PromovareGoogle.ro vine in sprijinul propietarilor de afaceri pe Internet cu ultimele noutati legate de Google si promovarea site-urilor web in Google. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/ Thu, 23 Feb 2012 04:57:07 +0200 contact@promovaregoogle.ro (Contact promovaregoogle) 115 15 http://www.seomaxim.ro/content/images/logo_seomaxim.png http://www.seomaxim.ro/ http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/de-ce-au-magistratii-romani-viza-de-europa/ de-ce-au-magistratii-romani-viza-de-europa Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:03:27 +0200 Eu nu cred ca magistratii romani merita aceleasi drepturi cetatenesti precum ceilalti romani. In 2007, ne-am integrat in Europa fara ei.De ce nu sunt trimisi sa stea la cozile non-EU alaturi de chinezi, africani, thailandezi, ucrainieni, turci, indieni si restu' popoarelor din afara Europei? N-ar fi motivatie mai buna decat asteptarea la o coada non-EU in aeroport. Mai ales ca vin sarbatorile si concediile de iarna, pe care Doamne-Fereste! niciun magistrat mai acatarii nu si le face in Romania. Numai la gandul vacantelor ratate si sa vezi atunci imbold pentru reformare si performanta in justitie.Europa ii respinge ca breasla inca de la aderarea din 2007 care s-a semnat cu conditia ca magistratii romani sa performeze cert si credibil. Dupa cinci ani, ei sunt in continuare monitorizati, netrecuti clasa, neintegrati. Ba mai mult, fiindca magistratii romani nu sunt deloc credibili, Olanda blocheaza abuziv intrarea Romaniei in spatiul Schengen pe motive de justitie defecta. Poti sa-i contrazici pe olandezi? Cu ce sunt eu vinovat de performanta lamentabila a unor procurori si judecatori?Pe pasapoartele lor ar trebui sa fie acolo o dunga ceva, un asterisc de clasificare drept "magistrat roman". La care vamesu' ungur, francez, englez, neamt sau italian sa ii trimita cu actele doveditoare la coada de non-EU. Sa umble liber prin Europa dupa ce aplica pentru viza, ca pe vremurile in care au ramas blocati. Sa stea acolo in aeroport la coada de unde apartin, printre papornitele africanilor si ale indienilor. Sa stea cu motoru' pornit in vama asteptandu-si locul dupa tirurile turcilor, nu sa treaca ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/eric-schmidt-google-va-lansa-in-cel-mult-sase-luni-o-tableta-de-cea-mai-buna-calitate/ eric-schmidt-google-va-lansa-in-cel-mult-sase-luni-o-tableta-de-cea-mai-buna-calitate Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:03:21 +0200 ​Google va lansa in cel mult sase luni o tableta de "cea mai buna calitate" a spus presedintele executiv al companiei, Eric Schmidt, oferind o confirmare intr-unul dintre cele mai discutate subiecte: o tableta sub brandul Google. Declaratiile au fost facute in Corriere della Sera, iar presa americana le preia si noteaza ca poate fi vorba de o tableta "stil Nexus", Google avand deja experienta fiindca s-au lansat mai multe telefoane sub acest brand, ultimul fiind cu Samsung.S-a scris si in 2010 si in 2011 ca Google va lansa o tableta sub brandul propriu, insa multe versiuni anterioare de Android nu erau optimizate si pentru tablete, iar aplicatiile nu functionau corespunzator. Google promite insa ca lucrurile s-au schimbat odata cu lansarea noii versiuni Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) care a fost prezentata in toamna si intra pe smartphone-uri, dar si pe tablete.  Android 4.0 este prezent pe cel mai nou telefon Google Nexus produs de Samsung, terminal cu ecran de 4,65 inch, camera video de 5 MP ce poate filma la 1080 p si procesor de 1.2GHz, caracteristici nu foarte slabe in comparatie cu unele tabelete prezente pe piata.Android este sistemul de operare cu cea mai mare cota de piata la smartphone-uri, trimestrul trecut s-au vandut 60 de milioane unitati conform datelor Gartner, dar tabletele cu Android sunt inca la un nivel scazut de vanzari. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-vrea-sa-scoata-pe-piata-o-tableta-si-ameninta-apple-cu-o-concurenta-brutala/ google-vrea-sa-scoata-pe-piata-o-tableta-si-ameninta-apple-cu-o-concurenta-brutala Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:03:15 +0200 Google vrea să scoată pe piaţă în următoarele şase luni o tabletă "de cea mai înaltă calitate" şi va concura "brutal" Apple pe piaţa smartphone-urilor, potrivit declaraţiilor preşedintelui executiv al companiei, Eric Schmidt. Într-un interviu acordat ziarului italian Corriere della Sera, Schmidt observă că "problemele Europei reflectă dificultăţile adaptării la o nouă realitate". "Cred că politicul din Italia, Europa, şi într-o oarecare măsură şi din SUA, nu a reuşit să se concentreze pe provocările viitorului. Iau în principal decizii tactice, în pofida importanţei chestiunilor: pensii, susţinerea euro. Însă problema reală este cea a competitivităţii globale, una din care nu ne putem retrage. Să zicem că eşti Italia şi produci ceva grozav, însă chinezii încep să o facă mai bine decât tine - atunci nu mai ai alternativă, trebuie să schimbi ceva", a comentat şeful Google. În privinţa noii tablete, nu este clar dacă Google va organiza o campanie de marketing pe o gamă de produse la care vor participa toţi partenerii hardware ai companiei sau dacă va apărea o tabletă proprie, similară sau chiar încadrată în gama de smartphone-uri Nexus, potrivit Engadget. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/bancherii-americani-incearca-sa-demonteze-atacurile-imbecileimpotriva-bogatilor-nu-pot-intelege-mentalitatea-ca-oricine-are-succes-sau-este-bogat-este-rau/ bancherii-americani-incearca-sa-demonteze-atacurile-imbecileimpotriva-bogatilor-nu-pot-intelege-mentalitatea-ca-oricine-are-succes-sau-este-bogat-este-rau Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:02:49 +0200 Tot mai mulţi bancheri din Statele Unite încearcă să demonteze atacurile calificate drept "imbecile" din partea participanţilor la mişcarea "Ocupaţi Wall Street", împotriva celor mai bogaţi 1% dintre americani, relatează Bloomberg. "Nu pot înţelege mentalitatea că oricine are succes este rău sau că oricine este bogat este rău. Uneori există un singur măr stricat, dar denigrăm pe toată lumea", a declarat Jamie Dimon, directorul general al JP Morgan, la o conferinţă la New York. Dimon este cel mai bine plătit director de bancă, în rândul şefilor celor mai mari şase instituţii financiare din Statele Unite. În 2010, Dimon a primit compensaţii de 23 de milioane de dolari. Şeful JP Morgan s-a alăturat astfel altor miliardari, între care managerul de fonduri John Paulson şi co-fondatorul Home Depot, Bernard Marcus, în folosirea discursurilor, scrisorilor deschise şi a apariţiilor televizate pentru a se apăra de atacurile demonstranţilor din mişcarea "Ocupaţi Wall Street" împotriva celor mai bogaţi americani. "Dacă oamenii de afaceri de succes nu ies în public să îşi prezinte poveştile şi să vorbească despre problemele lor atunci îşi vor merita soarta", a spus Marcus, în vârstă de 82 de ani, fondator al companiei de consultanţă Job Creators Alliance. El a adăugat că nu se teme că va deveni o ţintă a protestelor. "Cui îi pasă de nişte imbecili. Vă bateţi joc de mine?", a spus el. Firma sa a acordat consultanţă în această lună lui John A.Allison, director al BB&T, a noua mare bancă din SUA, şi co-fondatorului companiei Staples, Thomas Stemberg, pentru apariţiile publice. Stemberg şi Allison au criticat un proiect de ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/saxo-bank-cele-mai-socante-10-predictii-pentru-2012/ saxo-bank-cele-mai-socante-10-predictii-pentru-2012 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:02:22 +0200 Australia va intra in recesiune, 50 de banci centrale ar putea fi nationalizate in Europa, iar actiunile Apple vor scadea cu 50% fata de valoarea de varf a anului 2011. Acestea sunt doar cateva dintre predictiile socante ale Saxo Bank pentru 2012."Predictiile Socante au fost pregatite in spiritul incurajarii investitorilor sa gandeasca outside the box si sa se pregateasca pentru evenimente surprinzatoare. A gandi outside the box este rareori un exercitiu confortabil, dar la fel de neplacut este sa te trezesti cu o surpriza urata pentru care nu erai pregatit deloc", explica Steen Jakobsen, Chief Economist la Saxo Bank.Daca se vor adeveri cateva dintre ele, 2012 va deveni un an de cotitura. Ne dorim sa nu avem dreptate in judecatile noastre negative, insa asta se va intampla numai daca se va schimba ceva in paradigma manipulata de guverne si bancile centrale."În raportul "Predictii Socante", Saxo Bank se concentrează pe evenimente putin probabil să aibă loc, dar care sunt mai posibile decât îi place pietei să creadă. Predictiile nu sunt prognoze în adevăratul sens al cuvântului, dar sunt importante pentru investitori care ar trebui să le acorde o oarecare importantă. Oricare dintre ele s-ar întâmpla, ar avea un impact semnificativ asupra pietei.Predictiile Socante ale Saxo Bank pentru 2012 1. Actiunile Apple Inc vor scădea cu 50 de procente fată de vârful atins în 2011  Apple se va confrunta în 2012 cu o concurentă acerbă din partea competitorilor Google, Amazon, Microsoft/Nokia si Samsung pe câteva dintre cele mai competitive produse ale sale, dar mai ales pe iPhone si ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-a-fost-dat-in-judecata-de-operatorul-britanic-de-telecomunicatii-bt/ google-a-fost-dat-in-judecata-de-operatorul-britanic-de-telecomunicatii-bt Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:02:13 +0200 Operatorul britanic de telecomunicaţii BT a dat în judecată Google în Statele Unite, pentru încălcarea unor patente în domenii precum serviciile mobile de accesare a hărţilor. BT a declanşat acţiunea la un tribunal din Delaware. Reclamaţia se referă la şase pantente care ar fi fost încălcate de Google, potrivit BT, de servicii precum platforma Android, Google Maps, Google Music, servicii de publicitate, gmail şi alte produse. "Este vorba de protejarea investiţiei BT în drepturile de proprietate intelectuală şi inovaţie. Credem că avem un caz solid", se arată într-un comunicat al grupului britanic. La nivelul industriei de telecomunicaţii au loc numeroase conflicte referitoare la patente, în condiţiile în care mulţi operatori, producători de telefoane mobile şi furnizori de conţinut încearcă să ofere servicii atractive, cum sunt cele de accesare a hărţilor sau divertisment. Grupul Google este deja implicat în mai multe astfel de dispute cu companii precum Apple, Microsoft şi Oracle. Un purtător de cuvânt al Google a declarat că acuzaţiile sunt lipsite de fundament. BT a anunţat că deţine în total un portofoliu de circa 5.600 de patente şi aplicaţii, iar în anul financiar trecut a cerut protejarea prin patente a 62 de invenţii. Grupul britanic este a cincea mare companie care a dat în judecată Google pentru încălcarea de patente. În august, Google a anunţat că a convenit preluarea Motorola Mobility pentru 12,5 miliarde de dolari, cea mai mare achiziţie din istoria sa, în parte pentru a se proteja de atacurile agresive în justiţie. Motorola are unul dintre cele mai mari portofolii de patente din industria de telefonie mobilă. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/ce-plus-aduce-google-retelei-sale-de-socializare/ ce-plus-aduce-google-retelei-sale-de-socializare Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:02:02 +0200 Google a anunţat câteva funcţii noi pentru reţeaua de socializare Google Plus, printre care un buton de "volum", care permite reducerea la tăcere a utilizatorilor enervanţi, scrie Business Insider. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/the-top-10-tech-trends-for-2012/ the-top-10-tech-trends-for-2012 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:01:03 +0200 Editor's note: Pete Cashmore is founder and CEO of Mashable, a popular blog about tech news and digital culture. He writes regular columns about social media and tech for CNN.com. (CNN) -- From the continuing rise of tablet devices to the daily-deals craze and the return of the Internet IPO, 2011 has been a transformative year for technology. The pace of change has become blisteringly fast, with traditional industries -- bookstores, video-rental chains, newspapers -- crumbling more quickly than we could have imagined. Predicting what will happen in 2012, therefore, is a shot in the dark: A year is virtually a lifetime in the digital era. And yet we can at least make a guess at what will happen in the early part of next year simply by looking at the trends that are shaping the latter half of this year. Here's my best estimate of some of the innovation we'll see in 2012: 1. Touch computing New input methods will be the dominant trend of 2012. Tablet computers such as the iPad might seem like a nice alternative to desktop and laptop computers, but I believe they're more than that: They're replacements. Just as the command line (remember that?) gave way to graphical user interfaces, so the mouse will be superseded by touchscreens. The signs are obvious: Windows 8 and Mac OS X Lion, the latest desktop operating systems, borrow heavy from their mobile counterparts. These new interfaces essentially impose a touchscreen-inspired interface over the traditional desktop environment. Over time, this half-step will become a whole one, and mobile operating systems will ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/zynga-compania-cunoscuta-pentru-jocul-farmvillea-strans-un-miliard-de-dolari-din-oferta-publica-initiala/ zynga-compania-cunoscuta-pentru-jocul-farmvillea-strans-un-miliard-de-dolari-din-oferta-publica-initiala Sat, 17 Dec 2011 00:03:09 +0200 ​Zynga, companie cunoscuta pentru jocurile realizate pentru Facebook, a strans un miliard de dolari din IPO-ul de intrare pe bursa americana, compania fiind evaluata la sapte miliarde dolari, scrie Bloomberg. Zynga devine compania de internet care a strans cel mai mult dintr-un IPO in ultimii sapte ani, Google reusind 1,9 miliarde dolari la intrarea sa pe bursa in 2004. Actiunile Zynga sunt tranzactionate de vineri pe NASDAQ, compania s-a infiintat in 2004, iar datele arata ca peste 200 milioane de useri joaca "CityVille," "FarmVille" si "Mafia Wars".Zynga a pus pe piata 100 de milioane de actiuni a 10 dolari fiecare, reprezentand 14% din totalul actiunilor. Astfel, compania specializata in realizarea de jocuri pentru retele sociale, este evaluata la sapte miliarde dolari, suma considerata de multi ca fiind exagerat de mare.Zynga s-a infiintat in 2007, are 3.000 de angajati, iar jocurile sale devenite celebre datorita integrarii lor in Facebook sunt jucate de peste 200 de milioane de utilizatori. Multe voci din piata spun ca astfel de companii sunt prea "umflate" in ceea ce priveste valoarea si se intreaba daca valoarea actiunilor nu se va prabusi rapid, mai ales ca vorbim de o companie care a crescut foarte repede, dar poate sa si scada la fel de usor.Recent a intrat pe piata Groupon care a strans mai putin decat Zynga din IPO, dar toata lumea asteapta ca in 2012 sa intre pe bursa Facebook, evaluata la 100 miliarde dolari. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/producatorul-de-jocuri-pe-facebook-zynga-a-obtinut-1-mld-de-dolari-printr-o-oferta-publica-initiala/ producatorul-de-jocuri-pe-facebook-zynga-a-obtinut-1-mld-de-dolari-printr-o-oferta-publica-initiala Sat, 17 Dec 2011 00:03:01 +0200 Zynga, cel mai mare producător de jocuri pentru Facebook, a obţinut 1 miliard de dolari printr-o ofertă publică iniţială, cea mai mare vânzare de acest tip efectuată de o companie americană de Internet după ce Google a atras 1,9 miliarde dolari în 2004. Oferta evaluează Zynga la 7 miliarde de dolari, de 6,8 ori veniturile anului încheiat la sfârşitul lui septembrie. Dezvoltator al unor jocuri precum CitiVille, FarmVille şi Mafia Wars, Zynga a vândut 100 de milioane de acţiuni la preţul de 10 dolari pe unitate, nivelul maxim al intervalului ţintit, care pornea de la 8,5 dolari. Tranzacţiile cu acţiuni Zynga vor începe vineri la bursa Nasdaq. "Zynga şi jocurile sale devin branduri de consum şi sunt anticipate perspective bune de creştere, care atrag investitorii", a declarat Colin Sebastian, analist la firma Robert W. Baird în San Francisco. Compania Zynga a fost înfiinţată în 2007 de către directorul general Mark Pincus, iar în primele nouă luni din acest an şi-a dublat vânzările la 829 milioane de dolari. Peste 90% din veniturile Zynga sunt obţinute prin intermediul Facebook, operatorul celei mai mari reţele de socializare la nivel mondial. Facebook analizează lansarea unei oferte publice iniţiale de 10 miliarde de dolari, care ar evalua compania la peste 100 de miliarde de dolari, a declarat luna trecută o sursă apropiată situaţiei. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/rebecca-black-to-steve-jobs-201139s-top-searches/ rebecca-black-to-steve-jobs-201139s-top-searches Sat, 17 Dec 2011 00:01:30 +0200 (CNN) -- Oh, Rebecca Black. You gave us a reason to reconsider our favorite day of the workweek. And, apparently, the Internet couldn't get enough. Black, the teen songstress who became a YouTube sensation with the bubblegum ear worm "Friday," topped the Google Zeitgeist list of hot search terms in 2011. Released in March, the largely reviled tune caused searches for the then-13-year-old's name to increase more than 10,000% over the past year, Google reported Wednesday. This year was the 11th for Zeitgeist, Google's look at search trends for the year. The report, rendered with interactive images and detailed infographics, breaks down searches by country and region as well as tallying global activity. "From local celebrities in Finland to Singaporeans looking for news on the revolutions in Egypt and Libya half a world away, people turned to Google to learn more about what was happening on the world stage," Google's Amit Singhal wrote on the company's official blog. The top 10 wasn't all breezy pop songs. "Jackass" star Ryan Dunn, who died in a car crash in June, was the third-hottest search, while Steve Jobs, the Apple co-founder who died in October, was ninth. Jobs was already an internationally known name. But searches for him still rose 982% over 2010, Google said, with traffic peaking the week after his death. It was a big year for technology overall, and Google's results show it. The company's own Google+ social network was second on the list. (If that seems all too convenient, note that Zeitgeist rankings consider how fast a search term rises. So something ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/review-android-takes-leap-with-galaxy-nexus/ review-android-takes-leap-with-galaxy-nexus Sat, 17 Dec 2011 00:01:27 +0200 (CNN) -- The Galaxy Nexus, a smartphone that arrived in Verizon Wireless stores on Thursday, is huge -- and not just because of its unusually large size. The new Android phone, which has been available in Britain for weeks, is the first to run Android 4.0, the latest version of the popular mobile operating system that also goes by the adorable name Ice Cream Sandwich. This is a very significant update to Android for smartphones. I've tested the UK version of the Galaxy Nexus for about a week. It looks and functions about the same as the one for Verizon, except that the U.S. model uses different cellular chips to accommodate Verizon's legacy infrastructure and its fourth-generation LTE data network. The U.S. version also does not run Google Wallet, the mobile payment system. The phone costs $300 with a two-year service contract. The Galaxy Nexus' operating system takes many of the concepts that were designed for Android tablets, shrinks them and unlocks their great potential to an audience that will likely be much larger. Android tablets have not fared particularly well in the market, which means that this interface will look fresh to most people. (Amazon's Kindle Fire, which analysts say has sold well at $199, is a tablet based on Android but looks completely different.) Fewer buttons Perhaps the most significant change to the software is that Google has done away with the hardware buttons below the screen. These have become touchscreen buttons, which aren't all that different, but the direction they face flips depending on which way I'm ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/presa-in-diagonala-china-va-impune-taxe-de-import-punitive-pentru-masinile-americane-de-dimensiuni-mari-google-a-creat-un-fond-de-115-milioane-pentru-lupta-impotriva-sclaviei-peste-30000-de-femei-din-franta-au-primit-implanturi-mamare-cu-silicon-in/ presa-in-diagonala-china-va-impune-taxe-de-import-punitive-pentru-masinile-americane-de-dimensiuni-mari-google-a-creat-un-fond-de-115-milioane-pentru-lupta-impotriva-sclaviei-peste-30000-de-femei-din-franta-au-primit-implanturi-mamare-cu-silicon-in Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:04:09 +0200 ​China va impune taxe de import punitive pentru masinile americane de dimensiuni mari. Autoritatile de la Beijing au anuntat miercuri ca vor impune taxe de import de pana la 22 de procente pentru masinile americane de dimensiuni mari, mai ales SUV-uri. Aceasta mutare este parte a unei serii de masuri luate de autoritatile chineze in cadrul unor disensiuni economice de mai lunga durata in relatia cu Statele Unite. Motivatia oferita de guvernul chinez este prejudiciul pe care importurile il au asupra productiei locale. Autoritatile americane s-au declarat dezamagite de decizia Chinei, numind taxele “nejustificabile”, informeaza Reuters.Google a creat un fond de 11,5 milioane $ pentru lupta impotriva sclaviei. Compania americana Google a anuntat miercuri ca va oferi 11,5 milioane de dolari pentru zece organizatii de protectia drepturilor omului care activeaza la nivel global. Aceasta este cea mai mare donatie de acest tip facuta vreodata de o companie si va ajuta la eliberarea a peste 12.000 de persoane din intreaga lume si la prevenirea altor zeci de mii de potentiale cazuri, informeaza CNN. Pe langa acesti bani, compania va mai dona in aceasta luna inca 28,5 milioane de dolari pentru alte proiecte caritabile.Peste 30.000 de femei din Franta au primit implanturi mamare cu silicon industrial in ultimii zece ani. Un scandal medical de proportii se desfasoara in Franta, unde peste 30.000 de femei au aflat ca au primit implante mamare cu silicon industrial, in loc de silicon medical. Compania Poly Implant Prosthesis este acuzata ca a incercat sa economiseasca aproape un miliard de euro folosind materiale ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/ce-au-cautat-romanii-pe-google-in-2011-de-la-rezultatele-bacalaureatului-si-vacante-ieftine-pana-la-oana-zavoranu-florin-salam-si-daniela-crudu/ ce-au-cautat-romanii-pe-google-in-2011-de-la-rezultatele-bacalaureatului-si-vacante-ieftine-pana-la-oana-zavoranu-florin-salam-si-daniela-crudu Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:04:00 +0200 Google a inclus pentru prima data si Romania in traditionalul sau Zeitgesit, bilantul de final de an in care anunta care au fost cele mai populare cautari pe internet. In Romania, divertismentul, social media si tehnologia au fost in topul listei cu cele mai rapide cresteri in 2011, Amy Winehouse si Oana Zavoranu au fost cautarile care au crescut cel mai mult la capitolul persoane, bacalaureatul a fost subiectul de stiri cel mai cautat, la emisiuni TV pe primul loc a fost "Romanii au talent", iar la filme conduce Limitless.Google a anuntat joi traditionalul Zeitgeist ("spirit al vremurilor"), realizat pentru prima data si pentru Romania. Zeigeist arata cum s-a vazut anul 2011 pe internet de catre romani, pe baza cautarilor facute pe cel mai utilizat motor de cautare.Cele mai mari cresteri 1.    romanii au talent2.    fb3.    iphone 54.    yahoo mail sign          5.    angry birds6.    bacalaureat 20117.    x factor8.    pe teava.ro9.    99010.  culoarea fericiriiTop Google Stiri Cel mai cautat subiect din acest an au fost rezultatele slabe inregistrate la examenul de Bacalaureat, care au starnit o dezbatere intensa pe internet. In plus, subiectele legate de educatie s-au aflat in topul cautarilor.1.    rezultate bacalaureat 20112.    romania3.    youtube4.    edu.ro5.    romanii au talent6.    stiri7.    loto8.    rezultate evaluare nationala9.    steaua10.  cluj Cele mai rapide cresteri din Romania pe segmentul calatoriiOfertele atractive pe litoralul din Romania, Bulgaria si Grecia au dominat topurile. Deschiderea Transalpina, soseaua situata la cea mai mare altitudine din Romania, a starnit dorinta romanilor de calatorie, harta Transalpina inregistrand cea mai rapida crestere intr-un timp foarte scurt, fiind ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/cea-mai-populara-emisiune-tv-pe-google-care-sunt-cele-mai-populare-cautari-din-romania/ cea-mai-populara-emisiune-tv-pe-google-care-sunt-cele-mai-populare-cautari-din-romania Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:03:53 +0200 "Românii au talent" a fost cea mai populară emisiune TV pe Google, în România, în 2011, show-ul de la Pro TV conducând şi topul celor mai populare căutări din toate domeniile, în ultimele 12 luni. Google a anunţat, joi, tradiţionalul Zeitgeist ("spirit al vremurilor"), realizat pentru prima dată şi pentru România. În acest an, cele mai populare căutări arată interesul în creştere pentru emisiuni TV, reţele sociale, tehnologie şi filme, se arată într-un comunicat. Google a extras termenii cel mai frecvent căutaţi pentru această perioadă, în mai multe categorii, precum cele mai mari creşteri în divertisment, persoane, călătorii, dar şi topul filmelor, ştirilor şi tematicilor sportive. În plus, lista include topul celor mai populari 10 termeni de căutare care au avut cea mai mare creştere în România. Acest lucru a fost realizat prin analizarea a mii de căutări populare din 2011 şi conceperea unui clasament bazat pe creşterea popularităţii lor comparativ cu anul 2010. Zeitgeist arată că emisiunea TV "Românii au talent" de la Pro TV a devenit un fenomen naţional, implicând românii în găsirea şi selectarea celor mai talentaţi reprezentanţi. Emisiunea "Românii au talent", al cărui al doilea sezon va fi difuzat în primăvară la Pro TV, s-a situat pe primul loc în topul celor mai populare căutări pe Google, din toate domeniile, fiind urmată în acest clasament de: "fb", "iPhone 5", "yahoo mail sign", "Angry Birds", "bacalaureat 2011", "X Factor", "pe teava.ro", "990", "Culoarea fericirii". Show-ul "Românii au talent" conduce şi topul celor mai populare producţii TV pe Google, în România, în ultimele 12 luni. Topul ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/video-ce-au-cautat-romanii-pe-google-in-2011/ video-ce-au-cautat-romanii-pe-google-in-2011 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:03:24 +0200 În 2011, motorul de căutare Google a inclus şi România în statistica sa anuală, numită "Zeitgeist". http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/from-rebecca-black-to-steve-jobs-google39s-year-in-search/ from-rebecca-black-to-steve-jobs-google39s-year-in-search Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:02:09 +0200 (CNN) -- Oh, Rebecca Black. You gave us a reason to reconsider our favorite day of the workweek. And, apparently, the Internet couldn't get enough. Black, the teen songstress who became a YouTube sensation with the bubblegum ear worm "Friday," topped the Google Zeitgeist list of hot search terms in 2011. Released in March, the largely reviled tune caused searches for the then-13-year-old's name to increase more than 10,000% over the past year, Google reported Wednesday. This year was the 11th for Zeitgeist, Google's look at search trends for the year. The report, rendered with interactive images and detailed infographics, breaks down searches by country and region as well as tallying global activity. "From local celebrities in Finland to Singaporeans looking for news on the revolutions in Egypt and Libya half a world away, people turned to Google to learn more about what was happening on the world stage," Google's Amit Singhal wrote on the company's official blog. The top 10 wasn't all breezy pop songs. "Jackass" star Ryan Dunn, who died in a car crash in June, was the third-hottest search, while Steve Jobs, the Apple co-founder who died in October, was ninth. Jobs was already an internationally known name. But searches for him still rose 982% over 2010, Google said, with traffic peaking the week after his death. It was a big year for technology overall, and Google's results show it. The company's own Google+ social network was second on the list. (If that seems all too convenient, note that Zeitgeist rankings consider how fast a search term rises. So something ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/prada-si-lg-lanseaza-un-nou-smartphone/ prada-si-lg-lanseaza-un-nou-smartphone Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:03:13 +0200 LG a lansat miercuri un nou smartphone sub marca Prada, bazat pe sistemul de operare Google Android. Acesta este cel de-al treilea rezultat al colaborarii dintre cele doua marci si este numit simplu "Prada phone by LG 3.0", la fel ca variantele precedente. Citeste si comenteaza pe StyleReport.ro http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/cum-pot-ingropa-utilizatorii-gigantul-online-google/ cum-pot-ingropa-utilizatorii-gigantul-online-google Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:03:09 +0200 Este ştiut faptul că marile companii de IT recurg la spionaj pentru a afla secretele competitorilor şi a acţiona în consecinţă. Miza constă tocmai în tehnologia pe baza căreia funcţionează aceste tipuri de afaceri: ea poate duce la monopolizarea unei platforme şi, drept urmare, sfârşitul concurenţilor. În anii '90, Microsoft domina domeniul IT cu al său sistem de operare, Windows, ce se regăsea pe toate PC-urile. Astăzi, Google câştigă tot mai mult teren în America şi Europa datorită căutărilor online. Ceea ce puţini utilizatori de internet ştiu în momentul de faţă este că tocmai ei deţin controlul acestui gigant. Cum poate face asta? Google produce bani deoarece milioane de utilizatori caută pe motorul de căutare diverse informaţii ori lucruri pe care doresc să şi le achiziţioneze. Compania le oferă o listă de linkuri cu reclame şi pagini web. Reclamele sunt deseori relevante cu subiectul căutat, aşa că utilizatorii ajung să le acceseze, ceea ce duce la rotunjirea profitului Google. Citeşte mai mult pe www.incont.ro http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-chrome-16-suport-pentru-profiluri-multiple-de-utilizator/ google-chrome-16-suport-pentru-profiluri-multiple-de-utilizator Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:02:52 +0200 Google Chrome 16 este de acum disponibil în versiune oficială şi aduce câteva funcţii noi pentru fanii web browser-ului Google. Citeşte mai multe despre Google Chrome 16 pe go4it.ro http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-doneaza-115-milioane-de-dolari-pentru-combaterea-sclaviei-moderne/ google-doneaza-115-milioane-de-dolari-pentru-combaterea-sclaviei-moderne Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:02:52 +0200 Google a anunţat că va dona 11, 5 milioane de dolari pentru combaterea sclaviei moderne, informează Huffington Post. Banii vor ajunge la câteva asociaţii care au ca scop salvarea a 27 de milioane de oameni din toată lumea care sunt victimele sclaviei. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/sfarsitul-succesului-google-e-aproape-cum-pot-ingropa-utilizatorii-gigantul-online/ sfarsitul-succesului-google-e-aproape-cum-pot-ingropa-utilizatorii-gigantul-online Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:02:47 +0200 Este stiut faptul ca marile companii de IT recurg la spionaj pentru a afla secretele competitorilor si actiona in consecinta. Miza consta tocmai in tehnologia pe baza careia functioneaza aceste tipuri de afaceri: ea poate duce la monopolizarea unei platforme si, drept urmare, sfarsitul concurentilor. In anii `90, Microsoft domina domeniul IT cu al sau sistem de operare, Windows, ce se regasea pe toate PC-urile. Astazi, Google castiga tot mai mult teren in America si Europa datorita cautarilor online. Ceea ce putini utilizatori de internet stiu in momentul de fata este ca tocmai ei detin controlul acestui gigant, noteaza Business Insider. Cum anume pot face asta? Google produce bani deoarece milioane de utilizatori cauta pe motorul de cautare diverse informatii ori lucruri pe care doresc sa si le achizitioneze. Compania le ofera o lista de linkuri cu reclame si pagini web. Reclamele sunt deseori relevante cu subiectul cautat, asa ca utilizatorii ajung sa le acceseze, ceea ce duce la rotunjirea profitului Google. Citeşte mai departe pe incont.ro http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/razboiul-cibernetic-760-de-companii-au-fost-atacate-de-hackeri-din-china-in-ultimii-10-ani/ razboiul-cibernetic-760-de-companii-au-fost-atacate-de-hackeri-din-china-in-ultimii-10-ani Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:02:45 +0200 Google şi Intel Corp se află printre cele 760 de companii care au fost atacate de hackeri din China prin intermediul iBahn, un provider de internet pentru industria hotelieră, potrivit Bloomberg. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/review-motorola39s-xyboard-tablet/ review-motorola39s-xyboard-tablet Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:01:30 +0200 (WIRED) -- Motorola is taking another shot at the tablet game with the Droid Xyboard, the company's latest Android device to hit Verizon stores. After getting our hands on one yesterday, we found that it's a solid, well-performing slate that's easy on the eyes. Too bad it has such a stupid name. The 4G Xyboard is Motorola's follow-up to its pricey, not terribly popular Xoom tablet, which was released in February. Available in 8.2-inch and 10.1-inch versions, the Honeycomb-powered Xyboard enters the market hot on the heels of the super-hot Kindle Fire. It's on sale today for $430 (for the 8.2-inch) or $530 (for the 10.1-inch) with a two-year contract from Verizon, with options for 16GB or 32GB of memory on the smaller version, and up to 64GB on the larger one. The first thing that struck me about the Xyboard is its industrial design. Rather than being perfectly rectangular in shape, the 8.2-inch slate has clipped corners, which actually makes it fit more comfortably when you hold it one-handed. The back, too, shows some stylistic creativity. A rubberized outer rim houses a power button and volume rocker, while centered in the back of the tablet is a sheet of dark gray brushed metal held in place by six visible screws. Think robot chic. The positioning of the device's only two buttons makes for a clean appearance, but leaves your fingers searching when it's time to crank up the volume or send it to sleep. The 8.2-inch size, however, is a great compromise between the 7-inch 'tweeners and 10-inch stunners. It's ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/how-to-fill-virtual-stockings-with-e-gifts/ how-to-fill-virtual-stockings-with-e-gifts Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:01:27 +0200 (CNN) -- Digital gifts may be tough to wrap. But they can be more convenient for both givers and recipients. An album from iTunes or a Kindle e-book from Amazon have become viable gift options for shoppers, especially on the eve of a holiday or for people living far away. Digital items can be purchased with a few clicks and delivered instantly. And because they don't need to be shipped, they're environmentally friendly. Revenue from some virtual goods, including games and applications, will reach $2.9 billion next year, according to research firm Inside Network. Once you add digital music downloads, which research firm Gartner says will rake in $6.3 billion this year, and online video streaming through services such as Netflix and Hulu, the market becomes quite large. Gift cards are always a popular alternative, but for people who would rather give a specific present, many of the big digital retailers are providing ways to send downloads via e-mail. About a quarter of holiday shoppers plan to buy virtual gifts this year, according to a research report from e-commerce provider Elastic Path. Children may find themselves running to check their e-mail on Christmas morning or each night of Hanukkah. Apple: Through its iTunes program on a computer, Apple lets you give apps, music, movies and TV shows to be sent to someone's e-mail address or to be printed as a certificate at home. Click the down arrow beside the "buy" button on an item in the iTunes store and then click on "Gift This." The iTunes or App Store buttons on Apple's ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-joins-fight-against-slavery-with-115-million-grant/ google-joins-fight-against-slavery-with-115-million-grant Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:01:10 +0200 (CNN) -- Google Inc. announced Wednesday that it's providing $11.5 million in grants to 10 organizations working to end modern-day slavery and human trafficking. Gary Haugen, president and CEO of International Justice Mission, one of the grant recipients, called the move a "game-changing investment." IJM is a Washington-based human rights agency that works to rescue victims of slavery and sexual exploitation in about a dozen countries. "This is the largest corporate step up to the challenge that is beginning to apply direct resources to the fight against slavery," Haugen said. According to estimates by grant recipients, Google's support will free an estimated 12,000 people from slavery and prevent millions more from being victimized. Numbers vary widely, but policymakers, activists and scholars estimate the number of modern-day slaves at somewhere between 10 million and 30 million people worldwide. Google's director of charitable giving, Jacquelline Fuller, said the company chose to spotlight the issue of slavery because the topic of freedom -- "the most basic of human rights," as she puts it -- resonated with company employees around the world. "Many people are surprised to learn there are more people trapped in slavery today than any time in history," Fuller said. "The good news is that there are solutions. Google is supporting organizations that have a proven track record and a plan to make a difference at scale." Google made the announcement through a link posted on its web page. The gift is part of a total of $40 million the Internet giant is giving in charitable donations during the holiday season. The grant ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-gives-115m-grant-to-fight-slavery/ google-gives-115m-grant-to-fight-slavery Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:00:24 +0200 (CNN) -- Google Inc. announced Wednesday that it's providing $11.5 million in grants to 10 organizations working to end modern-day slavery and human trafficking. Gary Haugen, president and CEO of International Justice Mission, one of the grant recipients, called the move a "game-changing investment." IJM is a Washington-based human rights agency that works to rescue victims of slavery and sexual exploitation in about a dozen countries. "This is the largest corporate step up to the challenge that is beginning to apply direct resources to the fight against slavery," Haugen said. According to estimates by grant recipients, Google's support will free an estimated 12,000 people from slavery and prevent millions more from being victimized. Numbers vary widely, but policymakers, activists and scholars estimate the number of modern-day slaves at somewhere between 10 million and 30 million people worldwide. Google's director of charitable giving, Jacquelline Fuller, said the company chose to spotlight the issue of slavery because the topic of freedom -- "the most basic of human rights," as she puts it -- resonated with company employees around the world. "Many people are surprised to learn there are more people trapped in slavery today than any time in history," Fuller said. "The good news is that there are solutions. Google is supporting organizations that have a proven track record and a plan to make a difference at scale." Google made the announcement through a link posted on its web page. The gift is part of a total of $40 million the Internet giant is giving in charitable donations during the holiday season. The grant ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/romania-tv-autorul-clipului-basescu-batut-de-oameni-la-doljesti-e-campanie-antidezinformare-mihai-gadea-antena-3-un-trucaj-ordinar-care-ar-fi-putut-sa-ne-compromita-definitiv/ romania-tv-autorul-clipului-basescu-batut-de-oameni-la-doljesti-e-campanie-antidezinformare-mihai-gadea-antena-3-un-trucaj-ordinar-care-ar-fi-putut-sa-ne-compromita-definitiv Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:03:16 +0200 Un clip care a circulat de luni pe Internet, intitulat "Basescu batut de oameni la Doljesti", a fost asumat, marti, de Romania TV ca parte a unei campanii prezentate ca fiind "antidezinformare". Clipul, in care un ins care seamana cu Traian Basescu pare sa fie batut de un grup de persoane, a fost preluat pe cateva bloguri si site-uri, la Antena 3 si cel putin in versiune online la Realitatea TV, cu mentiunea ca este vorba despre un trucaj evident. Rtv.net asociaza clipul cu o campanie in care, marti, propune 10 "reguli ale informarii corecte" in online. Prezentate sumar, "regulile" ridica, la randul lor, semne de intrebare. Pe 11 decembrie a fost postat, pe Youtube, un clip intitulat "Basescu batut de oameni la Doljesti". Singura nota ce insoteste clipul este: "Filmarea cu Basescu cand ia bataie". Pe 12 decembrie, clipul a fost preluat de un numar mic de bloguri, site-uri si posturi TV. Printre acestea s-a numarat si RTV/Romania TV. Cu mici exceptii, inclusiv Romania TV, in toate preluarile se mentioneaza ca este sau pare a fi vorba despre un trucaj. Marti, 13 decembrie, Dragos Stanca a comentat, pe blogul sau, in legatura cu numarul mic al preluarilor in aceasta "incercare de viral": "Semn ca sensibilitatiile politice si mediatice sunt absurde, “productia” a fost luata in serios maxim de opozantii lui Basescu ["campanie murdara, gandita la Cotroceni"] iar fanii actualului presedinte s-au impacientat ["un atac la Institutia Presedintiei Romaniei"]. Motiv pentru care, cele mai multe redactii - cu mici exceptii - au preferat sa nu publice incercarea de ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/primul-avion-supersonic-romanesc-aproape-de-finalizare-60-din-structura-iar-111-realizata/ primul-avion-supersonic-romanesc-aproape-de-finalizare-60-din-structura-iar-111-realizata Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:03:08 +0200 Asociaţia Română pentru Cosmonautică şi Aeronautică (ARCA) a realizat 60% din structura primului avion supersonic românesc, IAR-111 Excelsior, urmând ca structura finală a acestuia să fie finalizată în două-trei luni, iar avionul să fie testat la zbor la mijlocul anului viitor. ARCA a realizat structura tronsoanelor T1 şi T2 ale supersonicului IAR-111 Excelsior. Acest lucru înseamnă că, în prezent, este finalizată 60% din structura supersonicului IAR-111 Excelsior, iar echipa lucrează la tronsonul T3 şi la aripa avionului, au declarat pentru MEDIAFAX reprezentanţii ARCA. Tronsonul T1 sau cabina este unit cu tronsonul T2, spaţiul în care sunt dispuse rezervoarele de combustibil şi buteliile de presurizare. Între aceste tronsoane se află un sistem pneumatic care permite desprinderea cabinei, în caz de necesitate. "Structura supersonicului IAR-111 Excelsior va fi gata în două - trei luni, iar la jumătatea lui 2012 vor fi făcute primele teste de zbor", au mai spus reprezentanţii ARCA. Aceştia au precizat că testele de zbor vor fi făcute integral în România, de către ARCA, în colaborare cu mai multe instituţii ale statului. În 31 octombrie, ARCA a anunţat că echipa a finalizat matritele şi calibrele pentru toate tronsoanele avionul supersonic IAR-111. Acest lucru a permis echipei să realizeze o serie întreagă de structuri ale avionului. Cu toate acestea doar două structuri erau planificate la acea dată. Prima structură urma să fie folosită la teste statice şi să realizeze rulaje, precum şi zboruri de test la joasă altitudine. Cea de-a doua structură urma să fie folosită pentru zbor supersonic la mare altitudine, inclusiv la zborurile pentru Competiţia ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/video-controversatul-joc-google-shoot-view-a-fost-inchis-dupa-numai-patru-zile/ video-controversatul-joc-google-shoot-view-a-fost-inchis-dupa-numai-patru-zile Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:02:52 +0200 O agenţie de publicitate olandeză a realizat un joc în care aplicaţia Google Maps Street View este folosită pentru a străbate traseele cu o puşcă în mână, având posibilitatea de a trage în diferite obiective, notează Business Insider. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/free-movie-site-angers-producers/ free-movie-site-angers-producers Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:00:38 +0200 Buenos Aires, Argentina (CNN) -- Tomas Escobar created a website in his bedroom in rural northwestern Argentina hoping to help people locate free movies online in a more efficient manner. From that small start in September 2009, Escobar´s site, Cuevana.tv, has grown to one of the most popular entertainment sites in Latin America, attracting 15 million unique monthly users, according to Escobar. "It was a hobby, a small thing. And it exploded in my hands," Escobar tells CNN. But it has also attracted the attention of international media companies armed with lawsuits. The success has transformed the unassuming and unkempt 22-year-old college dropout into something of a cult hero in the Spanish-speaking world. It took weeks of negotiations to get Escobar to agree to an interview with CNN, his first-ever with an international TV news organization. "Cuevana has a lot of complications now that weren't thought of in the beginning, like servers and traffic. We are now trying to solve them in steps," Escobar says. Visitors to Cuevana can access thousands of titles -- the majority of them big-budget Hollywood productions with Spanish subtitles -- entirely for free. According to Escobar, Cuevana doesn't host the titles itself -- it simply serves as a content clearinghouse. "It's the same concept as Google. You have a lot of links and indexes, and the user searches for these, and you give them the links," he says. "So really, the legal compromise is on the other sites, not on Cuevana," Escobar says. But many companies and artists disagree. In November, HBO Latin America and Turner International Argentina ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/cum-vor-arata-tabletele-in-2012-mai-puternice-mai-ieftine-mai-usoare-dar-si-cu-noi-sisteme-de-operare/ cum-vor-arata-tabletele-in-2012-mai-puternice-mai-ieftine-mai-usoare-dar-si-cu-noi-sisteme-de-operare Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:02:40 +0200 Tabletele vor continua in 2012 evolutia: vor fi mai usoare, mai subtiri si vor avea rezolutie mai buna, urmand ca la nivel de procesoare sa apara si termninale quad-core, arata o analiza a PC World. Estimarile arata ca anul viitor se vor vinde pe plan mondial peste 100 de milioane de unitati, iar pe piata apar noi sisteme de operare: Android 4.0, Windows 8 si un nou iOS.Pe piata exista in prezent mai bine de zece marci de tablete, iar la noi cele mai ieftine costa sub 1.000 de lei, iar cele mai scumpe, peste 3.500 lei. Exista atat tablete cu ecran de 7 inch, cat si multe cu ecran de 10 inch, iar pentru toate e de asteptat ca 2012 sa aduca schimbari importante de ordin tehnic.PC World noteaza ca tabletele vor deveni mai usoare, iar daca cele de 10 inch cantaresc acum cam 700 g, se va ajunge ca ele sa fie de sub 600 g. In plus, la grosime vor ajunge cam in intervalul 0,3 - 0,4 inch, fata de circa 0,5 inch in prezent.Modificari esentiale vor fi la procesoare: vor aparea incepand chiar cu aceasta luna tablete cu procesoare Quad-Core, intai prin Nvidia,  cu Tegra 3, iar apoi cu noua gama Snapdragon de la  Qualcomm, dar si cu procesoare Quad-Core ARM de la Freescale si Texas Instruments.Extrem de multe noutati vor veni la partea de sisteme de operare. Dupa ce versiunile precedente de Android au fost criticate pentru slaba compatibilitate cu tabletele, Google promite ca Android 4.0 va fi extrem de ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-si-a-modificat-logoul-pentru-a-marca-84-de-ani-de-la-nasterea-inventatorului-robert-noyce/ google-si-a-modificat-logoul-pentru-a-marca-84-de-ani-de-la-nasterea-inventatorului-robert-noyce Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:02:34 +0200 Motorul de căutare Google şi-a modificat logoul de pe pagina principală pentru a marca împlinirea a 84 de ani de la naşterea inventatorului american Robert Noyce, considerat "părintele" circuitelor integrate, care au revoluţionat industria computerelor. De altfel, logoul afişat luni pe pagina principală a motorului de căutare are forma unui circuit integrat, iar literele care alcătuiesc cuvântul "Google" sunt scrise pe acest microcip. Robert Norton Noyce, născut pe 12 decembrie 1927, supranumit "Primarul din Silicon Valley", a fost cofondator al companiei Fairchild Semiconductor, în 1957, şi al companiei Intel, în 1968. Împreună cu Jack Kilby, el a inventat circuitele integrate (microcipurile), care au revoluţionat industria computerelor. Robert Noyce a murit pe 3 iunie 1990, la vârsta de 62 de ani. Google îşi modifică frecvent logoul pentru a omagia personalităţi ale culturii universale sau pentru a marca momente speciale din istoria lumii. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/motorola-a-castigat-in-germania-o-interdictie-privind-vanzarea-anumitor-produse-apple/ motorola-a-castigat-in-germania-o-interdictie-privind-vanzarea-anumitor-produse-apple Mon, 12 Dec 2011 00:03:39 +0200 Motorola Mobility Holdings, producătorul de smartphone-uri cumpărat în acest an de Google, a obţinut în Germania o interdicţie preliminară într-un proces împotriva Apple, care ar putea rezulta în suspendrea vânzărilor de iPhone şi iPad pe cea mai mare piaţă europeană. O instanţă din Mannheim a decis că Apple Sales International, subsidiara europeană de vânzări a companiei americane, cu sediul în Cork, Irlanda, trebuie să înceteze vânzarea şi distribuţia de produse care încalcă anumite brevete ale Motorola. Decizia ar putea conduce la interzicerea vânzării de produse Apple care folosesc tehnologiile respective, precum iPhone 4 şi iPad 3G, potrivit analistului german Florian Mueller. "Hotărârea vizează produsele comercializate de subsidiara europeană a Apple clienţilor germani", a afirmat Muller. Motorola Mobility a precizat că este în negocieri cu Apple şi "a oferit companiei, din 2007, condiţii rezonabile de licenţiere" a tehnologiilor pe care le foloseşte fără drept. Pentru a aplica decizia, Motorola Mobility trebuie să depună o garanţie de circa 100 milioane euro. Reprezentanţii Apple au arătat că vor contesta hotărârea. Apple are numeroase procese vizând drepturile de proprietate intelectuală în mai multe ţări, precum SUA, Germania sau Australia, cu rivali ca Samsung, HTC sau Motorola. Compania a pierdut recent în SUA un proces prin care încerca să interzică vânzarea gamei de produse Galaxy a Samsung. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/ce-a-reusit-google-sa-dezvaluie-americanii-sunt-innebuniti-publicate-de-cea-mai-mare-televiziune-din-sua-aceste-imagini-demonstreaza-cat-de/ ce-a-reusit-google-sa-dezvaluie-americanii-sunt-innebuniti-publicate-de-cea-mai-mare-televiziune-din-sua-aceste-imagini-demonstreaza-cat-de Mon, 12 Dec 2011 00:03:30 +0200 Google ar putea pune în pericol siguranţa naţională a tuturor ţărilor de pe Pământ, din cauza programului său Google Maps, scrie Fox News. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/motorola-a-castigat-o-interdictie-privind-vanzarea-anumitor-produse-apple-in-germania/ motorola-a-castigat-o-interdictie-privind-vanzarea-anumitor-produse-apple-in-germania Mon, 12 Dec 2011 00:03:29 +0200 Motorola Mobility Holdings, producătorul de smartphone-uri cumpărat în acest an de Google, a obţinut în Germania o interdicţie preliminară într-un proces împotriva Apple, care ar putea rezulta în suspendrea vânzărilor de iPhone şi iPad pe cea mai mare piaţă europeană, transmite Reuters. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/hp-webos-is-now-an-open-source-project/ hp-webos-is-now-an-open-source-project Sat, 10 Dec 2011 00:04:17 +0200 (Mashable) -- WebOS may be more tenacious that we thought. The Linux-based OS with a rocky history has officially risen from the ashes of HP's TouchPad bungle to be reborn as an open source project. HP made the announcement Friday, in the wake of increasing speculation that we would all learn the fate of the beleaguered OS before day's end. Introduced by Palm at CES 2009, WebOS was on an upward trajectory, first with the launch of the Palm Pre mobile phone and then when HP scooped up a stumbling Palm for $1.2 billion in 2010. Excitement grew to a fever pitch when HP unveiled an aggressive plan to roll WebOS into everything from their printers, to desktops and laptops to new phones and, most importantly, the HP TouchPad. A few months later, after a somewhat tepid response to HP's 10.1 inch tablet, HP's then-CEO Leo Apotheker scuttled the tablet and, it seemed, the WebOS business. A $99 HP TouchPad fire sale over the summer proved that there was still interest in HP's tablet and, more importantly, the WebOS platform. But HP's new CEO Meg Whitman has kept her plans for WebOS vague until now. The company will now "contribute webOS to open source license" -- another way of saying that the code will be available under open source license. HP's role will be an active one as it continues to contribute development, engineering and support resources. Next steps include engaging with the open-source community to define the WebOS open source charter and develop a plan for how that will be ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-se-apropie-de-apple-in-batalia-cifrelor-s-au-descarcat-peste-zece-miliarde-de-aplicatii-android/ google-se-apropie-de-apple-in-batalia-cifrelor-s-au-descarcat-peste-zece-miliarde-de-aplicatii-android Thu, 8 Dec 2011 00:03:24 +0200 Google a anuntat ca numarul aplicatiilor descarcate de pe Android Market a ajuns la 10 miliarde la nivel global, compania castigand teren in razboiul volumelor cu Apple care detine insa o serie de avantaje. In octombrie, Apple anunta ca s-au descarcat peste 18 miliarde aplicatii in istoria App Store, insa in ritmul din prezent - un miliard de aplicatii lunar - Google va continua sa castige teren. BBC si Financial Times citeaza insa analisti care atrag atentia ca cifrele seci nu sunt singurele care conteaza: Google trebuie sa mai elimine din aplicatiile mediocre si sa tina cont de faptul ca userii App Store sunt mult mai dispusi sa plateasca pentru aplicatii.Google a anuntat ca numarul aplicatiilor descarcate de pe Android Market a ajuns la 10 miliarde la nivel global si lauda viteza cu care Android Market a ajuns in acest punct in care se fac lunar un miliard de descarcari. In prezent, exista peste 200 de milioane de terminale cu Android activate in intreaga lume, peste 550.000 de dispozitive fiind activate in fiecare zi la nivel global. Apple anunta in octombrie ca a depasit 18 miliarde descarcari in istoria App Store, iar analisti citati de BBC estimeaza ca in ritmul actual, in 2012 mai noul Android Market va depasi App Store la numarul de descarcari lunare.Financial Times citeaza analisti care spun ca cifrele seci nu sunt totul, fiindca ecosistemul bine pus la punct al Apple genereaza venituri mult mai mari, iar posesorii de iPhone si iPad sunt mult mai dispusi sa descarce aplicatii si mult ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/ti-ar-placea-sa-ai-un-astfel-de-job-biliard-jocuri-video-sala-de-forta-si-cafenea-la-locul-de-munca-foto/ ti-ar-placea-sa-ai-un-astfel-de-job-biliard-jocuri-video-sala-de-forta-si-cafenea-la-locul-de-munca-foto Thu, 8 Dec 2011 00:03:20 +0200 Există un loc în care oricărui angajat i-ar plăcea să lucreze. Mulţi l-ar considera serviciul ideal, având posibilitatea să joace biliard, să meargă la sala de forţă şi să socializeze cu colegii de muncă într-o cafenea ultramodernă, aflată în interiorul sediului în care lucrează. Angajaţii Google au un nou motiv de a fi fericiţi. Noul sediu Google din Londra, L4, utilizat săptămâna trecută de 350 de angajaţi ai companiei, le pune la dispoziţie acestora numeroase modalităţi de relaxare şi de distracţie. În afară de o cameră de distracţie (cu masă de biliard şi jocuri video), cafenea proprie şi 4 restaurante, L4 este dotat cu canapele gigantice, pe care angajaţii le pot utiliza pentru a se odihni. Mâncarea şi băutura sunt gratuite la sediul Google, ca orice altă activitate, de altfel. "Angajăm cei mai strălucitori şi mai buni ingineri din Marea Britanie şi îi aşezăm pe toţi într-un mediu cât se poate de creativ, relaxant şi captivant", a declarat Nelson Mattos, vice-preşedinte al secţiei de Inginerie a Google, citat de Daily Mail. "Experienţa noastră a arătat că un mediu confortabil, deschis şi distractiv încurajează creativitatea şi sociabilitatea. Spaţiile deschise cresc posibilitatea de interacţiune întâmplătoare, iar interacţiunile întâmplătoare duc de obicei la cele mai grozave idei. Multe dintre produsele noastre au apărut de la echipe care au aflat întâmplător una despre munca celeilalte, iar apoi s-au întâlnit pentru a discuta", a adăugat Mattos pentru sursa citată. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/fotografiile-tale-personale-sunt-in-siguranta-pe-facebook-cum-au-ajuns-imagini-private-ale-lui-mark-zuckerberg-sa-fie-vazute-de-intreaga-lume-foto/ fotografiile-tale-personale-sunt-in-siguranta-pe-facebook-cum-au-ajuns-imagini-private-ale-lui-mark-zuckerberg-sa-fie-vazute-de-intreaga-lume-foto Thu, 8 Dec 2011 00:03:20 +0200 O serie de poze private ale fondatorului Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, au fost făcute publice după ce un expert în internet a reuşit să le acceseze datorită unei scăpări a reţelei de socializare. Eroarea, despre care reprezentanţii Facebook au declarat că a fost remediată, permitea utilizatorilor să vadă fotografiile altor persoane, chiar dacă acestea erau private, scrie dailymail.co.uk. În momentul în care o fotografie era raportată ca fiind indecentă, utilizatorul primea acces la alte fotografii ale persoanei în cauză, pentru a vedea dacă şi acelea sunt nepotrivite pentru a fi puse pe Facebook. Imaginile private ale lui Mark Zuckerberg au ajuns pe internet după ce Mike Rundle, un inginer software din Raleigh, Carolina de Nord, a postat un link către acestea pe un site de fotografii. În unele dintre imagini, fondatorul Facebook apare alături de iubita sa sau de prieteni, în timpul unor petreceri. Într-o fotografie Zuckerberg apare ţinând în mână o găină tăiată, iar într-o alta, care pare a fi făcută în aceeaşi zi, o farfurie cu pui prăjit. Fondatorul Facebook apare şi într-o imagine alături de preşedintele SUA, Barack Obama, în fundalul căreia se poate vedea directorul Google, Eric Schmidt. Un purtător de cuvânt al Facebook a declarat că eroarea s-a petrecut din cauza uneia dintre cele mai noi tentative de spargere a codurilor companiei, însă a fost remediată în scurt timp. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/galaxy-nexus-in-oferta-vodafone-romania-din-12-decembrie/ galaxy-nexus-in-oferta-vodafone-romania-din-12-decembrie Thu, 8 Dec 2011 00:03:13 +0200 Cei de la Vondafone ne dau o veste bună. Dacă vreţi un Samsung Galaxy Nexus, îl veţi putea achiziţiona de la operatorul de telefonie mobilă începând din 12 decembrie, în premieră în ţara noastră. În ziua menţionată, telefonul va avea un discount de cel puţin 70 € dacă va fi comandat cu orice pachet smartphone pe durata de doi ani. Reamintim că smartphone-ul creat de Google în parteneriat cu Samsung are un ecran SuperAMOLED de 4,65" cu rezoluţia de 720x1280 pixeli. Procesorul dual core ARM Cortex-A9 la 1,2 GHz şi placa video PowerVR SGX540 sunt integrate într-un TI OMAP 4460. Camera foto cu senzor de 5 MP permite filmare full HD, iar bateria are 1.750 mAh. Samsung Galaxy Nexus rulează noul sistem de operare Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. Citeşte mai departe despre Samsung Galaxy Nexus pe go4it.ro http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/locul-in-care-te-duci-la-serviciu-de-placere-un-tur-virtual-al-sediului-google-de-la-londra/ locul-in-care-te-duci-la-serviciu-de-placere-un-tur-virtual-al-sediului-google-de-la-londra Thu, 8 Dec 2011 00:03:12 +0200 Reprezentanţii companiei Google vor ca angajaţii lor să vină mereu cu idei din ce în ce mai bune aşa că le-au pus la dispoziţie un spaţiu de lucru cu adevărat la modă, informează Daily Mail. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/the-dos-and-don39ts-of-googling-people/ the-dos-and-don39ts-of-googling-people Thu, 8 Dec 2011 00:01:46 +0200 Editor's note: Brenna Ehrlich and Andrea Bartz are the sarcastic brains behind humor blog and book "Stuff Hipsters Hate." Got a question about etiquette in the digital world? Contact them at netiquette@cnn.com. (CNN) -- The other week, we covered the difference between searching and stalking online. We dusted off our hands, satisfied with our ample labors, and just as we were about to sink into the deep cave of hibernation/suspended animation that we enter between columns, we received the following inquiry: "This has been a hard thing to admit myself, but I have a problem: I am a total and complete Google stalker. I'll spend hours just surfing the Web, searching for details about old high school acquaintances, co-workers and potential dates. I am a machine. Seriously. I can find anyone. Give me a first name and an identifying detail, and I'll give you a whole freaking dossier. My friends make fun of me mercilessly, teasingly (I hope) calling me a creeper, and I've seen some sitcoms and movies lately that seem to indicate that Google stalking kills the mystery or whatever, but I'm just fascinated by people -- and the fact that our lives have become so public. (Also, sometimes stalking comes in handy -- a wedding ring can come off, you know). My question is: Am I really a creeper?" - Creeper(?) in Connecticut Well, Creeper(?), assuming -- as we did in the last column with Creepy Crushing in Chicago -- that you are not, in fact, out of your mind, allow us to parse this out ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/proposal-to-block-online-criticism-sparks-indian-anger/ proposal-to-block-online-criticism-sparks-indian-anger Thu, 8 Dec 2011 00:00:57 +0200 New Delhi (CNN) -- Indians expressed outrage Tuesday at a top telecommunication official's push to get social media sites to screen content considered defamatory to religious and political leaders. Telecommunications Minister Kapil Sibal told reporters Tuesday that he is asking Facebook, Twitter and other online sites to regulate content before it is published. Sibal insisted such regulation would not amount to censorship, but Indian bloggers and online users posted a different view. #IdiotKapilSibal was trending on Twitter Tuesday. And blogger Shivam Vij urged Indians to use the hashtag and post it on their Facebook pages "because there may soon be a day when he may prevent you from doing so." Sibal said he first approached providers including Facebook, Twitter and Google several weeks ago. The New York Times reported that Sibal showed the service providers a Facebook page that maligned Congress Party President Sonia Gandhi and said it was "unacceptable." But he said that in a meeting Monday, those companies informed him they could not do what he was asking. "They pretty much said they cannot do anything," he said, adding that material that is incendiary or blasphemous has no place in India, where sensitivities differ from those in the West. Sites like Facebook already have built-in mechanisms to flag and filter defined categories of objectionable content. In a statement sent to CNN's sister network, CNN-IBN, Facebook said: "We want Facebook to be a place where people can discuss things freely, while respecting the rights and feelings of others, which is why we already have policies and on-site features in place that enable ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/video-s-a-deschis-primul-magazin-stradal-dedicat-produselor-cu-sistemul-de-operare-android/ video-s-a-deschis-primul-magazin-stradal-dedicat-produselor-cu-sistemul-de-operare-android Wed, 7 Dec 2011 00:02:50 +0200 ​Google a deschis la Melbourne impreuna cu operatorul australian  telecom Telstra primul magazin stradal din lume dedicat exclusiv produselor cu Android, scrie presa de la antipozi care noteaza ca acest magazin de 154 mp se doreste a fi un prim rival pentru celebrele magazine Apple. Androidland se vrea a fi un loc in care vizitatorii pot testa multe telefoane si tablete cu Android, insa pot si experimenta Google Earth sau pot juca Angry Birds pe ecrane uriase, scrie The Australian.Cei de la Telstra spun ca interesul a fost atat de mare in ultimele 12 luni pentru produsele cu Android incat s-a considerat necesar ca un astfel de magazin sa fie inaugurat.Ei mai spun ca nu este un simplu magazin unde produsele sunt expuse, ci exista oameni de vanzari bine pregatiti sa explice clientilor detalii despre produsele cu Android. In plus, clientii pot testa smartphone-uri si tablete cu Android dar pot sa navigheze pe Google Earth pe un ecran de mari dimensiuni sau pot sa joace Angry Birds pe un display urias.La magazin pot fi testate terminale ale unor companii precum Samsung, HTC, Sony Ericsson, Motorola si LG. Deschiderea tine foarte mult de o strategie de marketing, una care-si propune sa testeze reactia pietei la un astfel de concept de retail. Ramane de vazut daca astfel de magazine vor fi deschise si pe alte continente. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/xbox-upgrades-aim-to-be-39future-of-tv39/ xbox-upgrades-aim-to-be-39future-of-tv39 Tue, 6 Dec 2011 00:01:27 +0200 (CNN) -- An update rolling out Tuesday for the Xbox Live network aims to do what Microsoft has been teasing for a while -- turn a platform designed primarily for video games into one that will be the major hub for all television viewing. Microsoft promises the update, which it calls "the future of TV," can "transform every Xbox 360 into an all-in-one device to enjoy your entertainment." "The update is another huge step toward realizing our vision of bringing you all your entertainment, shared with the people you care about, in an easy way," Marc Whitten, Microsoft's corporate vice president for Xbox Live, wrote on the official Microsoft blog. The Xbox was the first gaming console to include Netflix and has since added entertainment partners such as ESPN, Hulu Plus, AT&T U-verse and last.fm. But Microsoft, hoping a bevy of new apps will up the ante, is adding content from 40 new partners while making existing content easier to view. One of the free update's key new features will be a voice-control interface that will let users retrieve videos, television channels, games or other content simply by asking for it. The feature combines the Xbox 360's hands-free Kinect system with technology from Microsoft's Bing search engine to hunt down the content. Primarily billed as a gaming tool, Kinect uses a 3-D video camera and voice recognition to let the user interact with the TV screen without a controller. The new partners, or updated apps, to be unveiled Tuesday include content from ESPN, Hulu, Netflix and MSNBC in the United States. ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/brussels-homes-in-on-google/ brussels-homes-in-on-google Tue, 6 Dec 2011 00:00:56 +0200 (Financial Times) -- The European Commission is homing in on a list of concerns about Google's business practices that could form the basis of an antitrust complaint against the US internet search group. The narrowing of the investigation to issues red flagged by Brussels marks a turning point in an inquiry that has been running for almost two years. However, the commission has yet to decide whether to bring a formal complaint against the company or lay out its concerns in detail, said people familiar with the situation. News that the European case has moved into a more advanced phase comes just days before Eric Schmidt, Google's chairman, is due to meet Joaquín Almunia, the European competition commissioner. Mr Almunia last week played down suggestions that the meeting could turn into a showdown with the US company over antitrust issues, telling reporters that it had not been called to discuss the competition case "in detail". He added: "We are very keen to exchange views." People who have been in contact with the commission say regulators are paying particular attention to ways in which Google downgrades some rival websites in its search results, while playing up its own services. This has involved favouring its specialised, or "vertical", services for maps and shopping. Google has argued that showing more detailed answers high up in its search results helps users get to information faster and has denied deliberately disadvantaging any rivals. In recent months, a number of companies have filed fresh complaints to Brussels, claiming to have been hurt by Google's practices. But the regulator ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/steve-jobs-a-avut-din-nou-dreptate-google-se-transforma-in-microsoft-cinci-proiecte-marca-google-pe-care-microsoft-le-a-experimentat-fara-succes/ steve-jobs-a-avut-din-nou-dreptate-google-se-transforma-in-microsoft-cinci-proiecte-marca-google-pe-care-microsoft-le-a-experimentat-fara-succes Mon, 5 Dec 2011 00:02:07 +0200 Primăvara trecută, când Larry Page se pregătea să preia conducerea Google, i-a cerut lui Steve Jobs câteva sfaturi. Jobs i-a spus să se concentreze pe mai puţine lucruri, dar pe care să le facă foarte bine. Pentru că, altfel, va ajunge să semene cu Microsoft, se va hazarda în multe proiecte, dar nu va avea niciun succes cu ele. Dar Google s-a transformat deja în Microsoft, în incercarea de a ţine piept Facebook sau Apple. Steve Jobs şi-a adus aminte ulterior conversaţia pe care a avut-o cu şeful de la Google şi i-a povestit-o biografului său, Walter Isaacson. Jobs i-a spus lui Page: "Gândeşte-te ce vrea să fie Google când va fi mare. Care sunt cele cinci produse pe care vrei să te concentrezi? Lasă restul la o parte, pentru că te trag în jos. Te transforma în Microsoft." Page l-a ascultat într-o oarecare măsura, lasând la o parte o mulţime de proiecte experimentale. Cu toate acestea, Jobs a avut dreptate: Google se transformă in Microsoft. Află de ce se transformă Google în Microsoft pe www.incont.ro http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/facebook-vrea-sa-angajeze-mai-multe-mii-de-persoane-si-sa-deschida-un-centru-tehnologic-anul-viitor/ facebook-vrea-sa-angajeze-mai-multe-mii-de-persoane-si-sa-deschida-un-centru-tehnologic-anul-viitor Mon, 5 Dec 2011 00:02:03 +0200 Facebook intenţionează să angajeze anul viitor mai multe mii de persoane şi să deschidă un centru de inginerie tehnologică în New York, pentru a atrage talentele din domeniul IT, în condiţiile în care se pregăteşte pentru o posibilă listare la bursă. Compania, care operează cea mai mare reţea de socializare la nivel mondial, are în prezent circa 3.000 de angajaţi şi peste 800 de milioane de utilizatori în întreaga lume. Facebook va deschide un centru de inginerie tehnologică la New York la începutul anului viitor, a declarat directorul operaţional Sheryl Sandberg, fără să precizeze exact numărul de posturi care vor fi create, transmite Bloomberg. "Baza de utilizatori şi de venituri creşte rapid şi ne bazăm pe acest lucru", a spus Sandberg. Facebook vrea să atragă profesioniştii din domeniul tehnologiei, în condiţiile în care companii precum Google şi Apple concurează deja pentru cele mai strălucite minţi. La începutul acestei luni, directorul general şi fondatorul Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, a vizitat Universitatea Harvard şi Institutul pentru Tehnologie din Massachusetts, pentru recrutarea de personal. Facebook analizează lansarea unei oferte publice iniţiale de circa 10 miliarde de dolari, care ar evalua compania la peste 100 de miliarde de dolari, a declarat o sursă apropiată situaţiei. Cererea de listare la bursă ar putea fi depusă înainte de sfârşitul acestui an. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/video-google-a-schimbat-radical-designul-youtube/ video-google-a-schimbat-radical-designul-youtube Sat, 3 Dec 2011 00:03:51 +0200 YouTube are de joi un nou look ce aduce un numar mare de schimbari, de la modul in care clipurile pot fi vizionate pana la modalitati in care canalele pot fi personalizate. Sunt cele mai mari schimbari ale aspectului site-ului in ultimii sase ani, ca parte a proiectului Cosmic Panda prin care Google vrea sa modernizeze cel mai popular site de video-sharing.O modificare importanta tine de "vopseaua digitala" aplicata, fiindca portiuni importante ale paginii nu mai sunt cu fond alb, ci cu gri. Apoi, in locul aranjarii clipurilor in lungi randuri orizontale, au aparut trei mai coloane verticale care, spun cei de la Google, vor simplifica modul de navigare si personalizare.In coloana din stanga utilizatorul poate alege la ce canale principale vrea sa aiba acces rapid si isi poate lega contul de YouTube cu cele din retele precum Facebook si Google+. Pe coloana centrala pot fi vizionate clipurile, iar in cea din dreapta userul primeste recomandari de clipuri ce l-ar putea interesa, in functie de ce a cautat si vizionat pana acum pe site.Cei de la Google spun ca acest "facelift" substantial face site-ul mai modern, mai simplu si mai usor de personalizat pentru fiecare utilizator in parte. Compania vrea sa obtina venituri mai mari din publicitate pe YouTuibe si semneaza diverse parteneriate pentru ca cel mai popular site de video-sharing sa aiba o cantitate cat mai mare de continut creat de profesionisti din TV. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-ar-putea-introduce-un-serviciu-de-cumparaturi-online-incercand-sa-atraga-vizitatori-de-la-amazon/ google-ar-putea-introduce-un-serviciu-de-cumparaturi-online-incercand-sa-atraga-vizitatori-de-la-amazon Sat, 3 Dec 2011 00:03:48 +0200 Google ar putea introduce un serviciu de cumpărături online care să promoveze livrarea în aceeaşi zi, încercând să atragă vizitatori de la rivali precum Amazon.com, potrivit Wall Street Journal (WSJ). Google poartă discuţii cu mai mulţi retaileri şi companii de curierat, potrivit unor surse apropiate situaţiei, citate de WSJ. Reprezentanţii Google au refuzat să comenteze informaţiile. Analiştii estimează că Google obţine circa 40% din venituri datorită vânzărilor efectuate de retaileri în urma unor căutări efectuate pe motorul de căutare al companiei. Astfel, Google s-ar putea simţi ameninţat de serviciul Prime al Amazon.com, care garantează livrare gratuită în maximum două zile în Statele Unite pentru orice produs pentru 79 de dolari pe an. Tot mai mulţi utilizatori care adoptă Amazon.com Prime renunţă la căutarea produselor pe Google, care devine tot mai des o variantă "de rezervă" pentru consumatorii care nu găsesc ceea ce doresc să cumpere pe Amazon.com, potrivit analiştilor. Google domină încă segmentul căutărilor online din domeniul retail. Serviciul de retail online al Google nu va vinde produse direct clienţilor, ci îi va direcţiona către cele mai avantajoase oferte sau către soluţia care oferă cea mai rapidă livrare, au afirmat sursele citate. Compania vrea de asemenea să creeze un serviciu de livrări care să asigure onorarea comenzilor într-una, maximum două zile, contra unui comision, potrivit WSJ. La crearea noului serviciu ar putea participa şi compania de curierat United Parcel Service (UPS), notează publicaţia americană. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-ar-putea-introduce-un-serviciu-de-retail-online-cu-livrare-in-aceeasi-zi/ google-ar-putea-introduce-un-serviciu-de-retail-online-cu-livrare-in-aceeasi-zi Sat, 3 Dec 2011 00:03:44 +0200 Google ar putea introduce un serviciu de cumpărături online care să promoveze livrarea în aceeaşi zi, încercând să atragă vizitatori de la rivali precum Amazon.com, potrivit Wall Street Journal (WSJ), preluat de Reuters. Google poartă discuţii cu mai mulţi retaileri şi companii de curierat, potrivit unor surse apropiate situaţiei, citate de WSJ. Reprezentanţii Google au refuzat să comenteze informaţiile. Analiştii estimează că Google obţine circa 40% din venituri datorită vânzărilor efectuate de retaileri în urma unor căutări efectuate pe motorul de căutare al companiei. Astfel, Google s-ar putea simţi ameninţat de serviciul Prime al Amazon.com, care garantează livrare gratuită în maximum două zile în Statele Unite pentru orice produs pentru 79 de dolari pe an. Tot mai mulţi utilizatori care adoptă Amazon.com Prime renunţă la căutarea produselor pe Google, care devine tot mai des o variantă "de rezervă" pentru consumatorii care nu găsesc ceea ce doresc să cumpere pe Amazon.com, potrivit analiştilor. Google domină încă segmentul căutărilor online din domeniul retail. Serviciul de retail online al Google nu va vinde produse direct clienţilor, ci îi va direcţiona către cele mai avantajoase oferte sau către soluţia care oferă cea mai rapidă livrare, au afirmat sursele citate. Compania vrea de asemenea să creeze un serviciu de livrări care să asigure onorarea comenzilor într-una, maximum două zile, contra unui comision, potrivit WSJ. La crearea noului serviciu ar putea participa şi compania de curierat United Parcel Service (UPS), notează publicaţia americană. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/tv-isn39t-broken-so-why-is-everyone-trying-to-fix-it/ tv-isn39t-broken-so-why-is-everyone-trying-to-fix-it Sat, 3 Dec 2011 00:02:03 +0200 Editor's note: This is the latest in a series of Business Insider commentaries for CNN that debunk commonly held perceptions about technology. (CNN) -- The technology industry is absolutely bent on reinventing television. According to Walter Isaacson's biography of Steve Jobs, one of his last big accomplishments was figuring out how to make a better TV. "I'd like to create an integrated television set that is completely easy to use," Jobs told his biographer. "It would be seamlessly synced with all of your devices and with iCloud....It will have the simplest user interface you could imagine. I finally cracked it." Since then, the world has gone crazy speculating about how great this iTV (or whatever it's called) will be. It will apparently be powered by Siri, Apple's voice controlled assistant that appeared in the iPhone 4S earlier this year. Analyst Gene Munster thinks it will come in several sizes, be controllable from your iPhone or iPad, and -- this is Apple after all -- cost twice the price of a normal TV. Apple isn't alone. Google just released the second version of its Internet-meets-TV software, Google TV. This is despite the fact that first version was such a flop that hardware partner Logitech had more Google TV returns than sales in the first quarter of 2011. (Not surprisingly, Logitech is not going to be on board for round two.) Microsoft is also getting into the act again, after countless failed attempts stretching back almost two decades. (Remember WebTV?) This time, it's teamed up with TV providers like Comcast and Verizon FiOS to ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/siri-can39t-direct-you-to-an-abortion-clinic/ siri-can39t-direct-you-to-an-abortion-clinic Sat, 3 Dec 2011 00:01:53 +0200 (CNN) -- Siri can help you find drugstores and bars, but the iPhone 4S digital assistant is clueless when it comes to the locations of abortion clinics, according to the American Civil Liberties Union. The advocacy group this week launched an online petition asking people to send e-mails to Apple saying that "if Siri can tell us about Viagra, it should not provide bad or no information about contraceptives or abortion care. Send a message to Apple: Fix Siri." "Although it isn't clear that Apple is intentionally trying to promote an anti-choice agenda, it is distressing that Siri can point you to Viagra, but not the Pill, or help you find an escort, but not an abortion clinic," the group wrote in a blog post Wednesday. "We're confident that the developers at Apple want to provide iPhone users with accurate information." Apple said Thursday the omission was not intentional: "Our customers want to use Siri to find out all types of information and while it can find a lot, it doesn't always find what you want," Apple spokeswoman Natalie Harrison said. "These are not intentional omissions meant to offend anyone. It simply means that as we bring Siri from beta to a final product, we find places where we can do better and we will in the coming weeks." In an informal test by CNN, Siri was able to provide some information about reproductive health services, including where you can buy a condom, but she still could not answer the question, "Where can I get an abortion?" The digital assistant's reply: ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/justitia-italiana-redactorii-din-presa-online-nu-sunt-responsabili-pentru-continutul-comentariilor-postate-de-cititori/ justitia-italiana-redactorii-din-presa-online-nu-sunt-responsabili-pentru-continutul-comentariilor-postate-de-cititori Fri, 2 Dec 2011 00:03:01 +0200 Curtea Suprema de Casatie din Italia a decis ca redactorii publicatiilor online nu pot fi considerati responsabili, din punct de vedere legal, pentru comentariile defaimatoare postate de cititori, potrivit IT World Today. Hotararea Curtii contrasteaza cu decizii anterioare ale autoritatilor italiene care s-au remarcat prin tendinta de a restrange libertatea de exprimare in spatiul online.Curtea Suprema italiana a anulat verdictele a doua instante inferioare, achitandu-l pe fostul redactor online al publicatiei L'Espresso, Daniela Hamaui, acuzat ca nu a prevenit aparitia unor comentarii defaimatoare.Judecatorii au argumentat ca publicatiile online nu pot fi tratate in acelasi mod ca si presa scrisa traditionala si nu se poate astepta ca acestea sa exercite control editorial preventiv asupra comentariilor cititorilor.Presa scrisa traditionala implica, potrivit legislatiei italiene, reproducerea unui text original pe un mediu fizic, reproducere distribuita apoi publicului, a afirmat Curtea. Publicatiile online nu sunt distribuite fizic publicului, chiar daca, teoretic, este posibila printarea unui text online si distribuirea catre o parte terta. Potrivit instantei, nu este corect, din punct de vedere legal, ca sanctiunile ce vizeaza redactorii din mass-media traditionala, care nu au prevenit publicarea unor calomnii, sa fie aplicate redactorilor din presa online care nu au indepartat un comentariu defaimator dupa ce a fost postat de un cititor.Hotararea Curtii contrasteaza cu decizii anterioare ale autoritatilor italiene care restrictioneaza libertatea de exprimare pe internet.In februarie 2010, trei directori Google Italia au fost condamnati la 6 luni de inchisoare cu suspendare din cauza faptului ca au permis postarea in Google Video a unei inregistrari in care un copil cu sindromul ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/euractivro-comisia-europeana-si-gigantii-tehnologiei-prevad-noi-masuri-de-protejare-a-copiilor-in-mediul-online/ euractivro-comisia-europeana-si-gigantii-tehnologiei-prevad-noi-masuri-de-protejare-a-copiilor-in-mediul-online Fri, 2 Dec 2011 00:02:59 +0200 Comisia Europeana s-a intalnit astazi cu gigantii Apple, Facebook si Google, transmite Reuters, pentru a discuta despre imbunatatirea protectiei copiilor in mediul online.Coalitia, din care fac parte 28 de companii, va dezvolta un sistem de evaluare bazat pe varsta utilizatorilor si are ca scop imbunatatirea setarilor de confidentialitate. De asemenea, pana la sfarsitul anului, continutul neadecvat va fi mult mai usor de raportat, potrivit EurActiv.ro.Noile masuri includ imbunatatirea controlului parental si o mai buna cooperare intre institutiile judiciare si cele care se ocupa de supravegherea mediului online, pentru a indeparta orice material cu continut sexual. Grupul britanic Childnet International, care urmareste sa protejeze copiii in mediul onine, considera ca intentia Comisiei Europene este un bun inceput in acest sens. Multi copii devin activi online inainte sa implineasca sapte ani, in timp ce 38% dintre copiii cu varste cuprinse intre 9 si 12 ani au profiluri pe principalele retele de socializare, potrivit unei cercetari a Uniunii Europene. Peste 30% din copii acceseaza internetul prin intermediul unui dispozitiv mobil, iar 26% prin intermediul consolelor de jocuri video. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/28-de-mari-companii-itc-s-au-angajat-sa-faca-internetul-mai-sigur-pentru-copii/ 28-de-mari-companii-itc-s-au-angajat-sa-faca-internetul-mai-sigur-pentru-copii Fri, 2 Dec 2011 00:02:57 +0200 28 de companii mari din domeniul IT si telecomunicatii au adoptat o declaratie de intentie in care s-au angajat sa transforme internetul intr-un mediu mai sigur pentru copii, informeaza Comisia Europeana. Coalitia, creata la solicitarea Executivului european, este formata momentan din: Apple, BSkyB, BT, Dailymotion, Deutsche Telekom, Facebook, Google, Hyves, KPN, Liberty Global, LG Electronics, Mediaset, Microsoft, Netlog, Nintendo, Nokia, Opera Software, Orange, Research in Motion, RTL Group, Samsung, Sulake, Telefonica, Teliasonera, Telenor Group, Tuenti, Vivendi si Vodafone. Printre actiunile vizate se numara facilitarea raportarii continuturilor periculoase sau oferirea unor optiuni mai variate pentru controlul parental."Membrii fondatori ai coalitiei sunt deja lideri in domeniul sigurantei copiilor pe internet. Conjugandu-ne eforturile, vom impune ritmul pentru intreaga industrie de profil si vom dispune de instrumentele adecvate pentru a oferi copiilor autonomie maxima in mediul online in conditii de siguranta", a declarat Neelie Kroes, vicepresedintele Comisiei Europene.Cele 28 de companii au adoptat o Declaratie de intentie in care au convenit sa intreprinda actiuni in cinci domenii: Instrumente de raportare simple si solide: functii usor identificabile si recognoscibile pe toate dispozitivele pentru a permite semnalarea eficace a continuturilor si contactelor care par a fi prejudiciabile pentru copii si interventia eficienta in astfel de situatii; Parametri de confidentialitate adecvati varstei: parametri care sa tina seama de nevoile unor grupe de varsta diferite (astfel de parametri determina in ce masura sunt disponibile informatiile utilizatorului; de exemplu, daca datele de contact sau fotografiile sunt disponibile numai pentru persoanele apropiate sau si pentru publicul larg); O utilizare mai larga a clasificarii continutului: pentru a elabora o ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/browserul-chrome-al-google-a-depasit-pentru-prima-data-firefox-si-se-apropie-de-internet-explorer/ browserul-chrome-al-google-a-depasit-pentru-prima-data-firefox-si-se-apropie-de-internet-explorer Fri, 2 Dec 2011 00:02:46 +0200 Browserul Chrome al grupului Google a depăşit în noiembrie Firefox, la nivel global, pentru prima dată, şi continuă să reducă puternic diferenţa faţă de liderul Internet Explorer al Microsoft, care a scăzut, potrivit unui studiu al firmei de analiză StatCounter. "Putem privi spre viitor la o luptă fascinantă între Microsoft şi Google, întrucât ritmul de creştere al Chrome sugerează că va deveni un rival real pentru Internet Explorer la nivel global", a declarat directorul general al StatCounter, Aodhan Cullen. În noiembrie, cota de piaţă a Chrome a ajuns la 25,7%, aproximativ dublu faţă de aceeaşi lună a anului trecut, în timp ce Internet Explorer a scăzuut de la 48,2% la 40,6%. Cota de piaţă a Firefox, popular în Europa, a coborât la nivel global de la 31,2% la 25,2%. Locul al patrulea este ocupat, la mare distanţă, de browserul Safari al grupului Apple, cu 5,9%, iar pe cinci se situează Opera cu 1,8%. Statistica StatCounter se bazează pe date agregate de la peste trei milioane de site-uri web, cu o mostră de peste 15 miliarde de pagini vizualizate pe lună. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-celebreaza-ziua-nationala-a-romaniei-cu-un-logo-special/ google-celebreaza-ziua-nationala-a-romaniei-cu-un-logo-special Fri, 2 Dec 2011 00:02:41 +0200 Motorul de căutare Google afişează pe pagina lui principală de joi un nou logo special, dedicat Zilei Naţionale a României - 1 decembrie. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/aclu-raps-apple-over-siri-abortion-clinic-issue/ aclu-raps-apple-over-siri-abortion-clinic-issue Fri, 2 Dec 2011 00:01:31 +0200 (CNN) -- Siri can help you find drugstores and bars, but the iPhone 4S digital assistant is clueless when it comes to the locations of abortion clinics, according to the American Civil Liberties Union. The advocacy group this week launched an online petition asking people to send e-mails to Apple saying that "if Siri can tell us about Viagra, it should not provide bad or no information about contraceptives or abortion care. Send a message to Apple: Fix Siri." "Although it isn't clear that Apple is intentionally trying to promote an anti-choice agenda, it is distressing that Siri can point you to Viagra, but not the Pill, or help you find an escort, but not an abortion clinic," the group wrote in a blog post Wednesday. "We're confident that the developers at Apple want to provide iPhone users with accurate information." Apple said Thursday the omission was not intentional: "Our customers want to use Siri to find out all types of information and while it can find a lot, it doesn't always find what you want," Apple spokeswoman Natalie Harrison said. "These are not intentional omissions meant to offend anyone. It simply means that as we bring Siri from beta to a final product, we find places where we can do better and we will in the coming weeks." In an informal test by CNN, Siri was able to provide some information about reproductive health services, including where you can buy a condom, but she still could not answer the question, "Where can I get an abortion?" The digital assistant's reply: ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/apple39s-siri-can39t-direct-you-to-an-abortion-clinic/ apple39s-siri-can39t-direct-you-to-an-abortion-clinic Fri, 2 Dec 2011 00:01:15 +0200 (CNN) -- Siri can help you find drugstores and bars, but the iPhone 4S digital assistant is clueless when it comes to the locations of abortion clinics, according to the American Civil Liberties Union. The advocacy group this week launched an online petition asking people to send e-mails to Apple saying that "if Siri can tell us about Viagra, it should not provide bad or no information about contraceptives or abortion care. Send a message to Apple: Fix Siri." "Although it isn't clear that Apple is intentionally trying to promote an anti-choice agenda, it is distressing that Siri can point you to Viagra, but not the Pill, or help you find an escort, but not an abortion clinic," the group wrote in a blog post Wednesday. "We're confident that the developers at Apple want to provide iPhone users with accurate information." Apple said Thursday the omission was not intentional: "Our customers want to use Siri to find out all types of information and while it can find a lot, it doesn't always find what you want," Apple spokeswoman Natalie Harrison said. "These are not intentional omissions meant to offend anyone. It simply means that as we bring Siri from beta to a final product, we find places where we can do better and we will in the coming weeks." In an informal test by CNN, Siri was able to provide some information about reproductive health services, including where you can buy a condom, but she still could not answer the question, "Where can I get an abortion?" The digital assistant's reply: ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/business-report-cati-bani-aduc-in-economie-autostrazile-din-romania-terminalul-business-de-pe-aeroportul-baneasa-va-fi-finalizat-pana-la-sfarsitul-anului-visul-nuclear-al-lui-ceausescu-cate-centrale-atomice-trebuia-sa-avem-si-ce-s-a-ales-de-plan-giga/ business-report-cati-bani-aduc-in-economie-autostrazile-din-romania-terminalul-business-de-pe-aeroportul-baneasa-va-fi-finalizat-pana-la-sfarsitul-anului-visul-nuclear-al-lui-ceausescu-cate-centrale-atomice-trebuia-sa-avem-si-ce-s-a-ales-de-plan-giga Wed, 30 Nov 2011 18:58:47 +0200 Cati bani aduc in economie autostrazile din Romania. "Ne-am obisnuit sa masuram kilometri de autostrada, dar investitiile pe care le facem in infrastructura sunt investitii care conduc si la crestere economica", spunea ministrul Anca Boagiu intr-un interviu pentru Capital. In conditiile in care s-a dat drumul constructiei, efectul se vede nu doar in taierile de panglici si inaugurarile de santiere, ci si in sectorul constructiilor, unde ajung circa 1,08-1,2 miliarde de euro. Daca se vor continua proiectele incepute, in 2012, Romania va ajunge sa aiba circa 590 km de autostrada, peste 8.000 de persoane angajate in constructia de autostrazi si o absorbtie mai mare a fondurilor europene care se va simti in PIB si ne-ar putea permite sa iesim pe plus intr-un context economic care se anunta dificil, scrie Capital.ro.Enel a finalizat un centru de comanda pentru zona Muntenia. Compania Enel Romania a finalizat un centru de comanda pentru zona Muntenia, partea a unui program de investitii de 90 de milioane de euro care include si lucrari de modernizare a retelei, a anuntat ieri subsidiara grupului italian de utilitati Enel. Noul centru de telecontrol, inaugurat ieri, permite tehnicienilor Enel din Bucuresti, Ilfov si Giurgiu sa opereze online manevrele necesare pentru a controla statiile primare si alte componente ale retelei de electricitate de inalta si medie tensiune. In plus, sistemul aduce beneficii in ceea ce priveste calitatea serviciului de distributie a energiei electrice. "Sistemul Telecontrol (...) permite tehnicienilor Enel sa execute manevrele de realimentare cu energie aproape instant, in cazul unor intreruperi care afecteaza zone extinse. ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-marcheaza-cu-un-logo-special-implinirea-a-176-de-ani-de-la-nasterea-scriitorului-mark-twain/ google-marcheaza-cu-un-logo-special-implinirea-a-176-de-ani-de-la-nasterea-scriitorului-mark-twain Wed, 30 Nov 2011 18:58:22 +0200 Motorul de căutare Google şi-a schimbat, miercuri, logoul de pe pagina principală, pentru a marca împlinirea a 176 de ani de la naşterea scriitorului american Mark Twain, autorul unor celebre romane de aventuri pentru copii. Acesta este cel mai lung logo pe care Google l-a postat pe pagina principală. Logoul obişnuit a fost înlocuit cu imaginea unui gard care este revopsit, pe care se regăsesc literele care alcătuiesc cuvântul "Google", pictate în culorile obişnuite ale companiei. În noul logo Google apar personajele Tom Sawyer şi Huckleberry Finn, surprinse în trei ipostaze, în timp ce vopsesc pe acel gard literele care compun cuvântul "Google". Mark Twain, al cărui nume real a fost Samuel Langhorne Clemens, s-a născut pe 30 noiembrie 1835, în statul american Missouri. Scriitorul american este autorul îndrăgitelor romane "Aventurile lui Tom Sawyer", "Prinţ şi cerşetor", "Aventurile lui Huckleberry Finn" şi "Un yankeu la curtea regelui Arthur". Mark Twain a murit pe 21 aprilie 1910, la vârsta de 74 de ani. Google îşi modifică frecvent logoul pentru a omagia personalităţi ale culturii universale sau pentru a marca momente speciale din istoria lumii. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-marcheaza-implinirea-a-176-de-ani-de-la-nasterea-scriitorului-mark-twain/ google-marcheaza-implinirea-a-176-de-ani-de-la-nasterea-scriitorului-mark-twain Wed, 30 Nov 2011 18:58:11 +0200 Motorul de căutare Google şi-a schimbat, miercuri, logoul de pe pagina principală, pentru a marca împlinirea a 176 de ani de la naşterea scriitorului american Mark Twain, autorul unor celebre romane de aventuri pentru copii. Acesta este cel mai lung logo pe care Google l-a postat pe pagina principală. Logoul obişnuit a fost înlocuit cu imaginea unui gard care este revopsit, pe care se regăsesc literele care alcătuiesc cuvântul "Google", pictate în culorile obişnuite ale companiei. În noul logo Google apar personajele Tom Sawyer şi Huckleberry Finn, surprinse în trei ipostaze, în timp ce vopsesc pe acel gard literele care compun cuvântul "Google". Mark Twain, al cărui nume real a fost Samuel Langhorne Clemens, s-a născut pe 30 noiembrie 1835, în statul american Missouri. Scriitorul american este autorul îndrăgitelor romane "Aventurile lui Tom Sawyer", "Prinţ şi cerşetor", "Aventurile lui Huckleberry Finn" şi "Un yankeu la curtea regelui Arthur". Mark Twain a murit pe 21 aprilie 1910, la vârsta de 74 de ani. Google îşi modifică frecvent logoul pentru a omagia personalităţi ale culturii universale sau pentru a marca momente speciale din istoria lumii. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/what-would-facebook-stock-sales-mean-for-you/ what-would-facebook-stock-sales-mean-for-you Wed, 30 Nov 2011 18:56:06 +0200 (CNN) -- If Facebook and Wall Street become friends, will you like it? For the past couple of years, the potential for Facebook to go public has been bandied about a lot in tech circles, with more and more of the digital tea leaves suggesting that the social-networking juggernaut will, in fact, one day become a publicly traded commodity. The speculation has heated up again this week. And, amid all the chatter about financial disclosures and initial public offerings, another question has emerged: What would it mean for the average Facebook user? The Wall Street Journal this week quoted unnamed sources who said Facebook is "inching closer" to a public offering, in spring or early summer, that would value the company at more than $100 billion. According to the report, Facebook would look to raise a staggering $10 billion during its initial public offering. A $100 billion valuation would price the social-networking giant at more than twice the value of tech institutions such as Hewlett-Packard Co. and 3M Co., the Journal reported. A Facebook spokesman declined to comment for this article. For folks who have followed Facebook's now-iconic rise from dorm-room project to online hangout for more than 800 million users, the money talk may be all well and good. But some of them say they are concerned that, when the stock shares start hitting the market, the ingenuity that built Facebook could disappear. TechCrunch writer Josh Constine wasn't optimistic in a post bluntly titled "Why Greedy Stockholders and a $100 Billion IPO Could Hurt Facebook." Constine argues that if Facebook becomes beholden ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/samsung-defeats-apple-in-court/ samsung-defeats-apple-in-court Wed, 30 Nov 2011 18:54:31 +0200 (Financial Times) -- Samsung Electronics will be allowed to sell its latest Galaxy tablet computers in Australia during the crucial Christmas shopping season after it won a rare victory against Apple and overturned a sales ban in the country. The decision by a federal appeals court in Australia comes after setbacks for Samsung in Europe, where Apple successfully sued to block sales of Samsung's tablets in Germany, Europe's largest market. Samsung has also had to modify some of its smartphone features for the European market following a temporary sales ban on its three Galaxy smartphones in the Netherlands. Samsung and Apple are locked in about 20 legal disputes in nine countries including the US, South Korea, Japan and the UK, and analysts said this latest verdict should bolster Samsung's position in these cases. "The ruling shows that Apple's claims on design are relatively weak while Samsung can fight back with its patents on 3G technology," said Jae Lee at Daiwa Securities. The intensifying legal wranglings between the two companies highlight their complex relationship. Samsung is an important supplier of parts for Apple products, but the South Korean company is also the biggest maker of smartphones based on Google's Android platform and therefore Apple's biggest competitor in smartphones and tablets. In Australia, Apple was granted an injunction in October, temporarily blocking sales of the Galaxy 10.1 tablet. Federal Court Justice Lindsay Foster on Wednesday reversed the sales ban but granted a stay until Friday. Apple will have to go to the High Court to extend the period further. The ruling provides ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/barack-obama-si-a-deschis-cont-pe-google-in-vederea-campaniei-electorale/ barack-obama-si-a-deschis-cont-pe-google-in-vederea-campaniei-electorale Fri, 25 Nov 2011 00:08:24 +0200 Presedintele american Barack Obama si-a deschis cont miercuri pe Google+, reteaua sociala a gigantului american de Internet, adaugand-o listei ample de retele sociale pe care intentioneaza sa le foloseasca in campania electorala pentru alegerile prezidentiale din 2012, relateaza AFP."Incercam sa ne stabilim reperele, asa ca nu ezitati sa ne spuneti ce v-ar placea sa vedeti aici si sa ne dati idei despre modul in care putem folosi acest spatiu pentru a va ajuta sa ramaneti in contact cu campania", explica primul mesaj publicat pe acest cont.Echipa de campanie a presedintelui Obama s-a lansat luna trecuta pe popularul site Tumblr, completand un arsenal care include Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Flickr si Foursquare.In cadrul campaniei sale victorioase din 2008, Barack Obama s-a sprijinit pe Internet pentru a strange fonduri si sustinatori si pentru a-si difuza mesajele. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/microsoft-vrea-sa-cumpere-yahoo-din-nou/ microsoft-vrea-sa-cumpere-yahoo-din-nou Fri, 25 Nov 2011 00:06:26 +0200 Microsoft a purtat negocieri pentru preluarea companiei Yahoo încă din anul 2008, însă a renunţat la idee câteva luni mai târziu, preferând să-şi concentreze eforturile în lupta cu rivalul Google, purtată pe piaţa serviciilor online. Citeşte mai multe pe go4it.ro http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/bloomberg-microsoft-va-analiza-yahoo-in-vederea-finantarii-unei-preluari-de-catre-alte-companii/ bloomberg-microsoft-va-analiza-yahoo-in-vederea-finantarii-unei-preluari-de-catre-alte-companii Fri, 25 Nov 2011 00:05:59 +0200 Microsoft a încheiat un acord de confidenţialitate cu Yahoo! care îi permite să analizeze în amănunt situaţia financiară a companiei de servicii de Internet, în vederea finanţării unei posibile oferte de preluare din partea altor companii, a declarat o sursă apropiată situaţiei, citată de Bloomberg. Alte două surse au spus la rândul lor că Microsoft ar putea doar să contribuie la finanţarea unei oferte, în loc să încerce să cumpere direct Yahoo!. Astfel, Microsoft se va alătura altor investitori, pentru protejarea parteneriatului cu Yahoo! în domeniul serviciilor de căutare la web şi acoperirea unui eventual deficit de finanţare. Consultanţii Yahoo! au cerut ca ofertele de preluare din partea companiilor interesate să fie depuse săptămâna viitoare. Este probabil ca ofertanţii să propună doar preluarea unei participaţii minoritare la Yahoo!, în condiţiile în care nu au pregătit finanţarea unei preluări integrale, au arătat sursele. Fondurile de investiţii TPG Capital şi Silver Lake au semnat la rândul lor acorduri de confidenţialitate, au declarat persoane apropiate acestor companii. Reprezentanţi ai Microsoft şi ai Yahoo! au refuzat să comenteze. Yahoo! a cerut părţilor interesate să semneze acorduri de confidenţialitate a datelor, pentru a primi prezentări din partea conducerii şi acces la informaţii financiare detaliate. Cel mai mare portal web din SUA, Yahoo! a declanşat în septembrie o evaluare strategică a opţiunilor de afaceri, după înlăturarea din funcţie a directorului general Carol Bartz, ca urmare a declinului vânzărilor în faţa concurenţei Google şi Facebook. În timpul mandatului lui Bartz, Microsoft şi Yahoo! au încheiat un acord pe termen de 10 ani pentru colaborarea în domeniul tehnologiei de căutare ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/echipa-de-campanie-a-lui-barack-obama-deschide-cont-pe-google-in-vederea-alegerilor-prezidentiale/ echipa-de-campanie-a-lui-barack-obama-deschide-cont-pe-google-in-vederea-alegerilor-prezidentiale Fri, 25 Nov 2011 00:05:58 +0200 Preşedintele american Barack Obama a adăugat miercuri Google+, reţeaua socială a gigantului american de Internet, listei copioase de reţele sociale pe care intenţionează să le folosească în campania electorală pentru alegerile prezidenţiale din 2012, relatează AFP. