(CNN) -- As members of Congress navigate the shifting political sands of the debt-ceiling crisis, many of them are turning to a digital platform more associated with sharing personal updates and funny videos about cats: Facebook.
In recent days, lawmakers have swarmed the popular social network to post videos outlining their positions, conduct opinion polls, reach new constituents and ask for feedback.
"Over the past week, our team has seen a marked increase in the number of members of Congress speaking directly to constituents through their official Facebook pages," said Andrew Noyes, manager of public policy communications for Facebook.
The number of posts including video or radio snippets also has increased over the past week as lawmakers seek to engage their followers in new ways, Noyes added. As more members speak in front of C-SPAN's cameras, he said, "we fully expect to see the pace of these postings pick up."
All of House Speaker John Boehner's Facebook posts in the past two weeks have articulated his positions on the debt crisis. It's not clear whether they're nudging the needle of public opinion, but they are sparking dialogue: A message by Boehner on Monday drew more than 15,000 comments.
Meanwhile, congressional Democrats have used Facebook to rally opposition to Boehner's debt-ceiling bill. Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, posted a C-SPAN clip of his comments from the House floor, while Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colorado, asked Facebook users to sign his online petition urging Congress to adopt a "sensible" bipartisan solution.
Observers say politicians have embraced social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter because they allow them to communicate directly with constituents without having their messages altered.
"You can convey emotion in a Facebook update or a YouTube video. It offers an authenticity," said Brad Fitch, president of the Congressional Management Foundation, a nonpartisan group dedicated to improving citizen engagement with Congress.
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Sunday, July 31, 2011
Saturday, July 30, 2011
Some 3D video causes eye strain, injure
Certain varieties of 3D displays cause further eye fatigue, consistent with a study printed by the Journal of Vision that was funded partially by Samsung's R&D arm.
A group of researchers from the University of Califonia-Berkeley found that when take a look at subjects watched 3D displays, they reported a lot of eye strain and fatigue and fewer vision with changes thorough of the screen and therefore the depth of the 3D image.Researchers conjointly found the link between image depth and nearness of the screen conjointly played a job in eye strain.
Ars Technica: the long run of lighting
Twenty-four participants within the study were shown 3D video at numerous viewing distances, and then tried and true questionnaires on their eye fatigue, neck and back pain, and vision clarity.
In the video clips, the authors were varying the put concentration, that is that the surface of the screen, and therefore the vergence distance, that is where within the image on that the eyes are fixating. For 2nd video, these points are invariably one and therefore the same, however in 3D video the vergence distance varies, and may be either deeper than the surface of the screen or in front of it.
The participants responded that they experienced a lot of eye strain and fatigue from the video with totally different vergence and focal distances, a feature of 3D that has long been presupposed to cause eye strain (particularly when the 2 distances didn't mimic a practical portrayal of 3 dimensions).
A group of researchers from the University of Califonia-Berkeley found that when take a look at subjects watched 3D displays, they reported a lot of eye strain and fatigue and fewer vision with changes thorough of the screen and therefore the depth of the 3D image.Researchers conjointly found the link between image depth and nearness of the screen conjointly played a job in eye strain.
Ars Technica: the long run of lighting
Twenty-four participants within the study were shown 3D video at numerous viewing distances, and then tried and true questionnaires on their eye fatigue, neck and back pain, and vision clarity.
In the video clips, the authors were varying the put concentration, that is that the surface of the screen, and therefore the vergence distance, that is where within the image on that the eyes are fixating. For 2nd video, these points are invariably one and therefore the same, however in 3D video the vergence distance varies, and may be either deeper than the surface of the screen or in front of it.
The participants responded that they experienced a lot of eye strain and fatigue from the video with totally different vergence and focal distances, a feature of 3D that has long been presupposed to cause eye strain (particularly when the 2 distances didn't mimic a practical portrayal of 3 dimensions).
