European airlines increasingly offering in-flight use of mobile phones (PublicTechnology.net)
One year after the European Commission put in place common rules for safe use of mobile phones on aircrafts and for simple and non-bureaucratic authorisations of this essentially cross border service, 27 European aircraft have been equipped to allow the secure use of standard GSM handsets onboard aircraft while flying in European airspace.
Source: www.publictechnology.net
Sun Dial uses mobile phones to alert Muslims to prayer (w/Video) (PhysOrg)
Religious technology may seem like an oxymoron, but as more people obtain mobile phones, iPhones and other devices to help them manage their lives, it’s only natural that many of them will be using their gadgets to help them enrich their spiritual life as well. Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a mobile application known as Sun Dial, which alerts Muslim users when …
Source: www.physorg.com
BBC brings live TV to mobile phones (Daily Telegraph)
The BBC will simulcast shows on mobile phone handsets.
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Mobile phones to notify namaz timings through image (New Kerala)
Washington, April 6 : A new software application meant for mobile phones can alert Muslim users to namaz timings through an image combined with audible alerts.
Source: www.newkerala.com
Salesforce offers customers free mobile service (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Business software maker Salesforce.com on Tuesday launched a slimmed-down version of its customer-management services that existing customers will be able to access for free using high-end mobile phones.
Source: news.yahoo.com
India to cut off 30 million mobile phones (Daily Telegraph)
India is to disconnect more than 30 million Chinesemade mobile phones amid concerns that the devices could be used by terrorists.
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
