Apple claims external pressure led to exploding iPhones
Apple has been facing criticism for the recent reports on iPhones which are practically exploding.
Apple has been investigating the damaged units and the company has for now said that the units they checked exploded due to external pressure.
The company denies that the problem is connected to [...]
Orange has sold 1 million iPhones in France
Mobile service provider Orange has announced that they have now sold more than 1 million units of Apple iPhones in the France market.
It took them 18 months to reach this milestone.
Incidentally, Apple and AT&T had managed to reach this milestone in just 74 days in USA.
Orange had [...]
YouTube Click-to-Buy now in eight more countries
Google has expanded the Click-to-Buy program on its YouTube video sharing service to eight more markets.
YouTube Click-to-Buy program enables a web user to purchase items related to the video he is watching on the service.
It could be the DVD of the movie clip being view or the music [...]
Apple announces Cross Border ordering in 20 nations!
Apple has a great new offer for their customers. The company is now allowing customers to order Apple Products in a different country for shipping to an address in that region.
They are currently supporting as many as 20 nations. These are:
Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, [...]
ISRO to launch Mehga Tropiques weather satellite
Indian Space Research Organization has announced that they are now working on launching a weather satellite.
ISRO is working on launching this new satellite named Mehga Tropiques which has been co-developed by the Indian and French space agency CNES (Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales).
This new satellite has been designed to [...]
FNAC offering unlocked iPhone 3G in France
Apple had launched their iPhone 3G mobile device in France through a deal with Orange.
The deal was exclusive and enabled Orange to sell the device locked and with a contract.
This was against the government policies and it has been declared illegal.
The case is being fought in the courts. [...]
Yahoo testing their new homepage
Internet media giant Yahoo has started testing a new layout of their Yahoo.com portal.
Yahoo.com continues to remain one of the most visited websites on the internet.
The new user interface features more customization along with better connectivity to their other services.
The new Yahoo.com comes loaded with a dashboard on the left [...]
Google AdSense EFT now available in Hungary and Hong Kong
Google has announced in a blog post that they are now offering payments by Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) in two more markets to the publishers using their AdSense system.
These two new markets are Hungary and Hong Kong.
Using EFT facility, the publishers can get the money from [...]
Larousse takes on Wikipedia in France
Wikipedia has a new rival now at least in France.
Publishing house Larousse has announced the launch of their online French language encyclopedia.
This service is offering free access to their dictionary and is open to web users to submit content.
The company said that the user submitted content would be identified [...]
Samsung Soul mobile phone launched
Samsung has announced the launch of the latest product in their Ultra edition range of cell phones.
Samsung announced Samsung Soul which is going on sale in the European markets including UK, France and Germany.
They are going to make it available in more markets where GSM standard is used for mobile [...]
