Brazil Technology News RIO DE JANEIRO – Tech giant Qualcomm announced Tuesday it aims to develop chips that can operate in different frequency bands for the Brazil market. The chips will allow mobile devices, which operate on the 4G system, … Continue reading
Brazil Technology News BRASILIA — Brazilians with access to broadband internet grew 73% between June 2011, and June 2012, with 32.8 million new connections. According to the Brazilian Association of Telecommunications (Telebrasil), the number of broadband internet connections reached 77.5 … Continue reading
Brazil Aviation News BRASILIA – The Presidency of the Republic received on Wednesday a new helicopter to transport President Dilma Rousseff. The aircraft is a Eurocopter EC-725 dubbed VH-36 Caracal. It can carry ten passengers and three crew and has … Continue reading
Brazil Technology News BRASÍLIA – The federal government began testing Banda Larga 0800, or Broadband 800, which aims to offer free wireless internet access. Under the program, users of smartphones, tablets and other devices will be able to visit certain … Continue reading
Brazil Celebrity News BRASILIA – Brazil’s Superior Court of Justice ruled in favor of Google in a legal battle brought by television personality Xuxa Meneghel, reported online media Wednesday. Xuxa sued Google in 2010 asking that the search giant stop … Continue reading
Brazil News RIO DE JANEIRO – Virtual Brazilian phone numbers are now available to consumers worldwide. Businesses and individuals are encouraging their customers, colleagues, friends and family to call them on local virtual Brazilian phone numbers to keep in contact … Continue reading
Google Press Summit 5.0 Santiago SANTIAGO, Chile – The lack of content in local languages (Spanish and Portuguese) is a major obstacle to developing more business opportunities via the internet in Latin America, reported South American online media on Thursday. … Continue reading
