India’s first Mobile Application for Women Safety Tech Mahindra had long back developed an application called FightBack which was being used only by the staff members of Mahindra Group. After the gang-rape of a woman in New Delhi, Mahindra’s has now thrown open this smart phone application for public use, beyond Mahindra employees. The FightBack application tracks a user’s location and sends SOS messages to selected contacts in case of an emergency. This application is now available for download on the company website for free & IS ONLY FOR INDIAN MOBILE NUMBERS. The FightBack app allows the user to press on a panic button whenever he/she feels unsafe. It tracks the location using GPS and alerts chosen contacts about the location map and is available on Android and Blackberry. www.fightbackmobile.com

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AAKASH 2 LAUNCHED,AVAILABLE FOR STUDENTS FOR Rs.1130

AAKASH 2 LAUNCHED,AVAILABLE FOR STUDENTS FOR Rs.1130

The new advanced version of low cost tablet Aakash was launched by President Pranab Mukherjee. It comes with a price tag of Rs 1130 for students. It has been developed under the direction of IIT Bombay with the active support of C-DAC and Datawind is rolling out the device. The new version Aakash 2,will be made available to students of engineering colleges and universities initially. Aakash2 is powered by a processor running at 1 GHz, has a 512 MB memory, a 7 inch capacitative touch screen and a battery working for three hours under normal operations. The device is priced at Rs 2263 and the government subsidises it by 50 per cent and it will be distributed to students at Rs 1,130. The price may even drop down after the state government subsidy. Over 15,000 teachers at 250 colleges have been trained on how to use the Aakash for education. It will be used for classroom teaching. In the initial phase,one lakh devices will be provided to students of engineering colleges and universities and subsequently these will be distributed to others. By next five to six years about 22 crore students in India will get the device. The first version of Aakash called Aakash 1 as launched by the government in October 2011. However many problems were detected on the device by the users, so an updated version is released.

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Ranjan Moses (right), Carrier Product Manager, India, Research in Motion (RIM) and Indranil Aikat, Vice-Presidnet, International Bussinesss and Alliances, Apalya Technologies, during the launch of new BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.2 in New Delhi on Friday. Research In Motion (RIM), makers of BlackBerry smartphones, on Friday launched a new operating system (OS) for its PlayBook tablets with additional functionalities, including the ability to run Android-based applications. The BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 will add advanced messaging features, increased social integration and better browser, among other things, Research In Motion (RIM) Manager, Carrier Product (India), Ranjan Moses told reporters here. The new OS also supports Android applications like Pool Break Pro. This will enable developers create applications for Android and make the same applications available to PlayBook users as well. The new OS is available as a free update for existing users and the new devices will have the new OS in-built. BlackBerry Playbook is available at an offer price of Rs. 19,990 for the 64 GB model. In December last year, the Canadian giant had slashed the price of its PlayBook by more than half to Rs. 13,490 for the 16 GB version to cash in on the festive season and burgeoning demand for tablet PCs in India. RIM, which is known for its BlackBerry series of phones, had introduced PlayBook in June in the Indian market. According to analysts, sales in the tablet PC segment in India are expected to touch one million units over the next 12 months. With 3G (high-speed internet services) being rolled out aggressively, the opportunity has only expanded, they said. Since the launch of Apple’s iPad in the country, the tablet market has been witnessing huge competition, with more and more new contenders launching their devices. Source : thehindu dtd 24/02/2012 Share and Care

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