TECH-Facebook to roll out new feature to make free voice calls

The feature is so far available only to iPhone users in Canada. The feature to be introduced by Facebook will help users to make free internet voice calls, known as VoIP calls, to any friend on the social network. According to the Daily Mail, the new feature comes at the same time as Facebook Messenger rolled out a new feature worldwide that allows users to record and send voicemail-type message to friends. Working in a similar way to video messaging in the company’s Poke app, users press and hold a red record button, speak their message, and it appears in line as part of the conversation. According to TechCrunch writer Josh Constine, there is a wide range of uses for the function, including messaging while driving to recording...

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HOW-TO - self-defence

To ensure safety for women in the coming year, readers write in with solutions using a combination of technology and community participation The Delhi gang rape incident has shaken the conscience of the country. While government actions like nabbing the criminals and proposing steps like mandatory GPS devices in public transport, round the clock control room for women in distress and a woman IPS officer maintaining direct contact with the victim and her family are welcome, the awareness and anger generated in the public must be channelised to find a permanent solution to women harassment, because many such incidents in our country go unnoticed. The solution lies in using technology with the participation of the community and the...

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GADGETS - TABLETS-Aakash 3 may come with SIM slot, more exciting apps

PTI The third version of low cost tablet ‘Aakash’ will be a delight for its users as developers are likely to equip it with a SIM slot and more exciting apps, all within the existing price band. About 50 lakh ‘Aakash 3’ tablets are expected to be rolled out in the next phase, the global tender for which may be floated in February, 2013. According to committee members engaged in developing the third version of Aakash, the endeavour will be to make the product as indigenous as possible and involve multiple vendors. “Our ultimate aim is to imbibe the usage of tablets in the education system and create an ecosystem for this,” said Deepak B. Phatak, committee member and professor in IIT- Bombay’s Department of Computer Science and Engineering. According...

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30 Christhians from 8 families returns to Hinduism.

30 Christhians from 8 families returns to Hinduism. Mumbai : It was a moment of pride for all of them who returned to Hinduism  here on Sunday.( 26th June 11 ) All of those who reconverted back to Hinduism belong to extremely poor strata of society made this decision  after they failed to achieve equal social status in the faith which was introduced to them by their mentors who once came to them as saviours in white cloak.The programme was organized at Wageshwari devi temple at Filmcity road in Goregaon East,Mumbai by VISHWA HINDU PARISHAD (VHP) under the vibrant leadership of   Shri Anand Kumar Pande (VHP District secretary) who showed all of them the path...

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NEWS-rustrated after converted to Christianity

rustrated after converted to Christianity, 139 persons returns to Hinduism at Nalgonda of Andhra January 1st, 2013, 12:26 pm Nalgonda, Andhra Pradesh January 01, 2013: In a news that awakens, 139 Christians from 34 families returned to Hinduism in a Paravartan* Ceremony held at Nalgonda of Andhra Pradesh on Sunday, December 30, 2012. Welcome Home; 34 families returned to Hinduism at Nalgonda of Andhra on Dec 30, 2012 From 34 families, a total 139 people from 4 villages of Damaracherla and Nereduchela mandals. After receiving Hindu Deeksha, they returned to Hinduism from Christianity, who were victims of Conversion, said a VHP Functionary. The Paravartan (* A religious...

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NEWS--Mumbai: 16 Muslims, 2 Christians returns to Hinduism.

16 Muslims 2 Christians returns to Hinduism 17th July,2011 Mumbai :   In yet another conversion drive by  Vishwa Hindu Parishad  (VHP) in total 16 Muslims & 2 Christians converted to Hinduism here  on Sunday. The programme was organized at Hanuman Temple in Sardar Nagar Colony no.2 at Sion in Mumbai. The programme was organized by theVHP Unit of Kurla District . According to the VHP sources the local VHP activists were working over these people through various service projects launched through out Mumbai. This was the third reconversion programme by the VHP  in just a span of 3 months in Mumbai , on May 25th this year about 18 Christians from 6 Families returned to Hinduism  at Kaju Pada...

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HEALTH-How Indian Doctors.

Most of these observations are either completely or partially true. Corruption has many names, and one of civil society isn't innocent either. Professionals and businessmen of various sorts indulge in unscrupulous practices. I recently had a chat with some doctors, surgeons and owners of nursing homes about the tricks of their trade. Here is what they said.   1)      40-60% kickbacks for lab tests. When a doctor (whether family doctor / general physician, consultant or surgeon) prescribes tests - pathology, radiology, X-rays, MRIs etc. - the laboratory conducting those tests gives commissions. In South and Central Mumbai -- 40%. In the suburbs north of Bandra -- a whopping 60 per cent! He probably earns a lot more in this...

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