Friday, July 29, 2011
New iPhone 5 rumors: Leaked case suggests 'radical' redesign
Another week, another spherical of iPhone five rumors. This time, it's a visible case for the unreleased phone that has Apple fans buzzing.
Mobile Fun, a British mobile-phone blog, has posted pictures of what it says is that the style for a next-generation iPhone case leaked "from a Chinese case manufacturer."
The case, and a picture the blog says was later sent to them by another manufacturer, recommend what they decision "massive changes" to the iPhone five, or no matter it'll be referred to as.
Among them: what seems to be a bigger, roughly 4-inch monitor, a curved rear panel additional like earlier iPhones than the iPhone four, and a hole on the rear -- concerning where the Apple emblem is on current phones. Some Apple observers speculate that hole indicates a doable new location for the device's antenna, replacing the iPhone 4's a lot of maligned aspect antenna.
"If these pictures are authentic -- and that we have each reason to believe that they're -- then the iPhone five could be a radical evolution of the iPhone concept, and a much bigger departure from the iPhone four than previous case pictures have shown," the blog post reads.
Mobile Fun, a British mobile-phone blog, has posted pictures of what it says is that the style for a next-generation iPhone case leaked "from a Chinese case manufacturer."
The case, and a picture the blog says was later sent to them by another manufacturer, recommend what they decision "massive changes" to the iPhone five, or no matter it'll be referred to as.
Among them: what seems to be a bigger, roughly 4-inch monitor, a curved rear panel additional like earlier iPhones than the iPhone four, and a hole on the rear -- concerning where the Apple emblem is on current phones. Some Apple observers speculate that hole indicates a doable new location for the device's antenna, replacing the iPhone 4's a lot of maligned aspect antenna.
"If these pictures are authentic -- and that we have each reason to believe that they're -- then the iPhone five could be a radical evolution of the iPhone concept, and a much bigger departure from the iPhone four than previous case pictures have shown," the blog post reads.
Motorola expects to move 1.3 to 1.5 million fake iPads this year
Motorola said on Thursday that it expects to sell one.3 million to one.5 million tablets for the complete year, when selling 440,000 devices within the just-reported second quarter,” Ina Fried reports for AllThingsD.
“In providing steering beside its quarterly results, Motorola said it expects pill sales to drop within the current quarter because its Xoom faces larger competition from a spread of alternative tablets running Google’s Honeycomb operating system and as it prepares new product,” Fried reports. “Average selling costs have conjointly dropped, partially because the company has cut costs.”
Fried reports, “Speaking on the company’s conference decision with analysts, CEO Sanjay Jha conjointly commented on the corporate’s patent portfolio within the wake of investor Carl Icahn suggesting the company think about selling off a number of its patents. Noting the corporate has quite seventeen,000 patents granted and over seven,000 patents pending, Jha said the corporate is often reviewing its choices. With new corporations coming into the mobile house, he said, ‘our patent portfolio in increasingly necessary.’”
“In providing steering beside its quarterly results, Motorola said it expects pill sales to drop within the current quarter because its Xoom faces larger competition from a spread of alternative tablets running Google’s Honeycomb operating system and as it prepares new product,” Fried reports. “Average selling costs have conjointly dropped, partially because the company has cut costs.”
Fried reports, “Speaking on the company’s conference decision with analysts, CEO Sanjay Jha conjointly commented on the corporate’s patent portfolio within the wake of investor Carl Icahn suggesting the company think about selling off a number of its patents. Noting the corporate has quite seventeen,000 patents granted and over seven,000 patents pending, Jha said the corporate is often reviewing its choices. With new corporations coming into the mobile house, he said, ‘our patent portfolio in increasingly necessary.’”
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Microsoft delivers near-final Mango to app makers
Following Microsoft's unharness of the Mango update to Windows Phone seven makers yesterday, the corporate nowadays place out a much-updated build of its portable software tools for developers to check their apps on previous a public unharness.
The Windows Phone seven update notice.
