Is AT&T Cancelling iPhone 4 Pre-Orders Ramdomly?

A Gizmodo reader forwarded a mail showing his iPhone 4 Pre-order got cancelled.

It Stated:

Your iPhone order has been cancelled.

Your credit card has not been charged.

If you believe you have received this email in error, please return to the AT&T store where you placed your order.

Sincerely,

AT&T

Is AT&T Cancelling iPhone 4 Pre-Orders Ramdomly?

India may get 4G, Reliance in talks with telecos

With the end of the truce, finally big brother Mukesh Ambani's (RIL) enters the Tele area with the acquisition of Infotel who almost won 22 circles in the BWA auction conducted for almost $ 1 Billion.

The 20 MHz, contiguous, pan-India spectrum secured by RIL through this stake is an extremely valuable resource, Mukesh Ambani, Chairman, RIL, told shareholders in Mumbai.

"With this, Reliance can now offer fourth generation wireless Infocomm services across the nation," he said, adding that to build this the company would look at partnerships at various levels.

In all, RIL has pegged its total investment at about $5 billion in the telecom sector.

India may get 4G, Reliance in talks with telecos

Twitter unveils New Ads in Trending Topics Section.

Now the twitter is got in some serious business. Twitter was very strict at third party advertisement but as of now you can see some promoted topics i mean sponsored Topic(links) in Trending Topics section.

These promoted trends are rumored to sell for tens of thousands of dollars. When a user clicks on the trending ad, he is directed to a search results page with the advertiser’s promoted tweet listed at the top.

Twitter unveils New Ads in Trending Topics Section.

MTV is looking for a Twitter Jockey.

MTV officials say the search is on for a new social media maven who will engage with the MTV audience and serve as a liaison between viewers and network honchos.

MTV General Manager Stephen Friedman called the TJ position "a natural evolution of how we connect with our audience."

The network has identified 18 potential candidates and is asking its audience to find two more. The 20 hopefuls will compete in a series of online challenges this summer designed to reveal their personalities and demonstrate how they connect with Twitter followers.

Five finalists will ultimately compete on a live show on Aug. 8, when fans will pick who gets the new job.

MTV is looking for a Twitter Jockey.

US discovers one trillion dollars of mineral deposits in Afghanistan.

(ANI): The United States has discovered nearly a trillion dollars in untapped mineral deposits in Afghanistan.

According toa New York Times report, senior American Government officials said the discovery include huge veins of iron, copper, cobalt, gold and critical industrial metals like lithium.

The minerals could transform Afghanistan into one of the most important mining centers in the world, the Americans believe.

An internal Pentagon memo states that Afghanistan could become the "Saudi Arabia of lithium," a key raw material in the manufacture of batteries for laptops and BlackBerrys.

US discovers one trillion dollars of mineral deposits in Afghanistan.

Mobile ringtone worth $70,000-phone.

Oscar-award winning composer Dario Marianeli has created a one-of-a-kind ringtone for a new $70,000 cellphone. He won gold at the Academy Awards in 2007 for his ‘Atonement’ score.

The high-priced Vertu Signature mobile is crafted from sapphire, platinum and rubies, and Marianelli was commissioned to create a unique ringtone for the phone by Nokia.

Mobile ringtone worth $70,000-phone.

Vespa All Set To Re-enter Indian Market.

Remember old LML Vespa ???

The iconic Vespa, which made waves on almost every Indian road for many years, is set for yet another comeback, with comfort and modern design. After its first entry into Indian soil 50 years back, Vespa surely has had a lot of fame on its side before ‘Hamara Bajaj’ spoiled its party.

Vespa All Set To Re-enter Indian Market.

Ambani brothers holiday together in S Africa.

Anil Ambani and elder brother Mukesh Ambani and their families are vacationing together in the same lodge in Kruger National Park. This adds to growing evidence that they have sunk their differences possibly knocking down the “Deewaar”.

They spent three days together “by design” and will return to Mumbai on Sunday evening.

It has been a decade since the two brothers went for a holiday together. In 2000, they vacationed with their families and father Dhirubhai Ambani and mother Kokilaben Ambani.

