Smartphones are going beyond Just Entertainment
Today all the devices useful for company or consumers, be it music players, video players, cameras etc. are now combined into one device which is today called as Smartphone. Although, smartphone is just a phone but if taken into deeper sense, it is a complete gadget for every hand. You can find out ways, search new restaurants, book tickets, chat and do much more with this amazing gadget. You just name it and your smartphones will give solution to all your problems. If you are a smartphone user, then you can now look for some health insurance apps in your ...
Published Date:
Dec 2012
Production Resumes at Foxconn Factory
A huge assembly factory in China, owned by iPhone assembler Foxconn, resumed production today amidst beefed up security arrangements. The management was forced to shut down the factory after a riot broke-out on Sunday late evening, which saw a clash between 2000 workers.
It was brought under control by early morning 3 am when police intervened. As a security measure, management locked down the factory for 24 hrs after infrastructure at the premises was damaged by rioting people.
Situated in Northern Taiyuan city, the factory employs 79,000 workers, and is owned by Foxconn, trade name for Hon Hai Precision Industry Company. Hon Hai ...
Published Date:
Oct 2012
Vasinee Food Corp. and Thai Agri Food Co. Launch FOCO, a 100% Pure Coconut Water
Vasinee Food Corp., one of the largest U.S. wholesale food distributor and a leading importer of Thai and Asian food products and Thai Agri Food Co. a Thailand based food processing company, have launched FOCO, a popular new beverage categorized as 100% pure coconut water in the United States. These two companies have been producing and selling FOCO coconut juice and other coconut products in the U.S. for more than 25 years and now FOCO is the leading brand in the ethnic market. The shift to coconut water is a strategic and logical brand extension for both the companies.
The ...
Published Date:
Sep 2012
HTC Joins with Microsoft to Release Windows Based Smartphone Windows Phone 8X And 8S
HTC has decided to release two new Windows based handsets by early November. The Company has joined hands with Microsoft to introduce these handsets that are powered by Windows Phone 8 and are called Windows 8X and Windows 8S.
The HTC 8S features include 512 MB memory and 1Ghz Core Qualcomm S4 chip, 5 megapixel autofocus camera with LED flash and 4GB onboard storage whereas the HTC 8X includes specifications of a Qualcomm S41.5 GHz dual core processor, 1 GB RAM, and 16 GB RAM. The 8X is more focused on providing a better audio quality phone rather than concentrating on style. The 8X will ...
Published Date:
Sep 2012
RIL Plans Ultra-Low-Cost Base Stations
Reliance Industries is working on installing low cost telecom towers, which would cost only Rs1lakh, to be used for transmitting signals for telecom service providers. This cost would be 1/40th of the current base station deployment price.
These ultra low cost towers are part of the private telecom service provider’s plans as it gears up to storm into the telecom space through Infotel Broadband. Reliance said that currently some leading telecom service providers are using towers which cost as much as Rs 30-40 lakhs while low cost towers cost about 15-20 lakhs. However some Chinese companies ...
Published Date:
Sep 2012
China Successfully Patrols Disputed Islands, Will Submit Partial Continental Shelf Outline to UN
The patrol ships of CMS (China Maritime Surveillance) successfully patrolled the disputed Diaoyu islands amidst high tension between China and Japan over alleged illegal purchase of Diaoyu Island and surrounding islets. The move is seen as a step by China to bolster its sovereignty and reinforce its territorial claim over the islands.
The growing protests in China against Japan, which saw Japanese vehicles being torched, manufacturing plants pelted, and Japanese flags burnt, forced China to carry out the patrol exercise to boost the sentiments across the Chinese communities over the country’s jurisdiction over Diaoyu Island and the affiliate ...
Published Date:
Sep 2012
New Age LED TV by Videocon
Adding another feather to its cap Videocon took a step forward and launched a new age LED TV with vast new features and advanced technology. This TV set gives a reason to the enthusiastic TV lovers to sit back home and enjoy the TV watching experience being at home and not getting tempted to go to a multiplex for a movie. The new technology incorporated in the
Videocon’s LED TV sets works on the wireless principles. The TV is free from the set-top box.
For this to materialize Videocon partnered with the broadcasting giant Digital Direct ...
Published Date:
Sep 2012
Ontario’s Food and Beverage Industry Welcomes McGuinty Government’s Recently Announced Local Food Act
Ontario, well known for its food and beverage industry, welcomed the McGuinty government on their recently announced Local Food Act. The Local Food Act builds on the success of the Ontario food and beverage manufacturing industry. A recent report showed that the food and beverage industry registered sales of USD 39 billion in 2010 showing an annual rate of increase of 2% per year from the last seven years. The study also revealed that Ontario food and beverage manufacturers are the largest customers of Ontario’s farmers.
