Facebook Said to Be Planning $10 Billion IPO

 The giant social networking site is an IPO that would value Facebook at more than $ 100 billion is considering, said a person familiar with

Facebook Inc. is considering raising about $ 10 billion in an IPO that social networking site at more than $ 100 billion, a person with knowledge of the value stated.

Facebook may submit an IPO before the end of the year, said the person who asked not to be identified because the discussions are private. Exact timing for submission has not been determined, the person said.

At 10 billion, it would make more money than any other technology IPOs to rise, a sign investors are eager for a piece of the top social networking company to get. The amount that would dwarf the previous record holder, Infineon Technologies AG, the $ 5.23 billion in its 1999 debut generated. Agere Systems Inc. raised $ 4.14 billion in 2000, making it the second.

Facebook's $ 100 billion valuation would be twice as high as it was in January when the company a $ 1.5 billion investment in Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and other lenders announced a $ 50 billion. Facebook is currently at $ 66.6 billion share of the Post Office Inc., which handles trade in close companies.

Facebook is expected to be required by U.S. securities regulators announce the results on 30 April 2012, if not to go public at that time, the company said in January. The social-networking company decided to wait until 2012 for its IPO as CEO Mark Zuckerberg gives more time for the user to stimulate sales, three people said last year.

Jonathan Thaw, a spokesman for Palo Alto, fell California-based Facebook to comment.

The Wall Street Journal reported earlier today that Facebook is a $ 10 billion IPO argue with a valuation of over $ 100 billion. The company aims to go public between April and June, the Journal said.

Tha toyota Fun-Vii is a car that thinks it's a smartphone.

If Toyota has its way, could paint job a thing of the past because it is a car that revealed her whole appearance in an instant can change.

Fun-VII, which stands for "interactive vehicle internet" is a concept car with a body made ​​of touch-screen panels not only allow the driver to the pattern on the screen to switch, but also connect the car to the website of the dealer for a checkup.

It even welcomes a chauffeur with a message that flashes up on the door.

Toyota showed the unique car at the Tokyo Motor Show today, said company president Akio Toyoda: "A car is appealing to our emotions. If it is not fun, it's not a car."

The car giant has no plans to Fun Vii in production right now, but explained that an example of the kind of technology to the design to include in the future.

It said in a statement: "It announces Toyota's vision of a future where people, cars and communities are interconnected."

Two other Toyota electric concept cars are unveiled.

FT-EV III is a four-seater electric car based on the Toyota iQ.

Equipped with a lithium-ion battery, it reaches an estimated range of 65 miles on a fully charged battery.

Toyota is developing renewable energy technology with the aim of creating a vehicle for short trips in 2012, when the plug-in market for the United Kingdom.

The FCV-R (Fuel Cell Vehicle - Reality & Revolution) concept, meanwhile, is a practical family car on hydrogen.

This conceptual model represents the next step toward the commercial launch of a Toyota fuel cell car in 2015.

This should be able to achieve 430 miles on one charge.

5G Technology comming soon

  With day-to-day advances in technology, cell phones are increasingly improved. Every 8 to 10 years we have seen new technologies in the mobile market first came to 1G, after a few years 2G came to the surface then, 3G, now very popular, and many say, high-speed 4G technology, and now there will be 5G Fifth Generation Technology comes.

    The latter and more improved technology will provide a unique experience for users.

   As developers of mobile services and introduce new technologies, customers are not ignorant of these technologies, but in reality become more aware of these technologies. Now customers are looking for suitable parcels, packages the latest technology and features that a mobile may have contained. Therefore, a constant search for new technologies that will amaze their competitors always innovate the main goals of leading mobile companies. Recently, the famous manufacturer Apple Inc. chills on the back of the electronic world by introducing yet another high tech gadget iPhone.

  Is not this amazing and mind-blowing how could such a small device connects as many features. As more and more functions are embedded in today's mobile phones, it is no doubt that much more bandwidth is needed to run these devices. The 5G technology can easily connect their laptop to the Internet via a mobile phone. Today, cellular, more like a laptop than a phone, because almost all these phones are audio and video playback, cameras and many other features.

  Now with the advent of 5G technology will dramatically revolutionize the electronic media market. When the 5G technology will come to cellular maker, will remote call made flexible, accessible and local. Truly an amazing technology that will surely changed the way mobile phones are used. Future mobile phones with built-5G technology will lead to a very tough competition in the normal laptop or Tablet PC and manufacturers. As we know that 4G technology is still fully developed and intended to fast transfer speeds up to 1 Gbps, now we can not even compare the proportion 5G will provide.

Characteristics of 5G Technology
• The technology 5G presents the high resolution for sharp, passionate cell phone every day and give consumers good shape and fast Internet access.

• The 5G technology provides billing limits in advance that the more beautiful and successful of the modern era.

• The 5G technology also allows users of mobile phones, cell phone records for printing operations.

• The 5G technology for large volume data distribution in Gigabit, which also maintains close ties to almost 65,000.

• The technology gives you 5G carrier distribution gateway to unprecedented maximum stability without delay.

• The information from the data transfer technology 5G organize a more accurate and reliable results.

