It’s a good laugh for people who are familiar with both the Android platform and the iPhone platform.
Link : The Next Web – The Difference Between Android And iOS Explained [Comic]
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Best Buy CEO Says iPad ‘Cannibalizing’ PC Laptop Sales by 50 Percent
The statements of Best Buy’s CEO don’t surprise me. Considering that the tablet era has only just begun, I think that the market share of tablets will grow even more in the future. The iPad won’t be the only contender in this market. In the fourth quarter of 2010 and in 2011 a lot of new tablets will be introduced. Most of them will be based on Google’s Android OS. Examples that I have played with at the IFA Trade Show are the Dell Streak and Samsung Galaxy S tablet.
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3-D Movies: a Blessing or a Curse to the Movie Industrie?
In the last few weeks I have read quite a few opinion pieces and news posts on the decline in visitor numbers of 3-D movies.
Jeffrey Katzenberg, the DreamWorks Animation chief, spoke at the third annual 3-D Entertainment Summit last Wednesday and he said: “It is up to the film industry to maintain the audience’s trust and only put out films that look good in 3-D.” Katzenberg added that moviegoers must love 3-D, since six of the top 10 movies at the box office so far this year were 3-D releases.
What is your opinion? Is 3-D here to stay or not?
Jeffrey Katzenberg’s desperation plea: Movie biz needs to make movies that look good in 3-D
Reporters have been taking potshots at the medium for months now, with my colleague Ben Fritz pointing out that most of Hollywood’s revenue gains this year were from the sky-high prices people have to pay for 3-D films. The Wrap’s Daniel Frankel recently ran a story arguing that a decreasing amount of box-office dough was coming from 3-D screens. And I keep hearing from regular folks who have bailed out on taking their kids to see 3-D films, saying that the kids–especially the young ‘uns–hate wearing the glasses, which are irritating and give them headaches.
20 Albums That Deserve Surround Mixes According to Steven Wilson
As a big fan of Porcupine Tree and Steven Wilson in particular I read the article that I amplify’d below with a lot of interest. I agree with Steven Wilson on almost every album that he discusses. Especially page 2 of the article looks great, which contains a couple of my favorite bands like Yes with ‘Close to the Edge’, Rush with ‘Moving Pictures’ and Pink Floyd with ‘Animals’.
Surround mixes of albums can be an awesome experience if done right and with good taste. I own a few dozen of these on DVD and the lesser known DVD-A and SACD formats. Especially the 5.1 mixes from Porcupine Tree and Steven Wilson are great and are highly recommended if you like to explore the world of surrond sound.
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Not Everyone Is Charmed by Google Instant
Charlie Brooker, a columnist for The Guardian, isn’t exactly charmed by Google Instant. And I think he has a point.
I clipped only three paragraphs here, but it’s best to read the whole thing to get his point completely. He has a clear message about the decrease of attention span and productivity that the majority of computer users suffer from these days.
Amplify’d from www.guardian.co.uk
I’m starting to feel like an unwitting test subject in a global experiment conducted by Google, in which it attempts to discover how much raw information it can inject directly into my hippocampus before I crumple to the floor and start fitting uncontrollably.
That afternoon, it unveiled a new feature called Google Instant. It delivers search results before you’ve finished typing them. So now, if I visit Google and start typing my own name, it shows me links to Craigslist the moment I hit “C”. When I add the “H”, up pops the homepage for Chase online banking. By the time I’ve spelt out “Charlie”, I’m presented with a synopsis and review score for “Charlie St Cloud”, a film starring Zac Efron. Add a “Br” and Charlie Brown gazes back at me.
As the name suggests, this all happens instantly. It’s the internet on fast-forward, and it’s aggressive – like trying to order from a waiter who keeps finishing your sentences while ramming spoonfuls of what he thinks you want directly into your mouth, so you can’t even enjoy your blancmange without chewing a gobful of black pudding first.
See this Amp at http://bit.ly/axh94P
Before They Were Famous
Nice to see all those teen versions of well-known actors, singers and other celebrities on one page.
Oracle Hires Former HP CEO Mark Hurd as President
I feel a song coming up: “That’s What Friends Are For”…
Oracle Corp. announced on Sept. 6 that the database giant has hired former HP CEO Mark Hurd as co-president reporting to Oracle chairman and CEO Larry Ellison.