(Credit: Microsoft )
On Microsoft's Windows Phone Developer blog, Cliff Simpkins, the senior product manager of Microsoft's Windows Phone cluster notes that Windows Phone SDK seven.1 "beta two refresh" is pretty near the ultimate version of the software it released yesterday, though it's being thought of a unharness candidate.
Why is it not identical version makers got yesterday? Simpkins says development kit could be a mixture of each the OS and also the tools, which to induce them prepared for this unharness, they were operating off a rather older "snapshot." Nonetheless, Simpkins says, the APIs are identical ones that may show up within the final build, which means developers will prep their applications to figure, then get them on their thanks to bear Microsoft's certification method previous Mango's unharness within the fall.
"What we have a tendency to are providing could be a real unharness candidate build, with enough code checked in and APIs locked down that this OS is shut enough to RTM that, as a developer, it's quite capable to visualize you thru the upcoming RC drop of the tools and app submission," Simpkins wrote.
Mango is that the initial major system software update to hit Microsoft's Windows Phone seven platform since an interim unharness close to the tip of March that added copy-and-paste functionality, improved marketplace search, and enabled faster app loading. Microsoft isn't counting Mango as an all-new version of the platform, one thing the corporate has not however mentioned.
Mango, that brings multitasking and an entire overhaul of the built-in web Explorer internet browser, was initial mentioned in February, at Mobile World Congress. 2 months later, Microsoft took the wraps off all the planned options, promising to deliver it within the fall (go here for a CNET hands-on with the software).
Microsoft started distributing a beta version of Mango to mobile developers at the tip of last month so they might take a look at their applications for compatibility with the new options and back-end changes. The new software represents a month's value of extra engineering work, Simpkins said.
Read more: more news
The Windows Phone seven update notice.
(Credit: Microsoft )
On Microsoft's Windows Phone Developer blog, Cliff Simpkins, the senior product manager of Microsoft's Windows Phone cluster notes that Windows Phone SDK seven.1 "beta two refresh" is pretty near the ultimate version of the software it released yesterday, though it's being thought of a unharness candidate.
Why is it not identical version makers got yesterday? Simpkins says development kit could be a mixture of each the OS and also the tools, which to induce them prepared for this unharness, they were operating off a rather older "snapshot." Nonetheless, Simpkins says, the APIs are identical ones that may show up within the final build, which means developers will prep their applications to figure, then get them on their thanks to bear Microsoft's certification method previous Mango's unharness within the fall.
"What we have a tendency to are providing could be a real unharness candidate build, with enough code checked in and APIs locked down that this OS is shut enough to RTM that, as a developer, it's quite capable to visualize you thru the upcoming RC drop of the tools and app submission," Simpkins wrote.
Mango is that the initial major system software update to hit Microsoft's Windows Phone seven platform since an interim unharness close to the tip of March that added copy-and-paste functionality, improved marketplace search, and enabled faster app loading. Microsoft isn't counting Mango as an all-new version of the platform, one thing the corporate has not however mentioned.
Mango, that brings multitasking and an entire overhaul of the built-in web Explorer internet browser, was initial mentioned in February, at Mobile World Congress. 2 months later, Microsoft took the wraps off all the planned options, promising to deliver it within the fall (go here for a CNET hands-on with the software).
Microsoft started distributing a beta version of Mango to mobile developers at the tip of last month so they might take a look at their applications for compatibility with the new options and back-end changes. The new software represents a month's value of extra engineering work, Simpkins said.
Read more: more news
Leaked Photos of Low Cost iPhone 4 Prototype
A series of pictures of what are claimed to be a prototype lower-cost iPhone four are posted to Vietnamese website Tinhte.vn. the photographs are said to come back from a "very reliable source" and are said to represent a lower-cost version of the iPhone four. Machine translation describes an iPhone four however using plastic rather than glass to lower costs:
For more information, to convey to you that this team, faster than the iPhone 4, lower weight, and two front and rear window seems to be running apparently been replaced by two plates made of plastic, and a feeling of sadness, the iPhone 4 .