• Using remote control technology to get the consumer can also get a 5G comfort and relax by having a better speed and clarity in less time alone.

Car Insurance Price Comparison App

A British price comparison company has become the first to launch a car insurance price comparison app which is available to iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch users.

MoneySupermarket.com has said that it believes that its latest innovation will help to revolutionise the price comparison market by allowing motorists to compare car insurance quotes on the go at any time. This will likely prove invaluable to people who are on the look out for a new car; allowing them to find out how much they are likely to be paying to insure themselves on a particular vehicle before committing to a purchase.

Although the app is currently only available to British motorists; the company believes that it will inspire competitors to produce similar products which take advantage of the developing smart phone technology in the near future. American insurers might also make similar efforts; taking heed of efforts being made in the more developed European insurance market place.

The MoneySupermarket car insurance app which was developed by renowned digital technology company MIG (Mobile Interactive Group) is available for download either from iTunes or the MoneySupermarket.com website itself.

Once the app has been downloaded, you will be required to create a MoneySupermarket.com account if you do not already have one which contains information about yourself such as gender, age and occupation; all of which will have an impact on premiums. This information will then not have to be filled in when the app is used on subsequent occasions; saving users both time and effort.

Inputting information about the vehicle has also been made simpler, with the app retrieving data stored about vehicles on the DVLA website upon taking a photograph of the cars registration plate.

Once these two sets of information have been entered, users will then be taken to a fresh page containing the quotes which are on offer through over 100 car insurance companies. Each of these quotes will have a ‘click to call’ button located alongside them so that users have a means of contacting prospective insurers in order to make enquiries or arrange for the proposed cover to be put in place.

MoneySupermarket.com insurance expert Julie Fisher commented: “The launch of our app is a real leap forward and brings insurance comparison up to date with consumer expectations.”

“We hope that by having a great car insurance buying experience over a smart phone or tablet for our customers the industry will soon follow our lead and optimise their sites to support those who want to buy their car cover while they’re on the move. We know more and more of our customers are actively using these devices to access our site and emails. We identified that making this easier for consumers was vital and by working with our partner Mobile Interactive Group (MIG) we have created a great solution for our customers.”

MIG’s David Balko added: “This has been a really great and collaborative project which has pulled on all of MIG’s strategic, creative and technological expertise.”

“The app utilises all of the Apple functionality, combines great designs and has grouped key customer questions together into groups, to turn what was once a complicated solution into something that is simple, easy and effective for all MoneySupermarket customers to use.”

The new Magic Trackpad from Apple

Exciting news today as Apple releases Magic Trackpad desktop.

This seems to be a battery-powered external mouse replacement (or it can be used with a mouse) corresponds to the multi-touch a large button on the touchpad to see the latest MacBook Pros. The Magic Trackpad is wireless with Bluetooth and runs on two AA batteries.

Size wise Magic Trackpad is about 80% larger than the one we have grown to love the MacBook Pro, but it is still made of the same smooth abrasion-resistant glass will feel so great to the touch.

I'm personally a big fan of the MacBook Pro trackpad and find it more convenient than a mouse for approximately 90% of activities in daily use. So for me it's Magic Trackpad a very exciting new product.

Apple actually priced this new unit is also very wise, only $ 69 from their website.

Here is an excerpt from the website of Apple ...

The new Magic Trackpad is the first Multi-Touch trackpad is designed to work with your Mac desktop. It uses the same Multi-Touch technology you love to the MacBook Pro. And it supports a complete set of movements that give you a whole new way to manage and interact with what is on your screen. Reading through the pages online feels just like flipping through pages in a book or magazine. Slow and makes scrolling up and down motion of a page more natural than ever. Magic Trackpad connects to your Mac via Bluetooth wireless technology. Use it instead of a mouse or in conjunction with one.

The Web's Crystal Ball Gets an Upgrade

Shortened link Bitly can predict the next trend-line partnership with VeriSign is the predictive value increase.

Thousands of people every day Bitly use link-shortening service to tame the unwieldy Web links to share on Twitter and other social media sites. Few realize that they are both in New York City company peer-help in the future of the Internet. Bitly analyzes the page pointed to by the 80 million short links, it generates every day to predict changes in public attitudes to people and businesses. Now Bitly is configured to access a wealth of new data to its Web crystal ball was even better at predicting the future to gain.

Bitly has reached a data sharing agreement with VeriSign, based in Dulles, Virginia. VeriSign acts as a directory for the Internet. Each address typed into a browser is sent to Verisign servers at one or a handful of other organizations that contribute to that URL into a numerical address that a computer can use the Internet to find it necessary.

Verisign sees over 50 billion URLs each day, and like Bitly, track what people do online as a result gets. Especially add VeriSign's data a sense of social activity outside Bitly places where links are used. Andrew Cohen, General Manager Bitly would not give details about what this would allow, but says he will investigate the possible use of the data to its business reputation monitoring system to improve.

