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PDF to Word conversion .. Easy like 123
If you have Microsoft Word 2013 or 2016 on your machine, right click the PDF file and point to "Open With", then click "Microsoft Word". You will get a message saying that Word is going to convert the file, click "OK". It may take a while depending on the size of the file. Your PDF file is now opened in Word. Do any editing you want if necessary then use "Save As" to save it as a Word doc. Done

Function of IMEI code

If u lose your mobile you can trace it back.
Most of us always fear that our Mobile may be stolen at any time.
Each mobile carries a unique
IMEI no. i.e. International Mobile Equipment Identity No which can be used to track your mobile anywhere in the world.
This is how it works!!
1. Dial *#06# from your mobile.
2. Your mobile shows a unique 15 digit.
3. Note down this number at a secure place except in your mobile phone itself as this is the Number which will help trace your mobile in Case of a theft.
4. Once stolen you just have to E-mail this 15 digit IMEI No. to cop@vsnl.net with details as below.
Your name:____________________
Address:______________________
Phone model:_________________
Make:_________________________
Last used No.:_________________
E-mail for communication:_____
Missed date:___________________
IMEI No :_______________________
5. No need to go to the police.
6. Your Mobile will be traced within next 24 hrs via a complex system of GPRS and internet, You will find where your hand set is being operated even if the SIM card has been changed.

NEXT YEAR, if they don't sell enough .. Blackberry & Sony Are Planning To Quit Smartphone Business for Good

BlackBerry's chief executive and Sony's boss have separately admitted within the week that 2016 is a crucial year for their smartphone businesses. The two executives have said they may kill off their BlackBerry and Sony phones if they will not generate money next year.

John Chen, BlackBerry's CEO, shared during the Code Mobile conference on Thursday, Oct. 8, the possibility of giving up its handset business if it can't meet the goal of selling five million smartphones a year.
“Sometime next year we have to make our device business profitable, otherwise I have to rethink what I do there,” said Chen. “My job is to make sure the value of the company is protected and increases... Even if I’m not in the handset business, getting into providing security for Android lets us provide solutions via software.”
BlackBerry, before the rise of iPhone in 2007, was billed the world's most famous smartphone maker. However, it did not manage to catch up with the competition since that time.
In fact, the company's U.S. market share in September 2009 was at 42.6 percent. However, in August this year, BlackBerry only recorded 1.2 percent share in the U.S. market.
The chief executive did say if it will give up the phone business, it will focus its attention on its BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) as well as cross-platform secure communication applications.
A big chunk of the sales volume is expected to come from the hotly awaited BlackBerry Priv, deemed as its first Android-powered slider device, which is slated to hit stores by the end of this year.
"Today, I am confirming our plans to launch Priv, an Android device named after BlackBerry's heritage and core mission of protecting our customers' privacy. Priv combines the best of BlackBerry security and productivity with the expansive mobile application ecosystem available on the Android platform," said Chen in September.
Meanwhile, Sony's boss Kazuo Hirai told reporters that the company will "conside

r its options" should its mobile division will fail to generate profit next year.
"We will continue with the business as long as we are on track with the scenario of breaking even next year onwards," Hirai did mention.
Many of its profits will rely on Xperia Z5, 4K Xperia Z5 as well as Z5 Compact which it introduced at IFA conference in Berlin last month.
Based on the company's data last year, Sony phones logged only 17.5 percent of Japan's market and less than one percent in North America.

YOUR OWN PROFITABLE IMPORT/EXPORT BUSINESS AT HOME

What is a good way to build up a successful business from nothing and have fun doing it? The import/export business may be your answer. Not only does it require little financial investment to start, but it offers the prestige of working with clients from all over the world.
You don't need previous experience in the field, but you should have a good head for organizing. Fulfilling a successful import/export business requires constant attention to little details.
Do you know some local manufacturers looking for ways to increase their market for the goods they make? Or are you planning a trip abroad and want to make some contacts for setting up a business?


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Innovations on mobile broadband on Transportation

Mobile broadband is helping to transform transportation. Toyota uses the LTE Connected Car concept which it called a “smartphone on wheels.” Using mobile broadband, the car integrates features to improve safety and provide access to information such as maps and directions, destination highlights and weather details. Passengers can also enjoy better entertainment and more productivity tools with video streaming and access to corporate networks. Mobile phones also provide access to important transportation information in real time. Checking the status of a flight to see if it is on time or has been canceled is easily accomplished by mobile phone or using an app like TripIt to receive alerts. Similarly commuters can use their mobile devices to find travel information on buses or trains. Cities like San Francisco are using mobile networks to deploy smart parking system that allow users to locate an open parking spot or pay for parking using a mobile phone. Both Google and Microsoft provide traffic information in real time. Google Maps provides a “traffic” button on its maps in metropolitan areas that shows red-yellow-green indicators for current traffic speeds and allows the user to learn “normal” traffic levels by the time of day or day of the week. Microsoft offers Clearflow, a service that uses artificial intelligence to provide navigation advice that takes into account expected traffic conditions on a roadway-by-roadway basis. Intelligent transportation systems integrated with GPS navigators such as Telenav on smart phones let users know about real-time traffic conditions and advise drivers on optimal route navigation patterns to take less congested routes. Future advances will make these systems bi-directional, integrating traffic patterns with traffic signal lights. Finally, mobile broadband is being used to improve commercial transportation. Businesses can use mobile networks to track and trace their fleets and better manage their inventory.

Do you want to save a life? Read how ICT can be used in emergency situations. Think about other applications for this technology

Using your ICT knowledge to build a smart watch, like those worn by the kids in the Spy Kids movies, could help protect people and save lives.

David Ingerson has made a digital wristwatch like that. Unlike those in the movies, it doesn’t shoot laser beams but it certainly does a lot of other cool things. It’s called the Find-Me watch.

Say you were out bushwalking and fell and hurt yourself, and you dropped your mobile phone so you couldn’t call for help. You could press a button on the Find-Me watch and let emergency services know you were in trouble.

Using GPS, the watch tells them where you are, anywhere in the world. And if there is mobile phone coverage where you are, it then becomes an emergency mobile phone. You can talk to emergency services and they can talk to you, and hear everything that’s going on around you like you were on a speaker phone.

All that in a smart-looking watch. And, yes, it does tell the time!

David started working on it to help his dad, who had dementia. So the first Find-me Watch watch was for people with dementia so that their carers could monitor them and know they are safe. Then a company in London asked David to design a version that could be used by security guards who patrol places alone at night, and people like nurses working late who might be worried about walking to their cars in the dark.

Says David: “We’ve also been asked to look at creating one for sailors, that would work anywhere in the world. If someone were suddenly washed overboard or their boat capsized and they couldn’t get to their emergency locator beacon they would have the watch.

“In the future we won’t communicate through mobile phone towers, it will be satellite networks. “The potential of technology is enormous and I wanted to do something that makes a real difference, that’s why I started this. The ability of ICT to save lives is fantastic!”