According to Craig Richardson, Chairman of Alliance of Ontario Food Processors (AOFP), “The food ...
Published Date:
Sep 2012
Hitachi Invents Technology to Record Data for Forever on Quartz Glass
Hitachi, the Japanese electronics giant unveiled a method of storing data that could be stored for a long time. It’s a technique to store digital information on quartz glass without any degradation. This glass can bear high temperature and will not degrade in hostile conditions. The glass is made from highly resilient material which is unaffected by radio waves. Moreover, it is water proof and can survive fire and tsunami as well.
According to Hitachi there are several methods to store data - on disk drives, memory chips and optical media. But these methods are not sufficient for ...
Published Date:
Sep 2012
Global Smartphone Market to Reach 1.6 Billion by 2017
The global smartphone market will attain 1.6 billion units by 2017; growth in emerging countries especially in China will fuel the growth for the overall market. Last year, emerging markets accounted for 35% share in the overall smartphone market. China represents the leading smartphone market with 66% of smartphones sold in the emerging market. It is also the fastest growing Smartphone market. Chinese smartphone manufacturers are focusing on developing more feature rich phones at affordable prices. Affordability of smartphones will shift choice of mobile phone consumers from feature phones to smartphones. In spite of implementing cheaper entry level smartphones at about USD 100, with uncommon ...
Published Date:
Sep 2012
Plagiarism finds it Easy with Advanced Technology
Technology is making people’s lives better and smoother. Latest technologies are beneficial not only to individuals but also to big organizations and companies. Today’s technology facilitates access to weather information, latest news, healthcare information, global library information and many other information very easily.
Technology proves a boon for many but many people are suffering the downside of this amazing boon that creates music, books, photographs and movies. It is the very same technology that helps content to be illegally copied over the internet and afterwards distributed.
CD and DVD’s are the resources on ...
Published Date:
Sep 2012
Chinese Sovereign Wealth Fund Eyes Investment Opportunities in Australian Dairy Industry
China, which has been focusing on alternate industries in efforts to shift from traditional commodities such as iron, coal and ore, is showing interest in the Australian dairy industry. In its bid to safeguard supplies for its 1.3 billion people and provide them with secure and safe food resources, China has been investing more on agriculture industries.
Australia’s agricultural sector which has been an investment focus of CIC (China Investment Corp.) is a high-tension sector and investments have been met with considerable opposition by local business communities. To diversify its focus, the Chinese wealth fund is now targeting the ...
Published Date:
Sep 2012
China and the U.S File Dueling Trade Complaints with WTO
China and the United States filed trade complaints against each other with the WTO (World Trade Organization), further escalating the trade tension between the two economic giants amidst a turbulent global economy.
China and the United States, the two largest economies, are at the forefront again, with each slapping trade complaints against each other. Tension began when the U.S. challenged the Chinese subsidies provided on auto and auto parts, which threatened the already troubled American auto industry. President Obama, during his campaign in Ohio, a state with a prominent auto industry, alleged that Chinese auto subsidies are a threat ...
Published Date:
Sep 2012
China Signs Protocol with Malaysia to Allow Bird’s Nests Entry, Brings Relief to Swiftlet Farmers
Bringing relief to the Swiftlet farmers in Malaysia, China and Malaysia signed a protocol which entails quality assurance, inspection and hygiene standards for bird’s nests to enter China from Malaysia.
The issue came into the limelight when the Chinese government imposed mandatory RFID (Radio Frequency Identification Device) tagging for all bird’s nests imported into China from Malaysia. The protocol entailing RFID use was signed on September 14, and saw protests from farmers who claimed that the new protocol made them less competitive and increased the cost burden on them.
The two countries were represented by Minister ...
Published Date:
Sep 2012
EU and China Agree to Boost Cooperation; Resolve Trade Disputes Mutually
The meeting between Chinese premiers and EU leaders, held in Brussels on Thursday, saw positive outcomes. The world eyes were glued on to the meeting in anticipation of approach taken to resolve common trade and economical issues. Though the trade between world’s second largest economy, China, and the biggest trade market, EU, multiplied by four times in the last decade and touched USD 567.2 billion in 2011, many outstanding trade disputes have loomed over.
The latest of the dispute was regarding European Commission’s anti-dumping investigation on solar panels imported from China. During the meet, Chinese Premier Wen ...
Published Date:
Sep 2012