Even without help from Verisign, Bitly can now predict when a company's reputation is taking the plunge. Cohen gives the example of the OnStar vehicle tracking company, and not Bitly a client who was caught in a privacy policy controversy last month. It began when a customer wrote a blog post to read the following policy OnStar that movements of the directors who have canceled the service is still observed. If the position were adopted around the social media, Bitly algorithms recorded a growing anger directed at OnStar. "We see the acceleration in the number of clicks," says Cohen, says that an OnStar customer had been warned that there would Bitly serious trouble was ahead. And yes, the story was picked up by mainstream press, led to OnStar senators to criticize, and forced the company to change its policy.

Cohen compares Bitly service is a smoke detector. "You do not hear about very often, but it's important when you do," he says. These data will probably let Verisign Bitly better quantify these predictions, because it can measure the normal traffic on a site and any deviations from it. "It gives Bitly a handle on the pulse of the Internet," said Johan Bollen, a computer scientist at Indiana University. "It gives them more influence."

Bitly VeriSign can also use the data to the temporal resolution of monitoring to improve, says Bollen. There is always a delay between a shortened link is clicked Bitly and the person receiving it, it makes a direct Verisign data log of the websites people visit.

Siemens Boosts Its Stake in Tidal Power

The technical fight like the predictability of Marine Power to be "calculated centuries in advance."

Marine energy has long been considered a niche area, capable of only a few percent of global energy needs. But this seemingly limited energy source is currently a large number of players, the latest Siemens. The German engineering giant expands its stake this month in Bristol, England-based Marine Current Turbines tidal developer of less than 10 percent to 45 percent. The attraction, according to Michael Axmann, Chief Financial Officer of Siemens solar and hydro power business, the predictability of Marine Power.

Solar and wind farms fight to predict future production, and poor forecasting can wreak havoc in power transmission systems planning and market prices. In contrast, features of the moon and sun, which controls the tidal cycles a sure way to anticipate the result of tidal power plants. "Power output of the systems can be calculated in centuries before," said Axmann.

The result may be higher yields. Axmann notes that tidal energy is "not subject to volatility. This increases the value of the energy produced, thereby making the business case for reliable investor and operator."

Axmann declined to say how much value would be added at this predictability. But he expects that in 2020, marine turbines to deliver power at a price that is competitive with existing wind farms in spite of the challenges involved in engineering for underground work.

Marine Current Turbines CEO Andrew Tyler says that a combination of savings and government incentives will ensure the profitability of his company's tidal energy farms. He expects a return on investment in the company's first two offshore farms: a proposal for four turbine off Scottish Isle of Skye and a five-turbine array in the northwest coast of Wales.

Cost savings will be partly a result of scaling its dual-rotor units to two megawatts to 1.2 megawatts generated by the demonstration turbine power in Northern Ireland's Strangford Lough produced since 2008. Future savings, Tyler says, comes mainly from efficiency in the collection of equipment and logistics, based on Siemens' expertise in this area.

The company also expects incentives in the form of the British and Scottish system of subsidies. The tidal farms will also be the company with sustainable generation credits that utilities must acquire to meet the renewable energy standard in the United Kingdom. Last month, informed the United Kingdom plans to funding for wave and tidal energy boost plants 2-5 per megawatt-hour of electricity. In comparison to offshore wind farms earn two points, and the burning of biomass power plants will earn one.

Tyler estimates that the first power parks will be 15,000 to 20,000 megawatt-hours per year to produce, which means that the tidal turbine arrays per year £ 3,750,000 ($ 6,000,000) earn incentives.

Germany to sue Facebook over facial recognition

Protection is preparing a lawsuit against Facebook over the face detection function, which is used for photo tagging on social networks

Hamburg Protection (CBP) are preliminary procedures for the lawsuit against Facebook back on the Face Detection function used for photo tagging on social networks. The authority has decided that further negotiations are pointless after the social networking giant has no retroactive force agreement with the permission of the user.

German data protection laws require companies to clearly inform users about how their personal information is used and Hamburg Data Protection Agency says it does not happen when Facebook began using facial recognition technology for photo tag suggestions.

As a compromise suggested Facebook introducing a check box for users to general conditions and guidelines for the use of data to accept, but DPA believes that such a solution is not sufficient to justify the collection of biometric facial features and usage.

Moreover, this option is only available to new users, which means that people who are not already registered are asked for their consent. John Caspar, Hamburg commissioner for data protection and freedom of information, describes the results of several months of discussions with the social networking company as disappointing.

Hamburg Data Protection spokesman Maik Moller said the government is elected by the other German DPA to act in this case. Disputes will be brought before the Administrative Court of Hamburg and could result in a fine of up to € 300.000 ($ 407.000), and a ban, he added.

The Company does not agree with the German authorities and believes that litigation is unnecessary because the tag suggestions feature is consistent with EU data protection laws.

"We have extensive knowledge and educate our users about the roof and proposes that we create a very simple tool for people to opt out if they do not want this feature to work. We have carefully considered various options to make people even more aware about our privacy policy and is disappointed that the Hamburg data protection authority has not accepted it, "the company said in a statement.

