RCom launches social networking app, Socially
By Editor on March 12, 2010 · Leave a Comment
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: A mobile VAS application called ‘Socially’ has been launched by Reliance Communications giving access to social networks including Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn through a single client. The most interesting part of this app is that callers recent status updates are shown after receiving the call.
Users can download this application from RWorld and subscribe to the service at Rs. 10 for 30 days. They will not have to pay any additional browsing charges.
Socially is 3G ready, and ready to be extended to 3G networks in India. Earlier, Tata DoCoMo launched its BuddyNet users at a price point of Rs. 10 for 30 days with no additional browsing charges.
Mumbai and Singapore based Antarix Networks founded by former ITFinity exec Nagesh Rao developed Socially.
Filed under Mobile · Tagged with 3G, Application, ASIA, BuddyNet, Facebook, India, LinkedIn, Mobile VAS, Reliance Communication, Singapore, Social Networking, Socially, Tata DoCoMo, twitter
Security measures for lost or stolen mobiles
By Editor on October 5, 2006 · Leave a Comment
Given that in the UK one mobile phone is stolen on average every twelve seconds, it’s good to hear that Remote XT, a rigorous new mobile security service, is now available at the rather costly rate of £10 per month. The service is designed to prevent thieves from using stolen phones and accessing the data contained on them.
Under the new system, a signal is sent to the mobile once it is reported lost or stolen, causing it to emit an alarm similar to a scream. The alarm noise is accompanied by a message, reading “This phone is stolen”. This might not work so well for an inconspicuous phone, which unlike a car, can easily be muffled or stuffed in a pocket. Presumably it can’t keep screaming for ever.
More importantly than the alarm, the phone is automatically disabled when reported as lost or stolen, and all contact numbers, texts, images and emails are deleted.
Detective Superintendent Steve Bending, head of the National Mobile Phone Crime Unit, said: “The NMPCU is supportive of measures that make mobile phones less desirable items to steal and worthless in the hands of those who seek to profit from mobile phone criminality. “Any opportunity to disable a mobile phone and render it useless, should it be stolen, is welcomed.” Some services have been developed to block the use of stolen SIM cards and handsets, but these are not foolproof, he went on.
It’s interesting to note that there’s even a separate unit for mobile phone crime – you know something has become socially significant when it merits a separate police unit!
<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/5397602.stm”>Source: BBC
