Virgin Mobiles

Virgin Mobile Products and Services Go Online

Virgin Mobile, India's youth-focused mobile services brand, will now allow customers to purchase products and services online from www.virginmobile.in.

Apart from the convenience of buying from home Virgin Mobile, customers will be rewarded with additional talk time, extra messages and other freebies. For example, the 'Bak Bak' offer will provide online customers Rs. 100 worth of free talktime, 500 free SMSs, lifetime validity and a free prepaid connection on purchase of every handset.

After buying the desired phone online and making the payment via debit or credit card, the handsets will be delivered to the customer within 24 - 48 hours and the requisite documents for proof of identity will be collected in person. The connection will get activated post verification.

M. A. Madhusudan, Chief Executive Officer, Virgin Mobile India said, "With 44% of the total internet population in India within the age group of 19-24 years, this medium has become an integral part of youth's lifestyle. It is therefore logical for us to extend our presence to the online space and offer our customers the convenience and comfort of buying Virgin Mobile connection at the click of a button."

The company has tied up with Blue Dart for delivery of handsets and with Billdesk for payment authorization. In the near future, the company also plans to bolster its online portfolio by making available product bundled offers, facility of gifting a phone and an option of recharging and topping-up the Virgin Mobile phone online.

Heading Right...[eco friendly mobiles]

Samsung Launches Eco-friendly Mobiles
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W510 is Samsung's first mobile phone with 'bio-plastic' made from natural material extracted from corn. Samsung has been making an effort to develop more renewable and eco-friendly material compared with common plastic produced from petroleum. Even while producing the W510 handset, the company did not use any heavy metals, such as Lead, Mercury, and Cadmium, and applied water-soluble coating.


Samsung F268 with all the accessories including charger and headset does not contain BFRs (Brominated Flame Retardant) or PVC. In addition, the handset has an alarm function to encourage users to unplug their charger when the devices are fully charged. The product is also following the Energy Star requirements as well, which is strict energy-efficiency guidelines set by the US Environmental Protection Agency and the US Department of Energy.

"Samsung is striving to continue to be a strong corporate citizen that contributes to environmental sustainability," said Geesung Choi, President of Samsung's Telecommunication Business. "Now we are trying not only to launch more environmentally-conscious products with more renewable material and less energy consuming, but also to expand proactively set up a phone recycling system."

For now the W510 has been launched for the Korean market and F268 for the Chinese market. Hopefully they’ll make it to India as well, as keeping the environment safe should be a major concern here too.

Hope for a new life...

Australian discovery could lead to cure for leukemia

Australian scientists say they have made a vital discovery which could lead to a cure for leukaemia.

Researchers in Adelaide and Melbourne have used high-tech 3D imaging to map the structure of white blood cells.

They say they have discovered how damaged cells receive the signal which tells them to replicate endlessly, causing leukaemia.

The co-head of the study, Professor Michael Parker, says the discovery means new treatments could potentially stop the disease in its tracks.

"We found in the presence of a hormone, when it binds to this protein receptor, it causes the receptor to form networks on the surface of cells, and this is what causes the signalling," he said.

"And why this is so exciting is because its very easy to see how we could disrupt these networks and stop the signalling."

Stepping into the Ideal Age..

Now, an air conditioner that runs on solar power

Washington, Aug 12 (ANI): Tired of those massive electricity bills, courtesy the air conditioners? Well, here's a cool and economical solution to beat the heat - GreenCore Air's solar powered air conditioner.

What's more, the new air conditioner is environmental friendly too as it's powered by a single 170-watt solar panel.

The company claims that its air conditioning unit can heat and cool a 600 square foot room.

Running on DC power, it does away with any need to put an AC inverter between the solar panel and the air conditioner.

This, in turn, wards off those power losses linked with converting AC to DC.

And in case there's no sun, the unit runs on an integrated battery bank.

GreenCore has released two versions of the air conditioner: a fixed one, and a mobile one that is mounted on wheels.

Currently, the new AC units are being tested by a McDonald's restaurant and the U.S. Navy. (ANI)