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/the-market-for-mobile-payments/ the-market-for-mobile-payments Thu, 24 Nov 2011 00:03:40 +0200 Editor's note: Amy Gahran writes about mobile tech for CNN.com. She is a San Francisco Bay Area writer and media consultant whose blog, Contentious.com, explores how people communicate in the online age. (CNN) -- The competition for payment processing services, especially mobile payments, is heating up. Last week Google kicked it up a notch by announcing that it's phasing out Google Checkout in favor of the new Google Wallet. This service supports in-store tap-to-pay payments from your phone via near field communications technology, as well as purchases on the web. If you log in to your Google Checkout account now, you'll be notified that you've been switched over to Google Wallet. Any credit cards or other payment information you've saved in Google Checkout will be available in Google Wallet. The catch: Google Wallet isn't yet widely used for in-store purchases. So far its NFC payments are enabled only for Sprint Nexus S users who also have a Citibank MasterCard or a Google prepaid card, and who are making purchases at MasterCard PayPass-enabled merchant locations. So this holiday shopping season, it's unlikely that many people will be waving their phones around to buy holiday gifts. But in the coming year, more U.S. smartphones will be equipped with NFC, bringing a variety of tap-to-pay or wave-to-pay options to consumers. A competing NFC-based mobile phone payment system, ISIS, is launching in some markets (Austin, Texas, and Salt Lake City) in 2012. Why are U.S. retailers slow to adopt NFC payment technology? One reason is the expense and effort required to install NFC-enabled point-of-sale equipment in stores ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/intrebarile-la-care-nu-trebuie-sa-mai-raspunzi-ca-sa-te-angajezi-la-google-dezvaluirea-unui-fost-angajat-al-departamentului-hr/ intrebarile-la-care-nu-trebuie-sa-mai-raspunzi-ca-sa-te-angajezi-la-google-dezvaluirea-unui-fost-angajat-al-departamentului-hr Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:04:28 +0200 Business Insider scrie că Google renunţă la multe dintre întrebările "ciudate" de la interviurile de angajare. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/why-mobile-payments-haven39t-gone-mainstream/ why-mobile-payments-haven39t-gone-mainstream Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:03:43 +0200 Editor's note: Amy Gahran writes about mobile tech for CNN.com. She is a San Francisco Bay Area writer and media consultant whose blog, Contentious.com, explores how people communicate in the online age. (CNN) -- The competition for payment processing services, especially mobile payments, is heating up. Last week Google kicked it up a notch by announcing that it's phasing out Google Checkout in favor of the new Google Wallet. This service supports in-store tap-to-pay payments from your phone via near field communications technology, as well as purchases on the web. If you log in to your Google Checkout account now, you'll be notified that you've been switched over to Google Wallet. Any credit cards or other payment information you've saved in Google Checkout will be available in Google Wallet. The catch: Google Wallet isn't yet widely used for in-store purchases. So far its NFC payments are enabled only for Sprint Nexus S users who also have a Citibank MasterCard or a Google prepaid card, and who are making purchases at MasterCard PayPass-enabled merchant locations. So this holiday shopping season, it's unlikely that many people will be waving their phones around to buy holiday gifts. But in the coming year, more U.S. smartphones will be equipped with NFC, bringing a variety of tap-to-pay or wave-to-pay options to consumers. A competing NFC-based mobile phone payment system, ISIS, is launching in some markets (Austin, Texas, and Salt Lake City) in 2012. Why are U.S. retailers slow to adopt NFC payment technology? One reason is the expense and effort required to install NFC-enabled point-of-sale equipment in stores ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/five-thanksgiving-apps-you-should-gobble-up/ five-thanksgiving-apps-you-should-gobble-up Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:02:19 +0200 (CNN) -- When someone says "Thanksgiving and apps," you probably think appetizers, not applications. It's not as natural a combo as, say, turkey and dressing or Detroit Lions and "losing in front of a national audience," is it? (We know -- those Lions are actually pretty good this year. Old habits die hard.) But in late 2011, if it exists, you can bet there's a host of mobile apps designed to help with it. And, let's be honest: Thanksgiving is a holiday with lots of moving parts. From ambitious cooking experiments to dealing with in-laws to mapping Black Friday shopping strategies, it can be a stressful day. Even if you're not a Detroit Lions fan. (Sorry ... did it again.) So, feeling prematurely full of holiday cheer, we've compiled a few apps that might help make your Turkey Day a good one. No need to thanks us ... just save us a drumstick. (Bonus: If, despite all this digital help, things go horribly awry, don't fret. Whether it's a scorched bird or a visit from Bumpus's hounds, you can still load up the family "Christmas Story" style, and head out for a Chinese feast or other dinner on the town, using apps like Open Table, UrbanSpoon and Foodspotting.) Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade The departments store's annual march through the streets of New York has become as much a part of the Thanksgiving tradition as pilgrims and pumpkin pie. While much of the app is geared toward folks actually attending the parade, there are features that can be helpful even if you're watching from home ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/galerie-foto-cele-mai-ciudate-imagini-de-pe-google-earth-plus-cum-a-ajuns-un-avion-de-lupta-intr-o-parcare-din-paris/ galerie-foto-cele-mai-ciudate-imagini-de-pe-google-earth-plus-cum-a-ajuns-un-avion-de-lupta-intr-o-parcare-din-paris Tue, 22 Nov 2011 00:05:23 +0200 Daily Mail publică o serie de imagini inedite, surprinse de utilizatori pe Google Earth. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/mexico-cuba-brazil-why-latin-america-matters-for-us-national-security/ mexico-cuba-brazil-why-latin-america-matters-for-us-national-security Mon, 21 Nov 2011 00:03:27 +0200 Republican presidential candidates take on national defense, the economy, international relations and terrorism issues in the CNN Republican National Security Debate in Washington, moderated by Wolf Blitzer, on Tuesday, November 22, at 8 p.m. ET on CNN, the CNN mobile apps and CNN.com/Live. Washington (CNN) -- It used to be said that if the American economy sneezed, Latin America and the Caribbean would catch a cold. Not so anymore. Despite the great recession of 2008, the region has kept growing and avoided, largely unscathed, the troubles that still ail the United States. The 20 nations that informally make up Latin America boast a booming economy with a combined GDP of more than $6 trillion, according to 2010 estimates by the International Monetary Fund. Latin America and the Caribbean, with a population of over 591 million people in 2011, are a potent market in a region where the U.S. already has free trade agreements with Mexico, Chile, Peru, Colombia and Panama. But with 2,000 miles of a common border between the U.S. and Mexico (its third-largest trading partner after Canada and China), a complicated communist presence still in Cuba, simmering anti-American sentiments in Venezuela, and Brazil -- the largest economy in Latin America and the U.S.'s eighth-largest trading partner -- already a formidable economic powerhouse, the region is anything but a stable, sedate space in the Western Hemisphere. As the U.S. is actively engaged in a deadly drug war in Mexico, Colombia and most of Central America and the Caribbean, and an arms deal gone bad is threatening to consume a ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/would-you-want-to-buy-an-amazon-phone/ would-you-want-to-buy-an-amazon-phone Mon, 21 Nov 2011 00:01:55 +0200 (CNN) -- Amazon is rumored to be making a phone. Citing checks of the company's supply chain, an analyst at Citigroup has issued a memo saying the phone may cost less than $200 and likely will be available in the middle of next year, according to multiple news reports in financial publications. "With the clear success of the Kindle e-Reader over the past 3 years, and Kindle Fire possibly succeeding in the low-priced tablet market, we view this as the next logical step for Amazon," the investor's note said, according to a report in Reuters. The blog AllThingsD says it's likely the phone would run Google's Android operating system: "(Mark) Mahaney's note doesn't spell out that the phone will use Google's Android operating system, but it suggests that will be the case by positing that Amazon will need to pay Microsoft an 'OS royalty' -- Microsoft has recently been able to extract royalty payments from other Android hardware partners." Of course, all of this is completely speculative, and based on one report from one analyst. Amazon did not immediately respond to CNN's request for comment on Friday morning, and no on knows for sure if the company is working on a phone. But it's interesting to tech journalists and investors in part because Amazon is creeping further from its roots as an e-commerce website and into new areas of technology, including hardware development. The company's Kindle e-reader has been a hit for years, and Amazon this week put its new tablet, the Kindle Fire, on the market for $200. Reviewers say the ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/cofondatorul-google-sergey-brin-a-donat-500000-de-dolari-pentru-functionarea-wikipedia/ cofondatorul-google-sergey-brin-a-donat-500000-de-dolari-pentru-functionarea-wikipedia Sun, 20 Nov 2011 00:07:14 +0200 Cofondatorul Google Sergey Brin şi soţia lui au donat o sumă de 500.000 de dolari Fundaţiei Wikimedia, care asigură funcţionarea enciclopediei online gratuite Wikipedia. Donaţia a fost făcută prin intermediul Fundaţiei Brin Wojcicki, fondată de Sergey Brin şi de soţia lui, Anne Wojcicki, potrivit unui anunţ făcut vineri de respectiva fundaţie. Fundaţia non-profit Wikimedia a lansat săptămâna trecută acţiunea sa anuală de strângere de fonduri pentru enciclopedia colaborativă online Wikipedia.org. Astfel, vizitatorii Wikipedia.org pot citi un apel de la Jimmy Wales, fondatorul enciclopediei online. Potrivit lui Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia are 679 de servere şi 95 de angajaţi. Wikipedia este al cincilea site pe internet, fiind vizitat de 450 de milioane de oameni diferiţi în fiecare lună şi având miliarde de vizualizări ale paginilor sale. "Comerţul este binevenit. Reclama nu este ceva malefic. Dar nu aparţine acestui loc. Nu la Wikipedia. Wikipedia este ceva special. Este asemenea unei biblioteci sau a unei grădini publice (...) Când am fondat Wikipedia, aş fi putut să o transform într-o companie pentru profit, cu anunţuri publicitare, dar am decis să fac ceva diferit. Noi toţi am muncit din greu de-a lungul anilor pentru a o menţine eficientă şi simplă (...) În acest an vă rugăm să contribuiţi cu 5 dolari, 10 euro, 1000 de yeni sau orice altă sumă credeţi că ar ajuta şi susţine Wikipedia", spune Jimmy Wales în mesajul său. Lansată în limba engleză în 15 ianuarie 2001 şi disponibilă în prezent în peste 270 de limbi, Wikipedia nu publică niciun fel de conţinuturi publicitare. Wikipedia include peste 19 milioane de ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/iconic-yahoo-billboard-coming-down-after-12-years/ iconic-yahoo-billboard-coming-down-after-12-years Sun, 20 Nov 2011 00:02:51 +0200 (CNN) -- Since 1999, it has greeted visitors to San Francisco while standing as a symbol of the Bay Area's status as a tech hub: A Yahoo billboard, retro-styled to look like a 1960s-era motel sign, with the tag line, "A nice place to stay on the Internet." Now, it's finally coming down. According to a report in the San Francisco Egotist, a sales manager for Clear Channel Outdoor in San Francisco has confirmed the billboard space will be available for new ads starting December 1. Some bloggers are already speculating that a more of-the-moment Bay Area tech company, such as Facebook or Google, may take its place. The neon Yahoo billboard near the onramp to eastbound I-80 is a holdover from the dot-com boom of the late 1990s and inspired sister billboards in New York City and Los Angeles. It has outlasted four Yahoo CEOs, most recently Carol Bartz. The billboard's space entertained passing motorists with such messages as, "FREE E-MAIL. ALL U CAN EAT BUFFET" and "YOU LOOK CUTE TODAY." The inevitable Save the Yahoo! Billboard page has already sprung up on Facebook, where it had amassed more than 800 likes as of early Friday afternoon. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/actionarii-motorola-mobility-au-aprobat-tranzactia-prin-care-compania-va-fi-cumparata-de-google-cu-125-miliarde-dolari/ actionarii-motorola-mobility-au-aprobat-tranzactia-prin-care-compania-va-fi-cumparata-de-google-cu-125-miliarde-dolari Sat, 19 Nov 2011 00:07:04 +0200 Actionarii diviziei de telefoane mobile a Motorola au aprobat joi tranzactia prin care compania va fi preluata de Google pentru 12,5 miliarde dolari, informeaza AFP. Urmatorul pas tine insa de autoritatile din domeniul concurentei care au deschis o ancheta si trebuie sa-si dea si ele acordul. Motorola estimeaza ca tranzactia se va realiza la inceput de 2012. Google a anuntat la jumatatea lui august ca va cumpara Motorola Mobility in ceea ce este cea mai mare tranzactie din istoria gigantului web.Actionarii Motorola au aprobat cu 99% tranzactia si compania e convinsa ca autoritatile din domeniul concurentei isi vor da si ele acordul. Autoritatile americane au deschis in septembrie o ancheta pentru a vedea daca o tranzactie atat de mare are sau nu impact negativ asupra concurentei din piata.Motorola estimeaza ca toate aprobarile vor fi obtinute pana la inceput de 2012, iar tranzactia va fi parafata atunci.Motorola Mobility s-a desprins la inceputul acestui an de grupul Motorola care acum cinci ani a inceput sa aiba dificultati importante in segmentul telefoanelor mobile si fiindca nu a reactionat destul de repede pentru a scoate modele touch-screen competitive.Motorola Mobility a inregistrat in 2009 pierderi de 1,2 miliarde dolari, iar anul trecut a obtinut profit operational de 76 milioane dolari.Explicand de ce a ales Motorola, Google mentiona in comunicatul de presa in care anunta tranzactia ca aceasta companie are 80 de ani de istorie, a inventat telefonul mobil acum trei decenii, iar in 2008 a decis sa utilizeze Android in toata gama de telefoane, fiind printre primele companii mari care ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-si-a-modificat-logoul-pentru-a-i-aduce-un-omagiu-lui-luis-daguerre-parintele-fotografiei/ google-si-a-modificat-logoul-pentru-a-i-aduce-un-omagiu-lui-luis-daguerre-parintele-fotografiei Sat, 19 Nov 2011 00:06:39 +0200 Google şi-a modificat logoul, vineri, pentru a-i aduce un omagiu lui Louis Daguerre, cunoscut ca "părintele fotografiei" şi de la naşterea căruia se împlinesc 224 de ani. Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre (18 noiembrie 1787, Cormeilles-en-Parisis, Val-d'Oise - 10 iulie 1851, Bry-sur-Marne, Val-de-Marne, Franţa) este considerat "părintele" fotografiei, prin invenţia sa numită daghereotipie - un procedeu de fotografiere, în prezent abandonat, care fixa imaginile cu ajutorul unei camere obscure pe o placă de cupru argintată, sensibilizată cu vapori de iod şi de brom. Daguerre a fost artist plastic, iniţial lucrând ca decorator de teatru, apoi pictor de decoruri. A executat decoruri remarcabile pentru Opera şi sala Aladin din Paris. Însă Daguerre a devenit foarte cunoscut cu ocazia unor spectacole "dioramă", împreună cu Charles Marie Bouton (1822), inventatorul acestui sistem, care consta în prezentarea unor tablouri de mari dimensiuni (22 x 14 metri, în cazul lor), alcătuit din diferite planuri şi care, sub aspectul unui joc de lumini, dădea spectatorului impresia realităţii. Logoul afişat de Google în onoarea lui Daguerre arată ca o fotografie de familie veche, în sepia. Google îşi modifică frecvent logoul pentru a omagia personalităţi ale culturii universale sau pentru a marca momente speciale din istoria lumii. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/peste-13-milioane-de-melodii-disponibile-pe-google-music/ peste-13-milioane-de-melodii-disponibile-pe-google-music Sat, 19 Nov 2011 00:04:55 +0200 Magazinul de muzică online lansat de Google va permite utilizatorilor de produse care folosesc sistemul de operare Android să cumpere şi să păstreze fişiere MP3, informează BBC. Deţinătorii de telefoane multifuncţionale şi tablete informatice echipate cu Android îşi vor putea umple arhiva aparatelor cu milioane de melodii. Preţul de achiziţie a unei piese este cuprins între 69 de cenţi şi 1,29 dolari. De asemenea, compania oferă posibilitatea ca în fiecare zi o anumită melodie să fie descărcată gratuit. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/review-kindle-fire-a-worthwhile-bargain/ review-kindle-fire-a-worthwhile-bargain Sat, 19 Nov 2011 00:02:47 +0200 (CNN) -- If you view a tablet as a guilty pleasure, like I do, then buying the Kindle Fire should make you feel a little less guilty. Amazon's new device doesn't replace a computer for doing e-mail or composing documents, but it's a fun hub for personal entertainment. And at $199, Amazon has managed to greatly undercut the price of Apple's iPad, the dominant tablet, and still churn out a good product. Apple calls its iPad "a magical and revolutionary product at an unbelievable price." Consider now that for the iPad's $499 price tag, I could buy two Kindle Fire tablets and still have cash left over for downloading apps and movies. However, except for price the Kindle Fire falls short of the iPad in just about every category. The iPad's processor is faster; its software is more abundant, capable and polished; its storage space is larger; its screen is bigger; and its body is more slender. Still, the Kindle Fire is a good Wi-Fi tablet, and the price is fantastic. After testing the device this week, I found the Kindle Fire is the most impressive iPad rival among the dozens of tablets that have flooded the market this year. Other iPad competitors have not sold well, but the new Kindle will likely have a different fate. The Nook Tablet, which also came out this week but which I have not tested at length, costs $50 more and has weaker multimedia offerings. Amazon and Barnes & Noble are squaring off with a new line of inexpensive black-and-white e-readers, too. Yes, ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/anti-piracy-bill-meets-web-freedom-backlash/ anti-piracy-bill-meets-web-freedom-backlash Sat, 19 Nov 2011 00:02:44 +0200 (CNN) -- A bill moving through Congress is intended, on its surface at least, to do something relatively simple: Crack down on the illegal pirating of movies, music and other copyrighted material. But a major online backlash has evolved, with everyone from lawmakers to Web-freedom advocates to some of technology's biggest players calling it a greedy and dangerous overreach that could have a chilling effect on free speech and innovation. Google, Yahoo and Facebook are among the Web heavyweights who have joined the chorus against the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), which backers hope to have ready for a vote by the end of the year. Its intent is to help put a stop to foreign websites that illegally post, and sometimes sell, intellectual property from the United States. Federal law-enforcement agencies would be empowered to shut down those sites, and cut off advertising and online payments to them. "The Stop Online Piracy Act helps stop the flow of revenue to rogue websites and ensures that the profits from American innovations go to American innovators," Rep. Lamar Smith, a Texas Republican, chairman of the powerful House Judiciary committee and the sponsor of the plan, said when the bill was introduced last month. "The bill prevents online thieves from selling counterfeit goods in the U.S., expands international protections for intellectual property, and protects American consumers from dangerous counterfeit products. " Its supporters include some powerful lobbying groups, including the Motion Picture Association of America, the pharmaceutical industry and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. On the other side are Web-freedom advocates, who were quick ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/noua-companii-americane-printre-care-google-facebook-si-yahoo-spun-ca-proiectul-de-lege-gandit-sa-combata-pirateria-online-este-exagerat-de-dur/ noua-companii-americane-printre-care-google-facebook-si-yahoo-spun-ca-proiectul-de-lege-gandit-sa-combata-pirateria-online-este-exagerat-de-dur Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:07:38 +0200 Noua mari companii de internet printre care Google, Facebook, Mozilla sau Twitter au trimis o scrisoare in care critica dur proiectul de lege inaintat Congresului american de catre grupurile din industria filmului si cea muzicala. Proiectul gandit sa diminueze pirateria online da producatorilor de continut puteri foarte mari si va afecta inovatia, aducand pe internet o epoca a cenzurii, spun cele noua companii.Gigantii din Industria de film si cea muzicala sustin intens acest proiect prin care site-uri care promoveaza continut piratat sau intermediaza vanzarea de astfel de continut pot fi scoase offline. In plus, motoarele de cautare vor fi obligate sa nu mai indexeze site-urile cu continut piratat.Intr-o scrisoare semnata de noua companii se spune ca un astfel de proiect de lege este nejustificat de dur si va impiedica multe companii sa mai inoveze. In plus, monitorizarea excesiva si controlul tot mai dur vor aduce o epoca a cenzurii, spun cele noua companii (Facebook, Google, Twitter, Yahoo!,  AOL, eBay, LinkedIn, Mozilla si Zynga).Cei care se opun proiectului spun ca nici macar nu au fost consultate companiile de tehnologie si ca propunerea tine cont doar de dorintele caselor de discuri si ale studiourilor de cinema.  Exista teama ca daca prevederile legii vor fi vagi si vor lasa loc de interpretari, multe site-uri cu comportament corect vor avea de suferit, astfel ca e de asteptat sa se poarte negocieri aprinse in saptamanile ce vin. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-music-is-it-more-than-itunes-for-android/ google-music-is-it-more-than-itunes-for-android Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:02:48 +0200 (CNN) -- Google Music, an online music store and "free locker" for digital music, was rolled out to the public on Wednesday. On Thursday, however, questions abounded as to whether the service will amount to simply a "me too" move, following Apple and Amazon's well-worn trail through the digital-music forest, or a significant step toward making Google an e-music player. And while much of the always ready-to-attack tech blogosphere was less than enthusiastic, it's legitimate to ask whether that's even the real question. In a way, the product is just one more front in the battle between Android and Apple. Away from the desktop, iTunes users must have an iPod, iPhone or other Apple device to play the music, movies and other content they download. By selling more widely usable mp3s, Google Music will be viable across multiple devices. And, of course, Google would prefer you to choose a device running its Android operating system. "In the end, this isn't about helping Google 'catch up to iTunes' -- it's about filling the big, gaping, musical hole in Google's mobile business," Peter Kafka wrote for All Things D. While no single Android phone has approached the popularity of the iPhone, Android smartphones as a whole have become a serious force, capturing more than half the overall market during the last quarter. (Android phones amounted to 52% of the global market compared to about 15% for the iPhone, according to Gartner). Gizmodo's Adrian Covert, who it's safe to say was unimpressed with Google's offering, says that nothing that was rolled out on Wednesday would entice ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-opens-digital-music-store/ google-opens-digital-music-store Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:02:33 +0200 (CNN) -- Google opened an online music store and a free Web storage locker on Wednesday for listening to tracks from computers, tablets and phones, the company announced at a news conference in Los Angeles. The music store sells songs and albums for prices comparable to iTunes and Amazon MP3, but Google's catalog is smaller. The storefront can be found in the Android Market, an application and website where Google smartphone users can download apps. Songs purchased from the store are automatically uploaded to Google Music, a locker that can be accessed from an app coming to recent Android phones and tablets in the next few days, or from a website. They allow users to stream songs from their various devices. The Google locker service launched to a small group in May, and it opened to everyone in the United States on Wednesday. Google Music is free for storing as many as 20,000 songs. More than half of all smartphones sold worldwide in the last quarter run Google's Android software, according to market research firm Gartner. Google said more than 200 million devices have been activated. But in the music download market, Apple is king, selling more than half of all U.S. downloads through its iTunes Store, analysts say. Apple took steps to broaden its offering with the belated launch of iTunes Match on Monday. ITunes Match is similar to Google Music in that it allows customers to store their music catalogs, up to 25,000 songs, on Apple's servers and access them from their computers, iPhones and iPads. Match costs $25 ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-permite-utilizatorilor-sa-blocheze-colectarea-de-informatii-despre-retelele-lor-wifi/ google-permite-utilizatorilor-sa-blocheze-colectarea-de-informatii-despre-retelele-lor-wifi Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:09:13 +0200 Google a anuntat marti o metoda prin care utilizatorii pot sa blocheze colectarea datelor unei retele WiFi pentru servicii de geolocatie. In prezent, telefoanele bazate pe sistemul de operare Android colecteaza automat informatii despre retelele fara fir din apropierea lor si le transmit inapoi catre Google pentru a putea imbunatati astfel serviciile de geolocatie ale companiei. Conform unui comunicat emis astazi de companie, utilizatorii care nu doresc ca informatiile despre reteaua lor WiFi sa fie colectate de catre Google trebuie sa adauge particula “_nomap” la numele retelei. Astfel, o retea numita “Network” nu va mai fi indexata daca numele ei este schimbat in “Network_nomap”.Schimbarile vin pe fondul presiunii crescande din partea autoritatilor europene, care au afirmat in repetate randuri ca Google incalca dreptul la intimitate al utilizatorilor prin colectarea acestor informatii fara consimtamant. In trecut, Google a mai fost acuzat si de colectarea de informatii fara consimtamant prin intermediul masinilor de cartare pentru serviciul Google Maps. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/peste-50-din-smartphone-urile-vandute-in-trimestrul-al-treilea-au-sistemul-android/ peste-50-din-smartphone-urile-vandute-in-trimestrul-al-treilea-au-sistemul-android Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:07:48 +0200 Peste 50% dintre aparatele smartphone comercializate în trimestrul al treilea la nivel mondial sunt dotate cu sistemul de operare Android al Google, ca urmare a interesului mare al cumpărătorilor pentru telefoanele fabricate de Samsung Electronics, transmite Bloomberg. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/can-google-beat-facebook-question/ can-google-beat-facebook-question Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:03:49 +0200 Editor's note: Pete Cashmore is founder and CEO of Mashable, a popular blog about tech news and digital culture. He writes regular columns about social media and tech for CNN.com. (CNN) -- Perhaps it's the recent launch of Google+ Pages for brands. Perhaps it's because Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg called Google+ a "little version of Facebook." Or perhaps people just enjoy battles between tech titans. Whatever the reason, I've been asked at least three times in the past week about whether Google+, Google's social networking service, will ever beat Facebook. Wrong question. Facebook is the undisputed champion of social networking, with more than 800 million active users. It's deeply interwoven with the Web -- its social plug-ins are now part of millions of websites, and an entire ecosystem of applications relies on Facebook for social functions. If Google's aim with Google+ was to topple Facebook, that's an audacious goal. Based on the current growth rates of both companies, it wouldn't seem to be a bet you could win. Toppling Facebook becomes more challenging as that site continues to keep pace -- adding new features along with users. Friend circles, a distinctive feature of Google+ at launch, were added to Facebook in the following months, removing a major incentive to switch. What's more, Facebook's launch of the "Subscribe" feature -- which lets you follow public updates from a user -- further erodes the advantages of using a service like Google+ or Twitter. Google didn't promote Google+ as a "Facebook killer," however. Far from it. The search giant instead explained that it ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/youtube-testing-a-new-look/ youtube-testing-a-new-look Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:03:23 +0200 (CNN) -- It appears that YouTube is getting a facelift. And Google+ might be a big part of the new look. Tech blog the Next Web was one of several whose staffers caught a glimpse of a redesigned interface on the massively popular video-sharing site. The changes, which are not in effect for most of the site's millions of users, appear to prominently integrate Google's social networking site, Google+, with YouTube (which is also owned by Google). It's not unusual for Google to test new features by rolling them out to a handful of users. And a YouTube refresh would make sense, after recent touchups to Google Reader and Gmail. (Not that the Google Reader revamp worked for everyone.) A YouTube spokeswoman did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment. More prominently displaying Google+ "shares" on YouTube would continue Google's quest to integrate the social site with the rest of its network. The Facebook alternative rolled out to lots of fanfare in the tech community but has struggled to put a dent in Facebook's social-media dominance. Can Google+ beat Facebook? That's the wrong question From the images shared with the Next Web (originally from a Thai social-networking blog), users would see prominent posts showing them which videos their friends (presumably people in their Google+ Circles) had shared on the site. A user's channel subscriptions also would be prominently displayed in a column on the left of the page. That would presumably make people more likely to keep coming back for original content posted by channel owners than only popping onto YouTube when ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/structuri-misterioase-descoperite-de-google-earth-in-china-ce-secrete-ascunde-desertul-gobi-galerie-foto/ structuri-misterioase-descoperite-de-google-earth-in-china-ce-secrete-ascunde-desertul-gobi-galerie-foto Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:06:13 +0200 Structuri vaste neidentificate au fost descoperite de sateliţi în deşertul Gobi, ridicând semne de întrebare despre ce anume ar putea construi China în acea regiune, folosită în special de armată, pentru programele spaţiale şi cele nucleare. GALERIE FOTO În două dintre imaginile disponibile pe Google Earth apar linii reflectorizante, strălucitoare, lungi de peste un kilometru şi jumătate, intersectate între ele şi vizibile din spaţiu, care aduc aminte de geoglifele liniare de pe platourile de la Nazca. În altă imagine se văd cercuri concentrice enorme pe sol, cu trei avioane militare parcate în centru, scrie telegraph.co.uk. Într-o fotografie din 2007, blocuri de mărimea unor containere de transport maritim erau atent aranjate în cerc. Într-o imagine mai recentă, blocurile apar împrăştiate la o distanţă de aproape cinci kilometri distanţă faţă de locul iniţial. O altă imagine prezintă o serie de containere metalice pline cu ceea ce par a fi resturi de vehicule explodate, în timp ce alta prezintă o grilă complicată, lungă de aproximativ 29 de kilometri. Toate locurile sunt la graniţa provinciilor Gansu şi Xinjiang, la aproximativ 160 de kilometri de Jiuquan, sediul central al programului spaţial al Chinei. Scopul acestor structuri este necunoscut, dar unii experţi au sugerat că acestea ar putea fi zone optice de testare pentru rachete, simulând astfel reţele de străzi din oraşe. Tim Ripley, un expert în apărare de la Jane's Defence Weekly, a comparat aceste structuri cu cele din Nevada, unde se află baza secretă a SUA, Area 51. "Imaginea cercurilor arată foarte asemănător cu o zonă de testare a rachetelor, cu ţintă şi instrumente prevăzute pentru ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/ce-pregateste-china-un-satelit-folosit-de-google-maps-a-descoperit-o-serie-de-structuri-bizare-in-desertul-gobi/ ce-pregateste-china-un-satelit-folosit-de-google-maps-a-descoperit-o-serie-de-structuri-bizare-in-desertul-gobi Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:05:09 +0200 Unul dintre sateliţii folosiţi de Google Maps a descoperit o serie de structuri bizare în timpul orbitării pe deasupra deşertului Gobi din China, informează Daily Mail. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/youtube-appears-to-be-testing-a-new-look/ youtube-appears-to-be-testing-a-new-look Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:03:23 +0200 (CNN) -- It appears that YouTube is getting a facelift. And Google+ might be a big part of the new look. Tech blog the Next Web was one of several whose staffers caught a glimpse of a redesigned interface on the massively popular video-sharing site. The changes, which are not in effect for most of the site's millions of users, appear to prominently integrate Google's social networking site, Google+, with YouTube (which is also owned by Google). It's not unusual for Google to test new features by rolling them out to a handful of users. And a YouTube refresh would make sense, after recent touchups to Google Reader and Gmail. (Not that the Google Reader revamp worked for everyone.) A YouTube spokeswoman did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment. More prominently displaying Google+ "shares" on YouTube would continue Google's quest to integrate the social site with the rest of its network. The Facebook alternative rolled out to lots of fanfare in the tech community but has struggled to put a dent in Facebook's social-media dominance. Can Google+ beat Facebook? That's the wrong question From the images shared with the Next Web (originally from a Thai social-networking blog), users would see prominent posts showing them which videos their friends (presumably people in their Google+ Circles) had shared on the site. A user's channel subscriptions also would be prominently displayed in a column on the left of the page. That would presumably make people more likely to keep coming back for original content posted by channel owners than only popping onto YouTube when ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-and-kodak-speeding-past-each-other/ google-and-kodak-speeding-past-each-other Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:02:32 +0200 Editor's note: CNN Contributor Bob Greene is a bestselling author whose books include "Late Edition: A Love Story" and "Once Upon a Town: The Miracle of the North Platte Canteen." (CNN) -- Like two freight trains rumbling in opposite directions on parallel tracks, a pair of internationally famous U.S. companies sped past each other in the news in recent days. Their stories were consigned to the business sections. But the tales behind them paint a portrait-in-motion of contemporary American life, and of the textures and tenets of the way we choose to live it. One story concerned Eastman Kodak, as legendary a corporation as this nation has ever spawned. The New York Times reported that "Kodak may not survive unless it is able to cash in on its portfolio of patents or find some other way to raise cash." Citing Kodak's own statements of third-quarter earnings, the Times said that the company -- a giant of the 20th century in the manufacture and sale of photographic film -- was in a race against time to make its digital businesses sufficiently prosperous to offset the plummet in demand for conventional film. The second news story concerned Google, the astonishingly successful search-engine-based firm that didn't even exist until 1998, and that is now one of the most recognizable and envied brands in the world. Google, the Times reported, was acknowledging that it had to become faster at giving its users up-to-the-second results, because Google "is being increasingly challenged by services like Twitter and Facebook, which have trained people to expect ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/obama-woos-asia-calls-out-china/ obama-woos-asia-calls-out-china Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:01:02 +0200 Honolulu (CNN) -- U.S. President Barack Obama ended his trip to this weekend's Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit stressing job creation -- calling the Pacific region vital to such economic growth, even as he needled China to do more. Obama addressed reporters early Sunday evening, touting progress on several fronts in the Hawaii talks with leaders of 18 other nations and representatives from two others. Specifically, he referenced steps to increase trade, spur innovation, promote "green growth" and ease barriers to travel and interactions. For instance, Obama noted that Japan, Canada and Mexico expressed interest Sunday in joining the United States and other nations in working toward a Trans-Pacific Partnership -- an effort to spur regional trade. Tapping into the Asia-Pacific region's markets is critical to the United States, Obama said, as it seeks to bolster its economy. "I want (people overseas) to be buying goods with three words stamped on them: made in America," the president said. "No region will do more to shape our economic future than the Asian-Pacific nations." Obama said that China, now home to the world's second-largest economy, is a big part of that equation. But he said he continued to press its leadership -- including President Hu Jintao, at a meeting this weekend -- to make sure its trading partners aren't at a "disadvantage," mentioning the devaluation of currency and concerns about intellectual property rights not being protected. "Enough is enough ... These practices aren't secret: I think everybody understands that they've been going on for quite some time," Obama said. "We're going to continue ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/obama-touts-cooperation-with-asia-calls-out-china/ obama-touts-cooperation-with-asia-calls-out-china Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:00:36 +0200 Honolulu (CNN) -- U.S. President Barack Obama ended his trip to this weekend's Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit stressing job creation -- calling the Pacific region vital to such economic growth, even as he needled China to do more. Obama addressed reporters early Sunday evening, touting progress on several fronts in the Hawaii talks with leaders of 18 other nations and representatives from two others. Specifically, he referenced steps to increase trade, spur innovation, promote "green growth" and ease barriers to travel and interactions. For instance, Obama noted that Japan, Canada and Mexico expressed interest Sunday in joining the United States and other nations in working toward a Trans-Pacific Partnership -- an effort to spur regional trade. Tapping into the Asia-Pacific region's markets is critical to the United States, Obama said, as it seeks to bolster its economy. "I want (people overseas) to be buying goods with three words stamped on them: made in America," the president said. "No region will do more to shape our economic future than the Asian-Pacific nations." Obama said that China, now home to the world's second-largest economy, is a big part of that equation. But he said he continued to press its leadership -- including President Hu Jintao, at a meeting this weekend -- to make sure its trading partners aren't at a "disadvantage," mentioning the devaluation of currency and concerns about intellectual property rights not being protected. "Enough is enough ... These practices aren't secret: I think everybody understands that they've been going on for quite some time," Obama said. "We're going to continue ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/obama-calls-out-china-at-apec-summit/ obama-calls-out-china-at-apec-summit Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:00:25 +0200 Honolulu (CNN) -- U.S. President Barack Obama ended his trip to this weekend's Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit stressing job creation -- calling the Pacific region vital to such economic growth, even as he needled China to do more. Obama addressed reporters early Sunday evening, touting progress on several fronts in the Hawaii talks with leaders of 18 other nations and representatives from two others. Specifically, he referenced steps to increase trade, spur innovation, promote "green growth" and ease barriers to travel and interactions. For instance, Obama noted that Japan, Canada and Mexico expressed interest Sunday in joining the United States and other nations in working toward a Trans-Pacific Partnership -- an effort to spur regional trade. Tapping into the Asia-Pacific region's markets is critical to the United States, Obama said, as it seeks to bolster its economy. "I want (people overseas) to be buying goods with three words stamped on them: made in America," the president said. "No region will do more to shape our economic future than the Asian-Pacific nations." Obama said that China, now home to the world's second-largest economy, is a big part of that equation. But he said he continued to press its leadership -- including President Hu Jintao, at a meeting this weekend -- to make sure its trading partners aren't at a "disadvantage," mentioning the devaluation of currency and concerns about intellectual property rights not being protected. "Enough is enough ... These practices aren't secret: I think everybody understands that they've been going on for quite some time," Obama said. "We're going to continue ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/obama-pushes-for-renewed-engagement-with-asia/ obama-pushes-for-renewed-engagement-with-asia Mon, 14 Nov 2011 00:02:04 +0200 (CNN) -- U.S. President Barack Obama began his push for renewed engagement with Asia, seeking to highlight domestic jobs that increased exports to the region would create. Obama is using the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit --- hosted by the U.S. for the first time since the Clinton administration -- as a kickoff for a new era in foreign policy focusing on the region. Despite the focus of the summit and its Saturday events -- free trade and other economic issues in the Asia Pacific region -- the crisis facing Europe was top of mind. During a session featuring business leaders from the region, Obama discussed the financial crisis in Europe. "I was pleased to see that European leaders were taking seriously the need to not just solve the Greek crisis, but also to solve the broader eurozone crisis," Obama said. "There have been some positive developments over the last week: a new potential government in Italy, a new government in Greece -- both committed to applying the sort of internal structural reform that can give markets more confidence." The president also emphasized the U.S. need to court foreign investment, despite leading the world in that area. "We've been a little bit lazy I think over the last couple of decades," Obama said. "We've kind of taken for granted that people will want to come here and we aren't out there trying to sell America and attract new businesses into America.' CEOs of Johnson & Johnson, Caterpillar and Google passed when asked to comment on the president's characterization of the problem, though Eric ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/obama-seeks-new-era-for-asia-policy/ obama-seeks-new-era-for-asia-policy Mon, 14 Nov 2011 00:00:26 +0200 (CNN) -- U.S. President Barack Obama began his push for renewed engagement with Asia, seeking to highlight domestic jobs that increased exports to the region would create. Obama is using the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit --- hosted by the U.S. for the first time since the Clinton administration -- as a kickoff for a new era in foreign policy focusing on the region. Despite the focus of the summit and its Saturday events -- free trade and other economic issues in the Asia Pacific region -- the crisis facing Europe was top of mind. During a session featuring business leaders from the region, Obama discussed the financial crisis in Europe. "I was pleased to see that European leaders were taking seriously the need to not just solve the Greek crisis, but also to solve the broader eurozone crisis," Obama said. "There have been some positive developments over the last week: a new potential government in Italy, a new government in Greece -- both committed to applying the sort of internal structural reform that can give markets more confidence." The president also emphasized the U.S. need to court foreign investment, despite leading the world in that area. "We've been a little bit lazy I think over the last couple of decades," Obama said. "We've kind of taken for granted that people will want to come here and we aren't out there trying to sell America and attract new businesses into America.' CEOs of Johnson & Johnson, Caterpillar and Google passed when asked to comment on the president's characterization of the problem, though Eric ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/explozie-la-o-baza-militara-din-iran/ explozie-la-o-baza-militara-din-iran Sun, 13 Nov 2011 00:03:51 +0200 Citeşte şi ONU: Imagini din satelit publicate de Google arată că Iranul ar putea fabrica arme nucleare. GALERIE FOTO http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/editurile-intra-tot-mai-mult-in-piata-cartilor-electronice-peste-500-de-titluri-romanesti-si-straine-disponibile-pe-o-noua-platforma-de-carte-digitala/ editurile-intra-tot-mai-mult-in-piata-cartilor-electronice-peste-500-de-titluri-romanesti-si-straine-disponibile-pe-o-noua-platforma-de-carte-digitala Sat, 12 Nov 2011 00:07:33 +0200 Peste 500 de carti romanesti si straine in format electronic de la 20 de edituri din Romania, printre care Polirom, Litera, Corint, Trei, Cartea Romaneasca, Niculescu si Nemira, sunt disponibile pe o noua platforma de carte digitala apartinand Elefant.ro, lansata vineri. Preturile sunt cu 30 - 50% mai mici decat in cazul volumelor tiparite, a precizat Vlad Puescu, manager de proiect al platformei. Credem in destinul cartii electronice, a spus Oana Boca, director in Polirom, editura care promite pana la 200 de titluri in format digital pana la sfarsitul anului. Cu 120 de carti digitale disponibile deja, Dan Vidrascu (editura Litera) spune ca incepand de la anul se va incerca lansarea simultana pentru toate cartile neilustrate atat in format print cat si digital. Magazinul virtual Elefant.ro a lansat vineri o platforma de carte digitala, cu peste 500 de titluri de la 20 de edituri importante din Romania. Cartile pot fi descarcate pe majoritatea tipurilor de eReadere (dispozitive de citire a cartilor electronice - eBooks) existente pe piata. Cititorii pot rasfoi cartile si au acces gratuit la extrase din text, iar incepand de luni, 14 noiembrie, utilizatorii vor putea descarca gratuit o carte electronica, la alegere.   "Pe langa accesul aproape instantaneu la cartea comandata si posibilitatea de a stoca mii de titluri pe un dispozitiv, lectura digitala inseamna si un pret mai mic pentru cumparator. Preturile sunt cu 30 - 50% mai mici decat in cazul volumelor tiparite. Toate acestea speram sa-i convinga pe cititori ca acum este momentul potrivit pentru ca Romania sa intre in ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/cine-crezi-ca-este-blonda-din-imagine-indiciu-este-sora-de-supermodel/ cine-crezi-ca-este-blonda-din-imagine-indiciu-este-sora-de-supermodel Sat, 12 Nov 2011 00:07:25 +0200 Kate Moss îmbătrâneşte, dar lasă în lumea modei o soră extrem de frumoasă, care are un viitor real de supermodel. Lottie, în vârstă de 13 ani, tocmai a semnat un contract de modeling cu agenţia care a descoperit-o şi pe sora ei. Ea a şi început să pozeze şi, este fresh şi inocentă, întocmai ca şi Kate Moss la început, potrivit perfecte.ro. O fi Kate Moss îmbătrânită de droguri şi alcool, dar are cine să-i ia locul! Sora ei mai mică reînvie frumuseţea familiei cu un chip fresh şi inocent, dar şi androgin. Citeste si: Ea este cea mai căutată adolescentă în Google - Fotografiile care i-au distrus viaţa: Am vrut să mă sinucid - VIDEO http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/campion-mondial-implicat-intr-un-scandal-de-hartuire-sexuala-fotografia-care-l-a-facut-de-ras/ campion-mondial-implicat-intr-un-scandal-de-hartuire-sexuala-fotografia-care-l-a-facut-de-ras Sat, 12 Nov 2011 00:07:24 +0200 Un fost sportiv, multiplu campion mondial, a fost dat în judecată de o femeie după ce a organizat o petrecere în cadrul căreia s-a îmbrăcat cu lenjerie intimă de damă. Fostul campion mondial la box Oscar De La Hoya a apărut în câteva fotografii îmbrăcat în lenjerie intimă de damă, în cadrul unei petreceri pe care o organizat-o la hotelul Ritz Carlton din New York, scrie dailymail.co.uk. Angelica Marie Cecora, un model în vârstă de 25 de ani care a participat la petrecere, a declarat că sportivul şi-a etalat corpul în lenjerie intimă de damă, a consumat droguri şi a folosit jucării sexuale, iar când ea şi prietena ei au încercat să plece de la petrecere, a încercat să le intimideze. Femeia l-a dat în judecată pe sportiv pentru suferinţe emoţionale, privare de libertate şi hărţuire sexuală. Citeste si: Ea este cea mai căutată adolescentă în Google - Fotografiile care i-au distrus viaţa: Am vrut să mă sinucid - VIDEO http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/artistul-care-castiga-cei-mai-multi-bani-pe-minut-cine-urmeaza-in-top-foto/ artistul-care-castiga-cei-mai-multi-bani-pe-minut-cine-urmeaza-in-top-foto Sat, 12 Nov 2011 00:06:59 +0200 Editorii unei platforme sociale au realizat un top al artiştilor cu cele mai mari onorarii pe minut. Vezi cine se află pe prima poziţie. Cântăreaţa americană Beyonce ocupă prima poziţie în topul artiştilor cu cele mai mari onorarii pe minut, potrivit unui top realizat de editorii platformei sociale saucytime.com, informează femalefirst.co.uk. Artista americană a fost plătită cu 2 milioane de dolari pentru a interpreta cinci piese în timpul unui concert privat, susţinut în seara de Revelion din 2010, pe insula St. Barts. Beyonce a primit astfel 113.080 de dolari pentru fiecare minut pe care l-a petrecut pe scenă. Pe locul al doilea s-a clasat cântăreaţa americană Mariah Carey, care a primit 1 milion de dolari - 70.675 dolari pe minut - pentru un recital de patru piese pe care l-a susţinut în timpul unei petreceri similare, organizată pe aceeaşi insulă din Marea Caraibelor în 2009. Cântăreaţa australiană Kylie Minogue ocupă poziţia a treia, cu 52.530 de dolari pe minut. Ea a primit un onorariu de 3,1 milioane de dolari pentru un recital de o oră pe care l-a susţinut în timpul petrecerii de inaugurare a hotelului Atlantis din Dubai, în noiembrie 2008. Citeste si: Ea este cea mai căutată adolescentă în Google - Fotografiile care i-au distrus viaţa: Am vrut să mă sinucid - VIDEO http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/could-the-celtic-tiger-rise-again/ could-the-celtic-tiger-rise-again Sat, 12 Nov 2011 00:02:11 +0200 (CNN) -- Ireland --- once Europe's 'Celtic Tiger' -- was last year felled by its black hole of a banking sector, and forced to tap Europe's bailout fund. The country continues to live off bailout funds -- yet in September internet giant Twitter announced its intention to set up headquarters in Dublin. It will join Facebook and Google, which both have their headquarters in the Irish capital. The move suggests Dublin could again become a major player in the technology industry, despite the country's financial woes. According to Noel Ruane, head of Dogpatch Labs Europe -- which likens itself to a 'frat house for geeks' -- the city has enough of an internet community to rival Silicon Valley. Dogpatch Labs was created by the U.S.-based venture capital company Polaris Venture Partners, and provides a space for aspiring entrepreneurs to brainstorm with like-minded people. The center has also chosen to call Dublin its European home, with Ruane as its entrepreneur in residence. Ruane believes Dublin is a good base for emerging companies, despite their consumers being located elsewhere. Many companies are web based, and don't need to be near their customers, he says. He acknowledges language barriers can prove more difficult for companies in Europe than in other parts of the world, such as the U.S. "There is a localization requirement; we don't have one homogenous market like the U.S. where there are 300 million plus people that companies can target." But he says the nature of the web means businesses can be successful from wherever they're located, including Dublin. But while Dublin's reputation as ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/do-black-tech-entrepreneurs-face-institutional-bias/ do-black-tech-entrepreneurs-face-institutional-bias Sat, 12 Nov 2011 00:01:49 +0200 San Francisco (CNN) -- Wayne Sutton has been asking venture-capital investors and Silicon Valley executives a question that's not often broached here in the epicenter of the technology industry: "Why aren't there more black people in tech?" The vast majority of top executives at the leading Silicon Valley tech firms are white men. Women and Asians have made some inroads, but African-American and Latino tech leaders remain a rarity. About 1% of entrepreneurs who received venture capital in the first half of last year are black, according to a study by research firm CB Insights. This lack of diversity in Silicon Valley made headlines last month when influential tech blogger Michael Arrington, in an interview for CNN's upcoming documentary "Black in America: The New Promised Land: Silicon Valley," said, "I don't know a single black entrepreneur." Arrington later recanted the statement, saying he was caught off guard by the question, but the sensitive issue sparked a public dispute between the newly minted venture capitalist and CNN's Soledad O'Brien. It's an issue that Sutton, who co-founded the NewMe Accelerator for under-represented minorities in the tech industry and is also building a software company, has been grappling with for months. NewMe is an incubator program formed to help minorities launch Internet ventures. For two months last summer, Sutton and seven other black entrepreneurs worked together in a rented house in Mountain View, California, where they got advice from successful executives and pitched their startup ideas to investors. The venture capitalists, including business-software designer Mitch Kapor, told them the struggles of blacks in the ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/satellite-group-reports-sudanese-military-buildup/ satellite-group-reports-sudanese-military-buildup Sat, 12 Nov 2011 00:00:41 +0200 Khartoum, Sudan (CNN) -- On the heels of international condemnation of the bombing of a refugee camp, a satellite monitoring group said Friday that Sudan is enhancing its airstrike capabilities along its border with South Sudan. The U.S.-based Satellite Sentinel Project said that since taking control of the border town of Kurmuk on November 2, the Sudanese Armed Forces appear to be upgrading military facilities. It said Sudan has started fortifying the airstrip and positioned armor nearby. Digital imagery, analyzed by the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, showed four new helicopter landing pads, three helicopter gunships and an Antonov, a plane often used in Sudanese bombing campaigns, on a newly improved airstrip in Blue Nile state's capital of Damazin. The satellite project also reported a new 250-meter expansion of the Damazin airstrip. The project's co-founder, John Prendergast, said the buildup is alarming. "The airfield improvements suggest Sudan's readiness to widen its aerial bombing campaign in its border areas of South Kordofan and Blue Nile, as well as neighboring South Sudan," he said. "If this buildup and bombing campaign isn't countered aggressively by the international community, it appears likely that Khartoum's actions will plunge Sudan even more deeply into internal war as well as ignite a full-scale war with South Sudan." Charlie Clements, head of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at Harvard's Kennedy School, said the analysis of the images underscored an "urgent threat to human security on both sides" of the border. Conceived by actor George Clooney, the Satellite Sentinel Project combines satellite imagery analysis and field reports with Google's Map Maker technology ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/why-new-ipad-rivals-will-sell-like-crazy/ why-new-ipad-rivals-will-sell-like-crazy Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:02:11 +0200 Editor's note: Pete Cashmore is founder and CEO of Mashable, a popular blog about tech news and digital culture. He writes regular columns about social media and tech for CNN.com (CNN) -- The iPad is one of the most disruptive technologies of the past 5 years. Along with the iPhone, it birthed a new era of touch computing that does away with the mouse and keyboard altogether. And yet the iPad's undisputed dominance of the blossoming tablet market may not last forever. In fact, the iPad is about to get some stiff competition -- finally. To understand why the iPad dominates the tablet sector is not difficult: Not only was it the first of the new wave of touchscreen tablets, but it's also the most desirable in the eyes of consumers. The iPhone had a few chinks in its armor early on: It was only available on one network in the U.S., leaving room for competitors to thrive on other networks. This Achilles Heel isn't such a problem for the iPad: Not only is it available on both AT&T and Verizon, but many consumers simply buy the Wi-Fi version, meaning the carrier issue isn't as relevant. Competitors were also able to best the iPhone, which initially cost at least $499, on price: Cheaper alternatives using Google Android became abundant, especially when carrier subsidies were taken into consideration. And yet rivals to the iPad cost about the same and lack the caché of the original. If you want something like the iPad, your best choice has been ... the iPad. Things are ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/did-steve-jobs-kill-adobe-flash/ did-steve-jobs-kill-adobe-flash Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:02:07 +0200 (CNN) -- Steve Jobs hated Flash. Hated it. And not just a little bit. "Flash is a spaghetti-ball piece of technology that has lousy performance and really bad security problems," he said, according to biographer Walter Isaacson in his book published earlier this month. On Wednesday, Adobe announced it will no longer be developing Flash, its media-player tool, for mobile devices. More than a few bloggers have noted the news would have been vindication for the late Apple co-founder, who felt betrayed by Adobe more than a decade ago. In a post on the Adobe blog, company vice-president Danny Winokur said Flash has enabled the Web's richest content for a decade. "However, HTML5 is now universally supported on major mobile devices, in some cases exclusively," he said, apparently a nod to Apple's iPhone, iPad and iPod. "This makes HTML5 the best solution for creating and deploying content in the browser across mobile platforms." HTML5 is the emerging Web language that many developers are using. The Apple vs. Adobe standoff over Flash has been one of the tech world's most visible, and at times nasty, disputes. As the company shifts away from developing software for smartphones and tablets, it is impossible to ignore the part that Apple's steadfast refusal to use Flash on its popular mobile products may have played in the decision. Under Jobs, who died October 5 after a long battle with cancer, the iPhone became the industry's leading smartphone and the iPad emerged to virtually dominate the tablet space. While there are more phones running Google's Android software (many of ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/gandul-google-plus-intra-pe-pagina-cotidianului-gandul/ gandul-google-plus-intra-pe-pagina-cotidianului-gandul Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:04:01 +0200 Astăzi am lansat pagina de Google+ a ziarului gândul. La adresa aceasta veţi putea urmări ştirile de ultimă oră, opinii, analize, precum şi alte tipuri de articole. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/fine-line-between-online-searching-stalking/ fine-line-between-online-searching-stalking Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:02:08 +0200 Editor's note: Brenna Ehrlich and Andrea Bartz are the sarcastic brains behind humor blog and book "Stuff Hipsters Hate." Got a question about etiquette in the digital world? Contact them at netiquette@cnn.com. (CNN) -- This week, we pulled the cotton from our ears and emerged from our dark caves of seclusion to open this here column up to user-submitted questions. Some submissions were inanely obvious (no, don't tweet that picture of your boss, I don't care if he told you about his chinchilla fetish at happy hour the other week), some were boring beyond belief, and, many, oddly, were just plain stalkerish. But not in the way you might think. In the past, we've covered the topic of how to deal with online stalkers when the attention is unwanted. But more and more, as gaining access to anyone on this rapidly rotting Earth of ours is easier than ever, we Web denizens are wondering: Does using the Internet to check someone out make me a stalker? Chances are, probably not. Read on for a couple of queries on this issue: "When I was waiting for the bus the other day, I evaluated the attractiveness of all the people at the stop; there was one obvious winner. Then the seat next to him was the only seat open. Upon sitting down, he immediately engaged me in very adorable and flirty conversation. We exchanged names and we both talked about what we were studying at school, but I didn't have an opportunity to give him my number. "Anyway, with his name and ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/what-advice-did-steve-jobs-give-to-facebook39s-mark-zuckerberg/ what-advice-did-steve-jobs-give-to-facebook39s-mark-zuckerberg Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:01:58 +0200 (Mashable) -- Mark Zuckerberg says he asked Steve Jobs about how to build a high-quality team and great products, but denies Apple and Facebook ever talked about an acquisition. The revelations come as part of an in-depth interview between PBS's Charlie Rose and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and COO Sheryl Sandberg. The extensive interview covers all of the bases, such as whether Facebook will ever build games (no, Zuck says) and what Zuckerberg thinks of Google+ (he calls it "their own little version of Facebook"). However, the most interesting part of the interview comes when the trio starts discussing Zuckerberg's relationship with Steve Jobs. "I had a lot of questions for him on how to build a team around you," he says in response to one of Rose's questions. "That's focused on building as high quality and good things as you are. How to keep an organization focused, right, when I think the tendency for larger companies is to try to fray and go into all these different areas." Zuckerberg professes respect for Apple because, like Facebook, it is out to build a company that will change the world rather than fatten the bottom line. Rose then asks Zuckerberg whether or not the two companies had ever talked about an acquisition. "No. I don't think it ever really got there," he says. "I mean, nor would I have wanted to sell it." Sandberg and Zuckerberg then start talking about how Jobs never raised the issue because he understood that Zuckerberg had no interest in selling. We here at Mashable have heard conflicting ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/researcher-iphone-bug-could-let-hackers-in/ researcher-iphone-bug-could-let-hackers-in Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:01:55 +0200 (CNN) -- A bug in Apple's mobile operating system allows hackers to take control of iPhone and iPad apps, using them to steal people's photos, contacts and even send text messages without the device's user knowing about it, according to a notable computer security researcher. Charlie Miller, a researcher at Accuvant and one of the world's best-known Apple hackers, said Tuesday that the bug proves the Apple App Store isn't as safe as advertised. "Until now, you could just blindly trust and download as many apps as you wanted and not worry about it," Miller said in an interview with CNN. "But until they fix this, you really should think twice about any apps you're downloading, because they could be malicious." Miller said he alerted Apple to the bug three weeks ago and the company told him a fix was in the works. Apple did not respond to CNN's request for comment on the apparent security flaw, which Miller explains in detail on YouTube. He plans to show people how the bug works at an upcoming computer security conference in Taiwan, called SyScan. To date, he has not released details that would allow hackers to take advantage of the apparent security flaw, and he said he has no evidence that hackers have used the hole to manipulate iPhones and iPads. Miller says he has exposed the bug to prevent a hacker with bad intentions from taking advantage of iPhone and iPad owners. As thanks for that work, he said, Apple banned him from the iOS developer program for a year. "I think ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/video-mark-zuckerberg-spune-ca-steve-jobs-l-a-sfatuit-cum-sa-aleaga-echipa-de-conducere-de-la-facebook/ video-mark-zuckerberg-spune-ca-steve-jobs-l-a-sfatuit-cum-sa-aleaga-echipa-de-conducere-de-la-facebook Wed, 9 Nov 2011 00:06:09 +0200 ​Mark Zuckerberg, cofondatorul Facebook, spune ca a avut parte de sfaturile lui Styeve Jobs despre cum sa-si construiasca o echipa valoroasa de conducere pentru Facebook si despre cum sa se concentreze pe lucrurile importante in dezvoltarea retelei, noteaza Bloomberg care citeaza din transcriptul unei emisiuni TV din SUA ce va fi difuzata marti. Zuckerberg spune ca Facebook se va lista, insa nu in viitorul apropiat, iar despre reteaua sociala Google+ spune ca se vrea a fi "un Facebook mai mic".Mark Zuckerberg, in varsta de 27 de ani, spune ca a avut multe intrebari pentru Steve Jobs si adauga ca a primit sfaturi de la fostul sef al Apple in legatura cu alegerea echipei de conducere a Facebook. Si in biografia lui Jobs publicata recent se spune ca fondatorul Apple a considerat ca este responsabilitatea lui sa dea sfaturi antreprenorilor tineri si il aprecia pe Zuckerberg fiindca a rezistat tentatiei de a-si vinde afacerea.Zuckerberg a fost unul dintre personajele cheie pentru fondarea Facebook in 2004, in 2008 a devenit cel mai tanar miliardar al lumii, iar acum averea sa este estimata la peste 17 miliarde dolari. El a vorbit pe larg intr-un interviu la televiziunea americana PBS despre listarea la bursa, despre relatia cu concurenta si posibila intrare in China.El considera ca Google este un concurent direct, insa cu Amazon si Apple intrevede parteneriate fiindca aceste companii sunt pe aceeasi lungime de unda cu Facebook.Intrebat despre cum vede concurenta cu marile companii din tehnologie, seful Facebook spune ca aceste mari companii pot lucra impreuna chiar daca ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/reteaua-de-socializare-google-s-a-deschis-atat-pentru-brand-urile-globale-cat-si-pentru-companiile-locale/ reteaua-de-socializare-google-s-a-deschis-atat-pentru-brand-urile-globale-cat-si-pentru-companiile-locale Wed, 9 Nov 2011 00:06:08 +0200 Google permite de acum si companiilor sa-si faca pagini pe reteaua de socializare Google+ deschisa in primavara acetui an, spune compania americana, anuntand lansarea serviciului Google Pages (Pagini). In plus, se lanseaza si functia Direct Connect prin care poti ajunge usor din motorul de cautare la pagina unei companii de pe Google+. Cifre neoficiale arata ca Google+ are peste 40 de milioane de utilizatori, iar lansarea Pages ar trebui sa influenteze pozitiv numarul de useri.Google a anuntat functia Pages prin care nu doar utilizatorii obisnuiti isi pot deschide conturi pe Google+, ci si companiile locale, brand-uruile globale si diverse organizatii. Acum, companiile isi pot deschide propriile profiluri pe Google+ unde utilizatori vor putea interactiona cu ele, vor putea sa-si arate atasamentul facand click pe "+1", dar evident ca vor putea posta si critici.Pe Facebook, functia similara a avut un succes enorm, cele mai mari companii avand chiar si zeci de milioane de "Like"-uri.Google lanseaza si functia Direct Connect care iti permite sa ajungi rapid din cautarea Google, la paginile companiilor din Google+. Poti cauta in motorul Google  +, alaturi de numele dorit (de exemplu +Angry Birds) pentru a ajunge direct la pagina de Google+.  Pentru moment, functia de Direct Connect este valabila pentru un numar limitat de pagini, cum ar fi +Google, +Pepsi si +Toyota, dar multe altele sunt in pregatire."Lansarea de astazi a Google+ Pages ne aduce cu un pic mai aproape de dorinta de a aduce nuantele si bogatia relatiilor din viata reala si in mediul online. Insa, mai avem inca o multime ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/facebook-ar-putea-avea-peste-un-miliard-de-utilizatori-la-final-de-2012/ facebook-ar-putea-avea-peste-un-miliard-de-utilizatori-la-final-de-2012 Wed, 9 Nov 2011 00:06:00 +0200 Reteaua de socializare Facebook are in prezent peste 800 milioane de utilizatori iar intr-un an ar putea depasi pragul de un miliard daca totul merge bine, a spus cofondatorul Mark Zuckerberg, intr-un interviu pentru televiziunea PBS. El a mai spus ca Google, Microsoft sau Yahoo! pastreaza mai multe informatii despre utilizatori in comparatie cu Facebook.Intrebat cand va depasi Facebook pragul de un miliard de utilizatori, Zuckerberg a spus ca "daca totul merge bine" acest lucru se va intampla la final de 2012 si va fi un moment istoric. Acum, Facebook are peste 800 milioane useri, dintre care peste 150 milioane sunt in SUA, iar in top cinci mai sunt tari precum Indonezia, Marea Britanie, India si Turcia. In Romania sunt peste 3,8 milioane de utilizatori.O problema cu retelele sociale se refera la confidentialitatea informatiilor personale postate si la modul in care sunt colectate. Cofondatorul Facebook spune ca Google, Microsoft si Yahoo! pastreaza mai multe informatii despre utilizatori si o fac fara stirea acestora. In plus, aplicatii precum Google Dashboard care iti permit sa vezi exact ce informatii pastreaza Google despre tine, sunt vizitate de foarte putina lume, mai spune Zuckerberg.El considera ca Facebook ofera utilizatorilor cel mai mult control asupra informatiilor stocate despre ei si mai spune ca cei care au conturi pot seta foarte rapid ce informatii sa fie stocate sau nu.Miliardarul in varsta de 27 de ani mai spune ca Facebook nu va scoate jocuri video si va ramane pe teritoriul social media fiindca nu vrea sa urmeze exemplul negativ furnizat de companii ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/pe-urmele-facebook-google-plus-va-permite-crearea-de-pagini-pentru-branduri-video/ pe-urmele-facebook-google-plus-va-permite-crearea-de-pagini-pentru-branduri-video Wed, 9 Nov 2011 00:04:47 +0200 Google, care a lansat Google Plus acum fix 100 de zile, a anunţat că va adăuga o nouă opţiune reţelei sale de socializare: Google+ Pages, scrie adage.com. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/thousands-pay-ai-weiwei39s-tax-bill/ thousands-pay-ai-weiwei39s-tax-bill Wed, 9 Nov 2011 00:00:39 +0200 (CNN) -- Thousands of supporters have donated money to outspoken Chinese artist Ai Weiwei in order to pay a 15 million yuan ($2.3 million) tax bill from the Chinese government. The controversial artist has already received more than 6,000 yuan ($958,000) from more than 22,200 people. While many have sent money via post and the internet, other have resorted to rather unconventional methods -- folding bank notes into paper planes and throwing them into Ai's garden at night. Speaking to CNN, Ai Weiwei said people were using their donations to make a political statement. "They would say we support you, we've never had a chance to express. This is such unfairness. It's not a fine to you but to us all," he said. How Ai Weiwei became an Internet master Ai received the $2.3 million tax bill on November 1 and was given 15 days to pay. It comes after the artist was detained by authorities in April on the grounds of tax evasion. Ai has called the actions by Chinese authorities a "retaliation against a dissident" and says he has no choice but to pay the bill. "They [the Chinese authorities] said if I pay it means I accept the accusation," he said. "But if you don't pay they can accuse you of another crime. "Either way you're not going to be out. We can't stop to argue, we can't appeal, we can't go to the court," he continued. The outpouring of support and donations has come as a surprise to the artist who said he never asked for money. He has also stressed ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/iphone-bug-exposed-by-researcher/ iphone-bug-exposed-by-researcher Wed, 9 Nov 2011 00:00:16 +0200 (CNN) -- A bug in Apple's mobile operating system allows hackers to take control of iPhone and iPad apps, using them to steal people's photos, contacts and even send text messages without the device's user knowing about it, according to a notable computer security researcher. Charlie Miller, a researcher at Accuvant and one of the world's best-known Apple hackers, said Tuesday that the bug proves the Apple App Store isn't as safe as advertised. "Until now, you could just blindly trust and download as many apps as you wanted and not worry about it," Miller said in an interview with CNN. "But until they fix this, you really should think twice about any apps you're downloading, because they could be malicious." Miller said he alerted Apple to the bug three weeks ago and the company told him a fix was in the works. Apple did not respond to CNN's request for comment on the apparent security flaw, which Miller explains in detail on YouTube. He plans to show people how the bug works at an upcoming computer security conference in Taiwan, called SyScan. To date, he has not released details that would allow hackers to take advantage of the apparent security flaw, and he said he has no evidence that hackers have used the hole to manipulate iPhones and iPads. Miller says he has exposed the bug to prevent a hacker with bad intentions from taking advantage of iPhone and iPad owners. As thanks for that work, he said, Apple banned him from the iOS developer program for a year. "I think ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/programul-de-asistenta-vocala-siri-al-apple-este-un-concurent-direct-al-google-erich-schimdt/ programul-de-asistenta-vocala-siri-al-apple-este-un-concurent-direct-al-google-erich-schimdt Tue, 8 Nov 2011 00:08:17 +0200 Programul de asistenta vocala Siri inclus de Apple pe noul sau telefon iPhone 4S reprezinta un concurent direct pentru motorul de cautare Google, afirma presedintele grupului Google, Eric Schmidt, in conditiile in care gigantul internetului face obiectul unei anchete legate de concurenta, citat de AFP."Apple a lansat o abordare total noua a tehnologiei de cautare cu Siri", a spus Schmidt, intr-un raspuns scris la intrebarile parlamentarilor americani, difuzat sambata de Google.El a descris Siri drept "un serviciu de comanda vocala de cautare si de indeplinire de sarcini" si a citat un ziarist de la revista Forbes potrivit caruia noul soft al Apple este conceput drept un "ucigas al Google".Schmidt a facut aceste comentarii in urma audierii sale, in luna septembrie, de catre o subcomisie a Senatului, pe teme legate de concurenta. Senatorii i-au inmanat o serie de intrebari scrise pentru a completa dezbaterile din 21 septembrie.Aceste audieri au intervenit in conditiile in care Google, care, potrivit cabinetului de analiza ComScore domina 65,3% din piata americana a cautarilor (cifrele pentru luna septembrie) este obiectul unei anchete lansate de serviciile de concurenta european si american.Schmidt afirmase deja in fata parlamentarilor ca Google "traieste cu o mare teama ca utilizatorii pot trece extrem de repede la alte servicii".In raspunsurile sale, Schmidt a vorbit si despre retelele sociale in general si in special gigantul sectorului, Facebook, precum si site-ul de micro-blogging Twitter, pe care le-a prezentat drept concurenti pentru motorul sau de cautare."Facebook si Twitter permit internautilor sa foloseasca retelele lor pentru a gasi raspunsuri la intrebarile pe care ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/business-report-ne-vindem-strainilor-pentru-65-miliarde-euro-pe-an-gigantii-petrolului-se-bat-pe-marea-neagra-romaneasca-lipsa-finantarilor-pentru-cercetare-inovare-principala-problema-a-imm-urilor-mafia-imobiliara-vrea-sa-ia-cu-japca-damaroaia-cat/ business-report-ne-vindem-strainilor-pentru-65-miliarde-euro-pe-an-gigantii-petrolului-se-bat-pe-marea-neagra-romaneasca-lipsa-finantarilor-pentru-cercetare-inovare-principala-problema-a-imm-urilor-mafia-imobiliara-vrea-sa-ia-cu-japca-damaroaia-cat Tue, 8 Nov 2011 00:07:58 +0200 Lipsa finantarilor pentru cercetare-inovare, principala problema a IMM-urilor. Principala problema a sectorului intreprinderilor mici si mijlocii o constituite lipsa finantarilor pentru cercetare-inovare, o solutie propusa fiind garantarea totala a creditelor pentru proiectele de inovare, a declarat, vineri, presedintele Fondului Roman de Contragarantare, Ioan Hidegcuti, citat de Agerpres, la o dezbatere pe tema firmelor private din Romania: "Vom avea in continuare criza, dar o dezvoltare a sectorului IMM nu poate avea loc decat daca se investeste in inovare. De asemenea, in calitate de partener al bancilor, pot spune ca acestea nu acorda finantari pentru inovare. Oricate strategii publice am avea pentru acest sector, acestea nu pot aduce foarte multe rezultate, daca pentru cercetare se aloca 0% din PIB, iar pana la o pondere de 2% este foarte mult". Domnia sa a recomandat introducerea unui instrument nou de garantare a creditelor pentru firme - garantarea 100% a creditelor pentru proiecte inovative. "FRCG a propus, ca solutie, introducerea unui instrument nou - garantarea 100% a creditelor firmelor care realizeaza proiecte de inovare", a spus acesta, scrie Bursa.ro.Ne vindem strainilor pentru 6,5 miliarde euro pe an. Dacia Renault, pana de curand Nokia, marile rafinarii, combinatul ArcelorMittal, Honeywell ori Continental - marii exportatori autohtoni de bunuri sunt cunoscuti de toata lumea. Putini stiu, insa, ce, cum si cat fac exportatorii de servicii. O sala mare, in care mai intai te frapeaza zumzetul continuu si mai apoi impartirea aproape militareasca. Zeci de birouri perfect aliniate si despartite de vecinii din stanga, dreapta si fata de pereti de aproape doi metri. Pe ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/groupon-a-strans-700-milioane-dolari-dupa-intrarea-pe-bursa-si-a-ajuns-sa-valoreze-aproape-13-miliarde-dolari/ groupon-a-strans-700-milioane-dolari-dupa-intrarea-pe-bursa-si-a-ajuns-sa-valoreze-aproape-13-miliarde-dolari Tue, 8 Nov 2011 00:06:55 +0200 Site-ul de cupoane de reduceri Groupon a obtinut 700 milioane dolari din oferta publica initiala de la Bursa, valoarea companiei fiind acum de 12,8 miliarde dolari, noteaza Le Monde. Listarea Groupon este una dintre cele mai asteptate in sectorul de tehnologie, curand urmand sa-si faca intrarea si producatorul de jocuri video Zynga la care estimarile arata o valoare de 14 miliarde dolari.Groupon, companie cunoscuta pentru cupoanele de reduceri pe care le ofera, a ajuns in atentia tuturor in 2010 cand Google a fost dispusa sa ofere sase miliarde dolari pentru a o prelua. Acum, IPO-ul Groupon este considerat un succes iar actiunile au atins un nivel neasteptat de mare.Groupon s-a infiintat acum trei ani si are 143 de milioane de utilizatori in 145 de tari. Compania are 10.000 de angajati.  Groupon este specializata in oferte care sunt valabile doar o zi, produsele si serviciile fiind disponibile doar daca sunt achizitionate de un grup de persoane. Site-ul sustine ca a inregistrat afaceri de 797 milioane euro in primele noua luni, de sapte ori mai mult decat anul trecut.Unii investitori isi manifesta indoiala in ceea ce priveste viabilitatea modelului de afaceri al Groupon, iar multe voci au spus in ultimul an ca aceasta companie este supraevaluata si nu va rezista mult in piata. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-si-a-modificat-logoul-pentru-a-i-aduce-un-omagiu-savantei-marie-curie/ google-si-a-modificat-logoul-pentru-a-i-aduce-un-omagiu-savantei-marie-curie Tue, 8 Nov 2011 00:06:28 +0200 Google şi-a modificat, luni, logoul de pe pagina principală pentru a marca împlinirea a 144 de ani de la naşterea savantei Marie Curie, celebră pentru cercetările sale în domeniul radioactivităţii. Noul logo o arată pe Marie Curie stând la o masă pe care sunt puse mai multe recipiente. Marie Curie ţine într-o mână un astfel de recipient şi pare preocupată de cercetările sale. Maria Skłodowska-Curie (7 noiembrie 1867, Varşovia - 4 iulie 1934, Sancellemoz, Franţa) a fost o savantă poloneză stabilită în Franţa. Marie Curie a fost prima femeie care a primit un premiu Nobel şi singurul om de ştiinţă care a primit două premii Nobel în două domenii ştiinţifice diferite (fizică şi chimie). A introdus în fizică termenul de radioactivitate, fiind cunoscută pentru cercetările sale în domeniul elementelor radioactive, al radioactivităţii naturale şi al aplicaţiilor acestora în medicină. În 1894, ea l-a cunoscut pe fizicianul Pierre Curie, cu care s-a căsătorit în 1895. Împreună, Marie Curie şi Pierre Curie au descoperit noi elemente radioactive: poloniul şi radiul. Pentru aceste cercetări, cei doi, alături de Henri Becquerel, au primit premiul Nobel pentru fizică în 1903. După decesul lui Pierre Curie, accidentat mortal de o trăsură în 1906, Marie Curie a continuat singură cercetările, iar în 1911 i-a fost decernat premiul Nobel pentru chimie. Fiica ei Irène Joliot-Curie a fost, de asemenea, laureată a premiului Nobel pentru chimie, în 1935. Marie Curie şi-a dedicat toată viaţa ştiinţei şi a fondat Institutul Curie din Paris şi Institutul Curie din Varşovia. Google îşi modifică frecvent logoul pentru a omagia personalităţi ale culturii universale ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/savanta-marie-curie-omagiata-de-google-printr-un-logo-special/ savanta-marie-curie-omagiata-de-google-printr-un-logo-special Tue, 8 Nov 2011 00:04:52 +0200 Google şi-a modificat, luni, logoul de pe pagina principală pentru a marca împlinirea a 144 de ani de la naşterea savantei Marie Curie, celebră pentru cercetările sale în domeniul radioactivităţii. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/it39s-nook-vs-kindle-round-ii/ it39s-nook-vs-kindle-round-ii Tue, 8 Nov 2011 00:03:15 +0200 (CNN) -- The rivalry is so intense that Barnes & Noble actually spoke its competitor's name: "Kindle Fire is deficient for a media tablet," Barnes & Noble CEO William Lynch said as he unveiled his company's Nook Tablet on Monday. "Content will render better on Nook than on Kindle Fire." That jab essentially re-opened the fight between Barnes & Noble and Amazon over customers looking for digital-book-reading devices. Round I in this donnybrook was between the Nook and Kindle e-readers. Next week, however, both companies will put their next-generation tablets on the market, setting up a new battle for holiday shoppers looking for gadgets that are good for reading books, watching videos and browsing the Internet. Here's a quick comparison of the devices, which are called the Nook Tablet and Kindle Fire. (The gist, in case you're in a hurry, is that they're pretty darn similar; the Kindle costs $50 less, while the Nook has twice the storage space and a longer advertised battery life). Price Nook Tablet: $249 Kindle Fire: $199 Sale date Nook Tablet: November 17 Kindle Fire: November 15 Screens Both: 7-inch touch-sensitive screen with color display Purpose Both: Reading books, watching videos and browsing the Web. Both of these devices are more focused on the book-reading experience than the Apple iPad, which dominates the tablet field. Operating system Both: Customized versions of Google Android Apps You'd think these Android-based tablets would give owners access to the popular Google Android Market, which houses more than 250,000 apps. But no. Barnes & Noble and Amazon require users to purchase apps through online stores that they've created. Nook Tablet: "Thousands of must-have apps," ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/why-amazon-doesn39t-scare-apple/ why-amazon-doesn39t-scare-apple Tue, 8 Nov 2011 00:02:21 +0200 (WIRED) -- Ever since Amazon unveiled its 7-inch Kindle Fire tablet in September, a lingering phrase has been attached to the low-cost, high-profile device: "the iPad's first true Android competitor." Unlike all the Android tablets that offer 10-inch screens, roomier storage capacities, built-in cameras and 3G support, the Fire will ship with modest hardware specs. In fact, the Amazon tablet would seem ill-prepared to take on the iPad, if not for a trio of would-be Apple-slaying features. The Fire will be insanely inexpensive at $200. It will hook into Amazon Prime, the company's two-day package shipping and instant movie rental service, for just $79 a year. And the tablet will be supported by the all brand I.D. and operating efficiencies of a digital storefront that people already use daily to buy everything from physical goods to digital downloads. In total, the Fire has the potential to be the first Android-based tablet to give Apple the chills. Amazon's digital storefront alone should provoke concern. But, no, Apple isn't fazed. Barclays analyst Ben Reitzes recently met with Apple's Tim Cook (CEO) and Peter Oppenheimer (CFO), both of whom have a more pessimistic view of the Amazon Fire's future. Stated Reitzes, in a research note first reported by Business Insider: "While the pricing at $199 looks disruptive for what seems to be the iPad's most important rising challenge, the Amazon Fire, is important to note that [the Kindle Fire] could fuel further fragmentation in the tablet market, given it represents yet another platform. While compatible with Android, the apps work with Amazon products." Obviously, ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/china-it-chiefs-agree-to-tighten-web-clamp/ china-it-chiefs-agree-to-tighten-web-clamp Tue, 8 Nov 2011 00:02:07 +0200 (Financial Times) -- The heads of China's leading information technology companies have pledged to censor internet content more strictly as the Communist party tries to tame a boisterous online media. The chief executives of 39 internet, telecom and computer groups have reached a "consensus" that internet companies "must strengthen self-control, self-restraint and strict self-discipline", the official news agency Xinhua said on Sunday. "[They must also] determinedly contain the tendency of spreading online rumours, pornography, fraud and other illegal, harmful information on the internet," it added. The report followed a three-day political schooling session attended by prominent entrepreneurs including Jack Ma, founder and chairman of the e-commerce group Alibaba, Robin Li, founder and chief executive of Baidu, China's largest search engine, Pony Ma, founder and chief executive of Tencent, which operates the world's largest instant messaging service, and Charles Chao, founder and chief executive of Sina, which runs the country's leading microblog. The news could trigger further disquiet among investors in China's fast-growing IT industry as regulatory intervention shows signs of becoming more heavy-handed. China has more than 500m internet users, according to government statistics, more than any other country and more than the population of the European Union. While the ruling Communist party regards the internet as making a positive contribution to economic development, it runs a vast censorship machine to ensure that online information does not challenge its grip on power. Forcing the privately owned companies that run websites to monitor, block and erase critical information has always been a cornerstone of Beijing's internet censorship. But the authorities have recently stepped ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/cel-mai-bun-loc-de-munca-din-lume/ cel-mai-bun-loc-de-munca-din-lume Fri, 4 Nov 2011 00:04:00 +0200 Gigantul software Microsoft ocupa primul loc in clasamentul celor mai bune locuri de munca, firma SAS si NetApp s-au clasat pe doi si trei, Google pe 4 si FedEx pe 5, scrie USA Today. Spre exemplu, angajatii Microsoft Canada pot folosi 40 de ore in fiecare an pentru munca in folosul comunitatii, din totalul orelor lucrate. In acelasi timp, vicepresedintele NetApp,Tom Mendoza, suna, saptamanal, 30 de salariati pentru a-i felicita pentru munca depusa. Mai multe pe incont.ro. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/ie39s-share-of-web-traffic-drops-below-50/ ie39s-share-of-web-traffic-drops-below-50 Fri, 4 Nov 2011 00:01:55 +0200 (Mashable) -- Internet Explorer can no longer claim more than half of the web's traffic, as of October, ending more than a decade of the default Microsoft browser's reign. Safari's hold on 62.17% of mobile traffic has reduced IE's overall share of web browsing, despite still claiming 52.63% of desktop traffic, according to Netmarketshare.com. The Microsoft browser's diminishing share (49.6%) reflects its near absence from the realms of mobile and tablet, which now make up 6% of web traffic. However, chances are, you gave up on IE long enough ago that this milestone makes you more curious as to who actually still uses the browser. As of October, Firefox is the second most popular web browser, accounting for 21.20% of traffic, followed by Google Chrome and Safari, which account for 16.60% and 8.72% respectively. Chrome, which recently celebrated its third birthday, experienced the most expansion in October, increasing its share of the desktop market 1.42%. Safari, the default browser in Apple's iPhone and iPad, continues to increase its dominance over the mobile web, gaining 6.58% of the market. Safari's share is increasing faster than the iPhone's, probably due to how much mobile traffic is now driven by iPads. As IE loses its edge on the competition, we're curious to know which browser our readers prefer. Tell us in the comments below. See the original article on Mashable.com © 2011 MASHABLE.com. All rights reserved. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/the-week-google-really-39messed-up39/ the-week-google-really-39messed-up39 Fri, 4 Nov 2011 00:01:54 +0200 (CNN) -- Love or hate Google, you probably don't expect this sort of message from one of the largest and most innovative Internet and technology companies in the world: "The iOS app we launched today contained a bug with notifications," the company wrote Wednesday on Twitter. "We have pulled the app to fix the problem. Sorry we messed up." That's just one of the ways Google screwed up this week, according to tech pundits and bloggers. The company also released an update to Google Reader that was described by a former employee as "a disaster." "Maybe Google isn't so invincible after all," the site InfoWorld asked. The complaints raise two deeper issues about Google: First is the long-aired gripe that the company develops cooler and better-functioning smartphone apps for Android devices than it does for Apple's iOS. That makes some sense. After all, Google created Android, and has a business interest in seeing that smartphone platform succeed over that of its competitors. The new Gmail app, however, is raising questions about the company's ability to put out apps that -- at the very least -- will function on Apple devices. "The real question here is how were these problems not caught during testing, either on Google's part or Apple's? (Conspiracy theory: Apple did catch the errors, but approved the app anyway)," the blog TechCrunch wrote. Second, this week's botched Gmail app for iOS digs at Google's image as an innovative company. If Google keeps releasing disappointing products, people may stop being excited about the company as a whole, MG Siegler, a tech ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/opt-lucruri-pe-care-trebuie-sa-le-stii-despre-noul-gmail/ opt-lucruri-pe-care-trebuie-sa-le-stii-despre-noul-gmail Thu, 3 Nov 2011 00:05:59 +0200 Google a lansat o nouă interfaţă pentru Gmail, serviciul său de poştă electronică, informează Tech News Daily. Noua grafică nu presupune schimbări substanţiale, ci doar un aspect nou cu care utilizatorii vor trebui să se obişnuiască, dacă optează pentru noua grafică. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/unthink-reteaua-anti-facebook-care-promite-ca-nu-ti-vinde-informatiile-unor-companii-de-publicitate/ unthink-reteaua-anti-facebook-care-promite-ca-nu-ti-vinde-informatiile-unor-companii-de-publicitate Thu, 3 Nov 2011 00:05:57 +0200 Unthink, o reţea de socializare lansată la sfârşitul lunii octombrie, încearcă să detroneze platforme similare precum Twitter, Facebook sau Google+, pornind de la o ambiţie mai rară în mediul online: le oferă utilizatorilor un control total asupra informaţiilor personale şi le promite că acestea nu vor ajunge pe mâinile unor publicitari, relatează Huffington Post. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/gmail-app-for-iphone-debuts-disappears/ gmail-app-for-iphone-debuts-disappears Thu, 3 Nov 2011 00:04:11 +0200 (CNN) -- One of the most highly anticipated apps for Apple devices was made available on Wednesday. At least, until it wasn't. Google announced a Gmail app for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch that was designed to make it easier for the service's more than 190 million users to navigate their mail. "We check email pretty much everywhere these days," Google content manager Matthew Izatt wrote on the Gmail blog. "And when we do, we want easy access to our important messages so we can respond quickly and get back to life -- or slinging birds at thieving green pigs." Users of Apple's operating system could already access Gmail through a mobile site or set it up as their default e-mail account. But the new app promised a smoother experience with a host of new features. The tech blogosphere was delighted. "Go get the iPhone app for Gmail!" popular blogger Robert Scoble wrote on his Google+ page. Then, a few minutes passed. "UPDATE: DO NOT. The Gmail app is really a piece of crud," he wrote. "Not worth loading. Very disappointed." Google had obviously already noticed what Scoble did. Shortly after it was unveiled, the app was pulled from the Apple Store. "The iOS app we launched today contained a bug with notifications," Google posted on its Gmail Twitter account. "We have pulled the app to fix the problem. Sorry we messed up." Later, a fuller explanation was added to the original blog post. "Earlier today we launched a new Gmail app for iOS," Google posted. "Unfortunately, it contained a bug which broke notifications ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-rolls-out-new-look-for-gmail/ google-rolls-out-new-look-for-gmail Thu, 3 Nov 2011 00:02:56 +0200 (Mashable) -- The new-look Gmail that Google accidentally told us about last week is now rolling out to all users. The changes, officially announced in a blog post Tuesday, allow Gmail users much more control over the look of the service. You can drag sidebars around to your preferred size and width, choose from a wider selection of high-resolution background pictures, and decide whether you want lots of email on your screen or more white space between mails. (Your choice of email density is between "Comfortable," "Cozy" and "Compact.") Heavy Gmail users will also be pleased to learn that there's a new search function -- that is, you can now access Advanced Search by clicking on the search bar. Conversations have been condensed, and profile pictures added. These are more features than Google offered in its sneak peek of the new Gmail, which started in July. For now, at least, the new features will be opt-in -- and not all of us will be able to access them immediately. "If you like what you see, over the next few days you'll be able to switch to the new look by clicking on Switch to the new look in the bottom-right of Gmail," writes Google user experience designer Jason Cornwell. See the original on Mashable.com © 2011 MASHABLE.com. All rights reserved. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-maps-va-fi-pe-bani-pentru-site-urile-unde-hartile-sunt-deschise-de-peste-25000-de-vizitatori-pe-zi/ google-maps-va-fi-pe-bani-pentru-site-urile-unde-hartile-sunt-deschise-de-peste-25000-de-vizitatori-pe-zi Tue, 1 Nov 2011 00:05:28 +0200 Google Maps va taxa site-urile care si-au inserat pe pagina aplicatia Google Maps si care au zilnic peste 25.000 de vizitatori pe hartile companiei americane, scrie BBC. Compania spune ca sub 0,5% din site-uri vor fi afectate, cele cu trafic masiv care fac profituri importante de pe urma hartilor. Site-urile care depasesc plafonul vor plati, se pare, cate patru dolari pentru fiecare 1.000 de vizite ce depasesc plafonul de 25.000.Google spune ca introducerea taxarii de la 1 ianuarie va afecta doar 0,35% dintre site-urile care si-au inserat in pagina aplicatia Maps. Compania spune ca le da dezvoltatorilor suficient timp sa evalueze efectele schimbarii si admite ca unele companii, mai ales din turism, s-ar putea sa fie ingrijorate. Google mai spune ca se va asigura ca utilizarea Maps va ramane profitabila si pentru site-urile unde serviciul este folosit de un numar foarte mare de oameni, iar introducerea taxarii va permite ca aplicatia sa ramana gratuita pentru majoritatea covarsitoare a site-urilor. Site-urile care nu au inserat Google Maps dar vor sa o faca in viitor, nu vor fi taxate pentru acest lucru.Google Maps a fost lansat in februarie 2005 si de atunci i s-au adaugat in mod constant functionalitati. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-lanseaza-in-romania-programul-google-engage/ google-lanseaza-in-romania-programul-google-engage Tue, 1 Nov 2011 00:04:45 +0200 Google lansează în România programul gratuit Google Engage, conceput pentru pregătirea şi sprijinirea agenţiilor din mediul online: companii de publicitate online, agenţii full-service, webmasteri, designeri şi dezvoltatori web, consultanţi SEO sau SEM, potrivit unui comunicat remis MEDIAFAX. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/apple-ar-putea-renunta-la-google-maps-a-achizitionat-o-companie-specializata-in-harti-digitale-in-format-3d/ apple-ar-putea-renunta-la-google-maps-a-achizitionat-o-companie-specializata-in-harti-digitale-in-format-3d Tue, 1 Nov 2011 00:04:43 +0200 Apple a achiziţionat de curând C3 Technologies, o companie care realizează hărţi digitale în format 3D şi care ar putea furniza o aplicaţie pentru sistemul de operare iOS, care în prezent se bazează pe Google Maps, scrie Business Insider. