Google release the BP oil spill pictures.

April 25, 2010

Google release the BP oil spill pictures.

Facebook and Google Maps Dominate Smartphone App Usage.

Nielsen has released a new mobile application report and its findings showcase not only the increase in smartphone usage, but also what applications are most popular. For its report, Nielsen surveyed more than 4,200 people who had downloaded a mobile application in the last 30 days.

U.S. Nielsen’s study shows that 21% of American wireless subscribers have smartphones.

the average number of installed apps based on smartphone OS looks like this:

• BlackBerry: 10
• iPhone: 37
• Android : 22
• Palm: 14
• Windows Mobile: 13

Nielsen’s survey indicates that the average number of apps that a feature phone user has on his or her device is 10, while the average number of apps a smartphone user has is 22.

This survey also show that Myspace is still popular among teens and LinkedIn is strong in the 25-44 demographic.

Facebook and Google Maps Dominate Smartphone App Usage.

Smokescreen converts Flash to Javascript.

Good news for the apple users, ahhhahh i mean iPad users. Smokescreen, written by Chris Smoak, is a "Flash player written in JavaScript" that takes Flash objects and converts them to JavaScript in real time.

Here's how it works:

It runs entirely in the browser, reads in SWF binaries, unzips them (in native JS), extracts images and embedded audio and turns them in to base64 encoded data:uris, then stitches the vector graphics back together as animated SVG.

Smokescreen converts Flash to Javascript.

Adobe Unveils Apple-Compliant ‘Digital Publishing Platform’ for iPad Media Apps.

Adobe announced Tuesday that a new component to its Creative Suite 5 software — used widely in the publishing industry.

The development puts Adobe squarely back in the high-stakes tablet game with a “legal” way for publishers who already use their popular layout and production suite to create dead-tree output to efficiently create derivative digital versions for the iPad.

The approach — which Adobe does not describe in any detail — apparently does exactly what what was intended with a compiler that Wired magazine was initially employing to create its June issue for the iPad, or more accurately, the reader or “wrapper” for the content which combined are the app. (Both Wired.com and Wired magazine are owned by Condé Nast.)

Weeks earlier, Adobe and Wired magazine had to abandon the compiler method when a change in Apple’s developer agreement stipulated that iPhone OS apps must be originally programmed using Apple-approved languages (such as Objective-C).

Adobe Unveils Apple-Compliant ‘Digital Publishing Platform’ for iPad Media Apps.

India wants its rich heritage back from Britain.

Britain expects India to shortly ask yet again for the return of its artefacts allegedly looted during the colonial period and now showcased in various British museums.

The Independent newspaper said the Archaeological Survey of India is now compiling a list of the stolen riches before launching a “diplomatic and legal campaign” for their restitution from institutions, including the British Museum, the royal collection and the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery. Among the items from the list quoted by the newspaper are the 2.3-metre-tall bronze Buddha statue excavated from Sultanganj in Bihar, which is now in Birmingham, and the Amravati railings, a series of limestone carvings dating from 100 A.D. and acquired from a Buddhist temple in Andhra Pradesh by Victorian explorers. The world-famous Kohinoor diamond, which was mined from Golconda and graced the crown of the then Empress of India is also on the list.

Indian Treasures in the UK

• Kohinoor diamond, which was set on the crown of Queen Elizabeth.
• Buddhist limestone reliefs from Amaravati.
• Mughal emperor Shah Jahan’s jade cup.
• Tipu Sultan’s Dream Book.
• The Sultanganj Buddha (600 AD-800 AD), the largest known complete Indian metal sculpture.

India wants its rich heritage back from Britain.

Wembley's new 16-million pound temple.

New tourist attraction in Wembley in London: a Hindu temple that has been set up after 16 million pounds and 14 years.

The imposing sand-coloured structure stands on 2.4 acres, and has been built without any metal support. Instead, construction techniques laid out in ancient Hindu scriptures were put to use. Many of the carvings in the temple were specially-made in Gujarat and then imported.

Wembley has a huge Indian population, but there were plenty of non-Indians checking out the new building. "It's unique, has beautiful interiors...it's been a long time coming but it's been worth it. I'm local, live a mile away from the mandir. I'll be visiting regularly," says a woman we met.

Wembley's new 16-million pound temple.

Love mom today, get romance later.

Teenagers who share a close relationship with their mothers are more likely to enjoy a successful romantic life when they grow up, a new study has claimed.