There is a problem of jurisdiction because the European Office for Facebook is based in Ireland. Professor Joseph Cannataci who is an expert advisor on the European data protection to the European Council and coordinator of the EU-funded research Consent, explained that while the German constitution protects the right to personality and informational self-determination, fundamental laws in other EU countries can not do the same. The project focuses on permission-privacy issues related to online social networking and user-generated content.

The European Data Protection Directive of 1995 specifically excluded the right to informational self-determination, which includes the German constitution, Cannataci said. Moreover, the directive in the legislation of the Member States in the same way, not all European data protection authorities on identical case against Facebook takes Hamburg DPA.

"The European Commission is good to start, execute, and implement a comprehensive reform of the data protection regime" Cannataci said, referring to Monday's announcement by the EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding and Minister in Germany for Consumer Protection Ilse Aigner that the proposals for reform the EU directive on data protection will be made at the end of January 2012.

Facebook has privacy in terms of legal issues in the U.S. where it is reportedly close to settling allegations of deceptive trade practices brought by the FTC. The FTC investigated after Facebook made some user information public in December 2009 following changes to privacy.

Average Facebook User Has 130 friends

Without doubt the biggest game-changer online in the last five years social media. The growth with that of the major players in the online space is awesome, and leaders in the field is Facebook, the world's largest social networks. Facebook is so popular that it is redefining how we interact in the 21st century, some may see this new paradigm as a social threat, while most in the industry as a possibility.

A gender perspective, it is easy to see why this opinion is shaped by many people. Facebook is now 800 million active users strong, and incredibly, 200 million of those users added in 2011 and the year is not finished. If the monthly growth keeps up, Facebook still add another 30 million users, so easy. And while the social network grows especially outside the U.S. figures could very well come to fruition.

Facebook is able to redefine the interaction is mainly due to the way users view their social networks. Average Facebook users have about 130 friends and more than half of the 800 million users log on to Facebook every day. So not only heavy users of the network, they are very active, almost Facebook therapy and religious ritual fire. Advertisers and marketers know that when you tap into this 'culture' of interaction, the financial rewards are unlimited, and that's the main reason Facebook is worth so much.


Do you think obsessive Facebook use is bad for society? Share your thoughts below.

Now watch 'porn movies' on Google TV

London, November 11: Vivid Entertainment, a Los Angeles adult entertainment company created by an application for Google TV, which gives users access to their porn movies, celebrity sex tapes, and other adult content in high definition (HD).

A report in the Sydney Morning Herald said Vivid Entertainment revealed, "the first TV app designed for adult content available via the new Google TV set-top device."

Steven Hirsch, Vivid's co-founder and co-chairman said in a statement that the new Google TV channel is "a central part of our silent Vivid widely available, so fans total access to our content through their personal computers, mobile devices, tablets, televisions and DVD players. "

The new app will Vivid winning adult movies, celebrity sex tapes and other content to persons over 18 years old. Meanwhile, a Google spokesman said the company ", the parental control of the devices connected to the Google TV-respect."

Citrix Launches SMB Initiative

Citrix has announced new products, solutions and programs for small and medium sized businesses to help for desktop virtualization. Central to the new company's SMB initiative is the introduction of Citrix VDI-in-a-Box, all-in-one virtual desktop solution, the first release after the acquisition of Kaviza in May 2011. In addition, Citrix announced a new solution combines Citrix VDI-in-a-Box and Citrix GoToManage cloud-based support for managed service providers and IT professionals to remotely monitor and virtual desktop deployments support multiple locations or customer locations.

VDI-in-a-Box provides a high definition user experience with Citrix HDX technology supports more than one billion business and consumer devices via Citrix Receiver software client, and ensures high availability. The design eliminates over 60 percent of traditional businesses VDI infrastructure - including management of servers and shared storage (SAN) - by creating a grid of off-the-shelf servers with Direct Attached Storage for SMB environments.

The company also announced a new channel partner specialization for Citrix Solution Advisor Program, the so-called SME specialists that certifying staff will begin in January 2012.

The initiative includes support for Citrix Ready products from technology partners such as Dell and Wyse provides the hardware and software solutions. The combination of Citrix VDI-in-a-Box 5, Citrix GoToManage, support from a strong ecosystem, Citrix Ready, and a new SMB channel program specialists, all of which helps to extend the benefits of "going virtual" desktop to 10s of 1000s of small and medium businesses worldwide.

The Dell and Citrix VDI-in-a-Box solution, available today from Dell, combines Dell validated server configurations and Citrix VDI-in-a-Box software into easy-to-use reference architectures, helping SMBs adopt desktop virtualization, while addressing implementation complexity and eliminating capital cost barriers. Wyse is offering the industry’s only zero-framework clients for VDI-in-a-Box with special partner promotions.

ESET Launches 5th Generation Of Security Solutions

ESET Launches ESET Smart Security 5 and ESET NOD32 Antivirus 5 for home and SOHO users with features including ESET Live Grid, cloud-based reputation and protection technology, removable media control, parental control (only in ESET Smart Security 5), Host based Intrusion Prevention System (HIPS) and gamer mode. Upgrade from all previous versions of the fifth edition is free for current users.

