January 7, 2010 23:52 pm by Jal
Japanese telecom company NTT DOCOMO and Tata teleservices joined hands to bring m-comics (mobile comics) service to Tata DOCOMO users called DOCOMICS. It will let users read popular comics in their ‘enhanced-for-mobile’ avatars.
Tata DOCOMO users can now download popular Marvel Comics and Manga using DOCOMICS, albeit at a Rs. 15 price tag per chapter of a comic. However, prices are expected to go down in the longer run and there will be no data transfer charges for downloading the comics.
Murat O Karadeniz, the Executive Advisor at NTT DOCOMO, Global Business Division, said, "It is a significant achievement of the collaboration between NTT DOCOMO and TTSL in order to develop and introduce enhanced services and technologies into Indian market".
Being a pioneer in introducing great services, Tata’s GSM brand DOCOMO is set to stir the mobile services scenario in India.
January 6, 2010 4:57 am by Jal
Previously we blogged about the
new features in the Bing Maps Beta which included lots of high definition imagery from various aerial angles. Recent news is
coming in that in December 2009, Microsoft poured in TBs of new imagery to Bing Maps making it information rich more than ever.
Statistical data:
» More than 274,000 sq. km of of new imagery added.
» 33,520 sq. km of Bird’s Eye photos added.
» 240,739 sq. km of Aerial view photos added.
» 1.1 TB of StreetSide image information added.
The above screenshot displays the significant increase in the amount of Bird’s Eye view photographs (shown red) and Aerial view photographs (shown blue).
Visit Bing Maps
We will keep you updated with latest information available from Microsoft.
January 5, 2010 23:38 pm by Jal
Microsoft Office 2010 has already created a very positive impression since its betas were out for the general public. People finally seemed to be much satisfied with Office 2010 which not only ironed out some ‘wrinkles’ in Office 2007 but also added some
really useful features. Today Microsoft revealed the prices of different flavors of Office 2010 which are represented in the table below.
| Office Home and Student |
Office Home and Business |
Office Professional |
Office Professional Academic |
| Full Packaged Product:
$149 |
Full Packaged Product:
$279 |
Full Packaged Product:
$499 |
Full Packaged Product:
$99 |
| Product Key Card:
$119 |
Product Key Card:
$199 |
Product Key Card:
$349 |
Not Applicable |
Click here to learn about Product Key Card.
Notes:
1) The Office Home and Student version is not for commercial, revenue generating activities. (umm.. well ok!)
2) The Office Professional Academic is available through authorized academic resellers only.
You can visit the Microsoft’s official declaration here. Download the detailed guide here.
January 3, 2010 8:34 am by Jal
Facebook’s been one of the best platform for sharing photos and videos online. And I know how everytime you get so excited to publish pictures on Facebook from your recent trip. Although uploading photos on Facebook is no rocket science, but we never mind to simplify an already simple process. How about uploading your pictures to your Facebook account directly from Windows Live Gallery while you continue browsing them in your computer? Sounds great right.
‘LiveUpload to Facebook’ is a small plug-in for Windows Live Photo Gallery that does this awesome job for you. Download and install the software and start uploading your pictures to Facebook directly from Windows Live Gallery.
Once installed, you just have to browse through your pictures in Windows Live Photo Gallery and click Publish > More Services > LiveUpload to Facebook.
Features:
» LiveUpload to Facebook not only uploads your photos and videos to Facebook, it also preserves any people tags added in Windows Live Photo Gallery.
» Further, you can organize and tag your photos in Windows Live Photo Gallery itself before uploading.
» You can upload your pictures to an existing album or create a new one.
Download LiveUpload to Facebook / 2.75 MB
January 3, 2010 7:35 am by Jal
This has been pretty silent and smooth. Mozilla quietly slipped out an RC1 of the Firefox’s avatar built specially for the Maemo (Nokia N900 and Nokia N810).
Firefox RC1 for Maemo aka Mozilla Fennec is claimed to give you a glitch free, full multimedia enabled browsing experience on Maemo. It strives to make you forget about the clunky, stripped-down versions of the conventional mobile web.
According to Pavlov, a software engineer at Mozilla, Firefox’s Maemo has some significant improvements like
» Enhanced text rendering
» New hooks for add-on developers
» Fixes to some N900 related issues
» Available in more than 30 languages
» More eye candy
Image Courtesy: Unwired
Other notable features of Fennec:
» Password manager
» Tabbed browsing,
» One-touch bookmarking
» Geo-location based browsing
» Desktop syncing
TechExplorer verdict: If you are using Maemo (Nokia N900 or Nokia N810) there is no reason why you shouldn’t use Fennec. We definitely recommend it.
Update: Mozilla Fennec RC2 released. If you are running RC1, you will get an update shortly. You can manually install it by clicking the link below.
Download Mozilla Fennec RC1 RC2 for Maemo
January 2, 2010 11:00 am by Jal
January 1, 2010 6:32 am by Jal
Seconds, minutes, hours, days and nights passed smoothly taking us all into the new year, a new decade – 2010. My warm wishes to all the readers of TechExplorer and hope that the new year turns out intellectually provoking and full of spontaneity for all of you.
Year 2009 was really substantial for TechExplorer as we did some remarkable changes to the blog. We not only gave it a name, an identity on the webspace, we made it an independent self-hosted blog. In November 09’, we shifted TechExplorer from Blogger to WordPress, hosting it on Bluehost – the best web-hosting platform ever.
Lastly, we are thankful to our subscribers and visitors for their invaluable time they spared for our blog and we assure you to deliver, as always, the best and the most useful tech stuff in the new year too. Wishing you all once again, a Happy New Year. 
Tata DOCOMO users can now download popular Marvel Comics and Manga using DOCOMICS, albeit at a Rs. 15 price tag per chapter of a comic. However, prices are expected to go down in the longer run and there will be no data transfer charges for downloading the comics.
