It’s hard to believe that even in late 2009, there are still countries, full-fledged independent countries, that do not have mobile phone service.
That list got smaller this week as the Pacific island nation of Nauru finally got access to…
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Mobile phone service comes to Nauru
Posted by Cyrus Farivar,
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009 – 13:28 CEST
Indian scientists laud mission after losing contact with lunar satellite
Posted by Cyrus Farivar,
Monday, August 31st, 2009 – 09:38 CEST
At a news conference in western India, G. Madhavan Nair, the head of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), pronounced the mission of India’s first satellite to be a “success,” even though his agency lost contact with the Chandrayaan-I late last week.…
More →Blasorchester PingPong Live with Costa Rica!
Posted by Sigrid,
Thursday, August 13th, 2009 – 11:14 CEST
The voestalpine Blasorchester will perform a Brass Band PingPong live with the National Band of Limon from Costa Rica on the 14th of August, starting 7pm.
80+1 is very proud to have the National Band of Limon as the partner of…
More →Swamp holds up African Parliament construction
Posted by Cyrus Farivar,
Wednesday, August 12th, 2009 – 10:49 CEST
Over five years ago, the Pan-African Parliament — an offshoot of the African Union — was created in Ethiopia. Since then, the parliament has been moved to Midrand, South Africa, a town about halfway between Johannesburg, and that country’s capital, Pretoria.…
More →Cisco to build 61,000 square meter facility in Bangalore
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Thursday, July 30th, 2009 – 20:49 CEST
The Economic Times is reporting that the American tech giant Cisco is going to be developing a new 61,000 square meter (6.6 lakh square feet) facility in Bangalore.
This new facility makes it the largest development plan by a major IT…
More →Divorce rates on the rise in Bangalore
Posted by Cyrus Farivar,
Thursday, July 23rd, 2009 – 16:29 CEST
The southern metropolis, sometimes referred to as India’s Silicon Valley, is one of the country’s fastest growing cities. Its urbanization continues to rise at a breakneck pace — a controversial metro project in the city has had extensive environmental concerns as…
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