Aircel India came up today to unveil a product that offers users one rate for voice, SMS and data in home circles and on roaming.

Aircel said in a statement to the press ‘One Nation, One Rate’ offers one rate for voice, SMS and data in home circles and on roaming on Aircel network.

“Incoming calls while on roaming on Aircel network will be free,” it added.

Aircel users in Delhi can avail the service for Rs 39, while Mumbai subscribers have to pay Rs 32, the statement said.

The price points for the service for other circles range from Rs 21 to Rs 59, it added.

Aircel Chief Marketing Officer Anupam Vasudev  was quoted saying”…this product will enable Aircel customers to enjoy one rate for voice, SMS and data services in their respective home circles and even while they are on roaming” .

The product will offer voice – (Local/National) calling at 1paisa/second in home circle as well as on roaming on Aircel network, while incoming calls on roaming will be free.

SMS will be charged at Re 1 for home circle as well as on roaming while data users will be able to carry the home circle rate on roaming, the statement added.

This is a welcome move from Aircel.Hope others join the bandwagon and anyways it does not make sense to have roaming charges in this age of globalisation. Most of the population is on move . The concept of roaming has to be done away with sooner rather than later and then telecom companies have to figure out how to balance this loss of revenue. what do you think?

2013 is already starting to be a ripe year for security breaches, with Twitter today reporting that their security systems were breached and information for around 250,000 accounts may have been accessed. Twitter’s Director of Information Security Bob Lord says that usernames, email addresses, session tokens and encrypted/salted passwords were potentially accessed, but nothing more serious than that.

As Twitter’s stored passwords were encrypted there’s little chance that the hackers could reveal the actual, plain text password, but as a “precautionary security measure” Twitter has reset the passwords and revoked session tokens for all affected accounts. If you were one of the 250,000 accounts affected, you should shortly receive an email informing you that you’ll need to create a new password; this is a very small percentage of overall users, so don’t expect to receive an email.

The good news is that Twitter managed to discover the attack while it was in the process of accessing unauthorized data, meaning they could shut it down before more data was accessed. Bob Lord believes that the attack was “not the work of amateurs” nor an “isolated incident”, instead saying that the attackers were extremely sophisticated, and that other organizations may have been attacked by similar methods recently.

Twitter is currently working with law enforcement agencies to try and find the people responsible for this recent attack, while also reminding people (once again) to disable Java on their computers.

So, if you see one of the above such messages on your account, change the password, suspend the account for sometime until you get the green signal from twitter itself, and take the usual precautions.

As they say, looks like hackers are always a step ahead of the security analysts/programmers! what say?

Yesterday, Google announced a new interface that brings a lot of changes to Google Plus profile, one of the changes is Google plus Profiles Cover Photos – a new interface towards simpler and more beautiful Google. Trust me this time they made a clean and beautiful layout of Google plus – I love it!

However, the new Google plus profiles cover photos interface is similar to Facebook cover photos but Google did justice and have come up with an exciting look in their new interface. Here is an example of how cover photos look on Google plus profile.

In Facebook, users are allowed to use either a cover photos or to use without it but here Google is giving that old five thumbnail layout along with the cover photos layout. One can chose in between. Users can also upload GIF images to show flash image in their five thumbnail layout.

How to Change Google Plus Profiles Cover Photos

In just two simple steps you can change their Google plus profiles cover photos.

1. Click on the profile icon present over the navigation bar and put your mouse over the photo to get the “Change cover photo” button.
2. Once you clicked a popup menu will appear with two layout options, chose according to your choice and upload the photo (the dimensions are 960×179 pixels while the main profile image is 250×250 pixels). It will appear right after you hit “Ok” on your Google plus profile.

Watch the video below to get more detail on Google plus profiles cover photos

This is not the end, there is so much to come on Google plus profiles cover photos on RealTimeTricks, stay tune or subscribe to our daily newsletter.

The BlackBerry 10 launch at New York took off in a style with talks about the journey of transformation that renamed  Research In Motion as BlackBerry. While the event was about the much awaited launch stage for the BlackBerry 10, the company also announced two smartphones that will be running the BlackBerry 10.

The BB Z10 is a complete touch device with a 4.2-inch capacitive display. The Z10 packs in Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait processor paired with 2GB RAM. There will also be a 16GB onboard storage along with the expandable memory of up to 32 GB. There is also an 8MP camera that can draw on benefits from the BB10 operating system.

With the world moving towards compete touch displays, BlackBerry catered to an audience that could not do without a QWERTY keypad.