Vinhte.vn is notable for being one in every of the sites with early access to at least one of the first iPhone four prototypes. They've conjointly posted photos and video from an iPod bit prototype with camera yet as sixty four GB White iPhone four running a special version of iOS four with Expose-like multitasking.
There has been speculation concerning the likelihood of 2 new iPhone models this year, together with a less expensive model alongside the iPhone five. The role of the cheaper model would be to penetrate the mid vary smartphone market with another device. the prevailing iPhone four could also be too expensive to supply as is to fill this gap.
Update: Some suggest that the device is simply a jailbroken iPhone 4 in normal, opaque film, front and rear protection, or one of the first pieces of plastic conversion kit for the iPhone in black and white 4-piece change. Although none of these explanations may be true, the authors seem to believe that the device really is, and his testimony is available on the iPhone 4 prototypes before the introduction of a prototype device and other devices increases the weight of the arguments IOS.
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Google+ Traffic, Audience Time Drop
+ Google suffered a setback a month after a huge increase. + Google traffic fell last week, time spent on site, according to Experian Hitwise.
Hitwise said that the Traffic + Google fell 3 percent to 1.79 million users in the United States the week ending 23 July after rising 283 percent in the previous week. Average time spent on Google + is about 10 per cent for 5 minutes and 15 seconds, reports Bloomberg.
Estimated to require a big star Hitwise: Hitwise is not measured by visits, mobile applications, or API, so that everyone use the iPhone and Google Android + does not count. Since the application for the iPhone + Google launched last week and as soon as graphs to supplement the App Store, there's a good chance that mobile users move to Hitwise reported losses. Google has also removed from the accounts and false names, which may affect the loss.
However, for services that only a month, drop in Internet traffic is a problem, and commitment. + Google seems to be suffering the same growing pains, such as Twitter, which many people want services to see what is in fashion, but quickly lose interest. This is certainly what we see with family and friends who joined Google +, but it soon became active users after.
However, it differs from Google + Twitter, which is designed to connect to other Google services, that many people already use on a regular basis. As I said, if the 20 million + users in Google, possible service is its ability to expand the social circles of users with products such as Gmail, Google Docs, Google and YouTube. In addition, game + Google also inevitable that people were coming back. And, of course, Google + by invitation only, to limit the number of people who can join the service.
So, do not sound alarms at the moment. + Google still has a lot of potential, but the people are separated from the early days of Facebook and Twitter will not be easy .
Hitwise said that the Traffic + Google fell 3 percent to 1.79 million users in the United States the week ending 23 July after rising 283 percent in the previous week. Average time spent on Google + is about 10 per cent for 5 minutes and 15 seconds, reports Bloomberg.
Estimated to require a big star Hitwise: Hitwise is not measured by visits, mobile applications, or API, so that everyone use the iPhone and Google Android + does not count. Since the application for the iPhone + Google launched last week and as soon as graphs to supplement the App Store, there's a good chance that mobile users move to Hitwise reported losses. Google has also removed from the accounts and false names, which may affect the loss.
However, for services that only a month, drop in Internet traffic is a problem, and commitment. + Google seems to be suffering the same growing pains, such as Twitter, which many people want services to see what is in fashion, but quickly lose interest. This is certainly what we see with family and friends who joined Google +, but it soon became active users after.
However, it differs from Google + Twitter, which is designed to connect to other Google services, that many people already use on a regular basis. As I said, if the 20 million + users in Google, possible service is its ability to expand the social circles of users with products such as Gmail, Google Docs, Google and YouTube. In addition, game + Google also inevitable that people were coming back. And, of course, Google + by invitation only, to limit the number of people who can join the service.
So, do not sound alarms at the moment. + Google still has a lot of potential, but the people are separated from the early days of Facebook and Twitter will not be easy .
