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25 Jul 2010

Inception : A Must Watch Movie!

Inception – Awesome! Mind-Blowing!! Just Watch It !!! You Cannot Afford To Miss It !!!!

Inception is a sure fire Oscar winner ! Christoper Nolan Directed Leonardo DiCaprio Starrer Inception is an intelligent thriller ! The Movie focuses on the life of Dom Cobb, who enters the dreams of the people and steals the information which otherwise is never accessible. In order to re-unite with his family, he is given a challenging task of planting an idea – Inception ! This is one of the most difficult and risky job for Cobb. But he takes it up and creates a team to help him.

The concept is truly out of the world. The execution is flawless. Chris Nolan’s direction is awesome. The screenplay and the pace of the movie are exciting. The cinematography and special effects match up with the acting power of the top class cast.

The concepts of Totem, Dream Within Dream Within Dream, Contagious Ideas, Cobb’s Wife Track etc really are well conceived.

Watch It ! It is a movie you want to watch it in theatres and then discuss with friends over a coffee. Do not miss it ! Chris Nolan brings another winner after The Dark Knight.

Inception has a great run in India. It has gone ahead of all other releases with it including 3 Bollywood movies. We watched it along with a packed house in Ahmedabad – it is really an amazing movie.

Links:

Rediff Review

Inception Official Site

24 Jun 2010

InfoStretch Introduces Revolutionary Mobile Cloud Testing Service In India

InfoStretch Adds Indian Handsets And Carriers To Perfecto Mobile’s Global Remote Testing Network To Facilitate Easy And Efficient Remote Testing Of Applications On Real Handsets And Carriers.

Ahmedabad, India, June 24, 2010

InfoStretch, a global leader in mobile testing and certification services and customized mobile development, today announced the launch of India Mobile Handset Cloud to make Indian handsets and networks available to the global community of mobile developers and content providers and to offer Indian developers access to the global network of remote handsets.

By combining its testing expertise, automation framework and global reach with Perfecto Mobile’s leading automated testing and remote Handset access technology, InfoStretch now offers a unique end-to-end solution for a wide-range of testing needs through one single source.

“InfoStretch is committed to serving the global mobile ecosystem by ensuring quick, easy and effective solutions to test and launch applications with highest possible quality in the global marketplace,” said Rutesh Shah, CEO of InfoStretch. “Our partnership with Perfecto Mobile enables us to provide innovative and cost-effective solution to test applications on global handsets and carrier networks,” added Shah.

The system provides a web-based user-interface through which the mobile community can quickly and easily use any handset in the same way a real-life user would, through its keys, touch-screen, or QWERTY keyboard, to validate that the handset and its applications work properly. The system will allow mobile developers to:

• Test on real mobile Handsets without having to physically obtain them.

• Test on multiple Handsets and geographies including India!

• Test on a variety of Handset models and OS versions.

• Access the latest and most popular handsets.

• Showcase their mobile application by taking screenshots and video clips.

• Run automated tests across multiple handsets.

The systems provide for Automated Solutions as well, through which users will be able to install applications on handsets, automatically send SMS and email messages to the Handset under test and intuitively compare how their mobile web pages are displayed on different phones.

“We believe India is a very important market for the next level of growth in the mobile industry,” said Eran Yaniv, CEO, Perfecto Mobile. “By partnering with InfoStretch, we are now able to offer our global customers an ability to test on Indian Handsets and carriers. With a proven track record and vast experience in the mobile testing market, InfoStretch is the ideal partner for us,” Yaniv added.

India is the sixth country in the world to have its own Handset Cloud, after US, UK, Canada, France and Israel. InfoStretch is instrumental in bringing the cloud to India and it manages a US cloud as well.

“The Indian mobile community can now access more than 1800 mobile handsets at a click of a button,” said Ashok Karania, Head – Business Strategy, InfoStretch. “InfoStretch also provides dedicated Private Handset Cloud systems for mobile operators, handset manufacturers, and independent software vendors. InfoStretch Services can be leveraged by leading VAS Providers, Mobile Development Companies, Gaming Companies, Media Houses, OEMs and Carriers to improve the quality of their mobile offering, “ Karania added.

About InfoStretch Corporation

InfoStretch is a leader in Mobile Application Development, Testing and Certification Services. InfoStretch also specializes in Enterprise application Testing, QA and Test Automation Services with specific emphasis on Enterprise 2.0 and Cloud Infrastructure based SaaS applications. InfoStretch delivers high-quality, reliable and cost effective services to clients throughout the US, Europe and Asia-Pacific. The company specializes in delivering outsourced business solutions that command deep technology knowledge, process proficiency and domain expertise.

For more information, visit http://www.infostretch.com

About Perfecto Mobile

Perfecto Mobile is a global leading provider of remote access and automated testing solutions for mobile Handsets. The Perfecto Mobile’s Handset Cloud service enables developers and testers, located anywhere in the world, access, via the Internet, a comprehensive range of the latest mobile handsets. Among its customers are Vodafone, Swisscom, Motorola and additional leading operators in North America, and Europe as well as some of the most important handsets manufacturers.

For more information, go to http://www.perfectomobile.com.

InfoStretch Media Contact:

Marketing and PR Officer

Tel: 079 – 4026 6277

Fax: 079- 4026 6230

Email: marketing@infostretch.com

3 Jun 2010

Pulse – The Best-Selling iPad App

GenNext innovates, defines and sets the course for iPad Apps. Akshay Kothari and Ankit Gupta have created the top paid app for iPad – Pulse. Pulse is an uber cool visual news aggregator and reader for iPad. It is stylish, clean, feature-rich and very usable.

The App is downloaded more than 15,000 times again proving the good content and useful Apps will generate revenues ! Innovation is rewarding !

Check the Video to know more about it. Download it to experience it !

15 Apr 2010

iPhone OS 4.0 – Apple Delivers!

Apple launched the most awaited and exciting update to its iPhone software – iPhone OS 4.0. Steve Jobs unveiled the new 100+ features to enhance the iPhone Experience.

InfoStretch‘s Research Lab is impressed with the following cool features:

1. Multi-Tasking – This was one of the most sought after feature and Apple finally delivers ! Apple claims to multi-task activities without draining the batter power.

2. Enterprise – Apple iPhone wants to be a enterprise phone as well and challenge Blackberry. Some of the new Enterprise features include:
– Even better data protection
– Mobile Device Management
– Wireless app distribution
– Multiple Exchange accounts
– Exchange Server 2010
– SSL VPN support

3. iAd – Apple has introduced its own advertising platform – an ad plugin for app developers called iAd. People will watch ads while they continue to use iPhone or play games. It is definitely a vital tool and can challenge AdMob. The powerful advertising platform will 60% revenues to developers.

4. Game Center – Apple iPhone wants to be as cool as XBox as well. A lot of focus has been given to Game Center and features like inviting friends to play, competing with random players is available.

There are lot of other features including a new Mail app, ability to create folders, iBooks etc. It has also made the developer community happy by offering a new SDK with more than 1500 apps for creating powerful interesting apps.

The Smartphone market is hotting up !