Vertu has rolled out a new mobile phone, ‘Ayxta clamshell’ in the market.

The newly launched device has stainless steel chassis with aluminum detailing along with leather and ceramic accents.

The new handset features a 3MP camera with dual LED flash, 3G, GPS system and MicroSD card support. Its memory can be expanded up to 8 GB. The handset also has City Brief feature, which allows restaurant recommendations, the latest exhibitions, shopping guides and important cultural etiquette tips.

Volvo IT has kicked off its new global command center in India. The newly inaugurated IT center in Bangalore will direct and support infrastructure, networks and computers remotely for different units of the Volvo Group.

General Motors Co, US-based automaker, has joined hands with India’s Reva Electric Car Co. to develop a small and affordable electronic car for the Indian market. The production of the electric car will start from 2010.

Talking to media, Mr. Cheatan Maini, deputy chairman of Reva said, “Our unique collaboration has the potential to result in far-reaching changes for the industry.” He said that the company likes to take India to a global level for the development and manufacturing of electric cars.

Anil Kapoor’s loving daughter Sonam Kapoor has been named as the best dressed celebrity in India by People magazine.

In this way, Sonam has beaten other top class actressess including Katrina Kaif, Priyanka Chopra, and Kareena Kapoor.

The actress has not yet tasted success as both her films including ‘Saawariya’ and ‘Delhi 6’ flopped at the box office. Presently, she is working on Dad’ home production ‘Ayesha’, which is said to be the desi version of Jana Austen’s novel ‘Emma’.

A survey conducted by FICCI has revealed that the Indian Hotel Industry is on its way to recovery. Over 75% of the respondents expressed that their business will improve in the coming six months.

The FICCI report said, “"While nearly 40 per cent of the participants said the current performance of their industry is moderately-to- substantially better than the last six months, nearly 75 per cent feel that the hotel industry's performance would improve in the next six months.”

Ahmedabad-based realty developer Calica Construction and Impex Pvt Ltd has launched an Information Technology (IT) and IT enabled Services special economic zone (SEZ) ‘Third Eye Voice’ worth Rs 650 crore at Ahmedabad.

The SEZ will take place at the outer region of the city in over 20 acres of land and would house small as well as medium sized IT companies.

In a statement, the developer said that the first segment of the project will be completed within two years with initial investment of Rs 300 crore.

The melody queen of Bollywood and the winner of India’s highest civilian honour Bharat Ratan, Lata Mangeshkar turns 80 today. She has spent more than eight decades in the film industry and sung more than 30,000 songs thus far.

Lataji once said that Meri Awaz hi meri pehchan hai… and she wants to continue her singing till her last breath. On her 80th birthday, everyone is queued to wish best wishes to Lataji.

Balki, director of the film ‘Paa’, has just turned to Lucknow to shoot the last bits of the film.

However, the director’s keenly-awaited film ‘Paa’ has been delayed by a month.

On the other hand, the pending shot for the other Bachchan starrer Teen Patti has been avoided, thanks to the actor’s timely involvement.

According to the grapevine, Bollywood superstar Big B has personally requested the producers of Teen Patti to avoid any clash with Paa.

Television actor-presenter, Annu Kapoor has recently turned down the offer to be a part of ‘Big Boss’ season 3. The actor told reporters that the he was invited many times to be a part of Big Boss but felt that the show is against his culture.

Presently, the actor is working in Madhya Pradesh’s commercial capital for promoting Season 4 of the TV programme ‘Smart Shrimati’ and said he was happy with this show on Doordarshan.

i.Tech Dynamic has launched a Bluetooth headset with dual microphone, named as ‘i.VoicePRO 901’. However, Dual-mic Bluetooth headset is not new, but company tried to slash the cost of the Dual- mic headset.

The newly launched headset is a noise-canceling model with multipoint capability to connect two cell phones at the same time. 

The company used its own noise-filtering software in the headset. The one mic of the headset identifies and helps to remove ambient noise and the other mic take care of your voice.