February 2009 Edition
Inside this issue of Business Insight
Android - The complete story
Gmail Add-Ons
Microsoft Launches New Version of Live Search Maps
Yahoo New Search Pad Organizer
 
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Android - The complete story

Ever wondered how Android came into being. I found this somewhat dated but riveting story in wired. As you read it, you know that Android is going to be big. I have had an Android for a while (along with an iPhone) and can attest that as a productivity device for business.

If you are comfortable relying on Google (Gmail/Contact), it is unbeatable. The iPhone still has an edge but we are looking forward to what the next iteration of Android will do!

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Gmail Add-Ons

Gmail is part of Google Apps, the Internet giant's software package that includes e-mail, calendar, documents, spreadsheets and sites (a wiki). Anyone can get a free Google Apps account by singing up for Gmail, while businesses can buy a premier edition for $50 per user per year.

Google has added new features to its Gmail service during the past couple months that make the Web-based e-mail service more business-friendly and versatile. Here's a look at free add-ons that could really improve your usual Gmail routine.

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Microsoft Launches New Version of Live Search Maps

Microsoft India on Monday said it has added eight cities to the new version of Live Search Maps, which offers multi point routing ability to enable users to plan multi-city road trips in a single search query.

With this expanded version of Live Search Maps, users can now also search for directions based on common points of interest and landmarks and access detailed street maps for top 17 cities and highway road network covering 48,000 cities and towns, Microsoft said in a statement.

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Yahoo New Search Pad Organizer

Yahoo is testing Yahoo Search Pad, a note-taking application that lets users take notes and organize searches.

Unlike Google Notebook or other note-taking tools, Search Pad allows you to stay on the same page to take notes and organize your research. Users can edit, delete, reorder, print and e-mail notes about topics that they've searched. Notes can also be saved and accessed later when a user logs on to Yahoo using his or her Yahoo ID. It is still in testing phase.

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Announcing iPhone Apps Development Division
A-1 Technology, has started a seprate iPhone Apps Development Division that delivers quality iPhone software programming solutions. Our vision is to cater the up surging demands of iPhone application development.

Our motive behind holding a separate, dedicated division for iphone programming is to launch our Applications in iPhone App Store .We have a special workforce dedicated for iPhone App Development only and we are continuously working on adding new iPhone applications so that we may offer our clients and visitors with abundant options to choose from.


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