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14.02.2008 A dozen auto rickshaws or e-Tuktuks equipped with laptops, printers, telephones, recorders, and the Internet roam the villages in remote Sri Lanka, combining the services of a traditional telecenter and radio station. So ingenious was the concept that it won the Stockhom Challenge GKP Award in Kuala Lumpur last December.

14.02.2008 Nokia’s navigations tools will soon render the paper maps sold on streets a thing of the past. Wallets, cash, credit cards will all be replaced by a mobile wallet. Location-based social networking will allow the user to find out the exact location of his or her buddies.

05.02.2008 This year the vote goes to My World and Viet Tech founder Nguyen Minh Tri from Vietnam. The runner-up in the annual competition to find the best entrepreneur age 30 or under in the Asia-Pacific region is Saloni Malhotra, founder and CEO of DesiCrew Solutions, an outsourcing business that taps India’s workforce in small towns and rural areas.

01.02.2008 Large parts of Middle East and India are facing disruption of Internet services due to damage to two undersea cables in the Mediterranean. It will take at least a week’s time to restore the severed cables.

31.01.2008 The next generation Nokia cell phone, loaded with software that turns text on photographed documents into speech, promises to make lives convenient for the visually impaired.

28.01.2008 First of its kind in India, the Rajasthan State Cooperative Department has launched the ‘Kisan SIM card’. Farmers can now get free tips on various aspects of farming from weather updates to guidance on livestock rearing to crop infection through SMS and voice messages.

28.01.2008 Google Inc’s YouTube has recently made all its videos available on certain latest generation mobiles. With the service being offered initially in 16 countries besides the United States and 10 languages besides English, it hopes to reach out to even more people.