"There is a revolutionary change in what was called ThreatSense.Net -. ESET's malware cloud-based system for data collection of ESET solutions users worldwide use of the technology is now named ESET Live Grid and provides an optimization of the scan based on whitelisting of secure files. Another scanning method used in the fifth version cloud-based reputation that makes it possible to determine whether a particular object is safe or not, "says Pankaj Jain, Director, ESS Distribution (exclusive distributor for ESET products of India).

HIPS provides tech-savvy users customize the behavior of the entire system and all its points. Removable media is another tool for users from viruses and malware spread while ensuring that removable media computers without the need for access to the Internet.

The new version of ESET products in India is available in stores and online at ESET India website: http://esetindia.com/home.

In October 2011 ESET Smart Security 5 is assigned Parent Tested Parent Approved (PTPA) Winner's Seal of Approval. In September 2011, PassMark Software, an authority on software and hardware performance benchmarking and test ESET Smart Security 5 ranked as number one in performance testing conducted by PassMark Software.

Cheers To Finger Power!

Mind you, this is not a "Green" concept, or claim to be "Eco Friendly". It's just a practical solution to a difficult situation. Situation: You run out of juice on your mobile phone. So what do you do? Remove the battery from the back of the phone, give it a good few laps around your index finger and gathered enough power to last you a call or a safe ride to your charger and Power Point.

A Friendlier Facebook App :- FriendCaster Pro

Just because Facebook is the official Apps for platforms like Android does not mean you must use the social network. Third-party apps available, and sometimes they are better. Case in point: FriendFeed wheels Pro for Android. It is a pleasure to use, especially if you compare it with some older versions of Facebook mobile interfaces.

Pro caster friend, an app from OneLouder are available for U.S. $ 4.99 in the Android Market.

Facebook has 800 million active users, more than 350 million of them currently have access to Facebook via mobile devices, the company said. October was updated Messenger Facebook app, called 1.5, deploy to iOS, Android and BlackBerry with updated features including the ability to see when someone is writing, and check whether they are asleep. We also saw Facebook challenging Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) iPhone app with one that allows developers to bypass Apple Store.

What we have not heard much about Facebook alternatives - the third-party apps that load faster, and other features that the official apps not given. One of the Facebook app is ad-free caster FriendFeed Pro for Android, also updated in October, and now sees a jump in downloads over Facebook "official" app.

I decided to give FriendFeed wheel a whim. I was particularly interested in the media to record and upload functions - until recently - are incredibly poor at the official Facebook apps.

App Installation

Accessing the Friend Wheel app for the first time, I was presented with a series of warnings about access to the inside of my phone service, including the terrifying permission requests as "my data access at any time" and "access to information people share with me. "There were actually 16 such requests rights - the most I ever asked.

I think it is the nature of social networks. It felt weird, but I hit "Allow" and wondered who was the first of my friends deny to be plundered by the enemy "information that people share with me."

Apple Releases iOS 5.0.1; Does It Fix Anything?

This update is rolled out to the inconsistent battery life of iPhone 4S and 5 other IOS devices to solve.

Apple has finally started to roll out iOS 5.0.1 update. There are many changes coming with this update that is designed for any errors on iOS 5-units to solve. The update is applicable for all five runs IOS devices like iPhone 3G, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, 3 and 4 generation iPod Touch, iPhone and iPad second

The best thing about this update is that users do not have their iDevice plug the USB cable to your computer to download the update. The update is OTA (Over The Air), this time around so you can do it without connecting to iTunes on your computer. All the user needs to do is go to Settings> General> Software Update, and if there is an update to your device, you will be notified immediately (given that you're on a Wi-Fi or 3G network), and You can download the update immediately.

Apple Introduces IOS updates from Delta 5, so only the desired changes are made, and the system will not be changed, as with previous versions of IOS. Partly because of the nature of this update, its size is only 39.2 MB compared to half concert with iOS 4 updates. The update is quite easy and not take too much time. Users should ensure that their unit did not run out of juice during the update, so it is better to recharge before using this approach, or better yet, keep charging.
What is new with the update, you might ask. Well, since the iPhone iOS 4S and 5 was rolled out, customers have complained about poor battery life. It appears that the Time Zone Setting function that was preinstalled with iOS 5 Update seems to have been a problem. This, along with a few other factors were responsible for the lack of consistency in its lifetime. Fortunately, Apple has confirmed that the 5.0.1 update of early beta testers have said that it did not improve the battery life considerably.

For iPhone users, Apple has added new multi-tasking gesture with the update. The gestures work perfectly on the iPhone with a few sweeping techniques to switch between apps. There is a little known bug related to storing documents in the cloud also found. The final fix was for Australian iPhone users complain about posts, but now correctly recognizes Aussie accent. It is still unknown whether iOS 5.0.1 actually improves the battery life on 4S and 5 other IOS devices, but a lot of users report that nothing has changed with the update. We found users to express their opinion about the new update on various forums.

Since this topic is (almost) solved another bug turned up, apparently. Well, who reports that users have come across a new book bug that does not show contact name if the user receives an SMS or phone calls. Users, apparently, only the number when calls or messages on their iPhone. This has been spotted at a few iDevice and more we hear from Apple. It seems that iOS 5 Battery saga is not over, and to make matters worse, a new bug popped up. We hope Apple fixes this soon.

