ChangeWave Research survey finds AT&T at the last spot among top US carriers
According to the statistics of a recent consumer survey conducted by ChangeWave Research, AT&T – the Apple iPhone’s exclusive US carrier – holds the last spot among the four leading carriers of the country, in terms customer satisfaction and percentage of dropped calls.
Skype introduces paid subscription plans
With the aim of giving its users the benefit of cheaper calls to landline and mobile phone numbers in over 170 countries, Internet calling service Skype Wednesday unveiled paid subscription plans.
The new Skype subscriptions, beginning Thursday, will be available to users who sign up for the plans for a monthly fee of $1.09.
WiMAX gaining momentum in US; Clearwire to deploy 4G technology in 19 more cities
That WiMAX is gaining momentum in the US as the country’s first commercially available ‘4G’ (fourth-generation) mobile data wireless technology is apparently evident from the fact that network operator Clearwire has added as many as 19 cities to its roster of forthcoming 4G deployments.
The 3G iPad brings its users any kind of content, anytime, at any place!
With the iPad already having crossed the one million unit sales mark, there are hardly any doubts that Apple has yet another successful product at hand, after the highly popular iPhone – a fact that is further fortified by the April 30 release of the 3G iPad, which apparently is an amazing piece of hardware bound to change the users’ perception about mobile computing.
Media organizations ask court to unseal search warrant affidavit in iPhone prototype raid
Six leading media organizations - including the non profit public interest group First Amendment Coalition, and the Associated Press (AP), Bloomberg News, the Los Angeles Times, CNet News, Wired. com, and the California Newspaper Publishers Association – Wednesday said in court filing that the search warrant affidavit in the iPhone prototype raid should be unsealed.
Clinical Profile of H1N1: Offer from WHO Panel
A squad of specialists gathered by the World Health Organization has printed a clinical profile of epidemic H1N1 influenza, by making use of data from a number of studies, in order to fill in details of the wider picture that has come out in the past year.
Abode CTO: Apple’s unflattering, anti-Flash behavior is “like 1984 in a lot of ways”
During a keynote at the Web 2.0 conference in San Francisco on Wednesday, Abode Systems’ chief technology officer (CTO) Kevin Lynch said that Apple’s denial of Flash on the iPhone not only hurts innovation, but is also “like
1984 in a lot of ways.”
Microsoft Kin phones to be available online from May 6; store sales begin May 16
With the key objective of regaining momentum in the snartphone arena, against rivals like Google and Apple, Microsoft will commence the online sales of its Kin mobile phones on May 6, on the Verizon site. The store sales of the handsets will begin a week later, from May 13.
The Kin phones will be launched in the UK, Germany, Spain, and Italy, in fall this year, and will be available from Vodafone Group Plc.
Google to ‘level retail playing field’ with ‘Google Editions’ e-book service
Google is clearly looking to mark its foray into the emerging, high potential, e-book market – planning to commence the online selling of digital books via its forthcoming service, ‘Google Editions’, which will become operational in late June or July.
FCC chairman to lay out a roadmap for regulation of broadband
Aiming to bring about a change in the way the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) defines broadband, without imposing additional regulations, the agency’s chairman Julius Genachowski will, on Thursday, lay out a roadmap for the regulation of broadband.
Little Rain Not the End Of Drought- Says Trust
The Waikato Rural Support Trust still urges the farmers to call in for help despite the little rainfall. It claims that the scanty rainfall does not mark the end of the drought. A drought was declared early in April in the region.
$41M for NZ Infrastructure Fund and Still Counting
A whopping amount of $41million has been raised as infrastructure fund by retail investors in New Zealand.
The equity raised by the way of public offer for New Zealand Social Infrastructure Fund Ltd. (NZSIF) gives the retail investors a chance to be a part of the public-private partnerships. The promoters for the offer are by Morrison&Co PIP Ltd and Craigs Investment Partners Ltd.
New Shell Stations Built Near Tauranga
It has been seen that the first petrol station would be built in Bethlehem area which is north of Tauranga.
The construction would be starting next month on a Shell station on State Highway 2 and the station would open for public in October.
This station would provide around 12 fulltime jobs and would be operating 24 hours a day.
Government Puts $5m in Housing Project
It was told by Housing Minister, Phil Heatley that the Government would be putting $5 million in housing project to help families own their homes and provide affordable accommodation for old people. This money would go under the Housing Innovation Fund.
Around 30 families would be helped in the project to afford their own homes and 15 rental properties would be given to the older people.
Low Income Growth Prompts Government to Pay Attention to Wages
CTU Economist and Policy Director, Bill Rosenberg said that the low wage boost for the year to March 2010 denote that real wages fell. Employees will be worried that the boost of 1.5% in the Labor Cost Index for the current year was considerably behind inflation of 2.0%.
Rosenberg thinks that the approach with which the Government is taking care of the scenario, it is totally wrong.
Aquaculture Regulatory Reform Welcomed By NIWA
NIWA's Chief Executive, John Morgan has welcomed the proposals for the aquaculture industry regulatory reform that had been announced by Phil Heatley, who is the Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture.
Cabinet has agreed with a number of amendments that will help boosting the sector's capability to produce sustainable monetary growth, for the industry in New Zealand.
Federal Government in Australia Cautioned Over its Proposed Plans on Superannuation
The Federal Government has been cautioned regarding its proposals to limit added concessional offerings to those who are aged above 50 on superannuation balances of less than $500,000 risks, boosting costs and intricacy at the same time, as encouraging efforts to uncover some methods relating to the system.
Facebook Advertising
There are almost 1.5 million kiwis using Facebook. And what is amazing is that the maximum kiwi users of Facebook are females. They account for 56% of the total kiwi users on Facebook. It means that Facebook is the best way of reaching a kiwi customer.
Automobile Association Says Diesel and Petrol Prices Likely to Increase Due to Taxes
The Automobile Association (AA) says that New Zealand diesel prices reached their uppermost level in 17 months in April on the support of increasing crude oil prices, and tax rises could add another 10 cents per liter to the price of petrol by the end of the year.
AMP Asks for Commerce Commission’s Sanction to Acquire AXA Asia Pacific
AMP is asking for Commerce Commission consent to purchase competitor Wealth Protection and Management Company, AXA Asia Pacific after the offer by opponent National Australia Bank was declined by Australian watchdogs, last month.