So far Google has been very successful in capturing the consumer market because it was in tandem with consumer needs. Whilst Google offers a suite of corporate applications and services, certain products have not made an impact in the corporate market. For example Chromebook has been a great success for the education market but has yet to make much of an impact on the corporate side of things.

Google has launched a new Google Apps service free for the remainder of the Enterprise Agreement plus support for training needs. Basically, Google Apps is a package of cloud-based services that can provide your company or school with a whole new way to work together online—not just using email and chat, but over video conferences, social media, real-time document collaborations, and more. The app will give control over your user’s data and security.

Companies that qualify will obtain a voucher for specialist security training as a part of the migration to the Google way of working. Some companies are easing the process of migration by offering services such as safety of accounts from hijacking using encryption and a two step verification. Google is keen to highlight that companies with basic agreement have potential to cut costs by 70 percent. It is a productivity suite for your business that helps you get work done from anywhere on any device. A worker with an Android Smartphone and Google Chromebook could have full access to the Google Apps for Work suite at a very inexpensive cost of hardware. And of course, switching companies to the Apps at Work plan utilizes Google’s existing cloud infrastructure.

Women will now have an option to signal a family member or police authorities in distress situation by pressing a panic button in their respective mobile handsets. The Ministry of Women and Child Development had taken up the issue of installation of a physical panic button on mobile phones as one of the initiatives in June 2014.The Department of Telecommunications has notified the “Panic Button and Global positioning Systems in Mobile Phones Handsets Rules 2016″. Under these rules, effective from January 2017, all feature phones will have the facility of panic button configured to the numeric key 5 or 9 and all smart phones will have the panic button configured to three times short pressing of the on-off button. Further, from January 2018 all mobile phones will be required to have the facility of identifying the location through satellite based GPS.

The minister of Women and Child Development will now be working with DOT and other stakeholders to ensure that similar solutions be made available for existing handsets in the form of software patches. These software patches will be available for direct download in Smartphones and an installation at the mobile phone shops by concerned manufacturers/service provider. Reports of attacks on women in India have reverberated around the world, increasing pressure on officials to make the country a safer place. Technology will make human life better and what better than using it for the security of women.

How much power does your Smartphone support through the day?On an average it provides around 2500 mAh (Milliampere hour) of power. Anker may have a solution for this scenario. The company best known for its pocket-sized lithium-polymer batteries has released  120,600 mAh power supply aptly named the Powerhouse. The company launched the machine on April 18, and it definitely has more uses than a mere phone charger with its multi-charging ability.

The Powerhouse has a host of connections which includes 12V (Volt) car charger slot, four 2.4A USB ports, a 16.8V power input space and an 110V standard AC plug. The power bank can be recharged in 10 hours using the kit charger and in 16 hours in future with a solar charger that is yet to be released. The LCD panel at the helm displays which ports are switched on, along with an accurate prediction of how much time remains for the machine to tap out. It also includes temperature and voltage safety controls as well as an internal surge protection that prevents the machine from turning into a heat-induced bomb.

It measures 7.9″ x 6.5″ x 5.7″, and it weighs in at 9.3lbs. It will probably come in handy if you are in the areas where running electricity isn’t reliable or readily available. The Powerhouse is said to be able to charge a Smartphone 40 times before being depleted. Alternatively it can also charge laptops, mini fridges, or even power a 15V light bulb for more than 100 hours. Currently it is selling the device through Amazon.

Ever Heard of SIMs for Machine? The answer would be no. Yet it is going to be a possible innovation in a few days. Machine-to-Machine communication (M2M) in devices like CCTV cameras and ACs will be possible and deployed mainly in the smart cities. Department of Telecom will issue ‘Know your customer’ guidelines to ensure availability of mobile SIM cards for such equipments. A provision for SIM transfer would be initiated because devices will change hands. There would be no tele-verification whatsoever.  Some communication would be allowed on platforms such as SMSs, Voice and Data but on a pre-defined number. For such M2M services, SIM card will be issued in bulk. Certain norms and regulations will be applicable on these SIMs and mostly these regulations will facilitate development of smart cities which have devices with sensors that will communicate using SIMs or internet connection.

Apart from M2M communication, government body will look at encryption, privacy and security from an Indian perspective. Department of Telecom will soon have a virtual network operator license – the third license, which seeks to separate network operations from delivery of services. Such a VNO (Virtual Network Operator) license would help system Integrator to get into agreement with telecom operators for providing M2M services. The M2M segment is expected to revolutionize the telecom sector at a more rapid pace compared to the sale of SIM for mobile communication.