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/yahoo-prefera-vanzarea-activelor-din-asia-decat-sa-fie-preluata-de-un-grup-de-cumparatori/ yahoo-prefera-vanzarea-activelor-din-asia-decat-sa-fie-preluata-de-un-grup-de-cumparatori Mon, 31 Oct 2011 00:07:38 +0200 Yahoo! preferă să vândă activele deţinute în Asia şi să distribuie fondurile obţinute acţionarilor, decât să fie preluată de un grup de cumpărători, potrivit mai multor surse apropiate situaţiei, transmite Bloomberg. Acest scenariu apare ca cea mai probabilă opţiune pentru Yahoo! şi ar putea permite companiei să plătească dividende speciale sau să răscumpere acţiuni, au spus sursele. Acţiunile Yahoo! s-au apreciat cu 28% după concedierea directorului general Carol Bartz la începutul lui septembrie, astfel încât compania a devenit o ţintă mai scumpă de preluare. Yahoo! analizează opţiunile strategice în paralel cu căutarea unui înlocuitor pentru Bartz, care nu a reuşit să stimuleze creşterea veniturilor şi să protejeze compania de servicii pe Internet de concurenţa Google şi Facebook. Co-fondatorul companiei Jerry Yang a declarat în această lună că Yahoo! nu este neapărat de vânzare. "Intenţia noastră este, din ce în ce mai mult, să nu vindem. Obiecitvul este de a analiza toate opţiunile. Există foarte multe opţiuni, foarte multe soluţii pentru ca acţionarii să obţină valoare", a afirmat Yang la o conferinţă în domeniul digital de la Hong Kong. Sursele au precizat că nu a fost luată o decizie, iar Yahoo! ar putea totuşi să fie vândută unui grup de investitori. Mai multe părţi şi-au exprimat interesul pentru Yahoo!, a anunţat Yang în septembrie. Potrivit surselor, printre companiile interesate se află şi fondurile de investiţii KKR şi Blackstone Group. În plus, Alibaba Group, al cărui acţionar principal este Yahoo!, a discutat cu fondurile Silver Lake şi Digital Sky Technologies din Rusia lansarea unei oferte comune de preluare. În Asia, Yahoo! deţine Alibaba Group din ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/vrei-sa-te-angajezi-cum-sa-ti-faci-un-cv-care-iti-asigura-un-job-intr-o-multinationala/ vrei-sa-te-angajezi-cum-sa-ti-faci-un-cv-care-iti-asigura-un-job-intr-o-multinationala Sun, 30 Oct 2011 00:04:28 +0300 Deşi zeci de mii de absolvenţi de facultate sau tineri la început de carieră îşi caută cu disperare un loc de muncă, în mod paradoxal, angajatorii se plâng că nu-şi găsesc specialiştii de care au nevoie. Mulţi dintre participanţii la târgurile de joburi sunt de multe ori dezamăgiţi că angajatorii le cer CV-urile, spunându-le că vor fi sunaţi ulterior, lucru care nu se întâmplă. Sau se întâmplă după o perioadă în care şi-au pierdut speranţa sau şi-au găsit un alt loc de muncă. Târgul de carieră Angajatori de Top, care a început vineri dimineaţă, la Sala Palatului, a fost vizitat de mii de tineri încă din primele ore de după deschidere. Companii de renume, ca Google, Oracle, HP, BRD, Miscrosoft, JTI, Dacia sau Renault pun la bătaie peste 2.500 de poziţii, atât pentru studenţi sau tineri absolvenţi, cât şi pentru specialişti cu experienţă. Cu toate acestea, mulţi dintre tinerii participanţi spun, din experienţele anterioare, că, deşi reprezentanţii companiilor le expun cu lux de amănunte oferta de angajare şi le introduc CV-urile în baza de date, telefonul care să-i cheme la interviu întârzie să apară. Sau că etapele recrutării sunt multe şi dificil de trecut. Dragoş Gheban, business development manager la Catalyst Solutions, compania care organizează târgul, spune că recrutarea este un proces în care multinaţionalele investesc mulţi bani, aşadar este normal ca selecţia să se facă într-un timp mai îndelungat şi după mai multe probe. "Decizia este una dificil de luat, mai ales în cazul tinerilor fără experienţă, în care angajatorul trebuie să investească foarte mult, de ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-street-view-iti-va-arata-si-imagini-din-interiorul-restaurantelor-si-magazinelor/ google-street-view-iti-va-arata-si-imagini-din-interiorul-restaurantelor-si-magazinelor Sun, 30 Oct 2011 00:04:03 +0300 Google a lansat un proiect pilot prin care, de pe Google Maps Street View să se vadă nu numai străzile, ci şi interiorul unor magazine, restaurante sau hoteluri, relatează BBC News. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/is-amazon39s-jeff-bezos-the-next-steve-jobs/ is-amazon39s-jeff-bezos-the-next-steve-jobs Sun, 30 Oct 2011 00:01:39 +0300 (CNN) -- With the passing of Steve Jobs earlier this month, the tech industry lost one of its most revered icons. So where will the industry turn for inspiration now that Jobs is gone? New Apple CEO Tim Cook will keep the business cranking along, but he's unlikely to inspire the same kind of devotion as Jobs. Facebook leader Mark Zuckerberg has star power, but he and his company are still too young and untested. At Google, Larry Page is too awkward and Eric Schmidt too slick, and a lot of the company's recent products are too unfinished. But there's one tech leader who just might fit the bill: Amazon's Jeff Bezos. Bezos runs his business the same way Steve Jobs ran his, with a relentless focus on long-term value over short-term profits and a willingness to place big bets in seemingly unrelated new areas. Steve Jobs took Apple on a detour from personal computers into music with the iPod, and then into cell phones with the iPhone. It worked, and made Apple into the biggest and richest tech company in the world. Jeff Bezos is doing the same thing at Amazon. About five years ago, Amazon noticed it had a lot of spare capacity in its data centers that was only used during the holiday season. So it started renting out some of that capacity to other companies. Now hundreds of high-profile Internet startups, including big names like Foursquare and Yelp, run their businesses on Amazon Web Services. Somehow, an online bookseller became the most important provider of "cloud computing" -- ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/youtube-ar-putea-anunta-mai-multe-parteneriate-cu-diferite-grupuri-media-si-vedete/ youtube-ar-putea-anunta-mai-multe-parteneriate-cu-diferite-grupuri-media-si-vedete Sat, 29 Oct 2011 00:05:56 +0300 Site-ul de partajare video YouTube, controlat de grupul Google, ar putea anunţa de săptămâna viitoare mai multe parteneriate cu diferite grupuri media şi vedete, în vederea producţiei de programe originale, care vor fi difuzate pe canale tematice, potrivit Wall Street Journal, citat de AFP. Potrivit Wall Street Journal, Google, care nu a comentat în niciun fel aceste informaţii, ar vrea să investească 100 de milioane de dolari, pentru a transforma YouTube în noul furnizor de programe profesionale, gratuite, finanţate de publicitate. Conţinuturile vor fi împărţite în mai multe caregorii tematice. Printre companiile care ar fi semnat parteneriate cu YouTube se numără ShineReveille, proprietate a News Corporation, şi Fremantle (grupul RTL). http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/cum-va-fi-facebook-mai-rapid-pentru-europeni-locul-in-care-compania-va-stoca-datele-la-rece-foto/ cum-va-fi-facebook-mai-rapid-pentru-europeni-locul-in-care-compania-va-stoca-datele-la-rece-foto Sat, 29 Oct 2011 00:05:54 +0300 Facebook a cumpărat o fermă din nordul Suediei pentru a găzdui serverele reţelei de socializare fondate de Mark Zuckerberg. În acest mod, Facebook va fi mai rapid pentru utilizatorii din Europa. Noua proprietate Facebook este situată în oraşul Lulea, într-o regiune aleasă special pentru temperaturile scăzute, informează Daily Mail. Iniţiativa Facebook de a construi un centru de stocare a datelor în Suedia va avea ca efect o conexiune mai rapidă a utilizatorilor din Europa pe site-ul de socializare. "Facebook are mai mulţi utilizatori în afara Statelor Unite decât în interiorul acestora. Era timpul să ne extindem în Europa", a declarat directorul de operaţiuni al Facebook, Tom Furlong. În prezent, Facebook deţine mai multe centre de păstrare a datelor în California, Virginia şi Oregon şi pregăteşte o altă proprietate Facebook în Nordul Californiei. Compania se bazează pe mai multe centre de menţinere a datelor nu numai pentru a facilita o conexiune mai rapidă a persoanelor din apropierea acestora, ci şi pentru a fi pregătită în cazul în care sistemul cedează. Noua proprietate Facebook se află la 100 de kilometri de Cercul Arctic, în apropierea unor centrale hidroelectrice care generează de două ori mai multă electricitate decât cunoscutul Hoover Dam de la graniţa dintre Nevada şi Arizona. Facebook nu a oferit o sumă exactă a investiţiei, dar oficialii din oraşul Lulea au estimat costurile proiectului la 760 de milioane de dolari. "Am bătut la uşile sediului Facebook (n.r.- situat în Palo Alto, California) şi astăzi se mută în Lulea- este ceva uriaş, într-adevăr uriaş", a declarat Matz Engman, care conduce Agenţia ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/apple-depasit-in-topul-furnizorilor-de-smartphone-uri-care-este-noul-lider-al-pietei/ apple-depasit-in-topul-furnizorilor-de-smartphone-uri-care-este-noul-lider-al-pietei Sat, 29 Oct 2011 00:05:24 +0300 Samsung Electronics a devenit cel mai mare furnizor de smartphone-uri după ce a devansat Apple în trimestrul al treilea, în contextul războiului tehnologic şi juridic dintre cele două companii, relatează Bloomberg. Grupul sud-coreean a livrat 27,8 milioane de smartphone-uri în intervalul iulie-septembrie, în creştere cu 44% faţă de trimestrul precedent şi de patru ori mai mari faţă de aceeaşi perioadă a anului trecut. Evoluţia i-a conferit o cotă de piaţă de 23,8%, potrivit companiei de consultanţă Strategy Analytics din Marea Britanie. Apple, cu livrări de 17,1 milioane de aparate, a avut o cotă de piaţă de 14,6% şi a trecut pe locul al doilea, iar Nokia a rămas pe poziţia a treia, cu 14,4%. Cota de piaţă a Nokia a scăzut de la 32,7% în urmă cu un an. Apple, care a lansat iPhone 4S în această lună, a deţinut poziţia de lider de piaţă doar un trimestru, după ce a devansat Nokia în acest an. Samsung s-a folosit de sistemul de operare Android produs de Google pentru a-şi mări vânzările de smartphone-uri Galaxy şi de tablete PC. Profitul diviziei de telecomunicaţii a Samsung a crescut de peste două ori faţă de aceeaşi perioadă a anului trecut, la nivelul record de 2.500 miliarde woni (2,2 miliarde dolari) şi a reprezentat 60% din profitul grupului. Piaţa mondială a aparatelor smartphone a crescut cu 44% în acest an, la 117 milioane de unităţi, conform datelor Strategy Analytics. Compania finlandeză Nokia a rămas lider pe piaţa mondială a telefoanelor mobile, care include şi aparatele mai ieftine, cu o cotă de 27,3%, în scădere cu cinci ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/apple-a-pierdut-pozitia-pe-lider-samsung-a-devenit-cel-mai-mare-furnizor-de-smartphone-uri/ apple-a-pierdut-pozitia-pe-lider-samsung-a-devenit-cel-mai-mare-furnizor-de-smartphone-uri Sat, 29 Oct 2011 00:05:01 +0300 Samsung Electronics a devenit cel mai mare furnizor de smartphone-uri după ce a devansat Apple în trimestrul al treilea, în contextul războiului tehnologic şi juridic dintre cele două companii, relatează Bloomberg. Grupul sud-coreean a livrat 27,8 milioane de smartphone-uri în intervalul iulie-septembrie, în creştere cu 44% faţă de trimestrul precedent şi de patru ori mai mari faţă de aceeaşi perioadă a anului trecut. Evoluţia i-a conferit o cotă de piaţă de 23,8%, potrivit companiei de consultanţă Strategy Analytics din Marea Britanie. Apple, cu livrări de 17,1 milioane de aparate, a avut o cotă de piaţă de 14,6% şi a trecut pe locul al doilea, iar Nokia a rămas pe poziţia a treia, cu 14,4%. Cota de piaţă a Nokia a scăzut de la 32,7% în urmă cu un an. Apple, care a lansat iPhone 4S în această lună, a deţinut poziţia de lider de piaţă doar un trimestru, după ce a devansat Nokia în acest an. Samsung s-a folosit de sistemul de operare Android produs de Google pentru a-şi mări vânzările de smartphone-uri Galaxy şi de tablete PC. Profitul diviziei de telecomunicaţii a Samsung a crescut de peste două ori faţă de aceeaşi perioadă a anului trecut, la nivelul record de 2.500 miliarde woni (2,2 miliarde dolari) şi a reprezentat 60% din profitul grupului. Piaţa mondială a aparatelor smartphone a crescut cu 44% în acest an, la 117 milioane de unităţi, conform datelor Strategy Analytics. Compania finlandeză Nokia a rămas lider pe piaţa mondială a telefoanelor mobile, care include şi aparatele mai ieftine, cu o cotă de 27,3%, în scădere cu cinci ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-tv-to-get-massive-android-software-update/ google-tv-to-get-massive-android-software-update Sat, 29 Oct 2011 00:04:05 +0300 (Mashable) -- Google TV had such potential when it launched in October 2010. But for many users, the lack of Hulu -- along with the awkwardness of the interface and lack of cooperation from TV networks and content providers -- was a huge turnoff. Now Google aims to fix that with a massive overhaul, upgrading Google TV with its Android operating system. Google announced on its Google TV blog Friday that the platform will be upgraded to Android 3.1 (otherwise known as Honeycomb) for Sony devices Sunday, with the Logitech Revue set-top box getting its upgrade "soon thereafter." What will you get with this software upgrade to Android? Google says it's "much simpler." Its customization capabilities will go a long way toward alleviating the awkwardness of its first iteration, which Google admits was "not perfect." And the addition of the Android Market will open up a variety of applications, with the promise of more -- perhaps thousands more -- on the way. One welcome improvement will be an easier ability to search across all the TV shows at your disposal. With this update, Google's trying to answer that age-old question, "What's on?" If Google can pull that off, it could be a powerful thing indeed. The company says it has learned from its mistakes with the first version of Google TV and is "committed to find the best way to discover and engage with the high-quality entertainment on your television." So does that mean Google TV will be able to find all the shows from whichever cable or satellite provider you're ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/tech-check-steve-jobs-biography-39unthinking39-facebook/ tech-check-steve-jobs-biography-39unthinking39-facebook Sat, 29 Oct 2011 00:03:45 +0300 (CNN) -- On this week's Tech Check podcast, Doug Gross, Brandon Griggs and Stephanie Goldberg break down details from the new Steve Jobs biography. The book, written by Walter Isaacson and released this week in the wake of Jobs' death, takes the reader behind the scenes of Jobs' rise to the top of the consumer-tech world, not always casting the Apple co-founder in a positive light. We also look at Unthink, an upstart social-networking site that is trying to find a niche by being the anti-Facebook. Will calling Facebook, and rival Google+, "greedy giants" and adopting an anti-corporate approach, work? And what's up with that YouTube video? Our Reader Comments of the Week come from our story on "Take This Lollipop," a viral Web video that uses your Facebook information to give the creepy, horror-inspired short film a personal twist. And our Tech Fail of the Week goes to Netflix, which had some bad news to report this week after a couple of months of public-relations missteps the online movie-rental service would probably like to forget. (Bonus: Wondering what tech-inspired Halloween costume Stephanie's donning this year? Of course you were. Tune in to find out!) To listen to Tech Check, click on the audio box to the left. To subscribe, you can add Tech Check to your RSS feed here. You can also listen, or subscribe, on iTunes. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/isail-seven-apps-to-set-sail-to/ isail-seven-apps-to-set-sail-to Sat, 29 Oct 2011 00:03:11 +0300 London, England (CNN) -- Setting sail this weekend and want the latest information to help you along? Well look no further than your phone for everything you need. There is a wealth of data available through the thousands of apps on the market. But how do you know what is best for you? Joe White from AppAdvice says it's important to consider whether you will have cellular coverage on your journey to determine which apps you should use. "If it's a navigation app that requires GPS then you'll need to have good cellular coverage," White explains. "But there are other apps out there that can be used offline." Here's a list of some of the best apps to set sail to. 1. Navionics Marine, available for $9.99 While this is one of the more expensive marine apps on the market, it is one of the most comprehensive and popular. "They were working with marine software before the iPhone was even invented," says White. There is a wide selection of Navionics apps to choose from for the region in the world you're after such as the U.S., Africa, and Asia, with more specific ones on offer as well including the U.K. and Holland. Features include information on tides, currents and winds. It also allows you to take a photo while cruising and send it to your friends. It will then show the image in Google Earth so they can see exactly where you were when you took it. Despite it being more costly, experts say it's a worthwhile investment. "They ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/activists-claim-dead-egyptian-prisoner-was-tortured/ activists-claim-dead-egyptian-prisoner-was-tortured Sat, 29 Oct 2011 00:00:59 +0300 Cairo (CNN) -- Hundreds of demonstrators demanded the downfall of Egypt's top military authority Friday after a funeral for a young Egyptian man who died in custody. Human rights groups and relatives allege Essam Atta, 23, was tortured to death by prison guards in Egypt's Tora prison, Noor Ayman Nour, a human rights activist, told CNN. "His mother smuggled him a SIM card into prison," said Dr. Aida Seif El Dawla, co-founder of the El Nadeem Center for the Rehabilitation of Victims of Violence and Torture. "Fellow inmates told the family they believe this caused a conflict between him and one of the prison guards who later accused him of smuggling drugs. Fellow prisoners told the family he was then beaten, tortured, and pipes were pushed through his mouth and anus, killing him." Atta's mother, Naema, screamed and wailed hysterically at his funeral. "They even beat him in front of me once in prison," she told a CNN crew before she was rushed toward the coffin. The Egyptian Interior Ministry denied the torture allegations. "Essam Attaa died from poisoning due to drugs he took during a (prison) visit. He was not tortured. No policeman would dare torture a man at these times," ministry spokesman Alaa Mahmoud told CNN. "A prosecutor inspected the body of Essam and found no signs of physical torture," said Adel Saeed, official spokesman for the general prosecutor. "We ordered an autopsy to see if there are signs of internal damage to the body that may indicate otherwise." "Essam was sentenced to two years in Tora Prison and his ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/subiectele-zilei-domnii-vlaicu-si-iacob-de-profesie-clienti-politici-un-caz-scoala-despre-cum-se-face-managementul-privat-in-afacerea-partidelor-cu-companiile-de-stat-partea-penala-a-celebritatii-cum-te-angajezi-la-google-compania-care-primeste-anua/ subiectele-zilei-domnii-vlaicu-si-iacob-de-profesie-clienti-politici-un-caz-scoala-despre-cum-se-face-managementul-privat-in-afacerea-partidelor-cu-companiile-de-stat-partea-penala-a-celebritatii-cum-te-angajezi-la-google-compania-care-primeste-anua Fri, 28 Oct 2011 00:06:53 +0300 Ziua in care Romania a devenit din nou Regat. Vazuta din spatele ecranului, vizita regala de marti a semanat cu un film plasat intr-o alta epoca, dar cu actori desprinsi din personajele zilelor noastre. Marti, 25 octombrie 2011. Rasfranta pe milioane de ecrane TV, figura regelui Mihai I pare perfect imobila, de parca cel care rosteste greoi discursul, l-ar exersa, de fapt, in fata unui auditoriu invizibil. Este o imagine stranie pentru Romania ultimilor 21 de ani: cineva vorbind de la prezidiul Parlamentului intr-o liniste deplina: fara huiduieli, strigate sau intreruperi. Discursul se incheie si un al doilea moment, poate la fel de straniu prin singularitatea sa, se desfasoara in fata privitorilor: marea sala a Parlamentului este invadata de un zgomot perfect uniform si constant. Toata lumea aplauda, relateaza Adevarul. Tramvaiul electric din Bucuresti. A adus viteza, dar si nesuferitele cabluri. Vreme de 22 de ani, bucurestenii s-au plimbat numai in tramvaie trase de cai. Acestea fusesera introduse in 1872 de o societate engleza si, in ciuda bizareriei vehiculelor numite "tranca-fleanca", orasenii s-au obisnuit treptat cu ele. Suferinta indurata de bietii armasari biciuiti de vizitii atunci cand urcau pe strada Uranus sau cand se impotmoleau in noroi a constituit unul dintre principalele motive care a dus la abandonarea folosirii tractiunii animale in Bucuresti. Adevarata revolutie a modului de a calatori in capitala a venit la vreo doua decenii dupa introducerea tramvaielor trase de cai, atunci cand pe strazi au inceput sa circule primele tramvaie electrice, informeaza GreatNews.ro Adrian Nastase: "In 2014 poate vine la guvern ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/povestea-alinei-oprea-romanca-pe-care-mit-a-inclus-o-in-lista-celor-mai-promitatori-tineri-cercetatori-ai-lumii/ povestea-alinei-oprea-romanca-pe-care-mit-a-inclus-o-in-lista-celor-mai-promitatori-tineri-cercetatori-ai-lumii Fri, 28 Oct 2011 00:05:54 +0300 Alina Oprea, o romanca in varsta de 34 de ani, a fost inclusa intr-o lista anuala intocmita de MIT care recompeseaza cei mai valorosi inovatori din domenii precum IT, comunicatii sau medicina. Alina Oprea a fost inclusa in randul celor 35 de inovatori din 2011 datorita cercetarilor in domeniul foarte tehnic, insa extrem de important, al cloud-computing-ului. Cand vor intra pe piata aceste solutii vor ajuta companiile sa fie sigure ca nimeni nu va modifica datele din cloud si ca datele nu vor disparea din cauza unor virusi sau fiindca apar erori. Mai jos puteti citi pe larg despre romanca ce a decis sa faca ceva notabil in IT NU atacand diverse site-uri, ci "imprumutand" cate ceva din tehnicile hackerilor tocmai pentru a fi sigura ca datele pastrate de diverse companii sunt in perfecta siguranta.Despre concurs si despre castigatoarea romancaRevista Technology Review editata de prestigiosul institut MIT nominalizeaza anual 35 de oameni sub 35 de ani pentru ca au venit cu invovatii care promit sa aduca schimbari majore in domenii precum IT, Medicina, Comunicatii, Web sau Energie, Printre laureatii celebri din trecut se numara Larry Page de la Google si Mark Zuckerberg de la Facebook, iar anul acesta printre cei 35 de nominalizati se afla si o romanca, Alina Oprea. Ea a absolvit Universitatea din Bucuresti in 2000, si-a dat doctoratul la Carnegie Mellon University din Pittsburgh in 2007 si lucreaza la RSA Laboratories din Boston. Motivatia juriului TR35 a fost ca tehnologiile la care Alina Oprea lucreaza vor ajuta companiile sa fie sigure ca ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/chinezii-de-la-huawei-pun-in-vanzare-in-romania-smartphone-uri-si-o-tableta-pc-sub-brand-propriu-la-preturi-intre-100-si-400-de-euro-in-lunile-urmatoare/ chinezii-de-la-huawei-pun-in-vanzare-in-romania-smartphone-uri-si-o-tableta-pc-sub-brand-propriu-la-preturi-intre-100-si-400-de-euro-in-lunile-urmatoare Fri, 28 Oct 2011 00:05:48 +0300 Producatorul chinez de echipamente telecom Huawei, activ pe piata din Romania din 2004 cu terminale OEM (produse dupa specificatii pentru operatorii de telefonie), a inceput anul trecut sa vanda telefoane 2G sub brand propriu si vrea sa-si extinda acest portofoliu cu telefoane inteligente (smartphone-uri) si o tableta PC la preturi intre 100 de euro si 400 de euro, in lunile urmatoare, au anuntat joi oficialii Huawei Romania. Anders Lindquist, managerul de marketing al Huawei pe aceasta regiune, a precizat ca daca operatorii din Romania vor vrea sa introduca tehnologia LTE anul viitor, producatorul pregateste un smartphone LTE care va fi introdus in Europa pana la mijlocul lui 2012. "Suntem in Romania din 2004, ne-am ocupat doar de terminale OEM sub brandul operatorilor pana anul trecut, cand ne-am lansat cu brandul propriu si in prezent vindem 10 modele 2G sub brand propriu. Estimam ca pana la sfarsitul anului vom detine in Romania o cota de piata de 6%", a declarat joi Sorina Macarescu, marketing manager la Huawei Romania. Producatorul chinez si-a lansat joi in Romania noua gama de smartphone-uri care cuprinde cinci modele Honor, Vision, Sonic, X3 si Boulder, pe care ruleaza sistemul de operare Android al Google. Terminalul Vision pe care ruleaza sistemul de operare Android 2.3 Gingerbread ofera printre altele posibilitatea conectarii la Huawei Cloud, un spatiu de stocare 'in the cloud' pentru dispozitive mobile, cu o capacitate de pana la 160 GB. Tableta MediaPad dispune de sistemul de operare Android 3.2 Honeycomb, are un procesor dual core 1.2 GHz Qualcomm si ofera conectivitate la Internet ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/unthink-wants-to-be-the-new-anti-facebook/ unthink-wants-to-be-the-new-anti-facebook Fri, 28 Oct 2011 00:02:18 +0300 (CNN) -- Call it "Occupy Facebook." Or, perhaps, "UnOccupy Facebook." Hoping to capitalize on frustrations with the social networking giant, not to mention some of the anti-corporate sentiment bubbling up on Wall Street and beyond, entrepreneurs have launched an upstart site called Unthink. The Tampa, Florida-based startup wants to be everything that Facebook and rival Google+ are not -- and it has the manifesto and sassy YouTube video to prove it. "I couldn't wait to tell my story. I couldn't believe that all this was free," says an actress in the video, strutting through Bohemian city streets in an off-the-shoulder T-shirt with the words "Wild and Free" scrawled on it. "But I never knew that I'd be part of some damn puppet show -- that you thought you could own me. Well, you can't own me!" Later, she confronts a guy in a Google+ T-shirt and another hoodie-wearing character with a striking resemblance to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. The video is part of a series of hype-building efforts, along with cryptic news releases promising a "secret project" and "social revolution," that preceded Tuesday's limited launch. Opened for invite-only beta testing on Tuesday, Unthink says it will offer an alternative to the privacy concerns some people have about using Facebook or Google's new rival network. Facebook and Google both collect information about users to tailor advertising to them. Privacy concerns have cropped up over various features Facebook has rolled out -- from mobile check-ins to integration with other websites that can make a user's online behavior more public if settings aren't tweaked. Unthink promises ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/cum-te-angajezi-la-google-compania-care-primeste-anual-un-milion-de-candidaturi-cititor-gandul-patru-interviuri-telefonice-de-40-de-minute-si-un-interviu-final-de-patru-ore/ cum-te-angajezi-la-google-compania-care-primeste-anual-un-milion-de-candidaturi-cititor-gandul-patru-interviuri-telefonice-de-40-de-minute-si-un-interviu-final-de-patru-ore Thu, 27 Oct 2011 00:04:53 +0300 Compania Google este unul dintre cei mai doriţi angajatori din lume şi sunt foarte puţini cei care reuşesc să treacă de multiplele interviuri pe care le presupune procesul de recrutare. În fiecare an, peste un milion de persoane aplică pentru un job aici, însă numai 6.000 sunt angajaţi (0,6% dintre cei care aplică). http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/upstart-unthink-wants-to-become-the-new-anti-facebook/ upstart-unthink-wants-to-become-the-new-anti-facebook Thu, 27 Oct 2011 00:03:46 +0300 (CNN) -- Call it "Occupy Facebook." Or, perhaps, "UnOccupy Facebook." Hoping to capitalize on frustrations with the social networking giant, not to mention some of the anti-corporate sentiment bubbling up on Wall Street and beyond, entrepreneurs have launched an upstart site called Unthink. The Tampa, Florida-based startup wants to be everything that Facebook and rival Google+ are not -- and it has the manifesto and sassy YouTube video to prove it. "I couldn't wait to tell my story. I couldn't believe that all this was free," says an actress in the video, strutting through Bohemian city streets in an off-the-shoulder T-shirt with the words "Wild and Free" scrawled on it. "But I never knew that I'd be part of some damn puppet show -- that you thought you could own me. Well, you can't own me!" Later, she confronts a guy in a Google+ T-shirt and another hoodie-wearing character with a striking resemblance to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. The video is part of a series of hype-building efforts, along with cryptic news releases promising a "secret project" and "social revolution," that preceded Tuesday's limited launch. Opened for invite-only beta testing on Tuesday, Unthink says it will offer an alternative to the privacy concerns some people have about using Facebook or Google's new rival network. Facebook and Google both collect information about users to tailor advertising to them. Privacy concerns have cropped up over various features Facebook has rolled out -- from mobile check-ins to integration with other websites that can make a user's online behavior more public if settings aren't tweaked. Unthink promises ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/39we39re-a-culture-not-a-costume39/ 39we39re-a-culture-not-a-costume39 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 00:01:52 +0300 (CNN) -- Thinking about donning a kimono to dress like a geisha for Halloween, or a Mexican mariachi suit? Students from Ohio University have a message for you: "We're a culture, not a costume." With ethnic and racial stereotypes becoming increasingly popular Halloween costume themes, members of the school's Students Teaching About Racism in Society are launching a campaign to make revelers think twice before reducing a culture to a caricature, the group's president said. Posters from the campaign are expected to go up on the Athens, Ohio, campus Wednesday. Meanwhile, the images are making the rounds online, raising debate over whether it's ever OK for people to paint their faces black, impersonate a racial stereotype for fun, and where to drawn the line. It's a seasonal point of controversy, but even after widely publicized controversies such as the "Ghetto Fab" wig at Kohl's and Target's illegal alien jumpsuit, costumes of stereotypes abound. On Google's shopping section, several pages of "Mexican costume ideas" are available, from "Mexican donkey costumes" to sexy serapes and tequila shooter girls. The ad campaign from Ohio University show students holding photos of different racial and ethnic stereotypes in costume: an Hispanic guy with a picture of the Mexican donkey costume, an Asian girl with an image of a Geisha, a Muslim student with a photo of a white guy wearing a traditional ghutra and iqal over his head, bombs strapped to his chest. "During Halloween, we see offensive costumes. We don't like it, we don't appreciate it. We wanted to do a campaign about it saying, ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/vineri-si-sambata-iti-poti-gasi-un-job-intr-o-multinationala-la-targul-angajatori-de-top-vezi-in-ce-domenii-te-poti-angaja/ vineri-si-sambata-iti-poti-gasi-un-job-intr-o-multinationala-la-targul-angajatori-de-top-vezi-in-ce-domenii-te-poti-angaja Wed, 26 Oct 2011 00:07:49 +0300 Angajatori de Top, cel mai mare targ de cariera la nivel national le aduce tinerilor profesionisti oportunitatea de a aplica pentru 2.500 de posturi, de a participa la 32 de seminare de cariera, 4 conferinte tematice si 3 seminare de orientare in cariera. Evenimentul se va desfasura vineri si sambata la Sala Palatului din Capitala si va gazdui peste 90 de angajatori din domeniile IT, Telecom, financiar-bancar, outsourcing, inginerie, marketing si vanzari. Targul de cariera Angajatori de Top va fi deschis vineri, 28 octombrie in intervalul orar 10.00-18.00 si sambata, 29 octombrie intre 10.00-17.00. Companiile isi doresc sa intalneasca atat profesionisti in domeniul lor de activitate, cat si studenti si proaspat absolventi, implicati in activitati extracurriculare, care detin cunostinte de limbi straine si demonstreaza motivatie pentru o cariera de success, scrie pe pagina de Internet a evenimentului. Cele mai mari planuri de recrutare au fost confirmate de companiile din industria IT, Telecom, Outsourcing si Retail, iar printre angajatorii prezenti la aceasta editie sunt: Adobe, Microsoft, Intel, Bitdefender, Ixia, Dell Services, Google, Infineon Technologies Romania, Electronics Arts, TeamNet Collaborate, Ubisoft Romania, 1&1 Internet Romania, Enea Services Romania, Optaros, Netop, Temenos, Nokia Siemens Networks, Ericsson, Vodafone, Nobel Romania, Huawei Technologies, Accenture, Genpact, Oracle, HP, WNS Romania, Computer Generated Solutions, Michelin, Siemens, Automobile Bavaria, Group Renault Romania, BCR, BRD Groupe Societe Generale, Raiffeisen Bank, Ernst&Young, KPMG, Bearing Point, Coca-Cola HBC Romania, JTI, Kraft Foods Romania, L'Oreal, Nestle Romania, British American Tobacco, Baumax, Acredo Romania, Adecco Romania. Topul domeniilor cu numarul cel mai mare de oportunitati de cariera in ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/cum-va-arata-televizorul-viitorului-apple-lucreaza-la-un-prototip-integrat/ cum-va-arata-televizorul-viitorului-apple-lucreaza-la-un-prototip-integrat Wed, 26 Oct 2011 00:04:55 +0300 Apple lucrează la un prototip de televizor integrat, cu o interfaţă care va permite sincronizarea wireless a conţinutului cu alte aparate ale companiei, şi a apelat în acest scop la inginerul care a construit iTunes, au declarat trei persoane apropiate situaţiei, transmite Bloomberg. Jeff Robbin, care a contribuit la crearea iPod, pe lângă magazinul iTunes, coordonează acum dezvoltarea noului televizor, au spus sursele. Implicarea lui Robin indică angajamentul Apple de a-şi extinde până în living room dominaţia din domeniul smartphone-urilor şi tabletelor. Co-fondatorul Apple, Steve Jobs, i-a spus biografului său Walter Isaacson, că "şi-a dat seama în sfârşit" cum să construiască un televizor integrat, cu o interfaţă simplă care va sincroniza wireless conţinutul cu alte aparate ale Apple. "Va avea cea mai simplă interfaţă pe care ţi-o poţi imagina", a afirmat Jobs, care a murit pe 5 octombrie, în biografia sa publicată luni de CBC Corp. Un purtător de cuvânt al Apple a refuzat să comenteze. În afara remarcilor lui Jobs din carte, Apple nu a recunoscut că dezvoltă un televizor şi, potrivit unei surse, nu este sigur că va lansa unul pe piaţă. Până în prezent, implicarea companiei în acest domeniu s-a limitat la AppleTV, un aparat mic, de 99 de dolari, care poate fi conectat la un televizor şi permite utilizatorilor acces la conţinutul iTunes şi YouTube. Jobs a numit aparatul mai degrabă un hobby al Apple, decât o sursă serioasă de venituri. Situaţia s-ar putea schimba însă. Apple are în lucru un prototip de televizor şi ar putea ca produsul să fie scos la vânzare la sfârşitul anului viitor sau în ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/the-best-tidbits-from-the-steve-jobs-bio/ the-best-tidbits-from-the-steve-jobs-bio Wed, 26 Oct 2011 00:01:43 +0300 (CNN) -- "Steve Jobs,' the biography of the late tech visionary that went on sale Monday, has already produced plenty of headlines: How Jobs met his birth father without knowing who he was, how he swore bitter revenge on Google for developing its competing Android system, and how he waited too long after his cancer diagnosis to get surgery that might have saved him. But the 656-page book by hand-picked biographer Walter Isaacson also contains a wealth of smaller, but no less telling, details about the brilliant but difficult Apple co-founder. Taken together, they build an illuminating portrait of a charismatic, complicated figure who could inspire people one minute and demean them the next. Even on their own, many of these snippets are still fascinating glimpses into an extraordinary life. The CNN Tech team has been busy flipping through our copies of the book. Here are some of the more interesting nuggets we've found, in chronological order (we're still reading, so we'll add more as we go): Childhood and early years -- Jobs' wife, Laurene Powell Jobs, encouraged Isaacson to be honest about Jobs' failings. "You shouldn't whitewash it," she told him. "He's good at spin, but he also has a remarkable story, and I'd like to see that it's all told truthfully." -- Jobs' birth mother insisted he be adopted by college graduates. The couple who had initially agreed to adopt Jobs in 1955 -- a lawyer and his wife -- backed out because they wanted a girl. So Jobs was placed instead with Paul Jobs, a high school dropout ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/revin-in-forta-zvonurile-despre-o-posibila-vanzare-a-yahoo-google-microsoft-si-mai-multe-fonduri-de-investitii-sunt-posibilii-cumparatori/ revin-in-forta-zvonurile-despre-o-posibila-vanzare-a-yahoo-google-microsoft-si-mai-multe-fonduri-de-investitii-sunt-posibilii-cumparatori Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:05:52 +0300 ​Dupa ce actionarii Yahoo! au schimbat-o pe Carol Bartz din functia de CEO, au aparut din nou zvonuri numeroase despre o posibila vanzare a companiei sau macar a unei divizii cheie a acesteia, scrie The Wall Street Journal. Printre potentialii cumparatori se numara Microsoft, Google si o serie de fonduri de investitii care ar urma sa vina cu banii. Totusi, o achizitie a Yahoo! de catre Google pare putin probabila fiindca e greu de crezut ca autoritatile din domeniul concurentei si-ar da acordul.Se zvoneste ca Google discuta cu cateva fonduri de invetitii pentru a face o oferta comuna celor de la Yahoo! Informatiile nu au fost confirmate si discutiile sunt se pare intr-o faza de inceput. Este insa putin probabil ca autoritatile americane din domeniul concurentei sa fie de acord cu o tranzactie Google-Yahoo! ce ar putea afecta competitia in domeniul cautarii pe internet si ar putea crea un monopol.Au revenit zvonurile legate de un interes al Microsoft pentru a cumpara Yahoo!. In 2008 si 2009 s-a scris imens despre aceasta mega-tranzactie, iar Microsoft era la un moment dat dispusa sa dea peste 47 miliarde dolari pentru Yahoo!, insa totul a cazut. Acum zvonurile indica o tranzactie de mai mica valoare, Microsoft urmand a prelua un anumit pachet de actiuni cu cateva miliarde de dolari, restul banilor putand fi pusi de cateva fonduri de investitii partenere.In lista posibililor cumparatori este si holding-ul chinez Alibaba la care Yahoo! detine peste 40%. Compania chineza are 22.000 de angajati si si-a exprimat interesul de a cumpara Yahoo!, insa ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-vrea-sa-cumpere-yahoo-in-colaborare-cu-firme-de-investitii/ google-vrea-sa-cumpere-yahoo-in-colaborare-cu-firme-de-investitii Mon, 24 Oct 2011 00:04:55 +0300 Google a discutat cu cel puţin două firme de investiţii despre posibilitatea de a le ajuta să finanţeze preluarea principalelor operaţiuni ale rivalului Yahoo, au declarat surse apropiate situaţiei, citate de cotidianul Wall Street Journal. Gigantul IT american şi eventualii parteneri au avut contacte preliminare, dar nu au ajuns la o propunere formală, iar Google ar putea decide să nu continue discuţiile, a spus sursa. Wall Street Journal notează că nu este clar care sunt firmele care au discutat cu Google. Orice tranzacţie între Google şi Yahoo, două dintre cele mai mari companii active pe internet şi care domină piaţa căutărilor online, ar atrage cu siguranţă atenţia autorităţilor de reglementare. Autorităţile antitrust din SUA au împiedicat în 2008 un parteneriat între cele două companii. Un an mai târziu, Yahoo! a semnat un parteneriat pe zece ani cu Microsoft. Microsoft analizează, de asemenea, finanţarea parţială a unei oferte din partea unei companii de investiţii pentru Yahoo, au spus surse apropiate situaţiei. Yahoo şi-a concediat directorul general, Carol Bartz, în septembrie, iar compania încearcă să atragă oferte din partea unor eventuali investitori, precum firme de investiţii. Astfel de cumpărători ar putea delista Yahoo şi ar putea reorganiza compania. Yahoo nu şi-a putut majora venituruile din publicitate nici măscar în contextul în care piaţa de publicitate pe internet creşte anual cu peste 20%. Google este de mult timp lider în domeniul căutărilor online. Pe piaţa de publicitate pe internet, Google este, însă, un jucător mai mic, dar aflat în creştere, notează Wall Street Journal. În Statele Unite, Facebook va obţine peste două miliarde din publicitate ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/googleyahoo-google-ar-putea-cumpara-yahoo/ googleyahoo-google-ar-putea-cumpara-yahoo Mon, 24 Oct 2011 00:04:36 +0300 Gigantul IT american Google ar putea achiziţiona în viitorul apropiat rivalul Yahoo!, conform Reuters, care citează un articol apărut sâmbătă în Wall Street Journal. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/android-40-cele-mai-importante-modificari-aduse-sistemului-de-operare-pentru-telefoane-mobile-dezvoltat-de-google/ android-40-cele-mai-importante-modificari-aduse-sistemului-de-operare-pentru-telefoane-mobile-dezvoltat-de-google Mon, 24 Oct 2011 00:04:32 +0300 Google a dezvăluit caracteristicile Android 4.0, cunoscut şi ca Ice Cream Sandwich, cea mai mare actualizare a sistemului de operare pentru telefoanele mobile de când a fost lansată tableta Android 3.0, la începutul anului 2011, relatează Huffington Post. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/ce-a-fost-intrebat-ceo-ul-google-dan-bulucea-la-interviul-de-angajare-plus-cum-explica-el-sloganul-google/ ce-a-fost-intrebat-ceo-ul-google-dan-bulucea-la-interviul-de-angajare-plus-cum-explica-el-sloganul-google Mon, 24 Oct 2011 00:03:57 +0300 Dan Bulucea, CEO Google, a povestit, pentru gândul, cum a fost angajat în cadrul companiei, în 2010. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/steve-jobs-omul-complex-care-a-refuzat-sa-isi-intalneasca-tatal-biologic-si-care-l-a-criticat-pe-barack-obama-potrivit-biografiei-sale/ steve-jobs-omul-complex-care-a-refuzat-sa-isi-intalneasca-tatal-biologic-si-care-l-a-criticat-pe-barack-obama-potrivit-biografiei-sale Sun, 23 Oct 2011 00:09:02 +0300 Biografia legendarului sef al Apple Steve Jobs, scrisa de Walter Isaacson, care apare luni in Statele Unite, contureaza portretul unui barbat complex, care a refuzat intotdeauna sa il intalneasca pe tatal sau biologic si nu a ezitat sa il critice pe presedintele Barack Obama la prima lor intalnire, relateaza AFP. Potrivit Huffington Post, in biografia lui Jobs este relatat si momentul in care Bill Clinton i-a cerut sfatul in scandalul Monica Lewinsky."Cand am cautat-o pe mama mea biologica, evident ca il cautam si pe tatal meu biologic. Am aflat putine lucruri despre el si nu mi-a placut ce am aflat", a povestit Jobs biografului sau Walter Isaacson, intr-un interviu sonor difuzat joi de postul de televiziune CBS, pe care il poti asculta aici.Adoptat la nastere de un cuplu de californieni modesti, Jobs l-a identificat pana la urma pe tatal lui, descoperind ca a avut deja ocazia sa ii stranga mana: acest american nascut in Siria si cu numele de Abdulfattah Jandali, care isi spunea John, avea un restaurant cu specific mediteranean in Silicon Valley, unde Jobs a luat cina de mai multe ori."Imi amintesc ca m-am intalnit cu proprietarul (restaurantului), care era originar din Siria si caruia ii cadea parul. I-am strans mana, el mi-a strans, de asemenea mana, asta este tot", povesteste el.Jobs insusi a explicat ca i-a cerut surorii sale vitrege, cu care avea relatii bune, sa nu dezvaluie identitatea tatalui sau: "Am devenit bogat si ma tem ca ma va santaja sau ca va alerta presa", s-a justificat el, potrivit unui extras ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/biografia-lui-steve-jobs-de-ce-a-refuzat-sa-si-intalneasca-tatal-biologic-si-ce-pretentii-avea-de-la-barack-obama/ biografia-lui-steve-jobs-de-ce-a-refuzat-sa-si-intalneasca-tatal-biologic-si-ce-pretentii-avea-de-la-barack-obama Sun, 23 Oct 2011 00:08:37 +0300 Biografia legendarului director al Apple Steve Jobs, care apare luni în Statele Unite, realizează portretul unui bărbat complex, care a refuzat întotdeauna să îl întâlnească pe tatăl său biologic şi nu a ezitat să îl critice pe preşedintele Barack Obama la prima lor întâlnire. "Când am căutat-o pe mama mea biologică, evident că îl căutam şi pe tatăl meu biologic. Am aflat puţine lucruri despre el şi nu mi-a plăcut ce am aflat", a povestit Jobs biografului său Walter Isaacson, într-un interviu sonor difuzat joi de postul de televiziune CBS. Adoptat la naştere de un cuplu de californieni modeşti, Jobs l-a identificat până la urmă pe tatăl lui, descoperind că a avut deja ocazia să îi strângă mâna: acest american născut în Siria şi cu numele de Abdulfattah Jandali, care îşi spunea John, avea un restaurant cu specific mediteranean în Silicon Valley, unde Jobs a luat cina adeseori. "Îmi amintesc că m-am întâlnit cu proprietarul (restaurantului), care era originar din Siria şi căruia îi cădea părul. I-am strâns mâna, el mi-a strâns, de asemenea, mâna", povesteşte el. Jobs însuşi a explicat că i-a cerut surorii sale vitrege, cu care avea relaţii bune, să nu dezvăluie identitatea tatălui său: "Am devenit bogat şi mă tem că mă va şantaja sau că va alerta presa", s-a justificat el, potrivit unui extras dintr-o carte publicată de Huffington Post. Steve Jobs s-a dovedit critic şi faţă de Barack Obama, căruia i-a refuzat o invitaţie la cină deoarece ar fi vrut ca preşedintele american să îl sune în persoană, potrivit Huffington Post. "Sunteţi pornit să nu ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/alexandra-olteanu-initiative-media-daca-punem-in-ecuatie-problemele-din-ue-si-zona-euro-cred-ca-oprirea-scaderii-in-publicitate-poate-deja-sa-fie-pusa-sub-semnul-intrebarii/ alexandra-olteanu-initiative-media-daca-punem-in-ecuatie-problemele-din-ue-si-zona-euro-cred-ca-oprirea-scaderii-in-publicitate-poate-deja-sa-fie-pusa-sub-semnul-intrebarii Sat, 22 Oct 2011 00:05:33 +0300 Initiative Media, una dintre cele mai importante agentii care impart publicitatea in media din Romania, si-a revizuit usor prognoza facuta in iunie privind evolutia cheltuielilor de publicitate in 2011. Alexandra Olteanu, noul managing director al agentiei, spune pentru HotNews.ro ca Initiative estimeaza acum o scadere de 5-7% fata de 2010, fata de prognoza anterioara de -3%. Alexandra Olteanu a raspuns intrebarilor HotNews.ro despre bugetele clientilor, cine a dat inapoi si cine s-a dovedit mai indraznet, cum se reflecta pe aceasta piata framantarile economice din restul Europei si cum se impart banii de publicitate in online, unde "cifra este clar mai mare" decat anul trecut. Alexandra Olteanu a ocupat, pana recent, pozitia de buying director in cadrul agentiei Initiative. Din septembrie, ea a preluat managementul agentiei, care a anuntat ca "mandatul lui Steve Dallas", fostul director, s-a incheiat. Alexandra Olteanu lucreaza la Initiative din 1995 si a condus departamentul de media buying din 2002. Printre clientii Initiative Romania se numara Orange Romania, Bergenbier, Ferrero, Millennium Bank, Johnson&Johnson, Provident Financial sau BMW. In ultimul raport Media Fact Book, publicat in iunie a.c., Initiative estima o scadere de 3% a cheltuielilor de publicitate in 2011 fata de 2010, pana la 306 milioane de euro. Pentru publicitatea online, Initiative estima o crestere de la 26 de milioane la 34 de milioane de euro. La inceputul lunii octombrie a aparut ultimul studiu IAB-Romania-PwC Romania privind cheltuielile de publicitate online (ce include doar partial publicitatea prin motoare de cautare sau in social media), studiu ce indica, pentru primul semestru, o crestere foarte ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-si-a-modificat-logoul-pentru-a-i-aduce-un-omagiu-artistei-mary-blair/ google-si-a-modificat-logoul-pentru-a-i-aduce-un-omagiu-artistei-mary-blair Sat, 22 Oct 2011 00:05:20 +0300 Google şi-a modificat, vineri, logoul de pe pagina principală pentru a marca împlinirea a 100 de ani de la naşterea artistei Mary Blair, creatoarea principalelor concepte de animaţie marca Walt Disney. Mary Blair s-a născut pe 21 octombrie 1911 şi a devenit celebră pentru arta ei de a combina culorile, care a influenţat întreaga companie Walt Disney. Mary Blair a fost cea care a creat conceptele de platou şi culoare pentru filme de animaţie celebre precum "Alice în Ţara Minunilor", "Peter Pan", "Doamna şi Vagabondul" sau "Cenuşăreasa". După ce a terminat lucrul la "Peter Pan", Mary Blair a renunţat la colaborarea cu Disney, lucrând ca grafician şi ilustrator. Ea a lucrat la afişe publicitare pentru companii precum Nabisco, Pepsodent, Maxwell House şi altele. De asemenea, Mary Blair a ilustrat mai multe cărţi pentru editura Simon &Schuster. La cererea lui Walt Disney, care a remarcat talentul ei de a combina culorile, Mary Blair a revenit în compania acestuia. Google îşi modifică frecvent logoul pentru a omagia personalităţi ale culturii universale sau pentru a marca momente speciale din istoria lumii. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/mc-hammer-launching-his-own-search-engine/ mc-hammer-launching-his-own-search-engine Sat, 22 Oct 2011 00:01:55 +0300 (CNN) -- You can't Google this. OK, maybe you can. But MC Hammer doesn't want you to. The venerable rapper, who helped usher hip-hop into the pop mainstream in the early '90s, has rolled out a search engine he hopes will outperform Google, Bing and other established tools. The project, called WireDoo, has been two years in the making, said Hammer (real name Stanley Burrell) Wednesday at the Web 2.0 summit in San Francisco. At the conference, he said what will make his search tool better than Google (or, too legit to quit, if you will) will be its "deep search" ability. "It's about relationships beyond just the keywords," he said, according to Mashable, a CNN.com content partner. The rapper-turned-entrepreneur (after some late-90s difficulties) said a search would render not just direct results, but also information on possibly related topics. Its tagline is: "Search once and see what's related." Other details about the product were scarce. WireDoo, which Hammer said he has a team developing, is still in pre-beta. Its website is currently letting people sign up to test the search engine when a beta release is ready. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/vodafone-vom-lansa-in-premiera-in-romania-in-urmatoarele-saptamani-galaxy-nexus-telefonul-cu-cea-mai-noua-versiune-android-a-google/ vodafone-vom-lansa-in-premiera-in-romania-in-urmatoarele-saptamani-galaxy-nexus-telefonul-cu-cea-mai-noua-versiune-android-a-google Fri, 21 Oct 2011 00:09:26 +0300 Vodafone, al doilea operator de telefonie mobila din tara in functie de numarul de clienti, a anuntat joi ca va lansa, in urmatoarele saptamani, in premiera pe piata locala, noul smartphone produs de Samsung, Galaxy Nexus, pe care ruleaza cea mai noua versiune a sistemului de operare Android de la Google, cunoscuta sub numele Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0). Nu au fost oferite detalii legate de pret.Anuntul operatorului din Romania vine la o zi dupa ce Google a prezentat acest telefon inteligent, despre care a zis ca va fi disponibil global incepand cu luna viitoare, la un pret care nu a fost comunicat. Noua versiune a sistemului de operare Android este prima destinata atat tabletelor, cat si telefoanelor inteligente si include o serie de noi functii. Una dintre acestea este Face Unlock, un sistem care deblocheaza telefonul prin recunoasterea faciala a utilizatorului. Galaxy Nexus (si celelalte telefoane care vor folosi Android 4.0) va folosi camera frontala pentru a identifica posesorul telefonului.Citeste mai multe detalii pe StyleReport.ro si Google Galaxy Nexus: ecran HD AMOLED si Android 4.0 http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/how-colleges-use-misuse-social-media/ how-colleges-use-misuse-social-media Fri, 21 Oct 2011 00:03:14 +0300 (CNN) -- It was a joyous day for Lucie Fink when she received her acceptance letter from Johns Hopkins University. Like most prospective students, she wanted to know exactly what she was getting into before she made her decision between schools. The shiny pamphlets were all fine, but Fink really needed to hear more about the school from the students. So she went to the Web to get her answers. There she came across student-produced videos and blog entries, along with posts in a Facebook group for accepted students. "There were all these kids that were so passionate about sharing their experience," Fink said. "It was then that going off to Hopkins became a no-brainer, because I had already fallen in love with the school." Fink, who is now a sophomore, was so impressed by the originality of the student content online that she eventually became a contributor to a student-run social media site, Hopkins Interactive. The site features regularly updated blogs, videos and Twitter feeds, all produced by current students for prospective and admitted students. Daniel Creasy, the associate director of admissions and one of the people behind Hopkins Interactive, believes that it provides an uncensored look at the school. "You definitely take a leap of faith when you put this much control of your message in the students' hands," he said. "But the students feel a sense of pride that they are part of this process." For universities competing to attract top students, it's no longer enough to have a glossy brochure and a sleek website. Schools like Johns Hopkins ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/with-facial-recognition-google-pins-hopes-on-galaxy-nexus/ with-facial-recognition-google-pins-hopes-on-galaxy-nexus Fri, 21 Oct 2011 00:03:07 +0300 (CNN) -- Apple gave you FaceTime. Now Google is countering with Face Unlock. Google teamed up with Samsung this week to unveil the Galaxy Nexus, an ambitious smartphone they hope will make a run at the iPhone while serving up Ice Cream Sandwich, a new version of Google's Android mobile operating system. Released Wednesday in the wake of the iPhone 4S's big splash, the Galaxy Nexus is the first phone designed specifically to run Android 4.0. It's scheduled to go on sale in November, although pricing hasn't been announced. In Google fashion, the phone's software has its own tasty-treat nickname. Read: Why does Google name its Android products after desserts? And while Google keeps maintaining that all phone makers get equal access to its Android releases, it's clear that the company has a special place in its heart for the Galaxy Nexus, and possibly even hopes of a flagship phone to challenge the crowd from Cupertino. "Galaxy Nexus isn't just a smartphone -- it's beyond smart," Google Senior Vice President Andy Rubin wrote on the company's blog. "Ice Cream Sandwich gives you complete control over the amount of mobile data you use by helping you better understand and manage it." One of the new system's fanciest features, shown off at an unveiling Wednesday in Hong Kong, is Face Unlock. Thanks to facial recognition software, the feature lets users unlock the phone by showing it their face instead of tapping out a password. (It's worth noting that, in awkward fashion, it took two or three tries to get Face Unlock to work during ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/p-pe-28-29-octombrie-va-avea-loc-cel-mai-mare-eveniment-de-cariera-din-romania/ p-pe-28-29-octombrie-va-avea-loc-cel-mai-mare-eveniment-de-cariera-din-romania Thu, 20 Oct 2011 00:07:21 +0300 In cele doua zile ale evenimentului Angajatori de TOP vor participa peste 90 dintre cei mai activi angajatori care recruteaza in domeniile IT, telecom, financiar-bancar, outsourcing, inginerie, marketing si vanzari. Companiile prezente la eveniment isi doresc sa intalneasca atat profesionisti in domeniul lor de activitate, cat si studenti si proaspat absolventi implicati in activitati extracurriculare, care detin cunostinte de limbi straine si demonstreaza motivatie pentru o cariera de succes. In cadrul targului de cariera Angajatori de TOP, vizitatorii au oportunitatea sa interactioneze cu reprezentanti ai companiilor participante, sa aplice CV-ul pentru cele 2 500 de pozitii deschise in cadrul evenimentului, sa participe la 32 de seminare de cariera si 4 conferinte tematice. Angajatori de TOP reprezinta un instrument practic de recrutare iar datorita interactiunii este o metoda cu un grad ridicat de acuratete in decizia de angajare a candidatiilor. Cu cele mai mari planuri de recrutare in aceasta toamna sunt companiile din industriile IT, Telecom, Outsourcing si Retail, iar printre angajatorii prezenti in cele doua zile ale evenimentului, putem mentiona: IT: Adobe, Microsoft, Intel, Bitdefender, Ixia, Dell Services, Google, Infineon Technologies Romania, Electronics Arts, TeamNet Collaborate, Ubisoft Romania, 1&1 Internet Romania, Enea, Optaros, Netop, Temenos. Telecom: Nokia Siemens Networks, Ericsson, Vodafone, Nobel Romania, Huawei Technologies, Luxoft Romania Outsourcing: Accenture, Genpact, Oracle, HP, Stefanini TechTeam, WNS Romania, Competence Call Center, Computer Generated Solutions, TMF Romania Inginerie: Michelin, Siemens, Automobile Bavaria, Autonet, Grup Renault Romania Banking&Insurance: BCR, BRD, Generali Romania, Piraeus Bank, Raiffeisen Bank Consultanta: Ernst&Young, KPMG, Bearing Point FMCG: Coca-Cola HBC Romania, JTI, Kraft Foods Romania, L’Oreal, Nestlé Romania, British American ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/video-galaxy-nexus-primul-telefon-cu-noul-sistem-de-operare-google-android-40/ video-galaxy-nexus-primul-telefon-cu-noul-sistem-de-operare-google-android-40 Thu, 20 Oct 2011 00:06:21 +0300 Google a anuntat miercuri cel de-al treilea telefon din seria Nexus, platforma de referinta pentru sistemul de operare Android. Noul smartphone este produs de Samsung, la fel ca si modelul precedent, Nexus S, si foloseste un ecran AMOLED cu rezolutie HD si noul sistem de operare Android 4.0 ”Icecream Sandwich”. Citeste si comenteaza pe StyleReport.ro. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/steve-ballmer-spune-ca-telefoanele-cu-android-sunt-prea-complicate-si-promite-ca-noile-telefoane-cu-windows-vor-fi-la-fel-de-atractive-ca-iphone-ul/ steve-ballmer-spune-ca-telefoanele-cu-android-sunt-prea-complicate-si-promite-ca-noile-telefoane-cu-windows-vor-fi-la-fel-de-atractive-ca-iphone-ul Thu, 20 Oct 2011 00:06:19 +0300 Steve Ballmer, temperamentalul sef al Microsoft, a spus la summit-ul Web 2.0 din California ca telefoanele cu Android sunt complicate si trebuie sa fii "expert in computere" pentru a le utiliza, spre deosebire de smartphone-urile cu Windows care sunt simple, noteaza The Register. In stilu-i bombastic si plin de optimism a promis ca noile telefoane cu Windows vor fi comparabile cu iPhone-ul ca design si atractivitate.Rugat sa faca o comparatie intre telefoanele cu Android si cele cu Windows, Ballmer s-a referit la usurinta de utilizare, criticand, asa cum era de asteptat, telefoanele cu sistemul Google. "Cel mai mare avantaj pe care-l avem fata de Android este ca nu trebuie sa fii expert in computere pentru a folosi un telefon cu Windows", spune Ballmer. "Totusi, cele mai ieftine telefoane vor fi cu Android si va trebui sa reducem si noi costul terminalelor", adauga el.Seful companiei din Redmond a avut insa cuvinte de lauda pentru Apple, mai ales legat de aplicatia de comenzi vocale Siri lansata cu noul iPhone. "Apple e un competitor bun, insa unul diferit".Ballmer se arata optimist si in ceea ce priveste concurenta cu Apple si promite ca noile telefoane cu Windows Phone vor fi la fel de atractive la capitolul deisgn ca si orice telefon cu care va veni Apple.Android are peste 40% din piata smartphone-urilor, iar Microsoft nu are nici 10% cu Windows Phone, insa parteneriatul cu Nokia poate ajuta Microsoft sa treaca de 15-20%. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-pins-hopes-on-galaxy-nexus/ google-pins-hopes-on-galaxy-nexus Thu, 20 Oct 2011 00:02:15 +0300 (CNN) -- Apple gave you FaceTime. Now Google is countering with Face Unlock. Google teamed up with Samsung this week to unveil the Galaxy Nexus, an ambitious smartphone they hope will make a run at the iPhone while serving up Ice Cream Sandwich, a new version of Google's Android mobile operating system. Released Wednesday in the wake of the iPhone 4S's big splash, the Galaxy Nexus is the first phone designed specifically to run Android 4.0. It's scheduled to go on sale in November, although pricing hasn't been announced. In Google fashion, the phone's software has its own tasty-treat nickname. Read: Why does Google name its Android products after desserts? And while Google keeps maintaining that all phone makers get equal access to its Android releases, it's clear that the company has a special place in its heart for the Galaxy Nexus, and possibly even hopes of a flagship phone to challenge the crowd from Cupertino. "Galaxy Nexus isn't just a smartphone -- it's beyond smart," Google Senior Vice President Andy Rubin wrote on the company's blog. "Ice Cream Sandwich gives you complete control over the amount of mobile data you use by helping you better understand and manage it." One of the new system's fanciest features, shown off at an unveiling Wednesday in Hong Kong, is Face Unlock. Thanks to facial recognition software, the feature lets users unlock the phone by showing it their face instead of tapping out a password. (It's worth noting that, in awkward fashion, it took two or three tries to get Face Unlock to work during ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/ministrul-britanic-de-externe-william-hague-nimeni-nu-controleaza-internetul-dar-nici-nu-ii-putem-lasa-viitorul-in-voia-sortii/ ministrul-britanic-de-externe-william-hague-nimeni-nu-controleaza-internetul-dar-nici-nu-ii-putem-lasa-viitorul-in-voia-sortii Wed, 19 Oct 2011 00:06:57 +0300 Dezvoltarea spectaculoasa a spatiului cibernetic transforma lumea in care traim si ne schimba radical viata de zi cu zi. In curand aceasta ar putea deveni o provocare internationala care sa necesite o reactie globala coordonata. Insa, pana acum, dezbaterea in aceasta directie a fost mai degraba fragmentata si diluata. Noi, in Marea Britanie, consideram ca este nevoie de o schimbare. Ne trebuie urgent un consens global. Ma refer la un efort colectiv, care sa ii implice pe toti actorii spatiului cibernetic. De aceea, am invitat la Conferinta Cyber-spatiu, care se va desfasura la Londra, in perioada 1-2 noiembrie, nu numai oficiali din guverne, ci si reprezentanti ai societatii civile si ai mediului de afaceri. Nici un guvern sau tara nu are solutia. Trebuie sa decidem impreuna cum sa mentinem beneficiile economice si sociale ale internetului si cum sa ne protejam impotriva infractiunilor si amenintarilor din mediul virtual, fara a sufoca insa inovatia.Accesul la internet a crescut intr-un ritm incredibil: de la 16 milioane de utilizatori in 1995 la aproape 2 miliarde astazi. Aceasta dezvoltare rapida a retelei www a creat oportunitati economice si sociale uriase pe care nu le-am fi putut anticipa acum mai putin de doua decenii.Expansiunea acestei retele globale este in interesul nostru, al tuturor: fiecarei cresteri de 10% a accesului la broadband ii corespunde o majorare a PIB-ului mondial in medie cu 1,3%. Astfel, pe langa incurajarea concurentei si a eficientei, internetul deschide si noi piete.Industria web a devenit deja o parte esentiala a economiei noastre. In Marea Britanie, ea  valoreaza 100 ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/forum-zf-digital-directorul-google-romania-o-prezenta-mai-buna-pe-net-poate-impulsiona-cresterea-veniturilor-unei-companii/ forum-zf-digital-directorul-google-romania-o-prezenta-mai-buna-pe-net-poate-impulsiona-cresterea-veniturilor-unei-companii Wed, 19 Oct 2011 00:06:19 +0300 Firmele româneşti trebuie să îşi sporească foarte mult prezenţa pe Internet, demers care le va permite, cu investiţii minime, accesul la un număr foarte mare de potenţiali clienţi şi implicit venituri mai mari, a declarat marţi directorul general al Google România, Dan Bulucea. "Spre exemplu, o firmă manufacturieră din Liban, care se ocupă cu pictarea plăcilor de marmură, a înregistrat o evoluţie fulminantă a cererii, respectiv a veniturilor pe piaţa din Statele Unite cu ajutorul unei pagini web bine pus la punct, fără să investească deloc în reclamă. Un alt exemplu îl constituie o firmă din Israel care produce filtre de apă. Cu ajutorul unui site disponibil în mai multe limbi, şi-au extins puternic afacerile în afara Israelului, care este o piaţă mică", a spus Bulucea, prezent la forumul ZF Digital '11. El a mai spus că vinurile româneşti au mare căutare în Statele Unite, informaţie susţinută de numărul mare de căutări în acest sens. "Informaţia este foarte utilă şi producătorii de vin locali ar trebui să îşi extindă prezenţa pe web cu ajutorul unui site bine pus la punct, disponibil în mai multe limbi, care să ofere informaţiile necesare unui posibil client sau partener de afaceri", a mai spus şeful Google România. Google, proprietarul celui mai popular motor de căutare pe internet, are sediul central în Silicon Valley şi birouri în America de Nord, America de Sud, Europa şi Asia. În România, Google a deschis un birou la Bucureşti la 1 noiembrie 2010. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/care-sunt-cele-mai-cautate-sintagme-pe-google-romania-plus-cata-informatie-incape-intr-o-zi-pe-internet/ care-sunt-cele-mai-cautate-sintagme-pe-google-romania-plus-cata-informatie-incape-intr-o-zi-pe-internet Wed, 19 Oct 2011 00:05:16 +0300 "Cadouri de Crăciun", "vacanţa la schi" şi "cauciucuri de iarnă" sunt cele mai căutate sintagme pe Google, în această perioadă, a declarat Dan Bulucea, CEO Google, în cadrul conferinţei ZF Digital 11. "Încă din octombrie se observă o creştere a acestor căutări", a precizat CEO-ul. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-anchetat-de-fiscul-american-pentru-transferarea-profitului-in-paradisuri-fiscale/ google-anchetat-de-fiscul-american-pentru-transferarea-profitului-in-paradisuri-fiscale Tue, 18 Oct 2011 00:04:35 +0300 Gigantul software Google este auditat de Internal Revenue Service (IRS), echivalentul american al Fiscului, pentru că ar fi evitat plata unor impozite pe venit prin transferarea profitului către filialele sale din străinătate, potrivit unor surse citate de Bloomberg. Astfel, Google a reuşit să-şi reducă taxele cu circa un miliard de dolari. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/porn-hackers-hit-39sesame-street39-youtube-page/ porn-hackers-hit-39sesame-street39-youtube-page Tue, 18 Oct 2011 00:02:03 +0300 (CNN) -- "Sesame Street's" YouTube channel was back online and spreading wholesome, child-friendly messages Monday, a day after hackers appeared to have reprogrammed the venerable children's show pages with porn. The show's channel was taken offline Sunday afternoon, and visitors were greeted with a message from the video website informing them it had been shut down "due to repeated or severe violations of our community guidelines." Users who accessed the account earlier had found explicit sex videos instead of Muppets. "We apologize for any inconvenience our audience may have experienced yesterday on our Sesame Street YouTube channel," read a message on the channel's home page, which appeared to have been restored around 11 a.m. ET. "Our channel was temporarily compromised, but we have since restored our original line-up of the best classic Sesame Street video clips featuring Cookie Monster, Big Bird, Grover, Oscar the Grouch, and the rest of the fuzzy, feathered, and googly-eyed friends you remember from childhood." YouTube, which routinely declines to comment on individual user accounts, issued a brief statement Sunday noting that the Google-owned video site prohibits graphic content and removes inappropriate posts as soon as they become aware of them. A spokeswoman referred to the same statement on Monday. A message posted on the page before the content was removed claimed responsibility in the names of two YouTube users, one of whom denied involvement in a statement on his own page. "I did not hack Sesame Street. I am an honest YouTuber," the user, identified as "MrEdxwx," posted on his account. "I work hard to make ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/primul-serviciu-de-socializare-google-se-inchide/ primul-serviciu-de-socializare-google-se-inchide Sun, 16 Oct 2011 00:03:37 +0300 Google se pregăteşte să renunţe, în următoarele săptămâni, la serviciul său de socializare Google Buzz, lansat în februarie 2010, potrivit unei postări pe blogul companiei, informează USA Today, potrivit Mediafax. Google Buzz a fost construit în jurul serviciului de e-mail Gmail, predefinind pentru fiecare utilizator o listă de prieteni bazată pe cele mai frecvent folosite adrese de e-mail şi permiţându-le să partajeze informaţii şi conţinuturi multimedia cu aceştia. Google a intrat astfel în sectorul platformelor de socializare, dominat de Facebook, însă serviciul Buzz a devenit rapid o sursă de enervare şi a fost abandonat de utilizatori. În 2010, imaginea serviciului a fost afectată de semnalarea unor probleme de securitate şi grupul Google a fost nevoit să încheie amiabil un proces în această privinţă plătind 8,5 milioane de dolari, un preţ destul de mic în comparaţie cu ceea ce părea a fi, la momentul respectiv, o revoltă a utilizatorilor. Google se concentrează în prezent pe noua sa reţea de socializare Google+, lansat în urmă cu trei luni şi jumătate şi care se bucură deja de 40 de milioane de utilizatori. Larry Page, CEO Googgle, este încrezător că acest serviciu va fi o armă eficientă împotriva succesului Facebook, care are 800 de milioane de utilizatori. "Schimbarea lumii se concentrează pe viitor şi se bazează pe sinceritate în legătură cu trecutul", a scris Bradley Horowitz, unul din vicepreşedinţii Google, vineri, pe blogul companiei. "Am învăţat multe de la produse ca Buzz şi folosim aceste învăţături în fiecare zi, în viziunea noastră asupra unor produse ca Google+", a mai notat el. Buzz ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/cum-te-poti-angaja-la-google-topul-celor-mai-mari-salarii-la-gigantul-motor-de-cautare/ cum-te-poti-angaja-la-google-topul-celor-mai-mari-salarii-la-gigantul-motor-de-cautare Sun, 16 Oct 2011 00:03:17 +0300 "Câte mingi de golf au loc într-un autobuz ce transportă şcolari? Cât ar trebui să ceri pentru a spăla toate ferestrele din Seatle? De câte ori se suprapun acele unui ceas, pe timpul unei zile?". Sunt doar câteva exemple de întrebări ciudate la care sunt puşi să răspundă cei care vor să se angajeze la Google. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/blackberry-fans-rim-is-39chipping-away-our-faith39/ blackberry-fans-rim-is-39chipping-away-our-faith39 Sun, 16 Oct 2011 00:01:15 +0300 (CNN) -- The love affair between BlackBerry devotees and their mobile communicators is becoming strained, and some of them made the quarrel very public this week after a service outage. Fans often discuss the intimate details about why they are attached at the hip to smartphones made by Research in Motion -- the clack-clack of the tiny keys, the feel of the trackball or square pad on their thumbs, the informative indicator light calling out for attention. They affectionately call it the "CrackBerry." After the recent outage, which RIM says was caused by a server error, some longtime BlackBerry users are writing goodbye letters on blogs, and on message boards operated and frequented by the CrackBerry collective. Richie, a British member of a Web forum called CrackBerry, summed up the concerns, saying RIM has been "chipping away our faith" in the company's ability to satisfy customers. In interviews with reporters, RIM executives issued apologies, which they also made public in a recorded video, but they avoided questions about whether they planned to offer incentives as compensation for the millions of customers affected by the outage. RIM did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the matter. By comparison, after Sony restored its network this summer following a lengthy outage, the company compensated users of its subscription service, and gave free games and movie rentals to all users. Netflix has offered small discounts to customers affected by technical troubles. Despite RIM's lack of public comment, an AT&T customer in Cleveland wrote on the CrackBerry message boards that he received a ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/rezultatele-google-au-zdrobit-estimarile-analistilor-venituri-in-crestere-cu-34-si-profit-mai-mare-cu-28/ rezultatele-google-au-zdrobit-estimarile-analistilor-venituri-in-crestere-cu-34-si-profit-mai-mare-cu-28 Sat, 15 Oct 2011 00:04:34 +0300 Profitul net al Google a crescut cu 28% în trimestrul al treilea, la 2,7 miliarde dolari, iar veniturile au urcat cu 34%, la 9,7 miliarde dolari, rezultatele companiei zdrobind estimările analiştilor datorită vânzărilor solide de publicitate şi unui bun control al costurilor. Acţiunile companiei au crescut cu 6% după publicarea raportului financiar, transmite Reuters. Google a înregistrat, în aceeaşi perioadă a anului trecut, venituri de 7,2 miliarde de dolari şi un profit net de 2,1 miliarde de dolari. În primele nouă luni, veniturile totale ale companiei au urcat cu 31%, de la 20,8 miliarde de dolari la 27,3 miliarde de dolari, iar profitul net a avansat cu 18%, de la 5,9 miliarde de dolari la 7 miliarde de dolari, potrivit unui comunicat al Google. Astfel, profitul din trimestrul al treilea este echivalent cu 9,72 dolari pe acţiune, faţă de media estimărilor analiştilor contactaţi de Reuters, de 8,74 dolari pe acţiune. Compania, lider autoritar pe piaţa căutărilor şi publicităţii pe internet, a beneficiat de creşterea pieţei advertising-ului online şi de investiţiile mai mari în cercetare. Anterior publicării rezultatelor, aşteptările privind creşterea industriei publicităţii online erau pesimiste, din cauza perspectivelor economice negative, în special în Europa. Însă veniturile din trimestrul al treilea şi performanţele în general ale Google îndeamnă la optimism pentru trimestrul al patrulea, consideră analiştii. "Continuă să ne arate că nu sunt imuni la piaţă, dar vor avea performanţe mai bune decât jucătorii tradiţionali", comentează analistul Macquarie Ben Schachter. Cererea solidă pentru servicii de publicitate pe pieţele emergente, în principal Asia, şi evoluţia solidă a afacerilor pe segmentul mobil şi al display ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/for-blackberry-addicts-rim-is-39chipping-away-our-faith39/ for-blackberry-addicts-rim-is-39chipping-away-our-faith39 Sat, 15 Oct 2011 00:03:11 +0300 (CNN) -- The love affair between BlackBerry devotees and their mobile communicators is becoming strained, and some of them made the quarrel very public this week after a service outage. Fans often discuss the intimate details about why they are attached at the hip to smartphones made by Research in Motion -- the clack-clack of the tiny keys, the feel of the trackball or square pad on their thumbs, the informative indicator light calling out for attention. They affectionately call it the "CrackBerry." After the recent outage, which RIM says was caused by a server error, some longtime BlackBerry users are writing goodbye letters on blogs, and on message boards operated and frequented by the CrackBerry collective. Richie, a British member of a Web forum called CrackBerry, summed up the concerns, saying RIM has been "chipping away our faith" in the company's ability to satisfy customers. In interviews with reporters, RIM executives issued apologies, which they also made public in a recorded video, but they avoided questions about whether they planned to offer incentives as compensation for the millions of customers affected by the outage. RIM did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the matter. By comparison, after Sony restored its network this summer following a lengthy outage, the company compensated users of its subscription service, and gave free games and movie rentals to all users. Netflix has offered small discounts to customers affected by technical troubles. Despite RIM's lack of public comment, an AT&T customer in Cleveland wrote on the CrackBerry message boards that he received a ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/why-android-iphone-won39t-crash-like-rim/ why-android-iphone-won39t-crash-like-rim Sat, 15 Oct 2011 00:02:32 +0300 (CNN) -- Here's a little secret BlackBerry doesn't want you to know: It would be technically impossible for all Android phones or iPhones to experience a global four-day outage like the one BlackBerry saw this week, according to mobile communications experts. Why? The answer is in the technical details of how Research in Motion -- the company that makes BlackBerry smartphones, with their click-clacking keyboards and tie-wearing owners -- handles e-mails and text messages. Here's the gist: RIM acts as a middleman for all e-mail and BlackBerry text messages. It picks up messages from the wireless carrier and passes them on to the recipient. Androids and iPhones don't have a middleman for texts and e-mail. It's this BlackBerry baton-passing system that went down Monday, killing or slowing e-mail and texting services for millions of people in Europe, North America, South America, Asia, the Middle East and Africa. The ordeal lasted four days. "It's because of the way RIM has set up the (network) architecture that is the downfall when it comes to these types of outages," said Sean Armstrong, who manages wireless communications at a large tech company. "When it's working fine, it's a great system. When it's not working fine, it's a failure." This week, it's fair to say the system was a big ol' failure. On social media sites, some BlackBerry users said they were so upset about the outage -- the largest in the company's history -- that they were switching to Apple iOS and Google Android devices. And customer satisfaction with BlackBerry already was low. "Add up every other ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/un-angajat-google-despre-google-plus-este-o-reactie-tardiva-si-jalnica-la-facebook-ce-spune-despre-steve-jobs-video/ un-angajat-google-despre-google-plus-este-o-reactie-tardiva-si-jalnica-la-facebook-ce-spune-despre-steve-jobs-video Fri, 14 Oct 2011 00:04:24 +0300 În ultimele zile, traficul pe Google Plus a scăzut cu 60%, însă cel mai dureros este că noua reţea de socializare este atacată chiar de angajaţii companiei, scrie Huffington Post. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/why-android-and-iphone-won39t-go-down-like-blackberry/ why-android-and-iphone-won39t-go-down-like-blackberry Fri, 14 Oct 2011 00:03:07 +0300 (CNN) -- Here's a little secret BlackBerry doesn't want you to know: It would be technically impossible for all Android phones or iPhones to experience a global four-day outage like the one BlackBerry saw this week, according to mobile communications experts. Why? The answer is in the technical details of how Research in Motion -- the company that makes BlackBerry smartphones, with their click-clacking keyboards and tie-wearing owners -- handles e-mails and text messages. Here's the gist: RIM acts as a middleman for all e-mail and BlackBerry text messages. It picks up messages from the wireless carrier and passes them on to the recipient. Androids and iPhones don't have a middleman for texts and e-mail. It's this BlackBerry baton-passing system that went down Monday, killing or slowing e-mail and texting services for millions of people in Europe, North America, South America, Asia, the Middle East and Africa. The ordeal lasted four days. "It's because of the way RIM has set up the (network) architecture that is the downfall when it comes to these types of outages," said Sean Armstrong, who manages wireless communications at a large tech company. "When it's working fine, it's a great system. When it's not working fine, it's a failure." This week, it's fair to say the system was a big ol' failure. On social media sites, some BlackBerry users said they were so upset about the outage -- the largest in the company's history -- that they were switching to Apple iOS and Google Android devices. And customer satisfaction with BlackBerry already was low. "Add up every other ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/china-tech-companies-have-army-linked-39cybermilitias39/ china-tech-companies-have-army-linked-39cybermilitias39 Fri, 14 Oct 2011 00:02:15 +0300 (Financial Times) -- Nanhao Group is, in many ways, an ordinary technology company. Its staff make online scoring systems, exam-mark scanners and other educational hardware and software. But many of its 500 employees in Hengshui, just south-west of Beijing, have a second job. Since 2005 Nanhao has been home to a cybermilitia unit organised by the People's Liberation Army. "All staff under the age of 30 belong to the unit," said Bai Guoliang, Nanhao vice-president. It is unclear what exactly the unit does, but according to a local government announcement when it was set up, it consisted of two groups tasked with cyberattack and cyberdefence. The Nanhao operation is one of thousands set up by the Chinese military over the past decade in technology companies and universities around the country. These units form the backbone of the country's internet warfare forces, increasingly seen as a serious threat at a time of escalating global cybertensions. Governments, companies and internet security experts around the world have blamed China for many of the past year's global hacking attacks. US officials point to the Chinese government or its supporters for the theft of neutron bomb designs, the defence secretary's emails and private sector intellectual property worth many billions of dollars. Western cybersecurity analysts look to matching patterns between malware which played a role in intrusions and codes discussed on Chinese hacker forums as evidence of Chinese involvement. US investigators say attacks on Google and other American companies originated from computers at Lanxiang, a vocational school in the Chinese province of Shandong, and Jiaotong University ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/puterea-lobby-ului/ puterea-lobby-ului Thu, 13 Oct 2011 00:07:52 +0300 „Există două tipuri de lobby“, ne-a explicat profesorul de ştiinţe politice de la Universitatea din Liverpool: „avem marile mişcări populare care implică sute de mii de oameni, cum ar fi Campania pentru Dezarmare Nucleară. Acestea fac o grămadă de zgomot şi sunt prezentate în presă, însă rar dau rezultate. Celălalt tip de lobby are loc în spatele uşilor închise, în camere înecate în fum de ţigară, şi este practicat de marile grupuri de afaceri care au la dispoziţie fonduri nelimitate, răbdare şi timp.“ George Monbiot scrie foarte interesant în paginile ziarului Guardian despre efectele nocive cauzate de marile grupuri corporatiste de lobby. Iar de curând, în publicaţia TIME, a apărut un articol (“Is Obama Bad for the Environment?”) care descrie cum Obama ia decizii în favoarea marilor companii petroliere, deşi americanii l-au ales pe o platformă pro mediu. Oriunde există putere politică, există şi ambele tipuri de lobby descrise mai sus, încercând să influenţeze luarea deciziilor într-un fel sau altul. Unul dintre testele cheie al democraţiei este cât de bine pot guvernele să monitorizeze şi să controleze aceste campanii de lobby (majoritatea eşuează lamentabil). Singura ţară despre care ştiu eu că se descurcă cât de cât în acest sens este Suedia, unde toate comunicările cu oficialii aleşi sunt disponibile online. Cred că nu mai e nevoie să adaug că în România lucrurile nu stau la fel de bine. Am observat însă în ultimii ani o creştere tot mai mare a petiţiilor online în România. Iar de curând Hotnews a publicat un articol care punea o ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/allview-a-lansat-primul-sau-telefon-cu-android-un-model-dual-sim-care-costa-circa-650-lei/ allview-a-lansat-primul-sau-telefon-cu-android-un-model-dual-sim-care-costa-circa-650-lei Thu, 13 Oct 2011 00:07:06 +0300 Brasovenii de la Allview au lansat primul smartphone cu Android din gama, modelul dual SIM P1 AllDro care dispune de camera foto de 5 MP, filmeaza 720X480, ruleaza Android 2.2 are ecran de 3,5 inch si costa 649 lei. Saptamana trecuta Allview a intrat pe piata laptop-urilor, iar in august a lansat cea mai noua generatie a tabletei Alldro.P1 AllDro are dimensiunile de 114 x 62 x 12.9 mm si este prevazut cu o baterie de 1.500 mAh care asigura un timp de convorbire de 300 minute in timp ce in standby poate ajunge pana la 200 ore. Dispozitivul cantareste 119 grame.Telefonul are conectivitate Wi-Fi, GPRS si EDGE pe ambele SIM-uri si dispune de ecran multitouch capacitiv, Telefonul ruleaza Android 2.2. Functia de navigare este disponibila prin sistemul GPS integrat si prin aplicatia Google Maps. Suportul multimedia include o camera foto de 5 MP cu auto-focus si flash. Camera inregistreaza video la 30 fps in definitie de 720x480 pxFotografiile, aplicatiile si oricare alte fisiere pot fi si inregistrate in memoria extinsa de pana la 32GB de care dispune P1 AllDro. Visual Fan si-a inceput activitatea acum noua ani iar in prezent vinde televizoare, sisteme GPS si telefoane dual SIM care pot functiona simultan cu doua cartele din retele diferite. Compania isi vinde produsele sub brandul Allview, la final de 2010 a lansat AllDro, prima tableta, iar in august a lansat o noua generatie a dispozitivului care costa de la circa 750 lei.Conform datelor de pe Ministerul Finantelor, Visual Fan avea 30 de angajati si a ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-si-a-modificat-logoul-pentru-a-i-aduce-un-omagiu-lui-art-clokey/ google-si-a-modificat-logoul-pentru-a-i-aduce-un-omagiu-lui-art-clokey Thu, 13 Oct 2011 00:06:18 +0300 Google şi-a modificat, miercuri, logoul de pe pagina principală pentru a marca împlinirea a 90 de ani de la naşterea lui Art Clokey, cel care a dat viaţă mai multor personaje animate create din argilă şi lut. Noul logo al Google este alcătuit dintr-un cub de lemn pe care este inscripţionată litera "G", alături de care stau cinci bile colorate din plastilină, care, la atingerea cursorului, iau forma unora dintre personajele de lut create de Art Clokey. Art Clokey s-a născut la 12 octombrie 1921, la Detroit, numele său adevărat fiind Arthur C. Farrington. La vârsta de 12 ani, a fost adoptat de Iosif Clokey, care şi-a pus amprenta asupra talentului lui Art. Pasiunea pentru geologie, istorie şi săpături arheologice l-a făcut pe Art Clokey să creeze, în 1955, "Gumbasia", primul său film, care era o parodie după lungmetrajul "Fantasia", realizat de Disney. Pornind de la ideea acestui film, în care diferite forme făcute din argilă prind viaţă, Clokey a creat personajul Gumby, care s-a bucurat de un mare succes în Statele Unite ale Americii şi în întreaga lume. Art Clokey a decedat pe 8 ianuarie 2010. Google îşi modifică frecvent logourile pentru a omagia diferite personalităţi ale culturii universale sau pentru a marca evenimente speciale din întreaga lume. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/blackberry-outage-blamed-on-39extremely-critical39-network-failure/ blackberry-outage-blamed-on-39extremely-critical39-network-failure Thu, 13 Oct 2011 00:02:55 +0300 (CNN) -- Millions of BlackBerry users remained without service on Wednesday as a three-day network outage spread to North America, causing massive frustrations for people who rely on these smartphones for business and personal communications. "BlackBerry subscribers in the Americas may be experiencing intermittent service delays this morning," Research in Motion, maker of BlackBerry smartphones, said in a statement. "We are working to resolve the situation as quickly as possible and we apologize to our customers for any inconvenience. We will provide a further update as soon as more information is available." The outage now impacts people on nearly every continent, according to the company's statements. An "extremely critical issue" on the BlackBerry network caused the outage, Stephen Bates, RIM's managing director in the U.K., told CNN's Richard Quest. He added: "We're putting all of our focus with all of our engineers and all of our network specialists on trying to understand the nature of why this backup system didn't work as it should have ..." The service outage started on Monday with customers in the Middle East, Europe and Africa, before spreading to South America and Asia on Tuesday. On Wednesday morning it appeared to hit the United States and Canada. The outage appears primarily to affect text messaging and Internet access from the mobile phones, not necessarily their ability to place calls. No customer e-mails have been completely lost, and they will be delivered eventually, RIM said in a press conference on Wednesday afternoon, according to CNNMoney's Julianne Pepitone. CNNMoney: RIM can't win In a statement released Tuesday, the company ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/millions-lose-blackberry-service-again/ millions-lose-blackberry-service-again Thu, 13 Oct 2011 00:01:57 +0300 (CNN) -- Millions of BlackBerry users remained without service on Wednesday as a three-day network outage spread to North America, causing massive frustrations for people who rely on these smartphones for business and personal communications. "BlackBerry subscribers in the Americas may be experiencing intermittent service delays this morning," Research in Motion, maker of BlackBerry smartphones, said in a statement. "We are working to resolve the situation as quickly as possible and we apologize to our customers for any inconvenience. We will provide a further update as soon as more information is available." The outage now impacts people on nearly every continent, according to the company's statements. An "extremely critical issue" on the BlackBerry network caused the outage, Stephen Bates, RIM's managing director in the U.K., told CNN's Richard Quest. He added: "We're putting all of our focus with all of our engineers and all of our network specialists on trying to understand the nature of why this backup system didn't work as it should have ..." The service outage started on Monday with customers in the Middle East, Europe and Africa, before spreading to South America and Asia on Tuesday. On Wednesday morning it appeared to hit the United States and Canada. The outage appears primarily to affect text messaging and Internet access from the mobile phones, not necessarily their ability to place calls. No customer e-mails have been completely lost, and they will be delivered eventually, RIM said in a press conference on Wednesday afternoon, according to CNNMoney's Julianne Pepitone. CNNMoney: RIM can't win In a statement released Tuesday, the company ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/blackberry-outage-spreads-to-north-america/ blackberry-outage-spreads-to-north-america Thu, 13 Oct 2011 00:01:43 +0300 (CNN) -- Millions of BlackBerry users remained without service on Wednesday as a three-day network outage spread to North America, causing massive frustrations for people who rely on these smartphones for business and personal communications. "BlackBerry subscribers in the Americas may be experiencing intermittent service delays this morning," Research in Motion, maker of BlackBerry smartphones, said in a statement. "We are working to resolve the situation as quickly as possible and we apologize to our customers for any inconvenience. We will provide a further update as soon as more information is available." The outage now impacts people on nearly every continent, according to the company's statements. An "extremely critical issue" on the BlackBerry network caused the outage, Stephen Bates, RIM's managing director in the U.K., told CNN's Richard Quest. He added: "We're putting all of our focus with all of our engineers and all of our network specialists on trying to understand the nature of why this backup system didn't work as it should have ..." The service outage started on Monday with customers in the Middle East, Europe and Africa, before spreading to South America and Asia on Tuesday. On Wednesday morning it appeared to hit the United States and Canada. The outage appears primarily to affect text messaging and Internet access from the mobile phones, not necessarily their ability to place calls. No customer e-mails have been completely lost, and they will be delivered eventually, RIM said in a press conference on Wednesday afternoon, according to CNNMoney's Julianne Pepitone. CNNMoney: RIM can't win In a statement released Tuesday, the company ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/traficul-google-a-scazut-cu-60-in-ultimele-saptamani/ traficul-google-a-scazut-cu-60-in-ultimele-saptamani Wed, 12 Oct 2011 00:04:43 +0300 Reţeaua de socializare creată de Google nu reuşeşte să atragă prea mulţi utilizatori. Lansată pe 28 iunie, Google+ a permis la început accesul doar pe bază de invitaţie. Pe 20 septembrie, compania a permis înscrierea la liber, iar în acea zi traficul pe site a crescut cu 1.200%. La sfârşitul lunii august, Google+ reuşise să strângă 25 de milioane de utilizatori. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/new-satellite-imagery-shows-iranian-nuclear-sites-watchdog-group-says/ new-satellite-imagery-shows-iranian-nuclear-sites-watchdog-group-says Wed, 12 Oct 2011 00:01:40 +0300 (CNN) -- New imagery of Iranian nuclear sites has been posted on Google Earth in recent months, and minor changes have been spotted, according to a group focused on stopping the spread of nuclear weapons and related technology. The Institute for Science and International Security said Tuesday that the site posted updated commercial satellite imagery of Iran, and it links to the images. Iran has a controversial nuclear program. Many world powers say it aspires to build nuclear weapons, but the country says it is developing nuclear power for peaceful purposes. The U.N. Security Council has imposed sanctions on Iran in an effort to curb its nuclear program. ISIS says images of the Arak heavy water reactor and heavy water production facility from June 2010 appeared on Google Earth. "Compared with earlier imagery from November 2009, also available on Google Earth, there do not appear to be major external changes at either reactor site or the heavy water production facility," ISIS said. However, it said, "construction continues inside the buildings" and "assorted activity at heavily guarded sites along the mountainside to the Arak site" continues. Google Earth in July posted images of the Gchine mine and mill from November 2010. "There do not appear to be any new ponds under construction," ISIS said. But it says the "waste tailings level can be seen changing." In August, Google Earth added images of the Ardakan yellowcake production plant from March. "The facility is being constructed very slowly, with few buildings added each year. Comparing the imagery to a picture from October 2009, a few more buildings ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/web-savvy-africans-fuel-growth-in-online-shopping/ web-savvy-africans-fuel-growth-in-online-shopping Tue, 11 Oct 2011 00:02:22 +0300 (CNN) -- Armed with her mobile phone, Temiloluwa Akinremi embarks on her daily online routine, scouring the internet to keep up-to-date with what's happening in her city of Lagos, Nigeria. But these days, along with her daily dose of news and e-mail, Akinremi's web expedition also involves one of her favorite pastimes: shopping. "I go online every day," says Akinremi, a 26-year-old store manager, "to check for something, to just see if I can get whatever I want to buy. Online shopping saves you time and money because it is cheaper and fast," she adds. Akinremi is among a growing generation of young, internet-savvy Africans who have embraced new technology, driving efforts in the continent to bridge the gap between the virtual and real worlds. According to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), internet-user penetration in sub-Saharan Africa has grown from 0.5% in 2000 to 10.6% last year. Although the figure is still far behind the world average of about 30%, an increasing number of Africans are becoming more familiar with online shopping. Both the proliferation of mobile phones and the rollout of faster internet networks -- like the fiber-optic cables launched in areas such as east Africa -- have helped the expansion of e-commerce activities in countries such as Nigeria, South Africa and Kenya. In South Africa, 51% of those with access to the internet are shopping online, according to a 2011 MasterCard Worldwide survey. In Kenya, a recent survey by TNS Research International and the Kenya ICT Board found that 18% and 24% of the 1,700 respondents go online to purchase ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/afghans-google-put-towns-on-map/ afghans-google-put-towns-on-map Tue, 11 Oct 2011 00:02:08 +0300 (CNN) -- Before this week, Hasen Poreya's hometown was pretty much off the map. But Poreya worked with a group of volunteers who call themselves the Afghan Map Makers to walk the streets of Herat, Afghanistan, over the course of several weeks, pen and pencil in hand, to fill in the details. The group uploaded the data they collected to a Google program called Map Maker, and now the maps are freely available online. An area of western Afghanistan that, according to the Web, contained only two major highways is now digitally dotted with side streets, parks and universities. "Afghanistan has passed decades of war and misery, but now is the time to rise up and construct the country and develop the abilities for making infrastructure, bringing technologies, being up to date," Poreya wrote in an e-mail. He added: "Afghanistan totally doesn't not have any base map on the Internet, except old satellite imagery with a very low quality. Since we started our works we could finish Herat City, which is one of major cities in Afghanistan, and now Herat has a complete base map over the Internet." Google announced Thursday that the efforts of volunteers like Poreya have led to several previously uncharted countries and territories being mapped online. They are: Afghanistan, Antarctica, Ecuador, Georgia, Guatemala, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Honduras, Iraq, Norfolk Island, Saint Pierre & Miquelon and Saudi Arabia. Google describes its "Map Maker" project this way: "These citizen cartographers help keep maps of their areas accurate and up to date. They add missing roads and new businesses ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/our-future-empty-pockets-except-for-our-phones/ our-future-empty-pockets-except-for-our-phones Mon, 10 Oct 2011 00:02:00 +0300 Editor's note: This is part of "Our Mobile Society," CNN's weeklong series examining how cell phones and other electronic devices have revolutionized the ways we work, play and communicate. (CNN) -- Here's a Googley vision for the future: "We definitely hope one day you can walk out of the house with your phone in your hand -- and nothing else," said Marc Freed-Finnegan, the company's product manager for Google Wallet. It aims to digitize everything in your pockets in coming years by collapsing all that paper, plastic and metal into one device: the smartphone. The idea of using the mobile phone as a credit card, driver's license, transit pass, digital coupon collector, house key, hotel key, corporate ID and more probably sounds pretty sci-fi-futurey. But it's almost practical when you consider the history of the smartphone. Since the Apple iPhone debuted in 2007 (it's considered by most tech analysts to be the first true smartphone, running apps and functioning as a pocket computer), technologists have been cramming ever more functionality into these Swiss Army Knife-like gadgets. Our phones have replaced many other once-common tools, from GPS devices (remember those?) to handheld gaming consoles, point-and-shoot cameras, calendars, notebooks, newspapers and portable music players. Now they're conquering new territory, most notably the wallet. From there, who knows? Analysts expect phones to get so smart that they could delay your alarm clock if an airline delays your morning flight. Apple's new "humble personal assistant," named Siri, is a step in that direction. And technologists are working on phone prototypes that could be built into clothing, ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/subiectele-zilei-catastrofa-de-contract-dintre-sindicat-si-nokia-muncitorii-se-aleg-cu-praful-de-pe-toba-care-sunt-cei-mai-bine-platiti-medici-din-romania-povestea-filantropului-pazvante-din-tecuci-golanul-pocait/ subiectele-zilei-catastrofa-de-contract-dintre-sindicat-si-nokia-muncitorii-se-aleg-cu-praful-de-pe-toba-care-sunt-cei-mai-bine-platiti-medici-din-romania-povestea-filantropului-pazvante-din-tecuci-golanul-pocait Sun, 9 Oct 2011 00:05:42 +0300 Dezvaluire socanta: Catastrofa de contract dintre sindicat si Nokia. Muncitorii se aleg cu praful de pe toba. Contractul colectiv de munca incheiat intre sindicatele muncitorilor de la fabrica din Jucu si Nokia Romania nu prevede acordarea salariilor compensatorii! In schimb, contractual colectiv de munca prevede favoruri pentru liderii de sindicat, iar pentru muncitori niciun cuvant. In plus, sustin oficialii din cadrul agentiilor guvernamentale care se ocupa de protectia muncii, Nokia Romania a notificat, la inceputul acestui an, ITM Cluj ca nu se va afilia contractului pe ramura la nivel national, pentru servicii si electronice, care prevad acordarea de salarii compensatorii pentru muncitori. Contractul a fost inregistrat la ITM Cluj in data de 1 februarie 2011. Asadar, daca vrea, Nokia nu da niciun leu salarii compensatorii, scrie EVZ. Cum se fac in Romania miliarde de euro din afaceri cu medicamente. Producatorii internationali de medicamente vor sa plateasca noua taxa impusa de Casa Nationala de Asigurari de Sanatate, dar nu la nivelul impus de Guvern, care ar aduce pierderi de circa 200 de milioane de euro industriei de profil. "Noi suntem foarte de acord cu aceasta taxa de clawback. Am pus bani deoparte pentru a plati aceasta taxa. Dar vrem ca ea sa fie modificata pentru a putea fi sustenabila. Ea trebuie legata de bugetul real, nu de cel fictiv", a declarat, la Interviurile Gandul, Sorin Popescu, seful grup Comunicare Asociatia Romana a Producatorilor Internationali de Medicamente (ARPIM). Integral in Gandul. Care sunt cei mai bine platiti medici din Romania. Cele mai vanate locuri la rezidentiat sunt ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/orice-telefon-visezi-in-mall-ul-de-electronice-din-guangzhou/ orice-telefon-visezi-in-mall-ul-de-electronice-din-guangzhou Sun, 9 Oct 2011 00:05:26 +0300 ​Fotograful Serban Mestecaneanu, alaturi de sotia sa Delia, calatoresc o luna prin China. Din supramodernul Shanghai, pana in satele din provinciile sud-vestice, ei tin un jurnal de calatorie in timp real: fotografii si povesti din cea mai mare si mai misterioasa tara din lume. Astazi, ajunsi la finalul aventurii in China, au descoperit locul unde se asambleaza telefoanele Apple, Nokia si Samsung. Toate copii de calitate, desigur.Bineinteles ca am cautat si in Guangzhou o piata pentru Serban. Mai ales ca n-am mai vizitat una de mult, cam de o saptamana. Din pacate pentru el si din fericire pentru mine, piata nu era la fel de colorata vizual si olfactiv ca celelalte, nu vindea nicio parte din vreun animal, mai mult sau mai putin viu.Era un fel de piata medicinala, ce continea tot soiul de uscaciuni: ierburi, seminte, legume, pesti, caluti de mare si cred ca niste broaste testoase. Nu suntem foarte siguri de enumerarea de mai sus pentru ca toate erau foarte uscate si isi pierdusera forma initiala. Mai putin calutii de mare. Pe mine nu m-au atras prea tare, Serban insa se tot intreba ce gust or avea gatite.Am fost apoi la fabricile de asamblare de telefoane Apple, Nokia, Samsung si cate si mai cate, unde iti primeai pe loc orice telefon vroiai. Cel putin asa pareau cele 2 malluri de electronice (Guangzhou Digital City) in care am intrat din intamplare. Aveau cred orice piesa pentru orice telefon visai, ecrane, butoane, baterii, procesoare, incarcatoare, huse… Si lucrau cu totii fara oprire. Sau poate cu ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/interviu-cum-e-sa-lucrezi-ca-director-de-fericire-la-google-cum-sa-cauti-mai-cu-spor-pe-internet-ce-ne-rezerva-viitorul-pe-domeniul-internet-search/ interviu-cum-e-sa-lucrezi-ca-director-de-fericire-la-google-cum-sa-cauti-mai-cu-spor-pe-internet-ce-ne-rezerva-viitorul-pe-domeniul-internet-search Sat, 8 Oct 2011 00:08:05 +0300 ​Google face experimente cu cateva mii de utilizatori pe care ii monitorizeaza in detaliu cand folosesc motorul de cautare pentru a vedea ce cauta, cum cauta si cat de repede gasesc rezultatele dorite. Sunt comparati timpii in care cei testati gasesc rezultatele si cat de mult variaza acesti timpi, iar printre cei care analizeaza datele se numara Daniel Russell care ocupa o functie inedita: Manager pentru Fericirea Utilizatorilor. Intr-un interviu pentru HotNews.ro, Russell a explicat cum este calculat gradul de fericire, ce ne asteapta in urmatorii ani pe partea de internet search, ce greseli facem cand cautam si ce date pastreaza Google despre noi, internautii de rand.Ce face un Manager de Fericire si cum masoara cat de multumiti sunt utilizatoriiDan Russell are o functie iesita din comun, chiar pompoasa ca si titulatura: Search Quality and user Hapiness Manager. Este pur si simplu o strategie de marketing sau fericirea chiar se regaseste in...fisa postului?"Titlul meu suna foarte californian, e adevarat, director de Fericire, insa nu e doar o strategie de marketing, ci chiar avem anumiti indicatori de masurare a gradului de multumire a utilizatorilor. Facem mereu experimente ca sa vedem cum folosesc oamenii Google pentru a duce anumite sarcini de search la bun sfarsit. Avem practic un esantion de cateva mii de oameni care ne ajuta si pe care ii monitorizam zi de zi". Rusell explica faptul ca acestor mii de oameni li se dau sarcini precise, dar foarte diverse si se masoara spre exemplu cat dureaza sa duca la bun sfarsit aceste sarcini legate de ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/eveniment-sponsorizat-de-facebook-in-romania-tabara-gratuita-de-pregatire-de-o-saptamana-pentru-elevele-si-studentele-pasionate-de-it/ eveniment-sponsorizat-de-facebook-in-romania-tabara-gratuita-de-pregatire-de-o-saptamana-pentru-elevele-si-studentele-pasionate-de-it Sat, 8 Oct 2011 00:08:02 +0300 Comunitatea de informaticieni Infoarena, in parteneriat cu Facebook, cea mai mare retea de socializare online din lume, vor organiza in perioada 30 octombrie - 5 noiembrie la Bucuresti, o tabara gratuita de pregatire dedicata elevelor si studentelor pasionate de IT si programare, au anuntat vineri reprezentantii Infoarena. Cursurile vor fi sustinute de olimpici medaliati la Olimpiadele internationale de informatica, cu stagii de practica in companii de prestigiu. Pentru a fi selectate, fetele trebuie sa treaca de o proba de calificare organizata de aceasta comunitate de informaticieni. "Facebook sponsorizeaza evenimentul in intregime. Acoperim toate cheltuielile, de la cazare si masa pana la transport (in cazul fetelor din provincie). Te invitam deci la o tabara gratuita de o saptamana, alaturi de cei mai tari profesori - studenti medaliati la Olimpiadele internationale de informatica, cu numeroase internshipuri la companiile de prestigiu", sustin reprezentantii Infoarena. Evenimentul vine ca un raspuns la problema generala a numarului scazut de femei in industria IT si se adreseaza in special studentelor din primii ani de facultate si elevelor de liceu. Scopul este dezvoltarea unei baze solide pe care participantele sa isi construiasca apoi cariera si care sa le asigure internship-uri, slujbe de succes sau rezultate deosebite la concursurile de programare. "(...) obtinerea unor cunostinte solide de algoritmi le garanteaza ca vor trece cu usurinta interviurile de angajare la cele mai prestigioase companii de IT. Evenimentul se intampla in premiera in Romania si se bucura de tot sprijinul programului Women in Engineering de la Facebook", declara Cristina Petrovici, Project Manager Girls Programming Camp. Pentru a fi selectate, studentele ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/opt-lucruri-pe-care-s-ar-putea-sa-nu-le-stii-despre-youtube/ opt-lucruri-pe-care-s-ar-putea-sa-nu-le-stii-despre-youtube Sat, 8 Oct 2011 00:06:55 +0300 Deşi este al treilea cel mai vizitat site de pe internet, după Google şi Facebook, lumea nu prea intră efectiv pe youtube.com, ci se uită la videoclipurile distribuite pe alte site-uri. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/tech-check-the-legacy-of-a-tech-visionary/ tech-check-the-legacy-of-a-tech-visionary Sat, 8 Oct 2011 00:06:15 +0300 (CNN) -- This week, on an atypical Tech Check podcast, the crew devotes the entire show to reflecting on the life and legacy of Steve Jobs, the iconoclastic co-founder and CEO of Apple who died Wednesday after a battle with cancer. Doug Gross, John Sutter and Stephanie Goldberg go beyond the news of the day to consider what Jobs' lasting legacy will be as not just a master showman and salesman, but as a visionary and pop culture figure who transcended the tech world. For our Comments of the Week, instead of looking to our stories we reflect on the words that some of Jobs' key contemporaries, and rivals, had to say in the wake of his death. Facebooks' Mark Zuckerberg, Microsoft founder Bill Gates and Google's Larry Craig are all quoted recalling Jobs as a unique figure. To listen, click on the audio box to the left. To subscribe, you can add Tech Check to your RSS feed here. You can also listen, or subscribe, on iTunes. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/apple-rivals-postpone-phone-launch-due-to-jobs39-death/ apple-rivals-postpone-phone-launch-due-to-jobs39-death Sat, 8 Oct 2011 00:05:20 +0300 (CNN) -- Apple rivals Google and Samsung said Friday that they have canceled the launch of a new smartphone next week to honor the death of Steve Jobs. The press announcement for the Android phone was set for Tuesday at a wireless industry trade show in San Diego, but representatives from Google and Samsung decided Thursday night, a day after the Apple co-founder's death, that they would postpone the event, Samsung spokesman Kim Titus said in a phone interview. "We just felt that it wasn't the right time to make a major product announcement while the world is still paying tribute to Steve Jobs," Titus said. "There's never been such an iconic figure in our industry pass away before." A Google spokesman said in a statement: "We believe this is not the right time to announce a new product as the world expresses tribute to Steve Jobs' passing." He added that the development is on schedule. Titus also said the product is on track and that the delay is related only to Jobs' death. Google and Samsung were expected to showcase a new Nexus phone with a curved glass screen, which would be the first to run a next-generation version of Android called Ice-Cream Sandwich. They have not set a new date for the news conference, Titus said. Titus acknowledged that Apple and its partners are carrying on in the wake of Jobs' death. Apple and its cellular operators began selling pre-orders for the iPhone 4S on Friday. Sprint Nextel, the newest carrier for the iPhone, announced Friday that its ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/nobel-committee-to-award-peace-prize/ nobel-committee-to-award-peace-prize Sat, 8 Oct 2011 00:01:16 +0300 Editor's note: Watch Live: Webcast of Peace Prize announcement at 1100 CET/0900 GMT/1700 HKT (CNN) -- The winner of the Nobel Peace Prize will be announced Friday morning in Oslo, Norway. A record number of nominations -- 241 -- were received by the Nobel committee this year. Of those, 53 are organizations, including WikiLeaks -- the website founded by Julian Assange that facilitates the publication of classified information. It made headlines for leaking documents and videos related to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and also released thousands of U.S. diplomatic cables. Among the individuals thought to be strong contenders are several involved in fomenting peaceful uprisings in the Arab world. They include Wael Ghonim, the former Google executive who used social media to jump-start social change in Egypt, Tunisian blogger Lina Ben Mhenni, who criticized the regime long before the uprisings began, dispersing information to the outside world, and Israa Abdel Fattah, who helped organize Egypt's online April 6 Youth Movement in 2008 and played a role again in 2011. Other favorites are Sima Samar, head of the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission and a trailblazer for women's rights in Afghanistan, German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, Cuban dissident Oswaldo Payas Sardinas and Ghazi bin Muhammad, a Jordanian advocate of interfaith dialogue. Another organization which could be in with a shot is Memorial, a Russian civil rights group known for its fight for to protect refugees and victims of political persecution and human rights violations in war zones. Apart from the winner, the names of the nominees cannot be revealed by the Nobel ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/gigantul-microsoft-ar-fi-interesat-din-nou-de-preluarea-yahoo-dupa-incercarea-esuata-din-2008/ gigantul-microsoft-ar-fi-interesat-din-nou-de-preluarea-yahoo-dupa-incercarea-esuata-din-2008 Fri, 7 Oct 2011 00:05:06 +0300 Microsoft ar putea face o oferta pentru preluarea Yahoo!, compania software reaparand printre potentialii cumparatori dupa incercarea esuata de achizitie din 2008, potrivit unor surse apropiate discutiilor citate de Reuters. Sursa a mai precizat ca Microsoft ar putea cauta un partener pentru preluarea Yahoo!, insa fara a da alte detalii.Pana in prezent nu a fost facuta o oferta si preluarea ar putea sa nu se concretizeze avand in vedere ca la Microsoft exista diviziuni interne in ceea ce priveste oportunitatea achizitionarii Yahoo!.Gigantul software se alatura altor companii care sunt interesate de Yahoo!, care are o valoare de piata de 18 miliarde de dolari. Printre companiile interesate de cumpararea Yahoo! se numara Providence Equity Partners, Hellman & Friedman si Silver Lake Partners, precum si gigantul chinez de comert electronic Alibaba si fondul rus de investitii DST Global.Microsoft si ceilalti potentiali cumparatori au refuzat sa comenteze informatiile, in vreme ce reprezentantii Yahoo! nu au putut fi contactati.Desi Yahoo! avea la un moment dat cote mari de piata la search, la utilizarea e-mail-urilor si la veniturile din publicitate, in urma cu cativa ani compania a inceput sa scada la toate capitolele, desi a incercat sa opreasca declinul.In 2008 si 2009 s-a scris mult despre o presupusa achizitie a Yahoo! de catre Microsoft, lucru care ar fi creat un conglomerat care putea face fata mai bine concurentei, decat pot face fata fiecare separat. Nu s-a concretizat insa nimic si - desi Yahoo! si Microsoft au semnat un parteneriat pe zece ani in domeniul publicitatii si a cautarii online - ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-ii-aduce-un-omagiu-lui-steve-jobs-pe-pagina-sa-principala/ google-ii-aduce-un-omagiu-lui-steve-jobs-pe-pagina-sa-principala Fri, 7 Oct 2011 00:04:56 +0300 Google îi aduce un omagiu, joi, pe pagina sa principală, lui Steve Jobs, cofondatorul companiei Apple, care a decedat miercuri, la vârsta de 56 de ani, din cauza unui cancer la pancreas. Google îşi modifică logoul frecvent pentru a omagia mari personalităţi din întreaga lume sau pentru a marca diferite evenimente culturale, sportive sau politice. În schimb, joi, Google nu şi-a mai modificat logoul, dar sub acesta a plasat, simplu, numele lui Steve Jobs, anul naşterii acestuia şi anul decesului. Grupul american Apple a anunţat, miercuri seară, decesul fostului său director general şi cofondator Steve Jobs, în vârstă de 56 de ani, care avea grave probleme de sănătate de mai mulţi ani. "Suntem profund întristaţi să anunţăm că Steve Jobs a decedat astăzi", se arată într-un scurt comunicat al consiliului de administraţie al societăţii. "Caracterul briliant, pasiunea şi energia lui Steve au fost sursa a nenumărate inovaţii care îmbogăţesc şi ameliorează vieţile noastre, ale tuturor", adaugă grupul din California. Născut la San Francisco pe 24 februarie 1955, Steve Jobs avea grave probleme de sănătate de mai mulţi ani. El a fost atins în 2004 de o formă rară de cancer la pancreas şi a suferit un transplant de ficat în 2009. Primesti automat un iPad 2 3G 16 GB conectat gratuit la internet mobil de la Vodafone timp de un an daca te abonezi acum la ZIARUL FINANCIAR si BUSINESS Magazin pe 3 ani. Afla mai multe detalii aici. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/microsoft-vrea-din-nou-sa-preia-yahoo-dupa-incercarea-esuata-din-2008/ microsoft-vrea-din-nou-sa-preia-yahoo-dupa-incercarea-esuata-din-2008 Fri, 7 Oct 2011 00:04:39 +0300 Microsoft ar putea face o ofertă pentru preluarea Yahoo, gigantul software reapărând printre potenţialii cumpărători ai companiei după încercarea eşuată de achiziţie din 2008, au declarat surse apropiate discuţiilor. Yahoo, cu o valoare de piaţă de 20 miliarde de dolari, este "curtată" de numeroşi investitori, precum Providende Equity Partners, Hellman & Friedman, Silver Lake Partners sau gigantul chinez de comerţ electronic Alibaba şi fondul rus de investiţii DST Global, cărora li se alătură Microsoft, potrivit surselor citate. Acţiunile Yahoo au crescut cu 10,1% după apariţia informaţiilor, însă au coborât uşor ulterior. Microsoft a închis miercuri la New York în urcare cu 2,2%. Microsoft ar putea căuta un partener pentru preluarea Yahoo, a adăugat una dintre surse, fără a da alte detalii. Decizia finală şi lansarea unei oferte formale ar putea fi însă împiedicate de divergenţele din conducerea Microsoft privind oportunitatea prezentată de scoaterea Yahoo la vânzare, a afirmat o sursă oficială din cadrul gigantului software. Una dintre "taberele" din interiorul Microsoft vrea neapărat cumpărarea Yahoo, considerând că are un bun potenţial de creştere şi ar fi o bună modalitate de a investi câteva miliarde de dolari. Yahoo a respins în 2008 o ofertă de 47,5 miliarde de dolari din partea Microsoft, decizie considerată o gafă din partea directorului general de atunci, Jerry Yang. "Valoarea Yahoo nu a mai crescut de câţiva ani, iar unii directori consideră că ar trebui să cumpărăm ceva cu potenţial de viitor", a afirmat sursa din conducerea Microsoft. Contactaţi de Reuters, reprezentanţii Yahoo, Microsoft şi ai celorlalţi potenţiali investitori implicaţi au refuzat să comenteze informaţiile. Anterior, surse apropiate situaţiei au ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/apple-mizeaza-pe-vanzarile-din-strainatate-pentru-a-ramane-in-top-si-fara-vizionarul-jobs/ apple-mizeaza-pe-vanzarile-din-strainatate-pentru-a-ramane-in-top-si-fara-vizionarul-jobs Fri, 7 Oct 2011 00:04:36 +0300 Apple a devenit cea mai valoroasă companie tehnologică din lume prin produse care au transformat industria computerelor, wireless şi cea a muzicii, iar acum mizează pe vânzările din străinătate pentru a rămâne în top în lipsa vizionarului Jobs, comentează Bloomberg. Steve Jobs, fost director general şi cofondator al Apple, a decedat miercuri la vârsta de 56 de ani, în urma unor grave probleme de sănătate. Compania vrea să îşi continue expansiunea pe pieţe precum China, prin vânzările de iPhone şi iPad şi ale versiunilor îmbunătăţite ale acestora, dar şi prin noul serviciu iCloud, care facilitează schimbul de informaţii prin intermediul acestor aparate. Pentru directorul general Tim Cook provocarea va fi dezvoltarea noii generaţii de produse "hot sellers" şi confruntarea cu concurenţa pe pieţe unde Jobs a făcut pionierat. Sistemul de operare Android produs de Google a devenit una dintre cele mai mari ameninţări pentru Apple, fiind tot mai utilizat pe telefoane şi tablete. Cook va trebui să se bazeze pe un grup de veterani în conducerea Apple, care au avut o colaborare îndelungată cu Jobs. "A creat o infrastructură pe care echipa de conducere poate construi o lungă perioadă de timp. Întrebarea este cât de repede pot inova şi profita de această infrastructură pentru aparate, aplicaţii şi servicii", a declarat Tim Bajarin, analist în domeniul tehnologiei la compania Creative Strategies. Jobs a demisionat din funcţia de director general al Apple pe 24 august. În 2003, a fost diagnosticat cu o formă rară de cancer pancreatic, iar în 2009 a suferit un transplant de ficat. Investitorii au avut reacţii mixte la demisia lui Jobs. ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/arab-spring-galvanizers-wikileaks-among-nobel-contenders/ arab-spring-galvanizers-wikileaks-among-nobel-contenders Fri, 7 Oct 2011 00:03:21 +0300 (CNN) -- Twitter was abuzz Thursday with the death of Apple visionary Steve Jobs but another topic was gathering steam as the day progressed. Who will win this year's coveted Nobel Peace Prize? Not Jobs, though many among his huge global following posted messages that he should. The Nobel is never awarded posthumously and that rule also eliminates Mohamed Bouazizi, the unemployed college graduate whose self-immolation in Tunisia sparked a popular uprising that led to the fall of Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali's government. The Tunisian revolt began this year's so-called Arab Spring. Some years, there are clear frontrunners -- Martin Luther King, Jr., Mother Teresa, Nelson Mandela, Aung San Suu Kyi. This year, it's anyone's guess with a record number of nominations -- 241 -- received by the Nobel committee. Of those, 53 are organizations, including WikiLeaks -- the website founded by Julian Assange that facilitates the publication of classified information and made headlines for leaking documents and videos related to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. It also released thousands of U.S. diplomatic cables. "Liu Xiabao was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize last year for his struggle for human rights, democracy and freedom of speech in China," blogged Norwegian lawmaker Snorre Valen of the Socialist Left Party, who nominated WikiLeaks. "Likewise: WikiLeaks have contributed to the struggle for those very values globally, by exposing (among many other things) corruption, war crimes and torture -- some times even conducted by allies of Norway." Liu's win upset the Chinese and set off a diplomatic squabble. The year before, the world gasped ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/isad-millions-take-to-the-web-to-mourn-steve-jobs/ isad-millions-take-to-the-web-to-mourn-steve-jobs Fri, 7 Oct 2011 00:02:08 +0300 San Francisco (CNN) -- iSad. That was the reaction of many as millions took to the web with the news of the death of 56-year-old Steve Jobs. Facebook and Twitter messages were filled with links and anecdotes about the impact technology -- and more specifically, Apple -- had on users' lives. Apple invited people to email their thoughts, memories and condolences after announcing Jobs' death Wednesday, saying the company lost a "visionary and creative genius and the world has lost an amazing human being." CNN's iReport is also collecting reactions. Jobs' death jolted a generation that has never known a world without a cellular phone, and it elicited reactions from those who watched Apple grow from a Silicon Valley garage startup in 1976 to today's leading tech company. "RIP, Steve Jobs," read many Facebook messages. Still others invoked the visionary's signature stage pitch, "And one more thing ... Thank you." Many tweeted simply: iSad or iHeaven. "Oh my God, dad. Steve Jobs has died. He's my generation's Walt Disney," 20-year-old Lauren Harrington of Atlanta told her father upon learning Wednesday night that Jobs had died. Celebrities, corporate executives and politicians, including President Barack Obama, paid tribute to Jobs. "Our parents had JFK, we had Steve Jobs. Edison gave us electricity, Jobs gave us the Jetsons in real life," tweeted director and actor Kevin Smith. "We lost an icon today. Mourn him." Actor Ashton Kutcher tweeted: "Sending love & light to everyone @Apple & the entire Jobs family. Today we lost a Giant who will be missed even by those who didn't know him. I never ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/web-mourns-jobs39-death-finds-inspiration-in-his-life/ web-mourns-jobs39-death-finds-inspiration-in-his-life Fri, 7 Oct 2011 00:01:32 +0300 San Francisco (CNN) -- Steve Jobs has consistently managed to capture the world's attention with his stage events. On Wednesday evening, the world took to the Web to express their condolences about the news of his death. Facebook news feeds filled with links and anecdotes about the impact that technology -- and more specifically, Apple's technology -- had on users' lives. Messages on Twitter and the site's list of trending topics quickly became dominated by phrases such as "RIP Steve Jobs," "#ThankYouSteve" and "iHeaven." The flood of messages slowed Twitter to a crawl at times or produced error messages saying the site was over capacity. On those sites, many people posted and quoted from Jobs' heartfelt commencement address to Stanford University in 2005, in which he first provided details about his health problems. Many pointed out how promotions for Apple's products on the company's website were replaced with a black-and-white photo of Jobs. Clicking that image, which Apple titled "hero," leads to a page with a company statement and an e-mail address for sending condolences. CNN's iReport is also collecting reactions. Dave Pell, a software developer and technology investor, referenced Jobs' signature stage pitch, saying, "And one more thing... Thanks." Celebrities, corporate executive and politicians, including U.S. President Barack Obama, also voiced their opinions on their social networking profiles and on blogs. "Steve's impact is immeasurable," Jay Adelson, a co-founder of Internet infrastructure giant Equinix, wrote on Twitter. "It's not enough to remember him. We need to live his dreams." The many websites devoted to Apple rumors and products placed large banners in ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/tears-tributes-for-steve-jobs-in-china/ tears-tributes-for-steve-jobs-in-china Fri, 7 Oct 2011 00:00:53 +0300 Beijing (CNN) -- In China -- home of manufacturing companies central to global production of Apple iPhones and iPads -- the death of Steve Jobs' death brought immediate reaction from Chinese netizens and captains of industry. "When I head the news, I could not hold back my tears," wrote Yu Minghong, founder and CEO of New Oriental Education, one of the largest private education service provider in China. "Because of him, the world has become different. Because of him, the boring world has become alive, the glum world has become creative, because of him a drab world has become colorful." Inside four hours of the announcement, nearly 35 million messages on Sina Weibo on Jobs' death and 23 million messages of Tencent QQ Weibo, China's first and second largest microblogging sites. Jobs revolutionized tech industry "Jobs is the spiritual leader of our time," wrote @Xiongpeiyun on Sina Weibo. "I like Steve Jobs more than I like Apple. It's a huge loss for the whole world. But his life was complete because he had been looking for and found what he loved. I haven't committed whole heartedly to my life like Jobs had been doing. So, next to him, I feel more ashamed than being sad." Wrote @ QUENTIN_SHIH: "Only those who are so crazy as to think they can change the world can truly change the world." "Certainly Apple has achieved cult-like status amongst young, urban Chinese consumers," said Duncan Clark, chairman and founder of BDA, a Beijing consultancy company focused on telecom, media and technology sectors. "Beyond the general public ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/who-are-nobel-peace-contenders/ who-are-nobel-peace-contenders Fri, 7 Oct 2011 00:00:33 +0300 (CNN) -- Twitter was abuzz Thursday with the death of Apple visionary Steve Jobs but another topic was gathering steam as the day progressed. Who will win this year's coveted Nobel Peace Prize? Not Jobs, though many among his huge global following posted messages that he should. The Nobel is never awarded posthumously and that rule also eliminates Mohamed Bouazizi, the unemployed college graduate whose self-immolation in Tunisia sparked a popular uprising that led to the fall of Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali's government. The Tunisian revolt began this year's so-called Arab Spring. Some years, there are clear frontrunners -- Martin Luther King, Jr., Mother Teresa, Nelson Mandela, Aung San Suu Kyi. This year, it's anyone's guess with a record number of nominations -- 241 -- received by the Nobel committee. Of those, 53 are organizations, including WikiLeaks -- the website founded by Julian Assange that facilitates the publication of classified information and made headlines for leaking documents and videos related to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. It also released thousands of U.S. diplomatic cables. "Liu Xiabao was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize last year for his struggle for human rights, democracy and freedom of speech in China," blogged Norwegian lawmaker Snorre Valen of the Socialist Left Party, who nominated WikiLeaks. "Likewise: WikiLeaks have contributed to the struggle for those very values globally, by exposing (among many other things) corruption, war crimes and torture -- some times even conducted by allies of Norway." Liu's win upset the Chinese and set off a diplomatic squabble. The year before, the world gasped ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/world-tributes-pour-in-for-jobs/ world-tributes-pour-in-for-jobs Fri, 7 Oct 2011 00:00:32 +0300 (CNN) -- International leaders in politics and business are paying tribute Thursday to Apple visionary Steve Jobs, whose death at age 56 has saddened many around the world. "Steve Jobs transformed the way we work and play; a creative genius who will be sorely missed. Our thoughts are with his family," British Prime Minister David Cameron tweeted. French President Nicolas Sarkozy wrote on his Facebook page that Jobs was a great entrepreneur, innovator and major player in the world's technological revolution. "As inspired as he was inspiring, Steve Jobs will remain one of the great figures of our time," Sarkozy said, as he paid tribute to the American's courage in both his work and personal life. Ireland's Prime Minister, or Taoiseach, Enda Kenny also gave his condolences in a statement paying tribute to the man who brought the world the iPod portable music player, the iPhone and the iPad tablet. "Steve Jobs was a creative genius who broke down walls in business and opened doors in people's minds," Kenny said. "His innovative prowess in the area of technology has brought about a level of access to information for millions that few would have ever foreseen. His legacy will be not just his products and business achievements, but also the way in which he altered mindsets in the business world and in everyday life." Apple has a large factory in Cork, in the Irish Republic, which opened in 1980 to manufacture the Mac computer. It employs about 1,400 people and has expanded into various aspects of the company's business. In Russia, President Dmitry Medvedev ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/who-will-win-nobel-peace-prize/ who-will-win-nobel-peace-prize Fri, 7 Oct 2011 00:00:16 +0300 (CNN) -- Twitter was abuzz Thursday with the death of Apple visionary Steve Jobs but another topic was gathering steam as the day progressed. Who will win this year's coveted Nobel Peace Prize? Not Jobs, though many among his huge global following posted messages that he should. The Nobel is never awarded posthumously and that rule also eliminates Mohamed Bouazizi, the unemployed college graduate whose self-immolation in Tunisia sparked a popular uprising that led to the fall of Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali's government. The Tunisian revolt began this year's so-called Arab Spring. Some years, there are clear frontrunners -- Martin Luther King, Jr., Mother Teresa, Nelson Mandela, Aung San Suu Kyi. This year, it's anyone's guess with a record number of nominations -- 241 -- received by the Nobel committee. Of those, 53 are organizations, including WikiLeaks -- the website founded by Julian Assange that facilitates the publication of classified information and made headlines for leaking documents and videos related to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. It also released thousands of U.S. diplomatic cables. "Liu Xiabao was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize last year for his struggle for human rights, democracy and freedom of speech in China," blogged Norwegian lawmaker Snorre Valen of the Socialist Left Party, who nominated WikiLeaks. "Likewise: WikiLeaks have contributed to the struggle for those very values globally, by exposing (among many other things) corruption, war crimes and torture -- some times even conducted by allies of Norway." Liu's win upset the Chinese and set off a diplomatic squabble. The year before, the world gasped ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/world-tributes-pour-in-for-apple-visionary/ world-tributes-pour-in-for-apple-visionary Fri, 7 Oct 2011 00:00:07 +0300 (CNN) -- International leaders in politics and business are paying tribute Thursday to Apple visionary Steve Jobs, whose death at age 56 has saddened many around the world. "Steve Jobs transformed the way we work and play; a creative genius who will be sorely missed. Our thoughts are with his family," British Prime Minister David Cameron tweeted. French President Nicolas Sarkozy wrote on his Facebook page that Jobs was a great entrepreneur, innovator and major player in the world's technological revolution. "As inspired as he was inspiring, Steve Jobs will remain one of the great figures of our time," Sarkozy said, as he paid tribute to the American's courage in both his work and personal life. Ireland's Prime Minister, or Taoiseach, Enda Kenny also gave his condolences in a statement paying tribute to the man who brought the world the iPod portable music player, the iPhone and the iPad tablet. "Steve Jobs was a creative genius who broke down walls in business and opened doors in people's minds," Kenny said. "His innovative prowess in the area of technology has brought about a level of access to information for millions that few would have ever foreseen. His legacy will be not just his products and business achievements, but also the way in which he altered mindsets in the business world and in everyday life." Apple has a large factory in Cork, in the Irish Republic, which opened in 1980 to manufacture the Mac computer. It employs about 1,400 people and has expanded into various aspects of the company's business. In Russia, President Dmitry Medvedev ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/faze-tari-ce-o-fi-fost-in-mintea-lor-iata-cele-mai-bizare-fotografii-de-nunta-si-au-modificat-chipul-pentru-a-nu-fi-recunoscuti-de-politie-iata-cum-au-fost-transformate-masinile-pentru-o-expozitie-un-barbat-a-vrut-sa-fure-o-pereche-de-pantofi-dintr-u/ faze-tari-ce-o-fi-fost-in-mintea-lor-iata-cele-mai-bizare-fotografii-de-nunta-si-au-modificat-chipul-pentru-a-nu-fi-recunoscuti-de-politie-iata-cum-au-fost-transformate-masinile-pentru-o-expozitie-un-barbat-a-vrut-sa-fure-o-pereche-de-pantofi-dintr-u Thu, 6 Oct 2011 00:09:11 +0300 Ce-o fi fost in mintea lor? Iata cele mai bizare fotografii de nunta. Daca ar exista un concurs al celor mai bizare fotografii de nunta, imaginile alaturate ar putea participa fara probleme. Ele arata ca, uneori, nu doar ca fotografii nu-si folosesc bunul-simt cand apasa pe declansator, dar si ca mirii au idei traznite. Daca intr-o imagine mireasa apare fotografiata in timp ce domnisoarele ei de onoare o saruta pe brate, de parca s-ar fi intins sa o miroasa la subrat, intr-o alta imagine o tanara sta cu mana pe geam, ca si cum l-ar apuca de fund pe muncitorul care sta aplecat afara. Tot la categoria "incadrari penibile" intra si poza cu mireasa in profil care pare ca adulmeca toaleta ecologica din fundal. Ceva mai animate - poate prea animate - sunt imaginile cu mirii care n-au mai putut astepta noaptea nuntii si s-au luat la sarutat si pipait in fata fotografilor. La fel fac si parintii unei mirese, care se saruta de mama focului in timp ce fiica lor priveste rusinata in jos. Cele mai ingenioase sunt, insa, pozele cu mireasa care-si are mirele la televizor si sotii care, in loc de tort de nunta, au un hamburger urias, scrie Cancan.Si-au modificat chipul pentru a nu fi recunoscuti de politie. Nu putine sunt cazurile in care infractorii fac lucruri inimaginabile pentru a nu fi prinsi de politie. In timp ce unii aleg sa se ascunda toata viata de oamenii legii, altii prefera sa isi modifice parti ale corpului pentru a se face de ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/opinie-andrei-chirileasa-ziarul-financiar-de-ce-nu-as-mai-cumpara-actiuni-apple/ opinie-andrei-chirileasa-ziarul-financiar-de-ce-nu-as-mai-cumpara-actiuni-apple Thu, 6 Oct 2011 00:07:06 +0300 Lansarea noului iPhone, primul eveniment important pentru Apple fără Steve Jobs la cârmă, nu a provocat nici pe departe emoţiile şi reverberaţiile lansărilor anterioare, fiind primit cu reticenţă chiar şi de cei mai împătimiţi fani ai mărcii care domină de aproape cinci ani piaţa telefoanelor inteligente. Dezvelirea lui iPhone 4S este un prim test pe care Apple l-a picat, după retragerea lui Jobs din poziţia de CEO, la finele lunii august, iar asta s-a văzut imediat pe bursa americană, unde acţiunile au picat cu 5% imediat după conferinţa noului şef al Apple, Tim Cook. Deşi acţiunile şi-au revenit ulterior, miercuri au scăzut din nou. În schimb, acţiunile Samsung, HTC, LG sau Nokia au crescut. Întrebarea care apare acum în mintea tuturor analiştilor este câţi dintre fanii iPhone şi ai tabletei iPad sunt de fapt fanii lui Jobs şi cât din capitalizarea actuală a Apple, de 340 de miliarde de dolari, i se datorează deja legendarului său fondator. În ianuarie 2007, când a început nebunia iPhone, Apple valora 80 de miliarde de dolari. Google era de două ori mai valoroasă, iar Microsoft - de trei ori mai mare. Ascensiunea uimitoare a Apple, care a reuşit să devină cea mai valoroasă companie din lume, în mai puţin de cinci ani de la lansarea primului iPhone, nu poate fi imaginată fără geniul de marketing al lui Jobs. El avea puterea de a vrăji o sală întreagă cu sute de jurnalişti şi de a însufleţi mii de oameni să se aşeze la cozi cu câteva zile înainte de lansarea pe piaţă a unui ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/best-digital-cameras-for-travel/ best-digital-cameras-for-travel Thu, 6 Oct 2011 00:03:06 +0300 (Travel + Leisure) -- You're out for drinks at a tango hall in Buenos Aires, with your bulky digital SLR camera back in the hotel room. As the dancers pause in a dramatic embrace, you reach for your smartphone. But it's too dim, and by the time the built-in camera focuses, the moment has passed. Travel + Leisure: Best travel gadgets 2011 Welcome to one of today's biggest travel photography conundrums. Five-or-more-megapixel smartphones give us a false sense of being covered, photo-wise. But all too often, they fall short, and we're left with blurry, even discolored vacation photos. The truth is that dedicated digital cameras are just as important as ever. Fortunately, the digital SLR -- with its super-fast shutter speeds, big image sensors, and interchangeable lenses -- is no longer the only option for top-notch photos. By ditching the internal reflective mirror that gives the SLR its what-you-see-is-what-you-get viewfinder, a new generation of interchangeable lens cameras provides the same versatility, image quality and performance at about two-thirds of the size and weight. You'll really appreciate the difference after a day of sightseeing. Travel + Leisure: America's most romantic restaurants Going on an extended vacation that combines hiking, city tours, midnight walks and wakeboarding? The mirrorless interchangeable lens camera is up to the challenge: Panasonic Lumix DMC-G3, for example, has 11 different lenses, among them, wide-angle, telephoto and zoom, that can handle any situation. If you prefer something smaller, it's worth upgrading to the latest generation of pocket-ready point-and-shoot cameras, which offer many advantages over camera phones. New features include built-in ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/the-story-behind-apple39s-siri-voice-assistant/ the-story-behind-apple39s-siri-voice-assistant Thu, 6 Oct 2011 00:02:06 +0300 Cupertino, California (CNN) -- The iPhone 4S may not look any different from its predecessor, but it is Apple's only model with a sort of robot living inside. Apple's new phone, which was announced on Tuesday to be sold in stores on October 14, will have a new function called Siri. The program lets people bark commands or ask questions to the phone, and it will provide an answer or ask follow-up questions in order to perform a given task. At the news conference, Phil Schiller, Apple's marketing executive, called Siri "the coolest feature of the new iPhone 4S," and the company is expected to advertise Siri heavily in its sales pitches. Apple dedicated a significant chunk of the presentation to showing the extent of Siri's ability to interpret requests and respond. "Do I need a raincoat today?" incites a robo-female voice to reply: "It sure looks like rain today," as Scott Forstall, Apple's mobile software executive, demonstrated. Ask Siri to remind you to buy flowers for your wife at a certain time, and Siri may ask you to identify her in the phone's address book. Siri then remembers who she is for future requests, Forstall said. The software integrates with Yelp and WolframAlpha for relevant queries. It can also schedule appointments in the phone's calendar and transcribe e-mails or text messages. With Google's Android phones, users can dictate messages, too, which are then transcribed by Google's servers. Other cell phones support voice commands, which is handy when operating a phone while driving, but few people take advantage of the ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/posibili-laureati-ai-premiului-nobel-pentru-pace/ posibili-laureati-ai-premiului-nobel-pentru-pace Wed, 5 Oct 2011 00:06:18 +0300 Actori ai primăverii arabe şi militanţi pentru drepturile omului din Afganistan şi Rusia figurează printre posibilii laureaţi ai premiului Nobel pentru Pace 2011. Lista candidaţilor este ţinută secretă şi doar câştigătorul va fi dezvăluit vineri de comitetul norvegian. - Lina Ben Mhenni, supranumită "Tunisian Girl". În vârstă de 27 de ani, ea militează pentru apărarea drepturilor omului şi a realizat cronica "revoluţiei iasomiei" din Tunisia pe Internet, sub pseudonomul "Tunisian Girl". Ea a denunţat în ianuarie represiunea desfăşurată de regimul lui Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, care a sfârşit prin a se exila. Fiica unui militant de stânga încarcerat timp de şase ani, ea a militat, încă din 2008, pentru cauza minerilor din regiunea Gafsa (sud-vest), unde a fost înăbuşită o mişcare de protest de către armată, departe de privirile presei. Ea predă engleza la Universitatea din Tunis. - Esraa Abdel Fatah, în vârstă de 33 de ani şi Ahmed Maher, în vârstă de 30 de ani sunt doi militanţi pe Internet cofondatori ai Mişcării 6 aprilie care a mobilizat o mare parte din tinerii egipteni împotriva regimului, inspirând manifestaţii gigantice în piaţa Tahrir din Cairo în ianuarie şi februarie, care îl vor îndepărta de la putere pe preşedintele Hosni Mubarak. - Wael Ghonim, simbolul "revoluţiei Facebook" care a mobilizat tinerii egipteni împotriva regimului lui Hosni Mubarak. El a apărut pe scena publică la 7 februarie, cu puţin timp înainte de înlăturarea lui Mubarak, în cadrul unei emisiuni a unui post privat egiptean. Milioane de telespectatori l-au ascultat şocaţi pe acest absolvent de informatică şi angajat al gigantului de ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-facebook-si-twitter-arma-autoritatilor-impotriva-infractorilor/ google-facebook-si-twitter-arma-autoritatilor-impotriva-infractorilor Wed, 5 Oct 2011 00:05:46 +0300 Companiile care activează în mediul online, precum Google, Facebook sau Twitter, sunt cooptate tot mai des de către autorităţi pentru a dezvălui informaţii cu caracter privat, susţin mai mulţi experţi web, citaţi de Reuters. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/facebook-are-de-azi-antivirus-integrat/ facebook-are-de-azi-antivirus-integrat Wed, 5 Oct 2011 00:05:43 +0300 Reţeaua Facebook, ce numără aproximativ 800 de milioane de utilizatori, a primit astăzi un upgrade binevenit: antivirus de prevenire a situaţiilor riscante. Aplicaţia de securitate dezvoltată de Websense verifică link-urile de pe Wall şi din profil şi ne avertizează dacă pagina pe care vrem să o accesăm conţine coduri cu potenţial dăunător. Ca mecanism, antivirusul de pe Facebook se aseamănă cu cel implementat de Google, Mozilla sau Opera în browsere - suntem doar informaţi cu privire la riscuri, nu şi protejaţi. Cei care insistă să meargă la adresa respectivă şi nu au o soluţie de securitate care să blocheze virusul îşi vor infecta calculatoarele. Citeşte mai departe pe go4it.ro http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/nokia-promite-ca-va-prezenta-primul-smartphone-cu-sistem-windows-in-cateva-saptamani/ nokia-promite-ca-va-prezenta-primul-smartphone-cu-sistem-windows-in-cateva-saptamani Wed, 5 Oct 2011 00:05:07 +0300 Nokia va prezenta peste câteva săptămâni primul smartphone al companiei cu sistem de operare Windows, cu care speră să concureze mai eficient iPhone şi aparatele dotate cu sistemul de operare Android al Google, transmite Reuters. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/caru-cu-vedete-de-la-cancan-mai-devreme-decat-se-astepta-nicoleta-luciu-a-nascut-tripletii-marina-dina-si-geanina-varga-cele-mai-sexy-fete-la-soare-fetita-sfioasa-din-inima-olteniei-a-ajuns-actrita-porno-wooow-ce-buna-e-sylvia-uite-o-cum-incita/ caru-cu-vedete-de-la-cancan-mai-devreme-decat-se-astepta-nicoleta-luciu-a-nascut-tripletii-marina-dina-si-geanina-varga-cele-mai-sexy-fete-la-soare-fetita-sfioasa-din-inima-olteniei-a-ajuns-actrita-porno-wooow-ce-buna-e-sylvia-uite-o-cum-incita Tue, 4 Oct 2011 00:07:52 +0300 Mai devreme decat se astepta! Nicoleta Luciu a nascut tripletii! Nicoleta Luciu este la spital, unde a ajuns ca sa nasca, dupa ce i s-a rupt apa in timp ce era acasa. Desi doctorii ii spusesera ca mai are cateva zile bune pana va aduce pe lume tripletii, Nicoleta Luciu a ajuns deja in sala de nasteri de la Spitalul Polizu. Ea a fost dusa la maternitate de sora Iuliana si sotul Zsolt. Actrita a nascut printr-o operatie de cezariana, iar cei doi baieti si fetita au fost dusi la Terapie Intensiva. Nicoleta se simte bine si este sub supraveghere medicala. Ea si bebelusii vor mai ramane in spital. "Eu eram acasa si m-a sunat mama. In 15 minute cred ca am fost la spital", a povestit Iuliana Luciu la Stirile ProTV. "Felicitari, Nicoleta, ca a dus sarcina 9 luni si a nascut trei copii sanatosi", a spus mandru si proaspatul tatic, Zsolt.Marina Dina si Geanina Varga, cele mai sexy "Fete la soare". Toata vara, paparazzii Spy au vanat vedete la plaja. Brunete, blonde sau roscate, toate si-a expus corpurile dezinvolte, dezvaluind fie perfectiunea obtinuta cu multe ore de sport si diete sanatoase, fie defectele pe care le asund uneori atat de bine sub haine. Geanina Varga, noua stirista de la rubrica Sport a Antenei 1 a avut o ascensiune rapida in showbiz. Fost manechin, bruneta are calitati fizice care nu pot fi trecute cu vederea si pe care le-a expus cu nonsalanta toata vara la mare. Fetita sfioasa din inima Olteniei a ajuns actrita ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/presa-in-diagonala-ministrul-francez-de-interne-infractiunile-romanesti-sunt-pline-de-cruzime-dick-cheney-obama-trebuie-sa-ii-ceara-scuze-lui-bush-stratul-de-ozon-din-zona-arctica-s-a-distrus-considerabil-lukashenko-a-mai-gratiat-un-rival-politic/ presa-in-diagonala-ministrul-francez-de-interne-infractiunile-romanesti-sunt-pline-de-cruzime-dick-cheney-obama-trebuie-sa-ii-ceara-scuze-lui-bush-stratul-de-ozon-din-zona-arctica-s-a-distrus-considerabil-lukashenko-a-mai-gratiat-un-rival-politic Tue, 4 Oct 2011 00:07:51 +0300 Marea Britanie: Peste 35.000 de oameni au protestat la Manchester impotriva reformelor. Peste 35.000 de oameni au iesit in strada la Manchester protestand impotriva reformelor adoptate de guvernul Marii Britanii. Participanti la mars au fost membrii sindicatelor, studentii, activistii pentru drepturile animalelor, reprezentati ai laburistilor. Marsul a coincis cu conferinta Partidului Conservator. Cancelarul George Osborne a declarat in timpul conferintei ca oamenii au dreptul democratic de a protesta, insa marsul nu va ajuta cu nimic la cresterea economica a Marii Britanii. Conservatorii au asigurat ca toate restructurarile planuite sunt cu adevarat importante, ca se fac eforturi pentru crearea unor noi locuri de munca si ca este foarte important ca actuala generatie sa nu atraga dupa sine falimentul generatiilor viitoare. Politia a declarat ca nu au fost incidente majore nici arestari in timpul marsului. Un grup de aproximativ 200 de persoane s-a rupt din multime mergand spre Albert Square unde au intentionat sa stationeze. Unii dintre participanti isi acoperisera fetele cu esarfe si glugi, dar somati de polite au renuntat la protest. Un alt grup a vrut sa ocupe prin forta cladirea Halle Orchestra, dar si acestia au fost impiedicati de politie, scrie BBC.Dick Cheney: Obama trebuie sa ii ceara scuze lui Bush. Fostul vice-presedinte american Dick Cheney a laudat actiunea administratiei Obama care a folosit atacuri cu drone pentru uciderea lui Anwar al-Awlaki. In aceslasi timp a atras atentia asupra faptului ca Obama ar trebui sa isi ceara scuze pentru criticile aduse presedintelui Bush pentru maniera in care acesta gestiona situatia suspectilor teroristi. Obama acuzase ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/p-specialistii-din-sfera-finantarii-afacerilor-completeaza-lista-vorbitorilor-la-how-to-web-2011/ p-specialistii-din-sfera-finantarii-afacerilor-completeaza-lista-vorbitorilor-la-how-to-web-2011 Tue, 4 Oct 2011 00:07:25 +0300 Lista de profesionisti de top din domeniul tehnologiei web care participa anul acesta la HTW, este acum completata si de specialisti in sfera investitiilor, a finantarii afacerilor si de reprezentanti ai celor mai importante programe de sustinere a startup-urilor web din Europa. La editia din acest an a conferintei vor participa 750 de persoane din Europa de Est interesate de toate aspectele pe care le implica dezvoltarea unei afaceri web. Conferinta se va desfasura intre 9 si 10 noiembrie la Bucuresti. Printre acestia se numara antreprenorul de succes originar din California, Doug Richard, care a pus bazele a 7 companii si a fost unul din "dragonii" din primele doua editii ale show-ului de televiziune "Dragon's Den", din Marea Britanie. Fondatorul School for Startups, program care ofera seminarii pe teme antreprenoriale pentru tinerii care vor sa puna bazele unei afaceri, a confirmat prezenta in cadrul conferintei How to Web 2011. Acesta considera ca "antreprenoriatul poate fi predat si trebuie sa fie invatat". Eoghan Jennings este unul dintre specialistii in antreprenoriat care este implicat in foarte multe programe care sustin startup-urile la nivel de mentorat sau investitii, precum StartupBootcamp sau Bandwidth Ventures. Un alt nume important, care sustine si investeste in programele de antreprenoriat specializate pe domeniul web este Mikko Jarvenpää (Chief Markering Geek, HackFwd). Compania HackFwd investeste in talentele din Europa, ajutandu-i pe programatori sa puna bazele afacerilor proprii. Alti reprezentanti ai programelor de sustinere a startup-urilor care vor sustine prezentari in conferinta sunt: Chris Kowalczyk (Gamma Rebels), Jon Bradford (Sprinboard si ignite100) si reprezentantii Seedcamp, Carlos ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/honor-cel-mai-nou-smartphone-al-chinezilor-de-la-huawei-va-fi-adus-in-romania-la-inceputul-anului-viitor-la-un-pret-de-circa-350-400-euro/ honor-cel-mai-nou-smartphone-al-chinezilor-de-la-huawei-va-fi-adus-in-romania-la-inceputul-anului-viitor-la-un-pret-de-circa-350-400-euro Tue, 4 Oct 2011 00:06:53 +0300 Cel mai nou smartphone produs de compania chineza Huawei, terminalul numit Honor pe care ruleaza sistemul de operare Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread al Google, va fi pus in vanzare in Romania la inceputul anului viitor la un pret de aproximativ 350-400 de euro, au anuntat luni reprezentantii Huawei Romania. Producatorul chinez si-a anuntat luna trecuta intentia de a deschide in tara, cel mai probabil in Bucuresti, un centru de suport global, in care vor fi circa 1.100 noi angajati pana in 2014. Centrul ar urma sa fie lansat undeva spre sfarsitul primului trimestru din 2012.Terminalul are un procesor de 1,4 GHz, doua camere foto incorporate, una HDR de 8 megapixeli si o camera frontala de 2 megapixeli, are o grosime de 10,9 mm si o greutate de 140 grame. Conform informatiilor companiei, datorita bateriei de 1,900 MAh cu care este dotat, "Honor ofera cea mai lunga durata de viata a unei baterii pe segmentul smartphone-urilor cu ecran de 4-inch - astfel, utilizatorii pot vorbi si accesa functiile acestuia timp de aproximativ 3 zile (pentru o utilizare normala) cu o singura incarcare.  Huawei vrea sa deschida un centru de suport global in Romania, spre sfarsitul primului trimestru din 2012In Romania, Huawei are in prezent circa 400 de angajati, iar luna trecuta si-a anuntat intentia de a deschide un centru de suport global in tara. "Momentan avem o fabrica ce deserveste zona central europeana si nu numai, care este in Ungaria. Nu este o fabrica de productie, ci de asamblare. Pentru cerintele curente nu avem in plan dezvoltarea ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-maps-ne-ofera-acum-vedere-din-elicopter/ google-maps-ne-ofera-acum-vedere-din-elicopter Tue, 4 Oct 2011 00:05:45 +0300 După controversatele hărţi Google Maps cu Street View (controversate pentru unele imagini surprinse de camerele Google), gigantul din online s-a gândit că traficul aglomerat de pe şosele poate fi ignorat dacă zburăm cu elicopterul. Aşa au luat naştere hărţile 3D Aerial sau "helicopter view", hărţi ce oferă utilizatorilor un unghi de vizualizare similar cu vederea din elicopter. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/china-group39s-eye-on-yahoo-fuels-privacy-fears/ china-group39s-eye-on-yahoo-fuels-privacy-fears Tue, 4 Oct 2011 00:01:01 +0300 (Financial Times) -- The possibility of Yahoo falling under Chinese control raises significant privacy risks for its users elsewhere and could provoke a backlash in Washington, privacy campaigners and other China-watchers in the US have warned. The warnings follow a comment by Jack Ma, founder of Chinese internet group Alibaba, that he is interested in acquiring the troubled US online media and communications concern. Mr Ma has a first right of refusal to buy back Yahoo's 40 per cent stake in Alibaba should the US company itself change hands, putting Mr Ma in an strong position to influence Yahoo's ultimate fate following its decision to reconsider its strategic options. "Lawmakers should oppose a deal where the data of Americans come under the control of a foreign company with links to the Chinese government," said Jeff Chester, head of the Center for Digital Democracy. "Instead of stealthfully spying on Google users, which Chinese officials have been alleged to have done, an Alibaba takeover of Yahoo would sanction the surveillance of millions of Americans." The claims were immediately rejected by Alibaba, which denied that any data held outside China would be subject to review by Chinese authorities. "We've demonstrated consistently that we follow the laws in the countries in which we do business," Alibaba said. "As such, there's no reason to believe that Yahoo's data would be treated any differently following a change in control." Rebecca McKinnon, a senior fellow at the New America Foundation, said that any attempt by Alibaba to buy Yahoo was likely to be "highly controversial", given the ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/grupul-chinez-alibaba-ar-putea-cumpara-yahoo/ grupul-chinez-alibaba-ar-putea-cumpara-yahoo Mon, 3 Oct 2011 00:04:52 +0300 Presedintele Alibaba Group Holding, Jack Ma a declarat ca este interesat de achizitia Yahoo. Gigantul american si-a concediat saptamana trecuta dierctorul executive, Carol Bartz, din cauza stagnarii economice si a pierderii unei parti din cota de piata in fata lui Google si Facebook. In prezent, valoarea de piata a Yahoo! Inc este de 16,6 miliarde de dolari. Dupa concedierea lui Bartz, Yahoo! este in cautarea unui nou CEO si incearca sa defineasca o noua strategie proces care, potrivit reprezentantilor companiei, ar putea dura cateva luni, scrie Bloomberg. Alibaba Group impreuna cu Yahoo Japan Corp reprezinta aseet-urile pe care Yahoo le detine in Asia. Declaratia lui Jack Ma a fost facuta in cadrul unei eveniment gazuit de Universitatea Stanford. Compania lui Ma este detinuta in prezent in proportie de 40% de catre Yahoo, furnizand servicii de comert online in China. Jack Ma a recunoscut ca se afla in discutii si cu alte parti interesate de aceeasi achizitie. Datorita relatiei pe care Alibaba Group o are cu Yahoo! analistii considera ca s-ar afla in avantaj fata de ceilalti jucatori. Presedintele Alibaba Group marturiseste insa ca negocierile merg mai de greu decat se astepta initial din cauza ratiunilor politice. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/povestea-somerului-din-romania-care-cartografiaza-pentru-google-maps/ povestea-somerului-din-romania-care-cartografiaza-pentru-google-maps Mon, 3 Oct 2011 00:04:12 +0300 O poveste impresionantă, ascunsă într-un colţ de ţara, nu le-a scăpat celor de la Google. Un tânăr de 26 de ani din Hunedoara, i-a cucerit cu hărţile lui extrem de amănunţite. Fără să aştepte recompense, băiatul face un efort uriaş şi o muncă meticuloasă de cartografiere. Pentru unele detalii a parcurs şi sute de kilometri, uneori chiar la pas. Acum, "pentru contribuţia excepţională la dezvoltarea Google Maps", este invitat la Barcelona, dar, n-are bani de drum. În România, Rudolf Hanzelik este un ilustru necunoscut. A terminat o post-liceala şi e strungar de meserie. Rămas de un an fără slujbă, apoi şi fără şomaj, şi-a investit tot timpul liber în marea să pasiune: hărţile! A început cu oraşul natal, Hunedoara, şi nu s-a mai oprit... A făcut, de exemplu, o hartă a tuturor liniilor de mocăniţă din Europa. Cine caută, de exemplu, un drum către Castelul Corvinilor din Hunedoara, va primi o hartă făcută de Rudolf. Nicio banală poteca nu îi scăpa. Află cum face hărţi şomerul român pe www.incont.ro http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/un-miliardar-chinez-este-interesat-de-achizitia-grupului-american-yahoo/ un-miliardar-chinez-este-interesat-de-achizitia-grupului-american-yahoo Mon, 3 Oct 2011 00:04:03 +0300 Miliardarul chinez Jack Ma, preşedinte al companiei Alibaba, la care Yahoo are o participaţie de 40%, a declarat că ar fi foarte interesat de achiziţia grupului american, care se confruntă cu stagnarea veniturilor şi declinul cotei de piaţă, transmite Bloomberg. Ma a afirmat că a discutat cu Yahoo şi alţi eventuali cumpărători, fără să-i numească pe aceştia. "Suntem foarte interesaţi de Yahoo pentru că Alibaba este o companie importantă pentru Yahoo, iar Yahoo este foarte importantă pentru noi", a afirmat miliardarul chinez după ce a fost întrebat dacă ar cumpăra compania. "Există foarte mulţi investitori interesaţi şi discutăm şi cu aceştia", a spus Ma în timpul unui eveniment desfăşurat la Universitatea Stanford din SUA. Conducerea Yahoo a anunţat anterior că o serie de consultanţi au transmis interesul "mai multor părţi". Relaţia miliardarului chinez cu Yahoo i-ar putea asigura acestuia un avantaj în realizarea unei tranzacţii, afirmă Brett Harris, analist la compania americană Gabelli & Co. "Ar fi logic să fie implicată Alibaba, având în vedere că Yahoo are o participaţie atât de mare. Acţionarii Yahoo sunt acum atât de dezamăgiţi încât ar considera binevenit orice cumpărător", a spus el. Un purtător de cuvânt al Yahoo a refuzat să comenteze. Acţiunile Yahoo au scăzut de la începutul anului cu 21%, iar valoarea de piaţă a grupului a coborât la 16,6 miliarde de dolari. Grupul îşi reanalizează strategia după concedierea directorului general Carol Bartz, care nu a reuşit să oprească încetinirea creşterii sau să respingă concurenţa tot mai puternică a Google şi Facebook. Compania Alibaba este prezentă pe piaţa serviciilor de comerţ online din China. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/un-miliardar-chinez-este-interesat-sa-cumpere-compania-yahoo/ un-miliardar-chinez-este-interesat-sa-cumpere-compania-yahoo Mon, 3 Oct 2011 00:03:22 +0300 Miliardarul chinez Jack Ma, preşedinte al companiei Alibaba, la care Yahoo are o participaţie de 40%, a declarat că ar fi foarte interesat de achiziţia grupului american, care se confruntă cu stagnarea veniturilor şi declinul cotei de piaţă, informează Mediafax, care citează Bloomberg. Ma a afirmat că a discutat cu Yahoo şi alţi eventuali cumpărători, fără să-i numească pe aceştia. "Suntem foarte interesaţi de Yahoo pentru că Alibaba este o companie importantă pentru Yahoo, iar Yahoo este foarte importantă pentru noi", a afirmat miliardarul chinez după ce a fost întrebat dacă ar cumpăra compania. "Există foarte mulţi investitori interesaţi şi discutăm şi cu aceştia", a spus Ma în timpul unui eveniment desfăşurat la Universitatea Stanford din SUA. Conducerea Yahoo a anunţat anterior că o serie de consultanţi au transmis interesul "mai multor părţi". Relaţia miliardarului chinez cu Yahoo i-ar putea asigura acestuia un avantaj în realizarea unei tranzacţii, afirmă Brett Harris, analist la compania americană Gabelli & Co. "Ar fi logic să fie implicată Alibaba, având în vedere că Yahoo are o participaţie atât de mare. Acţionarii Yahoo sunt acum atât de dezamăgiţi încât ar considera binevenit orice cumpărător", a spus el. Un purtător de cuvânt al Yahoo a refuzat să comenteze. Acţiunile Yahoo au scăzut de la începutul anului cu 21%, iar valoarea de piaţă a grupului a coborât la 16,6 miliarde de dolari. Grupul îşi reanalizează strategia după concedierea directorului general Carol Bartz, care nu a reuşit să oprească încetinirea creşterii sau să respingă concurenţa tot mai puternică a Google şi Facebook. Compania Alibaba este prezentă pe piaţa serviciilor ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/sezonul-nobel-debuteaza-luni-cu-decernarea-premiului-pentru-medicina/ sezonul-nobel-debuteaza-luni-cu-decernarea-premiului-pentru-medicina Mon, 3 Oct 2011 00:03:20 +0300 Sezonul Nobel debutează luni, cu premiul Nobel pentru medicină, actorii "primăverii arabe" fiind creditaţi cu şanse mari la ediţia din 2011 a trofeelor pentru pace şi literatură, în timp ce trofeul pentru economie ar trebui să scape de "influenţa" crizei mondiale, potrivit specialiştilor în domeniu. Potrivit AFP, luni, la ora locală 11.30 (09.30 GMT), comitetul Nobel de la Institutul Karolinska din Stockholm va anunţa laureatul premiului Nobel pentru medicină, care îi va succeda britanicului Robert Edwards, "părintele" fertilizării in vitro. Premiile pentru fizică şi chimie vor fi decernate marţi, respectiv miercuri, iar cel pentru literatură, joi (data nu a fost confirmată). Premiul pentru pace va fi decernat vineri, la Oslo, iar cel pentru economie, pe 10 octombrie. Comitetul Nobel norvegian, care decernează premiul pentru pace, la Oslo, a confirmat un număr record de candidaţi pentru acest an - 241 - dintre care va fi ales succesorul disidentului chinez Liu Xiaobo. Istoricul Asle Sveen consideră că cei cinci membri ai comitetului care va anunţa câştigătorul, pe 7 octombrie, vor alege din cei 241 de candidaţi, un reprezentant al "primăverii arabe", o mişcare care a dus la prăbuşirea regimurilor autoritare din Tunisia, Egipt şi Libia. Premiul Nobel pentru pace ar putea reveni, în acest an, scriitoarei tunisiene Lina ben Mhenni, care a realizat, pe blogul personal, o veritabilă cronică a revoluţiei din ţara ei. "Este o musulmană moderată, o femeie, iar premierea ei ar reprezenta un sprijin adus mediilor sociale - ce au avut un rol major în difuzarea revoltelor populare - şi primăverii arabe", a declarat Sveen. Până în prezent, 2004 ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/retelele-de-socializare-nu-fac-destul-pentru-a-proteja-viata-privata-a-minorilor-raport-ce/ retelele-de-socializare-nu-fac-destul-pentru-a-proteja-viata-privata-a-minorilor-raport-ce Sat, 1 Oct 2011 00:04:55 +0300 Doar doua site-uri de socializare din noua au setari standard care nu permit accesarea profilurilor minorilor decat de persoanele din lista lor de contacte autorizate, arata un raport al CE care recomanda retelelor sociale sa ia in serios responsabilitatea pe care o au fata de utilizatorii foarte tineri. Comisia Europeana vrea pana la finele anului sa elaboreze o strategie gandita sa faca interntul mai sigur pentru copii si pregateste o serie de recomandari in acest sens.Conform unei noi serii de teste efectuate la solicitarea Comisiei Europene, doar doua site-uri de socializare din noua (Habbo Hotel si Xbox Live) au setari standard care nu permit accesarea profilurilor minorilor decat de persoanele din lista lor de contacte autorizate.Cu toate acestea, cea mai mare parte a site-urilor ofera tinerilor informatii privind siguranta adaptate varstei, recomandari si/sau materiale educative destinate in mod specific minorilor; de asemenea, site-urile respective raspund la solicitarile de asistenta. Sapte site-uri au raspuns la solicitari de asistenta, din care majoritatea in mai putin de o zi.Doua site-uri (Dailymotion si Windows Live) se asigura ca minorii nu pot fi contactati in mod automat decat de prieteni prin intermediul mesajelor publice sau private. Pe toate site-urile testate minorii pot primi cereri de prietenie de la oricine. Pe sase dintre site-urile testate, profilurile minorilor pot fi accesate direct de prieteni ai prietenilor. Toate site-urile testate pun la dispozitie o versiune prescurtata si mai usor de inteles pentru copii a conditiilor de utilizare sau a codului de conduita."Tinerii se bucura de retelele de socializare online, care le aduc mari ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/companii-ca-apple-si-google-cer-o-vacanta-fiscala-pentru-profituri-offshore-de-1000-mld-dolari/ companii-ca-apple-si-google-cer-o-vacanta-fiscala-pentru-profituri-offshore-de-1000-mld-dolari Sat, 1 Oct 2011 00:04:21 +0300 O coaliţie de companii, în frunte cu Apple, Google şi Cisco Systems, exercită presiuni pentru obţinerea unei "vacanţe fiscale" pentru repatrierea unor profituri offshore de peste 1.000 de miliarde de dolari şi apelează la activişti cu relaţii înalte în Congresul american, relatează Bloomberg. Unul dintre aceşti activişti este Jeffrey Forbes, fost şef de cabinet al preşedintelui comitetului pentru finanţe din Senat, Max Baucus. Forbes face parte dintr-o armată de peste 160 de activişti, dintre care cel puţin 60 au lucrat pentru un membru al Camerei Reprezentanţilor şi Senatului. Rolul lor este să convingă Congresul să decidă o pauză fiscală care ar costa guvernul american 78,7 miliarde de dolari în următorul deceniu. Studii independente au arătat că ultima oară când s-a încercat o astfel de facilitate fiscală, în 2004, condiţiile oferite pentru repatrierea profiturilor offshore, precum impozitarea extrem de scăzută a acestora, au stimulat prea puţin crearea de locuri de muncă sau investiţiile interne, iar majoritatea banilor au fost folosiţi de companii la răscumpărarea de acţiuni. "Este o problemă care implică o mulţime de oameni angajaţi de corporaţii care îşi promovează propriile interese, nu intersul public", a declarat James Thurber, director al Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies la American University din Washington. Studiile au dovedit că banii repatriaţi în 2004 au ajuns la un număr restrâns de acţionari ai unor companii, dar în Congres creşte sprijinul pentru o "vacanţă fiscală", pe măsură ce companiile îşi extind echipele de activişti. Unul dintre argumente este că fluxul mai mare de capital va stimula economia americană. "Sunt multe probleme foarte importante, complexe, care nu par de ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-chrome-se-pregateste-sa-depaseasca-firefox/ google-chrome-se-pregateste-sa-depaseasca-firefox Sat, 1 Oct 2011 00:04:00 +0300 Calitatea browser-ului propriu-zis dar şi promovarea agresivă au făcut ca Google Chrome să crească literalmente într-un an, câţi alţii-n zece. Drept urmare, browser-ul celor de la Google va avea până la finele anului o cotă mai mare decât Firefox. În prezent, primele trei browsere după cota de piaţă sunt: Internet Explorer cu 41,7 %, Firefox cu 26,8% şi Chrome cu 23,6%. Dintre cele trei, singurul care a crescut a fost Google Chrome. Din ianuarie până în septembrie Chrome a câştigat 8 procente, adică a reuşit să-şi crească cota de piaţă cu aproximativ 50%. Practic, Google Chrome reuşeşte să câştige adepţi atât din rândul utilizatorilor de Internet Explorer, cât şi de Firefox. Citeşte mai departe pe go4it.ro http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-isi-extinde-operatiunile-in-europa/ google-isi-extinde-operatiunile-in-europa Sat, 1 Oct 2011 00:03:49 +0300 Reprezentanţi ai companiei de internet Google au declarat, vineri, că îşi vor diversifica operaţiunile europene administrate de la birourile din Dublin, investind 75 de milioane de euro în crearea unui centru de date care va crea 30 de noi locuri de muncă, transmite Reuters. Google are circa 2.000 de angajaţi în cele cinci birouri de la Dublin, unde şi alte companii precum Facebook, Zynga, LinkedIn şi Twitter şi-au înfiinţat sedii în ultimii doi ani. Motorul de căutare Google a împlinit recent 13 ani de la înfiinţare. Alegerea zilei de 27 septembrie ca dată aniversară pentru Google pare mai degrabă o comoditate, nefiind data reală la care compania a fost înfiinţată. Google a sărbătorit pe 7 septembrie (data la care societatea a fost înfiinţată) aniversarea sa, până în anul 2005. În 2005, Google a decis să schimbe data aniversară pentru 27 septembrie, pentru a o face să coincidă cu data la care s-a anunţat un număr record de pagini pe care acest motor de căutare îl are indexat. În timp ce Google intră în anii săi de adolescenţă, în ceea ce priveşte termenii economici, compania este bine ancorată pe piaţă, fiind lider în sectorul motoarelor de căutare, însumând peste 90% din totalul căutărilor efectuate pe internet, potrivit mai multor cabinete statistice din Europa. Browser-ul companiei, Chrome, avea 22% din piaţa mondială în luna iulie, Microsoft Internet Explorer avea 42,5%, iar Mozilla Firefox deţinea 28%. Sistemul de operare Google Android este şi el pe cale să devină actorul dominant pe piaţa telefoanelor de ultimă generaţie. Veniturile Google au crescut cu ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-bus-aims-to-support-tech-in-egypt/ google-bus-aims-to-support-tech-in-egypt Sat, 1 Oct 2011 00:03:08 +0300 (CNN) -- Tech helped fuel Egypt's revolution. Now it could put the country get on the path toward a more stable democracy. At least that's the hope of Google, which is kicking off a program called Edba2 -- Arabic for "start" -- to fund and otherwise support emerging technology companies in Egypt. "We believe technology will actually change the economics of this part of the world -- will change the culture of this part of the world -- and it will have a political impact," said Wael Fakharany, Google's country manager in Egypt. "We believe it is absolutely the right time to give people hopes and dreams -- not to be rich and famous, but hopes and dreams to be helpful." On Monday, Google employees plan to start a tour of Egypt in a bus that's emblazoned with the Google logo. They'll be searching for would-be tech entrepreneurs who might be interested in entering a 7-month competition for tech start-ups. The winner, which will be announced in May, will get a $200,000 prize from Google. Other finalists will have a chance to pitch their ideas in front of Silicon Valley investors at an event in Cairo, Fakharany said. "Google is looking for the next Google in the Middle East," said Maha Abouelenein, a Google spokeswoman. She added that Google was started by two entrepreneurs who got a check for $100,000 -- half the amount of the Egypt prize. This type of project -- where Google has invested in a start-up competition to support the tech industry of a particular country ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/nokia-paying-developers-to-build-mobile-apps/ nokia-paying-developers-to-build-mobile-apps Sat, 1 Oct 2011 00:01:45 +0300 San Francisco (CNN) -- As Nokia prepares for its next crucial venture into the U.S. and high-end smartphones, the Finnish cell-phone maker is missing a crucial piece: an abundant catalog of applications. Nokia is attempting to woo app developers with such incentives as pre-installing their software on the forthcoming phone, prominent promotion for their products and funding development of an app, according to three people involved in the negotiations. A vibrant app store has become a major selling point to smartphone customers. In the past, Nokia, which sells the highest volume of mobile phones worldwide, has made efforts to work with some creators of apps for its platforms. A Nokia spokeswoman said the company offers app developers a variety of incentives, some in partnership with Microsoft, which include coding assistance and marketing. "We do not disclose these arrangements, as each is different," she said. Microsoft declined to comment for this story. The premiere phone, which is codenamed Sea Ray and currently being field tested by company executives, will be Nokia's first to run Windows Phone 7, the year-old mobile operating system from Microsoft. Nokia is expected to release the phone in the next few months, say two executives who are familiar with the plans but not authorized to speak publicly. On Tuesday, Microsoft began distributing the new version of Windows Phone, which will run on the Nokia device. Last year, Microsoft made similar offers to developers that make apps trendy on other platforms. Some companies took the cash, but others declined because they feared wasting time working on a ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/probe-dents-chinese-stocks-in-us/ probe-dents-chinese-stocks-in-us Sat, 1 Oct 2011 00:01:38 +0300 (Financial Times) -- Prices of US-listed Chinese stocks fell after the Securities and Exchange Commission's enforcement chief said the Department of Justice is looking into accounting practices at Chinese companies, following a series of high-profile scandals this year. Internet stocks were hit hardest. Baidu, the search engine company, fell 9.2 per cent to $110.29 and e-commerce site Sina was down 9.7 per cent to $73.23 on Thursday. The recently listed video streaming site Youku fell 18.3 per cent to $16.24. In 2010, the SEC launched an investigation into so-called reverse mergers, which allow companies to bypass the scrutiny of an initial public offering by taking over a shell company already listed on a US exchange. That investigation has focused in on accounting practices after at least 25 New York-listed Chinese firms disclosed discrepancies in their filings, or saw their auditors withdraw, in the first half of 2011. On Thursday, Robert Khuzami, SEC enforcement director, told Reuters that "parts of the justice department are actively engaged in this area," as well. The DoJ did not comment, but the Federal Bureau of Investigation and US prosecutors are investigating some China-based companies that have accessed US markets, people familiar with the matter say. The SEC has referred investigations to the justice department in the past where there has been evidence of criminal wrongdoing. It is not clear in this case if the DoJ has launched an investigation independently. Ryan Detrick, technical analyst at Schaeffer's Investment Research, said he was not surprised to see investors take money out of Chinese internet stocks. "So much money went into ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/accounts-probe-dents-chinese-stocks-in-us/ accounts-probe-dents-chinese-stocks-in-us Sat, 1 Oct 2011 00:00:45 +0300 (Financial Times) -- Prices of US-listed Chinese stocks fell after the Securities and Exchange Commission's enforcement chief said the Department of Justice is looking into accounting practices at Chinese companies, following a series of high-profile scandals this year. Internet stocks were hit hardest. Baidu, the search engine company, fell 9.2 per cent to $110.29 and e-commerce site Sina was down 9.7 per cent to $73.23 on Thursday. The recently listed video streaming site Youku fell 18.3 per cent to $16.24. In 2010, the SEC launched an investigation into so-called reverse mergers, which allow companies to bypass the scrutiny of an initial public offering by taking over a shell company already listed on a US exchange. That investigation has focused in on accounting practices after at least 25 New York-listed Chinese firms disclosed discrepancies in their filings, or saw their auditors withdraw, in the first half of 2011. On Thursday, Robert Khuzami, SEC enforcement director, told Reuters that "parts of the justice department are actively engaged in this area," as well. The DoJ did not comment, but the Federal Bureau of Investigation and US prosecutors are investigating some China-based companies that have accessed US markets, people familiar with the matter say. The SEC has referred investigations to the justice department in the past where there has been evidence of criminal wrongdoing. It is not clear in this case if the DoJ has launched an investigation independently. Ryan Detrick, technical analyst at Schaeffer's Investment Research, said he was not surprised to see investors take money out of Chinese internet stocks. "So much money went into ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/subiectele-zilei-amantii-elenei-ceausescu-scandalul-fondurilor-europene-iartarea-pacatelor-cum-a-scapat-cristache-radulescu-pdl-de-o-corectie-de-10-milioane-de-euro-de-la-udrea-buget-2000-de-euro-un-an-de-libertate-23-de-tari-vizitate/ subiectele-zilei-amantii-elenei-ceausescu-scandalul-fondurilor-europene-iartarea-pacatelor-cum-a-scapat-cristache-radulescu-pdl-de-o-corectie-de-10-milioane-de-euro-de-la-udrea-buget-2000-de-euro-un-an-de-libertate-23-de-tari-vizitate Fri, 30 Sep 2011 00:07:00 +0300 Amantii Elenei Ceausescu. O admira pe Evita Peron. Olanesti, cuibusorul de nebunii. Nicolae Stan, generalul locotenent care a fost aghiotantul lui Nicolae Ceausescu timp de 1.146 de zile, a acceptat sa acorde primul interviu din viata sa cotidianului "Evenimentul zilei". Printre alte detalii inedite despre viata cuplului de dictatori, Nicolae Stan dezvaluie ca Elena Ceausescu a avut mai multi amanti, printre care s-au numarat fizicianul Ioan Ursu, dar si un personaj din primul esalon al nomenclaturii comuniste. Integral in EVZ. Ultimatum de la Fisc pentru Gigi Becali. Gigi Becali incearca acum, in Justitie, sa scape de datoriile pe care ANAF sustine ca le are catre stat. Cel supranumit "latifundiarul din Pipera" este somat sa plateasca la stat peste 14 milioane de lei (aproximativ 3,4 milioane de euro), la care se vor adauga dobanzi si penalitati. Cel mai inalt for din ANAF - Directia Generala de Solutionare a Contestatiilor - a decis irevocabil ca Becali sa dea acesti bani, in caz contrar va fi executat silit. Pentru a  scapa de o eventuala executare silita a bunurilor, latifundiarul mai cere judecatorilor Curtii de Apel Bucuresti sa suspende  executarea deciziei de impunere, pana la solutionarea definitiva si irevocabila a acestei cauze, anunta Adevarul. Cum se vede Romania de la adapostul unei firme bulgaresti. Un patron "fugit" peste Dunare a acceptat sa vorbeasca cu RL. Fiscalitatea ridicata, dar si birocratia stupida l-au determinat pe Adrian Radulescu, patronul unei mici firme de intermediere in transporturi, veche pe piata de sapte ani, sa isi mute afacerea peste Dunare, la Ruse. Acesta ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/cum-a-decurs-testul-de-zbor-al-avionului-supersonic-romanesc-constructia-aparatului-ar-putea-fi-terminata-in-acest-an-video/ cum-a-decurs-testul-de-zbor-al-avionului-supersonic-romanesc-constructia-aparatului-ar-putea-fi-terminata-in-acest-an-video Fri, 30 Sep 2011 00:05:44 +0300 Asociaţia Română pentru Cosmonautică şi Aeronautică (ARCA) are în plan să termine de construit primul avion supersonic românesc, IAR-111 Excelsior, după ce a efectuat cu succes primul test în zbor, cu cabina acestuia, luni, în largul Mării Negre, au anunţat reprezentanţii ARCA joi într-o conferinţă. La conferinţa ce a avut loc joi, în Capitală, au participat preşedintele ARCA, Dumitru Popescu, alături de reprezentanţi ai Inspectoratului General de Aviaţie din Ministerul Afacerilor Interne (MAI) şi ai Grupului de Nave al Poliţiei de Frontieră Mangalia, instituţii care au contribuit la realizarea primului test în zbor cu cabina avionului supersonic IAR-111 Excelsior. Aparatul de zbor construit de ARCA va fi folosit pentru lansarea rachetei spaţiale Haas II pentru competiţia Google Lunar X Prize, dar şi pentru dezvoltarea turismului spaţial. Acest prim test în zbor la aparat, cu cabina, care a fost ridicată de un elicopter al MAI deasupra Mării Negre şi eliberată, amerizând cu succes şi fiind apoi recuperată de acelaşi elicopter, cu sprijinul a două nave ale Poliţiei de Frontieră, reprezintă un tip de testare care se face foarte rar, din motive de siguranţă, nemaifiind realizat, printre altele, decât de Agenţia spaţială americană (NASA) şi compania americană Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (Space X), au declarat pentru MEDIAFAX reprezentanţii ARCA. Testarea cabinei, efectuată luni, a presupus ridicarea acesteia la altitudinea de 700 de metri, cu un elicopter Mi-17, deasupra Mării Negre. Elicopterul a eliberat apoi cabina, secvenţă urmată de declanşarea motorului de rachetă al paraşutei de recuperare, care a adus cabina pe suprafaţa mării. Cabina presurizată a amerizat după un zbor ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/analiza-de-ce-s-a-inchis-fabrica-nokia-de-la-cluj/ analiza-de-ce-s-a-inchis-fabrica-nokia-de-la-cluj Fri, 30 Sep 2011 00:05:10 +0300 De la condiţii economice incomode la corupţie şi mentalităţi învechite, românii s-au obişnuit să audă că este vina lor atunci când o companie mare evită piaţa autohtonă sau se mută în altă ţară. Închiderea fabricii Nokia din Cluj nu are legătură însă cu România, ci cu încercarea disperată a grupului finlandez de a se adapta, după ani de decădere, la transformările tumultoase ale pieţei telefoanelor şi gadget-urilor mobile care au venit după reinventarea smartphone-ului de către Apple şi Google şi răspândirea în ritm accelerat a internetului wireless de mare viteză. Nokia şi-a anunţat joi dimineaţă cei 2.200 de angajaţi de la Jucu, judeţul Cluj, că nu vor mai avea de lucru de anul viitor. Fabrica a fost deschisă la începutul lui 2008, fiind considerată o mare victorie pentru o ţară care parcă nu aflase încă de criza financiară care mocnea în SUA şi nu ştia că boom-ul economic alimentat de credit avea să se încheie cu o recesiune dureroasă, urmată de venituri mai mici, concedieri şi un pesimism tot mai profund. Fabrica se va închide până la sfârşitul anului, iar angajaţii vor fi introduşi, conform politicii corporatiste a Nokia, într-un program de sprijin şi reorientare profesională. Vor primi şi bani în plus, a anunţat grupul, pentru o tranziţie mai uşoară către un eventual nou loc de muncă. Premierul Emil Boc le-a spus miercuri miniştrilor că există un risc major de delocalizare a unor investiţii multinaţionale din România, deoarece criza economică accentuează competiţia globală, şi că Guvernul trebuie să fie pregătit ca, într-o asemenea eventualitate, să atragă alte investiţii străine ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/cronologie-prezenta-nokia-in-romania-de-la-semnarea-actului-de-infiintare-in-2007-la-inchiderea-fabricii-patru-ani-mai-tarziu/ cronologie-prezenta-nokia-in-romania-de-la-semnarea-actului-de-infiintare-in-2007-la-inchiderea-fabricii-patru-ani-mai-tarziu Fri, 30 Sep 2011 00:03:51 +0300 Anunţul de joi privind închiderea fabricii Nokia de la Jucu are loc la patru ani şi jumătate de la semnarea memorandumului privind înfiinţarea acesteia şi după pierderea statutului de lider de piaţă, retrogradări de rating ale companiei şi concedieri. Agenţia de presă MEDIAFAX prezintă o cronologie referitoare la situaţia comapniei Nokia de la semnarea memorandumului pentru fabrica de la Jucu: * 26 martie 2007 - La Guvern, este semnat Memorandumul privind asocierea în participaţiune între Consiliul Judeţean Cluj şi compania finlandeză Nokia pentru deschiderea unei fabrici de telefoane mobile şi a unui centru de cercetare, investiţie estimată la 200 milioane euro. Documentul a fost semnat de preşedintele CJ Cluj Marius Nicoară şi de Raimo Puntala, vicepreşedinte al companiei Nokia, în prezenţa premierului Călin Popescu Tăriceanu. Premierul Călin Popescu Tăriceanu afirma că investiţia în parcul industrial presupune înfiinţarea în următorii ani a aproximativ 15.000 de locuri de muncă, dar şi asigurarea reţelelor de utilităţi şi a infrastructurii de transport, arătând că este de datoria Guvernului să se asocieze cu autorităţile locale pentru concretizarea unui astfel de proiect. Costurile destinate construirii fabricii de telefoane mobile erau estimate la 60 de milioane de euro, fabrica urmând să devină a 11-a mare fabrică de terminale mobile deţinută de grup. Tot atunci, preşedintele Consiliului Judeţean Cluj, Marius Nicoară, preciza că, pentru introducerea utilităţilor pe terenul de 159 de hectare a Parcului Industrial de la Jucu sunt necesare 33 milioane euro, din care 10 milioane euro urmau să fie asigurate de autorităţile judeţene şi locale, iar restul sumei din fonduri guvernamentale. Nokia primea cu titlu ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/kindle-fire-vs-ipad-which-is-right-for-you/ kindle-fire-vs-ipad-which-is-right-for-you Fri, 30 Sep 2011 00:02:18 +0300 (CNN) -- With Amazon unveiling its much-anticipated Kindle Fire tablet computer Wednesday, we may finally have a real tablet war on our hands. In the nearly 18 months since the iPad went on sale, tablet rivals have come and gone. But Apple's device has remained dominant. Amazon's new entry, though, might be different. Instead of crafting an iPad carbon copy and asking consumers to choose between them, they've pushed out a stripped-down and simplified device that sells for much less than the iPad 2 while skimping on some of that tablet's features. If you're in the market for a tablet, though, here's the real question: Which one, if either, is right for you? We can't say for sure, since we haven't gotten our hands on one yet. (Amazon didn't let reporters demo them at Wednesday's launch event.) Here's a look at how the two devices stack up in some key areas. Price Apple's higher prices make the Fire's price tag look like, well, a fire sale. At $199, the Kindle Fire will be a full $300 cheaper than the lowest-priced iPad 2. That's possibly an easier entry point for folks who are intrigued by the iPad but can't justify spending $500 for a portable computer when they already have a smartphone and a laptop. One reason iPad competitors have had a hard time catching on is that, to make a profit, they're priced about the same as Apple's hit device, which costs $499 to $829, depending on storage capacity and 3G capability. That being the case, the majority of consumers have stuck with the ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/amazon39s-39cloud39-browser-raises-privacy-concerns/ amazon39s-39cloud39-browser-raises-privacy-concerns Fri, 30 Sep 2011 00:02:16 +0300 (CNN) -- Facebook and Google's privacy issues are well-known. But they're nothing compared with those surrounding Silk, Amazon's in-house Internet browser for its newly announced tablet computer, says Chester Wisniewski, a senior security adviser at British computer security firm Sophos, a British computer security firm. "All of your web surfing habits will transit Amazon's cloud," he writes on Sophos' Naked Security blog. "If you think that Google AdWords and Facebook are watching you, this service is guaranteed to have a record of everything you do on the Web." Amazon, best known for its online marketplace and the Kindle e-reader, unveiled a touch-screen tablet computer on Wednesday called the Kindle Fire. That got lots of chatter in tech circles. What's been less discussed is the new cloud-based Web browser that's loaded onto every one of Amazon's tablets. The Amazon Silk browser appears to work unlike anything on the market today. Most Web browsers -- like Safari, Explorer and Firefox -- connect Internet users directly with websites. Silk filters everything through Amazon's own cloud-computing servers, a move the company claims will vastly speed up the mobile Web experience -- perhaps doubling the speed at which websites load. But privacy advocates say there may be other consequences. "What this means is that Amazon will capture and control every Web transaction performed by Fire users," Chris Espinosa, one of the first Apple employees, wrote on his personal blog. "Every page they see, every link they follow, every click they make, every ad they see is going to be intermediated by one of the largest server ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/razboiul-brevetelor-comisia-internationala-pentru-comert-din-sua-a-deschis-o-investigatie-impotriva-apple-la-plangerea-htc/ razboiul-brevetelor-comisia-internationala-pentru-comert-din-sua-a-deschis-o-investigatie-impotriva-apple-la-plangerea-htc Thu, 29 Sep 2011 00:05:02 +0300 ​Comisia Internationala pentru Comert din SUA a decis marti deschiderea unei investigatii pentru a verifica acuzele producatorului taiwanez de telefoane inteligente HTC impotriva Apple, privind folosirea ilegala a unor tehnologii brevetate, transmite BBC. HTC a facut aceasta plangere in luna august si incearca blocarea importurilor de produse Apple pe piata americana. La randul sau, Apple a facut o plangere similara impotriva HTC si multe alte mari companii sunt prinse in prezent in ceea ce este numit "un razboi al patentelor la nivel global".BBC noteaza ca plangerea facuta in august de HTC este doar una din trei astfel de proceduri deschise impotriva Apple. Producatorul american este acuzat ca a incalcat brevete HTC in realizarea nu doar a telefoanelor inteligente (smartphone-uri), ci si in tabletele PC si computere.Reclamatia HTC facuta luna trecuta, vine dupa ce in luna iulie din acest an o decizie preliminara a Comisiei Internationale pentru Comert din SUA a decis ca HTC a incalcat doua brevete ale Apple. HTC a anuntat in iulie ca va face recurs la aceasta decizie a Comisiei Internationale pentru Comert din SUA , iar o hotarare finala ar urma sa fie data pe 6 decembrie de o comisie speciala.Motorola, Nokia, HTC, Apple, Google si Samsung sunt implicate in prezent in unul sau mai multe procese pe tema incalcarii anumitor tehnologii brevetate. Miza o constituie in principal vanzarile in crestere de telefoane inteligente (smartphone-uri).Aceste vanzari au reprezentat motorul cresterii pietei de telecomunicatii inclusiv in Romania, conform unui studiu GFK, publicat luna trecuta. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/supersonicul-romanesc-iar-111-la-primul-test-in-zbor-deasupra-marii-negre/ supersonicul-romanesc-iar-111-la-primul-test-in-zbor-deasupra-marii-negre Thu, 29 Sep 2011 00:04:48 +0300 Cabina avionului supersonic IAR-111 Excelsior a fost testată de Asociaţia Română pentru Cosmonautică şi Aeronautică (ARCA), în zbor, luni, deasupra Mării Negre, în cadrul Misiunii 6, evenimentul realizându-se cu succes, au declarat pentru MEDIAFAX reprezentanţii ARCA. Rezultatele misiunii vor fi comunicate joi, de la ora 11.00, în cadrul unei conferinţe de presă organizată în Bucureşti. Pe 19 septembrie, ARCA a anunţat că a finalizat simulările aerodinamice pentru avionul supersonic IAR-111, un aparat destinat lansării rachetei spaţiale Haas II pentru competiţia de astronautică Google Lunar X Prize. Acesta va fi primul avion supersonic românesc care va fi utilizat şi pentru dezvoltarea tehnologiilor pentru turismul spaţial. AR-CA a început simulările Computer Fluid Dynamics (CFD) pentru avionul IAR-111 Excelsior în anul 2010. De atunci, ARCA a continuat aceste simulări pentru toate configuraţiile posibile de zbor. Durata mare a acestor simulări a fost determinată de complexitatea şi cantitatea calculului necesar. În această perioadă, trei computere de la ARCA au funcţionat aproape nonstop. "La sfârşitul anului 2010 aveam deja o imagine clară asupra configuraţiei avionului IAR-111 Excelsior, în urma rulării simulărilor aerodinamice. Acest lucru ne-a permis să demarăm lucrul la avion, la începutul anului 2011. De atunci, au fost rulate simulări pentru toate configuraţiile de zbor, altitudini şi viteze. Aceste simulări ne-au indicat să efectuăm câteva modificări care au optimizat geometria avionului, chiar în timpul procesului de construcţie, precum coborârea motorului avionului cu 30 cm sub planul aripii, creşterea anvergurii aripii cu 90 cm etc. În acest moment este foarte probabil să menţinem această configuraţie a aparatului", a declarat în 19 septembrie Dumitru Popescu, ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/samsung-a-incheiat-acorduri-de-software-cu-intel-si-microsoft-pentru-a-reduce-expunerea-la-android/ samsung-a-incheiat-acorduri-de-software-cu-intel-si-microsoft-pentru-a-reduce-expunerea-la-android Thu, 29 Sep 2011 00:04:40 +0300 Samsung Electronics, al doilea mare producător de telefoane mobile la nivel mondial, a anunţat miercuri acorduri de colaborare în domeniul software cu Intel şi Microsoft, pentru a-şi reduce expunerea la sistemul de operare Android furnizat de Google. Compania sud-coreeană a devenit rapid unul dintre cei mai mari producători de smartphone-uri din lume, datorită produselor care folosesc platforma Android. Potrivit analiştilor, acordurile indică intenţia Samsung de a reduce dependenţa de Android, după ce Google a preluat în august Motorola Mobility, pentru 12,5 miliarde de dolari. "Acordul Google-Motorola motivează Samsung să reducă dependenţa de Android", a declarat Matthew Thornton, analist la firma Avian Securities. Microsoft şi Samsung au semnat miercuri un nou acord pentru dezvoltarea şi comercializarea de telefoane cu sistem de operare Windows şi au convenit un acord de acordare reciprocă de licenţe. Samsung a mai folosit în trecut software Microsoft. Două grupuri furnizoare de soft Linux, unul susţinut de Samsung, iar celălalt de Intel, au anunţat că vor dezvolta împreună un nou sistem de operare pentru telefoane mobile şi alte aparate. Astfel, LiMo Foundation şi Linux Foundation vor fuziona sistemele de operare pentru telefoanele mobile, LiMo şi Meego, dar analiştii cred că noua platformă, Tizen, va avea probabil probleme pe piaţă. Grupul Nokia, cel mai mare producător de telefoane mobile din lume în funcţie de volum, a fost nevoit în acest an să renunţe la propriul sistem de operare Symbian, în favoarea Windows Phone al Microsoft. În prezent, Windows Phone are o cotă pe piaţa smartphone de 2%-3%, LiMo şi Meego de sub 1% fiecare, în timp ce cota Android este de aproape ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/video-logo-special-pentru-google-care-implineste-13-ani/ video-logo-special-pentru-google-care-implineste-13-ani Wed, 28 Sep 2011 00:06:11 +0300 Google a creat un logo special pentru a marca aniversarea a 13 ani de la crearea motorului de cautare Google. Gigantul este apreciat de milioane de utilizatori din toata lumea.Compania americana a fost fondata in 1998 de catre doi doctoranzi de la Universitatea Stanford, Larry Page si Sergey Brin. Google ofera o metoda simpla si rapida de gasire a informatiilor pe web, avand o baza de date despre peste 8 miliarde de situri web. La inceputul anului 2004, Google raspundea zilnic la mai mult de 200 milioane de consultari. Compania a pornit cu o investitie de 100.000 de dolari care a venit din partea unuia dintre co-fondatorii Sun Microsystems, Andy Bechtolsheim, care considera ca un motor de cautare pe internet poate revolutiona lumea. Numele Google este un joc de cuvinte de la googol, neologism pus in circulatie de catre americanul Milton Sirotta in anul 1938, prin care acesta desemna numarul urias format dintr-un 1 urmat de 100 de zerouri (10100). Google dispune si de motoare de cautare pentru imagini, carti, bloguri, grupuri de stiri si directoare web.La sfarsitul anului 2007 a fost cotat drept cea mai puternica marca globala, dupa criteriul valorii in milioane de dolari (86057 milioane dolari SUA), dar si dupa modul de perceptie de catre utilizatori. Urmeaza companiile General Electric, Microsoft, Coca-Cola, China Mobile, IBM, Apple, McDonald's, Nokia si Marlboro. De asemenea, conform unui sondaj realizat de Harris Interactive, Google a fost declarata, la sfarsitul lui 2007, ca fiind compania americana cu cea mai buna reputatie, mai ales datorita modului in care ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/update-10-milioane-de-telefoane-galaxy-s-ii-vandute-la-nivel-mondial-de-la-lansarea-din-luna-aprilie-2011in-romania-s-au-vandut-circa-50000-de-terminale/ update-10-milioane-de-telefoane-galaxy-s-ii-vandute-la-nivel-mondial-de-la-lansarea-din-luna-aprilie-2011in-romania-s-au-vandut-circa-50000-de-terminale Wed, 28 Sep 2011 00:05:10 +0300 Samsung Electronics a reusit sa vanda, pana in prezent, la nivel global 10 milioane de terminale Galaxy S II, varianta imbunatatita a celui mai bine vandut telefon bazat pe sistemul de operare Android (Galaxy S), de la lansarea pe piata a acestuia la sfarsitul lunii aprilie din acest an, a anuntat marti reprezentanta din Romania. Sorin Manea, manager de divizie la Samsung Electronics Romania sustine ca pe piata locala s-au vandut circa 50.000 de unitati, telefonul aflandu-se in topul preferintelor utilizatorilor.UPDATE Samsung Romania a revenit marti precizand ca pana acum s-au vandut 50.000 de terminale Galaxy S II pe piata locala, si nu 10.000 de unitati cum mentionase anterior.Cea de-a doua generatie de Galaxy S are un ecran cu o diagonala 4,3 inci (~11 centimetri), printre cele mai mari din piata, o grosime extrem de redusa, de doar opt milimetri, si o greutate redusa, de 116 grame. Pe Galaxy S II ruleaza cea mai noua varianta a sistemului de operare Google Android pentru telefoane inteligente, 2.3 Gingerbread, personalizata de Samsung printr-o noua versiune a interfetei personalizate TouchWiz.Citeste mai multe pe StyleReport.ro: REVIEW Samsung Galaxy S II - noul standard Android http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/vrei-sa-studiezi-manuscrisele-de-la-marea-moarta-poti-sa-le-vezi-online-video/ vrei-sa-studiezi-manuscrisele-de-la-marea-moarta-poti-sa-le-vezi-online-video Wed, 28 Sep 2011 00:05:04 +0300 Manuscrisele de la Marea Moartă, care conţin cel mai vechi document biblic, sunt disponibile online în varianta originală şi pot fi traduse în limba engleză. Manuscrisele pot fi consultate cu ajutorul unei opţiuni Google disponibilă pe site-ul Muzeului Israelului din Ierusalim, scrie dailymail.co.uk. "A fost nevoie de 24 de secole, de munca arheologilor şi a istoricilor şi de internet pentru a pune Manuscrisele de la Marea Moartă la dispoziţia oricui în lume", scrie într-o postare pe blogul Google. Proiectul a fost dezvoltat în parteneriat cu grupul de internet Google, iar costurile sunt estimate la 3,5 milioane de dolari (2,5 milioane de euro). Fotografiile manuscriselor apar la o rezoluţie de 1.200 de megapixeli, care a fost realizată cu ajutorul unei tehnici ce a "scanat" documentele până la 50 de minute. Imaginile sunt atât de clare încât se poate observa cât de subţire şi fragilă este pielea de animal pe care au fost scrise manuscrisele. "Manuscrisele ne dau posibilitatea de a înţelege începutul istoriei biblice. Pentru noi nu există un artefact mai important", a declarat directorul muzeului Israelului, James Snyder. Cinci din cele opt manuscrise ce se află la Muzeul Israelului au fost digitalizate iar documentele pot fi traduse în limba engleză. Cele aproximativ 900 de manuscrise, papirusuri şi pergamente, găsite între anii 1947 şi 1956 într-o peşteră din regiunea Qumrân, la ţărmul Mării Moarte, sunt considerate unele dintre cele mai importante descoperiri arheologice din istorie. Ele conţin texte religioase în ebraică, aramaică şi greacă, precum şi cel mai vechi "testament" cunoscut. Cele mai vechi documente datează din secolul al 3-lea î.e.n., iar cel mai ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-implineste-13-ani-motorul-de-cautare-sarbatoreste-cu-un-logo-special/ google-implineste-13-ani-motorul-de-cautare-sarbatoreste-cu-un-logo-special Wed, 28 Sep 2011 00:04:52 +0300 Motorul de căutare Google sărbătoreşte 13 ani de la înfiinţare, cu un logo special, care a fost plasat, marţi, pe pagina sa de start. În 1998, doi studenţi de la Universitatea Stanford (SUA), Larry Page şi Sergey Brin, au decis să lucreze împreună pentru a înfiinţa o societate care să schimbe pentru totdeauna faţa internetului. Google are sediul central în Silicon Valley şi birouri în America de Nord şi de Sud, Europa şi Asia. Pentru cea de-a 13-a aniversare, Google a postat pe pagina sa de start o fotografie care prezintă elementele clasice întâlnite în cadrul unei petreceri: un tort cu 13 lumânări aşezat pe o masă, iar literele care compun cuvântul "Google" au deasupra lor câte un coif colorat. Pachete cu cadouri şi baloane colorate întregesc această ambianţă festivă. Alegerea zilei de 27 septembrie ca dată aniversară pentru Google pare mai degrabă o comoditate, nefiind data reală la care compania a fost înfiinţată. Google a sărbătorit pe 7 septembrie (data la care societatea a fost înfiinţată) aniversarea sa, până în anul 2005. În 2005, Google a decis să schimbe data aniversară pentru 27 septembrie, pentru a o face să coincidă cu data la care s-a anunţat un număr record de pagini pe care acest motor de căutare îl are indexat. În timp ce Google intră în anii săi de adolescenţă, în ceea ce priveşte termenii economici, compania este bine ancorată pe piaţă, fiind lider în sectorul motoarelor de căutare, însumând peste 90% din totalul căutărilor efectuate pe internet, potrivit mai multor cabinete statistice din Europa. Navigatorul său Web Chrome avea ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-sarbatoreste-13-ani-printr-un-logo-special/ google-sarbatoreste-13-ani-printr-un-logo-special Wed, 28 Sep 2011 00:04:12 +0300 Motorul de căutare Google sărbătoreşte 13 ani de la înfiinţare, cu un logo special, care a fost plasat pe pagina sa de start. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/samsung-increzatoare-ca-isi-va-atinge-tinta-de-vanzari-de-tablete-pc-in-acest-an-in-ciuda-proceselor-cu-apple/ samsung-increzatoare-ca-isi-va-atinge-tinta-de-vanzari-de-tablete-pc-in-acest-an-in-ciuda-proceselor-cu-apple Tue, 27 Sep 2011 00:05:19 +0300 Samsung Electronics, al doilea mare producator mondial de telefoane mobile, sustine ca va putea in continuare sa isi atinga obiectivele de vanzari de tablete PC in acest an, in ciuda litigiilor in instanta cu Apple, care incearca blocarea vanzarii acestora in anumite tari, informeaza Bloomberg. Compania inregistreaza o evolutie buna in privinta tintei de a-si majora in acest an de cinci ori valoarea vanzarilor de tablete PC comparativ cu anul 2010, conform obiectivelor propuse, a declarat luni in Seul, seful diviziei de telefonie mobila al Samsung, J.K. Shin.Samsung si Apple s-au dat reciproc in judecata in diferite tari, acuzandu-se de incalcarea unor patente tehnologice. Totul a inceput in luna aprilie din acest an, cand Apple a deschis un proces impotriva Samsung in Statele Unite ale Americii, acuzand compania sud-coreeana ca prin producerea terminalelor Galaxy ar copia grosolan propriile terminale iPhone si iPad. Lucrurile nu s-au oprit aici, iar Samsung a ripostat dand in judecata Apple in Coreea de Sud, Japonia si Germania.Apple a reusit sa obtina blocarea vanzarilor tabletei Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Germania, piata despre care analistii companiei de cercetare Strategy Analytics estimeaza ca va fi a treia ca marime din Europa in ceea ce priveste vanzarile de astfel de produse.In Australia, Samsung a amanat lansarea acestei tablete PC pana la sfarsitul acestei luni, din cauza unui proces care are loc in aceasta saptamana.Samsung, care nu a anuntat cate tablete PC a vandut anul trecut, a vandut cel mai probabil circa 1,6 milioane de unitati Galaxy Tab pe care ruleaza sistemul de operare Google ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-honors-jim-henson-with-doodle/ google-honors-jim-henson-with-doodle Tue, 27 Sep 2011 00:01:56 +0300 (CNN) -- The man behind the Muppets, Fraggle Rock and many of Sesame Street's most beloved puppets got a 21st-century shout-out Friday, in the former of an interactive "doodle" atop Google's main search engine page. Jim Henson, who died in May of 1990, would have turned 75 on Friday. In his honor, the northern California technology company created a doodle with images of puppets much like those he'd created over the course of his legendary career. Google posted a message on its official blog, in which Brian Henson, the chairman of The Jim Henson Company, described his father as a playful, happy, forgiving, visionary and creative figure. "Every day for him was joyously filled with the surprises of other people's ideas," he wrote. "I often think that, if we all lived like that today, not only would life be more interesting, we'd all be a lot happier." On the doodle, the words "Jim Henson's 75th birthday" occasionally appeared when users move their mouse over the graphic. Clicking on the phrase led to a Google search of Jim Henson. