Thursday, September 09, 2010

Archive for the ‘IT News’ Category

Google Instant – 10 Things Marketing Teams Need to Know

Google Instant took flight yesterday from the ashes of some mysterious logos and via a live transmission on Google's Official Youtube Channel . What was announced was arguably the biggest change in the user interface (UI) of search engine results pages since search engines were invented and one of the most sophisticated engineering projects for Google since Caffeine. Ben Gomes, Distinguished Engineer at Google , had a great phrase to summarize the announcement, "Google Instant seems so obvious,... Detailt »»

Ping Attracts 1 Million Users in 48 Hours

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Google Instant: Big Changes for Users, Publishers, Marketers

Pursuing speed, Google now refreshes search results while people type queries, which could usher in major changes for end users, advertisers and publishers. Announced on Wednesday, Google Instant presents and adjusts search results and their accompanying ads on the fly as users enter search terms in the search engine's box. The intention is to compress the loop of entering queries, scanning the search results, refining the query and checking the new results, a process that may be repeated multiple... Detailt »»

Mophie Releases Juice Pack Air for IPhone 4

If you own an iPhone 4 and find that you burn too quickly through its battery despite the 16 percent capacity bump, you have a new battery expansion option from an old favorite. Mophie has announced the Juice Pack Air for iPhone 4 . Maker of accessories for a variety of Apple products, Mophie has designed its Juice Pack line for the iPhone for some time--the company claims to have been first with a 'Works with iPhone' battery pack. Now in its seventh version, the Juice Pack Air has been updated... Detailt »»

Operators Get Creative Due to Spectrum Crunch

The spectrum shortage is forcing mobile operators to experiment more with pricing models, new technologies and partnerships, executives speaking at the Mobile Future Forward event in Seattle said Wednesday. "There is a spectrum shortage, and demand will exceed supply, and something has to be done," said Mike Sievert, chief commercial officer for Clearwire. At the same time, demand for wireless data services is growing fast. The mean average data usage is 0.5GB per month, per user in the U.S.,... Detailt »»

Take Better Photos With Your Android Phone

The camera in your Android phone likely packs at least 6 megapixels into each shot--but if you don't apply a little know-how to your photography, your images can look as bad as those from a classic 640-by-480-pixel camera phone. In this article I'll detail eight tips to get great photos from an Android camera phone. You'll be able to take better shots at night, blur the background artistically, keep subjects sharp, and more. The results can beat photos from a stand-alone point-and-shoot camera,... Detailt »»

Apple Releases IPhone Configuration Utility 3.1 for Mac, PC

To coincide with the release of iOS 4.1 for the iPhone and iPod touch on Wednesday, Apple also released iPhone Configuration Utility (iPCU) 3.1 , an update to its device management utility for businesses and the enterprise. iPCU 3.1 adds support for iOS 4's new Mobile Device Management features and enables wireless delivery of configuration profiles, two cornerstones of this major OS upgrade that Apple touted for businesses. The latest version also provides support for Cisco AnyConnect and Juniper... Detailt »»

Apple’s New iOS 4.1: Its 4 Biggest Improvements

Apple released version 4.1 of iOS , its mobile operating system, promising several new features, bug fixes, and performance improvements for users of the iPhone and iPod Touch. iOS 4.1 offers access to Game Center, FaceTime calling from the iPhone app's Favorites tab, and improved audio quality when using Bluetooth accessories -- all worthwhile improvements and additions, certainly. But these are not the new features and fixes that I'm most interested in...and they're not going to earn a spot... Detailt »»

Rumor: T-Mobile Getting iPhone 3GS This Year

Sure, iPhone rumors are a dime a dozen, but they do help to enliven an otherwise dull workday. Everyone loves gossip about the mythical Verizon iPhone , or even unconfirmed reports about an upcoming iPhone 4 with a redesigned antenna . But there's always room for more iPhone idle talk. Unlike many iPhone rumors, however, today's scuttlebutt comes from a highly reputable source: Chris Anderson, editor-in-chief of Wired , reports that wireless carrier T-Mobile USA will get the Apple iPhone 3GS... Detailt »»

After Google Incident, Wi-Fi Data Collection Goes on

Four months ago, amidst a backlash from government regulators and privacy advocates, Google stopped collecting Wi-Fi data with its Street View cars . But that doesn't mean Google has stopped collecting wireless data altogether, and neither have other companies such as Apple. Instead of sending out cars to sniff out wireless networks, Google is now crowdsourcing the operation, with users of its Android phones and location-aware mobile applications doing the reconnaissance work for it. In the past... Detailt »»
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Taking Woodstock

Academy Award-winning director Ang Lee tells the story of the Greenwich Village interior designer who inadvertently helped to spark a cultural revolution by offering the organizers of the Woodstock Music and Arts Festival boarding at his family's Catskills motel. The year is 1969. Change is brewing in America, and the energy in Greenwich Village is... Detailt »»