Sony launches beta SDK platform for Android and PlayStation Vita

Sony hopes that developers are interested in working on games for PlayStation Vita and Android-based devices, as it launched a beta test Thursday in a new cross-platform SDK.

The company has a beta of the PlayStation Suite SDK (Software Development Kit) for a limited number of developers in the U.S., Britain and Japan. The goal is to SDK ready for an official launch, says Sony.

The resulting game will run on the upcoming PlayStation Vita - a handheld gaming device on sale in December to go to Japan - and PlayStation-certified products from Sony Ericsson's Xperia smartphone and Sony Play Tablet S and P. including the company recently said it plans to expand the program to other manufacturers, and is in discussion with several companies.

PlayStation Suite framework was launched in January, and allows owners of compatible and certified to play some old PS one games. The games run in a virtual machine.

The beta SDK using C # programming language and is compatible with Windows XP and 7 The kit can simulate the PlayStation and PlayStation Vita certified products to the development process easier.

Sony is not ready to say when the SDK will be officially launched or how it will share revenue with developers.

Interested developers can register for Sony's PlayStation website. The company will stop accepting applications when the maximum enrollment is reached, he said.

Sales of handheld gaming devices come under pressure when the games on smartphones are becoming more popular. Proceeds from the game on iOS and Android has surpassed the Nintendo DS and Sony PSP in the U.S., mobile analytics fixed Flurry said Wednesday.

Sony working on a 'different kind of Television set'

Apple is not alone in thinking seriously about reinventing TV, unveiled Sony CEO Howard Stringer.

According to Sony CEO, who spoke yesterday with The Wall Street Journal that his company has a tremendous amount of research and development goes in a different form of television. "Stringer refused to detail what his company can offer TV services.

For Stringer and Sony, there is much at stake in the television industry. In recent quarters, is his company's television operations continued to drag profits as a result of Sony loses money on every TV it sells, says Stringer. These losses have led to a number of Sony shareholders to call the company to spin off its television operations.

However, Sony has prevented the idea, deciding instead to divide the operations into three units focusing on LCD TVs, outsourcing operations, and the next generation of TV. Stringer and based on the comments, it seems many of the investments in his company dollars are thrown on the next generation of TV.

If and when Sony "another kind of television set" in the market may be forced to stand with Apple.

Last month was speculation that Apple was planning to launch its own television after it was revealed in the authorized biography of Steve Jobs', the company founder was busy with plans for an Apple set to launch.

"I want a fully integrated TV is easy to use," Jobs to his biographer Walter Isaacson. "It would be perfectly synchronized with all your equipment and to icloud. It would be the simplest user interface you would think. I've finally broken."

But Stringer do not think Apple will break into the TV room with a new idea so lightly, told the magazine that "it takes a long time to transition to a new form of television."

Apple selling unlocked, contract-free iPhone 4S

4S iPhone buyers are looking for an open version of the new phone can now instantly get one from Apple.

The company has just started selling an unlocked and contract-free version of its new flagship phone. In a nutshell, it means that your iPhone 4S without shelling out money for the usual two-year carrier contract. You can jump from one network to another by lifting and placing a micro-SIM card, which is accessible from any supported carrier.

An unlocked phone is especially helpful for people who travel around the world and want to use it in a number of countries and carriers.

Of course there are one or two catches.

Unlocked version of the iPhone 4S supports only GSM carriers, so use the phone with CDMA-based Verizon Wireless and Sprint is not an option. And because no two-year contract, you will find the full non-subsidized price to pay for the phone. The 16 GB iPhone 4S is $ 649, the 32GB version costs $ 749, and 64 GB model is priced at $ 849.

Apple's website currently shows a wait of one to two weeks before the iPhone unlocked the same number of weeks, you would wait for the regular subsidized version. As usual, you can buy the phone in black or white.

Apple is also selling an unlocked iPhone 4 for $ 549 and $ 375 for an unlocked 3G.

10th anniversary of the iPod

iPod is a line of portable media players designed and marketed by Apple Inc. The product line-up currently consists of the hard drive-based iPod Classic, iPod Touch touchscreen, compact iPod Nano, and the ultra-compact iPod Shuffle. iPod Classic models store media on an internal hard drive, while all other models use flash memory to their smaller size (the discontinued Mini used a Microdrive miniature hard drive) box. As with many other digital music players, iPods can also serve as external data storage devices. Storage capacity varies by model, varying from the iPod Shuffle 2 GB to 160 GB iPod Classic. IPod line was announced by Apple on 23 October 2001 and released on 10 November 2001. All models have been redesigned several times since their introduction. The latest iPod redesigns were introduced on 1 September 2010.

Apple's iTunes software can be used to transfer music to devices from computers using certain versions of Apple Macintosh and Microsoft Windows operating systems. [2] For users who choose not to use iTunes, or whose computers can not run iTunes are several open source alternatives available for the iPod. [3], iTunes and its alternatives may also transfer photos, videos, games, contact information, e-mail settings, Web bookmarks and calendars to iPod models supporting those features.

