WhatsApp launches flat fee WhatSim

An Italian company is selling a new SIM card that it says will let users access the popular mobile-messaging service WhatsApp all over the world.

WhatSim you can chat carefree anywhere in the world as if you were at home. You can keep in touch with friends, family or colleagues. It helps you stay in touch with the world and tell everyone where you are when you are traveling. Anywhere in the world. WhatSim can do all this because it is much more than a Sim: it's everything a Sim should be. Everything you really need.

WhatSim connects to more than 400 operators in about 150 countries. Anywhere in the world it connects to the provider with the best coverage and signal right where you are. If you change your position, it automatically searches for the best provider. If a better one is available, it connects by itself without you even noticing it.

For EUR 10 (approximately Rs. 714), users will get a SIM card unlimited text messaging for a year. While sending and receiving text messages, location updates, and contacts via WhatsApp is free, users will have to buy credits for sharing multimedia messages such as photos, videos, and voice messages.

Coverage worldwide.

Albania, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentine, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Cape Verde Island, Cayman Islands, China, Colombia, Congo Dem. Republic, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech.Republic, Denmark, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, Ethiopia, Faeroe Islands, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, San Marino, Sao Tome, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, St.Kitts, St.Lucia, St.Vincent and Grenada, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tonga Islands, Trinidad & Tobago, Tunisia, Turk & Caicos Island, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United Kingdom Jersey, Uruguay, USA, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu Republic, Vatican City, Vietnam, Western Samoa, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Microsoft has revealed the next version of its OS will be called Windows 10

Everyone expected the next Microsoft OS to be called Windows 9 or Windows 8.2, but the company surprised by revealing Windows 10.

Microsoft is trying to soften an unpopular redesign of Windows by reviving features from older versions while still attempting to nudge desktop users into a world of touch screens and mobile devices.

The company on Tuesday gave an early preview of the new Windows 10 software, which it aims to begin selling by the middle of next year. Although the current version is called Windows 8, Microsoft says it's skipping ahead to Windows 10 to emphasize its effort to move forward.

"Windows 10 represents the first step in a whole new generation of Windows," said Terry Myerson, executive vice president of Microsoft's operating systems group.

Windows 8 was introduced two years ago as an answer to the growing demand for mobile devices. But many users hated it because its tablet-like design and controls weren't a good fit for many devices using keyboards and mice. Sales of personal computers continued to fall.

With Windows 10, Microsoft is trying to regain the loyalty of longtime PC users, while reaching out to consumers and businesses that are increasingly adopting touch-screen smartphones and tablets.

Analysts consider the success of the new Windows crucial for Microsoft and new CEO Satya Nadella, who must show that Microsoft can embrace mobile devices without sacrificing the traditional computing experience.

The new system will be a blend of the old and the new. For instance, it will have various controls that are familiar to users of older Windows systems, such as a start menu to quickly access apps. But this start button will also open a series of tiles that resemble what's found in Windows 8.

Microsoft shows the start menu of Windows 10