Hi there,

Some pretty exciting things are [...]]]> I received this email from Republic Wireless. If you missed their Beta and you would like to try the service, please read and act. (this is in continuation to my post on 12/14 World Wi-Fi number for FREE from Republic Wireless)

Hi there, Some pretty exciting things are happening at republic wireless. We’re writing you because you said you were interested in knowing about upcoming news. We wanted to make sure you saw Brian’s recent blog post, which includes news about next phones, saving money before you make the jump, and you guessed it… when beta will reopen. Find that and more in the March Update. Don’t forget to jump in community and give us feedback or let us answer any questions you may have. We look forward to hearing from you soon!   Yours, republic wireless

Republic Wireless call this a world Wi-Fi number. [...]]]> It is amazing how new concepts are shaping the today and future of the fast progressing world we are living in. After bringing a revolutionary idea of bringing VoIP to cellphones today I received an email from Republic Wireless to get hold of a free international number.

Republic Wireless call this a world Wi-Fi number. World Wi-Fi number is a secondary number that will be assigned to your primary domestic number and the republic wireless number. Anyone would be able to call you from any country for very cheap prices (sometime in future)

As soon as I got this, I had a question for myself. Why do I need it? Here is whatI found:

I am from India and most of my family and friends are in India. This will help me in 2 ways:
1) All my friends and family can call me for a very cheap price as Republic Wireless has offered all carriers in the world a very cheap way to pass their traffic directly to them instead of paying heavy fees to other carriers to route the call internationally.
2) I frequently go back to India to meet family and for business. While I am there the same Republic Wireless phone with the world Wi-Fi number will work anywhere where there is a wifi. India is very advanced now, even in my village (Mohtli) there are many wifi networks available. This empowers all my clients, office, friends in USA reach me directly without a need of international calling enabled on their phone.

I went ahead and booked the number of my choice for free. I even went ahead and reserved a number for my wife ( even when she is not registered with them, I think they are very generous to allow anyone). Here is the link http://worldwifi.republicwireless.com

Now I am waiting for 2012 when they will make this number available and functional. Once the feature is ready Republic Wireless will be back in touch and will let me know how to link the World Wi-Fi number with the Republic phone and my primary domestic number.

I am excited to use this new feature and technology and wish the very best to Republic Wireless.

I like innovation!
-Rohit

Source:
Republic Wireless: http://worldwifi.republicwireless.com

Since last week the .XXX domains are available for the adult entertainment [...]]]> If you are a brand, I would encourage you to take a preemptive action and reserve your brand in .XXX registry ASAP before October 28, 2011. There is nothing worse than losing the brand reputation by letting some porn operator use your name.

Since last week the .XXX domains are available for the adult entertainment companies. So now any porn company can have yourcompanyname.XXX registered and use your name and loyal customers to increase their porn business and tarnish yourcompany image. But the good news is that there is a cooling-off period till Oct 28. All the companies outside of the porn space have enough time to protect their brands by taking a preventive measure of registering their trademark with .XXX before Oct 28.

In a worst case scenario if you choose not to reserve your domain, be ready to spend few thousand dollars in litigation cost or spend up to few millions if you choose to buy your domain back from a reseller.

The .XXX registry is operated by ICM Registry LLC. In order to reserve your brand with .XXX domain please go to a domain name registrar like networksolutions, godaddy.com. Please find the region specific list below with the links to the respective domain registration company.

USA and Canada
Europe
Asia and Australia	pm
Other Countries

http://www.google.com/pacman/

Since yesterday I have searched lot of times and read many blogs to find out what does the Google TV means for a technical person like me. How can I use this technology or how can I [...]]]>

Since yesterday I have searched lot of times and read many blogs to find out what does the Google TV means for a technical person like me. How can I use this technology or how can I think of using it. I want to understand the opportunities that lie in this breakthrough Google TV that can help me and you. Here is some information that may help you as it helped me:

Designing websites for Google TV

Table of Contents

• Designing for TV: A Primer
• Simplicity above all
• Navigation is critical
• A new kind of screen
• Even TV needs text
• Sound matters
• Flash on Google TV

Source: Google TV

I would really appreciate your opinion on how to do you think that Google TV can be utilized from a perspective of a technologist or an entrepreneur.

(This is all my personal opinion. I will appreciate your comments as I have tried to initiate a discussion.)

BP oil leak is the most important and prominent topic since it has happened. It has caused millions of dollars of loss not BP alone but [...]]]>

(This is all my personal opinion. I will appreciate your comments as I have tried to initiate a discussion.)

BP oil leak is the most important and prominent topic since it has happened. It has caused millions of dollars of loss not BP alone but to the entire world. Thee oil spill that is still not controllable has created an environmental hazard. The total loss to nature and mankind will surely run into trillions as the impact to fauna and flora is beyond our imaginations. I saw lots of disturbing images with died sea animal. I truly agree with each and everyone that this is not at all good. BP should pay for the damages and this should be a lesson learnt for every other oil company.

Whatever I wrote above is all what we all know. But the reason I am writing this is the new CRY to STOP OFFSHORE DRILLING. I was not surprised to see such banner ads on google ads asking to stop new offshore drilling. Already lots of websites from such organizations has been created. I totally agree to the cause BUT my questions to all such mind sets are:

“Is this a right solution?

Have you stopped driving on the road as someone you knew lost his life in a tragic car accident?

Did you stop boarding planes as few years ago one of them converted into a missile?

Did you stop smoking because lots of people die because of lung cancer?

My answer to all of these is NOOOOOOOOOOO!

The solution to this problem in my personal opinion is:

• Strict law and regulations against all such companies. So that if any such thing happens again that company should not be able to shoulder the financial implications hence forced to regularly check the equipments.
• Better research in this field to always have a plan B. e.g. (BP installed a funnel to control the leakage and pump it up back to vessel. Why can’t we have a design where all oil companies are forced to always have such a structure installed for plan B. This structure should have sensors ti notify in case of leak from main pipe. Even if the leak is not controlled in time at-least it will not spillover and can be pumped up back.
• An example should be set for all the oil companies by the Fed government by imposing huge fines this time. The implications should be sever enough for BP. Hope Obama’s team doesn’t brings the economy factor in punishing BP.

This is all my personal opinion. I will appreciate your comments as I have tried to initiate a discussion.