For IOS versions for iOS 5, including iPod branding used media player programs for the iPhone and the iPad, iPhone version is essentially a combination of music and video applications on the iPod Touch. (As of IOS 5 should separate apps called 'Music' and 'Video' standardized across all iOS-powered products. [4]) In both cases, the iPhone and iPad basically have the same potential as the media player iPod line, but they are generally treated as separate products.

Public Wi-Fi hotspots to grow 4-fold by 2015

NEW YORK, USA: The amount of public hotspots, Internet (WiFi) worldwide grow more than quadrupled to 5.8 million in 2015, spurred by rising demand for connections on smartphones and tablets, an industry survey showed on Wednesday.

Telecom operators see Internet hotspots essential for unloading of wireless data traffic, which is expected to grow 26-fold over the next five years, according to Cisco, such as the use of video on mobile devices tops.

The study by research firm Informa has been commissioned by the telecommunications industry lobby of the Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA).

"The results show that we are on the verge of the golden age of public Wi-Fi hotspot deployments continue to grow," WBA president Chris Bruce said in a statement.

China Mobile, the world's largest mobile operator by subscribers, plans to establish one million hotspots in Japan and the second largest mobile operator KDDI plans to the 10,000 Wi-Fi hotspots to grow to 100,000 within six months.

"Fixed operators, broadband services outside the home and office, and supports Wi-Fi busy mobile broadband network," said Bruce, who is also CEO of BT Open Zone.

Google will discontinue Gmail app for BlackBerry

End support for Google Gmail app on BlackBerry smartphones in November 22

"In recent years we have build a great experience in the Gmail mobile browser oriented and will continue to invest in this area," Google said in a blog post. "Users can continue using the app, if it is installed, but it will not be supported by Google" or available for download starting 22nd November.

Last week Google released its own Gmail app from Apple's App Store for iOS devices - such as iPhone, iPod Touch and iPhone - but the apartment was filled with problems.

Google quickly pulled the app from the App Store, apologized for shipping an incomplete product, and said that a solution was coming. So far, no new IOS Gmail application is delivered.

The company also produces a native Gmail app for Android, but none of Microsoft's Windows Phone 7-software.

Transparent Watch 2LMX

The 2LMX watch sports an attractive design with a transparent crystal body. Created by Arnaud Tellier, former head of the Geneva Patek Philippe Museum. This watch displays time in only a 24-hour format, and will be manufactured in titanium, platinum, white gold and rose gold with black stripes or white rubber. This perception makes it interesting now, because the rotating drums and mechanical components exposed.

India to get 121 million internet users by 2011

 After passing the 100 million Internet users in September, is India ready to have 121 million Internet users stabbings in December this year

With increasing Internet penetration in India is expected to reach 121 million Internet users in December 2011, according to the annual I-Cube report.

Published by Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) and IMRB, the report adds, "at 121 million, would be 97 million active Internet users who access the Internet at least once a month and there will be 92 million Internet users, the urban cities in the country and 29 million of the country, according to most media info.

Also this time of 97 million active Internet users, 73 million of the urban cities, while 24 million of the country.

The joint report also revealed that India has already exceeded 100 million Internet users in September.

"A 100 million Internet users considered a critical milestone for the country. This use of the Internet in India is expected to be a critical period of growth to deal with the possibility of becoming the largest Internet country in the world in this decade," the study reportedly said.

IAMAI and IMRB has recently made ??an interesting report on the active Internet users in the metros of the country. The report claimed Mumbai 8.1 million and 6.2 million active Internet users, the Internet top city in the country. Delhi NCR, which is second with 6.2 and 5.0 million active Internet users and claimed. Surprisingly, Kolkata is the third and tech city of Bangalore is at number six.

The study also showed that communities with less than 2 lakh people collectively many more Internet users than the top four metros together back.

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Microsoft will be happy to hear that Google is to keep Android free

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer: "Android has a patent fee. It's not like Android is free. You must have a license patents."

During a tour in South Korea, says Google CEO Eric Schmidt company strives to offer Android operating system free handset partners. Microsoft will surely appreciate it.

Although Google does not care about Android directly, it makes a lot of money, around $ 2.5 billion a year, from pushing ads to Android devices. And that $ 2.5 billion is expected to double over the next 12 months, so it is of interest for Google Android-free handset partners.

But Google is not the only company that charges of Android. Microsoft is making money on Android too. The Redmond giant has signed a long series of patents, licensing agreements with Android handset makers and rumored to pull in about $ 3 to $ 6 per sold Android device. Android last year was worth $ 444 million to Microsoft, and this number is set to grow as more patent deals are signed and many more Android devices are sold. It's not big money, but it's still a big money maker for Microsoft, which requires little in the way of care and feeding. Another must make sales, Microsoft just sit back and wait for the royalty checks roll in.

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has a different view in Google Android-free:

"Android has a patent fee. It's not like Android is free. You must have a license patents."

And Microsoft has every intention to pick on these patents. Next in their sights, the Chinese telecom giant Huawei.

So it is not only to handset makers, who are happy to hear that Google is committed to keeping Android free, Microsoft is also pleased to hear that.

