Google, like Facebook, in talks to buy Waze for about $1 billion: Report
Reuters | Friday May 24, 2013
Waze uses satellite signals from members' smartphones to generate maps and traffic data, offering real-time traffic info.
Jiju was like Sreesanth's satellite: KCA secretary TC Mathew
Press Trust of India | Sunday May 19, 2013
Jiju was among the 11 bookmakers arrested by the Delhi Police for alleged spot-fixing in the Indian Premier League matches.
Mice and snails return from outer space
Agence France-Presse | Sunday May 19, 2013
A Russian capsule filled with 45 mice and 15 newts along with other small animals returned from a month's mission in orbit on Sunday with data scientists hope will pave the way for a manned flight to Mars.
US sees China's missile launch as test of anti-satellite muscle, say source
Reuters | Thursday May 16, 2013
The US government believes a Chinese missile launch this week was the first test of a new interceptor that could be used to destroy a satellite in orbit, one US defense official told Reuters on Wednesday.
Cyclonic storm 'MAHASEN' 800 km off Chennai coast
Press Trust of India | Sunday May 12, 2013
The latest satellite cloud imageries received by the Met office in Chennai indicate that the cyclonic storm 'MAHASEN' is about 850 km southeast of Chennai in the Bay of Bengal.
Narendra Modi to address Indians in 18 US cities
Indo-Asian News Service | Friday May 10, 2013
Narendra Modi is again set to talk to the Indian community in 18 cities in North America via satellite from state capital of Gandhinagar on Sunday.
Facebook in talks to buy Israel's Waze for up to $1 billion: report
Thursday May 9, 2013
Waze uses satellite signals from members' smartphones to generate maps and traffic data, which it then shares with other users, offering real-time traffic info.
Facebook in talks to buy mobile satellite navigation startup Waze: Report
Reuters | Thursday May 9, 2013
Waze uses satellite signals from members' smartphones to generate maps and traffic data, offering real-time traffic info.
Iraq pulls licenses of Al-Jazeera, other channels
Associated Press | Sunday April 28, 2013
Iraqi authorities announced on Sunday that they had revoked the operating licenses of pan-Arab broadcaster Al-Jazeera and nine other satellite TV channels, alleging that they are promoting a sectarian agenda as the country grapples with a wave of vio...
South African regulator allows pornographic TV channels
Reuters | Wednesday April 24, 2013
South Africa's communications regulator, ICASA, on Wednesday gave permission for satellite television network TopTV to broadcast three "sexually explicit" channels, saying there was no legal basis to reject the application.
NASA launches three smartphone-powered satellites into space
Press Trust of India | Tuesday April 23, 2013
NASA has successfully launched three smartphones into space to snap images of Earth, and the handsets may prove to be the lowest-cost satellites ever flown into space.
NASA's three 'smartphone satellites' working as expected
Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday April 23, 2013
Transmissions from all the three PhoneSats, believed to be the lowest-cost satellites ever put in space, have been received at multiple ground stations on the Earth.
Dish tries to trump SoftBank with $25.5 billion Sprint bid
Monday April 15, 2013
Dish Network Corp, the No. 2 U.S. satellite television provider, offered to buy Sprint Nextel Corp for $25.5 billion in cash and stock, a move that could thwart the proposed acquisition of Sprint by Japan's SoftBank Corp.
ICAAN plans to open satellite office in China
Associated Press | Tuesday April 9, 2013
ICANN says it will open a satellite office in China, home of the world's largest Internet population.
Tamil Nadu government announces satellite city for Madurai
Press Trust of India | Thursday April 4, 2013
As part of its efforts to meet the growing demand for dwelling units in urban areas, the Tamil Nadu government today announced a satellite township on the outskirts of Madurai at a cost of Rs 120 crore and proposed to build 4,454 houses in several ot...