Amazon temporarily suspends sales of Nintendo 3DS
(CNN) -- Amazon on Monday briefly suspended sales of the Nintendo 3DS, the 3D handheld video game console, on its widespread marketplace web site.
A note Monday on the page for a minimum of one version of the device said the item was below review and not currently offered by Amazon. It might are be ordered at any time from third-party sellers who use the location. An Amazon spokeswoman said the corporate received client feedback that "there could also be a list issue" with the Cosmo Black Nintendo 3DS. "The integrity of the merchandise isn't below review," she said in an e-mail.
The device seemed to go offline mid-morning Monday. The spokeswoman said it had been reinstated shortly before four p.m. ET.Nintendo of America issued the subsequent e-mail statement Monday evening when the reinstatement: "An internal Amazon.com shipping issue triggered a short hold on orders of Nintendo 3DS systems whereas matters was reviewed, as is common in such matters. Amazon.com resolved the problem, and Nintendo 3DS orders have resumed. There aren't any problems with Nintendo 3DS inventory or quality. for extra info concerning this incident, please contact Amazon.com."
Customers were continuously ready to purchase the Aqua Blue version of the gaming device, additional suggesting that it wasn't an actual drawback with the device that Amazon was monitoring.The note that appeared on the black Nintendo 3DS page said the action was taken "because customers have told us there could also be one thing wrong with our inventory of the item, the approach we have a tendency to are shipping it, or the approach it's described here." Out of 359 reviews on the page, twenty eight rated the 3DS with one star. Complaints vary from technical issues with the hand held device to an absence of games to the now-familiar issue of headaches when taking part in.
A note Monday on the page for a minimum of one version of the device said the item was below review and not currently offered by Amazon. It might are be ordered at any time from third-party sellers who use the location. An Amazon spokeswoman said the corporate received client feedback that "there could also be a list issue" with the Cosmo Black Nintendo 3DS. "The integrity of the merchandise isn't below review," she said in an e-mail.
The device seemed to go offline mid-morning Monday. The spokeswoman said it had been reinstated shortly before four p.m. ET.Nintendo of America issued the subsequent e-mail statement Monday evening when the reinstatement: "An internal Amazon.com shipping issue triggered a short hold on orders of Nintendo 3DS systems whereas matters was reviewed, as is common in such matters. Amazon.com resolved the problem, and Nintendo 3DS orders have resumed. There aren't any problems with Nintendo 3DS inventory or quality. for extra info concerning this incident, please contact Amazon.com."
Customers were continuously ready to purchase the Aqua Blue version of the gaming device, additional suggesting that it wasn't an actual drawback with the device that Amazon was monitoring.The note that appeared on the black Nintendo 3DS page said the action was taken "because customers have told us there could also be one thing wrong with our inventory of the item, the approach we have a tendency to are shipping it, or the approach it's described here." Out of 359 reviews on the page, twenty eight rated the 3DS with one star. Complaints vary from technical issues with the hand held device to an absence of games to the now-familiar issue of headaches when taking part in.
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Apple's Existing Mac Lines Tweaked for OS X Lion
Apple's new MacBook Air and Mac mini, Mac OS X, Leon last week, the company has updated its other lines of selling Macs with Leon. However, Apple has a little "more than the models of the operating system, compared with details MacTrast Leon MacBook Pro preinstalled second the MacBook Pro bought a few months ago has changed.
The distinction between the 2 versions is straight away obvious from the merchandise packaging, because the design currently shows a machine with the OS X Lion default desktop image instead of the Mac OS X Snow Leopard one. Apple has additionally tweaked half numbers and manuals to mirror the modification to Lion.
And as you can see whatever will convert the company quietly set the MacBook Pro keyboard, press the function key F3 is the Transmission Control Expos, and Dashboard Launchpad F4 key for Apple keyboards.
