London, August 22 : A new computer simulation has suggested that stars can form in the hostile environment around a black hole after all.
The area around a black hole was thought to be too violent to form stars, since intense gravitational forces there could rip apart gas clouds in which stars are born.
But, according to a report in New Scientist, a new computer simulation shows a gas cloud on a near-collision course with a black hole could survive these forces.
New Delhi - Indian telecommunications majors Bharti Airtel Ltd and Vodafone Group PLC launched the third-generation Apple iPhone Friday across India, the world's fastest growing mobile phone market.
At 30,000 rupees (690 dollars), the iPhone 3G costs almost triple its price in the United States, where it is subsidized by telecommunications operator AT&T Inc in its effort to win customers' annual subscription fees.
The Apple iPhone, launched by Vodafone and Bharti Airtel on Thursday, was welcomed with such a boom that users waited in lines outside a Gurgaon mall and few shops in Delhi to get their very own iPhone.
Among the enthusiast fans, Swati, a college student was one of the first to get her iPhone. She got there as early as 7pm and waited in queue at the Sahara Mall, and finally, she was handed over the phone by president of Bharti, Sanjay Kapoor.
Washington, Aug 22 : Researchers at the University of Washington have developed a software that enables deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals to use sign language – over a mobile phone.
UW engineers got the phones working together this spring, and recently received a National Science Foundation grant for a 20-person field project that will begin next year in Seattle.
This is the first time two-way real-time video communication has been demonstrated over cell phones in the United States. Since posting a video of the working prototype on YouTube, deaf people around the country have been writing on a daily basis.
Airme, a pioneer in the mobile application industry, has announced that AIRME would now be available at the Apple App store for iPhone users.
In a statement, it said, “AirMe is a free, easy-to-use downloaded application that allows iPhone users to take photos and have them instantly tagged and sent to the user's Flickr or Facebook accounts.”
Airme presently is being used in 56 countries around the world. All photos are auto-tagged with location, time, weather and any user customized information.
Airme users have an option of tagging their pictures with their location, weather conditions and temperature automatically.
New-age private lender Yes Bank and networking giant Cisco have introduced ‘Yes touch phone-banking services’, a speech-enabled voice recognition facility for the first time in the Indian financial services sector.
With the latest facility, the bank's customers will now be able to access their accounts 24X7 that will support business-related queries and transactions.
London, August 22 : A new computer simulation has suggested that stars can form in the hostile environment around a black hole after all.
New Delhi - Indian telecommunications majors Bharti Airtel Ltd and Vodafone Group PLC launched the third-generation Apple iPhone Friday across India, the world's fastest growing mobile phone market.
welcomed with such a boom that users waited in lines outside a Gurgaon mall and few shops in Delhi to get their very own iPhone.
New-age private lender Yes Bank and networking giant Cisco have introduced ‘Yes touch phone-banking services’, a speech-enabled voice recognition facility for the first time in the Indian financial services sector.
