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[Submit Apps] The Nokia IdeasProject “Apps to Empower Women” Challenge

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Nokia has a new competition – Apps to empower women. Details are as follows:

 

Challenge open: June 29 – September 30

 

Challenge Hosts

Steffi Czerny, Co-founder of the DLD Conference

Pia Erkinheimo, Co-founder of IdeasProject

 

Challenge Jury

Mitchell Baker, Chairman of Mozilla Foundation

Abigail Disney,  Co-Founder and co-President of the Daphne Foundation

Libby Leffler, Chief of Staff to Sheryl Sandberg (COO Facebook)

Elizabeth Varley, CEO Techhub

 

Reward

The top app chosen in the challenge will be developed by a team of women  software developers, and posted for free on the Ovi Store. The ideator  behind the winning idea and 2 ideators behind the ideas that will get  honors will be recognised with a Nokia phone of their choice.

 

The Challenge

Women around the world are increasingly living more active and productive lives. But numerous barriers remain. In developed economies, women work hard to balance the various needs of work, home, and leisure – all with limited time. And in developing economies, women often are faced with more basic challenges. In any country, mobile apps have the potential to help empower women in a wide range of ways, helping them to become better connected, better able to manage their time – and, yes, more mobile.

 

The Nokia IdeasProject “Apps to Empower Women” Challenge seeks ideas for mobile apps that can help women in work, education, and leisure.

 

Here are some examples of the categories of apps that might be used to empower women:

  • Time management for competing priorities
  • Providing education through mobile apps
  • Giving women a voice
  • Providing new ways for women to connect with each other
  • Leveraging social networking to find work

 

The Nokia IdeasProject Mobile Challenge for  Ideas to Empower Women will  launch at the DLD Women conference in Munich, Germany, on 29 June 2011. Your product, services and solutions ideas can help to make the  difference in the lives of women around the world.

 

Click here to submit your suggestions for empowering apps!

Fasmicro Apps Store Spotlight – “Loky PLUS” From StanBuyMe UK Ltd

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This app is available at Fasmicro Apps Store, courtesy of StanBuyMe UK Ltd. You can upload your good apps in our store, also.

 

Description of  Loky PLUS Trial

 

***DIAL ##123 AND THEN PRESS ‘CALL’ TO OPEN THE APP WHEN YOU FIRST DOWNLOAD***

***ONCE PIN IS SET, THIS BECOMES YOUR ACCESS CODE. ENTER ## FOLLOWED BY YOUR NEWLY-SET PIN!***

***ENHANCED FEATURES OF STEALTH MODE (NO APP ICON!!) AND ABILITY TO HAVE TWO SEPARATE ACCOUNTS!***

We’re all entitled to a little privacy, especially where our mobiles are concerned. Download Loky PLUS to create a secure, private area on your mobile where you can secure sensitive contacts, filter their messages (SMS & MMS) away from your regular message inbox, hide your messages back to them and even store your sensitive media files and documents!

Features of Loky PLUS include:

***STEALTH MODE***
Loky PLUS operates under Stealth Mode, meaning there is no visible app icon! To open Loky PLUS, simply enter ##123 and the app will open for you! Once you have set a PIN, to open the app, simply enter ## followed by your PIN!

***SECURE YOUR CONTACTS***
Secure sensitive contact information in a fully-featured and most importantly, secure address book. Loky PLUS gives you more than just a simple contact list.

***SECURE YOUR SMS & MMS***
Automatically redirect SMS & MMS messages to and from your Loky PLUS contacts so that they avoid your phone’s regular messaging app altogether.

***SECURE YOUR FILES***
Store, manage and view media files and documents from the safety of a secure file locker. Loky PLUS can secure all sorts of files!

***PROTECT YOUR PRIVACY***
Everything in Loky PLUS is securely protected by a PIN that you choose yourself when you first download the Loky PLUS app.

***MULTIPLE ACCOUNTS***
Set up a second account to keep your business and personal lives separate!

***STAY ALERT***
Loky PLUS can send you a ‘dummy’ SMS, vibrate or play one of three sounds when you get Loky PLUS mail, so that you always know when to check for new messages.

***SHAKE TO CLOSE***
Need to close Loky PLUS in a hurry? Shake your phone firmly but lightly and Loky PLUS will close down automatically, leaving you in the clear!

***SECURITY LOG***
Loky PLUS saves a record of all successful login attempts, so you can be sure no-one has accessed your account!

***CAPTURE IMAGES***
You can capture images right from within Loky PLUS, so that the moment you take a picture you know that it’s already under lock and key!