Since then, the two nature loving brothers have avoided being in the same location together at the same time.

Ambani brothers holiday together in S Africa.

Facebook Fans Spend More Money.

A social media marketing company called  surveyed surveyed  4,000 people who have “Liked” the top 20 brands that have pages on Facebook and figured out exactly how valuable those “fans” are.

The study (“The Value of a Facebook Fan: An Empirical Review”) estimates that someone who has Liked a brand will spend an average of $71.84 more each year on that brand’s products or services than will someone who has not Liked it on Facebook, for a total average annualized value of $136.38.

This method is very different than the one employed by Vitrue in another fan value study a month ago. Vitrue’s method valued fans by figuring out how much it would cost to buy advertising on a website to reach the same people.

Facebook Fans Spend More Money.

Apple faces antitrust scrutiny: report

The regulators have already started scanning Apple's actions, the paper said, citing people familiar with the move.

But it is not yet clear whether the Federal Trade Commission or the Department of Justice would take up an investigation, the Times said.

Apple could not immediately be reached for comment by Reuters outside regular U.S. business hours.

On Wednesday, Google said recent changes to Apple's developers agreement would effectively cripple Google's advertising tools for the iPhone, creating "artificial" barriers to competition.

Apple changed the language of the agreement on Monday, which now appears to prohibit certain third-party ad agencies from collecting critical usage data from iPhone applications.

Apple faces antitrust scrutiny: report

Apple turns up the heat in Google ads face-off.

In just eight weeks, Apple's infant mobile advertising effort has emerged as a serious contender to challenge Google Inc for the crown in the fast-growing new ad market.

The two tech titans are increasingly clashing in areas such as smartphones and PC operating systems. The details Jobs provided about Apple's mobile ad service at the company's developers' conference on Monday hinted at a growing threat to one of Google's key business opportunities, analysts said.

"You've got a company that executes, that knows how to deliver value and is now firmly in the space," said BGC Financial analyst Colin Gillis said on Tuesday.

Apple turns up the heat in Google ads face-off.

FIFA 2010 has £6.2bn insurance, says Lloyd's

The 2010 World Cup in South Africa has been insured for more than £6.2bn, according to Lloyd's of London, the world's biggest insurance market.

Football world governing body Fifa, national teams, broadcasters and other firms with a stake in the tournament's success have all taken out policies.

Stadiums and training venues for the World Cup matches are covered to the tune of £3.2bn, underwriters say.

• Property - £3bn
• Contingency - £3bn
• Liability - £200m

Source: Lloyd's

But other business opportunities linked to the event account for another £3bn.

FIFA 2010 has £6.2bn insurance, says Lloyd's

'iPhone vs Android' report finds Apple has three times Google's market share but Blackberry still has a good lead.

Vying for their share of the smartphone market are two of the tech industry’s fiercest competitors: Apple, with its iconic iPhone, and Google, with its fast-growing Android operating system.

Between Q4 ’09 and Q1 ’10, Android and iPhone’s share of the smartphone market grew by 2% each. At the same time, smartphone leader Blackberry lost 2% share to fall to 35% of all smartphones while Microsoft’s Windows Mobile OS also lost 2% to fall to 19%.

'iPhone vs Android' report finds Apple has three times Google's market share but Blackberry still has a good lead.

Facebook Beats Yahoo, Wikipedia in Pageviews.

Google's DoubleClick reports that Facebook has defeated 999 other web-related opponents on Google's list of top 1,000 sites. In the midst of all this success, Facebook's co-founder Mark Zuckerberg says he's "not making decisions to maximize the amount of money" that he's making and that one of the most transformative things to build in the world is "something that helps people share information and stay connected."

According to Google's Doubleclick, Facebook receives 570 billion pageviews per month, which is eight times as many pageviews as Yahoo, 15 times as many pageviews as MSN, and 72 times as many pageviews as Wikipedia.

Facebook Beats Yahoo, Wikipedia in Pageviews.

Forget free coupon, cell phones to rescue.

Every time we shop and get discount through various paper coupons but who has time to keep all those papers in your wallet and what about if you forget ???

