UK to get 4G networks by end of 2012 or early 2013.

Now Britain people will enjoy the much more speed on their smartphones.

Ofcom's chief executive Ed Richards has announced timetable at the FT World Telecoms Conference, which will pave the way for next-generation mobile services in the UK.

The auctioning of 4G spectrum will be done in the first half of 2012, according to Mr Richards. Which means the spectrum will become available from late 2012 or early 2013.

UK to get 4G networks by end of 2012 or early 2013.

Major US television networks blocks its channel to Google TV .

Major US Television networks like Viacom, Fox, CBS, ABC and NBC had blocked their programs airing against Google TV .

They refused to let full shows air on Google's new platform where users can view the web and video on home TVs over fear ad revenue crisis.

Major US television networks blocks its channel to Google TV .

Facebook surpass eBay, estimated 3rd largest online business site worth $ 41 Billion.

Even without going public, still being private owned site, facebook now ranks as the third largest web company, with an estimated valuation of USD 41 billion which is greater than EBay. This comes after facebook announcing new messaging service, some say as "Gmail killer"

According to Bloomberg, the social network's latest valuation, based on the selling price of shares on SecondMarket, an exchange for privately held companies, makes it the country's third-largest online business after Google (USD 192.9 billion) and Amazon (USD74.4 billion).

Facebook surpass eBay, estimated 3rd largest online business site worth $ 41 Billion.

Employee fired by Google for leaking salary hike plan

One of the Google employee got fired for leaking its plans to give a 10 per cent salary hike to all 23,000 of its employees across the world next year.

Google CEO Eric Schmidt had written an email to employees on Tuesday about the salary hike plan, which was leaked to the media by an employee.

Employee fired by Google for leaking salary hike plan

Hyderabad to be India's Aero Hub.

Ratan Tata, Tata Group chairman, on sunday announced that all their businesses in aerospace and defence will be centered in Hyderabad.

Speaking at a function which was organised for handover of the first India built cabin for Sikorsky S-92 helicopter for US-based Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation.

The cabins were manufactured by Tata Advanced Systems (TAS), wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Sons at Adibatla SEZ on the outskirts of Hyderabad.

Hyderabad to be India's Aero Hub.

First 3G services by private player TATA DOCOMO starts its operation.

Tata Docomo will be the first private telecom operator to roll out 3G services across INDIA on 5th November.

Tata Teleservices Managing Director Anil Sardana told reporters here on Wednesday that the 3G services would be launched in Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh-Chattisgargh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh (West), Punjab, Haryana and Maharashtra. “Tata Teleservices will launch 3G services in all the nine circles, where it has 3G licence,'' he said.

“Powered with cutting-edge technology support from its partner NTT DOCOMO of Japan, Tata DOCOMO's 3G services will change the way consumers use their mobile phones, riding on the back of game-changing products, applications and services,'' a statement said.

First 3G services by private player TATA DOCOMO starts its operation.

Servants are the latest to join the latest in list of perks for the Google Staff

Google in order to attract the efficient and innovative engineers are now going to give servants as perk to help in household work, including picking up dinners and cleaning .

TaskRabbit is going to provide this service.

Servants are the latest to join the latest in list of perks for the Google Staff

World costliest flat for 200 million pounds

(IANS)The world's most expensive flat has been sold for 200 million pounds in Monaco, despite mysterious murder of its previous owner in the main reception room.

The two-floor penthouse – which includes a double-height library and vast roof terraces complete with mature 15-foot trees and infinity pool – has now been snapped up on a 97-year lease at a staggering price of 240 million euros (199mn pounds) by an unnamed Middle Eastern investor, thought to be an Arab sheikh, the Daily Mail reported.

World costliest flat for 200 million pounds

Ratan Tata conferred with prestigious 'Legend in Leadership Award' by Yale Chief Executive Leadership Institute.

After sucessfully leaving his mark on the world by taking over some of the popular and largest companies like Auto company 'Jaguar' and 'Land Rover' and steel maker 'Corus', Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata, one among eight business leaders from across the world shortlisted by the prestigious 'Fortune' magazine, was today conferred the prestigious 'Legend in Leadership Award' of the Yale Chief Executive Leadership Institute.

