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Obama signed cellphone unlocking bill

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Obama has signed on the bill of “The right to unlock your cell phone” which swiftly passed by the U.S Congress. This bill of unlocking consumer choice and wireless competition approved on 16 July after which only Obama has to sign.

This act was presented in 2013 through “We the people” petition. This appeal collected more than 1000 signatures of people who desire to take in the unlocking of the phone legal. People wish it to be legitimate since it was rather hard for people to internationally use their local SIM cards.  Most cell phones of U.S come with built-in software that has a lock which unable the customers to use it outside the country.

This law signing is a great news for the customers of AT&T and T-Mobile because these companies have the same network technology.

Now people would be able to unlock their cell phones and tablets without any approval from carriers. Masses will be at ease after the blessing of this peak since it gets rid of the penalties on using existing devices outside their states. It is extremely advantageous for the people who travels a great deal and wants to buy a carrier from another state.

However, this law is validated till 2015 and after that library of Congress will formulate another rule for it.

Microsoft goes after Apple in its latest Windows Phone 8.1 advertisement

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With all the doom and gloom the world is plunged into, here is some light news which may stimulate some humor. Microsoft has attempted to go after Apple in its latest advertisement, comparing Cortana against Siri. Cortana is a digital voice assistant like Siri. The advert shows a husband asking Cortana to help him with the anniversary plans. In the ad, Cortana obliges adequately while Siri is unable to do the job.

The slight to Apple in the ad in through the repeated comparisons between the two voice assistants and Siri constantly being “unable to help.”

In the end Cortana automatically gives the husband a traffic alert while Siri finishes by admiring Cortana. This is certainly not the first time Microsoft has made fun of Apple in an ad and it also isn’t the first time Cortana has proves its worth against Siri, considering the disparity between the score predictions of the World Cup between the two softwares, with Cortana’s predictions being more accurate.

Forget injection, pills to cure hardest-to-treat hepatitis C

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This hepatitis day brings a good news with itself, especially for the patients who is suffering from hepatitis C, living in India.

GenericDrugs-300x225Recently, a new study has proved that two ordinary anti-viral pills could grant more effective relief with lesser side effects to the people who suffers with severe stage of hepatitis.

Soon after this study Indian government begins importing Rs 1 crore on one of the drugs named sofosbuvir. This pill costs $1000 and for a 12 week course $84000. Hepatitis C can lead to liver cancer and presently 150 million people are suffering from this disease.

The drugs, which doctors usually prescribe the patient of Hepitites C, can give mental burden to them. The worst part is that with those medicines its essential for the patients to take some injections and other medications. Depression is one of the dangerous side effects of the drugs which was previously used. Whereas, these new pills can decrease the risk of depression and do not need any other kind of medication to be taken along with them.

The researchers have done an experiment on 645 patients and asked them to take this medicine for almost 6 months. Surprisingly, after six months 90 percent of patients were cured.

Clairborne, Campbell Counties damaged by storms

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Storms on Sunday took down trees, power lines and in some situations damaged homes all over East Tenessee. Claiborne and Campbell Counties were hit particularly hard.

David Ray, Claiborne County Sheriff’s house also suffered significant damage. The sheriff and his family were taking shelter in the basement and when they came out their roof was gone. Ray said that it is surprising and comforting to see that regardless of the impact and intensity of the damage nobody was injured.

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A second round of storms late Sunday further made recovery difficult however fortunately, no reports of injuries have yet appeared.

Microsoft goes after Apple in its latest Windows Phone 8.1 advertisement

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With all the doom and gloom the world is plunged into, here is some light news which may stimulate some humor. Microsoft has attempted to go after Apple in its latest advertisement, comparing Cortana against Siri. Cortana is a digital voice assistant like Siri. The advert shows a husband asking Cortana to help him with the anniversary plans. In the ad, Cortana obliges adequately while Siri is unable to do the job.

The slight to Apple in the ad in through the repeated comparisons between the two voice assistants and Siri constantly being “unable to help.”

