HOUSE OF THE WEEK
Kamaryut duplex on offer as sale or rental
YOU can buy it or you can rent it, and it’s available at Hanthar Yeikmon housing project, just off Bayintnaung Road, about 25 minutes from downtown, and not far from the Hledan Junction and Thirimingalar market. more
Developer looks for way into iPhone apps market
A SOFTWARE development company in Yangon has begun adapting mobile telephone applications that it hopes to market through Apple’s online App Store. (Volume 26, No. 520)
Music players a hearing risk: expert
IN the past it was labourers in noisy factories and soldiers using firearms who lost their hearing. Now it is young people who crank up the sound on their personal music players. (Volume 26, No. 520)
Ten nations complain: Google betrays privacy
OFFICIALS from New Zealand, Canada, France and seven other countries are raising privacy concerns about Google’s mapping service and the company’s fumbled foray into social networking. (Volume 26, No. 520)
Asia computer sales up 38 percent in Q1
SALES of personal computers in the Asia-Pacific region outside Japan rose 38 percent in the first quarter from last year, driven by demand for notebooks, industry consultancy group IDC said last week. (Volume 26, No. 520)
New iPhone left in California bar
THE first time the public usually gets a glimpse of a new product from Apple it is in the hands of Steve Jobs at a heavily choreographed launch event. (Volume 26, No. 520)
Passengers hit the web in force
LONDON – Stranded flyers created a surge in demand for travel industry websites and remote conferencing services as a shutdown of many flights in Europe continued through a sixth day. (Volume 26, No. 520)