Finally, Apple now not includes restore discs of any kind, a move that would cause difficulties for the occasional user who finds the requirement or need to perform a clean install of Lion on a clean laborious drive. Apple's new MacBook Air and Mac mini models support a Lion feature referred to as net Recovery that permits the operating system to be reinstalled to a clean laborious drive, however alternative current hardware currently shipping with Lion doesn't support the feature.
For its part, Apple has not even sharing the user's hard drives in most computers and users are aware of the failure of the hard drives through Apple's replacement during the warranty period of one year, under what circumstances Apple, of course, install a replacement device in Leon . But other factors, Apple has become clear to the user to perform new installations of OS X, Lion of the new hard disk itself. To publish Leon-inch USB floppy drive next month will be to provide a solution to the problem, but it is a separate purchase of $ 69 for users who already have access to cars through the purchase of Leon .
Thursday, July 21, 2011
AMD revenue drops as CEO search continues
Advanced Micro Devices sales in the second quarter of fiscal 2011 years sunk to seek a new CEO continues, the company said on Thursday.
The company reported net sales of EUR 1.570 billion for the quarter ended July 2 fell 5 percent in the second quarter last year. The decline was consistent with a decrease in revenue 5 per cent is expected by analysts polled Thomson Reuters.
Non-GAAP net profit of AMD's $ 70 million, compared to net income of $ 83 million the quarter a year earlier. Earnings per share were $ 0.09, while analysts to $ 0.08 EPS non-GAAP. Expenditure on fixed assets GLOBALFOUNDRIES, the company booked a net profit of $ 61 million a GAAP basis, improvement of $ 43 million loss a year earlier.
Search for a company position in the Director-General will be transmitted by telephone conference, to discuss second quarter financial results, the AMD spokesman said. Connection will be held.
CEO of AMD has not found a more than six months Dirk Meyer, the former president, resigned in January after the quarrel about the government's strategy for mobile. Thomas Seifert, Chief Financial Officer, assumed interim CEO after the resignation of Meyer.
AMD has been criticized for slowness to identify growth pills and so far no reported changes in strategy quickly adapt to the rapidly growing smartphone market, or tablets. Was in a hurry to launch the first dedicated chip tablets in June and will continue to create products and PC servers as expected.
Many of the leaders to avoid taking up the post of Director-General, to newspaper reports. The candidate list is approached by William Nuti President of NCR Corp., AMD, Pat Gelsinger, Intel chief technology officer and a former vice-president and now the Chief Operating Officer of EMC, Apple's COO Tim Cook and Mark Hurd, Oracle joined as co-chair in September after the victims as CEO of Hewlett-Packard.
Income from Software Solutions business, which deals with the chips, was $ 1.2 billion, and is flat from year to year. Net sales of $ 367 million segment graph of $ 440 million last year, due to low demand for graphics cards.
AMD earlier this year began shipping chips to Fusion, which combines a graphics processor and CPU on one chip. Mainstream PCs based on AMD's latest chips, called Fusion Llano began to appear in the second quarter between $ 500 and $ 700. AMD later this year to begin chips for servers based on the new microarchitecture, Bulldozer.
AMD microprocessor revenue market share lost to rival Intel in the first quarter of this year, according to iSuppli IHS. Part of Intel's microprocessor revenue was 82.6 per cent, 80.6 per cent in the first quarter of last year, while revenue from the AMD microprocessor market share fell to 10.1 per cent compared to 11.8 percent.
AMD expects third-quarter sales rose 10 percent, plus or minus 2 percent in the second quarter .
The company reported net sales of EUR 1.570 billion for the quarter ended July 2 fell 5 percent in the second quarter last year. The decline was consistent with a decrease in revenue 5 per cent is expected by analysts polled Thomson Reuters.
Non-GAAP net profit of AMD's $ 70 million, compared to net income of $ 83 million the quarter a year earlier. Earnings per share were $ 0.09, while analysts to $ 0.08 EPS non-GAAP. Expenditure on fixed assets GLOBALFOUNDRIES, the company booked a net profit of $ 61 million a GAAP basis, improvement of $ 43 million loss a year earlier.