The noted industrialist received the award at the 64th Yale CEO Leadership Summit here from Yale University President Richard C Levin, a release said.

"No company and no living leader better embodies the themes of this CEO Summit than the Tata Group in general, and Chairman Ratan Tata in particular," Yale School of Management Senior Associate Dean, Professor Sonnenfeld, said.

Ratan Tata conferred with prestigious 'Legend in Leadership Award' by Yale Chief Executive Leadership Institute.

Facebook, Amazon and Zynga forms alliance, bets big on future social networking

For the sake of future social networking, Facebook, Amazon and Zynga are going to invest in a fund to help entrepreneurs develop applications and services for a new era of the social web.

The lion's share of the sFund's $250m (£160m) will come from venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.

This announcement were made at an event at Facebook's California headquarters.

"There's going to be an opportunity over the next five years or so to pick any industry and rethink it in a social way," said Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg.

"We think that every industry is going to be fundamentally re-thought and designed around people."

That was a view backed by KPCB partner John Doerr, best known for investing in Amazon, Google and Netscape.

"These social networks are going to go from a half a billion people to billions of people connected on the planet and so represents an extraordinarily exciting time on the internet," he told BBC News.

"Think of it as a quarter-billion-dollar party. The third great wave of the internet is mobile and social together. It's going to be tectonic," added Mr Doerr.

Facebook, Amazon and Zynga forms alliance, bets big on future social networking

China indirectly trying to slow down western economy by embargo of rare metals?

Is china trying to gain supremacy with the Western world? According to report complied by New york Times, China is blocking shipments of rare earths to the US,Europe and Japan.

China mines 97% of the specialist metals crucial to green technology.New york Times report, citing anonymous industry sources, said Chinese customs officials had broadened export restrictions but in a statement Chinese ministry denied the report by saying, "The report is completely false".

"China will continue to supply rare earths to the world, and at the same time, to protect usable resources and sustainable development, China will also continue to impose restrictive measures on exploration, production and import and export of rare earths." he added.

China indirectly trying to slow down western economy by embargo of rare metals?

Vodafone IN initiates 3G service in India, full scale commercial launch in early 2011

One of the leading Indian Telecom operator Vodafone IN today had announced launch of its 3G services but a full-scale commercial launch is expected to happen in the early four months of 2011.

Vodafone IN paid a whopping $2.6 billion for getting 3G licence in nine circles, Vodafone would make an additional investment $400 million to $500 million for rolling out 3G services city wise which tell us the early use of 3G services wont be affordable.

Vodafone has secured spectrum license to offer 3G services in nine circles: Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai and Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra & Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh (East) and West Bengal.

Vodafone IN initiates 3G service in India, full scale commercial launch in early 2011

India's TATA donates US$50 million,first in the school's 102-year history.

India's Tata Group makes some generous donation of whopping US $ 50 Million to Harvard Business School which is the largest gift from a foregin donor in the schools history. Harvard official said that this donation will fund a new academic and residential building on the business school's Boston campus for its executive education programs.

Ratan Tata, chairman of Tata Sons Ltd. and a graduate of the school's advanced management program, made the announcement Thursday with business school Dean Nitin Nohria and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino.

Harvard hopes to break ground next spring for the new Tata Hall.

India's TATA donates US$50 million,first in the school's 102-year history.

Cellphone Address verification in India becomes a hell for the subscribers, over 25+ lakhs connections are said to be disconnected.

Due to misuse of cellphones and prevent the misuse of sim cards from terror activities, Center Indian Govt had tighten the neck of the all the Indian cell operators to submit with the latest address proof of the cell users.

It is said that so far, nearly 30 lakh cellphone subscribers have been disconnected from their respective networks across the country due to either incomplete or unverified customer details.

There has be some news in some states where subscriber verification where the operators claimed that the involvement of police has been creating problems, came up for discussion in a meeting of telecom operators, led by Bharti Group chairman Sunil Mittal, with the Union home secretary G K Pillai on Wednesday.

Cellphone Address verification in India becomes a hell for the subscribers, over 25+ lakhs connections are said to be disconnected.

