Aakash tablet's delivery pushed to 2012

DataWind, the Canadian company that is manufacturing Aakash, will start distribution of the much anticipated low cost Android tablet from next month for which online booking had started on December 15.A spokesperson of Datawind said to The Mobile Indian, "People who have booked the Aakash tablet online will get its delivery in January.” The spokesperson, however, didn't cite any reason for the delay. Earlier the company had said that the Rs 2,500 Aakash tablet will be delivered within seven days of online booking.Flip FlopsOn earlier occasions also, Datawind have failed to honour their commitment as the tablet was supposed...

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M.Stanley to invest $100-$125 mln in Mumbai: $125 mn housing project in Mumbai

MUMBAI (Reuters) - The global real estate fund of Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS - NewsMS.N) is in talks with Mumbai-based Sheth Developers to invest $100 million to $125 million in a residential project in Mumbai, three sources with direct knowledge of the matter said.The Morgan Stanley fund will invest in the unlisted Indian firm's project in the western suburbs of Mumbai, said the sources, who declined to be named as they were not authorised to speak to the media.Morgan Stanley declined to comment and Sheth Developers did not return phone calls seeking comment.Sheth Developers acquired an 18-acre land parcel in Andheri from Borosil Glass...

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Steve Jobs to be honoured with Grammy award

Los Angeles, Dec 22 (IANS) Apple co-founder Steve Jobs will be posthumously honoured with a Grammy award for his contribution to music technology, The Recording Academy announced Wednesday.Jobs, who died Oct 5 of pancreatic cancer, will receive a Trustees Award for helping create products 'that transformed the way we consume music, TV, movies and books', Xinhua quoted the academy as saying in a statement.Apple Computer Inc. first received a Technical Grammy Award in 2002 for contributions of outstanding technical significance to the recording field, the academy said.Along with Jobs, bandleader and...

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