Search for a company position in the Director-General will be transmitted by telephone conference, to discuss second quarter financial results, the AMD spokesman said. Connection will be held.
CEO of AMD has not found a more than six months Dirk Meyer, the former president, resigned in January after the quarrel about the government's strategy for mobile. Thomas Seifert, Chief Financial Officer, assumed interim CEO after the resignation of Meyer.
AMD has been criticized for slowness to identify growth pills and so far no reported changes in strategy quickly adapt to the rapidly growing smartphone market, or tablets. Was in a hurry to launch the first dedicated chip tablets in June and will continue to create products and PC servers as expected.
Many of the leaders to avoid taking up the post of Director-General, to newspaper reports. The candidate list is approached by William Nuti President of NCR Corp., AMD, Pat Gelsinger, Intel chief technology officer and a former vice-president and now the Chief Operating Officer of EMC, Apple's COO Tim Cook and Mark Hurd, Oracle joined as co-chair in September after the victims as CEO of Hewlett-Packard.
Income from Software Solutions business, which deals with the chips, was $ 1.2 billion, and is flat from year to year. Net sales of $ 367 million segment graph of $ 440 million last year, due to low demand for graphics cards.
AMD earlier this year began shipping chips to Fusion, which combines a graphics processor and CPU on one chip. Mainstream PCs based on AMD's latest chips, called Fusion Llano began to appear in the second quarter between $ 500 and $ 700. AMD later this year to begin chips for servers based on the new microarchitecture, Bulldozer.
AMD microprocessor revenue market share lost to rival Intel in the first quarter of this year, according to iSuppli IHS. Part of Intel's microprocessor revenue was 82.6 per cent, 80.6 per cent in the first quarter of last year, while revenue from the AMD microprocessor market share fell to 10.1 per cent compared to 11.8 percent.
AMD expects third-quarter sales rose 10 percent, plus or minus 2 percent in the second quarter .
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Lenovo Launches Three New Tablets
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC – 7/20/2011: Lenovo nowadays announced its 1st family of tablets – the IdeaPad* pill K1 for customers, the ThinkPad* pill for business customers, and therefore the IdeaPad pill P1 for home and workplace use. The new Lenovo IdeaPad pill K1 and ThinkPad Tablets are the Company’s 1st mobile web devices that includes the Android^ three.1 platform, and therefore the IdeaPad pill K1 is that the industry’s 1st Android-powered pill certified to deliver Netflix* video streaming. The Android-powered Lenovo tablets conjointly give access to quite 250,000 apps in Android Market^ still as apps tested for the Lenovo device within the Lenovo App look.*
Tablets are very personal technology devices. That’s why we’ve created a family of tablets that has one thing for everybody, as well as entertainment-friendly options and content for customers, or business-friendly options to reinforce productivity for professionals still as security and manageability for IT managers,” said Liu Jun, senior vice chairman and president, Mobile web Digital Home business cluster, Lenovo. “So whether or not it’s the IdeaPad for entertainment or the ThinkPad for business, we've got listened to our customers and are delivering Android-powered tablets designed to satisfy their specific desires."
Tablets are very personal technology devices. That’s why we’ve created a family of tablets that has one thing for everybody, as well as entertainment-friendly options and content for customers, or business-friendly options to reinforce productivity for professionals still as security and manageability for IT managers,” said Liu Jun, senior vice chairman and president, Mobile web Digital Home business cluster, Lenovo. “So whether or not it’s the IdeaPad for entertainment or the ThinkPad for business, we've got listened to our customers and are delivering Android-powered tablets designed to satisfy their specific desires."
Netflix Anyone?