But worry technology i mean cell phones are there for the rescue.

Some start-ups, like CardStar and CardBank, store existing loyalty cards on cellphones with scannable barcodes. And companies including Motorola and a start-up called mFoundry are providing retailers with the technology to build cellphone loyalty cards.

Loopt is one of several start-ups — including Foursquare, Shopkick and Gowalla — that are experimenting with ways to use cellphones to bridge the digital and physical worlds and turn the tasks of everyday life, like buying coffee and running errands, into a game.

Forget free coupon, cell phones to rescue.

Study finds iPads cost most in Europe and UK, cheapest in U.S.

(Reuters) - Britain and Europe are the world's costliest places to buy Apple Inc's new iPad computer, with prices around a quarter higher than in the United States, a new study has found.

"In the UK, Germany, France and Italy an iPad costs 20-25 per cent more than in the U.S.," said Craig James, chief economist at the CommSec share trading division of Australia's Commonwealth Bank.

"The question is whether Apple has priced its product too high for the European market, or whether the UK pound and euro need to depreciate further to bring global pricing into line."

CommSec's index is a modern variation on the long-running Big Mac index compiled by The Economist magazine and compares the price of iPads in 10 countries, including Germany, France, Italy, Switzerland, Spain, Britain, Japan, Australia and Canada.

Study finds iPads cost most in Europe and UK, cheapest in U.S.

Anil Ambani to launch entertainment TV channels.

Anil Ambani's Reliance Media World will form an equal joint venture with iconic American media company CBS Corporation to launch a potentially disruptive network of television channels under the brand BIG CBS, a report in Economic Times said. The companies have reached an agreement on the JV and an announcement is expected to be made this week.

The joint venture will start operations from January next year and will launch a slew of channels, starting with those featuring syndicated content from CBS, which owns several hit shows such as NCIS, The Young and the Restless, CSI and America's Top Model, as well as sitcoms such as Two and a Half Men.

Anil Ambani to launch entertainment TV channels.

Two more suicide bids at iPad plant hours after media tour.

The suicide crisis engulfing the Chinese electronics firm Foxconn showed no signs of abating yesterday after two more employees made attempts on their own lives, one of them successful.

A 25-year-old worker, surnamed Chen, cut his wrists yesterday in the 13th suicide attempt since January at the firm's southern Chinese plant. Mr Chen, from Hunan, who had been working at the Taiwanese company since March, was treated in time to save his life. Shortly before midnight on Wednesday, another employee, a 23-year-old migrant worker from Gansu province, had jumped to his death from the seventh-floor balcony of his dormitory building at the sprawling industrial complex in Shenzhen.

The factory, renowned for its efficiency, makes mobile phones, laptops and other digital equipment for a string of well-known clients, including Nokia, Hewlett Packard and Apple, whose new iPad device is produced there. Hewlett Packard and its fellow computer manufacturer Dell have joined Apple in registering their concern at the working practices at the factory, while Sony was also said to be assessing the company's practices yesterday.

Two more suicide bids at iPad plant hours after media tour.

Old mobile phones 'could be worth cash'.

A small poll of 853 people found 68% said they had kept one or more old phones that they did not use.

Government-backed Consumer Focus said that these phones could be sold, recycled or sent to charity.

But it warned users to wipe any personal data from the mobile before handing it over, by going to the "settings" menu on the phone.

"We discard millions of phones every year with one in 10 admitting they simply put their old handsets in the bin. These are sophisticated bits of kit that can still be used or recycled," said Hannah Bullivant of Consumer Focus.

Old mobile phones 'could be worth cash'.

Now apple is bigger than Microsoft as tech company.

Good news for the apple fans and the mac users. Apple has pushed past arch-rival Microsoft to become the world's biggest technology company.

Changes in the share price values of the two in Wednesday's choppy trading left the total value of Apple at $222bn (£154bn).

Microsoft is now valued by investors at $219bn.

The worth, known as market capitalisation, is calculated by multiplying the number of shares in a company by the current share price.

Now apple is bigger than Microsoft as tech company.