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- Twitter Has A Million Registered Apps
- Google+ Privacy Issues
- Google’s Schmidt Pressured About His Book’s Deadline
- Google To Deal With Mobile Patent Licensing Issues
- Windows 8 to have the same system requirements as Windows 7
- Intel predicts the end of tablets, laptops and netbooks
- DiaForce film could possibly provide an alternative to electromagnetic guitar pickups
- XPAND 3D offers up their Universal 3D glasses that will work at home and the cinema
- Flickbooks for the iPhone relaunched
- Microsoft kills Windows Vista SP1 support
| Twitter Has A Million Registered Apps Posted: 13 Jul 2011 07:32 AM PDT Twitter announced last Monday that it already has more than a million registered apps coming from around 750,000 developers. This is a significant increase from last year when there are only 150,000 registered apps. With those numbers, a new app for Twitter is generated every 1.5 seconds. The company noted that at least $500 million was invested in making the apps. The acquisition costs for companies that create the apps have amounted to more than $1 billion. Twitter is not done yet. It just announced that it will launch a new version of its developers' site. It aims to help developers in creating new apps for the platform. The new site tries to make content more understandable and discoverable. The developers' site has improved reference material and documentation. It fosters better interaction for everyone who visits the site. With lots of Twitter apps available for the users, there are some concerns with regards to privacy and security. There are apps that generate tweets without any user interaction. This could lead to an increase amount of tweet spam. Users should be careful not to use malicious apps. Access to Twitter's API is easy, which requires a person to submit a form in order to access it. |
| Posted: 13 Jul 2011 07:32 AM PDT Google has opened its Google+ to more users as people can invite in their friends to the new social network. There are some minor issues and the population is still limited but Google is already looking at privacy complaints. Google+ is continuing to grow its user base each day and it looks strong enough to go against Facebook and Twitter. During its first week, Google+ invites were so much in demand that some people would pay for them. Last week Google opened up Google+ to double the number of users within the network. Despite the initial over capacity issues, it looks like Google is scaling its service fast enough that it is still allowing people to invite their friends in. Facebook blocked attempts by Google for a friend exporter but Google+ users can install a Chrome extension that import the Facebook stream in Google's social network. It lets users post Facebook status message from within Google+. To reply, comment and view posts, the user will be directed to Facebook. Google+ requires users to create a Google profile. In default, this will be searchable but you can easily turn it off. According to Google's privacy policy, the Google Profile will be displayed to people who have access to one's email address. |
| Google’s Schmidt Pressured About His Book’s Deadline Posted: 13 Jul 2011 07:32 AM PDT Google's Eric Schmidt is working hard to meet the deadline for his book that talks about how technology affects foreign policy. The book is expected to come out in 2013. He learned a lot from his 10 years as Google's CEO. There was a time when he had to fight with book publishers that claimed Google was violating their copyrights. The book is entitled Empire of the Mind: The Dawn of the Techno-Political Age. He is co-writing the project with Jared Cohen, director of Google Ideas. It will be published by Alfred A. Knopf, which is an imprint of Bertelsmann AG's Random House Inc. Schmidt didn't give additional detail with regards to the subject of the book. It is speculated that the book will tackle topics that he normally talk about during his articles and speeches. One of his favorite topics is how technology can challenge authoritarian governments. His ideas on the clash of technology and government are timely. Google is facing antitrust probes by the United States Federal Trade Commission as well as the European Commission. Schmidt said that he is focused on writing the book first and marketing it when it's done. He would like people to read it. |
