Ultimate Aero coming to India!
Economic Times has reported that the world’s fastest car Ultimate Aero is coming to the Indian market.
The report said that the car would be launched in India at a super cool price tag of Rs. 6 crores.
The car is manufactured by Shelby Super Car which is based in the [...]
Space shuttle Discovery launched finally
Space shuttle Discovery has been finally launched after several delays.
It is carrying a crew of 7 astronauts.
It is on a mission carrying a final set of solar wings for the International Space Station.
NASA has shortened the mission by a day so as to accommodate another mission which [...]
Philips Xenium X710 Mobile Phone launched
Philips has announced the launch of a new mobile phone model named Xenium X710.
This phone has been launched in the Russian market.
Philips claim that this mobile phone weighs just 114 gram.
The dimensions are: 113.6 x 49.1 x 16.9 mm.
The phone comes with 20MB of internal storage. It [...]
Google blocked from acquiring ZAO Begun
US based online advertising industry giant Google had announced earlier this year that they were planning to acquire ad service ZAO Begun from Russian company Rambler Media.
However, the deal has been blocked by the Russian authorities.
The deal was worth around USD 140 million and would have given Google a [...]
Four billion mobile subscribers in the world by year end
International Telecommunications Union has said in a statement that they believe that the world would have as many as four billion mobile connections by the end of the current year.
ITU stated: “Since the turn of the century, the growth of mobile cellular subscribers has been impressive.”
This [...]
Apple iPhone 3G in Russia from October 3
Apple iPhone 3G would be launched in the Russian market this coming October 3.
Nadezhda Senyuk, a PR director at retail chain Tekhnosila spoke about their plans: “All retailers will begin sales of iPhone in Russia at the same time, during the night between October 2 and October 3. [...]
MTS would sell Apple iPhone 3G in Russia
Russia’s number one mobile service provider MTS has announced that they have signed on a deal with Apple to sell the Apple iPhone 3G device in the market.
They did not however provide any more details on these plans.
Incidentally, the other two major players in the Russian market Vimpelcom [...]
MegaFon confirms Apple iPhone deal for Russia
Russian mobile service provider MegaFon has confirmed that they have signed on a deal with Apple to launch the Apple iPhone 3G in the country.
There were rumors about possible talks going on between the two companies. The news is now confirmed.
MegaFon is the third largest mobile phone operator in [...]
Cyrillic web addresses coming to town soon!
Russian communications ministry official Vladimir Vassiliev said in a statement that Russians would soon be able to create internet addresses in Cyrillic alphabets.
This announcement came after the ICANN meeting which took some major decisions which could change the way web worked.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has already said that they [...]
European Union launches second Galileo satellite
The European Union has now launched the second satellite as part of their ambitious Galileo navigation system.
This system would become a potential challenger to the GPS system which is managed by USA.
EU said that this satellite was lifted into space by a Russian Soyuz rocket.
They would be using this satellite [...]
