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Twitter World: Refresh and New Message Button

Thursday, July 9th, 2009

I have seen some comments that people are having difficulty finding refresh button and new message indicator. The refresh button may not be at the most obvious location but it exists. Select a message and the bottom panel shows up. Touching the refresh button will refresh tweets.

The new message indicator exists on the top right on the message.

Twitter World UI

HSDPA Device Launches on Upswing

Thursday, February 5th, 2009

GSM Association is reporting number of HSDPA devices launches in last three years. It is happening a lot faster than anything ever seen. The first HSDPA service was launched in Oct 2005 and we already have >600 devices in the market.

HSDPA USers

HSDPA Users

In the same period EDGE had only 300 devices in the market. This just shows the vendor’s confidence in HSDPA.

First commercial H2 only car hits road

Monday, June 16th, 2008

CNET is reporting.  http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-9969263-54.html?tag=nefd.top.

This is yet another great day for technical advancement of car technology. Congratulations to Honda. I just hope that American companies will take the clue.

I have long argued that if technology can be made affordable, the  developing economies should try to skip the carbon-driven economy and straightway go to multi-sourced energy driven economies. Also, the volume in developing economies can drive the price of non-carbon energy production down and make it more affordabel.

-Umesh