As the 1st Honeycomb tablets certified for Netflix, Lenovo tablets will facilitate flip each night into “movie night.” With HDMI output and Digital Rights Management (DRM) engineered directly into the IdeaPad and ThinkPad tablets, Netflix members will instantly watch movies and television shows streaming from Netflix on to an enormous screen TV,
“We’re terribly excited to examine that TV shows and flicks streaming from Netflix are on the market on Lenovo’s family of Android-powered tablets,” said Bill Holmes, Netflix vice chairman of Business Development. “This isn't solely a crucial development for our company as we have a tendency to request to expand the advantages of our services to a lot of individuals, however conjointly means shoppers currently have bigger alternative in choosing a pill device that most closely fits their entertainment wants.”
NVIDIA Anyone?
Building on Lenovo’s heritage of innovation, quality and reliability in PCs, Lenovo’s new tablets deliver an accelerated mobile expertise. The IdeaPad and ThinkPad tablets feature NVIDIA* Tegra* two dual-core mobile processors that supply extreme multitasking, noticeably faster net browsing with built-in Adobe* Flash* Player, console-quality gaming and low power consumption for improved battery life.
“The Tegra a pair of twin core processor is that the excellent match for Lenovo’s tablets,” said Michael Rayfield, general manager, Mobile Business, NVIDIA. “Consumers will currently relish the entire internet with Flash, console quality gaming, high definition video, and streaming Netflix. These are a requirement have for today’s tablets.”
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Will Bill Gates Build Toilet 2.0?
As Bill Gates leaves Microsoft to life of philanthropy, presented many billions of valuable things. In February 2011 for example, Bill Gates donated $ 100 million program of vaccination against polio throughout the world.
Well, this is further proof that Gates 2.0 is compatible with good ideas: Reports now retired tech mogul wants to "come up with the bathroom" to developing countries, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation recognized. joint German government to improve sanitation in poor urban areas. German taxpayers to contribute $ 10 million 5-year project, which aims to create a sanitation 800 000 people in Kenya, as well as drinking water, 200,000 people.
Time article, originally published in Die Welt, includes shocking statistics of UNICEF: 1.1 million people worldwide have no access to the bathroom. Health waste or other body. These poor sanitation and contaminated drinking water can cause diarrhea.
Good toilet?
Unfortunately, the company has been tested in developed countries is too limited to waste in the poorer areas of water sources. Department of Water and Sanitation Gates Foundation has prepared two options.
Low-tech solution to support the construction of latrines free bathroom area. The second project provides grants to researchers to find creative ways to eliminate waste.
Some of the cunning and the 'last toilet "are:
Add dry toilets that do not use water to clean and separated from the number 2 number 1 dry bulk
Using bacteria to convert waste to compost
Construction of the toilet, which in turn urine into drinking water
Use of powdered human urine nitrogen fertilizers
One of the biggest challenges is to get people in rural areas and slums, in addition to swimming is a good idea to use .
Well, this is further proof that Gates 2.0 is compatible with good ideas: Reports now retired tech mogul wants to "come up with the bathroom" to developing countries, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation recognized. joint German government to improve sanitation in poor urban areas. German taxpayers to contribute $ 10 million 5-year project, which aims to create a sanitation 800 000 people in Kenya, as well as drinking water, 200,000 people.
Time article, originally published in Die Welt, includes shocking statistics of UNICEF: 1.1 million people worldwide have no access to the bathroom. Health waste or other body. These poor sanitation and contaminated drinking water can cause diarrhea.
Good toilet?
Unfortunately, the company has been tested in developed countries is too limited to waste in the poorer areas of water sources. Department of Water and Sanitation Gates Foundation has prepared two options.
Low-tech solution to support the construction of latrines free bathroom area. The second project provides grants to researchers to find creative ways to eliminate waste.
Some of the cunning and the 'last toilet "are:
Add dry toilets that do not use water to clean and separated from the number 2 number 1 dry bulk
Using bacteria to convert waste to compost
Construction of the toilet, which in turn urine into drinking water
Use of powdered human urine nitrogen fertilizers
One of the biggest challenges is to get people in rural areas and slums, in addition to swimming is a good idea to use .
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