Dabbawallahs Use Web and Text to Make Lunch on Time

In London, UK, a concept born in India - the lunchtime delivery service of Dabbawallahs - has  become a highly successful Indian food business. Tiffinbites (www.tiffinbites.com), started by Jamal Hirani,...

The famous British Library mislays 9,000 books

The world famous British Library, which holds some of the most famous books in the world, many of them first editions and originals that are irreplaceable, now claim that they have lost over 9,000 books, including an...

SMS a Success in Disease Warnings

Revealed today in Australia, was the success of using SMS (simple message service,) more commonly known as texting, to warn people that they had been exposed to an inexorably deadly disease. Speed is the key to...

Can your Read the Final Draft of the Stimulus Bill? NO

By Albert N. Milliron, Editor Politisite.com, Iron Mill Interactive Media, Inc. Many Americans heard that a bipartition compromise on the stimulus bill had been reached today.  Well the word Bipartition is a...

SMS causing rise in domestic problems, divorce in Mizoram, India

Mobile text has replaced many old customs among them greeting on the special occasion is most important. Now today's lovers have started using to express their love via sms. But for married couple exchanging amorous sms are bringing problems in their family life. " Rev...

Full text of President Obama's Inauguration Speech 2009

President Barack Obama is giving one of the most important speeches of his life today. Here is the text for Obama's Inauguration Speech 2009. " My fellow citizens: I stand here today humbled by the task before us,...

Florida, Oklahoma move to top of polls

"Florida moved to No. 1 in Sunday's Associated Press poll, Oklahoma is the new No. 1 in the USA Today coaches' poll and USC's victory over cross-town rival UCLA did little to promote the Trojans' far-fetched hopes...

Surgeon saves boy's life by text

The best possible example of positive use of technology.The world is already facing the shortage of medical professionals, particularlt in underdeveloped world. The use of internet and mobile tech can solve this...

Robovox in Ljubljana

Robovox arrived to Ljubljana to give people a voice. I heard that it will come to Ljubljana but still seeing a 8m high robot is quite impressive." RoboVox is a large (8m high) interactive public sound...

SMS tackle HIV in South Africa

Growth in the Mobile phone subscription is astonishing. The growth is particularly led by emerging economies like China and India. People are opting for the top-end phones with high processing power and storage available in desktop computers just few years back. Mobile...

Suit Filed Against Company That Employed Metrolink 111 Engineer

After admitting they were at fault, now Metrolink is trying to sue the company that employed the homosexual train engineer who was text messaging little boys when he crashed the Metrolink, killing 25 people.  Check it out."October 26, 2008 (by Otto Smyth) It has been...

12-Year-Old Finds iPhone Security Flaw

Thanks to his SMS-happy and lovestruck 12-year-old, blogger Karl Kraft has documented a security flaw in the iPhone. Seems that the lad figured out how to disable the SMS preview to keep his folks from snooping...

LittleBigPlanet of sony: delayed over Koran Phrases

Sony entertainment has delayed the worldwide launch of its latest game LittleBigPlanet, because of the concerns that the background music mentioning phrase sfrom Koran can offend muslim across te world. " ...

Americans text more than they talk

Now we had a previous article here on NowPublic talking about how texting and driving is more dangerous than drinking and driving here. Here is a research showing that Americans text more than they talk on the...

Metrolink engineer sent text message moments before fatal crash

More sad developments in the Metrolink saga."A Metrolink engineer sent a text message from his cellphone seconds before he slammed into an oncoming freight train in an accident that killed 25 people and injured...

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