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Nokia Hands Symbian Support Biz to Accenture

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Today, 7:17 AM   by Eric M. Zeman

Nokia today announced that it has finalized the transfer of its Symbian software support business to Accenture. The deal, which was first announced in June, sends about 2,300 employees to Accenture, which will become responsible for all future Symbian software development and support activities.

more info at Nokia »

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Latest NFC Spec Enables Phone-to-Phone Data Swapping

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Yesterday, 10:09 AM   by Eric M. Zeman

The Near Field Communications Forum today announced the addition of a new specification that makes it easier for phones to share information with one another without the need for third-party applications. The Simple NDEF Exchange Protocol (SNEP) is an application-level protocol for sending or receiving messages between two NFC-enabled devices. The end result will be fewer compatibility problems between mobile devices The NFC Forum suggests that it would be ideal for sharing information such as contact data, or collecting data (such as movie poster details) automatically for later consumption. The specification is free for NFC Forum members to download and implement into their devices/services.

more info at NFC Forum »

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Malaysia Police Open Day – closed roads

Several roads around Dataran Merdeka to be closed on Saturday (1 Oct 2011) for Police Open Day.

KUALA LUMPUR: Several roads roads around Dataran Merdeka will be closed from midnight to noon on Saturday for the Police Open Day 2011.

The roads affected are the Jalan Kinabalu/Bukit Aman exit, Jalan Kinabalu/Hishamuddin roundabout, Jalan Raja/Jalan Hishamuddin, and Jalan Leboh Pasar Besar/Jalan Hishamuddin.

Other roads inaccessible to motorists will be Jalan Leboh Ampang/Jalan Tun Razak, Dato Onn roundabout/Jalan Parlimen, Jalan Parlimen/Jalan Raja Laut, Jalan Leboh Pasar Besar/Jalan Mahkamah Persekutuan and Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman/Jalan Raja.

Meanwhile, two-way road closures will be conducted in stages for a bicycle convoy event from 8am to 10am.

The closure will begin at Padang Merbok and affect Jalan Sultan Salehuddin, Dato Onn roundabout, Jalan Sultan Hishamuddin, Jalan Kinabalu, Sultan Mohamad roundabout, Jalan Syed Putra, Jalan Damansara, Jalan Mahameru, Wisma Tani and will end at Jalan Raja (Dataran Merdeka). – Bernama