Oracle announced that Hurd has joined Oracle as president and has been named to Oracle’s Board of Directors. In his new role, Hurd joins Safra Catz as co-presidents under Ellison. Charles Phillips, formerly co-president with Catz, announced his resignation from the company on Sept. 6. Phillips’ departure means Oracle’s office of the president will remain a duopoly rather than a triumvirate.
Hurd resigned from HP in August amid a scandal around an investigation by HP’s board relating to a sexual harassment allegation and reports of fudged expense reports.
Following Hurd’s departure from HP, Ellison, a personal friend of Hurd, criticized the HP board, calling their move ““the worst personnel decision since the idiots on the Apple board fired Steve Jobs many years ago.”
Link : eWeek.com – Oracle Hires Former HP CEO Mark Hurd as President
Apple’s Ping Suffering from Comment Spam
Like the article says, I cannot believe they did not put more effort in preventing this from happening.
Apple gets Ping’d with comment spam – They didn’t see this coming?
Most of the security industry has been pointing out the migration of spam from an email-only venture to blog/forum comments, Facebook, Twitter and other Web 2.0 platforms. But apparently Apple didn’t consider this when designing Ping, as the service implements no spam or URL filtering. It is no big shock that less than 24 hours after launch, Ping is drowning in scams and spams.
Android App Tip: Visual Task Switcher
The following Android app was brought to my attention by Rachid, who maintains the blog DroidDen. Visual Task Switcher is a great app that gives you the ability to switch between running apps by pressing the Home key. Long-pressing an app will (force) stop the application.
Make sure you visit DroidDen for more Android tips and stories.
“Somebody Please Snap His Fingers So I Can Wake Up?”
Move your mouse very slowly for very pretty effects.
Link : http://lsdex.ru/…./psychedelic-trippy-acid-kaleidoscope-lsdex-1600×1200.swf
20 Eye-Opening Cultural Norms in Japan
Some of the pictures just make your jaw drop…
Link : My Modern Metropolis – 20 Eye-Opening Cultural Norms in Japan
40% of All Spam Comes from a Single Criminal Group, Symantec Says
Pretty impressive numbers. Why can’t we get those guys and shut them down?
Link : SFGate.com – 40% of all spam comes from a single criminal group, Symantec says
How to Hard Reset the HTC Desire – Know Your Cell
I am very happy with my HTC Desire. That is, until the next super-duper-extra-special-mega-fantastic model comes out that I must have. In that case, this URL can come in handy to reset and clear my phone.
A Detailed Opinion Piece on the Oracle vs. Google Lawsuit
People who are following the news on the big tech companies may have heard already about Oracle’s patent lawsuit against Google Android. I have read quite a few articles and blog posts on this subject and shared quite a few on my Twitter page in the last week.
One post by Daniel Eran Dilger on RouglyDrafted.com deserves special attention in my opinion. He knows what he is talking about when he carefully dissects every aspect of the lawsuit, the history of Google’s Android, the talks between Google and Sun, Apple’s and Microsoft’s position and lots more angles. Daniel explains everything in such a way that anyone is able to understand what’s happening. And if you want to know more details and delve deeper, then you can follow the links that are scattered around in the text.
Recommended reading!
Amplify’d from www.roughlydrafted.com
How Oracle might kill Google’s Android and software patents all at once
Another major war is exploding in the tech world, but alliances have shifted in interesting enough ways to ensure that this will be one of the most fascinating events ever to hit the technology world.
At issue is Oracle’s patent lawsuit against Google’s Android. Unless you look closely, this might sound like either a run of the mill patent shakedown or just an infringement case where Google will have to pay lots of money.
See this Amp at crow74.amplify.com
Two Important Reasons Why Android Developers Are Losing Money
In my previous post I asked your attention for Loic Le Meur’s opinion on what an average app developer can earn. The conclusion of that story is that for the majority of developers it’s not profitable enough (yet) to live from app development only. (For his detailed analysis, please refer to my previous post.)
Within 24 hours I stumbled upon a post at Royal Pingdom that is even more bad news for app developers. This time it is focused on the Android platform. According to the post, piracy levels are very high on the platform. But this is not the most important the Android developers are losing money.