***PRESS & HOLD***
Press and hold the screen for a short time on a contact, message or file and discover a whole new way to interact with Loky PLUS.

***TELL YOUR FRIENDS***
Loky PLUS makes it very easy to recommend the app to friends who value privacy too. Simply press and hold on a contact to get started!

***LANDSCAPE MODE***
Loky PLUS supports landscape mode, so if you have a handset with a slide-out keyboard you’ll find Loky PLUS simple to use!

***SUPPORTED LANGUAGES***
Loky PLUS is available in English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian and Portuguese!

Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter and become a fan on Facebook so you can be the first to hear about further exciting developments of Loky PLUS!

If you have any new suggestions for features, please feel free to send them to info@loky.me – thanks!

 

Permissions

  • SERVICES THAT COST YOU MONEY

SEND SMS MESSAGES

Allows application to send SMS messages. Malicious applications may cost you money by sending messages without your confirmation.

DIRECTLY CALL PHONE NUMBERS

Allows the application to call phone numbers without your intervention. Malicious applications may cause unexpected calls on your phone bill. Note that this does not allow the application to call emergency numbers.

  • HARDWARE CONTROLS

TAKE PICTURES AND VIDEOS

Allows application to take pictures and videos with the camera. This allows the application at any time to collect images the camera is seeing.

  • YOUR MESSAGES

RECEIVE SMS

Allows application to receive and process SMS messages. Malicious applications may monitor your messages or delete them without showing them to you.

READ SMS OR MMS

Allows application to read SMS messages stored on your device or SIM card. Malicious applications may read your confidential messages.

EDIT SMS OR MMS

Allows application to write to SMS messages stored on your device or SIM card. Malicious applications may delete your messages.

  • NETWORK COMMUNICATION

FULL INTERNET ACCESS

Allows an application to create network sockets.

  • YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

READ CONTACT DATA

Allows an application to read all of the contact (address) data stored on your device. Malicious applications can use this to send your data to other people.

WRITE CONTACT DATA

Allows an application to modify the contact (address) data stored on your device. Malicious applications can use this to erase or modify your contact data.

  • PHONE CALLS

READ PHONE STATE AND IDENTITY

Allows the application to access the phone features of the device. An application with this permission can determine the phone number and serial number of this phone, whether a call is active, the number that call is connected to and the like.

INTERCEPT OUTGOING CALLS

Allows application to process outgoing calls and change the number to be dialed. Malicious applications may monitor, redirect, or prevent outgoing calls.

  • STORAGE

MODIFY/DELETE USB STORAGE CONTENTS MODIFY/DELETE SD CARD CONTENTS

Allows an application to write to the USB storage. Allows an application to write to the SD card.

  • SYSTEM TOOLS

CHANGE NETWORK CONNECTIVITY

Allows an application to change the state of network connectivity.

PREVENT DEVICE FROM SLEEPING

Allows an application to prevent the device from going to sleep.

DISABLE KEYLOCK

Allows an application to disable the keylock and any associated password security. A legitimate example of this is the phone disabling the keylock when receiving an incoming phone call, then re-enabling the keylock when the call is finished.

HTC 7 Pro Review – A QWERTY Ready Windows Mobile 7 Rich Multimedia Device

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The HTC 7 Pro is one of HTC´s first line of Windows Phone 7 handsets and offers a different experience to HTC´s other offerings thanks to its QWERTY keyboard. The Dell Venue Pro WP7 handset also features a sliding keyboard but slides vertically rather than horizontally and as such the HTC 7 Pro provides more finger space for typing. Aside from this major physical difference the HTC 7 Pro shares many similar features to HTC´s other Windows Phone 7 handsets such as the HD7, 7 Mozart and 7 Trophy.

 

 

The similarities include a 1GHz processor and 5 megapixel camera with HD support, which are shaping up to be standard features of WP7 handsets, initially at least. The camera is not only excellent for still photography with a number of software features such as geotagging and face detection but is superb for capturing video clips of your friends or family. The internal memory is set at 8GB which is a large amount for photos, videos, music or other content but is unfortunately not expandable with microSD cards.

 

 

Running on Windows Phone 7 the HTC 7 Pro comes with excellent social networking integration. Information is pooled from social networks like Facebook in real time over the web and displayed directly on the phone homescreen so you can always be aware of any notifications without the need to check via the web browser. This information is also tied in with your contacts list allowing you to message your contacts much more easily. Other messaging options available on the HTC 7 Pro include threaded SMS, MMS, email and instant messaging.