Continuing to offer trademark QWERTY to the loyal customers, BlackBerry has also announced the Q10 smartphone. The BlackBerry Q10 will have a 3.1-inch display with 720x720 resolution. It will have a TI OMAP 1.5GHz dual-core processor along with 2GB RAM. Wi-Fi; Assisted, Autonomous, and Simultaneous GPS; NFC; microUSB; microHDMI-Out and Bluetooth 4.0 are some of the connectivity features onboard. The back of the Q10 has been crafted of glass-weave material, which the company claims is exclusive to the BB Q10 only. However, the BlackBerry Q10 will only go on sale in April.

Filmaker and actor Kamal Haasan on Wednesday held an emotive press conference in Chennai during which he alleged the ban on his movie Vishwaroopam was part of a political game and he would be forced to leave the country if the harrassment continues.
The Rs. 95 crore espionage thriller was

originally scheduled to release in Tamil and Telugu on January 25. However, a day before the screenings, the Tamil Nadu government imposed a two-week ban on the film after some Muslim groups complained that some scenes in it portrayed the community in bad light.

Haasan, 58, described the ban as "cultural terrorism" and added: "Any neutral and patriotic Muslim will surely feel pride on seeing my film. It was designed for that purpose."

"Vishwaroopam" was banned from being screened in Kerala, parts of Hyderabad, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh on January 25, soon after the first show.

The film resumed playing in as many as 40 theatres amidst police security in Karnataka Tuesday morning. It was released with the tagline included in the credits, "All Muslims are not terrorists and the characters depicted in this film are imaginary".

Distributors and theatre owners who had to take off the film fear losses of up to Rs. 30 crore and above.

MUMBAI: Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan on Tuesday termed the controversy kicked up by Pakistan's interior minister as "nonsense".

"To address this whole issue with regards to my article that has taken an unwarranted twist, I do not even understand the basis of this controversy. This is what can only be called nonsense. It is deja vu again," he told reporters at an event here late on Tuesday.

Speaking about the article that was at the centre of the controversy, Khan said: "The article I wrote was actually meant to reiterate that on some occasions my being an Indian Muslim film star is misused by bigots and narrow minded people who have misplaced religious ideologies for small gains. And ironically, the same has happened through this article, once again," said a dejected Khan.

Pakistan's interior minister Rehman Malik had on Monday said that India should provide security to Shah Rukh Khan, wading into a controversy triggered by Jamaat-ud Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed stating that the star could move to Pakistan following his comments on being a Muslim.

Saeed had said Khan could move to Pakistan if he does not feel safe in India after the superstar gave a first person account for Outlook Turning Points magazine, published in association with The New York Times newspaper.

Khan said that the primary reason why people reacted to his article was because they did not read it.

"I think some of the people have not even read it and are reacting to comments of people, who in turn have also not read it," he said.

"I implore everyone here to read the article and convey through your respective mediums of communications all the good things that it expresses to youngsters and my fellow Indians," he added.

Khan said that the feelings expressed in the article are heartfelt and are extremely important aspect of his life.

"The article is an appreciation of love that all of you have bestowed upon me and also a point of view from my being a father of two young children," he said.

NEW DELHI: The government as well as the political class on Tuesday slammed Pakistaninterior minister Rehman Malik's unsolicited statement asking India to provide security toBollywood star Shah Rukh Khan, stating that India was fully capable of looking after the security of its citizens.

"We are quite capable of taking care of the security of our citizens....Pakistan need not worry about it," Union home secretary R K Singh told reporters here on Tuesday morning.

Malik had, while interacting with reporters at a reception hosted by the Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan Sharat Sabharwal in Islamabad, said: "He (Shah Rukh Khan) is born Indian and he would like to remain Indian, but I will request the government of India (to) please provide him security".

Malik was reacting to a first-person account by the actor in an Indian magazine focusing on his experiences as a Muslim in the post 9/11 world.

Congress spokesperson Rashid Alvi said Malik would rather worry about the security of its own citizens, considering the fragile state of Pakistan's internal security.

"We all know what is going on in Pakistan. Pakistan has no right to say anything about any Indian. Even when Pakistan artistes come here, we provide them security. Muslims are safest in India," said Alvi.

Rebuffing Malik for his remark, the BJP said Pakistan must stay away from meddling in India's internal affairs.

Party spokesperson Shahnawaz Khan said India should send a stern message to Islamabad on the issue.

BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said Pakistan should worry about the security of its own minorities. "We are a secular country," he said, in a snub to the Pakistani motor-mouth minister.

Incidentally, on Sunday, Jamaat-ud Dawa chief and 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed had also asked Shah Rukh Khan to move to Pakistan if he did not feel safe in India.