| Google To Deal With Mobile Patent Licensing Issues Posted: 13 Jul 2011 07:32 AM PDT In just three years Google managed to make its Android mobile platform the most popular one in the world. But now it is being targeted by various companies that own tons of patents. The biggest block of mobile patents was auctioned off last week and the company wasn't able to get it. Even before the Nortel patents were placed in the auction block, Microsoft has already started convincing Android partners that they should pay patent licensing fee for every Android smartphone they manufacture. Big players in the mobile industry were able to purchase patents from Nortel. The companies include Apple, Microsoft, Sony, Ericsson, Research in Motion, and EMC. Nortel was able to raise $4.5 billion from the said auction. Google was not that eager to bid for the patents. An account of the bidding process said that Google was unwilling to go above $4 billion. But Google tried to get some of the patents. It engaged a bidding war with Apple in $100 million increments until Apple set the mark at $4.5 billion during the 19th round of the bidding process. Google Chairman Eric Schmidt said that the price exceeded his company's value threshold. But this is a little odd when it was reported that Google was willing to pay $6 billion for Groupon. |
| Windows 8 to have the same system requirements as Windows 7 Posted: 13 Jul 2011 07:31 AM PDT
Windows 8 to have the same system requirements as Windows 7, By Ubergizmo. Top Stories : Xperia Play Review, HTC Sensation Review,     |
| Intel predicts the end of tablets, laptops and netbooks Posted: 13 Jul 2011 07:31 AM PDT
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| DiaForce film could possibly provide an alternative to electromagnetic guitar pickups Posted: 13 Jul 2011 07:31 AM PDT
Alternatively, if you're the type who enjoys "shredding" on their guitar but wishes you could have captured that particularly brilliant solo, the Fraunhofer Institute for Surface Engineering and Thin Films in Germany might have a solution for you. |
| XPAND 3D offers up their Universal 3D glasses that will work at home and the cinema Posted: 13 Jul 2011 07:31 AM PDT
XPAND 3D offers up their Universal 3D glasses that will work at home and the cinema, By Ubergizmo. Top Stories : Xperia Play Review, HTC Sensation Review,   |
| Flickbooks for the iPhone relaunched Posted: 13 Jul 2011 07:31 AM PDT Flickbooks LLC, a Swiss developer, has just announced the relaunch of its fun flipbook app called Flickbooks. The app that turns videos into high-quality flipbooks is now available with new editing features as well as a streamlined process whole process of creating a Flickbook easier. In case you didn't know what Flickbooks is, it is an app that can record a 5-15 second video on the iPhone, be edited, and then submitted to Flickbooks. The Flickbook is then printed out professionally as a paper flip book made from the edited video, and then delivered to the user's address by mail. |
| Microsoft kills Windows Vista SP1 support Posted: 13 Jul 2011 07:31 AM PDT
But users are encouraged to upgrade to Windows 7 (although rumors of Windows 8 arriving next year will probably make people hold out for the upgrade). How many of you are still using Windows Vista, and what’s stopping you from making the switch to Windows 7? Microsoft kills Windows Vista SP1 support, By Ubergizmo. Top Stories : HTC Sensation Review, Samsung Infuse 4G Review,   |
One of the main reasons a lot of people didn’t upgrade from Windows XP to Windows Vista was mainly due to the high system requirements needed to run the operating system. It looks like Microsoft has learnt from their mistakes and has decided to not let history repeat itself. It probably also wants to avoid the whole “Vista Capable lawsuit” that Microsoft got in trouble for when it promoted PCs and laptops as “Vista Capable” when they could only run the Basic version of the operating system. 
Here's something you don't hear every day. We've all heard that tablets will eventually replace desktops, notebooks and the like, but what about the end of tablets instead? Well the folks over at Intel seem to believe that in 10 years time we won't be seeing those devices anymore. Not just tablets, but laptops and netbooks as well.
Have you ever wondered why is it that you can never recreate the guitar solo of your favorite song despite practicing for months? Musicians would like to tell you that perhaps it's because you lack the "feel" of the song, which is unique to the artist who wrote it. While that sounds plausible from an artist's perspective, in terms of science, perhaps you have not managed to bend your strings to the exact pitch or give enough vibrato.
It's odd that given the fact that a lot of manufacturers are now attempting to push out devices, like the 
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