 

 

Web browsing is also a joy on the HTC 7 Pro through the web browser which comes with HTML and Java support, but unfortunately no Flash. 3G and Wi-Fi connections are available ensuring that you can be hooked up to the internet in virtually any circumstances. Other connectivity options include GPRS and EDGE, as well as Bluetooth and microUSB for easy transfer of files to and from the phone.

 

 

The HTC 7 Pro comes with a number of professional features to enjoy, including MS Office support and a stocks app which allows you to keep track of any stock that you own. The 1GHz Snapdragon processor on board ensures that the interface and apps run smoothly and with HTC Hub you can easily attain many more apps than the ones that come preinstalled.

 

 

The 3.6″ screen is slightly smaller than many of the other WP7 handsets but is still of exceptional quality. With 16 million colours and WVGA graphics the 7 Pro truly offers some great visuals and is perfect for playing back videos captured on the camera. The screen also operates on capacitive technology which in conjunction with recent updates to Microsoft´s OS allow for multitouch input methods such as pinch to zoom.

 

 

The HTC 7 Pro boasts a wide range of entertainment and professional features to keep you busy and while it may have a slightly less cinematic screen than some of the other offerings it is greatly benefitted by the QWERTY keyboard. This is a great tool to have for messaging, emails or just general web browsing and these are all features that are expertly implemented on the 7 Pro.

 

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Recommended Steps Nigeria Can Take To Develop Embedded Systems Technologies

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It is simple in this generation, better technology, better economy. Every other factor like population strength (e.g China), natural resource endowment, etc only rides on developed technology. Embedded systems form the bedrock of most technology systems found today. This means that developing embedded systems technologies will provide the platform for other technologies to thrive.

 

Nigeria as a nation has lots of advantages such as abundant human capital, natural resource endowment, good climatic conditions, etc. By summoning the will to have and implement policies to develop our indigenous embedded systems technologies (through massive investment in research and development as well as collaboration between academia and the industry), we will see unprecedented growth in our economy.

 

This is how it happened in the US, the UK, Germany, China, Japan and even South Africa. We must take the same steps if we are to get the same results. It is therefore very clear that Nigeria must invest massively in embedded systems research if she must be among the first 20 world economies by the year 2020.

 

The following are some recommended steps the nation should take to develop embedded systems technologies in Nigeria:

 

1.         Have at least 10% of the nation’s budget invested in Research and development

2.         Encourage inflow of technologies into the country by rewarding those who return with new technologies.

3.         Encourage development of new and indigenous local technologies when identified.

4.         Establish and fund research and development centers on embedded systems design and development

5.         Provide the platform for a sound technical education right from primary to tertiary levels.

6.         Fight corruption at all levels.

7.         Provide the platform for technological breakthroughs to be transformed into products and services by creating a cordial collaboration between the academia, research institutes and the industry.

8.         Invest in provision of basic infrastructure such as Power supply, good roads, etc.

9.         Improve on the present security situation in the country.

 

By taking these steps, we will advance speedily on our journey to fulfilling vision 20:2020

Etisalat UAE, Parent of Etisalat Nigeria, Signs Partnership Agreement With Telefonica Spain

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Etisalat UAE, the parent of Etisalat Nigeria, announced recently that it has signed a Strategic Partnership Agreement with Telefonica Spain. This partnership will enable the two companies to enter into a broad based cooperation.  Consequently, both will collaborate on a range of strategic areas given their capabilities and expertise. The goal is to build a viable synergy that will improve their businesses through effective service delivery in the market place.

 

The telecommunication industry is very competitive. So, it requires a new dimension in the ways companies operate to be successful.  Partnership saves resources and it offers each company the opportunity to deploy resources efficiently through synergy.

 

In this partnership,  Etilsalat and Telefonica, will pool resources to address global industry trends to better enable them to compete in each of their markets, capturing efficiencies and advancing initiatives aimed at better serving their customers’ needs across their respective footprints. There is also the possibility of sharing best practices on what works and does not.

 

Under the terms of this agreement, the two parties will establish mechanisms to enable them draw on each other’s experience in various strategic areas, including collaboration on technological standardization, new global technology initiatives, and new emerging products and services designed to capture the digital growth opportunities such as M2M, financial services or cloud-based services.
Both companies have also agreed to jointly work on procurement, international capacity and wholesale services as well as offering enhanced support for multinational customers of each operator taking advantage of the benefits of the Telefónica Partners Program.

 

The Partnership Agreement is of immediate effect and will enable both companies to improve efficiency, drive innovation and generate savings. The agreement is expected to reinforce each company’s leadership in their markets, and provide a stronger basis to compete globally in the changing telecommunications industry.

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