In the end Cortana automatically gives the husband a traffic alert while Siri finishes by admiring Cortana. This is certainly not the first time Microsoft has made fun of Apple in an ad and it also isn’t the first time Cortana has proves its worth against Siri, considering the disparity between the score predictions of the World Cup between the two softwares, with Cortana’s predictions being more accurate.

Forget injection, pills to cure hardest-to-treat hepatitis C

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This  hepatitis day brings a good news with itself, especially for the patients who is suffering from  hepatitis C,  living in India.

Recently, a new study has proved that two ordinary anti-viral pills could grant more effective relief with lesser side effects to the people who suffers with severe stage of hepatitis.

Soon after this study Indian government begins importing Rs 1 crore on one of the drugs named sofosbuvir. This pill costs $1000 and for a 12 week course $84000. Hepatitis C can lead to liver cancer and presently 150 million people are suffering from this disease.

The drugs, which doctors usually prescribe the patient of Hepitites C, can give mental burden to them. The worst part is that with those medicines its essential for the patients to take some injections and other medications. Depression is one of the dangerous side effects of the drugs which was previously used. Whereas, these new pills can decrease the risk of depression and do not need any other kind of medication to be taken along with them.

The researchers have done an experiment on 645 patients and asked them to take this medicine for almost 6 months. Surprisingly, after six months 90 percent of patients  were cured.

Sarah Palin to launch her own online news channel

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Sarah Palin, former governor of Alaska, has revealed a new subscription based internet  T.V network, which will give access to her and her supporters. She will be the executive editor of that channel and will keep an eye on whatever content is posted on that channel.

This channel will broadcast Sarah Palin’s positions on current affairs and  some genuinely interesting news about her personal lives. This channel’s per month subscription will cost $ 9.95 per month and $99.95 for a year. Tapp, the online video business enterprise formed by Jeff Gaspin, will be the partner of this channel named as The Blaze. This T.V channel is now also broadcast on Dish network and regional transmission line system.

In a recent interview with fox news she said that the reason behind the launch of this channel is that she desires to make a direct connection with her fans  without any interference. On the other hand, she will continue her responsibilities as a reality T.V personality and fox news channel contributor.

JP Morgan questioned about potential conflict of interests

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According to a report in the Wall Street Journal executives from JP Morgan Chase and Co. Were questioned by regulators if private bank advisers guide client’s to buy the firm’s own financial products.

The New York based bank has increased disclosure towards clients as a consequence of questioning related to potential conflict of interests.

The report suggests that the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, which is one of JP Morgan’s regulators, has been having talks with the bank regarding potential conflict of interests in recent months indicating that the matter may still be open.

Darin Oduyoye, a spokesman for JP Morgan’s asset management unit assured Reuters on Sunday that “being transparent” was part of their business and “It’s what drives our client communications.”
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency could not be reached for comment.

If brokers coerce clients to buy certain in house products and not give impartial financial advise
the bank could gain at the expense of the client.

Clairborne, Campbell Counties damaged by storms

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Storms on Sunday took down trees, power lines and in some situations damaged homes all over East Tenessee. Claiborne and Campbell Counties were hit particularly hard.

David Ray, Claiborne County Sheriff’s house also suffered significant damage. The sheriff and his family were taking shelter in the basement and when they came out their roof was gone. Ray said that it is surprising and comforting to see that regardless of the impact and intensity of the damage nobody was injured.

A second round of storms late Sunday further made recovery difficult however fortunately, no reports of injuries have yet appeared.

A massive fire broke out at ND Oil Supply Company

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A huge blaze was reported at an oil and logistic company in the western North Dakota town. Steven Karzzman, the shift incharge at Williston fire department, said that most of their fire fighters came back from the scene on Tuesday. They have left one truck at Red River Supply, which will examine hot spots of that place.

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The fire set out on Monday midnight and authorities don’t know the cause of it yet. Company has a large number of things which can catch fire without any trouble therefore; it was a bit difficult task to handle such a massive fire.

The state health department is examining the air of affected area in order to ensure health safety.

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