Asia Bizz: In some good news for the passengers traveling by train in India, the ministry of railways has decided to permit Short Messaging Service (SMS) sent by the Indian Railways Catering &Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) equivalent to the Electronic Reservation Slip (ERS). The step has been taken to make it even more convenient for passengers [...]
Asia Bzz: Search engine giant Google has recently launched a programme for women entrepreneurs. The new programme will help women to grow their business through an online presence. The programme is known as the ‘Women Entrepreneurs on Web’ (WEOW) and will help the women entrepreneurs across the country to grow their online presence. Through the [...]
Asia Bizz: Despite being declared stable, water leaks from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan have become more frequent. Last year, a massive earthquake and tsunami badly damaged the power plant which resulted in the meltdown of three reactor cores. The Tokyo Electric Power Co. is constantly facing challenges to keep the [...]
Asia Bizz: The construction of Singapore Serangoon Data Centre has been successfully completed. The completion of the construction was announced NTT Communications Corp (NTT Com). The new data centre has been designed to serve the needs of the financial services industries and enterprises that need high power. The building has also been designed keeping in [...]
Asia Bizz: A new survey has revealed that India is among the few countries in the world, along with Romania and Mexico, which is not yet prepared to defend itself against the emerging cyber attacks. The survey which has been backed by McAfee cyber defense and it has mentioned that countries like Finland, Israel and Sweden are [...]
Asia Bizz: With the growing popularity of dual SIM phones, LG is all set to launch a new mobile phone to hold three SIM cards at a time. The new phone, named A290, i s expected to to operate three SIMs and will have a 2.2 inch display, with a resolution of 176 X 220 [...]
Asia Bizz: The netizens in China are discussing the rising prices of the popular Starbucks Coffee. The Seattle-based coffee chain has increased the prices of its beverages in 500 of its Mainland China stores on January 31, 2012. The coffee drinks, as well as one of its chocolate ones, are now costlier by 1 to [...]
Asia Bizz: The online booking of the world’s cheapest tablet PC Aakash began last year, but now all can book the coveted tab from the company’s website as the tablet is available at Ncarry.com, an online shopping site. The tablet is manufactured by Datawind and 30,000 of the tablets priced at Rs 2,500 were put [...]
Asia Bizz: Till now Honda was the brand which kept itself away from the diesel market, but now the Japanese auto giant Honda Motors is all set to enter the diesel market in India with its compact car Brio. At present, the Japanese car maker is testing its diesel technology – common rail i-DTEC on [...]
Asia Bizz: With the growing popularity of the ‘Aakash’ tablet PC, the government of Andhra Pradesh has sent a proposal to the Indian Human Resource Development Ministry requesting them to book 1,000 ‘Aakash’ tablets. The AP government is planning to distribute the tablet among its students. The officials have planned to distribute the tablet in [...]
