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Google has launched a new a voice calling feature that brings instant VoIP calls to the Gmail interface. At a media event at its San Francisco office, Gmail product manager Todd Jackson, Google Voice product manager Vincent Paquet, and Google communications product manager Craig Walker recounted how Gmail has grown from an e-mail client into a communications hub that supports Google Talk instant messaging, video and voice chat, and now phone calls. The service essentially works like a regular phone call. Users can click the "call phone" button at the top of their chat list and enter a contact number. Users choose their own numbers, which can be applied to 6 different devices that can be set up to all ring at the same time or not at all. Calls are free to anyone in the U.S. or Canada, and 2-cent-per- minute calls to 30 select countries. Voice mails are transcribed into text, which are then forwarded as an e-mail to users' g-mail accounts.

At present only users of the Gmail system inside the US are being offered the service. Google hopes to make money from the service by charging for international calls - though  those will vary widely, even within the same country. It has a chart of rates. People also  will be able to receive calls on their PC if they obtain a free phone number from Google,  or already have one through its Google Voice service."We’ve been testing this feature internally and have found it to be useful in a lot of situations, ranging from making a quick call to a restaurant, to placing a call when you’re in an area with bad reception," the company said on the company blog.

The service will thrust Google into direct competition with Skype, the Internet telephone  
company, and with telecommunications providers. Google is also going to promote the service by setting up red phone booths in US universities and airports, letting them make free calls inside North America, and cheaper ones outside it.

This Time Google Offers Phone Calls via Gmail

Bappi Lahiri, the legendary Bollywood music director and the most famous DJ Akhil set Dubai on fire with some breathtaking performances at the recently concluded at Mirchi Nite club, Last Saturday at Ramee Royal.It was truly one of the best stage live shows Dubai have ever experienced from Indian Singer and DJ Mixers. The Songs were mixed by DJ Akhil which made the crowd turning crazy and the Songs from Bappi Lahiri was treat to listen. After setting the disc on fire and people craving for more Bappi Lahiri made an appearance on the jamming stage and drove the crowd crazy with his voice and his classic nos like Tujhe zarurat mere jaise yaar ki mujhe zarurat tere jaise yaar ki jale jo usko aur jalao and naacho chamaa cham chamaa, Tamma tamma. Bappi Lahiri’s son Bappa Lahiri too joined in the action and entertained the crowd. A source close to DJ Akhil Talreja said, “This is surely a night he won’t forget and would cherish throughout his life. DJ AKHIL TALREJA and BAPPI LAHIRI also visited African pubs in Dubai where there were musicians performing live, the sounds from Africa.

Bappi Lahiri pioneered the use of disco music in Indian cinema with an Indian flavour. Most of his songs would be rendered by Kishore Kumar and Asha Bhosle. He launched Vijay Benedict and Sharon Prabhakar into the music industry. He also used Alisha Chinoy and Usha Uthup extensively for his compositions

Bappi Lahiri and DJ Akhil Talreja's Splendid Performance In Dubai

Swiss Family Robinson is a sparkling family film, full of imagination, adventure, great scenery and diverting animal stars, Swiss Family Robinson holds up beautifully, decade after decade. One of the best Disney live-action films, it will delight children and keep parents entertained as well.It was released in 1960 and it was based on Johann David Wyss’s novel Der Schweizerische Robinson. It’s the story of a shipwrecked family who starts living on an island. The family is going to New Guinea but due to storm and the pirates captain leave the family in an island. Its screen play was written by Lowell S. Hawley and directed by Ken Annakin.

Though Swiss Family Robinson received the mix reviews but most of the reviews were positive and it grossed $40,000,000. It was proved the ‘highest grossing film of the year.’ During the same year films Exodus, Psycho and Spartacus were also released but no one could break its record. The story was a somewhat preachy but still entertaining attempt to teach children values and self-reliance, and was written and rewritten over the years in many different versions and languages.

Swiss Family Robinson

The Ice Hotel of Sweden is an ultimate place to chill. The Hotel is situated in the Swedish Lapland town of Jukkasjarvi. It opens every year in early December and closes at the end of April. Every year in October the artists and local villagers, most from the Sami tribe in the area, begin to build the new ice hotel, which opens in mid-December. Snow canons and front loaders start by forming the snow over the steel sections that are the main structure of the Ice hotel. Sections are moved around and replaced by ice pillars put in place to give support to the snow arches. blocks of ice taken from the frozen Torne River each winter and frozen for use the following year, the Hotel at the moment is in its twentieth re-incarnation and is as impressive as ever. It began meagerly 14 years ago - one room. The 2004 season boasted 50-rooms with 5,000 square metres built of 30,000 tons of snow and 4,000 tons of ice. 

Inside the Ice hotel, there is a reception area, hall of pillars, Iceart exhibition, Absolut Icebar, Ice hotel cinema and an Icechurch and of course there is a warmer option. The hotel also has cabin accommodation, a warm bar where the staff take great enjoyment in asking if you’d like ice with your drink with wry smiles all round.All water that is used in taps and bathrooms coming straight from the river Torne. Each person is given an ultra-warm sleeping bag and most people remark how "warm" they felt during the night even though the temperature is usually a steady five degrees below zero.

The Hotel also has a range of activities provided throughout the day while guests eagerly await night-fall in the hopes of catching a glimpse of those all too elusive Northern Lights. A trip by Snow Mobile is one option. After being taught to drive the equivalent of a jet-ski for on land use, the excursion follows tracks through the fir trees and along-side the frozen river before stopping for hot lingen berry juice (a local specialty), bread, cheese and smoked reindeer heart. Other activities include Hunting, Fishing, Snow driving, Horse Riding and Skiing. Most people stay at the Ice hotel for two or three nights, but you will only spend one night in the actual Ice hotel and the additional nights in the Scandinavian bungalows also on the property.

The Ice Hotel of Sweden