports, Lumia 900 which resembles Lumia 800 in looks, will come with a 4.3-inch ClearBlack AMOLED display and will include the new Windows Phone Tango update. The smartphone is also likely to feature a front-facing camera and is expected to come in a variety of colour options. 


Lumia 900 is also said to sport a 1.4GHz processor, an 8 megapixel rear camera with single LED flash. It is also rumoured to pack support for 4G LTE networks. 

Inhabitat's Week in Green: hydrogen fuel cell-powered laptop, hybrid buses and bioluminescent bacteria

The newswires were buzzing with alternative energy developments this week as Inhabitat reported that Apple filed a patent for a hydrogen fuel cell-powered laptop that can last an entire week without needing a recharge. We also celebrated the warm winter holidays with a look at the world's first solar-powered menorah, GE unveiled an awesome set of 3D-printed Christmas tree ornaments, and we brought you a first look at the dazzling LED-studded 2012 Times Square new year's eve ball. We also showcased several amazing examples of paper technology as Sony flipped the switch on a paper-powered battery and Joon & Jung unveiled an alarm clock with a cute paper shell.
Eco transportation was a hot topic as well this week as Porsche unveiled plans to develop the third generation of its flywheel-boosted 911 GT3 R hybrid and the UK's new hybrid double-decker busses hit the streets of London. We also showcased plans for a greenery-filled AirTrain that harnesses Nasa-patented air purifying technology and we brought you Foster + Partner's plans for a striking new high-speed rail station in Galicia, Spain.
In other news, this week we saw Waterstudio launch plans for a floating Sea Tree skyscraper that provides habitat for flora & fauna, a scientist has harnessed bioluminescent bacteria to combat pollution in a fragile Florida ecosystem, and researchers developed a new breed of self-fixing electronics that use liquid metal capsules to heal themselves. Finally, we brought you several hot developments in wearable tech - a set of 3D printed eyeglasses, a site that uses your webcam to measure your clothing size, and theworld's first pair of over-ear headphones made with sustainable materials.