Unhappy with Blackberry solution, Indian Govt set new deadline to give access to its Encrypted Communication system.

Research In Motion (RIM), the maker of the Business smartphone BlackBerry , has been given a new deadline of January 31 by the Indian government to get access to all its services, according to a report.

The Indian Govt. want RIM to complete access of its messaging and mail service to country's intelligence agencies.

Before this BlackBerry under pressure and therefore had granted India's government manual access to its Messenger service and has promised automated access by January 1, enabling authorities to track such messages in real time, the country's top interior ministry official had said on October 1.

The BlackBerry maker says its system is designed so that only the sponsoring business or organization has the technical capability to grant such access.

Unhappy with Blackberry solution, Indian Govt set new deadline to give access to its Encrypted Communication system.

Report: Coming 5 years, India's Wealth will double

According to Credit Suisse Global Wealth Report , India's wealth is estimated by US $ 6.4 trillion which is almost double to the current US $ 3.5 trillions.

This is the first report published by Credit Suisse Global Wealth which is is one of the world’s leading financial services providers.

This report also suggested that the global wealth, which stood at US $195 trillion will rise by an impressive 61 per cent to US $315 trillion by 2015, primarily driven by emerging markets like India, China, Brazil.....

This report also gave the stats of Billionaire present in the world and interestingly, Asia Pacific has more billionaires than Europe. There are over 1,000 billionaires globally, of which 500 are in North America, followed by 245 in Asia Pacific and 230 in Europe.

Report: Coming 5 years, India's Wealth will double

Is Bad time not over yet for US? 95000 american lost their jobs in september.

Recently Media report suggested that America had finally overcome the recession as Stock market showed green signs. But here is the shock news.

A wave of government layoffs in September outpaced weak hiring in the private sector, the unemployment rate held at 9.6 per cent last month, the Labor Department said Friday.

The jobless rate has now topped 9.5 per cent for 14 straight months, the longest stretch since the 1930s.

The private sector added 64,000 positions, the weakest showing since June.

Is Bad time not over yet for US? 95000 american lost their jobs in september.

Microsoft sues Motorola for infringment of nine patents in its Android phones.

Tech giant, software maker Microsoft said that some of the Motorola's android smart phones uses similar tech which is based on Microsoft technology, which include synchronizing e-mail, calendars and contacts.

Microsoft filed its lawsuit in a federal court as well as filing one with the International Trade Commission.

Microsoft said Motorola licensed some of its mobile technology from 2003 to 2007 but continued to use the technology without renewing the license.

Its court filing specifically mentions the Motorola Droid 2 and the Motorola Charm smartphones, but Microsoft claims that the infringements were not limited to those devices.

Microsoft sues Motorola for infringment of nine patents in its Android phones.

By 2015, e-books expected to generate 50% of revenue.

With rise in PC Tablet Era, publishers say by 2015 e-books could represent 50 per cent of their revenue.

And as novelist Stephen King says he's been ahead of the pack publishing a book online years before the Kindle took off.

Novelist Stephen King author of 'The Shining’, ‘Carrie’ and ‘Misery' was first to publish his work online. It shocked the industry and got him a lot of attention.

“I got on the cover of Time Magazine. For once in my life, I got noticed at airports by the guys who wear suits and ties. They would come up to me and say, ‘How did that work? How did that sell?’ They were fascinated by the business aspect. That was a decade ago. Today, the e-book industry is on fire,” he says.

By 2015, e-books expected to generate 50% of revenue.

Worst recession in past eight decades is officially over

(CNN) Stocks surged on Monday to a 4-month high on news that the great recession is officially over! The Dow jumped 145 points to close at 10,753, the Nasdaq closed 40 points higher and the S and P 500 gained 17 points.

The National Bureau of Economic Research said the recession that started in December 2007 officially ended in June 2009. The 18-month slump was the longest and most severe downturn since the Great Depression in the 1930s.

The committee said the economy hit bottom last summer and has been growing slowly but steadily since then.

And if you're one of those people looking for a job, here's some good news. Retailers plan to hire more seasonal workers this holiday season.

Worst recession in past eight decades is officially over