HTC opens with a - Flyer

The tablet war heats up like there's no tomorrow. This time it is the major technology-Taiwanese HTC, the Indian lucarative tablet market was the big launch of the "Flyer". The tablet will be on sale starting price of Rs. 39,890 / -

The tablet has a 7 inch touch screen with a powerful 1.5 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor. It is equipped with 1 GB of RAM for high-hogging applications with built-in memory 16GigaBytes. The tablet is also equipped with a 5-megapixel camera.

Previously launched its Blackberry Playbook with a price starting from Rs 27,990. Apple iPhone is currently selling for a starting price of Rs 29,500 and Rs 26,000 for Samung Galaxy Tab.

Apple's iPad: Seeding a next-gen voting machine?

A handful of voters in Oregon iPads to help them locate the vote today as part of a plan from the government to determine whether the tablet can eventually be used as a voting system.

According to the Associated Press, which first reported on the efforts that have five Apple iPads donated to Oregon to help workers in five provinces it easier for voters with disabilities place their ballots. Election officials have been visiting nursing homes, community centers and other locations to voters who need assistance to find.

The process seems very simple one vote. The election officials bring an application developed to Oregon $ 75000 with a list of all candidates in the primary election to replace U.S. Rep. David Wu. By their choice, print so voters in the referendum on portable printers, sign it and send it to the board of elections for counting. Thus, while iPads not be used as voting machines, they are easy to vote.

Oregon's decision to rely on iPad to help voters will inevitably bring security concerns about electronic voting machines.

In 2007 succeeded computer scientists hacked electronic voting machines California, which allows them to vote for change, but they saw fit. During the 2008 election, showed concern among both politicians and security experts about the reliability of e-voting machines prompted some states to abandon completely touch-screen voting systems.

These concerns were exacerbated earlier this year when the U.S. Department of Energy Vulnerability Assessment Team at Argonne Laboratory have shown that a simple radio frequency remote control can be placed via a ballot e-voting machine, capturing, and allows the attacker to change the mood of what they want. Worst of all, the problem seems to apply to all e-voting machines.

The stakes are high. According to recent estimates, would be less than 25 percent of the voters next year, marking their presidential ballots with electronic voting machines vulnerable to this hack.

Or iPad could solve this problem is not even considered at this point. However, Oregon, told the AP that if the test is working properly, it could roll out iPads in all provinces in the state. Granted, it will be designed to roll out to help voters with disabilities, but could iPads Oregon barriers and bring the wider electorate? If so, would not the first time the state has taken a risk with voices: In 1998, Oregon became the first state to hold elections by e-mail.

Google's chairman Eric Schmidt Insists Android Will Remain Open

Google Chairman Eric Schmidt told reporters in South Korea that Android is still free for all mobile phone manufacturers, even after the purchase of Motorola's complete.

"We want to run (Motorola) is sufficiently independent of each other, so it does not conflict with the openness of Android," Schmidt said during a press conference Tuesday, according to the Wall Street Journal.

As announced in August, Google is about to acquire Motorola Mobility 12.5 billion kronor. The takeover has raised concerns that Google could give Motorola a special treatment to succeed at the expense of the leading manufacturers like Samsung and HTC Android.

Samsung may want to make sure the home, Schmidt also praised the world's largest producer of Android for his leadership and said that it has support from Google, according to the Korea Times.

Schmidt was undoubtedly also try to get some moral support to Samsung and HTC, Apple targets for numerous patent lawsuits over the world. Apple is aggressively trying to ban the flagship products of both Android manufacturers claim that they copied the look and feel of the iPhone. In September, Google HTC five patents in the lawsuit against Apple for strength.

At the same time, Schmidt hit Microsoft for claiming Samsung copied Microsoft, in a cross-licensing agreement led in September. "Microsoft is not telling the truth," Schmidt said.

The day before, Schmidt apparently met with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and promised a YouTube channel dedicated to Korean pop music to help spread the "Korean wave" or widespread in Asia at least obsession with Korean pop culture.

After his tour of Asia Schmidt visit Taiwan, home of HTC.

Philips made Microbial Home for Biological Concept of Future

The microbial Home project is part of Philips Design Probes program, lifestyle far future scenarios based on research in many areas to explore. The microbial Home Design Probe consists of an internal ecosystem that challenges traditional design, it is a proposal for an integrated ecosystem where every cyclic mode output is a second entrance.

Bio-reactor island, kitchen island, consisting of a methane "reactor" that bathroom solid waste and vegetable trimmings sale methane, which is then used to power a variety of functions in the home.

The Larder term challenges our use of refrigeration and food storage, and presents ways to "live food" fresh, keep the use of natural processes.

Urban beehive with bee colonies perish threatens our food supply.

Bio-Light concept explores the use of bio-luminescent bacteria fed on methane and composted materials.

An effluent filter, separate toilet break while channeling excrement to methane digester in the microbial Home system.

Up-cycler Paternoster plastic waste is a concept that uses mycelium to degrade plastic packaging.

Pharmacies-centered concept for home health monitoring and diagnostics with a focus on early warning and prevention of diseases.