Researchers at the Montclair State University in New Jersey found that teenagers' bonding with their parents, especially with mothers, influence their romantic life in adulthood.

"Parents' relationships with their children are extremely important and that's how we develop our ability to have successful relationships as adults, our parents are our models," said Constance Gager, who led the study.

"So if kids are not feeling close with their parents then they are probably not going to model the positive aspects of that relationship when they reach adulthood," Gager was quoted as saying by Live Science.

Love mom today, get romance later.

Cats Can Now Tweet with New Liveblogging Device.

Sony Computer Science Laboratories (CSL) Inc has developed a liveblogging device which was created with the help of the University of Tokyo, comes with a camera, an acceleration sensor and a GPS, which monitors kitty’s every move, translating actions like walking, eating and sleeping into tweets.

The device fits easily onto the cat’s collar, so as to avoid hindering its movement, which means your cat can tweet all over the neighborhood.

Cats Can Now Tweet with New Liveblogging Device.

Facebook Clickjacking Attack Spreading Through “Likes”.

A new clickjacking worm is spreading through Facebook via the “Like” feature. The attack, which is said to have hit hundreds of thousands of users, uses a combination of social engineering and clickjacking to make it appear as if a user has “liked” a link.

The messages that are being used in the link text include, “LOL This girl gets OWNED after a POLICE OFFICER reads her STATUS MESSAGE,” “This man takes a picture of himself EVERYDAY for 8 YEARS!!,” “The Prom Dress That Got This Girl Suspended From School” and “This Girl Has An Interesting Way Of Eating A Banana , Check It Out!”

Facebook Clickjacking Attack Spreading Through “Likes”.

iPed, the Android-Based Chinese iPad Clone.

Haha :D this Chinese people are genius in cloning any device. Now its latest cloned device is none other than world most hyped and fastest selling PC Tablet iPad.

iPed almost five time cheap than the original iPad. It runs on Intel chip, and has 128 MB of RAM and 16 GB of storage space. It runs on Android based Operating system.

iPed, the Android-Based Chinese iPad Clone.

Leaked Intel roadmap reveals six new notebook CPUs for 2010, better battery life in 2011

Specs for Chipzilla's entire fall collection of mobile chips, and a couple new details about that desiccated overpass the execs keep talking about. First up, it appears sources were spot-on about the Core i7s and Core i5s we heard about last week, but the 2.66GHz / 3.33 GHz Core i5-580M won't be the only dual-core CPU to look for in Q4; it will be sandwiched between the 2.8GHz Core i7-640M (which turbos to 3.46GHz) and the 2.66GHz / 3.2GHz Core i5-560M -- all of which peak at a conservative 35 watts.

Leaked Intel roadmap reveals six new notebook CPUs for 2010, better battery life in 2011

Facebook to Undergo Judiciary Committee Probe.

Despite recent efforts to changes to its personal privacy settings interface, Facebook is still under fire for past privacy-related mistakes. This time, the U.S. House Judiciary Committee is getting involved.

In a letter to CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Friday, committee chair John Conyers wrote, “We would appreciate a detailed explanation of the information about Facebook users that your company has provided to third parties without the knowledge of the account holders — particularly in circumstances in which the users did not expressly opt for this kind of information sharing.”

Src: [mashable]

Facebook to Undergo Judiciary Committee Probe.

Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) is being rapidly phased out.

According to web analytics company StatCounter, Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 6 is now truly a relic of the past with less than 5% of market share in the U.S. and Europe.

IE 6 was seems to be unfriendly to the many of the developers which led them to find the other alternative.

Now, based on an analysis of 15 billion page views in May 2010, StatCounter’s numbers indicate that IE6 usage in the U.S. has fallen to 4.7% from 11.5% in the last 12 months.

Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) is being rapidly phased out.

iPhone 4G parts caught on video.

Again iPhone, media's darling appears on the web. But now its not the phone but the metal frame work. This was first appeared  in two videos posted on the blog iPhone Portugal.

Though there wasn't any apple logo embossed in it but by comparing it with its previous appearance on internet it seems its likely the metal frame for the iPhone 4G.

According to the blog owners, the two identical frames weren’t “stolen or found”; they were “purchased in China” and then “delivered” to them.

iPhone 4G parts caught on video.

Lady GaGa Medley Remixed - Youtube sensations

Enter Yale students Sam Tsui and Kurt Hugo Schneider, a singer/guitar player duo achieved repeat viral hits on YouTube.

Their latest viral sensation is “Lady GaGa Medley,” a perfect arrangement of the pop star’s radio hit “Poker Face” that’s already amassed more than 2.9 million views.

The YouTube veterans have also covered the Glee version of “Don’t Stop Believing.” That video alone has upwards of 3.5 million views. Then there’s the a cappella rendition of a hodgepodge of Michael Jackson songs, which is closing in on four million views fast.

Lady GaGa Medley Remixed - Youtube sensations

DIANA ‘WAS KILLED OVER PLAN TO EXPOSE UK ARMS DEALERS’- says lawyer.

PRINCESS Diana was murdered because she planned to expose Britain’s role in the deadly arms trade, a leading defence lawyer claimed yesterday.

Michael Mansfield QC said she intended publishing an “explosive” diary to unmask those most closely involved with British land-mine manufacturing.

Mr Mansfield told the Hay Festival in Powys, Wales: “Everyone remembers she raised the profile of the land mines.

“Everybody is aware that the British involvement in the arms trade, particularly land mines, is and was a huge vested interest.

“It seems to me she had planned various visits. She had already been to Angola and she was going to Cambodia.

“A large number of land mines had been manufactured by the British. She claimed she had an explosive diary in which she was going to expose the people most closely involved in the British arms trade.”

DIANA ‘WAS KILLED OVER PLAN TO EXPOSE UK ARMS DEALERS’- says lawyer.

Britain's youngest mum, now fights for her baby.

Pregnant at 11 and a parent by the age of 12, this is Britain's youngest mother holding her newborn baby.

Still a child herself, Tressa Middleton looks scared as she stares into the camera.

Now 16, Miss Middleton told yesterday how she is banned from seeing her daughter, who has been adopted by strangers.

She said she spiralled into depression and turned to alcohol, drugs and self-harm after giving birth.

But she said: 'I'm not a big drinker now and I don't smoke hash any more. In the past I've cut myself, but I don't any more. I'm going to give myself a couple of years to get my life sorted then fight for access to my little girl.'

Miss Middleton's pregnancy shocked Britain when it emerged she had conceived after having sex with a teenage boy while drunk at a party.

Britain's youngest mum, now fights for her baby.

Forget free coupon, cell phones to rescue.

Every time we shop and get discount through various paper coupons but who has time to keep all those papers in your wallet and what about if you forget ???

But worry technology i mean cell phones are there for the rescue.

Some start-ups, like CardStar and CardBank, store existing loyalty cards on cellphones with scannable barcodes. And companies including Motorola and a start-up called mFoundry are providing retailers with the technology to build cellphone loyalty cards.

Loopt is one of several start-ups — including Foursquare, Shopkick and Gowalla — that are experimenting with ways to use cellphones to bridge the digital and physical worlds and turn the tasks of everyday life, like buying coffee and running errands, into a game.

Forget free coupon, cell phones to rescue.

Google kicks Windows on security concerns.

Google is phasing out the internal use of Microsoft's ubiquitous Windows operating system because of security concerns, according to several Google employees.

The directive to move to other operating systems began in earnest in January, after Google's Chinese operations were hacked, and could effectively end the use of Windows at Google, which employs more than 10,000 workers internationally.

"We're not doing any more Windows. It is a security effort," said one Google employee.

"Many people have been moved away from [Windows] PCs, mostly towards Mac OS, following the China hacking attacks," said another.

Src: [edition.cnn]

Google kicks Windows on security concerns.

Study finds iPads cost most in Europe and UK, cheapest in U.S.

(Reuters) - Britain and Europe are the world's costliest places to buy Apple Inc's new iPad computer, with prices around a quarter higher than in the United States, a new study has found.

"In the UK, Germany, France and Italy an iPad costs 20-25 per cent more than in the U.S.," said Craig James, chief economist at the CommSec share trading division of Australia's Commonwealth Bank.

"The question is whether Apple has priced its product too high for the European market, or whether the UK pound and euro need to depreciate further to bring global pricing into line."

CommSec's index is a modern variation on the long-running Big Mac index compiled by The Economist magazine and compares the price of iPads in 10 countries, including Germany, France, Italy, Switzerland, Spain, Britain, Japan, Australia and Canada.

Study finds iPads cost most in Europe and UK, cheapest in U.S.