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/5-key-features-missing-from-facebook-music/ 5-key-features-missing-from-facebook-music Tue, 27 Sep 2011 00:01:54 +0300 (WIRED) -- First, some perspective: Even after yesterday's big Facebook f8 hullabaloo, people will still listen to and discover music without Facebook, as hard as that might be to believe right now, given all the attention paid to the social network's shift into media sharing, which suddenly made Twitter look like the stripped-down communications protocol it has always been. But it would be folly to ignore the effects of Facebook's shift into "verbs" in addition to "nouns," as Mark "Sugar Mountain" Zuckerberg cleverly put it yesterday -- by which he meant that Facebook can now track and share what you do, in addition to the things you like. Yes, Facebook will facilitate legal music sharing -- something the industry has been trying to do ever since Napster electrified (some would say "electrocuted") the music business over 10 years ago. But as important as it is, Facebook's music initiative is missing five key ingredients, all of which are within its grasp: 1. True music sharing We're not saying it would be easy, but if Facebook really wants to help people listen to each other's music, it should let them do so using whatever music service they want. This morning, listening to friends' music through my Facebook Ticker and sharing my music through it, I've already used Spotify, Rdio, Songza, and MOG -- and it's not even 10 a.m. yet. WIRED: Facebook vs. Google+ on privacy True, Facebook has started down the road of universally translating between music services, so that I can hear your songs even if you use Rhapsody and I use ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/este-fiul-meu-homosexual-o-aplicatie-android-destinata-mamelor-starneste-controverse-in-franta/ este-fiul-meu-homosexual-o-aplicatie-android-destinata-mamelor-starneste-controverse-in-franta Mon, 26 Sep 2011 00:05:44 +0300 Asociatiile pentru homosexuali din Franta au denuntat duminica o aplicatie pentru telefoanele dotate cu sistem Android, destinata mamelor care doresc sa afle daca fiii lor sunt homosexuali, potrivit AFP. "Fiului dumneavoastra ii place sa se imbrace bine? Ii place fotbalul? S-a batut deja cu cineva? Are o 'cea mai buna' prietena ?" Aplicatia consultata de AFP propune 20 de intrebari pentru mamele ingrijorate, apoi ofera doua verdicte: "Nu trebuie sa va faceti griji, fiul dumneavoastra nu este gay" sau "Nu are rost sa va faceti ca nu vedeti. Fiul dumneavoastra este gay. Acceptati-l si fiti constienta ca nu este alegerea sa"."Este o aplicatie inutila si odioasa, cu intrebari caricaturale", a declarat Louis-Georges Tin, de la Comitetul Idaho (International day against homophobia & trans). "Daca baiatul este gay, este o catastrofa, daca nu, este o usurare", analizeaza el. Pentru Christine LeDoare, de la centrul LGTB (lesbiene, gay, bi si trans), "este stupid si scandalos". "Este foarte trist ca parintii prefera sa foloseasa aplicatia in loc sa vorbeasca cu copiii lor", spune ea. "Cred ca va fi retrasa repede, altfel, va trebui sa depunem o plangere," adauga aceasta. Contactata de France-Presse, o purtatoare de cuvant Google France a explicat ca "aplicatiile nu sunt filtrate inainte de a fi publicate pe Android Market", o platforma deschisa unde dezvoltatorii pot publica aplicatiile lor rapid si usor. "Ele nu sunt retrase decat dupa ce au fost semnalate si revizuite, fiecare caz in parte, cum se intampla acum cu aceasta aplicatie, care urmeaza sa fie revizuita de echipele noastre", a explicat ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-honors-jim-henson-with-muppets-doodle/ google-honors-jim-henson-with-muppets-doodle Mon, 26 Sep 2011 00:01:31 +0300 (CNN) -- The man behind the Muppets, Fraggle Rock and many of Sesame Street's most beloved puppets got a 21st-century shout-out Friday, in the former of an interactive "doodle" atop Google's main search engine page. Jim Henson, who died in May of 1990, would have turned 75 on Friday. In his honor, the northern California technology company created a doodle with images of puppets much like those he'd created over the course of his legendary career. Google posted a message on its official blog, in which Brian Henson, the chairman of The Jim Henson Company, described his father as a playful, happy, forgiving, visionary and creative figure. "Every day for him was joyously filled with the surprises of other people's ideas," he wrote. "I often think that, if we all lived like that today, not only would life be more interesting, we'd all be a lot happier." On the doodle, the words "Jim Henson's 75th birthday" occasionally appeared when users move their mouse over the graphic. Clicking on the phrase led to a Google search of Jim Henson. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/video-google-marcheaza-75-de-ani-de-la-nasterea-creatorului-the-muppets-logo-ul-permite-utilizatorilor-sa-fie-papusari-digitali/ video-google-marcheaza-75-de-ani-de-la-nasterea-creatorului-the-muppets-logo-ul-permite-utilizatorilor-sa-fie-papusari-digitali Sun, 25 Sep 2011 00:04:35 +0300 Motorul de cautare Google a creat o animatie interactiva cu 6 marionete care sa inlocuiasca logo-ul clasic, pentru a sarbatori 75 de ani de la nasterea creatorului "The Muppets".Fiecare marioneta inlocuieste o litera din "Google" si se misca in functie de miscarile cursorului. Potrivit Daily Telegraph, cei de la Google au lucrat cu compania Jim Henson pentru logo-ul care va sta pe pagina 36 de ore. Jim Henson (24 septembrie 1936 — 16 mai 1990) a fost un papusar din Mississippi. Dupa ce a creat un program in timpul universitatii, Henson a fost invitat in cadrul celebrei serii Sesame Street. Succesul acesteia a dat nastere show-ului cu papusile Muppets. Fiul lui Henson, Brian, care conduce compania Jim Henson, a afirmat ca tatalui sau i-ar fi placut foarte mult logo-ul. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-sarbatoreste-75-de-ai-de-la-nasterea-creatorului-the-muppets-jim-henson/ google-sarbatoreste-75-de-ai-de-la-nasterea-creatorului-the-muppets-jim-henson Sun, 25 Sep 2011 00:03:54 +0300 Google sărbătoreşte sâmbătă 75 de ai de la naşterea creatorului "The Muppets", păpuşarul Jim Henson, prin înlocuirea literelor din logo cu şase imagini animate ale unor personaje din celebrul show de televiziune. Pe pagina de start a motorului de căutare pot fi văzute şase dintre păpuşile Muppets, ce pot fi şi "mânuite" cu ajutorul cursorului. Jim Henson (24 septembrie 1936 -16 mai 1990) a fost un păpuşar american, cel mai bine cunoscut ca fiind creatorul "The Muppets". El a jucat în diferite programe de televiziune, cum ar fi "Sesame Street" şi "The Muppet Show", dar şi în filme inspirate de "The Muppets". A fost de asemenea scenarist, regizor de film nominalizat la Oscar şi producător de televiziune caştigător al premiului Emmy. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/facebook-va-avea-noi-aplicatii-site-ul-va-reflecta-mult-mai-precis-ce-citesc-privesc-asculta-sau-mananca-utilizatorii-sai/ facebook-va-avea-noi-aplicatii-site-ul-va-reflecta-mult-mai-precis-ce-citesc-privesc-asculta-sau-mananca-utilizatorii-sai Sat, 24 Sep 2011 00:04:33 +0300 Facebook ţinteşte să îşi orienteze utilizatorii pe piaţa de produse şi servicii, prin introducerea unor noi aplicaţii, care vor permite fiecăruia să vadă ce ascultă, citesc şi cumpără prietenii săi, noua strategie fiind anunţată de Mark Zuckerberg, joi, la conferinţa anuală F8 de la San Francisco. Noile aplicaţii ale reţelei de socializare vor furniza fiecărui utilizator informaţii legate de ce fac prietenii săi online, potrivit New York Times. Dacă Frank urmăreşte "The Hangover", Jane ascultă Jay-Z, iar Mark foloseşte adidaşi Nike, miza Facebook şi a companiilor sale partenere este ca preferinţele acestor utilizatori să influenţeze obiceiurile de consum ale prietenilor lor din reţea. Pe scurt, Facebook ţinteşte în prezent să devină un site pe care utilizatorii să petreacă mult timp, dar şi unul care să îi orienteze online şi să-i influenţeze, din ce în ce mai mult, când sunt offline. "Credem că un pas important în continuare este să ajutăm utilizatorii să îşi spună povestea", a spus cofondatorul şi directorul general Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg. El a prezentat actuala strategie a reţelei de socializare - un demers de "a regândi unele industrii". Această mişcare făcută de Facebook face mai acerbă lupta cu Google, proprietarul celui mai popular motor de căutare pe internet. Totodată, Google şi-a lansat între timp propria reţea de socializare, Google+, dar aceasta rămâne deocamdată mult în urma Facebook. Astfel, Facebook încearcă să câştige lupta cu Google, prin schimbarea felului în care oamenii găsesc ce îi interesează pe internet. În prezent, majoritatea oamenilor găsesc ce îşi doresc, ştiri, informaţii utile, prin căutare pe web. Însă Facebook încearcă să schimbe acest ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/video-eric-schmidt-de-la-google-in-fata-senatului-sua-traim-cu-teama-ca-oricand-consumatorii-pot-trece-la-serviciile-concurentilor/ video-eric-schmidt-de-la-google-in-fata-senatului-sua-traim-cu-teama-ca-oricand-consumatorii-pot-trece-la-serviciile-concurentilor Fri, 23 Sep 2011 00:05:14 +0300 ​Presedintele Google - Eric Schmidt - a respins in fata Senatului SUA acuzatiile aduse companiei, spunand ca Google nu manipuleaza modul in care sunt afisate rezultatele cautarilor si nu pune piedici concurentei. El a mai spus ca in mod constant Google traieste cu teama ca utilizatorii pot trece la un serviciu al concurentei si a adaugat ca acuzatiile la adresa Google sunt aduse de companii nemultumite de pozitia pe care apar in rezultatele cautarilor. Senatorii nu s-au aratat insa impresionati si spun ca Google nu mai e un simplu motor de cautare, ci o companie cu o imensa putere de a manipula.Senatorul republican de Utah Mike Lee a citat un studiu care arata ca produsele Google apar "ca prin minune" mereu pe locul trei in rezultatele cautarii si a acuzat compania ca manipuleaza aceste rezultate pentru a-si promova produsele in detrimentul concurentei. Un alt senator a spus, in cadrul unei audieri in care Schmidt a fost chestionat cu severitate, ca Google nu mai este de mult timp un simplu motor de cautare, ci o companie care prezinta si ierarhizeaza informatia in functie de propriile interese.Eric Schmidt a respins cu calm toate acuzatiile, spunand ca Google traieste mereu cu teama ca utilizatorii pot oricand sa renunte la serviciile companiei si sa treaca la cele ale concurentei. El mai spune ca site-urile care ofera review-uri despre restaurante si despre diverse destinatii turistice sunt o concurenta cat se poate de serioasa pentru Google."De-asta este bine ca exista libertatea fundamentala a internetului: daca unui consumator nu-i place continutul furnizat ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/road-to-gop-nomination-rolls-through-florida/ road-to-gop-nomination-rolls-through-florida Fri, 23 Sep 2011 00:03:07 +0300 (CNN) -- For the second time in a week and a half, Republican presidential candidates will debate in Florida, a state which will play a large part in electing the 2012 GOP nominee. The GOP White House candidates clashed last Monday at a CNN/Tea Party Republican debate at the Florida State Fairgrounds outside Tampa. Thursday night, they'll share the stage at a Republican Party of Florida/Fox News/Google debate in Orlando. At the showdown in Tampa, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who launched his campaign last month and who has surged to the top of national polls, and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, who was running out front but has been nudged aside to second in the surveys, clashed over Social Security and how to reform the popular government program for seniors. Since then, their war of words has raged on. At a town hall Wednesday in Florida, Romney said Perry's proposals would "not work in any way, shape or form." The Perry campaign responded that Romney was once again "sounding like a Democrat, distorting the truth and trying to scare senior citizens." In an interview with USA Today Wednesday, Romney questioned whether Perry could be elected or if he had the experience to govern -- pointing out his own experience at "turning things around that were in trouble" -- in business, the 1996 Olympics or in his term as governor of Massachusetts. If Americans want "someone to go along with what's already in place, I'm sure that Gov. Perry is fine. If Americans think America needs a turnaround to make our ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/why-facebook-needs-a-hit/ why-facebook-needs-a-hit Fri, 23 Sep 2011 00:01:59 +0300 (CNN) -- As it prepares to host its annual conference Thursday, Facebook is in a funk. No, not the business. CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that his social network had surpassed 750 million users in July (although there's no telling how many of those are pets), and the company is on track to collect more than $4 billion in sales this year, mostly from advertising. Call it a product funk. Facebook hasn't had a big hit in eons. In August 2010, Facebook introduced Places, which let you check in to locations on your phone, sort of like startup Foursquare. It lasted about a year. Foursquare, meanwhile, just passed 1 billion check-ins. In October, Facebook announced the next version of Facebook Messages. The big idea was that users could get a Facebook.com e-mail address and then use their Facebook handle for all kinds of communications, including e-mail and text messaging. Have you ever seen a single e-mail from a Facebook.com address? This April, Facebook began testing Deals, a daily-discounts service like Groupon or LivingSocial. It lasted about four months before being canceled. Every company has an occasional dud, but Facebook's existing products are starting to suffer as well. Its iPhone app was exciting when it was brand new, but it hasn't gotten a major update in more than a year. And Facebook still doesn't have an iPad app. In the past few weeks, Facebook has rolled out a ton of new features that give users more control over what they share with whom. That seems like a good idea in theory, but it made Facebook a ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/users-not-happy-with-new-facebook-changes/ users-not-happy-with-new-facebook-changes Fri, 23 Sep 2011 00:01:54 +0300 (CNN) -- Here we go again. Facebook has made big changes to users' pages, and people are responding in droves with their metaphorical "dislike" buttons. News Feeds were popping with not-so-gentle complaints Wednesday as many of the social-networking behemoth's 750 million users began seeing the overhaul. "This is absolutely the worst of the many wrong-headed 'improvements' you have made, and that's quite a feat," a user named Franklin Habit wrote on the site's official Facebook page. "I think Facebook's usefulness to me has now been outstripped by its lack of ease in use." Others were more succinct. "This sucks," wrote user Brandon Howell. "That is all." To be fair, griping about Facebook changes is a time-honored hallmark of the site. Change is hard for some people, and users grumble every time Facebook revamps their pages. And it's perhaps a touch on the ironic side that many of the current complaints are coming from folks who, in turn, complained in December when the current format was rolled out. Or the time before. And the time before that. Which isn't to say that the changes aren't pretty dramatic. Instead of defaulting to your friends' most recent posts, the News Feed (which people hated when it was introduced) is now topped in many cases by what Facebook calls "Top Stories" for you. It uses an algorithm that combines such factors as which friends you interact with most and which friends' posts have the most comments and "likes" on them. That algorithm, of course, was in its infancy on Wednesday, leading many users to say the top stories that ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-da-voie-tuturor-sa-se-inscrie-in-reteaua-sa-sociala-si-adauga-noi-functionalitati/ google-da-voie-tuturor-sa-se-inscrie-in-reteaua-sa-sociala-si-adauga-noi-functionalitati Thu, 22 Sep 2011 00:05:23 +0300 Dupa trei luni de test in care internautii puteau deveni membri ai retelei Google+ doar daca primeau invitatie, compania a decis sa ofere acces liber tuturor si a adaugat noi functionalitati. Cei care detin telefoane cu camera frontala si cel putin versiunea 2.3 de Android pot face chat video prin Google+, iar compania a lansat si o optiune de cautare in retaua sociala. Nu s-au publicat date oficiale recente, insa este sigur ca Google+ are peste 25 de milioane de utilizatori.Dupa ce 12 saptamani Google+ a fost in perioada de testare, compania a decis sa ofere acces liber tuturor, iar invitatiile nu mai sunt necesare. Google a fost criticata pentru ca nu a deschis reteaua inca de la inceput pentru toti si destui potentiali utilizatori s-au plans ca nu au putut obtine invitatii in primele zile.Google a prezentat si noi imbunatatiri si functionalitati pentru o mai usoara partajare a informatiilor, link-urilor si clipurilor video intre prietenii din retea. O aplicatie extrem de interesanta tine de posibilitatea de a face chat video pe Google+ prin intermediul smartphone-ului, cu conditia ca terminalele sa fie compatibile si sa ruleze cel putin Android 2.3. Aplicatia Hangouts pe telefon poate fi descarcata din Android Market.O alta veste importanta tine de lansarea unei optiuni de cautare in Google+, asa-numita "social search", optiune care va fi extrem de populara, spun cei de la Google.Google+ intra astfel intr-o noua etapa si, fata de incercarile precedente de creare a unei retele sociale - Orkut si Buzz - aceasta pare mult mai de succes.Totusi, in ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/compania-revevol-partener-google-apps-isi-deschide-filiala-in-romania/ compania-revevol-partener-google-apps-isi-deschide-filiala-in-romania Thu, 22 Sep 2011 00:05:20 +0300 Compania Revevol, specializata in implementarea solutiilor Google Apps pe diverse piete, isi deschide filiala in Romania printr-un parteneriat incheiat cu compania locala Appnor. Romania este cea de-a 20-a tara in care Revevol intra cu reprezentanta si pana la final de 2011 isi va adauga alte zece piete. Cele doua companii spera ca parteneriatul le va ajuta sa-si adauge in portofoliu cat mai multi clienti din domeniul Enterprise.Revevol Romania va fi formata prin asocierea Revevol Group cu Appnor MSP, reseller local Google Apps.Appnor, companie condusa de Dragos Manac, a promovat solutiile de cloud computing si implementarile pe baza paltformei Google Apps, iar prin asocierea cu Revevol se doreste atragerea unui numar mai mare de clienti companii. Appnor va furniza in continuare servicii sub brandul propriu, insa produsele Google si software vor fi sub brandul Revevol.Lansarea Revevol Romania va avea loc pe 22 septembrie, in prezenta lui Laurent Gasser, CEO Revevol si a lui Dan Bulucea, sef al Google Romania.Appnor MSP s-a infiintat in 2010, detine un centru de date in Bucuresti si inchiriaza si administreaza infrastructura virtuala si dedicata clientilor tip business.Romania este a 20-a tara in care Revevol isi deschide reprezentanta, iar pana la final de an se vor mai adauga zece tari. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/pe-scurt-companiile-de-publicitate-outdoor-au-propria-asociatie-conferinta-iab-forum-romania-pe-5-octombrie-grupul-publicis-are-un-nou-director-financiar/ pe-scurt-companiile-de-publicitate-outdoor-au-propria-asociatie-conferinta-iab-forum-romania-pe-5-octombrie-grupul-publicis-are-un-nou-director-financiar Thu, 22 Sep 2011 00:05:13 +0300 Trei mari companii de publicitate outdoor din Romania au infiintat Asociatia Romana de Publicitate Exterioara. IAB Romania organizeaza prima editie a conferintei IAB Forum Romania, dedicata publicitatii online, eveniment la care vor participa reprezentanti Yahoo!, Google, BBC Worldwide, PwC, IAB Europe. Iar Olivier Brunet este noul director financiar al Publicis Communication Services Bucuresti. Principalele companii de publicitate outdoor din Romania au infiintat luna aceasta Asociatia Romana de Publicitate Exterioara, care are drept scop sa ajute dezvoltarea si standardizarea pietei locale de publicitate outdoor. Membrii fondatori sunt Euromedia&Betacons, Affichage Romania, News Outdoor Romania. In primul an de activitate, asociatia va fi condusa de Raluca Grigorescu, chief operating officer la News Outdoor Romania. Vezi mai multe despre noua asociatie pe ROAA.ro.  Asociatia IAB Romania organizeaza, in data de 5 octombrie, prima editie a conferintei IAB Forum Romania, dedicat industriei de publicitate online. Potrivit unui comunicat IAB, la eveniment vor participa reprezentanti ai unor companii precum Yahoo!, Deutsche Post/NuggAd, BBC Worldwide, Google, PricewaterhouseCoopers si trei reprezentanti ai IAB Europe. In cadrul evenimentului vor fi discutate: industria romaneasca de publicitate online in context european, tendinte in consumul de media si importanta Internetului in viata consumatorilor, viitorul brandingului online in conditiile presiunii pe performance, utilizarea si eficienta publicitatii online in strategii de branding, integrarea online-ului in strategia de brand, efectele creativitatii online. Vezi detalii pe IABforum.ro.  Grupul Publicis Communication Services Bucuresti, parte a retelei globale Publicis Worldwide, are un nou director financiar in persoana lui Olivier Brunet, potrivit unui comunicat de presa. Acesta se va ocupa de operatiunile financiare ale subsidiarei ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-a-deschis-reteaua-de-socializare-google-pentru-orice-utilizator/ google-a-deschis-reteaua-de-socializare-google-pentru-orice-utilizator Thu, 22 Sep 2011 00:04:59 +0300 Google a deschis reţeaua de socializare Google+, lansată în iunie, pentru orice utilizator care doreşte să se înregistreze, nemaifiind nevoie de o invitaţie de la un membru mai vechi al reţelei, şi a adăugat funcţii de video chat şi căutare pentru a atrage noi membri, transmite Bloomberg. Compania a făcut funcţia Hangouts, care facilitează videoconferinţe în grup, disponibilă pentru telefoane mobile şi pentru redare live pe internet. De asemenea, Google a adăugat noi funcţii de căutare la Google+ şi numeroase alte opţiuni, inclusiv pentru serviciul Hangouts. Astfel, gigantul american a adus numărul de "features" ale Google+, adică funcţii, servicii şi caracteristici care deservesc utilizatorii, la 100. Potrivit ComScore Inc., Google+ a avut circa 29 milioane de vizitatori în luna iulie, când înregistrările se făceau numai pe bază de invitaţie de la un membru actual al reţelei. Google+ reprezintă cel mai ambiţios proiect al Google în zona reţelelor de socializare şi atacă direct Facebook, cel mai mare astfel de serviciu de pe internet, cu peste 750 milioane de membri. Google a lansat luna trecută şi un serviciu de jocuri online în parteneriat cu Zynga, dezvoltatorul FarmVille, şi Rovio Entertainment, creatorul Angry Birds. FarmVille este cel mai de succes joc de pe Facebook, iar Angry Birds este foarte popular pe smartphone-uri şi tablete. Vicepreşedintele Google Vic Gundotra susţine că pe Google+ sunt publicate zilnic peste un miliard de postări, fotografii şi alte tipuri de conţinut. Noua funcţie de căutare de pe reţeaua de socializare poate găsi atât conţinut de pe Google+, cât şi conţinut de pe internet în general. Printre îmbunătăţirile aduse Hangouts, Google vrea să ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/utilizatorii-se-pot-inscrie-pe-google-plus-fara-a-mai-primi-invitatie/ utilizatorii-se-pot-inscrie-pe-google-plus-fara-a-mai-primi-invitatie Thu, 22 Sep 2011 00:04:08 +0300 La trei luni de la lansare, reţeaua de socializare Google Plus devine accesibilă tuturor utilizatorilor. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/santorum-asks-google-to-clean-up-search-results-for-his-name/ santorum-asks-google-to-clean-up-search-results-for-his-name Thu, 22 Sep 2011 00:03:02 +0300 (CNN) -- Former U.S. Sen. and Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum has a well-known Google problem. For the uninitiated, if you Google Santorum's name, the first result you'll probably get is not his personal website but a fake definition of "santorum," a sexual byproduct that's a bit too graphic to talk about in detail here. (Of course, you can Google him and easily find out.) We'll get into how that all happened in a second, but here's what's new: On Tuesday, the socially conservative politician lashed out at Google, saying the company could get rid of the sexual references to his name on the search results if it wanted to -- and perhaps would do so if he were a Democrat. "I suspect if something was up there like that about Joe Biden, they'd get rid of it," he told Politico. "If you're a responsible business, you don't let things like that happen in your business that have an impact on the country." He continued: "To have a business allow that type of filth to be purveyed through their website or through their system is something that they say they can't handle, but I suspect that's not true." Santorum contacted Google and asked the company about the issue, Politico said. In an e-mail to CNN, a Google spokeswoman said, "Google's search results are a reflection of the content and information that is available on the Web. Users who want content removed from the Internet should contact the webmaster of the page directly. Once the webmaster takes the page down from the ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/8-netflix-alternatives-compared/ 8-netflix-alternatives-compared Thu, 22 Sep 2011 00:02:01 +0300 (WIRED) -- The curtain hasn't even opened on Netflix's new DVD-by-mail spin-off company Qwikster, and many customers are already walking out. The company recently revised its quarterly projections of net subscribers to show 1 million fewer customers than it had previously expected. Much to Netflix's chagrin, folks are realizing that the king of mail-away media isn't the only game in town. We've taken a look at some of Netflix's (and Qwikster's) main competitors, and judged each service accordingly. Do the rest offer enough to stand up to the best? Netflix/Qwikster Also known as Netflix: Redux. It's the same service we know and love, only completely different. Faced with massive customer backlash in the wake of a price hike, Netflix split itself into two separate companies this week. The streaming service will retain the Netflix branding while the DVD-by-mail service will be named Qwikster. Netflix CEO Reed Hastings said the split will better serve customers in the long run because each company will be able to better focus on one type of service. Netflix pioneered the DVD-by-mail service, creating an entire industry where one did not exist previously. But after serious flux in Netflix's new pricing system — which split the streaming and DVD mailing services into two separate plans starting at $8 a month minimum — there's no guarantee the company's customers will continue to stick around. WIRED: It's been around the longest, and is the most familiar service. Massive offering of physical mail-away media. New game rental service sounds intriguing. Streaming to all iOS devices and Android smartphones. TIRED: Can you ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/googleaposs-social-network-opens-to-everyone/ googleaposs-social-network-opens-to-everyone Thu, 22 Sep 2011 00:01:53 +0300 (CNN) -- Google's answer to Facebook went public on Tuesday afternoon. For the past three months, Google+, the company's social network, was available only to users who had been invited by the company or by friends who already had access to the site. "For the past 12 weeks we've been in field trial, and during that time we've listened and learned a great deal," Google's Vic Gundotra, a senior vice president for engineering, said in a blog post. "We're nowhere near done, but with the improvements we've made so far we're ready to move from field trial to beta, and introduce our 100th feature: open sign-ups. "This way anyone can visit google.com/+, join the project and connect with the people they care about." The update comes as many people who use the site are questioning its value. "My Google+ home page is worse than a ghost town. It doesn't even feel haunted," wrote Rainbow Rowell, a columnist at the Omaha World-Herald. Writing on the PBS blog Mediashift, Dan Reimold adds: "The stream of updates has basically run dry -- reduced to one buddy who regularly writes. My initial excitement about signing on and inviting people to join me has waned. Nowadays, I apparently get tired just thinking about it." Others disagree. "I must be doing something wrong on Google+," Harry McCracken, founder of the blog Technologizer, wrote on his Google+ page. "It isn't 'worse than a ghost town' for me. It's active and pleasant, albeit lacking some of the initial rush." Introduced in late June, Google Plus gained an estimated 25 million users by ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/pe-scurt-informatii-noi-din-studiul-gfk-despre-perceptia-romanilor-asupra-publicitatii-google-membru-iab-romania-q2m-lanseaza-o-platforma-de-e-learning-pe-facebook/ pe-scurt-informatii-noi-din-studiul-gfk-despre-perceptia-romanilor-asupra-publicitatii-google-membru-iab-romania-q2m-lanseaza-o-platforma-de-e-learning-pe-facebook Wed, 21 Sep 2011 00:04:53 +0300 Cei mai multi dintre participantii la un studiu realizat de GfK Romania pentru publicatia online IQads, privind perceptia romanilor asupra publicitatii, mentioneaza televiziunea si panourile stradale drept principalele medii prin care brandurile ar trebui sa comunice cu ei. Google a aderat la asociatia IAB Romania. Iar Q2M anunta lansarea unei platforme de e-learning in domeniul marketingului digital, pe Facebook. ​Aproape doua treimi dintre participantii la un studiu realizat de GfK Romania pentru publicatia online IQads spun ca sunt dispusi sa cumpere un produs in urma unei reclame difuzate la televizor, dar 73% spun ca reclamele TV sunt mai multe decat si-ar dori. Tot 73% spun ca o marca ar trebui sa comunice cu ei prin intermediul televizorului, al doilea mediu mentionat in acest sens fiind panourile stradale (67%). IQads a publicat, luni, detalii din studiul anuntat recent de GfK Romania, realizat in doua etape  - un studiu Omnibus pe un esantion de 1000 de persoane (rezultate reprezentative pentru populatia Romaniei in varsta de peste 15 ani, eroare de esantionare de maxim +/-3%), respectiv printr-un studiu online (esantion: 500 de respondenti, prezentat drept reprezentativ pentru populatia de 15-55 de ani, utilizatori de Internet din mediul urban). In preferintele respondentilor, dupa TV si outdoor urmeaza reclamele din presa scrisa (60%), brosuri publicitare (57%), reclame online (56%), radio (44%). Numarul celor care considera comunicarea prin reclame online ca fiind mai potrivita pentru a interactiona cu ei este mai mare in randul persoanelor cu educatie superioara (65%). Vezi detalii aici Google Romania a devenit membru al asociatiei IAB Romania, ce ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/avionul-supersonic-romanesc-tot-mai-aproape-de-zbor-simularile-aerodinamice-au-fost-finalizate/ avionul-supersonic-romanesc-tot-mai-aproape-de-zbor-simularile-aerodinamice-au-fost-finalizate Wed, 21 Sep 2011 00:04:38 +0300 Asociaţia Română pentru Cosmonautică şi Aeronautică (ARCA) a finalizat simulările aerodinamice pentru avionul supersonic IAR-111, un aparat destinat lansării rachetei spaţiale Haas II pentru competiţia de astronautică Google Lunar X Prize, potrivit unui comunicat. ARCA a început simulările Computer Fluid Dynamics (CFD) pentru avionul IAR-111 Excelsior în anul 2010. De atunci, ARCA a continuat aceste simulări pentru toate configuraţiile posibile de zbor. Durata mare a acestor simulări a fost determinată de complexitatea şi cantitatea calculului necesar. În această perioadă trei computere de la ARCA au funcţionat aproape non-stop. "La sfârşitul anului 2010 aveam deja o imagine clară asupra configuraţiei avionului IAR-111 Excelsior, în urma rulării simulărilor aerodinamice. Acest lucru ne-a permis să demarăm lucrul la avion, la începutul anului 2011. De atunci, au fost rulate simulări pentru toate configuraţiile de zbor, altitudini şi viteze. Aceste simulări ne-au indicat să efectuăm câteva modificări care au optimizat geometria avionului, chiar în timpul procesului de construcţie, precum coborârea motorului avionului cu 30 cm sub planul aripii, creşterea anvergurii aripii cu 90 cm etc. În acest moment este foarte probabil să menţinem această configuraţie a aparatului", a declarat Dumitru Popescu, preşedinte ARCA. Avionul IAR-111 Excelsior va fi utilizat de către ARCA ca platformă pentru lansarea rachetei Haas II pentru competiţia de astronautică Google Lunar X Prize, cât şi pentru dezvoltarea tehnologiilor pentru industria turismului spaţial, se mai spune în comunicat. Programul ARCA pentru Competiţia Google Lunar X Prize este finanţat cu surse exclusiv private, având programat primul zbor în toamna anului 2012. ARCA a decis să nu comunice deocamdată valoarea programului. ARCA a anunţat, ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-iti-stie-adresa-de-e-mail-istoria-web-documentele-iar-acum-iti-vrea-si-portofelul-video/ google-iti-stie-adresa-de-e-mail-istoria-web-documentele-iar-acum-iti-vrea-si-portofelul-video Wed, 21 Sep 2011 00:04:32 +0300 Google va lansa un nou serviciu, care va permite efectuarea de plăţi doar cu ajutorul telefonului mobil şi al unui dispozitiv special. "Portofelul" Google va permite efectuarea de plăţi prin simpla trecere a telefonului prin faţa unui dispozitiv Mastercard, fără a fi nevoie de card de credit, scrie dailymail.co.uk. Utilizatorii vor avea însă nevoie de un cod PIN, însă telefoanele care au tehnologia NFC (Near Field Communication) vor permite realizarea plăţii prin mişcarea telefonului în faţa dispozitivului de plată. "Credem că lansarea Portofelului Google este începutul unei noi ere a comerţului", au declarat reprezentanţii Google. Pe blogul oficial al Google, inginerii proiectului, Rob von Behren şi Jonathan Wall, au scris că noua aplicaţie le va permite utilizatorilor să-şi transforme telefonul în portofel. "Veţi putea stoca cardurile de credit, ofertele, cardurile de loialitate şi cardurile cadou", au scris inginerii. Compania a realizat o reclamă pentru produs, cu ajutorul actorului Jason Alexander, interpretul personajului George Constanza din serialul "Seinfeld". http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google39s-social-network-opens-to-everyone/ google39s-social-network-opens-to-everyone Wed, 21 Sep 2011 00:02:45 +0300 (CNN) -- Google's answer to Facebook went public on Tuesday afternoon. For the past three months, Google+, the company's social network, was available only to users who had been invited by the company or by friends who already had access to the site. "For the past 12 weeks we've been in field trial, and during that time we've listened and learned a great deal," Google's Vic Gundotra, a senior vice president for engineering, said in a blog post. "We're nowhere near done, but with the improvements we've made so far we're ready to move from field trial to beta, and introduce our 100th feature: open sign-ups. "This way anyone can visit google.com/+, join the project and connect with the people they care about." The update comes as many people who use the site are questioning its value. "My Google+ home page is worse than a ghost town. It doesn't even feel haunted," wrote Rainbow Rowell, a columnist at the Omaha World-Herald. Writing on the PBS blog Mediashift, Dan Reimold adds: "The stream of updates has basically run dry -- reduced to one buddy who regularly writes. My initial excitement about signing on and inviting people to join me has waned. Nowadays, I apparently get tired just thinking about it." Others disagree. "I must be doing something wrong on Google+," Harry McCracken, founder of the blog Technologizer, wrote on his Google+ page. "It isn't 'worse than a ghost town' for me. It's active and pleasant, albeit lacking some of the initial rush." Introduced in late June, Google Plus gained an estimated 25 million users by ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/a-critic39s-notebook-from-tiff/ a-critic39s-notebook-from-tiff Wed, 21 Sep 2011 00:02:05 +0300 (CNN) -- The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) is massive. Hundreds of members of the global film industry descend on Canada's "Queen City" each September to partake in the city's premiere cultural event. This year, more than 330 shorts and features from 65 countries were screened, and directors, actors and crew members from many of them were in town to promote their films. Not only that, many actors had more than one film screening at TIFF, including Clive Owen ("Killer Elite," "Intruders"), Michael Fassbender ("Shame," "A Dangerous Method"), George Clooney ("The Ides of March," "The Descendants"), Rachel Weisz ("Page Eight," "360," "The Deep Blue Sea"), Ryan Gosling ("Drive," "The Ides of March"), Gerard Butler ("Machine Gun Preacher", "Coriolanus"), Carey Mulligan ("Shame," "Drive"), Seth Rogen ("50/50," "Take This Waltz") and others. Mark Duplass even starred in one film (Lynn Shelton's magnificent "Your Sister's Sister") and co-wrote/co-directed another ("Jeff, Who Lives At Home") with his brother Jay. The fest typically contains a mix of films with U.S./Canadian distribution (many U.S. distributors use TIFF as a junket for their fall releases) along with those hoping to be acquired, films with major stars and those without, and of course films in dozens of languages. Toronto is also one of the 2 or 3 (depending on who you talk to) most important film industry events on the calendar (along with Cannes and Sundance) and is a frenzy of virtually every aspect of the international film business. TIFF is also the first large North American festival for audiences and industry to catch up on some ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/from-free-food-to-better-business/ from-free-food-to-better-business Wed, 21 Sep 2011 00:01:49 +0300 (CNN) -- They've got it all: Free food, fitness facilities, massage rooms, hair dressers, laundry rooms and on-site doctors. Are they Hollywood celebrities? No, they're Google employees in Mountain View, south of San Francisco, and if you're an employee here you're encouraged to spend 20% of your time on a project of your choosing. It's no surprise Google places fourth on the U.S. Fortune '100 Best Companies to Work For' list. First place belongs to SAS, the world's largest privately held software company which offers free on-site medical care for employees and their families, low-cost high quality child care, a fitness center, library, and summer camp for children of employees. How could this possibly pay off? "It pays off spectacularly," says Milton Moskowitz, journalist and co-author of the Fortune '100 Best Companies to Work For' list since its beginning in 1998. "We keep track of stock market performances of companies on this list, and they are consistently outperforming other companies," he adds. The payoff shows up in increased innovation and productivity, low turnover, low sickness rates, and high employee satisfaction. In a world warring for increasingly sparse talent, a strong employer image is also not to be underestimated. "It means you can attract and attain some amazing people", says Lazlo Bock, senior vice president of people operations at Google. "People who are exceptional and motivated, and who are driven beyond a good job and a paycheck." "Employees matter, and the thought that they just 'turn off their lights' when they come to work is ridiculous", says Jennifer Mann, vice president ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/fondul-de-investitii-silver-lake-ar-putea-face-o-oferta-de-preluare-pentru-yahoo/ fondul-de-investitii-silver-lake-ar-putea-face-o-oferta-de-preluare-pentru-yahoo Sat, 17 Sep 2011 00:04:46 +0300 Fondul american de investiţii Silver Lake vrea să preia Yahoo! şi analizează lansarea unei oferte, au declarat vineri două surse implicate în discuţii, transmite Bloomberg. În cadrul acordului, Silver Lake ar urma să vândă activele din Asia ale Yahoo!, iar apoi ar încerca să redreseze operaţiunile de bază şi să găsească un cumpărător pentru acestea, au spus sursele. Reprezentanţi ai fondului au abordat alte companii pentru a atrage interesul de preluare a activităţilor de bază ale companiei de Internet, a spus una dintre surse. Preşedintele Yahoo!, Roy Bostock, a concediat-o săptămâna trecută pe Carol Bartz, director general al companiei, după ce eforturile ei de a concura cu succes Google şi Facebook au eşuat. Activele din Asia ale Yahoo!, care includ o participaţie de 43% la Alibaba Group Holding, combinate cu scăderea cotaţiei acţiunilor grupului, fac din acesta o ţintă de preluare, potrivit analiştilor de la Deutsche Bank Securities şi Thornburg Investment Management. Reprezentanţii Yahoo! şi ai Silver Lake nu au fost disponibili pentru comentarii. Blogul AllThingsDigital, specializat în sectorul tehnologic, a relatat recent că mai multe companii pregătesc oferte de preluare a Yahoo! şi au intrat în contact cu conducerea companiei, iar Silver Lake este unul dintre posibilii cumpărători. Un fond de investiţii ar fi probabil interesat de participaţiile Yahoo! la Alibaba şi Yahoo Japan, care reprezintă circa 80% din capitalizarea de piaţă a companiei. Alte active ale Yahoo! includ servicii de e-mail, mesagerie instant şi portaluri de ştiri şi informaţii, care generează venituri din publicitate. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-il-omagiaza-pe-albert-szent-gyorgyi-cel-care-a-decoperit-vitamina-c-printr-un-nou-logo/ google-il-omagiaza-pe-albert-szent-gyorgyi-cel-care-a-decoperit-vitamina-c-printr-un-nou-logo Sat, 17 Sep 2011 00:04:31 +0300 Google şi-a modificat, vineri, logoul de pe pagina principală, pentru a marca împlinirea a 118 ani de la naşterea lui Albert Szent-Gyorgyi, fiziolog şi biochimist de origine română, care a descoperit vitamina C şi reacţiile acidului citric. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/mexico-murders-show-how-internet-empowers-threatens/ mexico-murders-show-how-internet-empowers-threatens Sat, 17 Sep 2011 00:03:11 +0300 Editor's note: Andrés Monroy-Hernández is a PhD candidate at the MIT Media Lab and a fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University. (CNN) -- Two days ago, I learned about two young people killed by drug gangs in the border city of Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, their corpses bound and hung from a bridge. Unfortunately, drug murders happen so often in Mexico that they are not news anymore. This time was different. The murders have received a lot of international attention because the bodies were found with handwritten messages claiming that the couple had been killed for snitching on the cartels via the Internet. Is it possible that these murders grabbed more attention than last month's 50-person massacre because of the connection to social media? As a technologist, I find it easy to get swept up in the techno-utopian view of how social technologies are changing the world for the better. I do believe it. For example, Twitter hashtags are saving lives in Mexico by empowering citizens to report shootings and helping others to avoid them. However, those same hashtags have landed three people in jail on charges of "terrorism" for supposedly spreading false rumors online. Now we learn about the murders of supposed "Internet snitchers." It is not clear whether the couple was killed for actually posting something online or whether their murder was used as an opportunity to scare people away from social media. In any case, the messages against online reporting might indicate that social media sites are seen as a threat. For ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/whataposs-up-with-that-google-orange/ whataposs-up-with-that-google-orange Sat, 17 Sep 2011 00:02:17 +0300 (CNN) -- Friday's Google "doodle" on the search engine's main page might be one of its most random. But if you don't have scurvy (and we're going to go ahead and assume you do not), you should probably take a moment to say thanks. Instead of its usually multi-hued logo, Google welcomed visitors to its main search page Friday morning with a citrusy image of what appear to be oranges, grapefruits and strawberries growing together in a stylized field. The Google doodles usually are designed to note a holiday or other observance or honor someone staffers find worthy. And this might be one of their most random. Happy birthday, Albert Szent-Györgyi. Szent-Györgyi was a Hungarian physiologist and Nobel laureate who, in the 1930s, discovered Vitamin C. He would later research muscle movement and development and was active in the Hungarian resistance during World War II Worth noting: Delicious citrus fruits aside, Szent-Györgyi first extracted Vitamin C from paprika. Unlike some of Google's doodles, Friday's is not interactive. Two of the site's most popular have been a playable guitar to commemorate the birthday of rock pioneer Les Paul and a Pac-Man game replacing the page's logo to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the iconic video game. Take a look at some of Google's best doodles Both of those interactive doodles were so well received they got their own permanent pages. Clicking Friday's logo led to search results for Szent-Györgyi's name. Google's official blog had not been updated with a post about the doodle, as it often is, as of Friday morning. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/facebook-a-amanat-listarea-la-bursa-pentru-sfarsitul-anului-viitor/ facebook-a-amanat-listarea-la-bursa-pentru-sfarsitul-anului-viitor Fri, 16 Sep 2011 00:06:07 +0300 Facebook a amânat mult-aşteptata listare la bursă pentru sfârşitul anului viitor, au declarat pentru Financial Times surse apropiate companiei, care valorează, potrivit celor mai recente plasamente private de acţiuni, peste 66,5 miliarde de dolari. Oferta publică iniţială, care are potenţialul să devină una dintre cele mai mari din istorie, era până acum aşteptată să aibă loc până în aprilie 2012, iar unele zvonuri sugerau chiar că ar putea fi derulată încă din acest an. Cu toate acestea, surse apropiate companiei au afirmat pentru Financial Times că Mark Zuckerberg, fondator şi director general al Facebook, vrea să aştepte până în septembrie 2012 sau chiar mai târziu, pentru a determina angajaţii să se concentreze pe dezvoltarea produselor, şi nu pe banii pe care i-ar putea încasa. Alte companii noi de succes din online, precum Groupon şi Zynga, au amânat ofertele publice iniţiale din cauza condiţiilor dificile din ultimul timp de pe pieţele financiare. Însă planurile Facebook sunt stabilite în funcţie de agenda internă, au afirmat surse apropiate companiei. "Nu există niciun motiv să se grăbească. Compania nu are nevoie de acei bani. Este ceva mai uşor să te concentrezi ca firmă deţinută privat. Vor deveni companie publică atunci când vor fi pregătiţi", comentează Lise Buyer, consultant care a consiliat Google în oferta publică iniţială. Peter Thiel, unul dintre cei mai importanţi acţionari ai Facebook, a declarat că, în general, este bine ca firmele din domeniul tehnologiei să amâne ofertele publice iniţiale cât mai mult posibil. El a dat ca exemplu Google, care s-a listat abia după 6 ani de activitate, după ce s-a ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-gets-more-sign-language-friendly/ google-gets-more-sign-language-friendly Fri, 16 Sep 2011 00:02:14 +0300 (CNN) -- A video-chat feature called Hangouts is one thing that sets Google+ apart from Facebook and Twitter. When lots of people are chatting together in a Hangout, only one person "has the floor" at a time -- and you can tell who this person is because their video feed is by far the largest on your computer screen. Until recently, Google's computers used microphone volume to determine who got to be in control of the conversation. So the person yelling the loudest got control of the virtual chat. One problem: What if you're using sign language? With no sound input, Google+ didn't know which feed to prioritize. The feature was almost unusable for hearing-impaired people, since the person who had the most background noise in their video usually got the floor. In a blog post earlier this week, however, Google engineer Chee Chew announced a simple fix. By hitting shift+s on the keyboard, people using sign language can take control of the conversation. It's like the digital version of waving for attention. Everyone on the video chat has to mute their audio to make this feature work, Chew writes. In the comments on Chew's post, users were excited about the update. "This is brilliant," wrote a Google+ user named Jeannie June."Thanks a lot for being sensitive to the needs of your users. hits close to home coz my sister is deaf and i love her very much." "Great idea, Google," wrote Charlie White on the tech blog Mashable, which is a CNN Tech partner site. Others complained about the video quality on the service, saying ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/facebook-puts-off-ipo-until-late-2012/ facebook-puts-off-ipo-until-late-2012 Fri, 16 Sep 2011 00:02:01 +0300 (FT) -- Facebook is preparing to launch its blockbuster initial public offering in the US towards the end of next year, a later public debut by the social networking site than had been widely anticipated, say people familiar with the company. The IPO, expected to be one of the world's biggest with recent private share sales valuing Facebook at more than $66.5bn, has been expected by April 2012, with persistent speculation that it could even come this year. However, people close to the company have told the Financial Times that Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's chief executive, wants to wait until next September or later in order to keep employees focused on product developments rather than a pay-out. Other other internet companies, Groupon and Zynga, have been holding back on their IPO plans amid recent market turbulence. But Facebook's plans have been set according to internal interests, people close to the company said. "There's really no reason to rush a deal," said Lise Buyer, an consultant who advised Google through its IPO. "The company doesn't need the money. It is a little easier to focus when you're private. They'll go when they're good and ready, not before." "There are so many things you don't have to do until you take public shareholder money," Ms Buyer said. "You don't have to take investor phone calls or show up at investor conferences." Peter Thiel, a prominent Facebook investor, said it was generally desirable for technology companies to defer an IPO for as long as possible. He said Google set a good example by not going ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/verizon-to-relaunch-its-android-app-store/ verizon-to-relaunch-its-android-app-store Thu, 15 Sep 2011 00:00:48 +0300 San Francisco (CNN) -- Verizon Wireless is rebooting its application store for smartphones after a lackluster first attempt. The new storefront, called Verizon Apps, will be presented for free to Verizon customers with Droid phones. It will coexist with Google's Android Market, which comes preloaded on all of its phones. Verizon already offers apps that are exclusively available to its subscribers, such as one with live video of National Football League games. The U.S. cellular giant is set to introduce the new mobile software marketplace at its Las Vegas conference for developers on Tuesday. Verizon and Chomp, which provides the search engine for the service, have been briefing reporters on the news. The two companies partnered in May on a feature that allows people to search Verizon's current store, called V Cast Apps, along with Google's Market. The separate V Cast store, like many others for Android, never gained significant traction. (Verizon began offering the iPhone in February, but Apple does not allow third-party companies to operate competing app stores.) Verizon opened an office here last month where software developers are welcome to come code mobile apps and test them on the carrier's hardware. In an interview during the opening, Kyle Malady, a Verizon technology executive, acknowledged shortcomings with its V Cast market but said there is still room for alternative storefronts. Verizon will attract software partners by guaranteeing promotion for their products, he said. Even the big mobile app developers, including Electronic Arts, complain that some of their apps fail to get adequate exposure on other digital stores, Malady said. ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/video-google-lanseaza-un-serviciu-de-cautare-si-rezervare-a-biletelor-de-avion/ video-google-lanseaza-un-serviciu-de-cautare-si-rezervare-a-biletelor-de-avion Wed, 14 Sep 2011 20:49:01 +0300 Google a lansat, marţi, serviciul Flight Search, care permite utilizatorilor să găsească zboruri şi să-şi rezerve bilete de avion, scrie mashable.com. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/ai-weiwei-will-not-be-silenced/ ai-weiwei-will-not-be-silenced Tue, 30 Aug 2011 17:01:03 +0300 (CNN) -- Weeks after muting his public criticisms, Ai Weiwei has broken his silence. In an editorial about China's capital city, published on Newsweek's website on August 29, the country's most prominent contemporary artist and dissident describes Beijing as "a city of violence" and "a constant nightmare." He complained that "the worst thing about Beijing is that you can never trust the judicial system." "Beijing is two cities," he opines. "One is of power and of money. The other city is one of desperation. I see people on public buses, and I see their eyes, and I see they hold no hope." Ai, 54, was part of a team that helped design the Bird's Nest stadium for the Beijing Olympics. Later, however, he called for a boycott of the 2008 Summer Games because he said China was using them as propaganda. Ai Weiwei joins Google+ In his essay Ai remains critical. "None of my art represents Beijing," he writes. "The Bird's Nest -- I never think about it. After the Olympics, the common folks don't talk about it because the Olympics did not bring joy to the people." Ai's new comments could further strain his relations with the Chinese officialS. On April 3 Ai was detained at the Beijing airport while en route to Hong Kong. He was held for 81 days. Chinese authorities accused him of tax evasion, although he was never formally charged. His family maintains that the detention was politically motivated. The maverick artist had offended Chinese authorities with his use of avant garde art and the Internet to criticize ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/artist-ai-weiwei-will-not-be-silenced/ artist-ai-weiwei-will-not-be-silenced Tue, 30 Aug 2011 17:00:08 +0300 (CNN) -- Weeks after muting his public criticisms, Ai Weiwei has broken his silence. In an editorial about China's capital city, published on Newsweek's website on August 29, the country's most prominent contemporary artist and dissident describes Beijing as "a city of violence" and "a constant nightmare." He complained that "the worst thing about Beijing is that you can never trust the judicial system." "Beijing is two cities," he opines. "One is of power and of money. The other city is one of desperation. I see people on public buses, and I see their eyes, and I see they hold no hope." Ai, 54, was part of a team that helped design the Bird's Nest stadium for the Beijing Olympics. Later, however, he called for a boycott of the 2008 Summer Games because he said China was using them as propaganda. Ai Weiwei joins Google+ In his essay Ai remains critical. "None of my art represents Beijing," he writes. "The Bird's Nest -- I never think about it. After the Olympics, the common folks don't talk about it because the Olympics did not bring joy to the people." Ai's new comments could further strain his relations with the Chinese officialS. On April 3 Ai was detained at the Beijing airport while en route to Hong Kong. He was held for 81 days. Chinese authorities accused him of tax evasion, although he was never formally charged. His family maintains that the detention was politically motivated. The maverick artist had offended Chinese authorities with his use of avant garde art and the Internet to criticize ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-explores-re-ranking-search-results-using-1-button-data/ google-explores-re-ranking-search-results-using-1-button-data Tue, 30 Aug 2011 16:31:15 +0300 (WIRED) -- Google is making plans to turn its +1 button into a crowdsourcing tool that helps it re-order search results and fight web spam. While not surprising, the move would bring Google's search engine into the social networking era, while simultaneously creating a new avenue for blackhats to manipulate search results and potentially incurring the wrath of trust-busting authorities. Google confirmed its plans in an e-mail to Wired.com. "Google will study the clicks on +1 buttons as a signal that influences the ranking and appearance of websites in search results," a spokesman wrote. "The purpose of any ranking signal is to improve overall search quality. For +1's and other social ranking signals, as with any new ranking signal, we'll be starting carefully and learning how those signals are related to quality." But these plans are a touchy subject for the search giant, especially given the scrutiny that Google is under from regulators in Washington and Europe over complaints that the company's results favor its own products over those of other companies. As if to underscore that point, Google prefaced its admission of the +1 search integration project to Wired.com with a statement downplaying its potential significance: "There are more than 200 signals that we use to determine the rank of a website, and last year we made more than 500 improvements to the algorithm." Introduced in March, the +1 sharing button debuted with little incentive for web surfers to click on it. If you +1-ed a story on a website that embedded the button, your profile picture would display next ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/facebook-spune-ca-i-a-rasplatit-cu-40000-de-dolari-pe-hackerii-care-i-au-raportat-erori-de-programare/ facebook-spune-ca-i-a-rasplatit-cu-40000-de-dolari-pe-hackerii-care-i-au-raportat-erori-de-programare Tue, 30 Aug 2011 15:32:44 +0300 ​Facebook a anuntat ca a platit in total 40.000 de dolari hackerilor care au raportat diverse bug-uri la site, ca parte a unui program lansat acum trei saptamani prin care hackerii erau incurajati sa raporteze direct la Facebook problemele descoperite, nu sa le faca publice. Reteaua ofera minim 500 de dolari pentru un "bug" detectat, insa a ajuns sa dea si 7.000 dolari unei persoane care a raportat multe probleme, noteaza ZDNet. Companii precum Google sau Mozilla au lansat recent astfel de programe.Facebook spune ca e un real succes programul sau prin care invita hackerii sa "vaneze" bug-uri si sa raporteze direct companiei vulnerabilitatile descoperite. In trei saptamani a dat 40.000 de dolari celor care au semnalat diverse erori, cea mai mica suma oferita fiind de 500 dolari, iar cea mai mare, 7.000 de dolari unui hacker care a semnalat sase probleme complexe.Cei de la Facebook s-au declarat incantati de feed-back-ul primit si spun ca au primit rapoarte din 16 tari, de la Turcia, la Polonia. Sunt voci care au cerut extinderea acestui program la nivelul intregii paltforme, sa cuprinda si aplicatiile si site-urile cu plug-in-uri Facebook a spus ca pentru moment o astfel de extindere este prea complicata.Companii precum Google si Facebook au initiat astfel de programe prin care-i raspalatesc pe cei care semnaleaza vulnerabilitati. Se evita astfel cat de cat situatiile in care hackerii fac publice informatiile obtinute, iar companiile sufera mai putin la capitolul imagine. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/39dead39-hp-tablet-comes-back-to-life/ 39dead39-hp-tablet-comes-back-to-life Tue, 30 Aug 2011 09:30:41 +0300 (CNN) -- For a "dead" gadget, the HP TouchPad keeps showing remarkable signs of life. Nearly two weeks after Hewlett-Packard announced that it was discontinuing mobile devices and dramatically slashed the price of the TouchPad, customers are hunting them with renewed zeal. The tablet has sold out, according to the company. Meanwhile, HP is considering making more of the devices -- and continuing to support them, despite the fact that independent developers are working to hack the tablets to run on Google's Android operating system, instead of the now-killed webOS. "We have been surprised by the enthusiastic response to the TouchPad price drop, and we understand that many customers were disappointed that HP and our retail partners ran out of supply so fast," HP spokesman Mark Budgell wrote in a blog post Monday. Like virtually every other device in its class, the HP TouchPad failed to make much of a dent in the iPad-dominated tablet market when it was released early last month. But after HP announced August 18 that it was discontinuing mobile devices, remaining TouchPad inventory was slashed to fire-sale prices: $99 for a 16-gigabyte model and $149 for a model with 32 gigabytes of storage. The device, which had originally sold for about $400 more, all of a sudden became one of the most sought-after item in the gadget world. Via Twitter, Budgell let potential customers know Monday that there's no official word when, or if, HP will be making more TouchPads. "Don't rush...no availability today," Budgell wrote. He said there would be more information "in the next few days" ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/why-g-won39t-back-down-on-39real-names39-policy/ why-g-won39t-back-down-on-39real-names39-policy Tue, 30 Aug 2011 01:00:34 +0300 Editor's note: Pete Cashmore is founder and CEO of Mashable, a popular tech-news blog. He writes occasional columns about social networking and tech for CNN.com. (CNN) -- Google's new social network, Google+, is shaping up to be a hit for the search engine giant. And yet Google continues to court controversy with its real names policy, which asks users to represent themselves with their real names or risk having their accounts suspended. Critics say the move is harmful to political activists, victims of harassment and numerous other groups for whom using a real name online might pose a safety risk. So why is Google being so stubborn about this issue and risking bad PR for the sake of a minor technical change? Why not just allow usernames, as Twitter already does? 'Identity service' The answer may lie in comments made over the weekend by Google Chairman Eric Schmidt. During an interview in Edinburgh, Scotland, NPR's Andy Carvin asked Schmidt to justify Google's real-names policy. "He replied by saying that G+ was build (sic) primarily as an identity service, so fundamentally, it depends on people using their real names if they're going to build future products that leverage that information," Carvin explained in a posting to Google+. "Regarding people who are concerned about their safety, he said G+ is completely optional. No one is forcing you to use it. It's obvious for people at risk if they use their real names, they shouldn't use G+. Regarding countries like Iran and Syria, people there have no ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/why-google-will-never-back-down-on-real-names/ why-google-will-never-back-down-on-real-names Tue, 30 Aug 2011 00:30:57 +0300 Editor's note: Pete Cashmore is founder and CEO of Mashable, a popular tech-news blog. He writes occasional columns about social networking and tech for CNN.com. (CNN) -- Google's new social network, Google+, is shaping up to be a hit for the search engine giant. And yet Google continues to court controversy with its real names policy, which asks users to represent themselves with their real names or risk having their accounts suspended. Critics say the move is harmful to political activists, victims of harassment and numerous other groups for whom using a real name online might pose a safety risk. So why is Google being so stubborn about this issue and risking bad PR for the sake of a minor technical change? Why not just allow usernames, as Twitter already does? 'Identity service' The answer may lie in comments made over the weekend by Google Chairman Eric Schmidt. During an interview in Edinburgh, Scotland, NPR's Andy Carvin asked Schmidt to justify Google's real-names policy. "He replied by saying that G+ was build (sic) primarily as an identity service, so fundamentally, it depends on people using their real names if they're going to build future products that leverage that information," Carvin explained in a posting to Google+. "Regarding people who are concerned about their safety, he said G+ is completely optional. No one is forcing you to use it. It's obvious for people at risk if they use their real names, they shouldn't use G+. Regarding countries like Iran and Syria, people there have no ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/39dead39-hp-tablet-comes-back-to-life-with-help-of-hackers-deal-seekers/ 39dead39-hp-tablet-comes-back-to-life-with-help-of-hackers-deal-seekers Tue, 30 Aug 2011 00:00:59 +0300 (CNN) -- For a "dead" gadget, the HP TouchPad keeps showing remarkable signs of life. Nearly two weeks after Hewlett-Packard announced that it was discontinuing mobile devices and dramatically slashed the price of the TouchPad, customers are hunting them with renewed zeal. The tablet has sold out, according to the company. Meanwhile, HP is considering making more of the devices -- and continuing to support them, despite the fact that independent developers are working to hack the tablets to run on Google's Android operating system, instead of the now-killed webOS. "We have been surprised by the enthusiastic response to the TouchPad price drop, and we understand that many customers were disappointed that HP and our retail partners ran out of supply so fast," HP spokesman Mark Budgell wrote in a blog post Monday. Like virtually every other device in its class, the HP TouchPad failed to make much of a dent in the iPad-dominated tablet market when it was released early last month. But after HP announced August 18 that it was discontinuing mobile devices, remaining TouchPad inventory was slashed to fire-sale prices: $99 for a 16-gigabyte model and $149 for a model with 32 gigabytes of storage. The device, which had originally sold for about $400 more, all of a sudden became one of the most sought-after item in the gadget world. Via Twitter, Budgell let potential customers know Monday that there's no official word when, or if, HP will be making more TouchPads. "Don't rush...no availability today," Budgell wrote. He said there would be more information "in the next few days" ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-va-suspenda-probabil-maine-profilurile-utilizatorilor-care-nu-si-dau-numele-real-dar-si-pe-cele-ale-companiilor/ google-va-suspenda-probabil-maine-profilurile-utilizatorilor-care-nu-si-dau-numele-real-dar-si-pe-cele-ale-companiilor Mon, 29 Aug 2011 19:31:16 +0300 Serviciul Google+, a cărui politică prevede ca utilizatorii să-şi dea numele real pe reţeaua de socializare, a anunţat că va suspenda profilurile persoanelor care folosesc nick-uri, dar şi pe cele ale companiilor. Astfel, conturile vizate nu vor putea avea acces la serviciile care necesită un profil activ, precum Google +, Google Buzz, Google Reader şi Picasa. Acest lucru nu îi va împiedica pe utilizatorii în cauză să folosească alte servicii Google, precum Gmail. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/webrelease-samsung-adauga-si-mai-multa-rapiditate-dispozitivelor-galaxy-s-ii-si-galaxy-tab-89-prin-versiunile-lte-ale-acestora/ webrelease-samsung-adauga-si-mai-multa-rapiditate-dispozitivelor-galaxy-s-ii-si-galaxy-tab-89-prin-versiunile-lte-ale-acestora Mon, 29 Aug 2011 18:02:20 +0300 Seoul, Korea - 28 August 2011 - Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., lider in domeniul telefoanelor mobile, a anuntat astazi lansarea editiilor LTE ale GALAXY S II si GALAXY Tab 8.9. Aceste dispozitive elegante ofera acum conectivitate 4G de inalta viteza, putere si portabilitate sporite, precum si o tehnologie a ecranului de neintrecut."Odata cu lansarea GALAXY SII LTE si GALAXY Tab 8.9 LTE, vom duce capacitatile acestor dispozitive la un alt nivel. Tehnologia LTE redefineste experienta de utilizare pe care o ofera aceste aparate si deschide o noua lume de posibilitati in ceea ce priveste vizionarea de continut, partajarea, calitatea si conectivitatea," a declarat JK Shin, Presedinte al Communications Business la Samsung."Aceasta lansare este un moment deosebit de important pentru noi, ce marcheaza angajamentul nostru permanent de a conduce schimbarea in domeniul telefoniei mobile 4G peste tot in lume, atat in ceea ce priveste solutiile de retea back-end pentru furnizorii de servicii, cat si in privinta dezvoltarii unor dispozitive performante pentru utilizatori," a adaugat Shin. Atunci cand este conectata la o retea 4G, tehnologia LTE permite dispozitivelor portabile sa descarce fisiere de inalta calitate la viteze de pana la 100Mbps si sa le uploadeze la viteze de 50Mpbs, teoretic - de 5 ori mai repede chiar si decat cea mai rapida conexiune HSPA+. Aceasta inseamna ca o melodie MP3 de 4 minute poate fi descarcata in 0,3 secunde, sau un film intreg in mai putin de 2 minute.Conectivitatea sporita pe care tehnologia LTE o permite ofera utilizatorilor noi posibilitati: acestia se pot bucura fara probleme de ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/presedintele-google-daca-nu-vrei-sa-te-inscrii-cu-numele-real-atunci-nu-folosi-google/ presedintele-google-daca-nu-vrei-sa-te-inscrii-cu-numele-real-atunci-nu-folosi-google Mon, 29 Aug 2011 17:01:50 +0300 Preşedintele Google, Eric Schmidt, a făcut o declaraţie şocantă în acest weekend, când le-a spus internauţilor care nu vor să-şi dezvăluie numele real să stea departe de reţeaua de socializare a companiei sale. Această declaraţie vine după ce mai mulţi utilizatorii Google+ s-au plâns de noile reguli ale reţelei care îi obligă să îşi dea numele real sau, în caz contrar, vor rămâne fără conturi, notează portalul Mashable.com. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/comentariu-fotbalul-cu-frac-alb-si-papion-rosu/ comentariu-fotbalul-cu-frac-alb-si-papion-rosu Mon, 29 Aug 2011 16:32:11 +0300 Imaginea fotbalului nu are cum să fie fiica fostei "ghete de aur" Mateuţ, Natalia, îngrămădindu-se să-i vâre în gură microfonul lui Gigi Becali la "nunta anului". Imaginea fotbalului trebuie să rămână măcar cea a lui Cornel Dinu, urmărind un meci jalnic, în beznă, de la geamul spitalului. Google news pentru "Dinamo" nu găseşte rezultate decât de la nunta anului, centenarului, mileniului, mega-evenimentul, ultra-chermeza organizată cu ocazia oficializării amantlâcului lui Borcea. "Vezi aici imagini exclusive", "uite colea cum a dansat naşul", "ghici cât a costat nunta", "care crezi că e melodia aleasă pentru dansul miresei", "i s-au văzut ori nu chiloţii miresei?". Cam astea sunt rezultatele pe care le dă Google despre fotbal. Care fotbal? Fotbalul şi-a pus frac alb şi papion roşu, s-a suit în limuzină şi s-a distrat la "cea mai luxoasă locaţie", într-un ambient de bun gust, pe muzica inegalabilului Adi Minune, unul dintre cei doi "regi" în viaţă ai României, alături de Hagi. Care Majestatea Sa Mihai I? Opulenţa e vulgară? Nooooo... Atâtea cuvinte precum "homar", "creveţi", "ficat", "trufe", "icre negre", "avocado", "brânzeturi Franţa", combinate cu "slănină", "şorici", "tobă", "caş de stână", "berbecuţ", "sărmăluţe" nu aveau cum să nu fie bine digerate pe muzica lui Adi de la Vâlcea şi stropite cu Dom Perignon. Imaginea fotbalului a fost duminică Natalia Mateuţ, fiica fostei vedete dinamoviste Dorin Mateuţ, angajată reporter la una dintre emisiunile "tabloide". Aranjat după ultima modă, pe tocuri de 12, cu rochie mulată pe forme, ochelari de soare "Giangoico Berbuncianos", ultimul "trăsnit inexistent" în materie de fashion, fotbalul se îmbrâncea cu alţi 30 de ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/video-samsung-lanseaza-un-serviciu-de-mesagerie-instant-chaton/ video-samsung-lanseaza-un-serviciu-de-mesagerie-instant-chaton Mon, 29 Aug 2011 12:32:27 +0300 Samsung a anuntat luni lansarea aplicatiei ChatOn, un serviciu gratuit care va permite utilizatorilor sa impartaseasca in timp real text, imagini si videoclipuri si care poate rula pe principalele smartphone-uri din piata, indiferent de sistemul de operare. Potrivit Reuters, noul serviciu va fi disponibil incepand din luna octombrie, aplicatia urmand sa fie preinstalata in toate terminalele de tip smartphone ale Samsung, atat pe cele pe care ruleaza propriul sistem de operare bada, cat si cele bazate pe sistemul de operare Google-Android. Noul serviciu al Samsung va putea functiona pe toate platformele majore de telefoane mobile inclusiv iPhone si BlackBerry. Conform anuntului companiei, serviciul va disponibil in peste 120 de tari si in peste 62 de limbi si va fi lansat progresiv pentru principalele tipuri de smartphone, tablete si notebook-uri, inclusiv pentru dispozitivele viitoare prezentate la targul IT&C IFA 2011 din Germania, care are loc in luna septembrie din acest an.Citeste comunicatul integral al Samsung pe WebPr.ro.VIDEO Samsung - ChatOn Prin aceasta lansare, Samsung intra pe piata mesageriei mobile unde va avea de infruntat o concurenta acerba atat pe plan local cat si din partea unor giganti precum Apple, RIM sau Skype, noteaza presa internationala.Astfel, RIM vrea sa se foloseasca de populatitatea BlackBerry Messenger, prin lansarea unui nou serviciu de muzica, scrie Reuters, in timp ce Wall-Street Journal noteaza ca Apple a prezentat in luna iunie un nou serviciu, numit iMessage, care va fi disponibil pe urmatoarele terminale iPhone si iPad ce vor intra in piata spre sfarsitul acestui an.De asemenea, Skype  a anuntat recent ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/business-report-cat-pierde-statul-de-pe-piata-neagra-a-chiriilor-daiana-voicu-despre-preluarea-the-money-channel-pretul-incepe-sa-faca-sens-mai-ales-in-media-google-tv-serviciul-prin-care-accesezi-internetul-de-pe-televizor-va-fi-lansat-anul-viitor/ business-report-cat-pierde-statul-de-pe-piata-neagra-a-chiriilor-daiana-voicu-despre-preluarea-the-money-channel-pretul-incepe-sa-faca-sens-mai-ales-in-media-google-tv-serviciul-prin-care-accesezi-internetul-de-pe-televizor-va-fi-lansat-anul-viitor Mon, 29 Aug 2011 06:02:20 +0300 Daiana Voicu despre preluarea The Money Channel: "Pretul incepe sa faca sens, mai ales in media". Compania imobiliara Willbrook International se pregateste de preluarea televiziunii The Money Channel (TMCTV). In ce conditii se poarta negocierile si cu cine, care va fi noua structura a postului si cum se va schimba? Daian Voicu vorbeste despre extinderea Willbrook de la imobiliare la media. Imobiliarele sunt principala activitate a Willbrook in Romania. De la o piata care are probleme serioase ati decis sa va extindeti intr-un domeniu cu probleme si mai mari: media. De ce? Daiana Voicu: In primul rand, nu ne-am extins inca activitatea in media. Am inceput niste negocieri si ne-am aratat interesul pentru preluarea unei televiziuni. Nu stiu in ce masura acestea vor fi finalizate si cand, dar este clar ca avem un interes destul de puternic in orice industrie in momentul acesta, in care pretul face sens. Se pare ca este un moment in care pretul incepe sa faca sens, mai ales in media. In sfarsit aceasta criza incepe sa isi arate putin oportunitatile, pentru ca ne-am confruntat timp de 4-5 ani cu o criza fara oportunitati si iata ca apar primele situatii mai inflamate in care industrii ajung sa coboare pretul si sa gasesti si active interesante. Integral in Capital.ro.Ce sa faci ca sa te asociezi cu Patriciu. Si cat castigi. Din noiembrie 2010, de cand a fost lansat conceptul de asociere, aproape 100 de bucuresteni (n.r. 60 de persoane sunt deja asociati, iar alte 40 vor semna in curand contractele) au ales ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-tv-serviciul-prin-care-accesezi-internetul-de-pe-televizor-va-fi-lansat-anul-viitor-in-europa/ google-tv-serviciul-prin-care-accesezi-internetul-de-pe-televizor-va-fi-lansat-anul-viitor-in-europa Sun, 28 Aug 2011 18:31:23 +0300 Google va lansa la începutul anului viitor şi în Europa serviciul TV, disponibil deja în SUA, care facilitează clienţilor accesul la internet de pe televizor, folosind un browser, a declarat preşedintele gigantului american, Eric Schmidt, citat de Reuters. Unele probleme apărute în timpul testelor au determinat analiştii să se întrebe dacă Google chiar vrea să continue acest proiect, însă Schmidt a dat asigurări că grupul va continua să promoveze serviciul şi să caute parteneri. Google TV, care permite utilizatorilor să amestece conţinutul online cu cel TV pe un televizor, prin folosirea unui browser, a fost lansat în octombrie în SUA, informează Mediafax. Serviciul a fost întâmpinat cu reacţii diverse şi a fost blocat imediat de trei reţele importante de televiziune din SUA. O mare parte din industria TV, ca şi difuzorii de ştiri şi operatorii telecom, privesc cu prudenţă Google şi acuză de multe ori compania că le "fură" veniturile din publicitate fără a contribui la costurile presupuse de crearea de conţinut. Adresându-se celor mai importante nume din televiziunea britanică, Schmidt a căutat să dea asigurări că nu este cazul de suspiciuni şi ostilitate. "Unii s-au temut, în SUA, că vrem să concurăm cu reţelele de televiziune sau cu creatorii de conţinut. De fapt, intenţia noastră este exact opusul. Vrem să susţinem industria conţinutului prin oferirea unei platforme deschise unde să evolueze următoarea generaţie de televiziune, la fel cum Android este o platformă deschisă pentru următoarea generaţie de telecomunicaţii mobile. Anticipăm că vom lansa Google TV în Europa la începutul anului viitor", a arătat el. Google TV nu a prins ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-va-lansa-in-europa-un-serviciu-tv-de-continut-online-pe-televizor/ google-va-lansa-in-europa-un-serviciu-tv-de-continut-online-pe-televizor Sun, 28 Aug 2011 17:02:04 +0300 Google va lansa la începutul anului viitor şi în Europa serviciul TV, disponibil deja în SUA, care facilitează clienţilor accesul la internet de pe televizor, folosind un browser, a declarat preşedintele gigantului american, Eric Schmidt. Unele probleme apărute în timpul testelor au determinat analiştii să se întrebe dacă Google chiar vrea să continue acest proiect, însă Schmidt a dat asigurări că grupul va continua să promoveze serviciul şi să caute parteneri. Google TV, care permite utilizatorilor să amestece conţinutul online cu cel TV pe un televizor, prin folosirea unui browser, a fost lansat în octombrie în SUA. Serviciul a fost întâmpinat cu reacţii diverse şi a fost blocat imediat de trei reţele importante de televiziune din SUA. O mare parte din industria TV, ca şi difuzorii de ştiri şi operatorii telecom, privesc cu prudenţă Google şi acuză de multe ori compania că le "fură" veniturile din publicitate fără a contribui la costurile presupuse de crearea de conţinut. Adresându-se celor mai importante nume din televiziunea britanică, Schmidt a căutat să dea asigurări că nu este cazul de suspiciuni şi ostilitate. "Unii s-au temut, în SUA, că vrem să concurăm cu reţelele de televiziune sau cu creatorii de conţinut. De fapt, intenţia noastră este exact opusul. Vrem să susţinem industria conţinutului prin oferirea unei platforme deschise unde să evolueze următoarea generaţie de televiziune, la fel cum Android este o platformă deschisă pentru următoarea generaţie de telecomunicaţii mobile. Anticipăm că vom lansa Google TV în Europa la începutul anului viitor", a arătat el. Google TV nu a prins foarte bine pe piaţa americană, iar Logitech ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/tech-check-jobs-steps-down-facebook-privacy/ tech-check-jobs-steps-down-facebook-privacy Sat, 27 Aug 2011 00:31:02 +0300 (CNN) -- This week on the Tech Check podcast, Doug Gross, John Sutter and Stephanie Goldberg discuss the week's biggest tech story ... OK, the biggest tech-industry news in a while ... the resignation of Steve Jobs. Jobs stepped down as Apple's CEO on Wednesday, leaving questions about everything from the status of his health to the future of the consumer-electronics empire he founded and steered to success. Also, we look at new changes made to Facebook's privacy settings. Lots of tech analysts felt that the changes, which include giving users the ability to choose which friends see each post, looked suspiciously like upstart competitor Google+. We discuss those similarities, as well as Facebook's longstanding dance with privacy vs. sharing. Our Reader Comments of the Week come from our stories about Jobs. And the always heart-rending Tech Fail of the Week calls out a group of folks who usually can't lose in the tech world, but got our attention with a "news release" that came dangerously close to parody. To listen, click on the audio box to the left. To subscribe, you can add Tech Check to your RSS feed here or subscribe or listen on iTunes. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-to-tv-industry-we39re-no-ogre/ google-to-tv-industry-we39re-no-ogre Fri, 26 Aug 2011 22:30:34 +0300 Edinburgh, Scotland (CNN) -- Google has moved to reassure a global television industry quaking at the prospect that the Internet search giant is about to move onto TV sets and into living rooms around the globe. In a keynote speech to Europe's leading broadcasting industry conference, Google Chairman Eric Schmidt acknowledged the company's immense scale built on search advertising -- a scale which almost everyone in the media industry fears as a threat to their existing businesses -- but said the nature of technology and the internet also made Google vulnerable. "Online, competition is only ever a click away ... it's common for once-leading services to become out-innovated and overtaken," Schmidt said in the annual MacTaggart lecture at the Edinburgh Television Festival. Many of the broadcasting executives, producers and advertising industry leaders in the audience fear Google's entry into their territory with its Google TV internet-connected device, threatening the kind of dislocation it has triggered in online and print media with search advertising and the mobile phone business with its now leading Android operating system. Schmidt, whose company has been seen as arrogant and no respecter of copyright, struck a conciliatory tone, saying Google had moved to be more speedy in taking down content which breached copyright and would be more active in supporting the business models of content owners that wanted to charge for their content online. It had no intention to move into content creation, believing its core skills remained in technology and in focusing on three trends: Mobile, local and social. Google TV would be launched in Europe ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-tries-to-reassure-tv-industry-it39s-no-ogre/ google-tries-to-reassure-tv-industry-it39s-no-ogre Fri, 26 Aug 2011 22:00:57 +0300 Edinburgh, Scotland (CNN) -- Google has moved to reassure a global television industry quaking at the prospect that the Internet search giant is about to move onto TV sets and into living rooms around the globe. In a keynote speech to Europe's leading broadcasting industry conference, Google Chairman Eric Schmidt acknowledged the company's immense scale built on search advertising -- a scale which almost everyone in the media industry fears as a threat to their existing businesses -- but said the nature of technology and the internet also made Google vulnerable. "Online, competition is only ever a click away ... it's common for once-leading services to become out-innovated and overtaken," Schmidt said in the annual MacTaggart lecture at the Edinburgh Television Festival. Many of the broadcasting executives, producers and advertising industry leaders in the audience fear Google's entry into their territory with its Google TV internet-connected device, threatening the kind of dislocation it has triggered in online and print media with search advertising and the mobile phone business with its now leading Android operating system. Schmidt, whose company has been seen as arrogant and no respecter of copyright, struck a conciliatory tone, saying Google had moved to be more speedy in taking down content which breached copyright and would be more active in supporting the business models of content owners that wanted to charge for their content online. It had no intention to move into content creation, believing its core skills remained in technology and in focusing on three trends: Mobile, local and social. Google TV would be launched in Europe ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/tech-to-keep-you-safe-from-hurricanes/ tech-to-keep-you-safe-from-hurricanes Fri, 26 Aug 2011 19:01:01 +0300 (CNN) -- For East Coast residents keeping a worried eye on Hurricane Irene, there's a host of mobile apps, Twitter feeds and other digital tools available to help. Here are a few of them, including suggestions for how to stay plugged in if weather knocks out power in your area. HurricaneHD ($3.99 in Apple Store) HurricaneHD provides exclusive video, blog posts from weather experts and other tools for folks watching Irene and other future storms. It has a tracking map that can display multiple storms at the same time, sends active storm bulletins and contains an archive of information about past hurricanes. It can also use GPS to tell you how far away you are from various points of a nearing storm. Weather Channel (free for Apple and Android devices) Both the Android and Apple versions feature animated radar, video, local forecasts and the ability to upload photos and videos of local weather. Weather Channel Max, free for the iPad, adds full-screen, customizable weather maps, in-motion radar and real-time Twitter feeds from Weather Channel meteorologists. Hurricane Hound ($1.99, Android) Based on Google Maps, Hurricane Hound tracks storms in the Atlantic and east Pacific, as well as passing along National Weather Service advisories and warnings. StormPulse StormPulse is a website that uses date from the National Hurricane Center, cloud imagery from the NERC Satellite Station and basic imagery from NASA. Users can click back and forth to show radar, cloud cover, watches and warnings and other features on a real-time map. Twitter Feeds In the face of emergency situations, the fast-paced, minute-by-minute updates you can get from Twitter are handy. Whether ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/will-apple-rivals-prevent-monopoly/ will-apple-rivals-prevent-monopoly Fri, 26 Aug 2011 19:00:34 +0300 Editor's note: Bill Goodwin is Premium Content Editor of IT magazine Computer Weekly London (CNN) -- Apple's ground breaking technology and its uncanny ability to understand what consumers really want has propelled the firm founded in 1976 by Steve Jobs and his buddy Steve Wozniak to stratospheric heights. Apple built its business on its highly desirable but niche Macintosh computer range. But Apple's invention of the iPod, the iPhone, and now the iPad, has changed the way consumers interact with technology and given Apple unprecedented mass market appeal. Apple's share of the smart phone market has grown from 0% to 20% in only a few short years, putting it significantly ahead of rivals like Nokia, Samsung, and HTC. The iPad has become a must have accessory -- at least for those that can afford one. Last year it was responsible for 90% of tablet sales worldwide. Just how far the company has come became clear over the summer when commentators calculated that the company had more cash reserves than the US government. But with success has come criticism. Like Microsoft before it, Apple has been accused of exploiting its position in the market, and not always for the benefit of consumers or society. Apple is certainly a shrewd operator. It has used its financial muscle to sign exclusive deals, buying up innovative technology, ensuring that rivals cannot use them in rival products. And it has used that muscle to extract heavy fees from organisations that want to make their content available on the iPad. Its plans to charge publishers 30% of subscription sales ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/succesorul-lui-steve-jobs-la-sefia-apple-are-28-de-miliarde-de-dolari-pentru-achizitii/ succesorul-lui-steve-jobs-la-sefia-apple-are-28-de-miliarde-de-dolari-pentru-achizitii Fri, 26 Aug 2011 18:01:52 +0300 Apple ar putea începe să facă achiziţii, după ce a cheltuit în acest scop mai puţin decât oricare dintre concurenţii săi, în ultimii zece ani, şi a rămas fără Steve Jobs şi cu lichidităţi de 28 de miliarde de dolari, transmite Bloomberg. Jobs, care a transformat compania producătoare de computere personale aflată aproape de faliment în cea mai mare companie din sectorul tehnologiei, a folosit sub un miliard de dolari pentru preluări în ultimul deceniu, lansând în schimb iPod, iPhone şi iPad. Cei mai mari concurenţi din SUA ai Apple au cheltuit în aceeaşi perioadă peste 15 miliarde de dolari, în medie, pentru achiziţii. Microsoft a pierdut o cincime din valoarea sa de piaţă după ce a cheltuit de zece ori mai mult decât Apple pe achiziţii. Apple a devenit o companie cu o capitalizare de piaţă de 350 miliarde de dolari, după ce Jobs a lansat produse care au revoluţionat industriile computerelor, muzicii şi telefoanelor mobile. Jobs, diagnosticat cu cancer acum opt ani, a predat în această săptămână conducerea companiei directorului operaţional, Tim Cook. Achiziţiile în industria divertismentului, a patentelor şi a securităţii informatice, cu cele 28 de miliarde de dolari, ar putea ajuta Apple să se apere de Google şi Samsung, în lipsa lui Jobs, potrivit University of North Carolina şi Steward Capital. "În mod cert va veni timpul achiziţiilor. Jobs a dezvoltat întotdeauna compania din interior. Dacă lipsa viziunii sale va provoca un vid de produse, va intra în joc modelul achiziţiilor. Apple stă pe o grămadă de bani", a declarat Arvind Malhotra, profesor asociat la University of North ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/opinion-apple-rivals-likely-to-prevent-monopoly/ opinion-apple-rivals-likely-to-prevent-monopoly Fri, 26 Aug 2011 13:31:01 +0300 Editor's note: Bill Goodwin is Premium Content Editor of IT magazine Computer Weekly London (CNN) -- Apple's ground breaking technology and its uncanny ability to understand what consumers really want has propelled the firm founded in 1976 by Steve Jobs and his buddy Steve Wozniak to stratospheric heights. Apple built its business on its highly desirable but niche Macintosh computer range. But Apple's invention of the iPod, the iPhone, and now the iPad, has changed the way consumers interact with technology and given Apple unprecedented mass market appeal. Apple's share of the smart phone market has grown from 0% to 20% in only a few short years, putting it significantly ahead of rivals like Nokia, Samsung, and HTC. The iPad has become a must have accessory -- at least for those that can afford one. Last year it was responsible for 90% of tablet sales worldwide. Just how far the company has come became clear over the summer when commentators calculated that the company had more cash reserves than the US government. But with success has come criticism. Like Microsoft before it, Apple has been accused of exploiting its position in the market, and not always for the benefit of consumers or society. Apple is certainly a shrewd operator. It has used its financial muscle to sign exclusive deals, buying up innovative technology, ensuring that rivals cannot use them in rival products. And it has used that muscle to extract heavy fees from organisations that want to make their content available on the iPad. Its plans to charge publishers 30% of subscription sales ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/at-20-linux-is-invisible-ubiquitous/ at-20-linux-is-invisible-ubiquitous Fri, 26 Aug 2011 00:30:59 +0300 San Francisco (CNN) -- Ross Turk would be happy to explain the tattoo on his arm. By now, he's used to the penguin being met with bewildered stares. It represents, as he'd tell you, the Linux computing software, not the slightly less obscure character from 1950s cartoons. "A lot of people see it and they think it's Chilly Willy or something," the West Hollywood, California, man lamented in a recent interview. "The Linux logo is still kind of grass-roots." When the then-21-year-old Turk got the logo etched into his left bicep in 2000, the penguin seemed poised to become mainstream, then appearing frequently in magazines and on the walls in computer stores. But the software market tumbled with the dot-com bust, and so too did the Linux brand, choked by investors' swift rejection then of the open-source software movement. Thursday marks 20 years since Linus Torvalds announced on a Web bulletin board that he'd begun working on a free computer operating system. In that message, Torvalds described Linux as "just a hobby, won't be big and professional." Now, two decades later, that market breakthrough doesn't seem any more attainable. And yet while the Linux name and its penguin mascot failed to go big, the software they embody is more pervasive today than ever. Linux's skeleton and spirit live on inside another familiar, adorable mascot: the green robot that represents Google's Android operating system. That software, which powers 43% of smartphones worldwide, many tablets and the Google TV set-top boxes, was developed with Linux at its core. Google's Chrome OS for laptops ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/why-apple-without-steve-jobs-is-no-fun/ why-apple-without-steve-jobs-is-no-fun Thu, 25 Aug 2011 19:01:00 +0300 (CNN) -- Now that Steve Jobs has stepped down as CEO of Apple, many people in the tech and business worlds are wondering what will become of the world's largest tech company, which brought us the first personal computer and the first for-real smartphone and ushered in the era of digital music. Most of that talk centers on buttoned-up topics like market potential and future product lines. What does Jobs' departure mean for the future of Apple's business? For the next iPhone? Blah to all that. Perhaps the bigger deal for a tech lover's psyche is this sad little fact: Without Steve Jobs, Apple is far less fun. The reasons for this are wide-ranging. Part of it has to do with Apple's origin story, which, as an excellent episode of "This American Life" explains, is a really big deal to Americans, who love to know where people came from -- especially if they came from relatively humble beginnings and made it big. That's true for Jobs, who got a summer job at Hewlett-Packard after he phoned William Hewlett asking for electronic parts he needed for a class project. He went on to found Apple in 1976 in his parents' garage with the help of friend Steve Wozniak. The first product they sold, the Apple-1, was the first personal computer that didn't come as a set of parts that had to be welded together by its owner -- and is credited as the first truly "personal" computer. This underdog theme followed Jobs for his entire career. "In recent years, Jobs ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/ce-are-google-si-n-are-concurenta-10-plusuri-ale-retelei-de-socializare/ ce-are-google-si-n-are-concurenta-10-plusuri-ale-retelei-de-socializare Thu, 25 Aug 2011 18:01:42 +0300 Fondatorul portalului de tehnologie Mashable, Pete Cashmore, vorbeşte despre trăsăturile şi aplicaţiile Google+ care fac din reţeaua de socializare a celor de la Google o favorită pe piaţa site-urilor de socializare. Cu o creştere rapidă în popularitate şi 25 de milioane de utilizatori înscrişi până în prezent, Google+ este un loc în care giganţii tehnologiei încă "se joacă" şi testează gusturile internauţilor, spune Cashore, citat de CNN. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/sequestered-jury-for-jackson-trial/ sequestered-jury-for-jackson-trial Thu, 25 Aug 2011 17:30:42 +0300 Los Angeles (CNN) -- A Los Angeles County judge will hear arguments Thursday on a request by Dr. Conrad Murray, the physician accused in Michael Jackson's death, to sequester the jury once the trial begins next month. Citing massive media coverage in the unrelated Casey Anthony murder trial this summer in Florida, attorneys for Murray said his case could draw even bigger publicity. "There is reasonable expectation that Dr. Murray's trial will be the most publicized in history," his attorneys, Nareg Gourjian and Edward Chernoff, said in court papers. The jury should be sequestered to ensure that Murray receives a fair trial under the Sixth Amendment, the attorneys said. "This is an unusual trial," the attorneys said. "Without question, Michael Jackson is one of the most well-known figures in the world. His death, memorial service and every court appearance thereafter involving Dr. Murray has attracted unprecedented media coverage." Prosecutors haven't filed any court papers in response to Murray's motion, said Sandi Gibbons, spokeswoman for the Los Angeles District Attorney's office. Rather, Deputy District Attorneys David Walgren and Deborah Brazil will present their arguments in open court Thursday, Gibbons told CNN Wednesday. Murray is charged with involuntary manslaughter in Jackson's death, which occurred June 25, 2009, and was caused by an overdose of the surgical anesthetic propofol, combined with other drugs, the Los Angeles coroner has ruled. During an unsuccessful attempt at jury selection earlier this year, only one potential juror out of several hundred questioned claimed to have heard nothing about the Murray case, and that potential juror, a woman, couldn't speak ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/analiza-demisia-lui-jobs-a-sters-52-mld-dolari-din-indicele-sp-500-iar-fanii-isi-deplang-idolul-competitorii-au-doar-cuvinte-de-lauda-la-adresa-fostului-ceo-apple/ analiza-demisia-lui-jobs-a-sters-52-mld-dolari-din-indicele-sp-500-iar-fanii-isi-deplang-idolul-competitorii-au-doar-cuvinte-de-lauda-la-adresa-fostului-ceo-apple Thu, 25 Aug 2011 16:32:21 +0300 Demisia surprinzătoare de miercuri noapte a lui Steve Jobs de la conducerea Apple a şters 52 miliarde dolari din valoarea indicelui Standard & Poor's (S&P) 500 al bursei de la New York înainte de debutul şedinţei de joi, în timp ce fanii şi investitorii deplâng retragerea unei legende a tehnologiei. Contractele futures pe indicele S&P 500 au scăzut cu 0,6% în tranzacţiile electronice pe S&P 500 după apariţia comunicatului privind demisia lui Jobs, potrivit Bloomberg. Valoarea totală a indicelui era de 9.340 de miliarde de dolari la finalul şedinţei de miercuri. Acţiunile Apple au căzut cu până la 7% în sesiunea electronică de seară, anunţând o zi de foc, joi, pentru piaţa Nasdaq şi indicele S&P 500. La o capitalizare de aproape 350 miliarde de dolari, acţionarii ies în pierdere cu peste 20 de miliarde de dolari în urma deprecierilor de miercuri seară. Apple este cea mai mare companie din componenţa indicelui Nasdaq 100 şi a doua din cadrul S&P 500. Jobs (56 de ani), care a supravieţuit cancerului la pancreas şi unui transplant de ficat, conduce Apple de la 29 iulie 1997. În această perioadă, acţiunile companiei au crescut cu 9.020%, iar capitalizarea bursieră a urcat de la 2,08 miliarde de dolari la 348,7 miliarde de dolari, pe locul al doilea în SUA după gigantul petrolier Exxon Mobil. De altfel, Apple a depăşit pentru scurt timp în luna august Exxon Mobil, devenind temporar cea mai mare companie din lume. Directorul operaţional executiv al Apple, Tim Cook, va prelua postul de director general, în timp ce Jobs va ocupa funcţia ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/demisia-lui-jobs-a-sters-52-mld-dolari-din-indicele-sp-500-iar-fanii-isi-deplang-idolul/ demisia-lui-jobs-a-sters-52-mld-dolari-din-indicele-sp-500-iar-fanii-isi-deplang-idolul Thu, 25 Aug 2011 16:02:02 +0300 Demisia surprinzătoare de miercuri noapte a lui Steve Jobs de la conducerea Apple a şters 52 miliarde dolari din valoarea indicelui Standard & Poor's (S&P) 500 al bursei de la New York înainte de debutul şedinţei de joi, în timp ce fanii şi investitorii deplâng retragerea unei legende a tehnologiei. Contractele futures pe indicele S&P 500 au scăzut cu 0,6% în tranzacţiile electronice pe S&P 500 după apariţia comunicatului privind demisia lui Jobs, potrivit Bloomberg. Valoarea totală a indicelui era de 9.340 de miliarde de dolari la finalul şedinţei de miercuri. Acţiunile Apple au căzut cu până la 7% în sesiunea electronică de seară, anunţând o zi de foc joi pentru piaţa Nasdaq şi indicele S&P 500. La o capitalizare de aproape 350 miliarde de dolari, acţionarii ies în pierdere cu peste 20 de miliarde de dolari în urma deprecierilor de miercuri seară. Apple este cea mai mare companie din componenţa indicelui Nasdaq 100 şi a doua din cadrul S&P 500. Jobs (56 de ani), care a supravieţuit cancerului la pancreas şi unui transplant de ficat, conduce Apple de la 29 iulie 1997, perioadă în care acţiunile companiei au crescut cu 9.020%, iar capitalizarea bursieră a urcat de la 2,08 miliarde de dolari la 348,7 miliarde de dolari, pe locul al doilea în SUA după gigantul petrolier Exxon Mobil. De altfel, Apple a depăşit pentru scurt timp în luna august Exxon Mobil, devenind temporar cea mai mare companie din lume. Directorul operaţional executiv al Apple, Tim Cook, va prelua postul de director general, în timp ce Jobs va primi ocupa ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/presa-in-diagonala-google-plateste-o-amenda-de-500-de-milioane-de-dolari-pentru-incetarea-unei-anchete-privind-publicitatea-ilegala-recompensa-de-aproape-17-milioane-de-dolari-pentru-capturarea-lui-gaddafi-china-isi-consolideaza-arsenalul-nuclear/ presa-in-diagonala-google-plateste-o-amenda-de-500-de-milioane-de-dolari-pentru-incetarea-unei-anchete-privind-publicitatea-ilegala-recompensa-de-aproape-17-milioane-de-dolari-pentru-capturarea-lui-gaddafi-china-isi-consolideaza-arsenalul-nuclear Thu, 25 Aug 2011 05:32:22 +0300 Google plateste o amenda de 500 de milioane de dolari pentru incetarea unei anchete privind publicitatea ilegala. Compania Google a acceptat sa plateasca o penalitate de 500 de milioane de dolari Statelor Unite, pentru inchiderea unei investigatii legata de permisiunea data farmaciilor canadiene de a se promova pe site-ul sau, transmite AFP. Motorul de cautare a difuzat "anunturi de publicitate pentru farmaciile online cu sediul in Canada si viza consumatorii americani care importau medicamente ce necesitau prescriptie medicala in Statele Unite", potrivit departamentului de justitie. "Am interzis promovarea medicamentelor cu prescriptie in SUA de catre companiile farmaceutice canadiene cu ceva timp in urma", a declarat un purtator de cuvant al Google. "Evident ca nu ar fi trebuit sa acceptam acest gen de publicitate inca de la inceput", a adaugat acesta. Suma pe care compania a acceptat s-o plateasca reprezinta o rambursare a veniturilor Google din publicitatea difuzata, precum si din comercializarea produselor farmaceutice canadiene pe teritoriul Statelor Unite. Autoritatile americane sustin ca Google era constient de aceasta activitate ilegala inca din 2003, iar gigantul internetului nu promova medicamentele provenind din laboratoarele straine, cu exceptia celor canadiene. Legile americane interzic comercializarea medicamentelor straine care necesita reteta medicala in SUA.Naveta spatiala ruseasca Progress M12-M s-a prabusit. Nu se pune problema retragerii echipajului de pe Statia Spatiala Internationala. Naveta cargo ruseasca Progress M12-M lansata miercuri cu destinatia Statia Spatiala Internationala nu a reusit sa atinga orbita corecta si s-a prabusit pe Pamant, a anuntat Agentia spatiala Roskosmos, citata de AFP. Roskosmos a precizat, intr-un comunicat, ca o problema ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/eric-schmidt-39google-should-have-gone-social-sooner39/ eric-schmidt-39google-should-have-gone-social-sooner39 Thu, 25 Aug 2011 05:30:56 +0300 (CNN) -- Eric Schmidt is as committed as ever to making sure those at Google "do the right thing." He was CEO of Google for the best part of 10 years before handing day-to-day running of the company to Larry Page in April. Now as Executive Chairman he gets to look at the bigger picture for the company. Innovation and open access to information are at the heart of the corporate ethos as Google continues its development in mobile computing and social software. The former, Schmidt believes, has some of the largest potential to enhance the latter. "The revolution that is mobile has just begun," says Schmidt. With Google's plans to purchase Motorola Mobility and with its Android operation system already on around 50% of smart phones it's a big growth area for the company. Schmidt, however, likes to highlight the transformative power of the "mobile revolution" more than the business potential. "We're going from a situation where the average citizen didn't have that much power to a point where they can know everything and they can organize very quickly," says Schmidt. "That may bring down a government as in the case of the Arab Spring, but it may also just challenge vested interest and so forth in a democracy. "Ultimately I think that the technology that we and others have been able to build here is serving as an organizing tool for people who don't have other options. "Put another way, as a dictator, you're going to have to provide more opportunities for your citizens ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/business-report-facebook-sau-google-ce-ne-ofera-fiecare-romanii-si-au-golit-cardurile-si-depozitele-ca-sa-plece-in-vacanta-lupta-dintre-internet-explorer-si-firefox-vazuta-din-romania-microsoft-recunoaste-greaua-mostenire-a-ie6/ business-report-facebook-sau-google-ce-ne-ofera-fiecare-romanii-si-au-golit-cardurile-si-depozitele-ca-sa-plece-in-vacanta-lupta-dintre-internet-explorer-si-firefox-vazuta-din-romania-microsoft-recunoaste-greaua-mostenire-a-ie6 Thu, 25 Aug 2011 04:01:59 +0300 Romanii si-au golit cardurile si depozitele ca sa plece in vacanta. In iulie, cantitatea de numerar aflat in circulatie in Romania a inregistrat cea mai mare crestere lunara din ultimii ani adica peste 1,5 miliarde de lei marcand o nevoie suplimentara de lichiditate din partea bancilor dar si o revenire a dorintei de consum din partea populatiei. In luna iulie a acestui an, cantitatea de numerar aflat in circulatie in Romania a crescut cu 5,7% fata de iunie adica cu peste 1,5 miliarde de lei. Evolutia marcheaza cea mai importanta crestere lunara de la debutul crizei pana in prezent si se datoreaza, in primul rand retragerilor de bani pe care romanii le-au operat in iulie, anunta Capital. Unda verde pentru proiectele eoliene: avizul Comisiei Europene a fost publicat in Jurnalul Oficial. Decizia prin care Comisia Europeana a aprobat schema de sustinere a productiei de energie regenerabila in Romania, prin acordarea de certificate verzi, a fost publicata marti in Jurnalul Oficial al Uniunii Europene. Potrivit deciziei Directoratului General pentru Concurenta din cadrul CE, bugetul total al schemei-suport este 80,7 miliarde de lei, adica 19,5 miliarde de euro, ceea ce inseamna contravaloarea certificatelor verzi pe toata durata de aplicare a schemei de sprijin. Tehnologiile eoliene second hand primesc certificate timp de sapte ani. Microhidrocentralele retehologizate vor beneficia de sprijin timp de 10 ani, iar cele nemodernizate - trei ani, scrie Adevarul. Pentru cine a ajuns Romania off-shore. O companie din Brasov care an de an raporteaza profituri imense- in 2010 acesta a fost de 17,35 miliarde de ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/conrad-murray39s-attorneys-seek-sequestered-jury-in-jackson-trial/ conrad-murray39s-attorneys-seek-sequestered-jury-in-jackson-trial Thu, 25 Aug 2011 04:00:53 +0300 Los Angeles (CNN) -- A Los Angeles County judge will hear arguments Thursday on a request by Dr. Conrad Murray, the physician accused in Michael Jackson's death, to sequester the jury once the trial begins next month. Citing massive media coverage in the unrelated Casey Anthony murder trial this summer in Florida, attorneys for Murray said his case could draw even bigger publicity. "There is reasonable expectation that Dr. Murray's trial will be the most publicized in history," his attorneys, Nareg Gourjian and Edward Chernoff, said in court papers. The jury should be sequestered to ensure that Murray receives a fair trial under the Sixth Amendment, the attorneys said. "This is an unusual trial," the attorneys said. "Without question, Michael Jackson is one of the most well-known figures in the world. His death, memorial service and every court appearance thereafter involving Dr. Murray has attracted unprecedented media coverage." Prosecutors haven't filed any court papers in response to Murray's motion, said Sandi Gibbons, spokeswoman for the Los Angeles District Attorney's office. Rather, Deputy District Attorneys David Walgren and Deborah Brazil will present their arguments in open court Thursday, Gibbons told CNN Wednesday. Murray is charged with involuntary manslaughter in Jackson's death, which occurred June 25, 2009, and was caused by an overdose of the surgical anesthetic propofol, combined with other drugs, the Los Angeles coroner has ruled. During an unsuccessful attempt at jury selection earlier this year, only one potential juror out of several hundred questioned claimed to have heard nothing about the Murray case, and that potential juror, a woman, couldn't speak English, ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/internet-mourns-steve-jobs39-resignation/ internet-mourns-steve-jobs39-resignation Thu, 25 Aug 2011 03:30:51 +0300 (CNN) -- It's a moment many tech fans hoped never would come: Steve Jobs' resignation from the helm of Apple, which he co-founded from his family garage in 1976. As that news hit early Wednesday evening on the East Coast, people rushed to online social networks to mourn the apparent end of Jobs' career; talk about what this means for the future of Apple products like the iPhone; and wish him good health. "The end of an era!" one Twitter user wrote. "I pray it's not bc (because) of his health," said another. "he was one of the most innovative and incredible men ever. I will not be the only one to shed a few tears over this news," wrote another. Jobs will remain with the company as chairman of Apple's board of directors. But some commenters acted like he had passed away. "I'll miss him. I'll miss his vision. I'll miss his character. I'll miss every terajoule of his near unlimited energy," wrote one of @cnntech's Twitter followers. Apple has not released any new information about the state of Jobs' health. The 56-year-old went on medical leave in January, and he has suffered serious health problems in recent years, including pancreatic cancer and a reported liver transplant. Jobs also took a somber tone in his resignation letter: "I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple's CEO, I would be the first to let you know," he wrote in a letter to Apple's board and the Apple community at large. ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/bitcoin-o-tehnologie-ce-ne-aduce-mai-aproape-de-era-democratiei-participatorii/ bitcoin-o-tehnologie-ce-ne-aduce-mai-aproape-de-era-democratiei-participatorii Wed, 24 Aug 2011 23:02:29 +0300 Bitcoin este o monedă virtuală creată în 2009 ce nu are o autoritate centrală în spatele ei, şi care a ajuns în atenţia presei anul acesta atât pentru răspândirea sa, cât şi pentru viruşii creaţi să fure putere de calcul necesară pentru a crea noi monede. Deşi regulile de funcţionare ale Bitcoin sunt prestabilite de creatorii săi, oricine are posibilitatea să modifice clientul Bitcoin pentru a-l face să urmeze reguli diferite. Astfel de modificări sunt legale şi pot afecta politica monetară în acest sistem; iar în acest caz, politica ar fi decisă de utilizatorii de rând şi nu de politicieni sau birocraţi. Dacă proiectul Bitcoin reuşeşte să devină suficient de popular fără să fie oprit de guverne, iar modificarea clienţilor de Bitcoin rămâne legală, acest lucru s-ar putea transforma în primul mare sistem în care tehnologia informaţiei este folosită pentru a crea o democraţie participatorie cu ajutorul Internetului: un sistem politic unde, în locul politicenilor, fiecare cetăţean are puterea de a vota şi de a propune crearea sau modificarea legilor. Dar pentru a putea avea un cuvânt de zis în acest sistem trebuie mai întâi să înţelegem cum funcţionează. În acest articol voi analiza principiile de funcţionare ale Bitcoin şi voi compara proprietăţile sale cu cele ale celorlalte mijloace de plată ce au existat de-a lungul istoriei. În final voi discuta cum ar putea acest sistem să evolueze într-o democraţie participatorie, ce puteri ar oferi cetăţenilor şi cum putem să ne pregătim noi pentru asta. O scurtă istorie a sistemelor monetare De-a lungul istoriei, oamenii ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-plateste-o-amenda-de-500-de-milioane-de-dolari-pentru-incetarea-unei-anchete-privind-publicitatea-ilegala/ google-plateste-o-amenda-de-500-de-milioane-de-dolari-pentru-incetarea-unei-anchete-privind-publicitatea-ilegala Wed, 24 Aug 2011 23:02:28 +0300 Compania Google a acceptat sa plateasca o penalitate de 500 de milioane de dolari Statelor Unite, pentru inchiderea unei investigatii legata de permisiunea data farmaciilor canadiene de a se promova pe site-ul sau, transmite AFP.Motorul de cautare a difuzat "anunturi de publicitate pentru farmaciile online cu sediul in Canada si viza consumatorii americani care importau medicamente ce necesitau prescriptie medicala in Statele Unite", potrivit departamentului de justitie."Am interzis promovarea medicamentelor cu prescriptie in SUA de catre companiile farmaceutice canadiene cu ceva timp in urma", a declarat un purtator de cuvant al Google. "Evident ca nu ar fi trebuit sa acceptam acest gen de publicitate inca de la inceput", a adaugat acesta.Suma pe care compania a acceptat s-o plateasca reprezinta o rambursare a veniturilor Google din publicitatea difuzata, precum si din comercializarea produselor farmaceutice canadiene pe teritoriul Statelor Unite. Autoritatile americane sustin ca Google era constient de aceasta activitate ilegala inca din 2003, iar gigantul internetului nu promova medicamentele provenind din laboratoarele straine, cu exceptia celor canadiene. Legile americane interzic comercializarea medicamentelor straine care necesita reteta medicala in SUA. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-va-plati-500-milioane-dolari-pentru-inchiderea-unei-investigatii-in-sua-privind-publicitatea/ google-va-plati-500-milioane-dolari-pentru-inchiderea-unei-investigatii-in-sua-privind-publicitatea Wed, 24 Aug 2011 20:31:17 +0300 Google a acceptat să plătească 500 de milioane de dolari în Statele Unite, una dintre cele mai mari penalizări de acest tip din SUA, pentru închiderea unei investigaţii legate de permisiunea dată farmaciilor canadiene de a-şi promova produsele pe site-ul său, transmite Reuters. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/cati-vizitatori-unici-sunt-pe-internetul-romanesc-intr-un-minut-cele-mai-vizitate-site-uri-sunt-cele-de-sport-si-de-stiri/ cati-vizitatori-unici-sunt-pe-internetul-romanesc-intr-un-minut-cele-mai-vizitate-site-uri-sunt-cele-de-sport-si-de-stiri Wed, 24 Aug 2011 16:32:04 +0300 Într-un minut pe internetul românesc sunt 36.554 de vizitatori unici, se înregistrează 10.220 de căutări, 36.659 de vizite şi 67.659 de afişări, iar cele mai vizitate site-uri sunt cele de sport şi de ştiri, potrivit unui studiu făcut de trafic.ro cu ocazia lansării noilor statistici în timp real. Pentru studiu a fost ales minutul cu cele mai multe afişări de vineri, 12 august, de la 14.05.00 la 14.05.59. A fost un minut încărcat, în comparaţie cu media lunii iulie, când s-au înregistrat 8.120 de vizite şi 44.980 de afişări pe minut. În minutul analizat au fost înregistrate 10.220 de căutări, ceea ce înseamnă mai mult de 167 de căutări pe secundă. Dintre acestea, 98% au fost pe Google, 1,6%, pe Yahoo şi 0,4%, pe Bing. Topul cuvintelor cheie utilizate include: jocuri (122 de căutari), ziare (76 de căutari), jocuri online (62 de căutări), rezultate bac (30 de căutări), sport (20 de căutări), dex (18 de căutări), mersul trenurilor şi cazare păltiniş (câte 17 căutări), horoscop (16 căutări) şi vremea (13 căutari). În medie, într-un minut, conform statisticilor de pe luna iulie, se fac aproximativ 6.260 de căutări pe motoarele de căutare. Prin celelalte servicii ale sale, Google a fost, de asemenea, şi cel mai bun referent pentru site-urile româneşti în minutul respectiv, cu 278 de clickuri înregistrate, urmat, în ordine, de Facebook (cu 116 clickuri), e-ziare.ro (103 clickuri), retete-gustoase.ro (54 de clickuri), prosport.ro (49 de clickuri), gsp.ro (33 de clickuri), ziar.com (29 de clickuri), adevarul.ro (24 de clickuri), click.ro (20 de clickuri), sport.ro şi stirileprotv.ro (cu câte 17 clickuri). Într-un ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-il-omagiaza-pe-scriitorul-argentinian-jorge-luis-borges-la-112-ani-de-la-nasterea-sa/ google-il-omagiaza-pe-scriitorul-argentinian-jorge-luis-borges-la-112-ani-de-la-nasterea-sa Wed, 24 Aug 2011 11:32:14 +0300 Google şi-a modificat, miercuri, logoul pentru a-l omagia pe Jorge Luis Borges, la împlinirea a 112 de ani de la naşterea celebrului romancier şi poet argentinian. Jorge Luis Borges s-a născut la Buenos Aires, în Argentina, pe 24 august 1899, şi este considerat unul dintre cei mai mari scriitori din secolul al XX-lea. Printre operele sale cele mai cunoscute se află romane şi eseuri, precum "Istoria universală a infamiei", "Istoria eternităţii", "Ficţiuni", "Cartea de nisip", dar şi volume de poezie precum "Cuaderno San Martín". Romancier, poet, eseist, Jorge Luis Borges este faimos pentru povestirile sale fantastice, în care a combinat cu măiestrie idei filosofice şi metafizice cu temele clasice ale fantasticului (dublul, realitatea paralelă a visului, cărţile misterioase şi vrăjite, salturile în timp). Adjectivul "borgezian" defineşte concepţia despre viaţă ca poveste ("fiction"), ca minciună, ca operă contrafăcută, dată drept adevărată - ca în faimoasele sale recenzii de cărţi imaginare. În logoul Google de miercuri internauţii pot recunoaşte imaginea celebrului scriitor argentinian sprijinindu-se în binecunoscutul său baston. Prima literă "G" este un arc de cerc, urmată de un edificiu ce reprezintă litera "O", urmat apoi de un alt "O" sub forma unui pod. A doua literă "G" din logoul Google - o clădire - are drept codiţă bastonul lui Borges, iar imaginea scriitorului este inclusă în litera "L", urmată de litera "E". Acest decor a fost inspirat de lucrările sale literare. Cei care sunt familiarizaţi cu romanele scriitorului argentinian pot recunoaşte câteva peisaje literare elaborate de acest scriitor argentinian. Jorge Luis Borges, deşi a fost propus aproape în fiecare an, ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/facebook-gets-more-like-google/ facebook-gets-more-like-google Wed, 24 Aug 2011 09:30:35 +0300 (CNN) -- When Google's not-the-Facebook social network, Google Plus, launched earlier this summer, one thing stood out for many tech pundits: privacy settings. On Facebook, users had to navigate confusing lists on settings pages in order to control seemingly simple and important things, like who could see their photos or status updates or which books they like. Google Plus made such decisions easier since it let users decide who would receive a given post or photo right when they created and then posted it. Facebook seems to have taken notice of this subtle but significant difference. The world's largest social network on Tuesday announced changes to its privacy settings that allow users to choose who will see a photo or status update right when they post it -- much like was already the case on Google Plus. "You have told us that 'who can see this?' could be clearer across Facebook, so we have made changes to make this more visual and straightforward," Facebook's Chris Cox writes in a blog post on the topic. "The main change is moving most of your controls from a settings page to being inline, right next to the posts, photos and tags they affect. Plus there are several other updates here that will make it easier to understand who can see your stuff (or your friends') in any context." An example will help make sense of all this social-media-speak. Say you want to post a photo from a friend's recent birthday party -- and you only want your good friends to be able ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/court-clears-cloud-music-providers-to-expand-features/ court-clears-cloud-music-providers-to-expand-features Wed, 24 Aug 2011 04:30:51 +0300 (CNN) -- A court ruling this week clears up some gray areas in cloud music. The decision by the U.S. District Court in New York could pave the way for Google's Music, Amazon.com's Cloud Player, Dropbox and other providers of online storage services to add time-saving features. Amazon and Google have been cautious in how they implemented their respective Web-based music lockers, a CNN study found. Amazon Cloud Drive and Music Beta by Google each upload users' entire music catalog and store separate copies of each track, a very lengthy process even with today's broadband Internet speeds, according to the study. Technically, they could check a song for an exact match on their servers in order to save people the time of uploading everything. But they don't, in an effort either to play it safe amidst murky law or to partially appease record labels that the two technology companies have tried negotiating with before. Apple is readying a program called iTunes Match, which is part of the upcoming iCloud suite of Web tools, that can do just that. For $25 per year, iTunes Match will scan a person's music library against the iTunes Store's catalog, and if it finds a match, it will unlock access to that track. Before doing this, Apple secured agreements with the record labels. "It takes just minutes, not weeks," Apple CEO Steve Jobs said onstage at a conference in June. A "locker in the sky," like Google's or Amazon's, "takes weeks" to download a person's entire library, he said. Dropbox, a fast-growing file-storage utility, previously used ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/facebook-makes-its-privacy-settings-act-more-like-google/ facebook-makes-its-privacy-settings-act-more-like-google Wed, 24 Aug 2011 00:31:01 +0300 (CNN) -- When Google's not-the-Facebook social network, Google Plus, launched earlier this summer, one thing stood out for many tech pundits: privacy settings. On Facebook, users had to navigate confusing lists on settings pages in order to control seemingly simple and important things, like who could see their photos or status updates or which books they like. Google Plus made such decisions easier since it let users decide who would receive a given post or photo right when they created and then posted it. Facebook seems to have taken notice of this subtle but significant difference. The world's largest social network on Tuesday announced changes to its privacy settings that allow users to choose who will see a photo or status update right when they post it -- much like was already the case on Google Plus. "You have told us that 'who can see this?' could be clearer across Facebook, so we have made changes to make this more visual and straightforward," Facebook's Chris Cox writes in a blog post on the topic. "The main change is moving most of your controls from a settings page to being inline, right next to the posts, photos and tags they affect. Plus there are several other updates here that will make it easier to understand who can see your stuff (or your friends') in any context." An example will help make sense of all this social-media-speak. Say you want to post a photo from a friend's recent birthday party -- and you only want your good friends to be able ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/facebook-privacy-settings-get-more-like-google/ facebook-privacy-settings-get-more-like-google Wed, 24 Aug 2011 00:30:35 +0300 (CNN) -- When Google's not-the-Facebook social network, Google Plus, launched earlier this summer, one thing stood out for many tech pundits: privacy settings. On Facebook, users had to navigate confusing lists on settings pages in order to control seemingly simple and important things, like who could see their photos or status updates or which books they like. Google Plus made such decisions easier since it let users decide who would receive a given post or photo right when they created and then posted it. Facebook seems to have taken notice of this subtle but significant difference. The world's largest social network on Tuesday announced changes to its privacy settings that allow users to choose who will see a photo or status update right when they post it -- much like was already the case on Google Plus. "You have told us that 'who can see this?' could be clearer across Facebook, so we have made changes to make this more visual and straightforward," Facebook's Chris Cox writes in a blog post on the topic. "The main change is moving most of your controls from a settings page to being inline, right next to the posts, photos and tags they affect. Plus there are several other updates here that will make it easier to understand who can see your stuff (or your friends') in any context." An example will help make sense of all this social-media-speak. Say you want to post a photo from a friend's recent birthday party -- and you only want your good friends to be able ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/webrelease-htc-sensation-intra-in-oferta-cosmote-romania/ webrelease-htc-sensation-intra-in-oferta-cosmote-romania Tue, 23 Aug 2011 19:02:10 +0300 Cea mai noua senzatie din portofoliul COSMOTE Romania o reprezinta super telefonul inteligent multimedia cu procesor dual core - HTC Sensation, disponibil acum in toate magazinele COSMOTE Romania si Germanos. Terminalul dispune de un ecran tactil Super LCD de 4,3 inci cu rezolutia de 540 x 960 pixeli, printre cele mai mari de pe piata, care este protejat cu sticla speciala Gorilla Glass, ce acopera complet fata telefonului. HTC Sensation este un telefon inteligent 3G care permite rate de transfer de pana la 14,4 Mbps, in functie de calitatea semnalului disponibil in zona in care este folosit, si poate fi, de asemenea, conectat la retele Wi-Fi. Conectivitatea este completata de portul USB si Bluetooth. Terminalul foloseste sistemul de operare Android 2.3 Gingerbread, iar experienta utilizarii este completata de interfata grafica HTC Sense UI 3.0 ce permite personalizarea ecranului si accesarea facila a aplicatiilor. Terminalul are un procesor dual-core de 1,2 GHz, 768 MB RAM de memorie, capacitate de stocare de 1 GB, plus 8 GB disponibili pe cardul de memorie livrat impreuna cu telefonul. Zona multimedia este reprezentata de o camera foto de 8 MPx, cu rezolutia de 3264x2448 pixeli, autofocus si flash cu led dublu, respectiv stabilzator de imagine, senzor de detectie faciala si multe altele. Camera poate si filma la 1080p/30 cadre pe secunda, full HD, inregistrand stereo sunetul ambiental. Terminalul dispune de asemenea de o camera secundara VGA, excelenta pentru apeluri video. HTC Sensation permite accesul direct la YouTube, Google Talk, Picasa, Google Search, Google Maps, Gmail iar navigarea pe internet este ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/amazon-dropbox-google-and-you-win-in-cloud-music-decision/ amazon-dropbox-google-and-you-win-in-cloud-music-decision Tue, 23 Aug 2011 16:00:54 +0300 (WIRED) -- The disk drives powering Dropbox, Amazon's Cloud Drive, and Google Music likely issued a small sigh of relief Monday, after a federal court judge found that the MP3tunes cloud music service didn't violate copyright laws when it used only a single copy of a MP3 on its servers, rather than storing 50 copies for 50 users. For Amazon and Google's nascent cloud music services, the decision clears the way for them to make it easier and faster for customers to use their music services; gives them legal cover to reduce the amount of disk space needed per user; makes it less likely that new customers of their music services will bust through their ISPs data caps when signing up; and clears the way for the companies to let users add songs found on webpages and through search to their lockers with a single-click -- all without either being sued by record labels for doing so. Monday's decision centers on MP3tunes, a cloud-based online music locker service, that allows a customer to upload the music from their hard drives to a "locker" on the web, where they can play back the songs from any connected device. But instead of uploading all of a user's songs, MP3tunes' software would check the library for previously uploaded songs and if a match existed, the song would just be added to the locker without requiring an upload. No matter how many customers "uploaded" that song, MP3tunes kept only a single copy. WIRED: MP3tunes 'safe harbor' challenge is legal test EMI, whose artists include ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-10-things-it-does-better/ google-10-things-it-does-better Tue, 23 Aug 2011 14:30:36 +0300 Editor's note: Pete Cashmore is founder and CEO of Mashable, a popular tech-news blog. He writes occasional columns about social networking and tech for CNN.com. (CNN) -- Google+, Google's new social networking service, might cautiously be called a hit. With 25 million visitors at last count, Google+ may well be the fastest-growing social network to launch thus far. A glance at Google+'s most popular users, however, would indicate that the social service is still a playground for tech's early adopters. The unofficial leaderboard of the site's "most circled" users is dominated by technologists -- from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page. Even I make the list -- and while that's surely flattering, I'm hardly a household name. This is the next great challenge for Google+ -- mainstream users may now be hearing about the service from time to time, but in a world of social networking overload, why would anyone spend time on Google+? It's a question I struggle to answer: Google+ is certainly more fun to use than some of its rivals, but pinning down its specific advantages can be a challenge. After all, the main features of the service are familiar: Post text updates, photos, videos and links to your friends from the Web or your mobile device. What's the big deal? I polled the Google+ community for answers to Google's marketing conundrum, and 10 distinct differences emerged. Could these be enough to convince the masses? 1. "Circles" Overwhelmingly, Google+ users say they prefer Google+'s ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-se-alatura-rebelilor-din-libia-schimba-numele-unei-piete-cu-cel-folosit-inainte-de-regimul-gaddafi/ google-se-alatura-rebelilor-din-libia-schimba-numele-unei-piete-cu-cel-folosit-inainte-de-regimul-gaddafi Tue, 23 Aug 2011 14:01:29 +0300 O piaţă din Tripoli a revenit, pe harta Google, la denumirea sa de dinaintea regimului Gaddafi. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/sony-ericsson-a-lansat-primul-telefon-android-sub-marca-walkman/ sony-ericsson-a-lansat-primul-telefon-android-sub-marca-walkman Tue, 23 Aug 2011 11:32:08 +0300 Sony Ericsson au prezentat primul telefon inteligent sub marca Walkman, bazat pe sistemul de operare Google Android. Noul smartphone se numeste Live with Walkman si are integrate functii multimedia avansate, plus o integrare foarte stransa cu reteaua de socializare Facebook. Live with Walkman este bazat pe un procesor la 1Ghz si foloseste un display tactil de 3,2 inci cu o rezolutie de 320x480 pixeli. Citeste si comenteaza pe StyleReport.ro http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/o-piata-din-tripoli-revine-pe-harta-google-la-denumirea-sa-de-dinaintea-regimului-kadhafi/ o-piata-din-tripoli-revine-pe-harta-google-la-denumirea-sa-de-dinaintea-regimului-kadhafi Tue, 23 Aug 2011 11:31:57 +0300 Serviciul de hărţi online al Google a schimbat numele unei zone din Tripoli în cel folosit înainte de venirea la putere a lui Muammar Kadhafi, în urmă cu patru decenii, relatează Al-Jazeera, în pagina electronică. Modificarea a fost făcută duminică seara, la câteva ore după ce rebelii au intrat în Tripoli. Aceasta se referă la Piaţa Verde, redenumită Piaţa Martirilor pe harta online a oraşului Tripoli. Schimbarea a fost făcută rapid deoarece Google le permite utilizatorilor să actualizeze hărţile sale. Un utilizator a făcut acest lucru duminică noaptea, Google a aprobat modificarea şi a făcut-o vizibilă publicului. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/cum-au-dat-lovitura-sefii-companiilor-dupa-ce-au-fost-concediati/ cum-au-dat-lovitura-sefii-companiilor-dupa-ce-au-fost-concediati Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:31:58 +0300 Atât de mare impact au avut business-urile pe care le-au creat, încât au fost înlocuiţi din funcţiile de conducere cu alţi manageri experimentaţi, foşti preşedinţi în firme concurente. Câţiva dintre aceştia antreprenori s-au întors, însă, pe poziţii cheie în propriile companii. Alţii, mânaţi de ambiţie, şi-au fondat alte afaceri, iar ceilalţi s-au retras în diverse colţuri ale lumii, bucurându-se de compensaţiile primite. Absolvenţi ai Universităţii Stanford, Larry Page şi Sergey Brin au făcut parte din echipă fondatoare a Google în 1998. Trei ani mai târziu însă, Eric Schmidt a preluat cârmele companiei, devenind CEO-ul organizaţiei care acapera tot mai mult din piaţă online. Astăzi, Schmidt a devenit preşedintele executiv al firmei, în timp ce Larry Page a reocupat funcţia de director executiv la Google. La acea vreme, Page a declarat: "Eric este un lider extraordinar şi am învăţat nenumărate lecţii de la el. Sfaturile şi ajutorul sau vor fi nepreţuite pentru mine, acum că am ocupat un nou rol în firmă". Citeşte mai multe pe www.incont.ro http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/after-blackouts-web-access-returns-to-libya/ after-blackouts-web-access-returns-to-libya Mon, 22 Aug 2011 19:00:33 +0300 (CNN) -- If residents of a chaotic Tripoli were still awake in the early-morning hours Monday, they may have read this: "Welcome to all our brothers & sisters from inside Tripoli on Twitter... Internet returns to them first time in a long time! #Feb17 #Libya." The message on Twitter came from the National Front for the Salvation of Libya, an opposition group that has long spoken out against the regime of Moammar Gadhafi. Internet service was, indeed, returning Monday to Tripoli and other parts of Libya. In a digital age in which the free flow of online information is credited with everything from helping topple dictators to abetting riots, that could be taken as a signal of emerging freedom almost as strong as the rebel forces advancing on Gadhafi's last stronghold. Google's "transparency report," a tool that documents how the company's products are being used in countries where Internet freedom is limited, shows a dramatic spike in Libyan usage at about 11:30 p.m. GMT on Sunday. On the website of Libya Telecom & Technology, the country's main Internet service provider, a message in Arabic posted at about midnight local time announced a change: "Congratulations, Libya, on emancipation from the rule of the tyrant," it said, according to a translation by Renesys, a New Hampshire-based company that monitors Web usage. Fewer than 6% of Libyans are on the Internet, according to the ITU, an agency of the United Nations that focuses on the Internet and communications. Some observers believe this has slowed the pace of revolution in the country. By comparison, about ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/after-months-of-blackouts-web-access-returns-to-libya/ after-months-of-blackouts-web-access-returns-to-libya Mon, 22 Aug 2011 18:30:55 +0300 (CNN) -- If residents of a chaotic Tripoli were still awake in the early-morning hours Monday, they may have read this: "Welcome to all our brothers & sisters from inside Tripoli on Twitter... Internet returns to them first time in a long time! #Feb17 #Libya." The message on Twitter came from the National Front for the Salvation of Libya, an opposition group that has long spoken out against the regime of Moammar Gadhafi. Internet service was, indeed, returning Monday to Tripoli and other parts of Libya. In a digital age in which the free flow of online information is credited with everything from helping topple dictators to abetting riots, that could be taken as a signal of emerging freedom almost as strong as the rebel forces advancing on Gadhafi's last stronghold. Google's "transparency report," a tool that documents how the company's products are being used in countries where Internet freedom is limited, shows a dramatic spike in Libyan usage at about 11:30 p.m. GMT on Sunday. On the website of Libya Telecom & Technology, the country's main Internet service provider, a message in Arabic posted at about midnight local time announced a change: "Congratulations, Libya, on emancipation from the rule of the tyrant," it said, according to a translation by Renesys, a New Hampshire-based company that monitors Web usage. Fewer than 6% of Libyans are on the Internet, according to the ITU, an agency of the United Nations that focuses on the Internet and communications. Some observers believe this has slowed the pace of revolution in the country. By comparison, about ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/eric-schmidt-google-are-nevoie-de-televiziune/ eric-schmidt-google-are-nevoie-de-televiziune Mon, 22 Aug 2011 17:02:28 +0300 Eric Schmidt, preşedinte executiv al Google, va susţine, vineri, un discurs la Edinburgh International Television Festival, fiind prima persoană din afara industriei TV care va face acest lucru. Potrivit unor surse apropiate lui Schmidt, acesta va veni, în discursul său, cu un mesaj optimist pentru executivii din industria TV prezenţi la eveniment: "Google are nevoie de voi", informează Media Guardian. Se estimează, de asemenea, că Schmidt le va spune delegaţilor că Google vrea să ajute industria TV, pentru un viitor mai bun. Un astfel de discurs ar însemna o schimbare semnificativă din partea Google, care a fost în conflict cu multe companii TV pentru încălcarea drepturilor de autor. Ar fi surprinzător dacă Schmidt nu ar veni cu un discurs împăciuitor, dar apropiaţii Google susţin că este mai mult decât o strategie de moment. În pofida faptului că Google intenţionează să publice online hărţi care să cuprindă toate străzile din lume şi să digitalizeze toate cărţile, mulţi specialişti consideră că, de fapt, compania de internet resimte din ce în ce mai mult nevoia unor conţinuturi. Chiar dacă Google are venituri anuale de circa 30 de miliarde şi o cotă de 85% pe piaţa mondială a motoarelor de căutare, compania are nevoie de conţinuturi convingătoare şi implicit de noi advertiseri. În discursul său, Schmidt va pune accent pe faptul că televiziunile şi Google trebuie să colaboreze, pentru a genera mai multe profituri şi pentru a livra mai multe conţinuturi. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/group-listening-rooms-turn-up-volume-on-web-music/ group-listening-rooms-turn-up-volume-on-web-music Mon, 22 Aug 2011 15:30:58 +0300 (WIRED) -- The club was dead. I'd almost forgotten I was there until someone started talking to me. But then the DJ played a new song and soon three people I knew were chatting amongst themselves, even though I'd never introduced any of them to each other. This didn't happen in some dingy meatspace dance club -- it happened on Turntable.fm, in an online listening room created by urban omnivore service Foodspotting. One of the people I ran into was a lawyer and blogger friend, the other a former colleague, and the third was Fiona Tang, the head of outreach for Foodspotting. The music floated from Janet Jackson (my choice) to a Toro Y Moi remix, and the conversation included lamentations on how none of us were actually getting any work done. "I think every time we've used it, we've ran into people we know," Tang said later in an e-mail to Wired.com. "It's gone viral within the startup community and appealed to so many people. Our team used to just play music on our laptops, taking turns to DJ manually, going around the office one by one, but now we love that it's automated via Turntable.fm. It's a good way to re-energize the team during the afternoon lull." The recent surge in online group listening services is just the latest indication that the future of the music industry lies somewhere in the cloud. In their still-nascent forms, they all offer roughly the same service -- a place for people to gather online and take turns playing music ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/group-listening-rooms-turn-up-volume-on-web/ group-listening-rooms-turn-up-volume-on-web Mon, 22 Aug 2011 15:30:35 +0300 (WIRED) -- The club was dead. I'd almost forgotten I was there until someone started talking to me. But then the DJ played a new song and soon three people I knew were chatting amongst themselves, even though I'd never introduced any of them to each other. This didn't happen in some dingy meatspace dance club -- it happened on Turntable.fm, in an online listening room created by urban omnivore service Foodspotting. One of the people I ran into was a lawyer and blogger friend, the other a former colleague, and the third was Fiona Tang, the head of outreach for Foodspotting. The music floated from Janet Jackson (my choice) to a Toro Y Moi remix, and the conversation included lamentations on how none of us were actually getting any work done. "I think every time we've used it, we've ran into people we know," Tang said later in an e-mail to Wired.com. "It's gone viral within the startup community and appealed to so many people. Our team used to just play music on our laptops, taking turns to DJ manually, going around the office one by one, but now we love that it's automated via Turntable.fm. It's a good way to re-energize the team during the afternoon lull." The recent surge in online group listening services is just the latest indication that the future of the music industry lies somewhere in the cloud. In their still-nascent forms, they all offer roughly the same service -- a place for people to gather online and take turns playing music ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/cum-au-pierdut-microsoft-si-cisco-cateva-miliarde-de-dolari-care-sunt-cele-mai-neinspirate-achizitii-din-it/ cum-au-pierdut-microsoft-si-cisco-cateva-miliarde-de-dolari-care-sunt-cele-mai-neinspirate-achizitii-din-it Mon, 22 Aug 2011 08:31:52 +0300 Vestea că Google a achiziţionat Motorola a făcut valvă în lumea IT, iar mulţi s-au grăbit să spună că Google a luat o decizie neinspirată. Business Insider a făcut un top cu cele mai puţin profitabile tranzacţii din industria de profil. 1. Colaborarea AOL-Time Warner Este probabil una dintre cele mai neinspirate decizii de business din domeniu, care a irosit câteva miliarde de dolari a investitorilor. 2. Terra Networks a achiziţionat Lycos După această tranzacţie, compania Lycos a ajuns, în doar patru ani, să valoreze doar 95 de milioane de dolari de la 12,5 miliarde de dolari cât era evaluată anterior. Motivul: Terra Networks a cumpărat-o exact în timpul "bulei dotcom" din 2000. Citeşte mai multe despre cele mai neinspirate achiziţii din IT pe www.incont.ro http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/skype-achizitioneaza-groupme/ skype-achizitioneaza-groupme Mon, 22 Aug 2011 08:02:27 +0300 Skype a ajuns la un acord cu GroupMe pentru achizitonarea companiei new-yorkeze, o miscare prin care gigantului de Internet ii sporesc afacerile in furnizarea de servicii de mesagerie pe smartphone-uri. Aplicatiile GroupMe, infiintata abia cu un an in urma, permit utilizatorilor sa participe la conferinte online cu cercurile de prieteni sau colegi, scrie Wall Street Journal.Astfel, Skype intra in competitie cu grei precum Apple, Google si Facebook, care furnizeaza deja servicii de mesagerie pe smartphonuri pentru grupuri. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/ritm-impresionant-de-crestere-google-a-ajuns-la-25-de-milioane-de-utilizatori-ar-trebui-facebook-sa-se-teama/ ritm-impresionant-de-crestere-google-a-ajuns-la-25-de-milioane-de-utilizatori-ar-trebui-facebook-sa-se-teama Sat, 20 Aug 2011 18:01:23 +0300 Nu există nici o îndoială că Google+ a devenit rapid cea mai de succes reţea de socializare pe care a lansat-o vreodată Google, strângând mai mult de 25 de milioane de utilizatori în câteva săptămâni. Deşi este încă la mare distanţă în urma bazei de utilizatori ai Facebook, care numără peste 750 de milioane utilizatori, platforma socială de căutare a companiei se pare că a atras atenţia Facebook, în special cu recenta lansare a Google+ social games, scrie portalul gigaom.com. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/subiectele-zilei-miron-cozma-daca-ajung-presedinte-il-bag-in-puscarie-pe-ion-iliescu-perla-litoralului-cazare-comunista-plaje-de-lux-la-scoala-este-copil-acasa-este-mama-papirusul-din-mangalia-pierdut-la-rusi-se-intoarce-acasa-dupa-50-de-ani-cei/ subiectele-zilei-miron-cozma-daca-ajung-presedinte-il-bag-in-puscarie-pe-ion-iliescu-perla-litoralului-cazare-comunista-plaje-de-lux-la-scoala-este-copil-acasa-este-mama-papirusul-din-mangalia-pierdut-la-rusi-se-intoarce-acasa-dupa-50-de-ani-cei Sat, 20 Aug 2011 03:32:21 +0300 Comando din umbra: lunetistii, luptatorii invizibili. Tragatorii din fortele speciale ale Politiei Romane participa la misiuni atat de la distanta, cat si direct la capturarea infractorilor periculosi. Interventia tragatorilor de elita reprezinta unul dintre cele mai discrete servicii pe care politistii trebuie sa le faca in cadrul misiunilor speciale. Nu fac zgomot, nu se misca si nu-i vede nimeni. Au tot timpul tinta in vizor si pentru ei fiecare fractiune de secunda conteaza. Si asta pentru ca, in cazul lor nu exista termenul de "misiune ratata". Ei sunt lunetistii, tragatorii de elita pe care fortele de ordine se bazeaza la cele mai complicate interventii. Gheorghe Mitran are 40 de ani si se poate lauda ca este unul dintre cei mai vechi din Serviciul pentru Interventii si Actiuni Speciale (SIAS). El este in acest serviciu inca de la infiintare, acum 16 ani, relateaza Romania Libera. Miron Cozma: Daca ajung presedinte il bag in puscarie pe Ion Iliescu. In urma cu doua decenii avea o armata de zeci de mii de insi gata sa-l urmeze. Zece ani, la auzul numelui sau politicienii tremurau. Avea o putere imensa. A vrut sa rastoarne guverne, i-a iesit o data. A impus oameni si isi permitea orice. S-a casatorit cu un iepuras Playboy. A fost la un pas de a arunca tara in razboi civil. "Trupele" sale i-au batut pe jandarmi intr-o batalie ca o conflagratie medievala. A umilit un prim-ministru pe care l-a obligat sa intre pe geam, sa-i cerseasca "pacea". A facut puscarie 11 ani, pentru subminarea puterii de ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/german-official-ditch-facebook39s-39like39-buttons/ german-official-ditch-facebook39s-39like39-buttons Fri, 19 Aug 2011 23:30:50 +0300 A government official in Germany has ordered websites to stop using Facebook's "like" button, saying they give away personal information. Thilo Weichert, data protection commissioner in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein, issued a statement Friday saying analysis by his office showed that using the popular buttons transfers data to Facebook's servers in the United States. That would violate German and European Union data-protection laws, he said. Weichert, of the Independent Center for Privacy Protection, ordered website owners in his north German state to remove "like" buttons or possibly face a fine. "Whoever visits facebook.com or uses a plug-in must expect that he or she will be tracked by the company for two years," Weichert said in the statement. "Facebook builds a broad individual -- and for members even a personalized -- profile." Weichert's full statement [in German] Facebook strongly denied Weichert's claims. "We firmly reject any assertion that Facebook is not compliant with EU data-protection standards," said Facebook spokesman Andrew Noyes. "The Facebook 'like' button is such a popular feature because people have complete control over how their information is shared through it. "For more than a year, the plug-in has brought value to many businesses and individuals every day." He said Facebook will review materials produced by the agency "both on our own behalf and on the behalf of web users throughout Germany." The "like" button was unveiled last spring at Facebook's F8 developers conference. Appearing on many websites (including CNN.com), the button allows users to quickly share links on Facebook without ever leaving the original site. The Associated Press on Friday quoted ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/tech-check-google-motorola-those-scary-scary-flash-mobs/ tech-check-google-motorola-those-scary-scary-flash-mobs Fri, 19 Aug 2011 16:30:54 +0300 (CNN) -- This week on the Tech Check podcast, Doug Gross, Stephanie Goldberg and Brandon Griggs discuss Google's massive, $12.5 billion purchase of Motorola Mobility. Everyone's talking about Motorola's 17,000 patents, which could provide Google some cover in legal battles with Apple and Microsoft. But what will this mean for non-Motorola companies that make phones using Google's Android operating system? We also take a look atthe rebranding of "flash mobs" from innocent, if sometimes silly, spontaneous gatherings to, at least in some people's eyes, an opportunity for crime and other shenanigans? Is there something to this? Or is blaming social media for crime just a cop-out? Our Reader Comments of the Week come from a story detailing a report that 90 percent of video-game players, even the most hardcore ones, never finish the games they start. And our Tech Fail of the Week goes to a fellow who, to paraphrase fictional movie-Mark Zuckerberg, would have invented Facebook if he had invented Facebook. To listen, click on the audio box to the left. To subscribe, you can add Tech Check to your RSS feed here or subscribe or listen on iTunes. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-streetview-va-acoperi-o-parte-a-junglei-amazoniene/ google-streetview-va-acoperi-o-parte-a-junglei-amazoniene Fri, 19 Aug 2011 16:02:37 +0300 Serviciul Google StreetView, care permite explorarea online a multor orase prin intermediul unor panorame dinamice de 360 de grade, va fi in curand disponibil pentru mai multe sectiuni ale fluviului Amazon. Parte a unui program dezvoltat in colaborare cu Foundation for a Sustainable Amazon, noul serviciu va oferi acces oricarui utilizator de internet catre unul dintre cele mai izolate (dar interesante) locuri de pe planeta. Citeste si comenteaza pe StyleReport.ro http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/how-to-dig-up-the-best-sources/ how-to-dig-up-the-best-sources Fri, 19 Aug 2011 15:01:01 +0300 Editor's note: This piece is part of a CNN.com series about storytelling and reporting skills called iReport Boot Camp. In this edition, CNN.com technology writer John D. Sutter shares his advice on finding great sources. Read up, then give Sutter's advice a try in this week's iReport Boot Camp challenge. (CNN) -- Characters make or break stories. If you're writing about -- or photographing -- a unique, knowledgeable or quirky person, then readers are sure to remember your work. If the people you interview are boring and uninformed, you run the risk of telling a story that is, at best, forgettable and, at worst, wrongheaded. But don't fret, boot campers. Finding fascinating sources isn't as hard as it sounds. (Choosing a story topic, which was your assignment last week, is actually the hardest part, I think. So congrats on making it to week two.) Here are a few tips on how to approach the source selection process. If you have any questions, feel free to holler in the comments section, or join us for a roundtable discussion of this iReport Bootcamp topic on August 25. Read about the topic It's not an awesome idea to go hunting for sources until you understand generally what kind of people are out there and what issues are at stake. Read other news coverage, government reports, books and scholarly articles to figure out who the experts are in this field. Who do other reporters quote? What kinds of people are missing from these stories? Then reach out to them directly. It can be scary ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-isi-modifica-logoul-pentru-a-l-omagia-pe-george-enescu/ google-isi-modifica-logoul-pentru-a-l-omagia-pe-george-enescu Fri, 19 Aug 2011 12:02:33 +0300 Google si-a modificat, vineri, logoul pentru a-l omagia pe George Enescu, la implinirea a 130 de ani de la nasterea celebrului compozitor roman. Noul logo al Google il prezinta pe Enescu in timp ce canta la vioara. Totodata, in noul logo, peste cuvantul "Google" apare un portativ cu note muzicale.Anul acesta, Google l-a mai omagiat pe sculptorul roman Constantin Brancusi. Astfel, pe 19 februarie, Google a celebrat 135 de ani de la nasterea lui Constantin Brancusi, noul logo fiind alcatuit din imagini ale unor lucrari realizate de celebrul sculptor, printre care "Domnisoara Pogany" si "Sarutul".George Enescu (nascut pe 19 august 1881, la Liveni, Botosani - decedat pe 4 mai 1955, la Paris) este considerat unul dintre cei mai importanti muzicieni romani. Personalitatea sa artistica s-a manifestat in multiple ipostaze: compozitor, violonist, pedagog, pianist si dirijor.George Enescu a inceput sa cante la vioara la varsta de 4 ani, primind indrumari muzicale de la parintii sai si de la un vestit lautar, Niculae Chioru. De la varsta de 5-6 ani dateaza primele sale incercari de compozitie. Studiul profesionist al muzicii i s-a datorat, pentru inceput, profesorului Eduard Caudella, potrivit site-ului Muzeului National "George Enescu" din Bucuresti.Intre anii 1888 - 1894, studiaza la Conservatorul din Viena, avandu-i ca profesori, printre altii, pe Joseph Hellmesberger jr. (vioara) si pe Robert Fuchs (compozitie). La varsta de 8 ani debuteaza ca violonist. Presa vieneza l-a numit "un Mozart roman".Dupa absolvirea Conservatorului din Viena, isi continua studiile la Conservatorul din Paris (1895 - 1899), sub indrumarea lui Martin Pierre Marsick (vioara), Andre ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-il-omagiaza-pe-george-enescu-la-130-de-ani-de-la-nasterea-compozitorului-roman/ google-il-omagiaza-pe-george-enescu-la-130-de-ani-de-la-nasterea-compozitorului-roman Fri, 19 Aug 2011 11:01:16 +0300 Google şi-a modificat, vineri, logoul pentru a-l omagia pe George Enescu, la împlinirea a 130 de ani de la naşterea celebrului compozitor român. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/link-fest-topul-celor-mai-neinspirate-achizitii-in-sectorul-it/ link-fest-topul-celor-mai-neinspirate-achizitii-in-sectorul-it Thu, 18 Aug 2011 23:02:22 +0300 - Google tocmai a cumparat divizia de telefoane mobile a Motorola pentru 12,5 miliarde dolari, ocazie numai buna pentru site-ul businessinsider.com de a realiza un top al celor mai neinspirate achizitii in sectorul IT, majoritatea acestora avand loc inaintea spargerii bulei dotcom in 2000.- Oricine are o adresa de e-mail primeste din cand in cand spam de genul “ati castigat la loterie o suma de X dolari/euro/lire sterline”, sau oferte de a cumpara sisteme de joc care garanteaza castiguri imense. In mod normal nu ai cum sa crezi asa ceva, insa americanii sunt “tepuiti” anual cu 120 milioane de dolari (via).- In primii 46 de ani de functionare, McDonald`s a vandut 100 miliarde de hamburgeri. Pentru comparatie, numarul aplicatiilor descarcate de pe App Store va ajunge la 100 miliarde in anul 2014, la 5 ani si jumatate de la deschidere. Un interesant infografic pe aceasta tema gasiti aici.- Cu cat petreci mai mult timp la TV, cu atat traiesti mai putin – potrivit unui studiu realizat in Australia, fiecare ora petrecuta in fata TV dupa varsta de 25 de ani iti scurteaza viata cu 21,8 minute. Oare se intampla la fel si cu cei care stau prea mult la calculator?- In ciuda scaderilor recente de pe Wall-Street, in ce priveste indicatorul S&P 500, tinta de crestere pentru sfarsitul anului este de 16% fata de nivelul actual. Greu de crezut ca se va intampla acest lucru, desi castigurile companiilor cotate la bursa vor continua sa creasca cel mai probabil si in trimestrele urmatoare.Comenteaza pe blogul lui ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/a-obtinut-motorola-pretul-corect-de-la-google-un-actionar-nemultumit-da-in-judecata-compania/ a-obtinut-motorola-pretul-corect-de-la-google-un-actionar-nemultumit-da-in-judecata-compania Thu, 18 Aug 2011 19:02:15 +0300 Un acţionar Motorola Mobility dă în judecată compania şi pe CEO-ul Sanjay Jha, care, în opinia sa, nu a obţinut cel mai bun preţ de la Google. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/motorla-defy-aproape-indistructibil/ motorla-defy-aproape-indistructibil Thu, 18 Aug 2011 17:02:47 +0300 Motorola a lasnat cea de-a doua generatie a telefonului inteligent Defy, cunoscut pentru rezistenta sa deosebita la abuzuri din partea utilizatorilor. Noul model, numit simplu Defy+, promite sa reziste la socuri puternice si chiar la scufundari de scurta durata si este bazat pe sistemul de operare Google Android. Citeste si comenteaza pe StyleReport.ro http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/lupta-celor-patru-titani-it-pentru-suprematia-in-era-digitala-cum-se-ataca-google-apple-facebook-si-amazon/ lupta-celor-patru-titani-it-pentru-suprematia-in-era-digitala-cum-se-ataca-google-apple-facebook-si-amazon Thu, 18 Aug 2011 08:31:17 +0300 Google, Apple, Facebook şi Amazon sunt cei patru titani ai industriei IT care îşi dispută în acest moment supremaţia în era digitală. Aproape nimeni nu poate scăpa de ei. Reuşesc să scoată bani din aproape toate buzunarele şi deţin controlul asupra unor segmente vaste ale economiei globale. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/windows-la-cel-mai-mic-nivel-din-ultimii-20-de-ani-va-disparea-sistemul-de-operare/ windows-la-cel-mai-mic-nivel-din-ultimii-20-de-ani-va-disparea-sistemul-de-operare Thu, 18 Aug 2011 07:01:42 +0300 Cota de piaţă a Windows, sistemul de operare care aduce anual Microsoft aproximativ un sfert din venituri, a coborât în acest an la cel mai mic nivel din ultimele două decenii, iar viitorul platformei pare în acest moment sumbru, potrivit unei analize a cotidianului american The Wall Street Journal, care se întreabă cum va face faţă gigantul software unei lumi în care telefoanele mobile şi tabletele pot face aproape aceleaşi operaţiuni pe care nu de mult doar PC-urile le puteau realiza. Sistemul de operare Windows a generat 19 miliarde de dolari venituri în ultimul an fiscal şi a produs 12,3 miliarde profit - aproape o jumătate din profitul Microsoft, compania condusă de Steve Balmer. Cu toate acestea, veniturile Windows au scăzut în fiecare din ultimele două trimestre. Între timp vânzările de smartphone-uri care rulează platforma Google Android şi iPhone-urile de la Apple au crescut în acest an, iar cererea pentru tabletele iPad de la Apple "mănâncă" din vânzările de laptop-uri, dispozitive pe care în mare parte rulează Windowsul. Potrivit mai multor analişti, cota Windows pe piaţa PC din trimestrul trecut a înregistrat cel mai scăzut nivel din ultimele două decenii. Microsoft se bazează pe următoarea versiune de Windows, numită Windows 8, pentru a reporni creşterea vânzărilor, dar sistemul de operare pe care Microsoft l-a reproiectat pentru a rula mai bine pe computerele cu touch-screen nu va fi lansat mai devreme de toamna anului 2012. Citeşte mai multe despre ce s-ar putea întâmpla cu Windows pe www.zf.ro. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/business-report-viata-la-bloc-in-apartamente-de-milioane-de-euro-cum-a-devenit-pirateria-software-sport-national-in-romania-megatranzactia-dintre-google-si-motorola-transformata-in-desen-animat-cum-arata-steve-jobs-in-rolul-lui-darth-vader/ business-report-viata-la-bloc-in-apartamente-de-milioane-de-euro-cum-a-devenit-pirateria-software-sport-national-in-romania-megatranzactia-dintre-google-si-motorola-transformata-in-desen-animat-cum-arata-steve-jobs-in-rolul-lui-darth-vader Thu, 18 Aug 2011 03:02:17 +0300 Confuzia generatiei 2011: cel mai aspru bac, cea mai usoara admitere. Cel mai prost bacalaureat din ultimii 20 de ani a lasat in urma prapad: mii de locuri la facultate neocupate, disparitia aproape totala a locurilor cu taxa si temerile angajatorilor cu privire la perspectivele pietei muncii peste trei ani. Fie pentru ca ati trait stresul pe propria piele, fie din auzite, va amintiti probabil de vremurile cand concurenta la admiterea la facultate era de 20-30 (ba chiar peste o suta) de candidati pe loc. Chiar daca, de la an la an, situatiile de acest tip s-au rarit, au existat si in ultimii ani facultati unde, ca sa ai acces, trebuia sa ai in spate ani de studii serioase si sa dai la o parte peste zece absolventi de liceu cu aceleasi preferinte academice, relateaza Capital. Scandal la varf in SIF Moldova. Acuze grave la adresa fostului presedinte. Dupa SIF Oltenia, un nou scandal ridica valul despre felul in societatile de investitii financiare (SIF) sunt inselate de chiar membrii conducerilor lor. Fostul presedinte al SIF Moldova (SIF2) a aprobat intrainarea unui spatiu comercial din Bacau, pe care l-ar fi cumparat fara sa sa adune alte oferte competitive si eludand astfel deciziile AGA, potrivit unei serii de rapoarte trimise de SIF Moldova Bursei de Valori Bucuresti (BVB) si Autoritatii pietei de capital (Comisia Nationala a Valorilor Mobiliare, CNVM). Anul trecut, la sase ani dupa tranzactie, Alexandru Matei, presedinte al SIF Moldova intre 1997 si 2005 si vicepresedinte al predecesoarei acesteia (Fondul Proprietatii Private II), a prezentat ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/video-megatranzactia-dintre-google-si-motorola-transformata-in-desen-animat-cum-arata-steve-jobs-in-rolul-lui-darth-vader/ video-megatranzactia-dintre-google-si-motorola-transformata-in-desen-animat-cum-arata-steve-jobs-in-rolul-lui-darth-vader Wed, 17 Aug 2011 19:31:22 +0300 Taiwanezii de la Next Media Animation, care crează animaţii pe tema unor evenimente recente, au realizat un film despre preluarea de către Google a diviziei Motorola Mobility pentru suma de 12,5 miliarde de dolari, informează Mashable. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/standard-poor39s-recomanda-investitorilor-sa-vanda-actiunile-google-dupa-preluarea-motorola-mobility/ standard-poor39s-recomanda-investitorilor-sa-vanda-actiunile-google-dupa-preluarea-motorola-mobility Wed, 17 Aug 2011 18:32:11 +0300 Agentia de evaluare financiara Standard & Poor's a modificat recomandarea pentru actiunile Google, de la "Cumpara" la "Vinde", dupa decizia motorului de cautare de a prelua producatorul de telefoane Motorola Mobility pentru 12,5 miliarde de dolari, potrivit International Business Times. De asemenea, S&P a redus tinta de pret pentru actiunile Google la 500 dolari de la 700 dolari.Scott Kessler, director de cercetare la S&P, arata ca nu este sigur daca brevetele de inventie ale Motorola vor ajuta Google in procesele legate de dreptul de proprietate intelectuală cu privire la sistemul de operare Android.In plus, achizitia va afecta cresterea Google precum si marjele de profit si bilantul, avand in vedere ca Motorola a inregistrat pierderi nete de 56 milioane de dolari in al doilea trimestru al anului.Google a anuntat luni ca a ajuns la un acord pentru a cumpara cu 12,5 miliarde de dolari producatorul de telefoane mobile Motorola Mobility. Aceasta este cea mai mare tranzactie din istoria Google si una care poate schimba raportul de forte pe piata smartphone-urilor. Pana in prezent s-au vandut peste 150 de milioane de telefoane cu Android, iar achizitia va avea un impact important asupra pietei. Google va detine practic un producator de telefoane mobile care va ajunge sa concureze cu alte companii care vand telefoane ce utilizeaza sistemul de operare Android. Tranzactia va intari pozitia Google in segmentul brevetelor de inventie unde compania statea destul de slab si putea fi usor atacata de concurenta.Google spune ca achizitia va ajuta mult avansul sistemului de operare Android si adauga ca platforma ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/video-megatranzactia-dintre-google-si-motorola-transformata-in-desen-animat-cum-arata-steve-jobs-in-rolul-lui-darth-vader-si-fondatorii-google-calare-pe-un-ponei/ video-megatranzactia-dintre-google-si-motorola-transformata-in-desen-animat-cum-arata-steve-jobs-in-rolul-lui-darth-vader-si-fondatorii-google-calare-pe-un-ponei Wed, 17 Aug 2011 18:01:52 +0300 Taiwanezii de la Next Media Animation, care crează animaţii pe tema unor evenimente recente, au realizat un film despre preluarea de către Google a diviziei Motorola Mobility pentru suma de 12,5 miliarde de dolari, informează Mashable. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/quiz-how-do-i-apply-for-jobs-online/ quiz-how-do-i-apply-for-jobs-online Wed, 17 Aug 2011 14:30:53 +0300 Editor's note: Brenna Ehrlich and Andrea Bartz are the sarcastic brains behind the humor blog and book Stuff Hipsters Hate. When they're not trolling Brooklyn for new material, Ehrlich works as an associate editor at Mashable.com and Bartz is news editor at Psychology Today. Got a question about etiquette in the digital world? Contact them at netiquette@cnn.com. (CNN) -- For the most part, e-mail makes our lives easier. It allows for instant written communication. It grants us permission to politely ignore friends and contacts for hours or even days at a time. It prevents us from having to actually get up and talk to other people in our offices and eliminates the need to use one's vocal chords for entire 24-hour stretches. But there's one realm where e-mail makes life unnecessarily confusing: The online job application process. A gleaming white new message pane just isn't the ideal space for cobbling together what was once a little packet printed on fancy résumé paper and mailed to the hiring manager in a large orange envelope. The U.S. economy added 117,000 jobs last month, perhaps a sign that looking for a new gig won't be a Herculean feat for much longer now. Test your e-application know-how and ace the logistics of the application process. (How you actually perform at the interview, well, that's your own problem.) 1. Ahoy, a job listing for a position that actually interests you! The classified says to send a résumé and cover letter to such-and-such e-mail. You polish up your resume and: a) Attach it to the e-mail ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/htc-a-dat-in-judecata-apple-pentru-incalcarea-unor-tehnologii-brevetate/ htc-a-dat-in-judecata-apple-pentru-incalcarea-unor-tehnologii-brevetate Wed, 17 Aug 2011 12:32:49 +0300 ​Producatorul taiwanez de telefoane inteligente HTC a dat in judecata Apple in Statele Unite ale Americii, acuzand producatorul american ca i-a folosit in mod ilegal tehnologii brevetate, informeaza BBC. HTC incearca sa obtina in instanta blocarea importurilor pe piata americana a produselor Apple. Acesta este cel mai recent pas in disputa legala dintre cele doua companii pe tema incalcarii de tehnologii brevetate, dupa ce in luna iulie din acest an o decizie preliminara a Comisiei Internationale pentru Comert din SUA a decis ca HTC a incalcat doua brevete ale Apple.HTC a anuntat in iulie ca va face recurs la aceasta decizie a Comisiei Internationale pentru Comert din SUA , iar o hotarare finala ar urma sa fie data pe 6 decembrie de o comisie speciala. "Razboiul" vanzarilor de telefoane mobile inteligente (smartphone-uri) a luat o noua intorsatura luni, cand Google a anuntat ca a ajuns la un acord pentru a cumpara cu 12,5 miliarde dolari compania producatoare de telefoane mobile Motorola Mobility. Achizitia Motorola Mobility (MMI) ar putea oferi o mai mare protectie in aceasta disputa a brevetelor de inventie pentru toti producatorii de terminale Android."Portofoliul de patente MMI va ajuta cel mai probabil Google sa protejeze producatorii de terminale mobile care folosesc sistemul de operare Android impotriva litigiilor cu Apple si Microsoft", se mentioneaza intr-o nota a firmei de cercetare Bernstein Research, citata de BBC.Motorola, Nokia, HTC, Apple, Google si Samsung sunt implicate in prezent in unul sau mai multe procese pe tema incalcarii anumitor tehnologii brevetate.Vanzarile de smartphone-uri au readus pe crestere piata ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-il-omagiaza-pe-matematicianul-pierre-de-fermat-parinte-al-calculului-diferential/ google-il-omagiaza-pe-matematicianul-pierre-de-fermat-parinte-al-calculului-diferential Wed, 17 Aug 2011 12:32:41 +0300 Google şi-a modificat, miercuri, logoul pentru a-l omagia pe Pierre de Fermat, considerat "părinte" al calculului diferenţial şi al teoriei numerelor, de la a cărui naştere se împlinesc 410 ani. Noul logo al Google reprezintă o tablă pe care este scrisă cu cretă teorema enunţată de Fermat. "Am descoperit o demonstraţie cu adevărat minunată, pentru această teoremă, însă acest doodle (desen n.r.) este prea mic să o cuprindă", se arată în descrierea noului logo. Marea teorema a lui Fermat a fost enunţată de acesta în anul 1637, iar demonstraţia completă a fost realizată abia peste 357 de matematicianul englez Andrew Wiles. Teorema enunţă o metodă de găsire a punctelor de maxim şi minim ale unei funcţii derivabile. Valoarea derivatei în aceste puncte este 0. Astfel, problema determinării punctelor de maxim şi minim ale unei funcţii se reduce la rezolvarea unei ecuaţii. Pierre de Fermat s-a născut pe 17 august 1601 la Montauban, Franţa, şi a fost un avocat, funcţionar public şi matematician francez, cunoscut pentru contribuţiile sale vaste în diferite domenii ale matematicii, precursor al calculului diferenţial, geometriei analitice şi calculului probabilităţilor. Lui Fermat îi este atribuit într-o măsură mai mică calculul modern, în special, pentru contribuţia sa referitoare la tangente şi punctele staţionare. Fermat este considerat de unii autori "părinte" al calculului diferenţial şi al teoriei numerelor. A avut contribuţii şi în geometria analitică şi probabilitate. Matematicianul s-a stins din viaţă pe 12 ianuarie 1665, la Castres, Franţa. Google îşi modifică frecvent logoul pentru a marca evenimente importante ale istoriei universale sau pentru a celebra mari personalităţi. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/topul-celor-mai-importante-10-achizitii-ale-google/ topul-celor-mai-importante-10-achizitii-ale-google Wed, 17 Aug 2011 12:32:07 +0300 Preluarea Motorola pentru 12,5 miliarde de dolari este cea mai importantă achiziţie din istoria companiei Google. De fapt, este mai mare decât primele zece cele mai importante achiziţii de până acum, în total, şi doar a treia care depăşeşte un miliard de dolari. Finalizarea procesului de achiziţie a Motorola se va încheia cel mai târziu la începutul anului viitor, potrivit Networkworld.com. Top 10 al celor mai importante achiziţii Google 1. DoubleClick, tehnologia pentru afişare de publicitate - 3,1 miliarde dolari, tranzacţie finalizată în martie 2008; 2. YouTube - 1,65 miliarde dolari, finalizată în noiembrie 2006; 3. AdMob, agenţie de publicitate mobilă - 750 de milioane de dolari, tranzacţie finalizată în luna mai 2010; 4. ITA Software, dezvoltator software pentru călătorii - 700 de milioane de dolari, tranzacţie finalizată în aprilie 2011; Citeşte mai multe despre topul celor mai importante achiziţii ale Google pe www.gandul.info. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/lovitura-grea-pentru-google-cautarile-pe-motorul-bing-al-rivalilor-de-la-microsoft-ar-avea-rezultate-de-o-calitate-mai-buna/ lovitura-grea-pentru-google-cautarile-pe-motorul-bing-al-rivalilor-de-la-microsoft-ar-avea-rezultate-de-o-calitate-mai-buna Wed, 17 Aug 2011 12:31:42 +0300 Rezultatele oferite de motoarele de căutare Bing şi Yahoo ar putea fi mai bune decât cele ale Google, potrivit unei analize realizate de compania Experian Hitwise care arată că peste 80% dintre căutările celor două motoare sunt "de succes", relatează The Christian Science Monitor. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/will-google-moto-deal-better-phones/ will-google-moto-deal-better-phones Wed, 17 Aug 2011 05:30:30 +0300 (CNN) -- There was a frenzy of tech news across the Internet on Monday morning about Google's acquisition of Motorola's mobile phone division. Missing from the flurry of opinions, however, is this: The $12.5 billion deal, while significant, may not result in better mobile phones on Google's Android operating system. Consequently, there's not much reason yet for consumers to care. Sure, Google, in a blog post announcing this deal, says that owning Motorola Mobility will help bolster the Android platform. But the search-engine-turned-tech-juggernaut does so in only the vaguest of terms: "Together, we will create amazing user experiences that supercharge the entire Android ecosystem for the benefit of consumers, partners and developers everywhere," Google CEO Larry Page writes in the blog post. Analysts, however, are highlighting the subtext of this move: Google is getting bombarded with patent attacks from Apple and Microsoft and therefore, as a defensive move, needed to acquire Motorola's tens of thousands of patents. That's fascinating for businesspeople. But it doesn't mean much, necessarily, for the phone offerings that Google and Motorola will put out together. "The core reason for the acquisition is to acquire patents around mobile devices to protect Android from the myriad lawsuits that have embroiled it over the past year including suits from Oracle, Microsoft, and Apple," Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster told the Wall Street Journal, which has a nice wrap-up of what tech analysts are saying about this deal. Motorola is just one of several handset manufacturers -- along with Dell, HTC, LG, Samsung and others -- that make Android-powered phones. But this deal could ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/business-report-cand-altii-pierd-el-castiga-romanul-care-le-a-luat-fata-miliardarilor-latifundiarii-pun-camere-video-pe-miriste-si-gps-pe-tractoare-cum-ii-fura-angajatii-constantin-stroe-a-confirmat-aparitia-unui-nou-model-dacia-anul-viitor/ business-report-cand-altii-pierd-el-castiga-romanul-care-le-a-luat-fata-miliardarilor-latifundiarii-pun-camere-video-pe-miriste-si-gps-pe-tractoare-cum-ii-fura-angajatii-constantin-stroe-a-confirmat-aparitia-unui-nou-model-dacia-anul-viitor Wed, 17 Aug 2011 04:01:42 +0300 Ce firme cauta acum investitorii. Consultantii de pe piata de fuziuni si achizitii spun ca firmele din agricultura, energie (mai ales cele din energie verde, IT&C si industrie) inca atrag atentia investitorilor, la fel cum au facut-o in ultimii doi - trei ani. Victor Capitanu, Partener la casa de investitii Capital Partners, spune pentru startups.ro ca in domeniul energiei regenerabile interesul vine mai ales din partea investitorilor strategici. Florian Nitu, Managing Partner la casa de avocatura Popovici Nitu si Asociatii, spune ca experienta crizei financiare internationale si a celei sistemice, care i-a urmat, au reconfigurat structura apetitului investitional. "Evident, investitiile de ordin financiar speculativ ori cu profil de risc ridicat s-au redus semnificativ, daca nu chiar, in formele cele mai indraznete, au si incetat. Efectul diametral opus a fost acela al investitiilor in resurse primare sau in procesarea de resurse primare. Asa se justifica o avalansa de investitii in agricultura sau domenii imobiliare destinate agriculturii, in industria alimentara, in domeniul tuturor resurselor naturale primare (petrol, gaze, energie); in acest sector, vedeta este energia verde cu investitii in parcuri eoliene sau fotovoltaice de mai multe miliarde de euro, lansate in ultimii trei ani", detaliaza pentru startups.ro Florian Nitu, scrie Startups.ro Erste: Vanzarea activelor riscante ar putea foarte usor sa coboare pretul petrolului sub 100 dolari/baril. Ne reducem substantial estimarile pentru OMV. Analistii grupului financiar austriac Erste si-au redus cu 15% tinta de pret pentru actiunile OMV la 12 luni, pe fondul rezultatelor sub asteptari raportate de compania petroliera pentru primul semestru si turbulentelor recente de pe ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-cumpara-divizia-de-telefoane-mobile-a-motorola-pentru-125-miliarde-dolari/ google-cumpara-divizia-de-telefoane-mobile-a-motorola-pentru-125-miliarde-dolari Wed, 17 Aug 2011 04:01:39 +0300 Google a anuntat ca a ajuns la un acord pentru a cumpara cu 12,5 miliarde dolari compania producatoare de telefoane mobile Motorola Mobility. Este cea mai mare tranzactie din istoria Google si una care poate schimba raportul de forte pe piata smartphone-urilor. Pana in prezent s-au vandut peste 150 de milioane de telefoane cu Android, iar achizitia va avea un impact important asupra pietei. Google va detine practic un producator de telefoane mobile care va ajunge sa concureze cu alte companii care vand telefoane ce utilizeaza sistemul de operare Android.Practic Google va detine acum un produicator de smartphone-uri pentru care plateste 40 dolari/actiune, cu 63% peste pretul actiunilor Motorola la inchiderea burselor, vineri.Tranzactia are o importanta imensa pentru Google fiindca va intari pozitia Google in segmentul brevetelor de inventie unde compania statea destul de slab si putea fi usor atacata de concurenta,Google spune ca achizitia va ajuta mult avansul sistemului de operare Android si adauga ca platforma va ramane una deschisa, iar achizitia nu va schimba strategia pentru Android.Tranzactia va trebui sa fie aprobata de autoritatile de reglementare si e de asteptat ca intreg procesul sa se incheie la final de 2011 sau inceput de 2012, daca totul decurge bine.Motorola Mobility s-a desprins la inceputul acestui an de grupul Motorola care acum cinci ani a inceput sa aiba dificultati importante in segmentul telefoanelor mobile si fiindca nu a reactionat destul de repede pentru a scoate modele touch-screen competitive.Motorola Mobility a inregistrat in 2009 pierderi de 1,2 miliarde dolari, iar anul trecut a obtinut profit operational ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/video-grid-10-o-tableta-android-altfel/ video-grid-10-o-tableta-android-altfel Wed, 17 Aug 2011 04:01:31 +0300 Dincolo de designul exterior diferit, majoritatea tabletelor bazate pe sistemul de operare Google Android sunt aproape identice. Acelasi procesor in interior, aceeasi rezolutie a display-ului, acelasi sistem de operare, cu aceeasi interfata. Fusion Garage au lansat o tableta cu un sistem de operare derivat din Android, dar radical diferit ca interfata si mod de utilizare. Citeste si comenteaza pe StyleReport.ro http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/fans-complain-39michael-forever39-tribute-includes-critic/ fans-complain-39michael-forever39-tribute-includes-critic Tue, 16 Aug 2011 22:30:41 +0300 Los Angeles (CNN) -- Promoters yanked the rock band KISS from the Michael Jackson tribute show Tuesday after fans called their attention to negative remarks KISS leader Gene Simmons made about the pop star in the weeks after his death. The reversals came a day after Katherine Jackson appeared live on CNN to announce the addition of KISS to the lineup for "Michael Forever: The Tribute Concert," scheduled for October 8 in Cardiff, Wales. "We have listened to Michael's fans and are grateful to have been alerted to these unfortunate statements by Gene Simmons," Global Live Events CEO Chris Hunt told CNN Tuesday. Fan clubs appeared in open revolt against the tribute show after promoters added the group. Fan websites pointed to published interviews in which Simmons spoke about his suspicions that Jackson, who was acquitted of child molestation in 2005, was a pedophile. The executors of the Michael Jackson estate also spoke out late Monday, sending a letter to the promoters saying they were "especially disappointed" by the announcement that KISS was in the show. The estate asked promoters to provide an explanation. "As I am sure you are aware, Mr. Simmons has made numerous disparaging public comments about Michael Jackson after his passing," estate lawyer Howard Weitzman wrote in the letter obtained by CNN. He called media coverage of the controversy "extraordinarily embarrassing." The estate, which has not sanctioned the event, also questioned the promoters' promise to share profits with charities and a provision in the terms of the ticket sale that so long as 50% of the ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/megatranzactia-dintre-google-si-motorola-cum-se-va-schimba-telefonul-tau/ megatranzactia-dintre-google-si-motorola-cum-se-va-schimba-telefonul-tau Tue, 16 Aug 2011 21:31:27 +0300 Google, compania care deţine cel mai mare motor de căutare pe Internet din lume şi care a dezvoltat sistemul de operare Android, ce rulează pe aproape jumătate dintre smartphone-urile din întreaga lume, a cumpărat Motorola Mobility Holdings pentru 12,5 miliarde de dolari. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/cele-mai-mari-10-achizitii-din-istoria-google/ cele-mai-mari-10-achizitii-din-istoria-google Tue, 16 Aug 2011 20:31:31 +0300 Preluarea Motorola pentru 12,5 miliarde de dolari este cea mai importantă achiziţie din istoria companiei Google. De fapt, este mai mare decât primele zece cele mai importante achiziţii de până acum, în total, şi doar a treia care depăşeşte un miliard de dolari. Finalizarea procesului de achiziţie a Motorola se va încheia cel mai târziu la începutul anului viitor, potrivit Networkworld.com. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google39s-motorola-deal-seen-as-cold-war-arms-race/ google39s-motorola-deal-seen-as-cold-war-arms-race Tue, 16 Aug 2011 19:00:57 +0300 (CNN) -- Open warfare between technology giants is nothing new, but when Google this week announced it was acquiring Motorola's mobile division, the conflict over mobile phones went nuclear. Behind the headlines of the $12.5 billion deal, say analysts, is a Cold War-style arms race, with leading firms racing to stockpile the patents that will serve as weapons of mutually-assured destruction. But as Google squares off against Apple, Microsoft and the creators of BlackBerry, the question is: will anyone benefit from this escalation in potential hostilities or, like the standoff between America and the Soviet Union, will it ultimately prove futile? Industry observers say Google's latest deal, which saw it pay a 63% premium on shares, is primarily aimed at laying its hands on Motorola's arsenal of patents -- legally protected innovations built up over years at the frontline of cell phone development. Most of these estimated 24,000 patents have little intrinsic value, says Lee Simpson, a London-based analyst at Jeffries International, but a core 500 or so represent the mother lode, giving Google ownership of key cellular communication technology. And it is these patents that Google will turn to should it be accused of stealing Apple's own legally-protected iPhone innovations to enhance Google's Android operating system -- a software now used on many popular handsets. Apple upgraded its arsenal last month when it jointly with Microsoft led a $4.5 billion consortium buy up of the bankrupt Nortel Corp. The deal, giving access to 6,000 key communications technology patents, was at the time seen as a blow to Android. Intellectual property analyst ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/did-google-just-turn-motorola-into-the-new-super-tivo/ did-google-just-turn-motorola-into-the-new-super-tivo Tue, 16 Aug 2011 15:31:01 +0300 (WIRED) -- The best-case scenario for consumers if the proposed Google-Motorola deal goes through might be that cable TV gets a whole lot better. Earlier, we touched on Motorola's sizable patent portfolio and its position as a leading maker of TV set-top boxes. Now, let's put the two together, add Google TV's promising software interface and utter failure of its hardware, and cook up a brand new go-to-market strategy for Google TV. Steve Jobs (who knows a thing or two about a thing or two) laid this problem out very clearly a year ago, explaining why Google TV would fail and why Apple TV is still just "a hobby": "The problem with innovation in the television industry is the go-to-market strategy. The television industry has a subsidized model that gives everyone a set-top box for free, or for $10 per month. That pretty much squashes any opportunity for innovation, because nobody's willing to buy a set top box. Ask TiVo, ask Roku, ask us. Ask Google in a few months. The only way that's ever going to change is if you can really go back to square one, tear up the set top box, redesign it from scratch with a consistent UI across all these different functions, and get it to consumers in a way that they're willing to pay for it. And right now there's no way to do that. The TV is going to lose until there's a viable -- go to market strategy. Otherwise you're just making another TiVo. It's not a problem with ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/anuntul-care-a-readus-increderea-pe-piata-de-capital-bursa-de-la-new-york-a-inchis-luni-in-crestere-datorita-ofertei-google-pentru-motorola-mobility/ anuntul-care-a-readus-increderea-pe-piata-de-capital-bursa-de-la-new-york-a-inchis-luni-in-crestere-datorita-ofertei-google-pentru-motorola-mobility Tue, 16 Aug 2011 10:31:37 +0300 Bursa de la New York a închis luni în creştere pentru cea de-a treia şedinţă consecutiv, datorită optimismului generat de oferta de 12,5 miliarde de dolari lansată de Google pentru Motorola Mobility, transmite Reuters. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/fans-complain-39michael-forever39-tribute-includes-jackson-critic/ fans-complain-39michael-forever39-tribute-includes-jackson-critic Tue, 16 Aug 2011 10:31:01 +0300 Los Angeles (CNN) -- Michael Jackson fan clubs appeared in open revolt against a tribute show for the late pop star after promoters added the rock band KISS to the concert lineup on Monday. Fan objected because of negative comments KISS leader Gene Simmons made about Jackson in interviews the days and weeks after his death two years ago. Simmons spoke about his suspicions that Jackson, who was acquitted of child molestation in 2005, was a pedophile. "In the days following Michael Jackson's death, Gene Simmons has made slanderous, derogatory comments about Michael and his children," the fan site United For Michael Jackson's Legacy said. "It is quite ironic that Simmons has now agreed to himself pay tribute to the man he called a child predator." Promoters, who had hoped the addition of the legendary group would bolster their lineup, said they were unaware of Simmons' statements when they booked KISS for the show. The fan website MJ4Justice was one of several calling for a boycott of "Michael Forever: The Tribute Concert" scheduled for October 8 in Cardiff, Wales. "Either they don't have access to computers, telephones or do not know how to use GOOGLE," MJ4Justice said in an online statement. "But, There is NO excuse for the Tribute organizers NOT to know Gene Simmons should not be part of any Michael Jackson Tribute Event." Global Live Events executives appeared with Jackson matriarch Katherine Jackson on CNN Monday to announce the signing of KISS. "I know he would be very excited about KISS," Michael Jackson's mother said. But within minutes, ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/tranzactia-care-a-readus-increderea-pe-piata-de-capital-bursa-de-la-new-york-a-inchis-luni-in-crestere-datorita-ofertei-google-pentru-motorola-mobility/ tranzactia-care-a-readus-increderea-pe-piata-de-capital-bursa-de-la-new-york-a-inchis-luni-in-crestere-datorita-ofertei-google-pentru-motorola-mobility Tue, 16 Aug 2011 10:01:27 +0300 Bursa de la New York a închis luni în creştere pentru cea de-a treia şedinţă consecutiv, datorită optimismului generat de oferta de 12,5 miliarde de dolari lansată de Google pentru Motorola Mobility, transmite Reuters. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-moto-deal-may-not-produce-better-phones/ google-moto-deal-may-not-produce-better-phones Tue, 16 Aug 2011 01:30:32 +0300 (CNN) -- There was a frenzy of tech news across the Internet on Monday morning about Google's acquisition of Motorola's mobile phone division. Missing from the flurry of opinions, however, is this: The $12.5 billion deal, while significant, may not result in better mobile phones on Google's Android operating system. Consequently, there's not much reason yet for consumers to care. Sure, Google, in a blog post announcing this deal, says that owning Motorola Mobility will help bolster the Android platform. But the search-engine-turned-tech-juggernaut does so in only the vaguest of terms: "Together, we will create amazing user experiences that supercharge the entire Android ecosystem for the benefit of consumers, partners and developers everywhere," Google CEO Larry Page writes in the blog post. Analysts, however, are highlighting the subtext of this move: Google is getting bombarded with patent attacks from Apple and Microsoft and therefore, as a defensive move, needed to acquire Motorola's tens of thousands of patents. That's fascinating for businesspeople. But it doesn't mean much, necessarily, for the phone offerings that Google and Motorola will put out together. "The core reason for the acquisition is to acquire patents around mobile devices to protect Android from the myriad lawsuits that have embroiled it over the past year including suits from Oracle, Microsoft, and Apple," Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster told the Wall Street Journal, which has a nice wrap-up of what tech analysts are saying about this deal. Motorola is just one of several handset manufacturers -- along with Dell, HTC, LG, Samsung and others -- that make Android-powered phones. But this deal could ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/motorola-deal-boosts-google39s-move-into-home-automation/ motorola-deal-boosts-google39s-move-into-home-automation Tue, 16 Aug 2011 00:31:02 +0300 (CNN) -- One lesser-known aspect of Google's proposed acquisition of Motorola Mobility: It brings the technology giant a step closer to offering a Google baby monitor. Google announced in May its ambitions of getting into the home automation business. Monday's step toward buying a hardware maker is poised to play into that goal. At the Google I/O conference in May, Google demonstrated concepts for home appliances that could communicate wirelessly with each other and with Android phones and tablets. Google's Joe Britt showed an alarm clock that can be set, using a mobile application, to turn on lights and music in the bedroom at a specified time. "We'd like to think of your entire home as an accessory," Britt said then. "Android is the operating system for your home." In addition to providing software, which is where Google's expertise lies, the technology giant is looking to design connected hardware and appliances for the home. This could help Google capitalize on a fairly young industry that has yet to break into the mainstream. In a blog post Monday, Google CEO Larry Page cited Motorola's development of "home devices" as an impetus for working more closely with the manufacturer. Page expressed that same enthusiasm in a conference call later in the day, sentiments that were echoed by Motorola Mobility CEO Sanjay Jha. With the proposed Motorola acquisition, Google risks straining its relationships with other smartphone makers who rely on Android, wrote Charles Golvin, a Forrester Research consumer product analyst, in an online report. But Google is willing to weather that storm to bolster ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/why-the-google-moto-deal-may-not-result-in-better-phones/ why-the-google-moto-deal-may-not-result-in-better-phones Mon, 15 Aug 2011 21:00:52 +0300 (CNN) -- There was a frenzy of tech news across the Internet on Monday morning about Google's acquisition of Motorola's mobile phone division. Missing from the flurry of opinions, however, is this: The $12.5 billion deal, while significant, may not result in better mobile phones on Google's Android operating system. Consequently, there's not much reason yet for consumers to care. Sure, Google, in a blog post announcing this deal, says that owning Motorola Mobility will help bolster the Android platform. But the search-engine-turned-tech-juggernaut does so in only the vaguest of terms: "Together, we will create amazing user experiences that supercharge the entire Android ecosystem for the benefit of consumers, partners and developers everywhere," Google CEO Larry Page writes in the blog post. Analysts, however, are highlighting the subtext of this move: Google is getting bombarded with patent attacks from Apple and Microsoft and therefore, as a defensive move, needed to acquire Motorola's tens of thousands of patents. That's fascinating for businesspeople. But it doesn't mean much, necessarily, for the phone offerings that Google and Motorola will put out together. "The core reason for the acquisition is to acquire patents around mobile devices to protect Android from the myriad lawsuits that have embroiled it over the past year including suits from Oracle, Microsoft, and Apple," Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster told the Wall Street Journal, which has a nice wrap-up of what tech analysts are saying about this deal. Motorola is just one of several handset manufacturers -- along with Dell, HTC, LG, Samsung and others -- that make Android-powered phones. But this deal could ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-cumpara-motorola-mobility-cu-125-miliarde-de-dolari/ google-cumpara-motorola-mobility-cu-125-miliarde-de-dolari Mon, 15 Aug 2011 16:01:07 +0300 Google va cumpăra Motorola Mobility cu 12,5 miliarde de dolari, gigantul american de internet propunând un preţ de 40 de dolari pe acţiune, cu 63% mai mult decât cotaţia titlurilor la închiderea bursei vineri. Potrivit AFP, Tranzacţia a primit susţinerea unanimă a consiliilor de administraţie ale celor două grupuri şi ar urma fi finalizată la finalul lui 2011 sau la începutul anului viitor. "Achiziţia Motorola Mobility va permite Google dezvoltarea sistemului Android", a precizat grupul american, precizând că sistemul de operare va rămâne deschis tuturor fabricanţilor de telefoane mobile. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/liana-buzea-internetul-da-prima-veste-a-coagularilor-sociale/ liana-buzea-internetul-da-prima-veste-a-coagularilor-sociale Sat, 13 Aug 2011 04:02:07 +0300 "Folosind Facebook si Twitter, in septembrie 2010, aceste doua tinere au mobilizat 200.000 de voluntari care si-au petrecut o zi curatand gunoaie in Romania. Ele au dovedit ca scepticii s-au inselat". Este vorba despre Liana Buzea si Anamaria Hancu, doua nume rostite pe 4 iulie anul acesta de ambasadorul SUA in Romania, Mark Gitenstein. Dupa ce a reusit cu "Let's Do It, Romania", Liana Buzea aduna oamenii pentru un nou demers: "Plantam fapte bune in Romania!". Cum se coaguleaza o miscare sociala pe internet, care este forta retelelor sociale in Romania, care sunt pasii de la mesaj electronic la actiune si ce sanse au proiectele romanesti online - sunt doar cateva dintre intrebarile la care Liana Buzea a raspuns, intr-un interviu acordat HotNews.ro.Rep: Plecam de la campania "Let's Do It, Romania". Cum ati reusit sa coagulati atatia oameni pentru aceasta actiune? L.B: In primul rand, mobilizarea s-a facut pe mai multe canale. Cel de social-media a folosit in mare parte la notoritate. Dar la mobilizare s-au folosit retele de organizatii, cluburi, fie din mediu, fie din alte domenii, contactarea autoritatilor locale. In multe judete din tara, societatea civila nu este atat de puternica si autoritatile locale sunt cele care pot sa fie un model pe care lumea, la nivel de comunitate locala, sa il urmeze. Pe de alta parte, in momentul in care am inceput sa primim sustinere media, pe TV, ne-a fost mult mai usor sa fim credibili si in momentul in care mergeam cu mesaje in comunitatea locala lumea sa spuna: da, va ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/cele-mai-importante-branduri-media-care-vor-exista-si-peste-zece-ani/ cele-mai-importante-branduri-media-care-vor-exista-si-peste-zece-ani Sat, 13 Aug 2011 04:01:46 +0300 In urmatorii zece ani informatiile vor proveni, probabil, din surse mult mai variate decat in ziua de azi, iar schimbarile tehnologice si a modelelor de afaceri vor crea invingatori si invinsi in randul brandurilor actuale. Publicatia Business Insider a incercat sa prezica ce branduri vor mai exista la finele acestei decade.Probabil ca The New York Times va renunta la print, insa brandul va continua sa existe. Numele si produsul sunt prea valoroase pentru a disparea completTwitter este o platforma pe care nicio publicatie nu isi permite sa o neglijeze si se pare ca va continua sa existe. Ar putea chiar sa devina un instrument mult mai bun pentru a citi si a redacta stirile prin intermediul observatiilor, fotografiilor si clipurilor video postate de martorii oculari.Google continua sa fie principalul motor de cautare, iar Google News se bucura de o audienta uriasa. Business Insider este de parere ca Google News va fi unul dintre cele mai importante aplicatii in acest domeniu, avand in vedere ca se asteapta Google sa imbunatateasca acest serviciu si, probabil, sa il integreze in Google+.Facebook este una dintre cele mai importante platforme de distribuţie a informaţiilor din lume, iar in urmatorii zece ani ar trebui sa creasca in relevanta, in special pe partea de stiri localeReteaua TV in limba spaniola Univision se va schimba semnificativ in urmatorii ani, iar pe măsură ce populaţia vorbitoare de limba spaniolă va deveni din ce in ce mai nuneroasa în SUA, compania va creste in dimensiune si in influenta.Stirile financiare nu isi vor pierde din relevanta ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-introduce-mai-multe-jocuri-printre-care-si-popularul-angry-birds/ google-introduce-mai-multe-jocuri-printre-care-si-popularul-angry-birds Sat, 13 Aug 2011 04:01:29 +0300 Google face un pas în plus în competiţia sa cu reţeaua de socializare Facebook, instalând o pagină de jocuri pe site-ul său de socializare Google+, printre care şi "Angry Birds", un joc foarte popular creat de compania Rovio, informează Brand Republic. Google a anunţat pe blogul oficial al companiei că a introdus un buton pentru jocuri pe Google+. În prezent sunt disponibile 16 jocuri, printre care "Zynga Poker", "Zombie Lane" şi "Sudoko". Utilizatorii îşi pot invita prietenii să joace jocuri împreună online. "Experienţele pe care le împărtăşim sunt importante pentru relaţiile noastre. Vrem să facem astfel încât jocurile online să fie la fel de amuzante şi să aibă aceeaşi semnificaţie ca jocurile din viaţa reală", a declarat Vic Gundotra, reprezentant Google. La numai câteva ore după ce Google a anunţat introducerea jocurilor, Facebook a dezvăluit mai multe aplicaţii noi, printre care Game Ticker, care transformă coloana Facebook Chat într-un flux care afişează activităţile utilizatorilor în diferite jocuri. Google+ s-a lansat la începutul lunii iulie. Platforma a atras 20 de milioane de vizitatori pe site, în numai trei săptămâni de la lansare. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/tweet-here-often-pick-up-lines-for-the-technorati/ tweet-here-often-pick-up-lines-for-the-technorati Sat, 13 Aug 2011 00:31:11 +0300 (CNN) -- If you're sick of all your tech-literate friends bragging about their digital stature -- Twitter followers, Google+ invites, Klout scores -- then you will love McSweeney's list of pick-up lines "for the modern Internet persona." Keep in mind that these lines are designed to be purposefully "ineffective." But that shouldn't stop you from trying a few out in a Silicon Valley bar. If you do, please -- really, please -- report back to us on whether you get any would-be dates to look up from their smartphones and crack an analog smile. Here are some excerpts from the list: -- "Give me your number and I'll throw in a Google+ invite. I'd put you in my 'Babe' Circle." -- "My Klout score is an 83, which makes me a Thought Leader ..." -- "My U.S. Alexa ranking is 22K, which is fairly impressive for a blog about soft cheeses ..." -- "Do you come here often? I do. I'm the Foursquare mayor, actually, which means I come here more than anyone else. That reminds me, I need to check-in ..." Forbes writer Kashmir Hill apparently found this pretty funny, too. She wrote a list of her own digital-era updates to classic pick-up lines. Here's one of her updated lines: Original: "Do you have a quarter? I need to call my mother and tell her I've met the woman of my dreams." Digital version: "Could I borrow your smartphone? I need to post a Facebook status update that I've met the woman of my dreams, in order to make all the ex-girlfriends I'm ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/how-to-avoid-tethering-fees-with-an-unlocked-phone/ how-to-avoid-tethering-fees-with-an-unlocked-phone Fri, 12 Aug 2011 20:30:59 +0300 Editor's note: Amy Gahran writes about mobile tech for CNN.com. She is a San Francisco Bay Area writer and media consultant whose blog, Contentious.com, explores how people communicate in the online age. (CNN) -- Two leading U.S. wireless carriers, Verizon and AT&T, appear to be cracking down on mobile "tethering" -- or using a cell phone to get a laptop onto the Internet. To get a sense of how consumers can avoid tethering fees these carriers charge, I spoke with Myriam Joire, mobile editor for tech blog Engadget. It can be tricky to do this without getting caught. And these instructions should come with a disclaimer: Avoiding tethering fees is a breach of most mobile contracts. Carriers have been catching people who use free tethering apps for jailbroken or rooted phones, such as MyWi. But there is another way to avoid tethering charges: Use an unlocked, unbranded smartphone. Joire recently sat down with me to explain how to do this. For a phone to be unlocked (or unlockable) it must have a SIM card -- the component that houses the user's account data. This means it must be operate on GSM network technology. In the United States, the only two GSM carriers are AT&T and T-Mobile. Phones that run on networks using CDMA technology (such as Verizon, Sprint and most discount carriers) lack SIM cards. The key to this strategy is to do your homework, she said. First, research which GSM carrier provides the best service in the locations where you spend the most time or travel to most often. (Rootmetrics ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/spot-on-handwriting-analysis-surprises-ireporters/ spot-on-handwriting-analysis-surprises-ireporters Fri, 12 Aug 2011 15:30:58 +0300 Editor's note: As part of CNN's Defining America project, CNN iReport is conducting a cultural census. We're asking people to share a self-portrait, show off their handwriting, tell us what they typically eat for dinner, and more. This piece is part of our series focusing on the handwriting project. (CNN) -- Following his mother's practice of nice penmanship, Philip Dahlheimer has always written with a little bit of flair. He's comfortable with his handwriting and feels it is an extension of himself. His writing sends a certain message: He's a fast writer, but he cares about legibility at the same time, he says. For CNN iReport's cultural census project, we collected more than 200 handwriting samples and selected a handful to be analyzed by an expert. We wanted to find out just what handwriting can say about a person -- and whether the impression it gives is at all accurate. Bart Baggett, a handwriting expert for the past 25 years, examined the samples and came to some conclusions about each person's personality. Baggett, who is based out of Los Angeles, has been qualified in court and has written books on handwriting analysis. After Baggett dissected everyone's handwriting, we called back the iReporters to get their impressions. Seven of the eight iReporters overwhelmingly agreed with their handwriting analysis, including Dahlheimer. "Maybe I ought to marry him? He's got it down to a T," Dahlheimer said with a laugh. "He got that all from handwriting? Maybe he Googled me and made it all up? That's funny." When it comes to finding hints ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/angry-birds-other-games-come-to-google/ angry-birds-other-games-come-to-google Fri, 12 Aug 2011 15:30:55 +0300 (WIRED) -- Google upped the ante in its challenge to Facebook Thursday by introducing games into its nascent social network Google+. Just as in Facebook, Google+ users will now be able to play games such as Angry Birds, Zynga Poker, and Crime City -- and bug their friends with notices of their latest achievements and high scores. But Google promised Thursday there's a difference between its network and Facebook's -- those notifications won't show up in the general "stream" of updates users see. So you'll only run across your friends' gaming-centered notifications when you go to play a game yourself. Google says it's starting now with just a few handpicked titles, but that it's looking to work with more developers -- announcing a developer's blog -- where many hope Google will soon announce an API for Google Plus. The announcement isn't unexpected. Google's going head-to-head with Facebook to try to win back the identity/sharing war that Facebook has won. And games have been a huge part of Facebook's success, bringing users back daily to raise virtual chickens or run virtual street gangs. Zynga, built almost entirely on top of Facebook's platform, has filed for an IPO and reported that it made $16.8 million dollars in net income the first three months of the year, while booking $243 million in revenue -- nearly all of that money coming from power Facebook users. WIRED: How Facebook games harvest big bucks Google's games announcement shows that it's doubling down on its bet that users are tired of Facebook's ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/new-facebook-messenger-app-could-rival-texting/ new-facebook-messenger-app-could-rival-texting Thu, 11 Aug 2011 05:30:33 +0300 (CNN) -- Smartphone owners may have to ask themselves: why text when there's Facebook Messenger? That's a question the cellular carriers will lament as the biggest technology players pile into what's known as the mobile-messaging space. Facebook joined the fray on Tuesday with the release of Messenger for iPhone and Android. Facebook's Messages feature, which allows people to communicate privately with friends on the social network and recently with e-mail acquaintances, is already built into the Facebook apps. However, the new standalone Messenger software is a cornerstone for Facebook's ambition to become the communications hub on phones, Facebook employees working on the messaging product have said in interviews. To design the app, Facebook acquired the development team that built a program called Beluga. It allows users to include photos and location coordinates with each message and can also send text messages to phone numbers, much like the new Facebook app. Andrew Bosworth, a Facebook product director, discussed the potential need for a dedicated client in an March interview, days after the Beluga engineers started at the Palo Alto, California, company. "One click from the home screen is a valuable trait," he said, contrasted with the need to open the full Facebook app in order seek new messages. "They've built specifically for mobile-to-mobile. Our messages stuff was built for a convergence between mobile and Web and e-mail and a bunch of other things." Bosworth suggested that a standalone messenger was "the next step" in Facebook's plans. As it turns out, it was. But cell operators, which derive substantial profits from texting plans and per-message ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/samsung-tablet-banned-in-europe/ samsung-tablet-banned-in-europe Thu, 11 Aug 2011 04:00:20 +0300 (CNN) -- Apple won a significant victory on Tuesday in its campaign against Samsung Electronics over alleged intellectual-property infringements. Samsung has been ordered to remove the Galaxy Tab 10.1, a touchscreen tablet computer that runs Google's Android software, from stores in Europe as part of an ongoing legal dispute between its creator and Apple, which makes the iPad. The preliminary injunction from a Dusseldorf, Germany, district court extends to 26 countries that belong to the European Union, excluding the Netherlands. Certain laws in the Netherlands differ from those in the other nations, but Apple has filed a separate lawsuit in courts there, Florian Mueller, an analyst covering intellectual-property law, wrote on his blog. "Preliminary injunctions in Germany take immediate effect, though an EU-wide one may require additional registrations in other countries," Mueller wrote. While the decision could be reversed, the ban on sales of the Galaxy Tab could last more than a year, he said. The block only affects the Samsung tablet with a 10.1-inch touchscreen, not the various 7-inch versions. Apple CEO Steve Jobs has panned 7-inch tablets, calling them "tweeners," and saying, "We think the 10-inch screen size is the minimum screen size required to make great tablet apps." An Apple spokeswoman confirmed that the company had received notice of the injunction ruling. A Samsung spokesman didn't immediately respond to a request for comment. "It's no coincidence that Samsung's latest products look a lot like the iPhone and iPad, from the shape of the hardware to the user interface and even the packaging," Apple has said. "This kind of ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/your-phone-bill-can-be-a-credit-card-but-with-some-risks/ your-phone-bill-can-be-a-credit-card-but-with-some-risks Thu, 11 Aug 2011 02:00:51 +0300 Editor's note: Amy Gahran writes about mobile tech for CNN.com. She is a San Francisco Bay Area writer and media consultant whose blog, Contentious.com, explores how people communicate in the online age. (CNN) -- Could your phone bill act like your credit card -- and should it? Wireless carriers have begun offering that very option, expanding beyond already existing donations-via-text-message programs. But the consumer advocacy group Consumers Union is voicing serious concerns about the practice. This month T-Mobile is rolling out its plan to let its customers buy digital content and services (such as games, magazines and more) through their mobile Web browser and charging them on their phone bill. T-Mobile has offered this service, called direct carrier billing, since 2009 for apps purchased through Google's Android Market. But by expanding it to browser-based purchases, it's now becoming available to T-Mobile users on any type of Web-enabled mobile device -- potentially even feature phones. Most wireless carriers offer some form of direct carrier billing, but it is unusual to extend it to browser-based purchases. According to Consumers Union, "T-Mobile's announcement is just the latest development in emerging mobile payment services that raises concerns about whether consumers will be protected from fraud or merchant mistakes." Regarding consumer protection, T-Mobile has explained that "Payments that are processed using direct carrier billing will be secured and monitored by both T-Mobile and the billing service partners. Extensive fraud controls, age-appropriate content blocking and spending limit management tools will be available to provide T-Mobile customers with a secure environment for purchasing premium content from trusted ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/facebook-messenger-app-could-rival-texting/ facebook-messenger-app-could-rival-texting Wed, 10 Aug 2011 20:00:35 +0300 (CNN) -- Smartphone owners may have to ask themselves: why text when there's Facebook Messenger? That's a question the cellular carriers will lament as the biggest technology players pile into what's known as the mobile-messaging space. Facebook joined the fray on Tuesday with the release of Messenger for iPhone and Android. Facebook's Messages feature, which allows people to communicate privately with friends on the social network and recently with e-mail acquaintances, is already built into the Facebook apps. However, the new standalone Messenger software is a cornerstone for Facebook's ambition to become the communications hub on phones, Facebook employees working on the messaging product have said in interviews. To design the app, Facebook acquired the development team that built a program called Beluga. It allows users to include photos and location coordinates with each message and can also send text messages to phone numbers, much like the new Facebook app. Andrew Bosworth, a Facebook product director, discussed the potential need for a dedicated client in an March interview, days after the Beluga engineers started at the Palo Alto, California, company. "One click from the home screen is a valuable trait," he said, contrasted with the need to open the full Facebook app in order seek new messages. "They've built specifically for mobile-to-mobile. Our messages stuff was built for a convergence between mobile and Web and e-mail and a bunch of other things." Bosworth suggested that a standalone messenger was "the next step" in Facebook's plans. As it turns out, it was. But cell operators, which derive substantial profits from texting plans and per-message ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/coal-is-critical-to-america39s-future/ coal-is-critical-to-america39s-future Wed, 10 Aug 2011 16:00:48 +0300 Editor's note: Steve Miller is president and CEO of the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, a coal industry group. This essay is a repsonse to a previous Opinion article, "Why America has to get off coal." (CNN) -- Environmental interest groups recently rejoiced at the news that New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's foundation was donating $50 million to the Sierra Club's "Beyond Coal" campaign. However, this campaign -- if successful -- would do more than move America beyond coal. It would go a long way to moving America beyond jobs, economic growth, energy security and global competitiveness. There are challenges inherent with using every energy resource. But if the United States backs away from any of our domestic resources because it poses challenges, we will soon find ourselves with fewer, more expensive supplies of energy. The job before us is to provide political and private sector leadership that addresses these challenges. Rather than a plan to limit choices, these times require leadership to increase the sources of affordable, reliable, environmentally compatible energy. These times require leadership to spur competition that will hold down price increases and generate technological innovations to reduce emissions globally. While the Sierra Club and Bloomberg spend their time and money pushing an agenda that would take energy options off the table, they instead should acknowledge coal's importance to the United States and focus on ways to use it more efficiently and with an even smaller environmental footprint. Coal plays a critical role in keeping electricity affordable, even as household energy costs are surging upward. ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/prima-victorie-pentru-apple-in-lupta-cu-samsung-o-instanta-din-germania-a-interzis-temporar-vanzarile-tabletelor-galaxy-la-nivelul-ue/ prima-victorie-pentru-apple-in-lupta-cu-samsung-o-instanta-din-germania-a-interzis-temporar-vanzarile-tabletelor-galaxy-la-nivelul-ue Wed, 10 Aug 2011 14:31:27 +0300 Apple a obţinut, într-o instanţă din Germania, o victorie importantă în lupta cu rivalul Samsung Electronics, tribunalul interzicând temporar companiei sud-coreene să vândă tabletele Galaxy în Uniunea Europeană, cu excepţia Olandei, transmite Reuters. Ordinul judecătoresc dat de o instanţă din Dusseldorf vine la o săptămână după ce Samsung a fost forţat, printr-un proces similar, să întârzie lansarea tabletei Galaxy în Australia. Apple susţine că telefoanele şi tabletele Samsung Galaxy "copiază slugarnic" iPhone şi iPad. Compania americană a intentat acţiuni în justiţie în Statele Unite, Australia, Europa şi alte zone, sperând să blocheze produsele rivale. Gadget-urile Samsung sunt construite în jurul sistemului de operare Android dezvoltat de Google. Divizia mobilă a Samsung, care produce telefoane mobile şi tablete, a generat 30% din veniturile gigantului sud-coreean în trimestrul al doilea. Restul vânzărilor sunt obţinute din chip-uri de memorie şi televizoare, sectoare unde Samsung este lider global. Compania este cel mai mare producător de electronice din Asia, cu venituri de 142 miliarde de dolari anul trecut. Samsung a anunţat că va contesta decizia. "Acţiunea a fost intentată fără ca Samsung să fie anunţată, iar ordinul judecătoresc a fost emis fără vreo convocare la audieri sau solicitare către Samsung", se arată într-un comunicat al companiei. Gadget-urile Galaxy sunt considerate principalii competitori ai iPhone şi iPad. Experţi din industria de profil consideră că Samsung ar putea lansa în Europa o variantă uşor modificată a Galaxy Tab 10.1 pentru a ocoli ordinul judecătoresc, la fel cum intenţionează să facă în Australia. O altă variantă ar fi plata unor drepturi de proprietate intelectuală către Apple. Vlad Popescu, vlad.popescu@mediafax.ro http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/facebook-messenger-app-challenges-cell-carrier-39control39/ facebook-messenger-app-challenges-cell-carrier-39control39 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 04:00:51 +0300 (CNN) -- Smartphone owners may have to ask themselves: why text when there's Facebook Messenger? That's a question the cellular carriers will lament as the biggest technology players pile into what's known as the mobile-messaging space. Facebook joined the fray on Tuesday with the release of Messenger for iPhone and Android. Facebook's Messages feature, which allows people to communicate privately with friends on the social network and recently with e-mail acquaintances, is already built into the Facebook apps. However, the new standalone Messenger software is a cornerstone for Facebook's ambition to become the communications hub on phones, Facebook employees working on the messaging product have said in interviews. To design the app, Facebook acquired the development team that built a program called Beluga. It allows users to include photos and location coordinates with each message and can also send text messages to phone numbers, much like the new Facebook app. Andrew Bosworth, a Facebook product director, discussed the potential need for a dedicated client in an March interview, days after the Beluga engineers started at the Palo Alto, California, company. "One click from the home screen is a valuable trait," he said, contrasted with the need to open the full Facebook app in order seek new messages. "They've built specifically for mobile-to-mobile. Our messages stuff was built for a convergence between mobile and Web and e-mail and a bunch of other things." Bosworth suggested that a standalone messenger was "the next step" in Facebook's plans. As it turns out, it was. But cell operators, which derive substantial profits from texting plans and per-message ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/survey-apps-store-too-much-personal-data/ survey-apps-store-too-much-personal-data Wed, 10 Aug 2011 02:00:35 +0300 (WIRED) -- An uncomfortably large percentage of mobile applications are storing sensitive user account information unencrypted on owners' smartphones, according to a new survey of 100 consumer smartphone apps. Some 76% of the apps tested stored cleartext usernames on the devices, and 10% of the tested applications, including popular apps LinkedIn and Netflix, were found storing passwords on the phone in cleartext. Conducted by digital security firm ViaForensics, the testing occurred over a period of over eight months and spanned multiple categories, ranging from social networking applications to mobile banking software. The firm tested apps only for iOS and Android, the market's leading mobile platforms. "If I get my hands on someone's lost phone, it could take me ten minutes to find an account username and password," said Ted Eull, techology services vice president at ViaForensics, in an interview. ViaForensics sells mobile security tools and services to corporations, attorneys and government agencies. User names ranked highest on the list of discoverable data. App data -- the term ViaForensics uses for private information exchanged using the applications -- came in second place, with such data recovered from 69% of tested apps. Mint.com's iPhone and Android apps, which are used for maintaining financial account information, were found to store user transaction history and balance information on the phone. The Android version of the Mint app stores the user's PIN on the phone unencrypted, ViaForensics found. "We're already working on ways to make this experience better," said Jason Yiin, lead mobile engineer at Mint.com, in an interview. "At the moment, if users are highly ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/apple-blocks-sale-of-samsung-tablet-in-europe/ apple-blocks-sale-of-samsung-tablet-in-europe Wed, 10 Aug 2011 00:30:58 +0300 (CNN) -- Apple won a significant victory on Tuesday in its campaign against Samsung Electronics over alleged patent infringements. Samsung has been ordered to remove the Galaxy Tab 10.1, a touchscreen tablet computer that runs Google's Android software, from stores in Europe as part of an ongoing legal dispute between its creator and Apple, which makes the iPad. The preliminary injunction from a Dusseldorf, Germany, district court extends to 26 countries that belong to the European Union, excluding the Netherlands. Certain laws in the Netherlands differ from those in the other nations, but Apple has filed a separate lawsuit in courts there, Florian Mueller, an analyst covering intellectual property law, wrote on his blog. "Preliminary injunctions in Germany take immediate effect, though an EU-wide one may require additional registrations in other countries," Mueller wrote. While the decision could be reversed, the ban on sales of the Galaxy Tab could last more than a year, he said. The block only affects the Samsung tablet with a 10.1-inch touchscreen, not the various 7-inch versions. Apple CEO Steve Jobs has panned 7-inch tablets, calling them "tweeners," and saying, "We think the 10-inch screen size is the minimum screen size required to make great tablet apps." An Apple spokeswoman confirmed that the company had received notice of the injunction ruling. A Samsung spokesman didn't immediately respond to a request for comment. "It's no coincidence that Samsung's latest products look a lot like the iPhone and iPad, from the shape of the hardware to the user interface and even the packaging," Apple has said. "This kind ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/survey-finds-smartphone-apps-store-too-much-personal-data/ survey-finds-smartphone-apps-store-too-much-personal-data Tue, 9 Aug 2011 16:00:50 +0300 (WIRED) -- An uncomfortably large percentage of mobile applications are storing sensitive user account information unencrypted on owners' smartphones, according to a new survey of 100 consumer smartphone apps. Some 76% of the apps tested stored cleartext usernames on the devices, and 10% of the tested applications, including popular apps LinkedIn and Netflix, were found storing passwords on the phone in cleartext. Conducted by digital security firm ViaForensics, the testing occurred over a period of over eight months and spanned multiple categories, ranging from social networking applications to mobile banking software. The firm tested apps only for iOS and Android, the market's leading mobile platforms. "If I get my hands on someone's lost phone, it could take me ten minutes to find an account username and password," said Ted Eull, techology services vice president at ViaForensics, in an interview. ViaForensics sells mobile security tools and services to corporations, attorneys and government agencies. User names ranked highest on the list of discoverable data. App data -- the term ViaForensics uses for private information exchanged using the applications -- came in second place, with such data recovered from 69% of tested apps. Mint.com's iPhone and Android apps, which are used for maintaining financial account information, were found to store user transaction history and balance information on the phone. The Android version of the Mint app stores the user's PIN on the phone unencrypted, ViaForensics found. "We're already working on ways to make this experience better," said Jason Yiin, lead mobile engineer at Mint.com, in an interview. "At the moment, if users are highly ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/newspaper-giant-tribune-co-developing-tablet-device/ newspaper-giant-tribune-co-developing-tablet-device Tue, 9 Aug 2011 15:30:55 +0300 (CNN) -- Hoping to take a small slice from Apple's big pie, newspaper publishers are developing tablet computers of their own. The Tribune Co., one of the largest U.S. news enterprises, is working on a touchscreen tablet that it plans to offer to newspaper subscribers, according to people briefed on the plans. The Chicago company owns a handful of major daily newspapers, including the Chicago Tribune and The Baltimore Sun, along with 23 television stations. Tribune also owns the Los Angeles Times, which is my former employer. The tablet is expected to run a modified version of Google's Android operating system and prominently feature software for the owner's hometown newspaper, according to interviews with more than half a dozen current and former Tribune employees. They requested anonymity for fear of losing their jobs or of souring relations with a former employer. Tribune aims to offer the tablet for free, or at a highly subsidized price, to people who agree to sign up for extended subscriptions to one of its papers and possibly a wireless-data plan with a partner cellular carrier, said five people briefed on the project. The initiative, a major one for the national media company hoping to emerge soon from bankruptcy, spans several cities and includes various consultants and partner organizations, the people said. Tribune has been in discussions with Samsung Electronics and others to build the hardware, three people said. Spokesmen for Tribune and Samsung Mobile declined to comment. The project has proved to be a more complicated undertaking than expected. Tribune had set a mid-August deadline to begin ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/newspaper-giant-developing-tablet-device/ newspaper-giant-developing-tablet-device Tue, 9 Aug 2011 15:30:31 +0300 (CNN) -- Hoping to take a small slice from Apple's big pie, newspaper publishers are developing tablet computers of their own. The Tribune Co., one of the largest U.S. news enterprises, is working on a touchscreen tablet that it plans to offer to newspaper subscribers, according to people briefed on the plans. The Chicago company owns a handful of major daily newspapers, including the Chicago Tribune and The Baltimore Sun, along with 23 television stations. Tribune also owns the Los Angeles Times, which is my former employer. The tablet is expected to run a modified version of Google's Android operating system and prominently feature software for the owner's hometown newspaper, according to interviews with more than half a dozen current and former Tribune employees. They requested anonymity for fear of losing their jobs or of souring relations with a former employer. Tribune aims to offer the tablet for free, or at a highly subsidized price, to people who agree to sign up for extended subscriptions to one of its papers and possibly a wireless-data plan with a partner cellular carrier, said five people briefed on the project. The initiative, a major one for the national media company hoping to emerge soon from bankruptcy, spans several cities and includes various consultants and partner organizations, the people said. Tribune has been in discussions with Samsung Electronics and others to build the hardware, three people said. Spokesmen for Tribune and Samsung Mobile declined to comment. The project has proved to be a more complicated undertaking than expected. Tribune had set a mid-August deadline to begin ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/texas-town-turns-off-water-leaving-residents-boiling-mad/ texas-town-turns-off-water-leaving-residents-boiling-mad Mon, 8 Aug 2011 21:00:49 +0300 Dallas (CNN) -- Residents of Kemp, Texas are boiling, and it's not just because of the stifling heat. As temperatures soared to the triple digits for the 37th consecutive day Sunday, city officials made an emergency decision to shut off the town's water supply. "Right now our water towers have no water in them at all," said the town's mayor, Donald Kile. "According to the weather forecast we got no relief coming. We're believing and we're praying for rain." In the meantime, Kile said the water supply could remain shut off for days while the towers refill. A combination of high water demand and old pipes caused major ruptures along waterlines and forced the city to resort to emergency procedures, Kile said. Kemp residents were given two hours' notice of the decision by door-to-door visits from utilities officials, the mayor said. One woman used the visit from the city as an opportunity to express her frustrations. It's "107 degrees in my blood because you people, and those people down there will not get off their duff and fix this," shouted 57-year-old Kay Bloomfiled while brandishing a finger at the utility worker and crumpling the notice in her fist. The city will continue to provide bottled water to residents at city hall until the water supply is restored. but for Bloomfield, it's not enough. "I've got two grandkids I had to bathe in the sink in there!" she told CNN affiliate WFAA-TV. "It's a necessity, you have to have water." Temperatures are forecast to remain high in ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/a-month-with-google-here39s-why-it-has-legs/ a-month-with-google-here39s-why-it-has-legs Mon, 8 Aug 2011 18:30:38 +0300 (ArsTechnica) -- If you're a stranger who follows me on Google+, you might think I rarely use the service. That's because the majority of my posts have been limited to the seven circles I created for friends, acquaintances, family, Ars staffers, and other people I like to expose to various aspects of my personality. You had no idea? That's exactly the point. After one month with Google+, it's clear to me that this -- sending updates to certain groups of people and not to others -- is the main appeal of the service. I was one of the first people to loudly declare that you can do the same thing on Facebook, but so few people know this that it's basically a nonexistent feature; that's the problem with Facebook. With Google+, sending out certain updates to some people and other updates to other people is right at the forefront of the experience. You are always asked to make a conscious decision about your social circles and about which circles get to see which posts. Some people don't like this approach. I do, but it took a while. Truth be told, I was a fierce skeptic of Google+ when it was first announced, and I wasn't pleased at the idea of using it every day for a month. (Every single day?) As the Ars forums might say, Google+ was Yet Another Social Network (YASN), and one led by the company behind the spectacular privacy failure that was Google Buzz. Google's previous social network, Orkut, failed to impress (at ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/def-con-teaches-8-year-olds-to-hack/ def-con-teaches-8-year-olds-to-hack Mon, 8 Aug 2011 18:30:36 +0300 Las Vegas, Nevada (CNN) -- Joseph Horman already had seen the lock-picking videos on YouTube. But it was a different thing entirely for the 13-year-old puzzle-lover to get lessons in lock picking and computer hacking at an event sanctioned by adults. The world's largest gathering of computer hackers -- DEF CON, which is happening this weekend at the Rio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas -- held its first-ever hacking classes for kids this year, at an event appropriately called DEF CON Kids. Sessions in hacking were designed for kiddos ages 8 to 16. A common parent's reaction to something this might be: They're teaching them what?! But hear these hackers out. Their intentions are good. Take Horman's uncle, Adam Steed, a computer security professional in Salt Lake City, Utah, who brought his nephew to these training sessions because he already was fascinated with games and coding. (He actually has written his own computer game, called "Blooks," in which players "try to build as many buildings as you can while avoiding enemies," he said.) "You can watch lock-picking videos on YouTube, but where do you hear the ethical side of this?" said Steed, the uncle. "Not on YouTube." He added: "I would rather someone learn in a controlled environment. They're going to learn it anyway." Horman, the video game-writing nephew, sat attentively in the second row of a small classroom on Saturday, fiddling with a Rubik's Cube during sessions with titles like "Secrets Revealed," "Meet the Feds" and "Google Hacking." That last class title is a bit misleading, since instructor-hacker Johnny Long focused ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/a-month-with-google-why-this-social-network-has-legs/ a-month-with-google-why-this-social-network-has-legs Mon, 8 Aug 2011 18:00:58 +0300 (ArsTechnica) -- If you're a stranger who follows me on Google+, you might think I rarely use the service. That's because the majority of my posts have been limited to the seven circles I created for friends, acquaintances, family, Ars staffers, and other people I like to expose to various aspects of my personality. You had no idea? That's exactly the point. After one month with Google+, it's clear to me that this -- sending updates to certain groups of people and not to others -- is the main appeal of the service. I was one of the first people to loudly declare that you can do the same thing on Facebook, but so few people know this that it's basically a nonexistent feature; that's the problem with Facebook. With Google+, sending out certain updates to some people and other updates to other people is right at the forefront of the experience. You are always asked to make a conscious decision about your social circles and about which circles get to see which posts. Some people don't like this approach. I do, but it took a while. Truth be told, I was a fierce skeptic of Google+ when it was first announced, and I wasn't pleased at the idea of using it every day for a month. (Every single day?) As the Ars forums might say, Google+ was Yet Another Social Network (YASN), and one led by the company behind the spectacular privacy failure that was Google Buzz. Google's previous social network, Orkut, failed to impress (at ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/o-masina-google-care-se-conduce-singura-a-facut-accident-dar-cand-la-comanda-se-afla-un-om/ o-masina-google-care-se-conduce-singura-a-facut-accident-dar-cand-la-comanda-se-afla-un-om Mon, 8 Aug 2011 15:02:13 +0300 ​Una dintre masinile Google capabile sa ruleze singure a intrat in spatele unui alt autorism, reiese dintr-o fotografie publicata de Jalopnik. Incidentul a fost recunoscut de Google, dar compania sustine ca de vina nu a fost tehnologia, ci soferul, pentru ca in acel moment acesta conducea, scrie Los Angeles Times.Citeste articolul complet pe 0-100.ro http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/def-con-trains-8-year-olds-in-hacking/ def-con-trains-8-year-olds-in-hacking Sun, 7 Aug 2011 09:00:51 +0300 Las Vegas, Nevada (CNN) -- Joseph Horman already had seen the lock-picking videos on YouTube. But it was a different thing entirely for the 13-year-old puzzle-lover to get lessons in lock picking and computer hacking at an event sanctioned by adults. The world's largest gathering of computer hackers -- DEF CON, which is happening this weekend at the Rio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas -- held its first-ever hacking classes for kids this year, at an event appropriately called DEF CON Kids. Sessions in hacking were designed for kiddos ages 8 to 16. A common parent's reaction to something this might be: They're teaching them what?! But hear these hackers out. Their intentions are good. Take Horman's uncle, Adam Steed, a computer security professional in Salt Lake City, Utah, who brought his nephew to these training sessions because he already was fascinated with games and coding. (He actually has written his own computer game, called "Blooks," in which players "try to build as many buildings as you can while avoiding enemies," he said.) "You can watch lock-picking videos on YouTube, but where do you hear the ethical side of this?" said Steed, the uncle. "Not on YouTube." He added: "I would rather someone learn in a controlled environment. They're going to learn it anyway." Horman, the video game-writing nephew, sat attentively in the second row of a small classroom on Saturday, fiddling with a Rubik's Cube during sessions with titles like "Secrets Revealed," "Meet the Feds" and "Google Hacking." That last class title is a bit misleading, since instructor-hacker Johnny Long focused ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-a-strans-25-de-milioane-de-utilizatori-intr-o-luna-unde-se-va-situa-in-2012-fata-de-facebook-si-twitter/ google-a-strans-25-de-milioane-de-utilizatori-intr-o-luna-unde-se-va-situa-in-2012-fata-de-facebook-si-twitter Sat, 6 Aug 2011 13:01:18 +0300 Google+, reţeaua de socializare a celui mai mare motor de căutare din lume, a atras peste 25 de milioane de utilizatori în mai puţin de o lună, depăşind numărul înregistrat de Facebook sau MySpace în aceeaşi perioadă de la lansare, scrie Bloomberg. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/def-con-the-event-that-scares-hackers/ def-con-the-event-that-scares-hackers Sat, 6 Aug 2011 11:30:48 +0300 Las Vegas, Nevada (CNN) -- In the Masquerade wing of the Rio Hotel and Casino in the gambling capital of the world, there's a giant statue of a head hanging over a lobby of slot machines. The masked figure has two faces and four digital eyes -- clairvoyant blue -- that track back and forth constantly, as if recording the movements of everyone who enters. That awkwardly self-conscious -- even slightly paranoid -- feeling you get from seeing being watched by that enormous casino head is pretty much a steady-state for most of the hackers who attend the DEF CON hacker event, taking place at the Rio this weekend. Started 19 years ago as an underground gathering of sometimes-nefarious computer wizards, DEF CON has sprawled into a 15,000-person, four-day convention where anyone with $150 -- in cash only, please, lest these hackers give up their identities -- can learn the latest tricks and trade of computer hacking, lock picking and security breaching. The aim of the event is to better inform both insiders and everyday people about the risks of operating in our increasingly digital world and to work on solutions. But the practical result of gathering this many highly skilled hackers in one building -- in a Las Vegas casino, no less -- is that everyone here is experiencing some level of terror. Insiders say there's no place on Earth where you're more likely to get hacked. "You're on the most hostile network in the world. If you can perform business here, you can do it anywhere," said Brian Markus, ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/what-makes-spotify-different/ what-makes-spotify-different Fri, 5 Aug 2011 19:30:34 +0300 (CNN) -- Ever since online music service Spotify launched in the United States last month, it has caused about as much confusion as it has excitement. Partly that's because, at least on first glance, it doesn't seem entirely new. Spotify looks like iTunes -- only with greener colors. It wants Pandora-level popularity. And it's built on the assumption that people want to rent music instead of buying it, much like Rdio, Napster (the legal version), Rhapsody and a host of others. So what exactly makes Spotify different? And how do other services compare? Here's a quick look at the current online music lineup: Spotify It's a streaming music service, meaning you play tunes from the Web instead of your personal hard drive or phone. Premium subscribers can download songs, but Spotify has gotten so much buzz in part because it offers a robust service free. Its catalogue of music is among the largest, with 15 million songs. Essentially, Spotify wants you to rent songs rather than own them. And, unlike on some other sites, you can choose exactly which tracks you want to listen to on this service -- instead of picking a genre. Pandora With 100 million users, Pandora is one of the most popular online music sites in the United States. Visitors to Pandora.com choose a song title or an artist they like, and then Pandora's computers create a radio station out of songs that are musically similar. So, if you create a station for Arcade Fire, you might hear some obscure indie artists mixed in with Coldplay ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/as-android-gets-popular-so-does-android-malware/ as-android-gets-popular-so-does-android-malware Fri, 5 Aug 2011 17:31:10 +0300 Editor's note: Amy Gahran writes about mobile tech for CNN.com. She is a San Francisco Bay Area writer and media consultant whose blog, Contentious.com, explores how people communicate in the online age. (CNN) -- As Android devices get more popular, they're becoming a more attractive target for cybercriminals. Consequently, if you use an Android smartphone you are now 2.5 times more likely to encounter malware (malicious software) than you were six months ago. This isn't just about apps. This year, 30% of Android users are likely to encounter a Web-based threat such as phishing scams, "drive by downloads" and browser exploits. This is according to a new threat report from Lookout Mobile Security. Obviously, Lookout is selling mobile-security tools. However, individual and collective mobile security risks are real. Whether you opt to pay for mobile security, use a free service or manage it yourself, you should be aware of the risks and use basic mobile safety skills. Cybercriminals aren't simply targeting Android devices more often, they're also getting sneakier about it. Specifically, Lookout notes that attackers are using new techniques to distribute malware to phones. These include "malvertising" (ads served up through legitimate apps that lead you to a fake Android market and trick you into downloading malware, like GGtracker) and "upgrade attacks" (where the initially downloaded app is clean, but later upgrades deploy malware). How can mobile malware harm you? First of all, cybercriminals can rack up charges to your phone bill through "carrier billing," a payment option that wireless carriers are increasingly pushing -- and which Google ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/what-makes-spotify-different-a-brief-guide-to-online-music/ what-makes-spotify-different-a-brief-guide-to-online-music Fri, 5 Aug 2011 15:31:08 +0300 (CNN) -- Ever since online music service Spotify launched in the United States last month, it has caused about as much confusion as it has excitement. Partly that's because, at least on first glance, it doesn't seem entirely new. Spotify looks like iTunes -- only with greener colors. It wants Pandora-level popularity. And it's built on the assumption that people want to rent music instead of buying it, much like Rdio, Napster (the legal version), Rhapsody and a host of others. So what exactly makes Spotify different? And how do other services compare? Here's a quick look at the current online music lineup: Spotify It's a streaming music service, meaning you play tunes from the Web instead of your personal hard drive or phone. Premium subscribers can download songs, but Spotify has gotten so much buzz in part because it offers a robust service free. Its catalogue of music is among the largest, with 15 million songs. Essentially, Spotify wants you to rent songs rather than own them. And, unlike on some other sites, you can choose exactly which tracks you want to listen to on this service -- instead of picking a genre. Pandora With 100 million users, Pandora is one of the most popular online music sites in the United States. Visitors to Pandora.com choose a song title or an artist they like, and then Pandora's computers create a radio station out of songs that are musically similar. So, if you create a station for Arcade Fire, you might hear some obscure indie artists mixed in with Coldplay ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/black-entrepreneurs-pitch-dreams-to-silicon-valley/ black-entrepreneurs-pitch-dreams-to-silicon-valley Fri, 5 Aug 2011 15:30:33 +0300 CNN's Soledad O'Brien is chronicling the NewMe Accelerator journey in "Black in America 4," which is scheduled to air November 13. San Francisco (CNN) -- Hank Williams has performed dozen of times to audiences like the one here on Thursday at the Kapor Capital investment firm. This time, however, the 46-year-old software veteran wasn't the only black person in the room, as is often the case at fundraising meetings in Silicon Valley. Williams is a member of the NewMe Accelerator's inaugural class. The tech incubator was formed to help minorities get advice from successful executives and put their new Internet ventures in front of investors. For two months, eight black entrepreneurs worked (and some lived) together in a rented house in Mountain View, California, which is the same city Google, a NewMe sponsor, calls home. Having removed himself from the Silicon Valley technology scene for a decade, Williams re-emerged on Thursday to demonstrate the project he's been working on for four years with two colleagues in New York. When Spaces begins testing in the next few weeks, people will be able to sign up for an online storage locker, which allows them to organize, search and transmit various types of data. It can handle files, e-mails, calendars, Twitter messages and other digital information that competitors generally don't facilitate. The concept is unique, yet familiar to investors salivating over the unexpected success of another new Web-storage service, Dropbox. Williams' Kloud.co been self-funded so far, but he is about ready to exchange equity in his company for cash. Before the dotcom bubble burst a ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/tech-hopefuls-who-don39t-fit-the-mold-pitch-to-investors/ tech-hopefuls-who-don39t-fit-the-mold-pitch-to-investors Fri, 5 Aug 2011 06:30:52 +0300 CNN's Soledad O'Brien is chronicling the NewMe Accelerator journey in "Black in America 4," which is scheduled to air November 13. San Francisco (CNN) -- Hank Williams has performed dozen of times to audiences like the one here on Thursday at the Kapor Capital investment firm. This time, however, the 46-year-old software veteran wasn't the only black person in the room, as is often the case at fundraising meetings in Silicon Valley. Williams is a member of the NewMe Accelerator's inaugural class. The tech incubator was formed to help minorities get advice from successful executives and put their new Internet ventures in front of investors. For two months, eight black entrepreneurs worked (and some lived) together in a rented house in Mountain View, California, which is the same city Google, a NewMe sponsor, calls home. Having removed himself from the Silicon Valley technology scene for a decade, Williams re-emerged on Thursday to demonstrate the project he's been working on for four years with two colleagues in New York. When Spaces begins testing in the next few weeks, people will be able to sign up for an online storage locker, which allows them to organize, search and transmit various types of data. It can handle files, e-mails, calendars, Twitter messages and other digital information that competitors generally don't facilitate. The concept is unique, yet familiar to investors salivating over the unexpected success of another new Web-storage service, Dropbox. Williams' Kloud.co been self-funded so far, but he is about ready to exchange equity in his company for cash. Before the dotcom bubble burst a ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/asian-markets-follow-wall-street-sell-off/ asian-markets-follow-wall-street-sell-off Fri, 5 Aug 2011 06:00:41 +0300 (CNN) -- Asian stock markets are recording sharp declines Friday, extending a global equity sell-off after Wall Street had its worst day since the 2008 financial crisis. Hong Kong's Hang Seng opened down more than 4%. Australia's All Ordinaries was down more than 4%, and Japan's Nikkei and South Korea's Kospi had also shed 3% China's Shanghai SE Composite Index was down 2%. The falls came after the Dow tumbled 512 points Thursday -- its ninth deepest point drop ever -- as fear about the global economy spooked investors. "The conventional wisdom on Wall Street was that the economy was growing -- that the worst was behind us," said Peter Schiff, president of Euro Pacific Capital. "Now what people are realizing is the stimulus didn't work, and we may be headed back to recession." Read more about the U.S. stocks' sell-off U.S. markets had been already sharply lower on widespread worries, including the weak job market. But the selling gained momentum, as Japanese and European policymakers stepped in with dramatic measures to shore up their financial markets. All three major indexes tumbled more than 4% Thursday and erased all their gains for the year. The indexes have also pushed into "correction" territory -- defined as a 10% drop from recent highs. The Dow, Nasdaq and S&P 500 have all fallen 10% in just the last 10 days. At the closing bell, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 512 points, or 4.3%, with Alcoa, Caterpillar and Bank of America among the biggest drags on the blue chip ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/asian-markets-follow-wall-street-plunge/ asian-markets-follow-wall-street-plunge Fri, 5 Aug 2011 04:00:48 +0300 (CNN) -- Asian stock markets are recording sharp declines Friday, extending a global equity sell-off after Wall Street had its worst day since the 2008 financial crisis. Australia's All Ordinaries dropped 4%, Japan's Nikkei shed 3.8% and South Korea's Kospi lost 4.2%. The Dow tumbled 512 points Thursday -- its ninth deepest point drop ever -- as fear about the global economy spooked investors. "The conventional wisdom on Wall Street was that the economy was growing -- that the worst was behind us," said Peter Schiff, president of Euro Pacific Capital. "Now what people are realizing is the stimulus didn't work, and we may be headed back to recession." U.S. markets were already sharply lower on widespread worries, including the weak job market. But the selling gained momentum as Japanese and European policymakers stepped in with dramatic measures to shore up their financial markets. There's "total fear" in the market, said Bob Doll, chief equity strategist at the world's largest money manager, BlackRock. All three major indexes tumbled more than 4% Thursday and erased all their gains for the year. The indexes have also pushed into "correction" territory -- defined as a 10% drop from recent highs. The Dow, Nasdaq and S&P 500 have all fallen 10% in just the last 10 days. "In the last two weeks, we've been through the ringer," said Rich Ilczyszyn, market strategist with futures broker Lind-Waldock. "When we start looking at the recovery, there's nothing to hang our hats on anymore." The market's fear gauge -- the VIX -- surged 35.8% to a reading ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/cnn-student-news-summer-news-quiz-august-4-2011/ cnn-student-news-summer-news-quiz-august-4-2011 Thu, 4 Aug 2011 19:01:13 +0300 (CNN Student News) -- August 4, 2011 Go to our homepage to download PDF maps related to today's quiz. Know your news -- Take this quiz to test your knowledge of some summer headlines. Answer the questions using the interactive, multiple-choice quiz above, or write your answers below in the space provided. 1. Which shuttle landed on July 21, marking the end of the U.S. space shuttle program? * * 2. The British newspaper "News of the World" shut down after what allegations surfaced about its newsgathering? * * 3. "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2" beat which movie's record for best opening weekend sales? * * 4. This summer, the U.S. Congress and the White House held negotiations over the national debt ceiling, which was reached on May 16. What was the ceiling at that point in time and throughout most of the summer? * * 5. What European country was hit hardest by a deadly outbreak of E. coli early this summer? * * 6. Which African country split into two on July 9 to form the world's newest nation? * * 7. In late July, the National Football League's lockout ended after an agreement was reached between owners and players. When did the lockout begin? * * 8. What European capital city experienced a deadly bombing attack on July 22? * * 9. Which country won the championship match of the Women's World Cup on July 17? * * 10. What is the name of Google's new social media website, which was launched in late ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/video-de-ce-este-google-chrome-cel-mai-rapid-browser-din-lume-descarca-l-si-tu/ video-de-ce-este-google-chrome-cel-mai-rapid-browser-din-lume-descarca-l-si-tu Thu, 4 Aug 2011 16:31:38 +0300 Compania Google a lansat de curând cea mai nouă versiune a browserului său, Chrome 13, care vine cu o îmbunătăţire esenţială, scrie Business Insider. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/prostituatele-din-romania-au-ajuns-personaje-de-carte-prin-intermediul-serviciului-google-street-view/ prostituatele-din-romania-au-ajuns-personaje-de-carte-prin-intermediul-serviciului-google-street-view Thu, 4 Aug 2011 10:31:43 +0300 Mishka Henner, o fotografă de origine belgiană, a publicat un album fotografic în care a surprins prostituate din toată Europa, descoperite cu ajutorul serviciului online Google Street View, scrie www.gizmodo.com. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/massive-cyberspying-case-exposed/ massive-cyberspying-case-exposed Thu, 4 Aug 2011 02:30:11 +0300 London (CNN) -- U.S. government agencies, the United Nations, defense contractors and Olympic bodies have all been targeted by a single intruder in an "unprecedented" campaign of cyberspying, says a new report by a computer-security firm. The operation, which targeted agencies and groups in 14 countries, bears the hallmarks of state-sponsored espionage, according to the report by security company McAfee. Other cybersecurity experts downplayed the report's findings, however. McAfee said the attacks, which it calls Operation Shady RAT, have allowed hackers potentially to gain access to military and industrial secrets from 72 targets, most of them in the United States, over a five-year period. McAfee did not name all the targets but said the sheer scope of victims, including 14 U.S. government bodies; the governments of Canada, India, South Korea and Taiwan; defense contractors; the International Olympic Committee; and even a cybersecurity company, indicates no one is safe. Dmitri Alperovitch, McAfee's vice president of threat research, said attacks on political nonprofit groups indicated a "state actor" could be behind the operation. He declined to name a specific country, but media reports have pointed a finger at China. Others have cast doubt on Alperovitch's claim, saying the report sheds no new light on the world of cybersecurity and makes sweeping assumptions about the impact of the hacking operations. In his 14-page report on McAfee's findings, Alperovitch asserts that Operation Shady RAT may have cost its victims billions in terms of lost revenues and stolen secrets. "What we have witnessed over the past five to six years has been nothing short of a historically ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/massive-cyberspying-operation-targeted-us-un-others/ massive-cyberspying-operation-targeted-us-un-others Wed, 3 Aug 2011 21:00:51 +0300 London (CNN) -- U.S. government agencies, the United Nations, defense contractors and Olympic bodies have all been targeted by a single intruder in an "unprecedented" campaign of cyberspying, says a new report by a computer-security firm. The operation, which targeted agencies and groups in 14 countries, bears the hallmarks of state-sponsored espionage, according to the report by security company McAfee. Other cybersecurity experts downplayed the report's findings, however. McAfee said the attacks, which it calls Operation Shady RAT, have allowed hackers potentially to gain access to military and industrial secrets from 72 targets, most of them in the United States, over a five-year period. McAfee did not name all the targets but said the sheer scope of victims, including 14 U.S. government bodies; the governments of Canada, India, South Korea and Taiwan; defense contractors; the International Olympic Committee; and even a cybersecurity company, indicates no one is safe. Dmitri Alperovitch, McAfee's vice president of threat research, said attacks on political nonprofit groups indicated a "state actor" could be behind the operation. He declined to name a specific country, but media reports have pointed a finger at China. Others have cast doubt on Alperovitch's claim, saying the report sheds no new light on the world of cybersecurity and makes sweeping assumptions about the impact of the hacking operations. In his 14-page report on McAfee's findings, Alperovitch asserts that Operation Shady RAT may have cost its victims billions in terms of lost revenues and stolen secrets. "What we have witnessed over the past five to six years has been nothing short of a historically ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/how-to-write-and-read-online-reviews/ how-to-write-and-read-online-reviews Wed, 3 Aug 2011 14:30:50 +0300 Editor's note: Brenna Ehrlich and Andrea Bartz are the sarcastic brains behind humor blog and book Stuff Hipsters Hate. When they're not trolling Brooklyn for new material, Ehrlich works as an associate editor at Mashable.com and Bartz is news editor at Psychology Today. Got a question about etiquette in the digital world? Contact them at netiquette@cnn.com. (CNN) -- Critics are considered the authorities on taste, the owners of discerning palates who tell the less-refined masses what to eat, see and do. Offering up a nuanced and well-reasoned opinion affirms your authority. If we want to look at the benevolent side of the coin, it even wafts your helpful verdict on curious listeners like fragrant perfume from a thousand blooming roses. At least, this was the case 30 years ago, when film, art, theater and restaurant critics were erudite creatures with tons of training. But a funny thing has happened in recent decades. We've turned our slumped backs on the professionals and opened our ears to complete strangers' rulings. Forfeiting expertise, we've unwittingly crowdsourced our basic entertainment-related decisions, trading quality for quantity and nuance for general agreement. Suddenly, everyone's a critic -- am adage that is now, fittingly, the name of a film rating community. Yelp closed out 2010 with 15 million reviews and a staggering 41 million monthly visitors. Google's star system encourages anyone searching for an establishment to add their two cents. Some sites, such as Rotten Tomatoes, juxtapose professional ratings with site visitors', while others like NabeWise (a sort of Yelp for neighborhoods) leave the ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/android-captures-nearly-50-of-global-smartphone-market/ android-captures-nearly-50-of-global-smartphone-market Wed, 3 Aug 2011 00:01:01 +0300 (Mashable) -- Google Android captured 48% of the smartphone market in Q2 of 2011, hitting an all-time high, according to a report by market research firm Canalys. The platform has been making big strides during the past year, overtaking Symbian in Q4 of 2010 to become the top smartphone platform, representing a 32.9% market share at that time. Smartphone adoption continues to grow rapidly across the world, reaching a total of 107.7 million units shipped in Q2 of 2011, a 73% year-on-year growth. Android was the biggest driver of smartphone shipments in Q2, as Android-based smartphone shipments were up 379% year-over-year, coming in at 51.9 million total units shipped. The report cites successful Android-based products from vendors such as Samsung, HTC, LG, Motorola, Sony Ericsson, ZTE and Huawei, as a catalyst for the platform's growth. Apple also fared well, with iOS overtaking Nokia's Symbian platform to rise from third to second place. A total of 20.3 million iPhones were shipped and Apple raked in a market share of 19%. Apple also became the world's leading individual smartphone vendor, stripping Nokia of its long-held leadership position. Samsung also passed Nokia, which has faced a rapid decline in demand across many markets. However, Nokia is still holding strong at number one in emerging markets, including Brazil, Russia, India and China. © 2010 MASHABLE.com. All rights reserved. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/five-years-of-ireport/ five-years-of-ireport Tue, 2 Aug 2011 16:01:01 +0300 Editor's Note: Today is iReport's fifth birthday! In honor of five years of a revolution in citizen journalism, we look back at where iReport started, what makes it tick, and where it's headed. Lila King is participation director at CNN Digital, where she looks after iReport and all manner of participatory storytelling. She and a tiny-but-mighty team of true believers launched iReport together in 2006. Atlanta (CNN) -- Once upon a time, in a dark corner of CNN's Atlanta headquarters, there was a messy pile of VHS tapes covered in remnants of packing tape. It was January 2005, shortly after an earthquake had triggered a massive tsunami in the Indian Ocean. CNN, along with many news organizations, had put out a call for footage of the event. With mailing instructions. Like, physical mail. What came back were tapes of all colors and sizes, sent over the course of several weeks, that showed dramatic footage of the event captured by people who had lived through it. For the rest of us, seeing those waves push through entire towns helped us understand how truly enormous and ruinous the tsunami had been and how much help would be needed to overcome it. That's the magic of television storytelling. Images and sound take you right into the heart of events and make it possible to imagine what it must have been like, to sympathize and understand. But the professionals and their cameras are not always there when the story breaks. Hence the box of tsunami tapes in early 2005. Over the next few ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/some-small-businesses-overwhelmed-by-daily-deal-rush/ some-small-businesses-overwhelmed-by-daily-deal-rush Tue, 2 Aug 2011 14:30:49 +0300 Washington (CNN) -- When the owner of the Hillbrook Inn went looking for ways to boost business, she turned to a new and increasingly popular tool: daily deal sites like LivingSocial and Groupon. The 10-guestroom bed and breakfast near Charles Town, West Virginia, listed a one-night stay on LivingSocial in March for half off the usual rate. Owner Carissa Zanella and her staff weren't waiting long for responses. "It was a mad rush," said Zanella. "We had two computers and three phones and employees waiting to answer. We were answering nonstop, to the point that we had messages backed up on our machine." The Hillbrook Inn's experience is not unique. As daily deal sties continue to grow in popularity, businesses are turning to them as a way to bring in new clients. At the same time, however, some merchants feel overwhelmed by the rush for discounts and are questioning whether the bottom-line boost is worth the logistics headache. Once Zanella's surge of new bookings subsided, it was clear to her that she wasn't fully prepared for the sudden rush of interest. Before the deal ran, Zanella found herself questioning whether it was going to be worth it. Now, she said she believes LivingSocial should provide small businesses with more information on what to expect. "I don't feel they gave us enough information on that," she said. "It happens so fast. I expected people to call, but I did not expect buyers to not look at our website before they purchased the deal." The inn sold 498 one-night stays in the six ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-android-a-cucerit-aproape-50-din-piata-smartphone-urilor/ google-android-a-cucerit-aproape-50-din-piata-smartphone-urilor Tue, 2 Aug 2011 09:02:03 +0300 Sistemul de operare Android, lansat de compania americana Google, a castigat aproape 50% din piata de smartphone-uri la nivel mondial, dominand mai ales in regiunea Asia-Pacific, arata un studiu al companiei de cercetare Canalys citat de Reuters. Android, achizitionat de Google in anul 2005 si lansat pe telefoanele in 2008, este utilizat de aproape toti marii producatori de telefoane mobile, inclusiv HTC, LG, Motorola si Samsung. Este cea mia folosita platforma in 35 din 56 de tari incluse in analiza Canalys, rezultand o cota de piata de 48%, spune firma de cercetare. In comparatie, Apple, care livrat 20,3 milioane de iPhone-uri, este un al doilea in clasament cu o cota de piata de 19%, dar a preluat producatorul finlandez de telefoane Nokia ca cel mai mare furnizor de smartphone-uri individuale. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/video-postasul-gmail-cel-mai-recent-episod-al-rivalitatii-dintre-google-si-microsoft/ video-postasul-gmail-cel-mai-recent-episod-al-rivalitatii-dintre-google-si-microsoft Tue, 2 Aug 2011 08:01:11 +0300 Microsoft pare să-şi atace din nou rivalii de la Google, printr-un filmuleţ postat pe YouTube care face senzaţie printre internauţi, scrie Huffington Post. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/emanatia-lui-zamolxe/ emanatia-lui-zamolxe Mon, 1 Aug 2011 13:02:28 +0300 I​n urma cu o saptamina, pe 25 iulie, o colega din Asociatie (L.V.) ne-a atras atentia asupra unui eveniment ce urma sa aiba loc la inceputul lui august: “Am primit de curand o invitatie de inscriere in acest forum. O transmit mai departe, asemenea initiative pot duce la lucruri foarte interesante: http://www.romania-juna.eu/participare/forum/” Am aruncat o scurta privire la pagina respectiva; si mie, la fel ca si colegei mele, de altfel, Forumul Romania Juna mi s-a parut a fi o actiune interesanta si bine venita. Discursul public se axeaza foarte rar pe teme strategice, iar lansarea unui mecanism structurat de dezbatere a viitorului Romaniei, mai ales unul care sa implice tineri specialisti, ar raspunde unei necesitati reale a societatii. Nu stiam nimic despre Liga Studentilor Romani din Strainatate (LSRS), iar chemarea la “pelerinaj” parea putin ciudata, dar mesajul bine inchegat si, mai ales, patronajul asigurat de Banca Nationala si de Institutul Bancar Roman confereau respectabilitate evenimentului. Probabil ca lucrurile s-ar fi oprit aici daca o alta colega (A.F.), mai curioasa, nu ar fi inceput sa se uite mai cu atentie la materiale postate pe site-ul Romania Juna. Rugaciune cu instructiuni de administrare “Stăpâne Doamne Iisuse Hristoase, Fiule şi Cuvântul lui Dumnezeu” incepe rugaciunea “compusa de Parintii de la Manastire Putna” si postata pe pagina dedicata “pelerinajului”. “Se cuvine a fi rostită în fiecare zi de toţi tinerii care-şi iubesc neamul şi ţara” au grija sa ne instruiasca cei de la Liga. Oauuu!!! Rugaciuni cu instructiuni de folosire pe un site al “tinerilor români educați la cel ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/sci-fi-prophet-wraps-high-tech-trilogy/ sci-fi-prophet-wraps-high-tech-trilogy Mon, 1 Aug 2011 05:00:34 +0300 (CNN) -- "When you want to know how things really work, study them when they're coming apart." That bit of wisdom from Hubertus Bigend, the brilliant Belgian billionaire at the center of sci-fi author, William Gibson's latest novel, "Zero History." Bigend (pronounced Bayh-jhan) is the morally ambiguous mastermind behind a global marketing operation, the Google of trend forecasting. He's a "cool hunter," reminiscent of Charles Foster Kane with an Andy Warhol eye for spotting emerging underground trends. Also returning is Hollis Henry, a semi-famous former singer from a 90s indie band, she's been hired by Bigend to uncover the identity of the designer behind the mysterious clothing brand, The Gabriel Hounds. "Zero History" is the final chapter in a trilogy that Gibson began with "Pattern Recognition" in 2003 and continued in 2007's "Spook Country." The London-based caper also involves paramilitary contractors, computer hackers, base-jumping spies, black market jeans dealers and something called the Festo AirPenguin. It's a long way from Gibson's 1984 award-winning debut novel, "Neuromancer," a classic which helped launch the "cyberpunk" genre. He's been called a sci-fi prophet, and is credited with coining the term, "cyberspace" when the Internet was still largely unknown. Mystical P.I. in 'City of the Dead' More recently, Gibson isn't writing so much science fiction but what he calls, "speculative fiction of the very recent past." Instead of an imagined future, in "Zero History" Gibson examines the present-day impact of new technologies, the current tension between the cutting edge and the mainstream and how all of it is branded, marketed and manipulated for profit. CNN recently spoke with ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/our-web-freedom-at-the-mercy-of-tech-giants/ our-web-freedom-at-the-mercy-of-tech-giants Sun, 31 Jul 2011 20:30:54 +0300 Editor's note: Rebecca MacKinnon, a Bernard Schwartz Senior Fellow at the New America Foundation in Washington, is the author of "Consent of the Networked," which will be published by Basic Books in January 2012. She is a co-founder of Global Voices Online, an international network of bloggers, and was CNN's Beijing Bureau Chief from 1998-2001 and Tokyo Bureau Chief from 2001-2003. She spoke at the TED Global conference this month in Edinburgh, UK. TED is a nonprofit dedicated to "Ideas worth spreading," which it makes available through talks posted on its website. (CNN) -- Wael Ghonim, Google executive by day, secret Facebook activist by night, famously declared right after Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak stepped down in February: "If you want to liberate a society just give them the Internet." Overthrowing a government is one thing. But building a sustainable democracy is turning out to be more difficult, and the Internet's role in that process is much less clear. In March, Egyptian activists stormed state security offices around the country. Some people found their own surveillance files, still intact, full of transcripts of their mobile phone text messages, e-mail exchanges and even Skype chats. Watch Rebecca MacKinnon's TED talk One activist even found a contract sent from a Western company to the Egyptian state security bureau for the sale of surveillance technology. Activists in Egypt assume that the transitional government still has such technologies at its disposal. In Tunisia, censorship returned in May, not nearly as extensive as before, but still the transitional government decided that some Web pages could ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/lichiditatile-sua-au-scazut-de-la-100-de-miliarde-de-dolari-la-doar-54-de-miliarde-in-numai-8-zile/ lichiditatile-sua-au-scazut-de-la-100-de-miliarde-de-dolari-la-doar-54-de-miliarde-in-numai-8-zile Sun, 31 Jul 2011 18:32:05 +0300 Cu numai doua zile inainte de termenul limita pana la care SUA trebuie sa majoreze plafonul datoriei publice pentru a evita incapacitatea de plata, Trezoreria americana dispune de doar 54 de miliarde de dolari, in conditiile in care acum opt zile avea peste 100 de miliarde, potrivit Business Insider. "Poate ca aceasta veste ii va trezi pe idiotii iresponsabile de la Washington", scriu jurnalistii publicatiei americane. In cursul acestei saptamani, presa a relatat ca, potrivit celor mai recente rapoarte financiare, compania Apple detine cu 3,5 miliarde de dolari mai multi bani cash decat trezoreria Statelor Unite. "Acum Apple are si mai multi bani decat SUA. Pana la inceputul saptamanii viitoare, daca Congresul nu va ajunge la un acord, Statele Unite vor avea mai putini bani si decat Google, apoi Salesforce.com, sau chiar Pets.com", comenteaza ironic cei de la Business Insider, care pun la dispozitie si un grafic care arata cum au scazut lichiditatile SUA in ultimele zile. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/sci-fi-prophet-wraps-hi-tech-trilogy/ sci-fi-prophet-wraps-hi-tech-trilogy Sun, 31 Jul 2011 09:00:51 +0300 (CNN) -- "When you want to know how things really work, study them when they're coming apart." That bit of wisdom from Hubertus Bigend, the brilliant Belgian billionaire at the center of sci-fi author, William Gibson's latest novel, "Zero History." Bigend (pronounced Bayh-jhan) is the morally ambiguous mastermind behind a global marketing operation, the Google of trend forecasting. He's a "cool hunter," reminiscent of Charles Foster Kane with an Andy Warhol eye for spotting emerging underground trends. Also returning is Hollis Henry, a semi-famous former singer from a 90s indie band, she's been hired by Bigend to uncover the identity of the designer behind the mysterious clothing brand, The Gabriel Hounds. "Zero History" is the final chapter in a trilogy that Gibson began with "Pattern Recognition" in 2003 and continued in 2007's "Spook Country." The London-based caper also involves paramilitary contractors, computer hackers, base-jumping spies, black market jeans dealers and something called the Festo AirPenguin. It's a long way from Gibson's 1984 award-winning debut novel, "Neuromancer," a classic which helped launch the "cyberpunk" genre. He's been called a sci-fi prophet, and is credited with coining the term, "cyberspace" when the Internet was still largely unknown. Mystical P.I. in 'City of the Dead' More recently, Gibson isn't writing so much science fiction but what he calls, "speculative fiction of the very recent past." Instead of an imagined future, in "Zero History" Gibson examines the present-day impact of new technologies, the current tension between the cutting edge and the mainstream and how all of it is branded, marketed and manipulated for profit. CNN recently spoke with ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/10-intrebari-capcana-de-care-te-lovesti-la-interviu-si-cum-le-faci-fata-ce-te-intreaba-sefii-google/ 10-intrebari-capcana-de-care-te-lovesti-la-interviu-si-cum-le-faci-fata-ce-te-intreaba-sefii-google Sat, 30 Jul 2011 12:01:10 +0300 Un interviu pentru un job într-unul din cele 75 de campusuri Google din jurul lumii ar putea aduce mai degrabă cu o serie de examinări preliminarii pentru acceptul într-o fraternitate, decât un job hunting. Şi asta deoarece candidaţii se confruntă cu întrebări de genul "Câte benzinării există în ţară?" sau "Cum măsori 4 galoane de apă folosind un ulcior între 3 şi 5 galoane?" Vezi restul întrebărilor şi cum trebuie să răspunzi la ele pe www.incont.ro. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/ce-te-intreaba-la-un-interviu-sefii-de-la-google-10-intrebari-capcana-si-cum-sa-le-faci-fata/ ce-te-intreaba-la-un-interviu-sefii-de-la-google-10-intrebari-capcana-si-cum-sa-le-faci-fata Sat, 30 Jul 2011 11:01:43 +0300 Un interviu pentru un job într-unul din cele 75 de campusuri Google din jurul lumii ar putea aduce mai degrabă cu o serie de examinări preliminarii pentru acceptul într-o fraternitate, decât un job hunting. Şi asta deoarece candidaţii se confruntă cu întrebari de genul "Câte benzinării există în ţară?" sau "Cum măsori 4 galoane de apă folosing un ulcior între 3 şi 5 galoane?" Citeşte mai multe despre întrebările-capcană de la interviuri pe www.incont.ro http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/new-wave-of-location-apps-mark-39paradigm-shift39/ new-wave-of-location-apps-mark-39paradigm-shift39 Fri, 29 Jul 2011 20:30:37 +0300 (CNN) -- As location-based apps go, Foursquare or Gowalla will work just fine if you're looking for the spot where all your buddies are having a beer. But what if they discovered an awesome, out-of-the-way spot six months ago? Or, better yet, what if you didn't even know you were looking for a watering hole until your phone told you there's one around the corner you shouldn't miss? As the novelty of the simple check-in fades, and the abilities of GPS-based location technology expand, some new mobile apps -- call them "discovery apps" -- are looking to parlay mobile "noise" into useful, place-based tips. "It feels like the paradigm shift in the late '90s when Google came along," said Babak Pahlavan, CEO of Cleversense, which released the app Alfred this month. "There's an information overload -- to find something useful for you is a very daunting task. It's time for a new shift; it's time to make sense of it and make it useful for you." Alfred has been called "Pandora for the real world." Users feed it information about their favorite places (mainly restaurants, bars and coffee shops). Then, theoretically, Alfred -- a mustachioed robot butler -- can suggest similar spots that are nearby, no matter where you are. The free app, currently on Apple's iOS system, with Android and Windows Phone versions in the works, was rolled out this month and took top honors in the "Startup Idol" contest at the Fortune Brainstorm Tech conference in Aspen, Colorado. The app, which was two years in the making, uses a Web-crawling ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/are-internet-explorer-users-dumb/ are-internet-explorer-users-dumb Fri, 29 Jul 2011 19:30:52 +0300 (CNN) -- Are users of other Web browsers smarter than the people who use Microsoft's Internet Explorer? A new survey doesn't quite say so. But it sure as heck suggests it. The survey by AptiQuaint, a Vancouver-based Web consulting company, gave more than 100,000 participants an IQ test, while monitoring which browser they used to take the test. The result? Internet Explorer users scored lower than average, while Chrome, Firefox and Safari users were slightly above average. And users of the more obscure Camino and Opera browsers, as well as those using Explorer with Chrome Frame (a plug-in designed to let users view emerging HTML5 content), had what AptiQuaint called "exceptionally higher" IQ levels. Those numbers, it should be noted, probably aren't very scientific. The field of test-takers was self-selecting -- people who chose, on their own, to take an IQ test instead of a scientifically selected study group. They found the test through Web searches or ads the company placed online. The report suggests that people using Explorer, the built-in, default browser for Windows-based computers, may be more resistant to change. A similar study in 2006 showed users on the then-current IE browser scored above average. Internet Explorer is the world's most popular browser, with about a 43% share, according to StatCounter. Firefox has just under 30%, and Google's Chrome has 19%, according to a report from May. Users of Internet Explorer 6, released in 2001, scored the lowest on the tests, at just over 80. Users of Opera, the Norway-based browser, scored the highest at well over 120. (What ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/new-wave-of-location-based-apps-mark-a-39paradigm-shift39/ new-wave-of-location-based-apps-mark-a-39paradigm-shift39 Fri, 29 Jul 2011 17:31:11 +0300 (CNN) -- As location-based apps go, Foursquare or Gowalla will work just fine if you're looking for the spot where all your buddies are having a beer. But what if they discovered an awesome, out-of-the-way spot six months ago? Or, better yet, what if you didn't even know you were looking for a watering hole until your phone told you there's one around the corner you shouldn't miss? As the novelty of the simple check-in fades, and the abilities of GPS-based location technology expand, some new mobile apps -- call them "discovery apps" -- are looking to parlay mobile "noise" into useful, place-based tips. "It feels like the paradigm shift in the late '90s when Google came along," said Babak Pahlavan, CEO of Cleversense, which released the app Alfred this month. "There's an information overload -- to find something useful for you is a very daunting task. It's time for a new shift; it's time to make sense of it and make it useful for you." Alfred has been called "Pandora for the real world." Users feed it information about their favorite places (mainly restaurants, bars and coffee shops). Then, theoretically, Alfred -- a mustachioed robot butler -- can suggest similar spots that are nearby, no matter where you are. The free app, currently on Apple's iOS system, with Android and Windows Phone versions in the works, was rolled out this month and took top honors in the "Startup Idol" contest at the Fortune Brainstorm Tech conference in Aspen, Colorado. The app, which was two years in the making, uses a Web-crawling ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/apple-si-samsung-depasesc-nokia-la-vanzarile-de-smartphone-uri-dupa-15-ani-de-suprematie-producatorul-finlandez-a-sarit-direct-pe-locul-trei-la-vanzari/ apple-si-samsung-depasesc-nokia-la-vanzarile-de-smartphone-uri-dupa-15-ani-de-suprematie-producatorul-finlandez-a-sarit-direct-pe-locul-trei-la-vanzari Fri, 29 Jul 2011 16:01:32 +0300 Apple şi Samsung au pus capăt în trimestrul al doilea dominaţiei de 15 ani a Nokia pe piaţa smartphone, împingând producătorul finlandez până pe locul al treilea, potrivit unor rapoarte prezentate vineri de mai multe companii de cercetare de piaţă, transmite Reuters. Nokia a inventat conceptul de smartphone în 1996, cu modelul Communicator, însă inovaţiile aduse în ultimii ani pe această nişă de principalii rivali şi declinul constant al propriilor vânzări a trimis compania de pe primul loc direct pe cel de-al treilea în trimestrul doi. Apple a vândut în perioada analizată 20,3 milioane de iPhone-uri, deşi modelul de actualitate iPhone 4 este mai vechi de un an. În mod normal, succesul unui astfel de telefon nu durează atât de mult. Analiştii estimează că Samsung a vândut 19 milioane de smartphone-uri în trimestrul al doilea, cu mult peste cele 16,7 milioane comercializate de Nokia, datorită cererii uriaşe pentru telefoane cu sistemul de operare Android dezvoltat de Google. "Portofoliul Galaxy al Samsung s-a dovedit foarte poular, în special modelul de top S2 cu Android", a declarat un analist al Strategy Analytics. Strategy Analytics estimează că piaţa smartphone a crescut în trimestrul al doilea, ca volum al vânzărilor, cu 76% faţă de nivelul din aceeaşi perioadă a anului trecut. ABI Research sunt mai precauţi, calculând o creştere de numai 62%. Piaţa telefoanelor mobile în general a crescut cu 11,3% în aceeaşi perioadă, la 365,4 milioane de unităţi vândute, potrivit IDC. Creşterea pieţei telefoanelor a încetinit faţă de primul trimestru, când a fost înregistrat un avans de 16,8%, din cauza scăderii volumului vânzărilor modelelor simple, de bază, pentru prima dată în ultimele şapte trimestre. Evoluţia negativă a fost determinată de reducerea cheltuielilor de consum. Strategy Analytics estimează că piaţa ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/iphone-app-brings-roman-london-to-life/ iphone-app-brings-roman-london-to-life Fri, 29 Jul 2011 16:00:56 +0300 London (CNN) -- The Romans may have left Britain in the 5th century A.D., but they left their mark on the country after nearly four centuries of occupation. The settlement of Londinium, now the thriving city of London, was built by the Romans around the middle of the first century A.D., and is one of the enduring legacies of the Roman invasion. Some sites, such as the ruins of the ancient roman wall, are still standing but much of the city's ancient history remains buried. Now, a new -- and free -- application for iPhone and iPad is unearthing Roman London and bringing it back to life virtually. The app, called Streetmusuem:Londinium, is a joint venture from the London Museum of Archaeology and the TV channel History. With the app, users can hold up their phone around London and activate video vignettes of Roman scenes against the modern backdrop using an augmented reality feature. They can virtually excavate a patch of soil by rubbing their fingers on the screen to reveal items from the Museum of London's core collection as well as bring up key information about the items. Roy Stephenson is Head of Archaeological Collections and Archive at the Museum of London and was responsible for creating content for the app. "I really want people to absorb history, that there's more to it than the museum or gallery," he said. "If you walk down the street, you're in it, you're in the historic landscape, and it's all around you," he continued. His hope is that users will be intrigued to further explore the ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/app-brings-roman-london-to-life/ app-brings-roman-london-to-life Fri, 29 Jul 2011 16:00:45 +0300 London (CNN) -- The Romans may have left Britain in the 5th century A.D., but they left their mark on the country after nearly four centuries of occupation. The settlement of Londinium, now the thriving city of London, was built by the Romans around the middle of the first century A.D., and is one of the enduring legacies of the Roman invasion. Some sites, such as the ruins of the ancient roman wall, are still standing but much of the city's ancient history remains buried. Now, a new -- and free -- application for iPhone and iPad is unearthing Roman London and bringing it back to life virtually. The app, called Streetmusuem:Londinium, is a joint venture from the London Museum of Archaeology and the TV channel History. With the app, users can hold up their phone around London and activate video vignettes of Roman scenes against the modern backdrop using an augmented reality feature. They can virtually excavate a patch of soil by rubbing their fingers on the screen to reveal items from the Museum of London's core collection as well as bring up key information about the items. Roy Stephenson is Head of Archaeological Collections and Archive at the Museum of London and was responsible for creating content for the app. "I really want people to absorb history, that there's more to it than the museum or gallery," he said. "If you walk down the street, you're in it, you're in the historic landscape, and it's all around you," he continued. His hope is that users will be intrigued to further explore the ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/galerie-foto-top-12-reclame-care-pot-fi-vazute-din-spatiu-vezi-aici-din-ce-materiale-sunt-facute-si-unde-sunt-amplasate/ galerie-foto-top-12-reclame-care-pot-fi-vazute-din-spatiu-vezi-aici-din-ce-materiale-sunt-facute-si-unde-sunt-amplasate Fri, 29 Jul 2011 15:31:45 +0300 Numeroase companii au ales să îşi amplaseze reclamele în locuri ciudate, cum ar fi pe câmp sau pe acoperişurile clădirilor, acolo unde niciun trecător nu le poate vedea. Ele pot fi însă văzute prin satelit, cu ajutorul numeroaselor site-uri care folosesc materiale oferite de programul Google Satellite, informează Business Insider. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/video-microsoft-ironizeaza-google-printr-un-filmulet-cu-un-personaj-care-isi-baga-nasul-amuzat-in-mail-urile-utilizatorilor-de-gmail/ video-microsoft-ironizeaza-google-printr-un-filmulet-cu-un-personaj-care-isi-baga-nasul-amuzat-in-mail-urile-utilizatorilor-de-gmail Fri, 29 Jul 2011 13:31:58 +0300 ​Microsoft ar fi prezentat la o conferinta a dezvoltatorilor un filmulet ironic la adresa Google in care un personaj numit GmailMan se uita amuzat prin mail-urile utilizatorilor de Gmail fara a-i pasa de dreptul la intimitate, scrie CNET. Clipul a fost obtinut de o jurnalista de la site-ul ZDNet si, chiar daca Microsoft nu a confirmat ca l-ar fi realizat, toate semnele arata ca asa este.Clipul TheGmailMan are in centrul sau un personaj care se uita nonsalant si amuzat prin mail-urile utilizatorilor de Gmail si le spune acestora ce a vazut acolo, spre oroarea lor. Microsoft ironizeaza servciul de publicitate contextuala Google AdWords care afiseaza reclame in functie de continutul mail-ului fiecarui utilziator.In clip, privitorii sunt indemnati sa cumpere suita Office 365 lansata recent de Microsoft si se spune ca acest serviciu ofera o experienta cu totul diferita fata de Gmail. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/apple-si-samsung-au-depasit-nokia-in-trimestrul-al-doilea-in-topul-vanzarilor-de-smartphone-uri/ apple-si-samsung-au-depasit-nokia-in-trimestrul-al-doilea-in-topul-vanzarilor-de-smartphone-uri Fri, 29 Jul 2011 13:01:37 +0300 Apple şi Samsung au pus capăt în trimestrul al doilea dominaţiei de 15 ani a Nokia pe piaţa smartphone, împingând producătorul finlandez până pe locul al treilea, potrivit unor rapoarte prezentate vineri de mai multe companii de cercetare de piaţă. Nokia a inventat conceptul de smartphone în 1996, cu modelul Communicator, însă inovaţiile aduse în ultimii ani pe această nişă de principalii rivali şi declinul constant al propriilor vânzări a trimis compania de pe primul loc direct pe cel de-al treilea în trimestrul doi. Apple a vândut în perioada analizată 20,3 milioane de iPhone-uri, deşi modelul de actualitate iPhone 4 este mai vechi de un an. În mod normal, succesul unui astfel de telefon nu durează atât de mult. Analiştii estimează că Samsung a vândut 19 milioane de smartphone-uri în trimestrul al doilea, cu mult peste cele 16,7 milioane comercializate de Nokia, datorită cererii uriaşe pentru telefoane cu sistemul de operare Android dezvoltat de Google. "Portofoliul Galaxy al Samsung s-a dovedit foarte poular, în special modelul de top S2 cu Android", a declarat un analist al Strategy Analytics. Strategy Analytics estimează că piaţa smartphone a crescut în trimestrul al doilea, ca volum al vânzărilor, cu 76% faţă de nivelul din aceeaşi perioadă a anului trecut. ABI Research sunt mai precauţi, calculând o creştere de numai 62%. Piaţa telefoanelor mobile în general a crescut cu 11,3% în aceeaşi perioadă, la 365,4 milioane de unităţi vândute, potrivit IDC. Creşterea pieţei telefoanelor a încetinit faţă de primul trimestru, când a fost înregistrat un avans de 16,8%, din cauza scăderii volumului vânzărilor modelelor simple, de bază, pentru prima dată în ultimele şapte trimestre. Evoluţia negativă a fost determinată de reducerea cheltuielilor de consum. Strategy Analytics estimează că piaţa telefoanelor ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/kpmg-veniturile-bancilor-amenintate-de-noile-modele-de-business-cum-isi-protejeaza-bancile-locul-detinut-in-lantul-platilor-mobile/ kpmg-veniturile-bancilor-amenintate-de-noile-modele-de-business-cum-isi-protejeaza-bancile-locul-detinut-in-lantul-platilor-mobile Thu, 28 Jul 2011 16:32:20 +0300 Pe masura ce platile efectuate de pe telefoane si alte echipamente mobile cresc in popularitate numeroase banci isi reevalueaza sau isi dezvolta noi modele de plati la nivel global. Franta lanseaza intens asemenea parteneriate. Arabii la fel. In SUA trendul e prezent de ani buni de zile. Competitia crescuta din partea unor jucatori ne-traditionali in industria platilor precum Apple, Google si PayPal forteaza bancile sa se adapteze rapid pentru a-si proteja veniturile provenite din plati si pentru a beneficia de avantajele oferite de noile platforme mobile, se arata intr-un raport al KPMG. Studiul a fost realizat la nivel international si s-a derulat in randul executivilor din domeniile bancar si al serviciilor financiare. Citeste raportul complet in atasamentCu aproape 85 de procente dintre participantii la studiu afirmand ca platile mobile vor avea o importanta semnificativa pentru afacerile lor in urmatorii unul pana la patru ani, KPMG a identificat un grup de banci care actioneaza rapid pentru a capitaliza aceasta tendinta de piata si pentru a-si loializa astfel clientii, a-si reduce costurile si – in final – a-si asigura locul in noul lant valoric al platilor efectuate prin intermediul echipamentelor mobile.  In raportul KPMG, Monetizing Mobile: How Banks are Preserving their place in the payment value chain respondentii au evidentiat un numar tot mai mare de provocari care incetinesc comercializarea serviciilor de plati mobile. Mai mult de 70% dintre executivii din industriile bancara si a serviciilor financiare au mentionat preocuparile legate de securitatea serviciilor ca fiind cea mai mare bariera in calea adoptiei acestora, o provocare care ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-traffic-falls-as-users-spend-less-time-on-site/ google-traffic-falls-as-users-spend-less-time-on-site Thu, 28 Jul 2011 15:31:00 +0300 (Mashable) -- After a running start, Google+'s growth may be slowing down a bit. A report from Experian Hitwise found both traffic and users' average time on the social network fell last week in the U.S. Total visits to Google+ declined about 3% to 1.79 million in the U.S. for the week ending July 23 compared to the previous seven days, according to the research company. The site received 1.86 million visits the prior week. Average time on the site was down 10%, from 5 minutes, 50 seconds to 5 minutes, 15 seconds. Matt Tatham, a rep for Experian Hitwise, was careful not to overplay the findings. "This is not a huge drop," he says. The company extrapolates its figures from data from ISPs and from an opt-in panel of about 2.5 million users. The report comes after Google+'s traffic enjoyed a steady climb since its June 28 debut. Last week, comScore reported that the network hit 20 million unique visitors. Some were so enamored with Google+ that they closed out their Facebook accounts and moved all their activity to the new network. What do you think? Has the novelty of Google+ worn off or is this just a blip on the road to world domination? Let us know in the comments. See the original article on Mashable.com © 2010 MASHABLE.com. All rights reserved. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/future-of-computing-looks-thinner/ future-of-computing-looks-thinner Thu, 28 Jul 2011 15:30:56 +0300 (WIRED) -- Our notebooks, ultrabooks and desktop PCs are all getting thinner -- thin enough that Kate Moss in her heroin-chic heyday could have sported something like the 13-inch MacBook Air down the runway and it wouldn't have overwhelmed her almost nonexistent frame. It's no surprise. We've been seeing computers slim down ever since those giant room-sized computers that spawned the digital age, and the introduction of the first PCs in the decades that followed. But for a while, we were continually adding features such as hard drive space, optical drives, SD card slots to our notebooks and PCs. Now, as storage migrates toward online servers, and media is more likely to be streamed rather than viewed from a DVD or Blu-ray disc, many of those onboard features are shrinking down, or getting nixed altogether. Consumers are favoring size and portability over a heftier 'do-it-all' type machine. "Size will most certainly be an important driver when consumers look for their next PC or notebook," especially with tablets at the forefront of consumers' minds todays, says Desiree Davis, Senior Manager with Resolve Market Research. The skinny: In recent years, we've been seeing ultra-portable notebooks like Apple's MacBook Airs ditch the optical drive so they can achieve a slim silhouette. The Mac Mini desktop also lost the optical drive in its latest iteration. And now, both MacRumors and TUAW are reporting that Apple is working on ultra-thin 15- and 17-inch notebooks as well, likely to fall under the MacBook Pro umbrella and hit the market around the holiday season. If this ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/samsung-galaxy-r-fratele-mai-mic-al-seriei-s/ samsung-galaxy-r-fratele-mai-mic-al-seriei-s Thu, 28 Jul 2011 11:32:05 +0300 Samsung a lansat un nou model al familiei de telefoane inteligente Galaxy, bazate pe sistemul de operare Google Android. Noul terminal este o varianta simplificata a varfului de gama, Galaxy S, cu care se aseamana atat din punct de vedere estetic, cat si tehnic. Ca design, partea frontala a aparatului este extrem de asemanatoare cu cea a modelului superior, dat aparatul este putin mai gros si are spatele acoperit cu un capac metalic. Citeste si comenteaza pe StyleReport.ro http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/48-de-ore-pe-hotnewsro-statul-impotent-culisele-si-cauzele-esecului-de-la-vinzarea-pachetului-de-actiuni-la-omv-petrom-daniel-daianu-la-rfi-la-toamna-vom-avea-un-nou-episod-care-va-tulbura-apele-disputele-politice-din-sua-au-loc-fara-a-se-mai-respec/ 48-de-ore-pe-hotnewsro-statul-impotent-culisele-si-cauzele-esecului-de-la-vinzarea-pachetului-de-actiuni-la-omv-petrom-daniel-daianu-la-rfi-la-toamna-vom-avea-un-nou-episod-care-va-tulbura-apele-disputele-politice-din-sua-au-loc-fara-a-se-mai-respec Thu, 28 Jul 2011 07:32:01 +0300 Daniel Daianu la RFI: La toamna vom avea un nou episod care va tulbura apele Noi turbulente ar putea aparea la toamna pe pietele financiare, spune, la RFI, fostul ministru de Finante Daniel Daianu. De aceea, el sugereaza ca FMI si Romania sa creioneze o strategie de rezerva pentru o situatie de acest gen, care va avea in prim plan tari ca Grecia si Portugalia.Statul impotent: culisele si cauzele esecului de la vinzarea pachetului de actiuni la OMV Petrom Plecam de la premisa ca Guvernul Boc chiar a vrut sa vinda pachetul Petrom. (Daca au mimat doar, pentru a scapa de gura FMI, atunci actorii principali ar trebui judecati pentru inalta tradare). Esecul vinzarii actiunilor Petrom a functionat ca turnesolul turnat peste un guvern populat de incompetenti. De la semi-analfabetul economic Emil Boc pina la necunoscutul Florin Vladan, care a negociat in numele Romaniei - desi nici Google n-a auzit de el. Si sa nu uitam de catastrofa numita Ion Ariton, unul dintre cei mai slabi ministri ai ultimilor 20 de ani, Dumnezeu-stie prin ce coterii de partid ajuns stapin peste cel mai complicat minister. Dar sa luam pe rind cauzele esecului.Discutiile ministrului economiei cu FMI: In octombrie se decide soarta mamutilor Electra si Hidroenergetica/La Hidroelectrica si Nuclearelectrica va avea loc o majorare de capital cu 10%, iar vanzarea actiunilor Petrom va fi reluata in prima parte a anului viitorAgonia infiintarii celor doi mamuti energetici, Hidroenergetica si Electra, se prelungeste. Dovada sta faptul ca Ministerul Economiei a convenit in cadrul unei intalniri cu reprezentantii FMI, ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/video-s-a-lansat-primul-telefon-cu-sistemul-de-operare-windows-mango-al-microsoft/ video-s-a-lansat-primul-telefon-cu-sistemul-de-operare-windows-mango-al-microsoft Wed, 27 Jul 2011 16:02:08 +0300 In Japonia s-a lansat IS12T, primul telefon care utilizeaza versiunea Windows Phone 7.5 cunoscuta sub numele de cod Mango. Terminalul cu camera de 13,2 MP este produs de Toshiba Fujitsu si este primul dintr-o serie de terminale cu "Mango" ce va contine mai ales telefoane Nokia, noteaza PC World. In aceasta toamna telefoanele Nokia cu noul sistem vor ajunge in Europa, iar Microsoft asteapta ca lansarile sa-i creasca in mod semnificativ cota de piata extrem de mica in prezent.IS12T cantareste 113 g, are ecran de 3,7 inch, camera de 13,2 MP si o baterie care se consuma dupa sase ore de conversatie sau 11 zile de standby. Telefonul are 32 GB de memorie si rezista la apa. Smartphone-ul este construit in Japonia de Toshiba Fujitsu Mobile Comunication si va intra pe piata in septembrie.Telefonul este important fiindca deschide o serie cu care Microsoft spera in sfarsit sa conteze in piata sistemelor de operare pentru telefoane mobile. Din seria cu sistemul de operare Windows Phone 7.5 (cunoscut drept Mango) vor face parte multe telefoane cu Nokia, dupa ce companiile au semnat un parteneriat important la inceput de an.Microsoft spera ca noul Windows Phone 7 introdus anul trecut ii va majora cota de piata la sistemele de operare pentru telefoane inteligente, insa s-a intamplat tocmai invers: cota a scazut de 7%, la sub 5%. Companiile de cercetare IDC si Gartner prevad insa ca parteneriatul cu Nokia va duce cota Microsoft Windows la 20%, plasand sistemul pe locul doi, dupa Google Android. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/moody39s-a-retrogradat-ratingul-nokia-cu-doua-trepte-la-baa2-cu-perspectiva-negativa/ moody39s-a-retrogradat-ratingul-nokia-cu-doua-trepte-la-baa2-cu-perspectiva-negativa Wed, 27 Jul 2011 16:01:49 +0300 Moody's a retrogradat miercuri ratingul Nokia cu două trepte, la nivelul "Baa2", iar perspectiva este negativă, din cauza incertitudinilor legate de perspectivele companiei, având în vedere tranziţia prin care trece portofoliul de produse al producătorului finlandez de telefoane. Un purtător de cuvânt al Nokia a declarat că măsura Moody's nu va avea un impact material asupra costurilor actuale de finanţare ale companiei, transmite Reuters. Fitch şi S&P au retrogradat ratingurile Nokia luna trecută. Nokia a raportat săptămâna trecută pierderi nete pentru trimestrul încheiat în iunie şi a pierdut poziţia de lider pe piaţa mondială a aparatelor smartphone în favoarea Apple. În ultimii ani, Nokia nu a reuşit să producă telefoane la fel de atractive ca cele ale Apple sau cele dotate cu software-ul Android furnizat de Google. "Perspectivele Nokia în privinţa unor indicatori precum vânzările de telefoane mobile sau preţurile medii de vânzare sunt foarte neclarare, din cauza tranziţiei prin care trece portofoliul de produse", se arată într-un comunicat al Moody's. Agenţia notează totuşi că lichidităţile Nokia s-au menţinut solide, ca şi structura capitalului, astfel încât compania va avea capacitatea să acopere costurile legate de procesul de tranziţie. Nokia, cel mai mare producător de telefoane mobile din lume după volumul vânzărilor, a înregistrat o pierdere netă de 492 milioane euro în trimestrul al doilea, însă profitul operaţional al activităţilor de bază a depăşit toate estimările. Nokia a vândut 16,7 milioane de smartphone-uri în perioada analizată, pierzând prima poziţie în topul producătorilor de telefoane "inteligente" în favoarea Apple, care a vândut în acelaşi interval 20,3 milioane de iPhone-uri. Nokia deţine o fabrică de telefoane mobile şi în România, la Jucu, judeţul Cluj. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/murdoch-pica-nici-mogulii-nostri-nu-se-simt-prea-bine/ murdoch-pica-nici-mogulii-nostri-nu-se-simt-prea-bine Wed, 27 Jul 2011 15:32:24 +0300 În 2008 Rupert Murdoch, stăpânul unui imperiu mediatic extins din SUA până în Marea Britanie, spunea cu „jurnalismul de calitate este marfă scumpă” care trebuie plătită inclusiv pe Internet şi ameninţa Google cu blocarea conturilor pentru a sista accesul gratuit la presă. În 2011, acelaşi Murdoch îşi cerea scuze public de la britanici la închiderea forţată a unei publicaţii cu 7,5 milioane de cititori, fondată în 1843: „Activitatea News of the World era de a le cere socoteală altora. Dar a eşuat când a trebuit să dea el socoteală. Ne pare foarte rău pentru neregulile comise. Ne pare rău pentru durerea suferită de persoanele afectate… Sunt conştient că scuzele nu sunt suficiente”. Părintele tabloidizării, cu The Sun şi New York Post în portofoliu, deţinătorul celor mai importante titluri din presa mondială de la Times la Wall Street Journal, a unor canale de televiziune influente ca Fox News şi Sky News, octogenarul Murdoch şi oamenii lui au intrat în atenţia anchetatorilor britanici, apoi a FBI, a Parlamentului englez şi a Senatului american după ce a ieşit la iveală că jurnaliştii diviziei britanice a News Corp. au interceptat peste 4000 de persoane pentru a folosi informaţia în beneficiul patronului lor. Au fost ascultaţi ilegal membri ai familiei regale, vedete, sportivi, până la rudele militarilor ucişi în Afganistan sau ale unor adolescenţi dispăruţi. Afacerea interceptărilor a durat mai mulţi ani şi a afectat concurenţa de pe piaţa media umflând veniturile News Corp., dar mai ales a făcut praf deontologia jurnalismului substituindu-o cu banditismul informaţional, cu dispreţul faţă de ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/localitatea-rusa-celiabinsk-da-10000-de-dolari-pentru-a-sterge-din-motoarele-de-cautare-caracterizarea-de-cel-mai-poluat-oras-din-lume/ localitatea-rusa-celiabinsk-da-10000-de-dolari-pentru-a-sterge-din-motoarele-de-cautare-caracterizarea-de-cel-mai-poluat-oras-din-lume Wed, 27 Jul 2011 15:01:58 +0300 Autoritatile din regiunea rusa Celiabinsk vor da 10.000 de dolari softistilor care vor reusi sa "optimizeze" rezultatele afisate de motoarele de cautare, astfel incat numarul referintelor negative la adresa poluarii din regiune sa scada pe cat posibil. In multe cautari, Celiabinsk figureaza ca fiind cel mai poluat oras din lume, iar autoritatile spun ca aceasta caracterizare este nedreapta si sperie potentialii investitoti, noteaza The Telegraph.Regiunea din centrul Rusiei a cunoscut o industrializare excesiva si poluarea a afectat masiv raurile, orasele si sanatatea a milioane de oameni. Totusi, autoritatile spun ca in motoarele de cautare apar mult prea multe referinte negative si "pun la bataie" peste 10.000 de dolari pentru cei care vor utiliza tehnici de optimizare a rezultatelor motoarelor de cautare (SEO).Autoritaile vor ca numai 20% din mentiunile la adresa regiunii sa fie negative si vor sa dispara pe cat posibil caracterizari precum "radiatie in Celiabinsk" si "cel mai poluat oras din lume".Tehnicile de marketing SEO sunt intens utilizate mai ales de companii care vor sa "dea bine" in rezultatele motoarelor de cautare, dar si de cele care vor ca referintele negative sa fie cat mai greu de gasit. Aceste tehnici sunt foarte controversate si multi spun ca asa-zisa "optimizare" este o manipulare ordinara promovata doar de organizatiile cu bani.Cei din Celiabinsk spun ca o parte dintre mentiunile negative au fost puse de companii care concureaza cu cele locale si au precizat ca optimizarea pe care o doresc va fi aplicata pentru rezultatele din Google, dar si din Yandex, cel mai mare motor de cautare ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/mozilla-pregateste-un-sistem-de-operare-pentru-telefoane-si-tablete/ mozilla-pregateste-un-sistem-de-operare-pentru-telefoane-si-tablete Wed, 27 Jul 2011 12:31:57 +0300 ​Mozilla a anuntat ca lucreaza la crearea unui sistem de operare care, pornind de la o serie de elemente ale Google Android, sa functioneze apoi pe smartphone-uri si tablete, intr-un mod mai deschis decat sistemul celor de la Google. Cei de la Mozilla admit ca proiectul este intr-o faza incipienta si spun ca au facut publica ideea pentru ca un numar mare de dezvoltatori sa sprijine proiectul, informeaza BBC.Proiectul va folosi o parte din elementele fundamentale ale Google Android, insa cea mai mare parte a codului va fi realizata de Mozilla. Fundatia care a creat browserul Firefox spune ca acest sistem de operare va fi centrat pe web si foarte multe aplicatii vor rula fara a avea nevoie de browser.Desi se va porni cu elemente fundamentale ale sistemului Google Android, Mozilla va aduce o serie de elemente cu totul noi de cod si isi propune ca sistemul sa fie mult mai deschis decat cel al Google sau decat Windows Phone si iOS.Cei de la Mozilla spun ca asteapta cu interes ajutor de la diversi dezvoltatori si adauga ca noul sistem ar trebui sa reflecte modul in care Mozilla crede ca ar trebui cu adevarat sa arate tehnologiile open-source. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/presa-in-diagonala-google-ia-masuri-pentru-neutralizarea-manifestului-lui-anders-behring-breivik-nu-este-vorba-de-cenzura-sustin-oficialii-grup-de-sprijin-pe-facebook-pentru-mama-lui-breivik-ofiterii-de-politie-care-au-condus-interogatoriile-l-au-cara/ presa-in-diagonala-google-ia-masuri-pentru-neutralizarea-manifestului-lui-anders-behring-breivik-nu-este-vorba-de-cenzura-sustin-oficialii-grup-de-sprijin-pe-facebook-pentru-mama-lui-breivik-ofiterii-de-politie-care-au-condus-interogatoriile-l-au-cara Wed, 27 Jul 2011 06:02:00 +0300 Google ia masuri pentru neutralizarea manifestului lui Anders Behring Breivik. "Nu este vorba de cenzura" sustin oficialii. Dupa atacurile din Norvegia, Google incearca sa reduca extremismul pe internet modificand rezultatele afisate de motorul sau de cautare. Potrivit oficialilor, internetul ar trebui sa aduca in fata pe cei care au fost afectati de actiuni extremiste, care s-au retras din asemenea retele si pe cei care lupta impotriva extremismului. Google este de parere ca acesta ajustrare nu are nimic de-a face cu cenzura. Potrivit unei declaratii mai vechi, politia norvegiena avertiza ca site-urile extremiste influenteaza tineretul si il atrag, invatandu-l sa foloseaca teroarea ca instrument de lupta. Un pas important urmarit atat de autoritati cat si de Google este neutralizarea Manifestului publicat pe internet de teroristul Anders Behring Breivik, care are ca scop inspirarea unei noi generatii de teroristi in lumina recentelor atentate. Anders Behring Breivik considera asasinatele comise drept o buna campanie de marketing pentru popularizarea manifestului sau, potrivit site-ului norvegian VG Nett.Presa norvegiana critica Fox News fiindca ar fi sugerat ca atacurile ar fi fost islamice. Mai multi utilizatori ai retelelor sociale Facebook si Twitter s-au aratat deranjati de atitudinea unor canale media americane in legatura cu atentatele din Norvegia. Fox News este unul dintre cele mai mari posturi americane si trateaza stirile cu o abordare conservator-republicana si patriotica. Acesta ar fi afisat lipsa de respect si ar fi denaturat adevarul in cazul tragediei norvegiene. Chiar si dupa arestarea lui Anders Behring Breivik, canalul continua sa vorbeasca despre terorismul islamic si despre faptul ca Norvegia ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-ia-masuri-pentru-neutralizarea-manifestului-lui-anders-behring-breivik-nu-este-vorba-de-cenzura-sustin-oficialii/ google-ia-masuri-pentru-neutralizarea-manifestului-lui-anders-behring-breivik-nu-este-vorba-de-cenzura-sustin-oficialii Wed, 27 Jul 2011 01:32:10 +0300 Dupa atacurile din Norvegia, Google incearca sa reduca extremismul pe internet modificand rezultatele afisate de motorul sau de cautare. Potrivit oficialilor, internetul ar trebui sa aduca in fata pe cei care au fost afectati de actiuni extremiste, care s-au retras din asemenea retele si pe cei care lupta impotriva extremismului. Google este de parere ca acesta ajustrare nu are nimic de-a face cu cenzura. Potrivit unei declaratii mai vechi, politia norvegiena avertiza ca site-urile extremiste influenteaza tineretul si il atrag, invatandu-l sa foloseaca teroarea ca instrument de lupta. Un pas important urmarit atat de autoritati cat si de Google este neutralizarea Manifestului publicat pe internet de teroristul Anders Behring Breivik, care are ca scop inspirarea unei noi generatii de teroristi in lumina recentelor atentate. Anders Behring Breivik considera asasinatele comise drept o buna campanie de marketing pentru popularizarea Manifestului sau. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-ia-masuri-pentru-neutralizarea-manifestului-lui-anders-behring-breivik-nu-este-vorba-de-cenzura-anunta-oficialii/ google-ia-masuri-pentru-neutralizarea-manifestului-lui-anders-behring-breivik-nu-este-vorba-de-cenzura-anunta-oficialii Wed, 27 Jul 2011 00:32:13 +0300 Dupa atacurile din Norvegia, Google incearca sa reduca extremismul pe internet modificand rezultatele afisate de motorul sau de cautare. Potrivit oficialilor, internetul ar trebui sa aduca in fata pe cei care au fost afectati de actiuni extremiste, care s-au retras din asemenea retele si pe cei care lupta impotriva extremismului. Google este de parere ca acesta ajustrare nu are nimic de-a face cu cenzura. Potrivit unei declaratii mai vechi, politia norvegiena avertiza ca site-urile extremiste influenteaza tineretul si il atrag, invatandu-l sa foloseaca teroarea ca instrument de lupta. Un pas important urmarit atat de autoritati cat si de Google este neutralizarea Manifestului publicat pe internet de teroristul Anders Behring Breivik, care are ca scop inspirarea unei noi generatii de teroristi in lumina recentelor atentate. Anders Behring Breivik considera asasinatele comise drept o buna campanie de marketing pentru popularizarea Manifestului sau. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/incapable-state-the-troubles-and-causes-of-failure-to-sell-stake-in-omv-petrom-oil-company/ incapable-state-the-troubles-and-causes-of-failure-to-sell-stake-in-omv-petrom-oil-company Tue, 26 Jul 2011 19:03:01 +0300 A recent attempt of the state to sell 9.84% of shares in major Romanian oil company Petrom (majority owned by OMV) has failed as investors who responded to the offer managed to underwrite less than the 80% of the shares, which was the minimum required. Let's presume the Government led by Emil Boc really wanted to sell the Petrom stake (If they only claimed so to please the IMF then people responsible should be judged for high treason). The failure of the Petrom share sale filtered through a government crowded with impotent officials: from the politically semi-illiterate PM Emil Boc to Florin Vladan, an obscure official who negotiated on Romania's behalf despite not even Google has ever heard of him. One should not forget catastrophic Economy minister Ion Ariton, one of the weakest ministers of the past two decades. Let's consider the causes of the failure one by one.1. The selection of an intermediary for the sale of the OMV Petrom stake held by the Romanian Economy MinistrySix consortia joined the bidding. Each was lead by a big name: Goldman Sachs, Nomura, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley or UBS, with huge experience in such deals and with obvious connections in relevant markets, plus a consortium led by Renaissance Capital, a Russian investment bank controlled by billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov, the head of a new party formed under the wing of Vladimir Putin.The specifications of the bidding provided generous points to the financial offer. It was Achille's heel as outsider Renaissance Capital (plus "lieutenants" EFG Eurobank Securities - ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/revolt-big-companies-rethink-apple-apps/ revolt-big-companies-rethink-apple-apps Tue, 26 Jul 2011 17:30:40 +0300 (WIRED) -- We all knew that once Apple starting enforcing new rules for in-app purchases, it would change how media companies do business on the iPhone and iPad. Now, we're beginning to see just what that looks like for companies trying to avoid giving a 30% cut to Cupertino. Amazon, Kobo and Barnes & Noble all removed the stores from their iOS applications on Monday, as well as any hyperlinks to or mentions of their online stores. Google Books -- recently announced distribution and retail partner for the new multiplatform Harry Potter e-books -- is simply gone from the App Store, without explanation from either Apple or Google, although possibly a revised app may be forthcoming. Users of these newly-storeless apps can still download and read all content purchased elsewhere. But the apps are no longer an easy direct or indirect portal for sales, to the chagrin of their developers and some of their customers. The absence of this portal will hurt some retailers more than others. For readers accustomed to buying content via the web, not much will change. But it reduces the overall functionality of the apps -- booksellers would love to have an easy way to sell new products to customers immediately, based on what they're reading or searching for right then -- and new or less-sophisticated users might find the need to make an end-around via the web browser confusing. It's an extra bit of friction in an otherwise mostly friction-free experience. And any additional friction for other booksellers clearly ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/sidestepping-apple-companies-rethink-app-strategies/ sidestepping-apple-companies-rethink-app-strategies Tue, 26 Jul 2011 15:31:00 +0300 (WIRED) -- We all knew that once Apple starting enforcing new rules for in-app purchases, it would change how media companies do business on the iPhone and iPad. Now, we're beginning to see just what that looks like for companies trying to avoid giving a 30% cut to Cupertino. Amazon, Kobo and Barnes & Noble all removed the stores from their iOS applications on Monday, as well as any hyperlinks to or mentions of their online stores. Google Books -- recently announced distribution and retail partner for the new multiplatform Harry Potter e-books -- is simply gone from the App Store, without explanation from either Apple or Google, although possibly a revised app may be forthcoming. Users of these newly-storeless apps can still download and read all content purchased elsewhere. But the apps are no longer an easy direct or indirect portal for sales, to the chagrin of their developers and some of their customers. The absence of this portal will hurt some retailers more than others. For readers accustomed to buying content via the web, not much will change. But it reduces the overall functionality of the apps -- booksellers would love to have an easy way to sell new products to customers immediately, based on what they're reading or searching for right then -- and new or less-sophisticated users might find the need to make an end-around via the web browser confusing. It's an extra bit of friction in an otherwise mostly friction-free experience. And any additional friction for other booksellers clearly ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/cu-cat-sunt-platiti-anual-miliardarii-lumii/ cu-cat-sunt-platiti-anual-miliardarii-lumii Tue, 26 Jul 2011 08:32:18 +0300 Te-ai întrebat vreodată cât câştigă miliardarii? Pe lângă salariile anuale, se adaugă bonusurile şi diverse compensaţii, care depăşesc deseori un million de dolari. 18 dintre miliardarii lumii sunt preşedinţi executivi în cele mai mari companii americane. Cine conduce însă în topul celor mai bine plătiţi CEO? Polo Ralph Lauren este cel mai bine plătit preşedinte de companie. În 2010, acesta a reuşit să obţină compensaţii în valoare de 43 milioane de dolari, incluzând un bonus anual de 19,5 milioane de dolari. La polul opus se află antreprenori celebri precum Steve Jobs (Apple), Larry Page (Google), Richard Kinder (Kinder Morgan) sau Larry Ellison (Oracle), care sunt plătiţi cu un salariu simbolic de doar...1 dolar pentru activitatea din cadrul companiilor pe care le deţin. Iată lista celor mai bine cotaţi miliardari, în funcţie de veniturile obţinute în 2010, potrivit revistei americane Forbes. Ralph Lauren Companie: Polo Ralph Lauren Salariu şi bonusuri: 20,8 milioane de dolari Compensaţii anuale: 43 milioane de dolari Frederick Smith Companie: FedEX Salariu şi bonusuri: 1,6 milioane de dolari Compensaţii anuale: 19,1 milioane de dolari Citeşte mai multe despre miliardarii lumii pe www.incont.ro http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/users-with-fake-names-get-boot-from-google-plus/ users-with-fake-names-get-boot-from-google-plus Mon, 25 Jul 2011 21:01:09 +0300 (CNN) -- Google+ has been a hit in the tech community, with early adopters praising its clean design and features like Circles and group video chat. But some of those same folks are now miffed, saying the social-networking site is being too aggressive in booting users who don't sign up with their real names. Over the weekend and into Monday, multiple tech blogs were reporting what appeared to be an uptick in the number of people removed from Google+ for signing up under assumed names. The Google+ content policy says, "To help fight spam and prevent fake profiles," users must use the name their friends, family or co-workers usually call them. "For example, if your full legal name is Charles Jones Jr. but you normally use Chuck Jones or Junior Jones, either of those would be acceptable," the policy reads. Limor "Ladyada" Fried, a noted figure in the open-source hardware community, briefly had her account suspended over the weekend. Her name is an assumed one but one by which she's well-known (she recently was featured in a cover story in Wired magazine). Her account was reinstated. Former Google employee Kirrily Robert, who goes by the single name "Skud," said she also had her account suspended when she used the nickname to sign up. She wrote that she expected the nickname issue to come up and largely wanted to test how the site dealt with it. "I thought it would be interesting and educational for someone who understands the system quite well (my recent ex-Googler status helps with this) to poke at it from ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/doi-judecatori-si-un-ofiter-de-politie-intra-in-clasamentul-the-guardian-al-celor-mai-puternice-personalitati-din-marea-britanie/ doi-judecatori-si-un-ofiter-de-politie-intra-in-clasamentul-the-guardian-al-celor-mai-puternice-personalitati-din-marea-britanie Mon, 25 Jul 2011 20:01:50 +0300 Un ofiter de politie si doi judecatori au fost inclusi in clasamentul anual al personalitatilor cu cea mai mare putere in industria media din Marea Britanie, realizat de MediaGuardian si dat publicitatii luni. Clasamentul MediaGuardian 100 este condus, anul acesta, de fondatorul Facebook Mark Zuckerberg, urmat de Jack Dorsey (Twitter) si Larry Page (Google).Faptul ca in topul pe 2011 au fost inclusi doi judecatori si un ofiter de politie este explicat de The Guardian prin deciziile judecatoresti legate de dreptul celebritatilor la viata privata, precum si prin scandalul interceptarilor telefonice ilegale de la News of the World, ce a zguduit scena politica si industria media din Marea Britanie.De altfel, acelasi scandal i-a determinat pe autorii clasamentului sa il plaseze pe magnatul Rupert Murdoch - presedintele News Corp, ce controla, prin divizia News International, tabloidul inchis recent News of the World - pe pozitia 6, cu doua locuri mai jos decat in 2010. Fiul lui Murdoch, James, pierde la randul sau cateva pozitii, coborand de pe locul 8 pe locul 11, iar fosta sefa News International, Rebekah Brooks, fortata sa-si dea demisia, iese din topul celor mai puternice 100 de personalitati.Top 10 cele mai influente personalitati din media britanice - MediaGuardian:1. Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook)2. Jack Dorsey (Twitter)3. Larry Page (Google)4. Mark Thompson (BBC)5. Steve Jobs (Apple)6. Rupert Murdoch (News Corp)7. Paul Dacre (Daily Mail)8. Sir Martin Sorrell (WPP)9. Simon Cowell (producator si prezentator TV)10. Lord Justice Leveson (judecatorul care conduce ancheta in cazul interceptarilor ilegale de la News of the World)Vezi clasamentul complet aici http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/facebook-ipad-app-hidden-inside-iphone-app/ facebook-ipad-app-hidden-inside-iphone-app Mon, 25 Jul 2011 17:00:48 +0300 (Wired) -- Facebook's iPad app could be a lot closer to launch than we thought. A full-sized, fully-functional version of the iPad app is hidden inside the current iPhone app. That means that, if you are running the iPhone app you already have the iPad executable on your phone. Discovered by M.G Siegler, Apple writer for AOL's Tech Crunch, the iPad app is a lot more modern-looking than the tired old iPhone version, and looks a lot like Twitter's official iPad app. On the left is a source list to navigate between your Wall, info, photos and friends sections. Up top, below the status bar, you'll find more icons to take you to different sections (places and chat, amongst others), and if you flip to horizontal orientation you get a combination of both these navigation "aids," and the top-bar nav icons remain. In short, Facebook has managed to fully port the signature confusion of its website to a tablet app, a not insignificant achievement. Siegler, who found the app after reading about it on Twitter, calls the app "spectacular." The discovery was made by a an engineering student named Marvin Bernal, who also gives instructions on how to get it running on your own iPad. If you are smart enough to know what that means, and yet you still use Facebook, then go ahead and hack away. The rest of us can either wait for the official launch, or wait for Google to release Google Plus for the iPad. Subscribe to WIRED magazine for less than $1 an issue and get ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/mark-zuckerberg-cel-mai-puternic-om-din-peisajul-media-in-marea-britanie/ mark-zuckerberg-cel-mai-puternic-om-din-peisajul-media-in-marea-britanie Mon, 25 Jul 2011 14:01:48 +0300 Mark Zuckerberg, cofondatorul reţelei de socializare Facebook, este cel mai puternic om din peisajul media din Marea Britanie, în 2011, potrivit unui clasament întocmit de publicaţia The Guardian. În clasamentul "MediaGuardian 100 2011", care reuneşte cele mai importante personalităţi din sectorul media din Marea Britanie, pe locul al doilea se află Jack Dorsey, cofondator al reţelei de micro-blogging Twitter, urmat pe locul al treilea de Larry Page, noul CEO al Google. Topul primelor zece cele mai importante personalităţi din industria media este completat de Mark Thompson, director general al BBC, Steve Jobs, liderul Apple, Rupert Murdoch, şeful News Corporation, Paul Dacre, editor al Daily Mail, Martin Sorrell, CEO al WPP, Simon Cowell, producător TV, şi Justice Leveson, judecător la Curtea Superioară. În clasament mai figurează, printre alţii, James Murdoch - News Corporation (locul 11), Lord Paten - BBC Trust (locul 21), Elisabeth Murdoch - News Corporation (locul 23), Alexandr Lebedev - Independent Print (locul 30), Julian Assange - WikiLeaks (locul 32), Aidan Barclay - Telegraph Media Group (locul 33), Andy Rubin - Google (locul 44), Jamie Oliver - bucătar şi realizator de emisiuni pe teme culinare (locul 48), David Jones - Havas (locul 67), Arianna Huffington - Huffington Post (locul 80), John Makinson - Penguin Group (locul 88) şi Natalie Massenet - Net-a-porter (locul 96). În prezent, Rupert Murdoch şi fiul său James Murdoch, al treilea în ierarhia imperiului mediatic al tatălui său, se află în centrul unui scandal în Marea Britanie, după ce angajaţi ai publicaţiei News of the Word au fost acuzaţi că au interceptat ilegal convorbirile unor vedete, dar şi ale unor politicieni. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/statul-impotent-culisele-si-cauzele-esecului-de-la-vinzarea-pachetului-de-actiuni-la-omv-petrom/ statul-impotent-culisele-si-cauzele-esecului-de-la-vinzarea-pachetului-de-actiuni-la-omv-petrom Mon, 25 Jul 2011 05:31:52 +0300 Plecam de la premisa ca Guvernul Boc chiar a vrut sa vinda pachetul Petrom. (Daca au mimat doar, pentru a scapa de gura FMI, atunci actorii principali ar trebui judecati pentru inalta tradare). Esecul vinzarii actiunilor Petrom a functionat ca turnesolul turnat peste un guvern populat de incompetenti. De la semi-analfabetul economic Emil Boc pina la necunoscutul Florin Vladan, care a negociat in numele Romaniei - desi nici Google n-a auzit de el. Si sa nu uitam de catastrofa numita Ion Ariton, unul dintre cei mai slabi ministri ai ultimilor 20 de ani, Dumnezeu-stie prin ce coterii de partid ajuns stapin peste cel mai complicat minister. Dar sa luam pe rind cauzele esecului.1. Selectarea intermediarului vinzarii pachetului de actiuni OMV Petrom detinut de Ministerul EconomieiLa licitatie au participat sase consortii. Fiecare era condus de un nume mare: Goldman Sachs, Nomura, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley sau UBS, cu experienta uriasa in astfel de operatiuni si cu conexiuni evidente in pietele relevante, plus un consortiu condus de Renaissance Capital, o banca rusa de investitii controlata de miliardarul Mihail Prohorov, seful unui nou partid nascut cu obladuirea lui Vladimir Putin.Caietul de sarcini al licitatiei puncta generos oferta financiara (comisionul cerut). A fost calciiul lui Ahile, pentru ca outsiderul Renaissance Capital (plus "locotenentii" EFG Eurobank Securities - BT Securities - Romcapital) a oferit un pret de dumping, surclasind celelalte oferte. Castigarea licitatiei a reprezentat un mare semn de intrebare pentru intreaga piata si a provocat frisoane in rindul cunoscatorilor din piata energetica: o banca rusa de investitii primea acces ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/business-report-de-ce-are-romania-nevoie-de-1000-de-kilometri-de-autostrada-slabiciunile-si-atuurile-romaniei-in-fata-crizei-euro-top-20-al-celor-mai-mari-companii-de-pe-continent-cum-face-google-bani-din-publicitate-lista-celor-mai-scumpi-termeni-d/ business-report-de-ce-are-romania-nevoie-de-1000-de-kilometri-de-autostrada-slabiciunile-si-atuurile-romaniei-in-fata-crizei-euro-top-20-al-celor-mai-mari-companii-de-pe-continent-cum-face-google-bani-din-publicitate-lista-celor-mai-scumpi-termeni-d Mon, 25 Jul 2011 04:01:52 +0300 Slabiciunile si atuurile Romaniei in fata crizei euro. Prea mici pentru un razboi atat de mare. Desi avem cateva atuuri, ne va fi aproape imposibil sa profitam de problemele pe care le-a adus supraindatorarea celor mai importante economii ale lumii. Dupa runde lungi de discutii, liderii tarilor din zona euro au ajuns in urma cu doar cateva zile la ceea ce pare a fi o solutie de salvare a finantelor din Grecia, Portugalia si Irlanda. Datoriile acestor state vor fi acoperite partial din imprumuturi la dobanzi de 3,5%, pe minimum 15 ani, acordate de Fondul European de Stabilitate Financiara (EFSF). Asta nu inseamna, desigur, ca problemele Europei s-au incheiat. Dimpotriva, s-ar putea spune. Integral in Capital.Gigantii Europei. Top 20 al celor mai mari companii de pe continent. Topul celor mai mari 20 de companii europene este dominat in acest an de gigantul Royal Dutch Shell, din Marea Britanie, care are o valoare de piata ce depaseste 228 miliarde de dolari. Pe poyitia secunda vine compania elvetiana Nestle, cotata la 200 de miliarde de dolari si care anul trecut ocupa prima pozitie in acest clasament. Topul, intocmit de Financial Times si preluat de businessinsider.com, are pe pozitia a treia Gazprom, din Rusia, a carui valoare de piata este de 190 miliarde de dolari. Integral in Gandul.Cand se va relua oferta de vanzare pentru Petrom. Dupa consultarea cu FMI, Guvernul urmeaza sa prezinte un nou calendar pentru vanzarea unui pachet de 10% din actiunile Petrom. Cea mai mare oferta din istoria Bursei, prin care statul urma sa-si ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/ny-marriage-equality-is-good-for-business/ ny-marriage-equality-is-good-for-business Sat, 23 Jul 2011 17:00:40 +0300 Editor's note: Bob Witeck advises companies on business trends, demographics and issues of significance to LGBT stakeholders. He is co-founder and CEO of Witeck-Combs Communications, as well as author of "Business Inside Out: Capturing Millions of Brand Loyal Gay Consumers." (CNN) -- Many New Yorkers and thousands of visitors this weekend may make last month's Gay Pride celebrations seem tepid. Beginning Sunday, New York's same-sex couples will become eligible for marriage licenses. Tens of thousands of those couples are expected to marry over the next few years, and their vows will resonate across America. New York is the sixth state (plus Washington) to offer marriage equality for same-sex couples. To me, after two decades of consulting with business leaders, this moment truly feels personal. It not only arrives packed with emotion, it is a real game-changer for the American work force. New York's mayor, Michael Bloomberg, and city leaders must be cheering the economic shot in the arm as hotels, restaurants, caterers, florists and legions of vendors welcome the wedding and honeymoon brigades. Some estimate nearly $400 million in revenues for the state over the next three years. These rewards are also the result of changing tides among American corporations and employers over recent decades. Gov. Andrew Cuomo's same-sex marriage legislation was endorsed not only by major corporations like Xerox and Google but by scores of smaller business owners across the state. President Obama moves closer to supporting same-sex marriage Why should business leaders care? What's in it for them? First, many employers already "get it." Beginning in 1982 with New ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/cum-face-google-bani-din-publicitate-lista-celor-mai-scumpi-termeni-de-cautare/ cum-face-google-bani-din-publicitate-lista-celor-mai-scumpi-termeni-de-cautare Sat, 23 Jul 2011 11:31:07 +0300 Google câştigă în fiecare an 3 miliarde de dolari pe lună din publicitate. Cea mai mare parte a acestei sume vine din anunţurile publicitare scurte care apar lângă rezultatele căutărilor, informează site-ul Wired. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/tech-check-brainstorming-tech-goodbye-old-macbook-owling/ tech-check-brainstorming-tech-goodbye-old-macbook-owling Fri, 22 Jul 2011 22:30:52 +0300 (CNN) -- In this week's Tech Check podcast, Doug Gross, John Sutter and Stephanie Goldberg tackle some of the headlines from this week's Fortune Brainstorming Tech conference in Colorado. At the top of the list was the surprising way Larry Summers, the former president of Harvard (and U.S. treasury secretary), described the Winklevoss twins. It was Summers who was president during the events fictionalized in the Facebook biopic "The Social Network." Also,Google CFO Patrick Pichette gets medieval while claiming that he no longer carries a wallet. Oh yeah ... and Google offers something called Google Wallet. Two pieces of Apple news get some chatter. On the same day, Apple unveiled its new Macbook Airs (simultaneously announcing that the classic white, plastic Macbook will soon be no more) and Lion, the new operating system for Macs. Or reader comments of the week come from John's story on the Gates Foundation's call for new toilet technology. And out Tech Fail of the Week causes deep rifts in the Tech Check crew. John declares the latest "ridiculous thing ending in -ing" craze -- "owling" -- to be an unmitigated failure. Doug supports the trend and Stephanie pretty much just takes the opportunity to make fun of both of them. To listen, click on the audio box to the left. To subscribe, you can find the Tech Check RSS feed here or subscribe oniTunes. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/how-social-media-are-amplifying-customer-outrage/ how-social-media-are-amplifying-customer-outrage Fri, 22 Jul 2011 22:30:49 +0300 Editor's note: Chris Taylor is San Francisco bureau chief of Mashable, a popular tech news blog and a CNN.com content partner. (CNN) -- Chances are, last week wasn't a great time to be working at Netflix. After the company raised the price of its DVD and streaming media plan by 60%, it had to draft hundreds of extra customer service reps to handle the floods of irate callers. Netflix rival Redbox briefly became one of the most popular searches on Google. The Netflix blog announcing the price increase filled with 4,000 comments, nearly all negative. But that number was dwarfed by the 79,000-plus responses on Netflix's Facebook page -- and that was just on the brief announcement linking to the blog entry. It was like angry graffiti, covering every inch of what is ostensibly a corporate wall. Netflix showed no sign of backing down, but the graffiti showed no sign of stopping, either. On the phone, in e-mail, in the largely anonymous comments section of a blog -- these are places where you generally vent your disapproval once and then slink away to be disgruntled alone. But is a social network different? The comfortingly clear identities of people who share your outrage, reinforcing your opinion with camaraderie and conversation -- do these things stoke anger that would have otherwise fizzled out? Does this environment inherently encourage people to take the next step, to turn from commenters to protesters, to organize, to boycott? I believe it may well do that. Here's why. The cottage cheese protest Exhibit A in this ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/bosses-listening-to-millennial-workers/ bosses-listening-to-millennial-workers Fri, 22 Jul 2011 16:30:58 +0300 (CNN) -- As millennials play an increasingly important role in the workforce, their likes and dislikes are reshaping the way Americans work and are forcing executives to change policies and management styles. The CEO of Euro RSCG Worldwide PR has already seen the benefits of being more flexible. "What time of day do you think we should open?" veteran public relations executive Marian Salzman asks her staff. Several 20-something employees -- a few with the giggles -- respond that 10 or 10:30 a.m. would be a good time. Gen-Y'ers: Delaying adulthood Salzman isn't about to keep the doors closed until 10:30 a.m. But even though executives many years their senior might consider some of their requests audacious, she's doing plenty of listening to her staff of about 80, the vast majority of whom are members of the millennial generation -- those born after 1980. Her millennial employees have asked for free food -- which Google gives its workers -- a juice bar, a yoga/Pilates room, even reimbursement for a personal trainer. While Salzman didn't grant any of those perks, she understands why they may not seem outrageous for someone with a millennial mindset. "They want the workplace to recognize that they're not 9-to-5 people. They're not people that are ever going to wear gray flannel suits," Salzman said. Report: Millennials say marriage ideal but parenthood the priority For many millennials, priorities are "life first, work second." "I have a girlfriend, I have family, I have friends, and these are all things that are very important because we work to live, and not the other way ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-sarbatoreste-113-ani-de-la-nasterea-sculptorului-alexander-calder-printr-un-logo-special/ google-sarbatoreste-113-ani-de-la-nasterea-sculptorului-alexander-calder-printr-un-logo-special Fri, 22 Jul 2011 12:01:18 +0300 Google şi-a modificat, vineri, logoul de pe pagina sa principală, pentru a celebra 113 ani de la naşterea sculptorului american Alexander Calder, considerat părintele sculpturilor mobile. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-isi-avertizeaza-utilizatorii-peste-doua-milioane-de-calculatoare-au-fost-virusate/ google-isi-avertizeaza-utilizatorii-peste-doua-milioane-de-calculatoare-au-fost-virusate Fri, 22 Jul 2011 11:01:46 +0300 Google a început să trimită mesaje de avertizare către peste două milioane de utilizatori, care sunt anunţaţi că le-au fost virusate computerele. Utilizatorii afectaţi de virus sunt întâmpinaţi de un mesaj galben de avertizare, situat deasupra căsuţei cu rezultatele căutării, scrie dailymail.co.uk. Reprezentanţii Google au declarat că eroarea s-a strecurat cu ajutorul unui software antivirus fals. Atunci când un utilizator introduce o căutare pe Google, aceasta este trimisă la servere şi controlată de hackeri, care modifică şi redirecţionează traficul. "Eroarea a ajuns în calculatoarele utilizatorilor cu ajutorul a peste o sută de variante ale unui antivirus fals care circulă de ceva vreme", a scris pe blogul Google inginerul de securitate Damiam Menscher. Utilizatorii afectaţi de virus primesc instrucţiuni pentru a-l îndepărta din calculatoare. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-sarbatoreste-113-ani-de-la-nasterea-sculptorului-alexander-calder/ google-sarbatoreste-113-ani-de-la-nasterea-sculptorului-alexander-calder Fri, 22 Jul 2011 11:01:46 +0300 Google şi-a modificat, vineri, logoul de pe pagina sa principală, pentru a celebra 113 ani de la naşterea sculptorului american Alexander Calder, considerat părintele sculpturilor mobile. Încă de la încărcarea paginii de pornire, logoul, care reprezintă o sculptură mobilă, începe să se "însufleţească", iar la sfârşitul animaţiei utilizatorii văd apărând textul următor: "Aniversarea a 113 ani de la naşterea lui Alexander Calder. Prin amabilitatea fundaţiei Calder". Dacă plasează cursorul deasupra lui, utilizatorii îl pot face să se mişte. Un click stânga face să se mişte de la stânga spre dreapta diversele elemente mobile ale logoului, independente unele de altele. Un click dreapta are acelaşi efect, elementele mişcându-se de la dreapta spre stânga. Alexander Calder a fost un pictor şi un sculptor american, născut pe 22 iulie 1898, la Lawntown, în apropiere de Philadelphia. Alexander Calder este celebru pentru instalaţiile lui mobile - ansambluri de forme animate de mişcarea curenţilor de aer - dar şi stabile, artistul creând numeroase tablouri, litografii, jucării, bijuterii şi ornamente pentru locuinţe. Artistul a decedat pe 11 noiembrie 1976 la New York, în urma unei crize cardiace, în ziua vernisajului unei retrospective a operei sale la Whitney Museum of American Art. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/america-centrala-a-lansat-un-serviciu-google-meteo/ america-centrala-a-lansat-un-serviciu-google-meteo Fri, 22 Jul 2011 08:31:56 +0300 America Centrala, una dintre zonele cele mai afectate de catastrofe naturale din lume, a lansat, joi, un serviciu "Google meteo", o baza de date meteorologice impartita intre cele sapte tari din subregiune, informeaza AFP."Aceasta este Google-ul informatiilor meteo din America Centrala", a declarat directorul tehnic al proiectului, Normal Avila, la prezentarea bazei de date. Informatiile provin de la 150 de statii meteorologice din tarile din America Centrala, ai caror lideri s-au reunit, vineri, in cadrul unui summit la San Salvador, pe tema dezastrelor naturale."Informatiile ar trebui sa ne ajute in luarea unor decizii mai bune, atunci cand avem de-a face cu uragane sau furtuni puternice, pentru ca evenimentele extreme hidrometeorologice sunt principala amenintare cu care se confrunta America Centrala", a declarat Patricia Ramirez, seful Comitetul Regional de Resurse Hidraulice.Sectorul agricol este principalul beneficiar al nou instrument.In ultimii patruzeci de ani, in urma catastrofele naturale, s-au inregistrat 57.000 morti, 123.000 de raniti si 10 milioane de persoane stramutate in America Centrala.Uraganul Mitch si alte fenomene naturale care au avut loc intre anii 1996 si 1999 au provocat pagube de 16 miliarde de dolari si o reducere de 1,3% din Produsul Intern Brut (PIB). http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/how-one-ceo-bends-the-rules-to-get-the-most-out-of-millennials/ how-one-ceo-bends-the-rules-to-get-the-most-out-of-millennials Fri, 22 Jul 2011 04:00:42 +0300 (CNN) -- "What time of day do you think we should be open?" veteran public relations executive Marian Salzman asks her staff. "10, 10:30," comes the response from several 20-something employees, along with a few giggles. Salzman isn't about to keep the doors closed until 10:30 a.m., but she's listening. The chief executive officer of Euro RSCG Worldwide PR has been doing plenty of listening to her staff of about 80. The vast majority of them are members of the millennial generation -- born after 1980 -- and some of their requests might be considered audacious by executives many years their senior. Millennials at Euro RSCG have asked for free food, which Google offers; a juice bar; a yoga/Pilates room; even reimbursement for a personal trainer. Saltzman didn't grant any of those perks, but she understands that they may not seem outrageous for someone with a millennial mindset. "They want the workplace to recognize that they're not 9-to-5 people. They're not people that are ever going to wear gray flannel suits," Salzman said. For many millennials, the priority is, "life first, work second." "I have a girlfriend. I have family. I have friends. And these are all things that are very important, because we work to live and not the other way around," Euro RSCG staffer Greg Housset said. As millennials play an increasingly important role in the work force, their likes and dislikes are changing the way America works and forcing a growing number of executives in a wide range of industries to change policies and management style. Millennials have seen their parents ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-lab-closing-gmail-features-will-survive/ google-lab-closing-gmail-features-will-survive Thu, 21 Jul 2011 23:00:36 +0300 (WIRED) -- Google announced Wednesday it will be slowly shuttering Google Labs, its experimental site for projects that aren't quite products. That news prompted fear and news reports that popular "experimental" features in Gmail and other products would also be killed. Heavy users of Gmail -- including me -- have come to rely on Labs features such as "Undo," which gives you a few seconds after hitting send to revoke the command, to the extent they now feel like permanent features. But Google spokesman Jason Freidenfelds tells Wired.com that the Labs in products such as Gmail and Maps aren't scheduled to be eliminated in the new push to narrow the search and advertising giant's focus. (The blog post announcing the Labs closure was entitled "More Wood Behind Fewer Arrows.") "We don't have any plans to change in-product experimentation channels like Gmail Labs or Maps Labs," Freidenfelds said. "We'll continue to experiment with new features in each of our products." However, a number of software projects in Google Labs proper will be retired, and some will graduate to full feature/product status, according to the Google blog post. WIRED: Sharing memories with Google creative labs Google also says most of the labs products that have become Android apps -- Google Googles, for one -- will continue to be available on Android Market. As for the timing of those changes? "We don't have specifics to share yet, but we'll be updating our users as we go on the Google Labs site," Freidenfelds said. So if there are Labs ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/iraq-harnesses-technology-to-protect-ancient-treasures/ iraq-harnesses-technology-to-protect-ancient-treasures Thu, 21 Jul 2011 19:00:35 +0300 (CNN) -- Known to many as the "cradle of civilization," Iraq is a treasure trove of important archaeological sites including Babylon, Ur and Nimrud. Yet hostile circumstances on the ground have left the country's antique heritage vulnerable to looting and damage. International calls for the safeguarding of Iraq's ancient sites have resulted in the development of a sophisticated geodatabase record of ancient sites and monuments, which it is hoped will allow them to be better monitored and protected. MEGA-Iraq (Middle Eastern geodatabase for heritage) is being developed by the Getty Conservation Institute and the World Monuments Fund alongside Iraq's State Board of Antiquities and Heritage. Susan Macdonald is Head of Field Projects at the Getty Conservation Institute. She said: "While many in the international archaeological community focused on the looting of museums, no-one was really paying much attention to this issue of archaeological sites, and that really there was no good inventory or database of records of these." How it works Using Google's freely available satellite imagery as a base map, she said, MEGA allows users to focus on particular archaeological sites, see a terrain map or an aerial view of the site and surrounding buffer zones, and scan in to access details of the site's features. Because of the visual nature of the geodatabase, users will have an accurate picture of the condition of a site at a given time and therefore be able to pinpoint any changes in its condition, according to Macdonald. Also, newly discovered sites, usually most vulnerable to looting, can be quickly input into the database. An earlier ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/business-report-apple-doboara-cinci-recorduri-dintr-o-lovitura-solutia-extrema-germania-sa-fie-lovita-de-agentiile-de-rating-povestea-romanului-vanat-de-microsoft-si-facebook-schimbari-in-lant-la-varful-marilor-companii-vezi-cele-mai-importante-misc/ business-report-apple-doboara-cinci-recorduri-dintr-o-lovitura-solutia-extrema-germania-sa-fie-lovita-de-agentiile-de-rating-povestea-romanului-vanat-de-microsoft-si-facebook-schimbari-in-lant-la-varful-marilor-companii-vezi-cele-mai-importante-misc Thu, 21 Jul 2011 18:33:11 +0300 Solutia extrema: Germania sa fie lovita de agentiile de rating. Pana acum, agentiile de rating nu s-au atins de cea mai mare economie europeana, insa pentru salvarea monedei euro aceasta ar fi singura solutie, spune Charles Diebel, head of market strategy la Lloyds, se arata intr-un material publicat de CNBC. Care ar fi explicatia? O downgradare de la ratingul AAA ar inseamna o crestere a costurilor privind obligatiunile germane (o crestere a CDS-uri implica un cost mai mare pentru docanzile la care Bundesbank-ul se imprumuta de pe pietele externe), insa, in acelasi timp, ar insemna o normalizare in piata prin reducerea diferentei dintre celelalte state europene si Germania. Integral in Capital. Schimbari in lant la varful marilor companii. Vezi cele mai importante "miscari". Prima jumatate a anului a generat o reactie in lant in ceea ce priveste schimbarile de top-management in marile industrii, curent in care s-au inscris companii precum Romtelecom, Orange, IBM, Enel, Sony, OMV sau MOL. DailyBusiness.ro a trecut in revista cele mai importante miscari din piata, in primele sase luni ale anului. Functia de CEO al Romtelecom a fost preluata la 1 iulie de Stefanos Theocharopoulos, directorul general al Cosmote Romania, dupa ce Georgios Ioannidis a parasit postul la capatul unui mandat de 4 ani. Theocharopoulos se afla la carma Cosmote Romania din 2008. Atat Romtelecom, cat si Cosmote sunt controlate de grupul grec OTE. Integral pe DailyBusiness.ro. Rolul intraprenorilor dintr-o companie. Intraprenoriatul este comportamentul de tip antreprenorial al angajatilor din organizatiile mari. Insa, desi ar avea nevoie, cele mai multe firme ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/lenovo-thinkpad-tablet-o-tableta-android-pentru-afaceri/ lenovo-thinkpad-tablet-o-tableta-android-pentru-afaceri Thu, 21 Jul 2011 18:32:58 +0300 Lenovo a lansat prima tableta din seria ThinkPad bazata pe sistemul de operare Google Android 3.1, destinata in principal companiilor si oamenilor de afaceri. Noul gadget are o diagonala de 10,1 inci, este bazat pe platforma nVidia Tegra 2 si include un port USB 2.0 de dimensiuni normale, plus un cititor de carduri SD. Citeste si comenteaza pe StyleReport.ro http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-closing-experimental-lab-but-gmail-features-will-survive/ google-closing-experimental-lab-but-gmail-features-will-survive Thu, 21 Jul 2011 16:30:54 +0300 (WIRED) -- Google announced Wednesday it will be slowly shuttering Google Labs, its experimental site for projects that aren't quite products. That news prompted fear and news reports that popular "experimental" features in Gmail and other products would also be killed. Heavy users of Gmail -- including me -- have come to rely on Labs features such as "Undo," which gives you a few seconds after hitting send to revoke the command, to the extent they now feel like permanent features. But Google spokesman Jason Freidenfelds tells Wired.com that the Labs in products such as Gmail and Maps aren't scheduled to be eliminated in the new push to narrow the search and advertising giant's focus. (The blog post announcing the Labs closure was entitled "More Wood Behind Fewer Arrows.") "We don't have any plans to change in-product experimentation channels like Gmail Labs or Maps Labs," Freidenfelds said. "We'll continue to experiment with new features in each of our products." However, a number of software projects in Google Labs proper will be retired, and some will graduate to full feature/product status, according to the Google blog post. WIRED: Sharing memories with Google creative labs Google also says most of the labs products that have become Android apps -- Google Googles, for one -- will continue to be available on Android Market. As for the timing of those changes? "We don't have specifics to share yet, but we'll be updating our users as we go on the Google Labs site," Freidenfelds said. So if there are Labs ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-iphone-app-now-available/ google-iphone-app-now-available Wed, 20 Jul 2011 16:00:54 +0300 (Mashable) -- Update: Google has already released an update to the Google+ app. For those that are having problems, check the App Store and download the latest version. The official Google+ iPhone app is now available. The app is available as a free download [iTunes link] from the App Store. Here's a list of the app's features, along with their descriptions. -- Circles let you share the right things with just the right people. -- Stream is where you can get updates from your circles or see what people are saying about things nearby. -- Huddle is super-fast group messaging for everyone in your circles. Buggy, but fun First impressions of the app are that while useful, it's buggy. The app doesn't work on iOS 5 beta 3 -- so cutting-edge adopters, you're out of luck (for now) -- and is crashing in iOS 4 at regular occurrences for some users. Punit Soni, lead product manager for Google+ Mobile responded to some of the complaints on Google+ and he is promising updates. Let us know your thoughts in the comments. © 2010 MASHABLE.com. All rights reserved. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/50-new-tech-tools-you-may-have-missed/ 50-new-tech-tools-you-may-have-missed Wed, 20 Jul 2011 16:00:44 +0300 (CNN) -- Technology can make your life easier, but figuring out which tech tools to trust can be tiresome at the least and eye-poppingly stressful at worst. To help, here's a list of 50 recently released or updated websites and apps that will make your mobile photos look better, improve your online social life and boost your productivity. This list is by no means all-inclusive, so feel free to tell us about your favorite tech tools in the comments section or on Twitter. We're @cnntech. Google Plus (free): It's too soon to tell whether Google's latest social network is social media's new king of the hill. However, one thing's for sure: The initial user reviews are very positive, and the strong bundling of social innovations make Google Plus -- often described as "Google's Facebook" -- worth the test drive. Google Plus Nickname (free): Now that you've jumped in the Plus-pool, time to head over to Gplus.to for your own personalized URL. Facebook-Skype (free): Made official last week at Mark Zuckerberg's recent announcement at Facebook headquarters, the service isn't yet available for all users. Users take advantage of the video-calling feature via Facebook without having to install any software. Some are criticizing the service for falling short of the Google+ hangout feature, where users can join group video calls up to 10 people. Facebook's video chat is only one-on-one. Tout (free): Virtually no one had heard of this micro-video service until Shaquille O'Neal used it to recently announce his retirement from pro basketball. After garnering more half a million ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/schmidt-google-late-going-social/ schmidt-google-late-going-social Wed, 20 Jul 2011 11:00:26 +0300 Tokyo (CNN) -- Looking back on his decade as Google's CEO, Eric Schmidt said the company should have focused more on connecting people -- a hole that allowed the emergence of rival internet giant Facebook. "Fundamentally, what Facebook has done is built a way to figure out who people are. That system is missing in the internet as a whole. Google should have worked on this earlier," Schmidt, now the executive chairman of Google, said in an interview with CNN. "I think that's the area where I would have put more resources, developing these identity services and ranking systems that go along with that. That would have made a big difference for the internet as a whole." Three weeks ago, the company rolled out Google+, the search giant's online social network, which Schmidt called "a partial answer" to Facebook. Schmidt would not predict whether Google+ would be a full success or not. Google+ has a 'celebrity acquisition plan' But Google+ is off to a promising start, especially with tech-savvy early adopters. It has added 10 million members, Google reported on its quarterly earnings call last week. "The lesson to be learned in high tech, you need to move through these new phenomena very quickly and you need to get the details right. Otherwise you're left behind," Schmidt said. Larry Page, co-founder of Google, took over Schmidt's role as CEO earlier this year. Schmidt said the shift in leadership was to speed up decision making, not out of concerns the company was falling behind in innovation. Tech elite struggling to define ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/chairman-google-should-have-gone-social-earlier/ chairman-google-should-have-gone-social-earlier Wed, 20 Jul 2011 10:30:43 +0300 Tokyo (CNN) -- Looking back on his decade as Google's CEO, Eric Schmidt said the company should have focused more on connecting people -- a hole that allowed the emergence of rival internet giant Facebook. "Fundamentally, what Facebook has done is built a way to figure out who people are. That system is missing in the internet as a whole. Google should have worked on this earlier," Schmidt, now the executive chairman of Google, said in an interview with CNN. "I think that's the area where I would have put more resources, developing these identity services and ranking systems that go along with that. That would have made a big difference for the internet as a whole." Three weeks ago, the company rolled out Google+, the search giant's online social network, which Schmidt called "a partial answer" to Facebook. Schmidt would not predict whether Google+ would be a full success or not. Google+ has a 'celebrity acquisition plan' But Google+ is off to a promising start, especially with tech-savvy early adopters. It has added 10 million members, Google reported on its quarterly earnings call last week. "The lesson to be learned in high tech, you need to move through these new phenomena very quickly and you need to get the details right. Otherwise you're left behind," Schmidt said. Larry Page, co-founder of Google, took over Schmidt's role as CEO earlier this year. Schmidt said the shift in leadership was to speed up decision making, not out of concerns the company was falling behind in innovation. Tech elite struggling to define ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-il-sarbatoreste-pe-gregor-mendel-parintele-geneticii-moderne/ google-il-sarbatoreste-pe-gregor-mendel-parintele-geneticii-moderne Wed, 20 Jul 2011 09:31:37 +0300 Google şi-a modificat, miercuri, logoul de pe pagina sa principală, pentru a celebra 189 de ani de la naşterea savantului Gregor Mendel, considerat "părintele" geneticii moderne. Literele din noul logo al Google sunt formate din păstăi de mazăre pentru că acestea sunt plantele pe care savantul le-a studiat foarte multă vreme şi pe care a făcut o serie de experimente, între anii 1856 - 1863, ajungând în cele din urmă la stabilirea a ceea ce astăzi sunt cunoscute drept Legile eredităţii ale lui Mendel. Johann Gregor Mendel, născut pe 20 iulie 1822, în Heizendorf bei Odrau, Cehia, într-o familie de fermieri vorbitori de limbă germană, a fost pasionat de cercetare încă din copilărie. În 1840, Mendel a devenit student al Institutului de Filosofie din Olmütz, iar în 1843, la recomandarea profesorului de fizică Friedrich Franz, Mendel a devenit călugăr al mănăstirii augustine St. Thomas din Brünn (Brno), Cehia, moment în care îşi schimbă şi prenumele, din Johann în Gregor. În 1851 îşi începe studiile la Universitatea din Viena - fizică, botanică, entomologie, paleontologie - şi se întoarce la mănăstire ca profesor de fizică. Aici îşi continuă cercetările începute la Viena privind variaţia şi hibridizarea plantelor, iar pe baza celor de mazăre ajunge la Legile eredităţii care îi poartă numele. Lucrarea sa "Experienţe asupra hibridizării plantelor" a fost publicată în 1865, în jurnalul Societăţii de Istorie Naturală din Moravia, însă la acel moment nu a avut un impact deosebit în comunitatea ştiinţifică. Mendel şi-a continuat însă cercetările genetice pe mazăre, pe albine - creând chiar un hibrid de astfel de insecte -, dar şi pe alte noi specii de plante. Gregor Mendel a mai studiat astronomia şi meteorologia, fondând, în 1865, Societatea Meteorologică Austriacă. ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-has-a-39celeb-acquisition-plan39/ google-has-a-39celeb-acquisition-plan39 Tue, 19 Jul 2011 16:30:32 +0300 (CNN) -- Google would like its new social network to be well-known in Hollywood circles. To that end, the Internet giant is drawing up a "celebrity acquisition plan" to help publicize Google+, its 3-week-old social network, according to Google e-mails reviewed by CNN. As part of this initiative, Google is beginning to devise a system that would verify the identities of public figures who sign up for the service, said Brett Schulte, a Hollywood consultant and organizer of social-media gatherings called Tweet House. The validation process would prevent people from impersonating celebrities and perhaps feature a button on legitimate profiles similar to Twitter's "verified" stamp, said Schulte, who said he discussed the project with Google employees. A Google spokeswoman declined to comment. "We aren't yet sharing any details on future plans around Google+," she wrote in an e-mail. "We plan to add a lot of features and functionality to Google+ over time." Google put out a call recently for applicants to join its "business profiles" test program, which will allow companies to create special Google+ accounts. For profile verification, Google is still weighing how the method would work. One option the team considered would involve asking a celebrity to fax a copy of his or her driver's licenses to the company, Schulte said. More likely, Google will arrange a list of the top talent agents and consultants who would be able to file requests directly, Schulte said. "They seemed to be very interested in having celebrities," he said. In 2008, Google launched a trial program in the United States that allowed people ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-has-a-39celebrity-acquisition-plan39/ google-has-a-39celebrity-acquisition-plan39 Tue, 19 Jul 2011 14:30:56 +0300 (CNN) -- Google would like its new social network to be well-known in Hollywood circles. To that end, the Internet giant is drawing up a "celebrity acquisition plan" to help publicize Google+, its 3-week-old social network, according to Google e-mails reviewed by CNN. As part of this initiative, Google is beginning to devise a system that would verify the identities of public figures who sign up for the service, said Brett Schulte, a Hollywood consultant and organizer of social-media gatherings called Tweet House. The validation process would prevent people from impersonating celebrities and perhaps feature a button on legitimate profiles similar to Twitter's "verified" stamp, said Schulte, who said he discussed the project with Google employees. A Google spokeswoman declined to comment. "We aren't yet sharing any details on future plans around Google+," she wrote in an e-mail. "We plan to add a lot of features and functionality to Google+ over time." Google put out a call recently for applicants to join its "business profiles" test program, which will allow companies to create special Google+ accounts. For profile verification, Google is still weighing how the method would work. One option the team considered would involve asking a celebrity to fax a copy of his or her driver's licenses to the company, Schulte said. More likely, Google will arrange a list of the top talent agents and consultants who would be able to file requests directly, Schulte said. "They seemed to be very interested in having celebrities," he said. In 2008, Google launched a trial program in the United States that allowed people ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/lista-angajatilor-facebook-care-folosesc-google/ lista-angajatilor-facebook-care-folosesc-google Tue, 19 Jul 2011 08:01:30 +0300 Mai mult de jumătate dintre executivii Facebook, printre care şi fondatorul Mark Zuckerberg, şi-au făcut conturi pe reţeaua de socializare lansată de concurentul Google. Curiozitatea faţă de platforma concurentă a atrans angajaţi din toate departamentele. În total, 62 de persoane din echipa Facebook şi-au făcut un cont pe Google+, printre care şi şeful departamentului de recrutări. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/facebook-ad-prices-soar-more-than-74/ facebook-ad-prices-soar-more-than-74 Tue, 19 Jul 2011 07:00:42 +0300 (FT) -- The cost of placing ads on Facebook is rising rapidly as more big brands begin to move their television and print spending on advertising onto the world's largest social network, two recent reports have revealed. The "cost per click" of an ad placed on Facebook has increased by 74 per cent over the last year in four of the world's largest media markets, according to TBG Digital, an independent marketing firm specialising in social media. The price of display advertising, charged per thousand "impressions" or ads seen, rose 45 per cent year-on-year, across the US, UK, France and Germany in the second quarter, TBG found. Facebook's dominance of the social networking market and rapid growth in advertising revenues have prompted comparisons with Google. "In my experience of digital advertising this is the biggest growth that we have seen since Google," said Simon Mansell, chief executive of TBG. "The main difference is that this is being fuelled by brand spend rather than [direct] response spend. That is an inflection point for the whole digital marketplace." TBG's report, based on analysis of 200bn ad impressions from 167 clients in the three months to June, follows a similar global study by Efficient Frontier, another digital marketing firm. Efficient Frontier found that cost-per-click ads increased by 22 per cent in the second quarter of 2011 compared with the first. "Over the year, we expect [Facebook advertising spending] to have grown by 80 per cent from last year," said Jonathan Beeston, global marketing director at Efficient Frontier. Advertisers that have long held off spending more ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/business-report-cum-arata-turismul-in-gradina-carpatilor-statul-roman-a-castigat-114-mld-de-euro-de-pe-urma-austriecilor-care-controleaza-petrom-nimeni-nu-vrea-terenul-lui-becali-fiscul-reduce-pretul-cu-25-unde-ascunde-guvernul-mamutii-energetici/ business-report-cum-arata-turismul-in-gradina-carpatilor-statul-roman-a-castigat-114-mld-de-euro-de-pe-urma-austriecilor-care-controleaza-petrom-nimeni-nu-vrea-terenul-lui-becali-fiscul-reduce-pretul-cu-25-unde-ascunde-guvernul-mamutii-energetici Tue, 19 Jul 2011 02:32:01 +0300 Statul roman a castigat 11,4 mld. euro de pe urma austriecilor care controleaza Petrom. Principalele incasari la buget au venit din accize, TVA si redevente. Din privatizare s-au scos doar 669 de milioane de euro in 2004. Autoritatile spera sa mai obtina 610 milioane de euro din vanzarea unei participatii de 9,84% din capital. Cea mai mare companie din tara a generat bugetului de stat venituri toￂtale de 11,4 miliarde de euro din 2005 pana azi. Principalele incasari au veￂnit din accize, TVA si redevente. Cu un an inainte de preluarea efectiva a controￂlului de catre OMV, Petrom raporta o pierdere de 240 de milioane de euro si statul anula datorii la buget de 230 de milioane de euro, scrie Financiarul. Biserica Ortodoxa, unul din vinovatii pentru catastrofa din Grecia? Biserica Ortodoxa din Grecia detine mai mult de teren decat oricine in Elada in afara de stat, are mii de angajati platiti de stat si detine si o participatie importanta in cea mai mare banca greceasca, iar gura "pacatosului" spune ca taxele pe care Biserica le plateste la stat sunt extrem de mici. Oficialii Bisericii neaga acest lucru, spunand ca institutia joaca un rol vital in societatea, economia si spiritualitatea statului elen. De cand a inceput sa se complice puternic situatia din statul cu 11 milioane de locuitori, au aparut o serie de activitisti care pun Biserica Ortodoxa Greaca la zid, institutie privilegiata de altfel de catre stat, despre care se spune ca este foarte opaca si are un sistem financiar foarte alambicat, scrie Capital. ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/iphone-falls-from-skydiver39s-pocket/ iphone-falls-from-skydiver39s-pocket Tue, 19 Jul 2011 01:00:29 +0300 (CNN) -- Jarrod McKinney's iPhone 4 -- a notoriously fragile device -- cracked when his 2-year-old knocked it off a bathroom shelf. "I was like, 'Man! That's all it takes to crack the glass?' " he said. So it's easy to see why McKinney, a 37-year-old in Minnesota, would be "just absolutely shocked" when that same phone survived a fall from his pocket -- while he was skydiving from 13,500 feet. He found the gadget, its glass surfaces shattered, on top of a building about a half-mile away from where he landed with his parachute. Joe Johnson, a skydiving instructor, said he and a few friends watched from the ground below the two-story building as McKinney raised the phone above his head in triumph after he located it using a GPS tracking app. Just to be funny, Johnson decided to call the busted phone. He didn't expect the call to go through. But it did. McKinney felt the phone vibrate and started laughing. "They were all like, 'It works! It works!'" he said of his friends watching his rooftop search from the bottom of the building. That's especially amazing since the iPhone 4 can suffer from cell reception issues. When the Apple smartphone debuted in 2010, a saga the tech media called Antennagate followed. Consumer watchdogs claimed a design flaw on the phone's antenna caused it to drop calls unexpectedly. Apple gave out free phone cases to address the issue. Mike Gikas, a tech editor at Consumer Reports, the nonprofit group that tests phones and other gadgets for their reliability, jokingly said that McKinney finally ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/are-social-media-creating-the-39laziest-generation39/ are-social-media-creating-the-39laziest-generation39 Tue, 19 Jul 2011 00:30:28 +0300 Editor's note: Dean Obeidallah is an award-winning comedian who has appeared on TV shows such as Comedy Central's "Axis of Evil" special, ABC's "The View," CNN's "What the Week" and HLN's "The Joy Behar Show." He is executive producer of the annual New York Arab-American Comedy Festival and the Amman Stand Up Comedy Festival. (CNN) -- We are the reality-show generation. Instead of doing, we watch: We watch people sing, dance with B-level stars, fist pump, pawn stuff, pick a husband/wife, get extreme makeovers to their homes and faces, be "real" housewives, keep up, lose weight, go to rehab, get fired, survive. And the voyeuristic nature has spilled into everyday life. Thanks to Facebook, Twitter, Google+, YouTube and a host of other social media platforms, all the world's now truly a stage, and we are all players in the reality show of life -- either as the "stars" or as the self-appointed pundits. Observing events and then commenting about them on social media has become our national religion. We anxiously wait for the next celebrity to screw up, another politician to be caught in a sex scandal, the verdict in an even higher profile murder trial or simply a friend to do something stupid so that we can quickly begin worshipping at the altar of the social media platform of our choice to offer our (or read others') opinions, jokes, jibes and the occasional insightful thought. In the past, people would recount where they were when an historic event occurred such as the Kennedy assassination, the space shuttle ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/are-social-media-creating-the-laziest-generation/ are-social-media-creating-the-laziest-generation Mon, 18 Jul 2011 18:30:59 +0300 Editor's note: Dean Obeidallah is an award-winning comedian who has appeared on TV shows such as Comedy Central's "Axis of Evil" special, ABC's "The View," CNN's "What the Week" and HLN's "The Joy Behar Show." He is executive producer of the annual New York Arab-American Comedy Festival and the Amman Stand Up Comedy Festival. (CNN) -- We are the reality-show generation. Instead of doing, we watch -- we watch people sing, dance with B-level stars, fist pump, pawn stuff, pick a husband/wife, get extreme makeovers to their homes and faces, be "real" housewives, keep up, lose weight, go to rehab, get fired, survive. And the voyeuristic nature has spilled into everyday life. Thanks to Facebook, Twitter, Google+, YouTube and a host of other social media platforms, all the world's now truly a stage, and we are all players in the reality show of life -- either as the "stars" or as the self-appointed pundits. Observing events and then commenting about them on social media has become our national religion. We anxiously wait for the next celebrity to screw up, another politician to be caught in a sex scandal, the verdict in an even higher profile murder trial or simply a friend to do something stupid so that we can quickly begin worshipping at the altar of the social media platform of our choice to offer our (or read others') opinions, jokes, jibes and the occasional insightful thought. In the past, people would recount where they were when an historic event occurred such as the Kennedy assassination, the space ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/iphone-4-survives-fall-from-skydiver39s-pocket/ iphone-4-survives-fall-from-skydiver39s-pocket Mon, 18 Jul 2011 15:04:30 +0300 (CNN) -- Jarrod McKinney's iPhone 4 -- a notoriously fragile device -- cracked when his 2-year-old knocked it off a bathroom shelf. "I was like, 'Man! That's all it takes to crack the glass?' " he said. So it's easy to see why McKinney, a 37-year-old in Minnesota, would be "just absolutely shocked" when that same phone survived a fall from his pocket -- while he was skydiving from 13,500 feet. He found the gadget, its glass surfaces shattered, on top of a building about a half-mile away from where he landed with his parachute. Joe Johnson, a skydiving instructor, said he and a few friends watched from the ground below the two-story building as McKinney raised the phone above his head in triumph after he located it using a GPS tracking app. Just to be funny, Johnson decided to call the busted phone. He didn't expect the call to go through. But it did. McKinney felt the phone vibrate and started laughing. "They were all like, 'It works! It works!'" he said of his friends watching his rooftop search from the bottom of the building. That's especially amazing since the iPhone 4 can suffer from cell reception issues. When the Apple smartphone debuted in 2010, a saga the tech media called Antennagate followed. Consumer watchdogs claimed a design flaw on the phone's antenna caused it to drop calls unexpectedly. Apple gave out free phone cases to address the issue. Mike Gikas, a tech editor at Consumer Reports, the nonprofit group that tests phones and other gadgets for their reliability, jokingly said that McKinney finally ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/team-android-tablet-adds-players/ team-android-tablet-adds-players Mon, 18 Jul 2011 15:01:28 +0300 (CNN) -- The Android cabal is reuniting in a new territory. In the burgeoning tablet computer market, Google and its legion of hardware partners appear to be recreating the conditions that helped crown the Android operating system king of the hill in smartphones. Two newer members demonstrated firm commitments to Team Android Tablet last week. Sony Electronics plans to launch the S1 and S2 tablets, both running Google's Android, in the fall. Those devices will be Sony's first major tablet products. And together with Adobe Systems, Sony is hoping to breathe life into Android's tablet marketplace with a $200,000 competition for application developers. "We understand that the Android market today hasn't been exactly what it was forecasted to be," Phil Molyneux, the president and operating chief for Sony Electronics, said during an interview with reporters on Wednesday. While the total number of Android apps designed for phones continues to skyrocket, into the hundreds of thousands, apps designed for tablets remain a relative rarity. The total, by some estimates, is less than 300. Compare that to some 90,000 apps made for the Apple iPad or even the 300 available for Hewlett-Packard's just-released TouchPad, which uses the proprietary webOS software. An abundance of apps is crucial to a platform's success, most operating-system providers agree. A Google spokeswoman declined to make a representative available for an interview. At the company's developers conference in May, Google unveiled a new version of Android that would help app makers design their software to work on most Android phones and tablets. "We know that high-quality apps are the lifeblood ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/veniturile-facebook-in-crestere-continua-reteaua-sociala-a-depasit-hp-si-amazon/ veniturile-facebook-in-crestere-continua-reteaua-sociala-a-depasit-hp-si-amazon Mon, 18 Jul 2011 07:01:32 +0300 Reţeaua socială Facebook, care a ajuns la câteva sute de milioane de utilizatori în întrea­ga lume, a ajuns un etalon pentru companiile online a căror valoare a explodat, depăşind astfel giganţi IT precum HP, care are zeci de mii de angajaţi şi venituri mult mai mari, scrie Wall Street Journal. Facebook valora 15 miliarde de dolari în octombrie 2007 - când Microsoft a făcut o in­ves­tiţie în companie şi aproximativ 84 de miliarde de dolari în prezent, luând în calcul tran­zacţiile cu acţiuni de pe pieţele private de titluri. De asemenea, unii analişti estimează însă că Facebook ar putea valora în cazul unei listări pe bursă în 2012 peste 100 de miliarde de dolari. În acest context, WSJ a întrebat mai mulţi analişti şi manageri de ce ar valora însă Facebook 100 de miliarde de dolari acum şi în ce măsură ar mai avea loc de creştere reţeaua socială în viitor. Facebook ar putea avea în 2015 o valoare de piaţă de 140 de miliarde de dolari, estimează Geoff Young, 52 de ani, şeful Redpoint Ven­tures, un fond de investiţii specializat în start-up-uri din online. "Facebook are potenţialul de a valora atât de mult şi poate chiar mai mult decât Google din cauza numărului mare de uti­lizatori la nivel global şi a potenţialului de creştere virală pe care îl are", spune Young. Pu­nând în balanţă creşterea estimată a pieţei de publicitate online şi cota de piaţă a Face­book, Young estimează, spre exemplu, că re­ţeaua so­cială ar putea avea în 2015 venituri de 7 mld. dolari doar din afişarea de bannere publi­citare pentru clienţii din Statele Unite. Re­pre­zen­tantul fondului crede că în 2015 Facebook ar putea avea venituri ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/are-electric-cars-actually-bad-for-the-environment-the-week/ are-electric-cars-actually-bad-for-the-environment-the-week Tue, 14 Jun 2011 18:32:42 +0300 New York – New research suggests that you have to drive an electric car a long, long way for it to be greener than a gas-guzzling vehicle Production of electric cars is speeding up, as Ford prepares to introduce its C-Max Energi next year to compete with General Motors' much-hyped Chevrolet Volt. But a new British study suggests that electric vehicles might not be as green as environmentalists think. Because of pollution from the factories that make batteries, an electric car has a bigger carbon footprint than a gas-burning vehicles until it's traveled 80,000 miles, according to the research, which was financed by the Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership. Does this mean electric cars aren't good for the planet after all? Yes, these vehicles are bad for the environment: Electric cars just aren't "a green option," says Ed Morrissey at Hot Air. "Not only do electric vehicles produce just as much carbon in their overall cycle as internal-combustion engines, the need to replace the batteries actually makes them less green than current technology." If we want a cleaner way to get around, "the answer is natural gas, not electric vehicles.""Electric cars are not so green after all?"Electric cars aren't perfect, but they're our best bet: It's true that electric cars create more carbon emissions than standard cars during production, says Aftermarket Leads. Making batteries takes a lot of energy, and EVs require several batteries, while gas-powered vehicles have just one. But, as the study shows, electric and hybrid vehicles "still have lower carbon footprints than normal cars" over the long ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-solarcity-launch-fund-for-solar-projects-reuters/ google-solarcity-launch-fund-for-solar-projects-reuters Tue, 14 Jun 2011 17:32:22 +0300 NEW YORK (Reuters) – Google and solar power company SolarCity formed a partnership to create a new $280 million fund designated for residential solar projects -- the largest of its kind in the United States. It also represents the most money that Google has invested in the clean energy sector, the world's largest Internet search engine said on Tuesday. Google has put $680 million toward clean-energy technologies. Customers who want solar panels installed on their homes but do not want to make a big upfront investment, are able to tap the fund. SolarCity has more than 15,000 solar projects and finances about 80 percent of the its customers' solar systems. SolarCity has 15 funds with seven different partners to finance $1.28 billion in projects. "We're excited to be making our first investment in distributed residential solar," said Rick Needham, director of green business operations at Google. (Reporting by Jennifer Saba, editing by Maureen Bavdek) http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-invests-280-million-to-spur-home-solar-ap/ google-invests-280-million-to-spur-home-solar-ap Tue, 14 Jun 2011 16:32:22 +0300 NEW YORK – Google is investing $280 million in solar power for private homes, its latest — and largest — investment in clean energy. The money will allow installer SolarCity to offer solar systems to homeowners for no money up front. In exchange, customers agree to pay a set price for the power produced by the systems. Google earns a return on its investment by charging SolarCity interest to use its money and reaping the benefits of federal and local renewable energy tax credits. Google Inc. co-founder and chief executive Larry Page wants Google's operations to eventually produce no net greenhouse gas emissions. The company has aggressively invested in green energy projects. This will be Google's seventh such investment, raising its green energy investment total to more than $680 million. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-39applying-for-china-mapping-licence39-afp/ google-39applying-for-china-mapping-licence39-afp Tue, 14 Jun 2011 14:01:24 +0300 BEIJING (AFP) – Google and its joint venture partner in China have applied for a licence to operate an online mapping service in the world's biggest web market, a news report said on Tuesday. The State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping was reviewing the application from Beijing Guxiang Information Technology Co., which operates Google's mapping service in China, Dow Jones Newswires said, citing an official. Google declined to confirm the report when contacted by AFP and calls to the government agency were not answered. "We?re in discussions with the government about how we could offer a maps product in China," Google's Beijing-based spokeswoman Marsha Wang told AFP, repeating an earlier statement. China has the world's biggest online population of 477 million, according to official data. Beijing has so far granted licences to dozens of companies to provide web mapping after new rules were introduced last year requiring all firms providing Internet map and location services in China to apply for approval. Foreign firms wanting to provide those services in China are required to set up joint ventures or partnerships with local firms. Google has seen its share of the lucrative Chinese search market slide to the profit of local rival Baidu as tensions with Beijing increased over a number of cyberattacks the US web giant claims originated in China. This month, Google said it had been hit by a cyberspying campaign targeting Gmail accounts of senior US officials, journalists and activists, which appeared to have come from Jinan, in the eastern Chinese province of Shandong. Beijing angrily denied the charge. There was no indication whether ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-has-applied-for-google-maps-license-in-china-report-reuters/ google-has-applied-for-google-maps-license-in-china-report-reuters Tue, 14 Jun 2011 13:30:23 +0300 SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Google Inc has applied for a license to operate its Google Maps product in China, China Business News reported on Tuesday, quoting an unnamed official. Google needs a license from China's State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping to continue operating Google Maps in China. Recently, requirements for a mapping license were relaxed to allow for foreign online mapping providers, such as Google, to engage in joint ventures to provide the service. Google has applied for the license with Beijing Guxiang information Technology, the newspaper reported. "Right now we are examining their application. We can't comment on the final outcome," the official was quoted as saying. A Google spokeswoman declined to comment and officials at the State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping could not be immediately reached for comment. Google has had a testy relationship with Beijing after Google partially withdrew from China last year saying it was no longer willing to censor search results in the country and after a serious hacking incident. Access to Gmail is spotty in China while YouTube is banned. The firm said earlier this month Chinese hackers tried to steal the passwords of hundreds of Google email account holders, including those of senior U.S. government officials, Chinese activists and journalists. (Reporting by Melanie Lee; Editing by Jacqueline Wong) http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/seoul-launches-cyber-security-plan-reuters/ seoul-launches-cyber-security-plan-reuters Tue, 14 Jun 2011 13:01:15 +0300 SINGAPORE (Reuters) – South Korea said on Tuesday it was drawing up a cyber security master plan after a wave of hacking attacks against global agencies and companies but some other Asian governments appeared to have no blueprint for tackling the threat. Indonesia, a rapidly growing G20 country, warned that hackers could cause serious damage to its institutions. Internet industry bodies and security experts in Asia said the borderless nature of the internet called for a coordinated international policy response. Recent cyber attacks on multinational firms and institutions, from Google and Citigroup to the International Monetary Fund, have raised fears that governments and the private sector are ill-prepared to beat off hackers. The latest high-profile target was the U.S. Senate's website, which was hacked over the weekend. "Every day, not every month, but every day, we get 1.2 million hacker attacks in Indonesia, both from within the country and outside," said Gatot Dewa Broto, Indonesia's communication and information ministry spokesman. "If we don't improve (our capabilities) we could face a possible public and commercial institutional collapse." In Seoul, capital of the world's most wired country, a large government task force is working on tactics to address threats, and officials said on Tuesday they would allocate extra cash and manpower to toughen protection of national economic and industrial installations. South Korea, still technically at war with North Korea, is vulnerable due to its high Internet penetration and as the likely target of its reclusive rival, officials said. "Ensuring cyber security is no longer a matter of choice but is an issue of top priority that ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/apple-to-pay-nokia-royalties-ending-patent-row-afp/ apple-to-pay-nokia-royalties-ending-patent-row-afp Tue, 14 Jun 2011 12:00:42 +0300 HELSINKI (AFP) – The world's leading mobile phone maker Nokia said on Tuesday its competitor Apple had agreed to pay royalties for using Nokia technology in its devices, ending all of their ongoing patent disputes. "The financial structure of the agreement consists of a one-time payment payable by Apple and on-going royalties to be paid by Apple to Nokia for the term of the agreement," Nokia said in a statement, adding that the details of the contract were confidential. The deal constitutes a massive victory for Nokia and brings to an end years of tit-for-tat suits that have seen Nokia file 46 complaints against Apple, which has hit back with numerous countersuits against the Finnish company. Nokia said both companies had now agreed to withdraw all complaints they had filed with the US International Trade Commission. "We are very pleased to have Apple join the growing number of Nokia licensees... This settlement demonstrates Nokia's industry leading patent portfolio," Nokia chief executive Stephen Elop said in the statement. The Finnish company, which has been struggling to maintain its position as global market leader, also said the deal should have "a positive financial impact" on its second-quarter performance. Just two weeks ago, Nokia warned that its sales for the quarter would be far worse than previously expected and that it could no longer give a full-year forecast, news which sent its share price to its lowest level since early 1998. Nordea Bank analyst Sami Sarkamies said the one-time payment by Apple will have a powerful impact on Nokia's second quarter, and that the California ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/world-leaders-should-put-cyber-security-on-agenda-internet-body-reuters/ world-leaders-should-put-cyber-security-on-agenda-internet-body-reuters Tue, 14 Jun 2011 10:31:39 +0300 SYDNEY (Reuters) – World leaders should put cyber security on the international agenda at forums such as the G20 and bring pressure to bear on "slower-moving" nations to take a stand against hacking, the co-founder of a global industry body said on Tuesday. Peter Coroneos, co-founder of the International Internet Industry Association and head of Australia's industry body, said such leadership by major powers could support and hasten early industry efforts to adopt global anti-hacking safeguards. "Getting the issue elevated to a level like the G20 would be a good way to promote engagement with economies that might otherwise move a little slower," Coroneos told Reuters. "We saw that with the nuclear arms limitation treaty, where you did have a couple of early movers," he added. Recent cyber attacks on multinational firms and institutions, from Google and Citigroup to the International Monetary Fund, have raised fears that governments and the private sector are losing the battle against hackers. Google pointed the finger at China for an attempt to gain access to the Gmail accounts of assorted activists, and global miner BHP Billiton has also harbored concerns about high-tech espionage from China and its rivals. Coroneos did not want to discuss any Chinese role in such hacking, but said hackers typically used networks of "zombie" personal computers, unprotected machines in homes anywhere in the world, to launch their attacks on secure databases. "It's really the weapon of choice," he said. Australia has taken a lead in forming a government and private-sector partnership to combat cyber hacking, announcing plans to draw up a cyber defense ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/has-the-gop-lost-its-mind-the-daily-beast/ has-the-gop-lost-its-mind-the-daily-beast Tue, 14 Jun 2011 09:01:14 +0300 NEW YORK – Romney said he’d blow up the world economy over the debt ceiling. Bachmann doesn’t believe in evolution or global warming. And those were the debate’s stars. Michelle Goldberg on the lunacy of the Republican field. Here are things that Republicans suggested eliminating or privatizing in last night’s debate: FEMA, NASA, the EPA, the Federal Labor Relations Board, Medicaid and food stamps. Herman Cain promised not to appoint any Muslims who want to kill Americans to his cabinet. Michele Bachmann supports states rights on gay marriage, but also supports a constitutional amendment outlawing it. Newt Gingrich faults big government for the lamentable absence of manned stations on the moon. Rick Santorum wants to “a system of discipline” to “punish” gay soldiers, which suggests that his problem with pornographic Google results is not likely to abate. Tim Pawlenty views Iraq as “one of the shiniest examples of success in the Middle East.” In this crowd, Mitt Romney seemed almost statesmanlike, even though he says he’s willing to blow up the world economy by refusing to raise the debt ceiling. At least he admitted that Sharia law will not soon be coming to America, about as brave a concession to reality as we’re likely to see from this field. At least Romney admitted that Sharia law will not soon be coming to America, about as brave a concession to reality as we’re likely to see from this field. He and Bachmann were the winners last night. Romney came off as relatively serious and reasonable, and benefited from the fact ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/and-the-gop-presidential-debate-winner-is-the-daily-beast/ and-the-gop-presidential-debate-winner-is-the-daily-beast Tue, 14 Jun 2011 09:01:11 +0300 NEW YORK – Who won Monday night’s GOP debate? Michele Bachmann was the breakout star, Mitt Romney the most polished—and Herman Cain got lapped. Daily Beast contributors Howard Kurtz, Mark McKinnon, Michelle Goldberg, Michael Tomasky, and more weigh in. Michele Bachmann Grabs GOP Presidential Debate SpotlightBy Howard Kurtz The congresswoman used her bluntness and charm to overshadow the men at the GOP debate—announcing her presidential bid and passionately defending the Tea Party. Howard Kurtz on why she shouldn’t be underestimated. Michele Bachmann all but stole the show at the Republican presidential debate. The only woman on the New Hampshire stage deftly utilized the CNN spotlight Monday night to announce that she filed her papers to officially run for president, setting off a flood of breaking-news alerts in the event’s opening moments. But she accomplished far more than that. MORE >>   The Mitt and Michele ShowBy Mark McKinnon Romney showed front-runner status, while Bachmann proved she belonged on stage. Mark McKinnon on why they shone—and the rest of the debaters flopped Monday night. The two clear winners in the GOP debate hosted Monday night in New Hampshire were former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota. Political debates are all about expectations. Mitt Romney had more than anyone to lose. Michele Bachmann had more than anyone to gain. Romney deftly fended off attacks particularly on health care, and Bachmann proved she's smart and credible, and has every right to be on the stage. The rest were window dressing. MORE >>   Has the GOP Lost Its Mind?By Michelle Goldberg Romney said he’d blow up the ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-confirms-admeld-deal-investor39s-business-daily/ google-confirms-admeld-deal-investor39s-business-daily Tue, 14 Jun 2011 04:31:26 +0300 The search leader plans to buy the online ad company in hopes of growing its share of the graphical display ad market. Terms weren't disclosed, but AdMeld reportedly fetched about $400 mil. It marks Google's (NASDAQ:GOOG - News) latest acquisition as it tries to diversify beyond its core search-ad business. AdMeld allows publishers to instantly sell display ads, as Web users move from site to site. Shares fell 1% to 504.73. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/hackers-break-into-us-senate-computers-reuters/ hackers-break-into-us-senate-computers-reuters Tue, 14 Jun 2011 04:30:33 +0300 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate's website was hacked over the weekend, leading to a review of all of its websites, in the latest embarrassing breach of security to hit a major U.S.-based institution. The loosely organized hacker group Lulz Security broke into a public portion of the Senate website but did not reach behind a firewall into a more sensitive portion of the network, Martina Bradford, the deputy Senate sergeant at arms, said on Monday. Despite the breach, the Sergeant at Arms Office, which provides security for the Senate, said that the breach had not compromised any individual senator's information. Lulz announced the hack on Monday. "We were responding to their allegations. Basically what we're saying that the server they got into is for public access and is in the public side," said Bradford. Lulz Security, who have hacked into Sony's website and the U.S. Public Broadcasting System, posted online a list of files that appear not to be sensitive but indicate the hackers had been into the Senate's computer network. "We don't like the US government very much," Lulz Security said at the top of their release. "This is a small, just-for-kicks release of some internal data from Senate.gov - is this an act of war, gentlemen? Problem?" The comment refers to reports that the U.S. military had decided that it could respond to cyber attacks from foreign countries with traditional military ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/hackers-break-into-senate-computers-reuters/ hackers-break-into-senate-computers-reuters Tue, 14 Jun 2011 04:01:04 +0300 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Senate's website was hacked over the weekend, leading to a review of all of its websites, in the latest embarrassing breach of security to hit a major U.S.-based institution. The loosely organized hacker group Lulz Security broke into a public portion of the Senate website but did not reach behind a firewall into a more sensitive portion of the network, Martina Bradford, the deputy Senate sergeant at arms, said on Monday. Despite the breach, the Sergeant at Arms Office, which provides security for the Senate, said that the breach had not compromised any individual senator's information. Lulz announced the hack on Monday. "We were responding to their allegations. Basically what we're saying that the server they got into is for public access and is in the public side," said Bradford. Lulz Security, who have hacked into Sony's website and the Public Broadcasting System, posted online a list of files that appear not to be sensitive but indicate the hackers had been into the Senate's computer network. "We don't like the U.S. government very much," Lulz Security said at the top of their release. "This is a small, just-for-kicks release of some internal data from Senate.gov - is this an act of war, gentlemen? Problem?" The comment refers to reports that the military had decided that it could respond to cyber attacks from foreign countries with traditional military force. Senate staffers were alerted about the breach late Monday. "Although this intrusion is inconvenient, it does not compromise the security of the Senate's network, its members or staff," Bradford said in a ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/face-of-gandhi-found-on-google-mars-spacecom/ face-of-gandhi-found-on-google-mars-spacecom Tue, 14 Jun 2011 03:01:55 +0300 Now that Google Mars, a new online map pieced together from satellite images of the Red Planet, is up and running, space enthusiasts the world over are finding interesting objects on the Martian surface. The latest is a face found by an Italian named Matteo Ianneo, who has also claimed to have found vegetation, entrances to underground tunnels and city ruins on Mars in the past few weeks. Ianneo says his latest surface find, which is located at 33°12'29.82"N and 12°55'51.21"W, looks like a picture of Mahatma Gandhi in profile. It is reminiscent of the Face on Mars, a hill photographed by NASA's Viking 1 probe in 1976 that, in one low-resolution image, resembled a face.  Within days of its discovery, space hobbyists were speculating that the structure was man-made and had been built by ancient Martians. A higher-resolution image taken of the "face" last year by NASA's HiRISE camera revealed a rugged hill. [Read: Seeing Things On Mars: A History of Martian Illusions] A similar low-res deception is at work this time around. To help sort out just what Ianneo is looking at, Jonathan Hill, a researcher at the Arizona State University Mars Space Flight Facility, which owns and operates a database of Mars images somewhat similar to Google's, tracked down the photo Google used of the Gandhi face, as seen below. It is a low-resolution image taken by the European Space Agency's Mars Express Orbiter. A higher-resolution image of the same geologic feature taken by a better camera, the CTX camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaisance Orbiter, erases the illusion. "As you ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/do-you-need-a-new-nook-yahoo-news/ do-you-need-a-new-nook-yahoo-news Tue, 14 Jun 2011 02:31:11 +0300 Amazon recently reported shipping more ebooks than print books for the first time, which should come as no surprise to those already sold on ebook readers. Whether you're a current e-reader owner or in the market for one, Barnes & Noble's new Nook, the Simple Touch Reader, might be the right reader for you. This new version is faster, lighter, easier to read, and boasts a super-fast 6" touchscreen — but do you need a new Nook? Or will one of the earlier versions (such as the Nook Color) suffice? Still not sure? Read on. Touchscreen: Getting touchyThe addition of the touchscreen to the Nook will likely inspire many to invest the $139 for the newest model so they can enjoy Shakespeare or Philip K. Dick without having to push the page turn button. Luckily, the touchscreen doesn't slow down page turns, a frequent criticism of other touchscreen readers. This deftness, combined with the thrilled squeals evoked by touchscreen-everything technology, will likely blow the dusty deliberation off even the most reluctant tech consumer. Nook Simple Touch Reader: TouchscreenNook Color: No touchscreenNook WiFi: No touchscreen Readability: Easy on the eyesThe Simple Touch Reader uses E Ink Pearl technology (also on the Kindle), which offers a greater contrast range — altogether easy on the eyes. It makes text pop off the page and boasts a faster page turn time (fractions of a second) than earlier versions of E Ink. Nook Simple Touch Reader: Uses Pearl E Ink technology with greater contrast and readability.Nook Color: Uses VividView technology, which has many of the same characteristics as Pearl E Ink.Nook WiFi: Contains an earlier version of E ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/nokia-wins-rare-victory-as-apple-settles-legal-row-reuters/ nokia-wins-rare-victory-as-apple-settles-legal-row-reuters Tue, 14 Jun 2011 11:31:22 +0300 HELSINKI (Reuters) – Nokia notched up a rare victory against arch-rival Apple as the iPhone maker agreed to settle a long-running row over patents. Nokia said on Tuesday the deal would boost second-quarter earnings, having warned at the end of May that it would miss targets. Shares in the struggling cellphone maker rose 3 percent in early trading. Analysts welcomed the news and said it would help Nokia concentrate on core business at a time when it faces huge challenges. "This is the first positive news from Nokia for a long time. They can both focus on their businesses now, and the dispute was settled for Nokia's advantage," said Inderes analyst Mikael Rautanen. Nokia has lost initiative in the smartphone market to Apple's iPhone and Google Inc's Android devices. Earlier this week Nomura forecast Nokia would lose its position as the world's largest smartphone maker this quarter to Samsung Electronics and that also Apple would surpass it next quarter. Apple and Nokia have been locked in a legal tussle since October 2009, when Nokia sued Apple in the United States, arguing the iPhone-maker was getting a "free ride" on technologies patented by Nokia. "The deal structure -- a one-time payment as well as running royalties -- suggests a fairly good outcome for Nokia," said Florian Mueller, independent specialist and blogger on patent battles. "Maybe Nokia could have continued to play hardball and got an even better deal if it didn't face the challenges it undoubtedly has. But this looks like a fairly important victory," Mueller said. Nokia said the deal -- which settles all ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/how-game-companies-brought-e3-news-to-gamers39-homes/ how-game-companies-brought-e3-news-to-gamers39-homes Tue, 14 Jun 2011 18:33:03 +0300 (CNN) -- While 46,800 attendees spent the weekend recuperating from the video game industry's largest annual convention, diehard gamers were catching up on all the news from their couches. The Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) show floor in Los Angeles is reserved for industry professionals and reporters, a much-lamented rule that prevents many die-hard gamers from seeing new products firsthand. So the game companies have started taking their announcements directly to the fans. Despite exhaustive coverage from blogs and news outlets -- including CNN -- game giants created their own online destinations for E3 news. Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony each built E3 landing pages to show videos and information about upcoming games on display at the conference. They also dumped dozens of free clips and extras onto their systems' stores for download. By offering a look at upcoming games on the consoles themselves, manufacturers are able to easily get these previews in front of their target audiences and control the message. Some of the people they're able to reach don't even have to search Google for info on new games -- they just click after getting a message on their consoles' dashboards. "Just got done watching E3 on Xbox Live," wrote fan David Winkler on his Facebook page. "'Halo 4.' Gonna go nuts till 2012." Sony produced daily episodes of its promotional programs from the show floor and provided live streaming video from the press conference to consoles. Viewers increased dramatically over last year, with more than a million watching the company's press conference, Sony said in an e-mailed statement. Timothy DuBose, a ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/the-most-common-iphone-passcodes-are-easy-to-guess-the-atlantic-wire/ the-most-common-iphone-passcodes-are-easy-to-guess-the-atlantic-wire Tue, 14 Jun 2011 19:01:37 +0300 iPhone passcodes are apparently only good for making your significant other suspicious about the contents of your phone. Because according to a study by an iPhone app developer, the most common passcodes are ridiculously easy to guess. iOS wizard Danial Amitay analyzed 204,508 passcodes and found that "1234" is far and away the most popular passcode, followed by "0000" and "0258" in a tight race for second. The figures closely correspond with the most popular passwords on the internet--"123456" wins that contest. The results also aren't entirely surprising given iPhone users' understandable need for speed when unlocking the phone. (Just imagine counting up all of the seconds people spend unlocking their phones. Years of life lost!) Related: iPhone Location Tracking Gets Worse: Apple Saves the Data Related: The iPhone 5 Will Make Affluent Living Even More Complicated Amitay explains the obvious downside for less creative password creators--and the upside for less creative thieves: Formulaic passwords are never a good idea, yet 15% of all passcode sets were represented by only 10 different passcodes (out of a possible 10,000). The implication? A thief (or just a prankster) could safely try 10 different passcodes on your iPhone without initiating the data wipe. With a 15% success rate, about 1 in 7 iPhones would easily unlock--even more if the intruder knows the users’ years of birth, relationship status, etc. In a New York Times report last year, hacking experts point out that the way-too-easy-to-guess password has always been a problem on the internet. Even when the web was just gaining mainstream pickup in the 1990s, the most popular password was ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/garmin-buys-navigation-co-for-europe-boost-reuters/ garmin-buys-navigation-co-for-europe-boost-reuters Tue, 14 Jun 2011 20:30:29 +0300 (Reuters) – Garmin Ltd (GRMN.O) said it signed a deal to buy Germany-based navigation provider Navigon AG for an undisclosed sum as it looks to expand in Europe. Navigon will operate as a unit of Garmin, and should help the No. 1 U.S. navigation device maker compete against Dutch rival TomTom (TOM2.AS). "We can rapidly expand our automotive OEM footprint and capabilities through this transaction," Garmin's Chief Operation Officer Cliff Pemble said in a statement. Garmin and TomTom have struggled for more than a year as Google Inc (GOOG.O) and Nokia (NOK1V.HE) started to offer free navigation on mobile devices. Navigon, which has popular navigation applications for Apple Inc's (AAPL.O) iPhone and Google's Android platforms, will help drive revenue for the combined company, Garmin said in a statement. Garmin shares were up 1 percent at $32.83 in afternoon trade on Tuesday on Nasdaq. (Reporting by Saqib Iqbal Ahmed in Bangalore and Tarmo Virki in Helsinki; Editing by Don Sebastian) http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-investing-280-million-in-home-solar-projects-afp/ google-investing-280-million-in-home-solar-projects-afp Tue, 14 Jun 2011 20:31:13 +0300 WASHINGTON (AFP) – Google said Tuesday it is investing $280 million to help finance home solar projects in the Internet giant's largest effort yet to promote clean energy. Google said the money will go to create a fund that will help SolarCity, a company which provides solar energy options for homeowners and businesses, to finance more solar installations across the United States. "This is our largest clean energy project investment to date and brings our total invested in the clean energy sector to more than $680 million," said Rick Needham, Google's director of green business operations. "We continue to look for other renewable energy investments that make business sense and help develop and deploy cleaner sources of energy," he wrote in a blog post. He said Google had also entered into a partnership with SolarCity to provide solar power to the homes of Google employees at a discount. Google last month announced a $55 million investment in a California wind energy farm, and in April, the Mountain View, California-based company announced a $100 million investment in a wind farm being built in Oregon. Google in April also said it has invested $168 million to help complete the construction of one of the world's biggest solar power plants in California's Mojave Desert. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/how-many-us-users-does-facebook-have-will-it-affect-an-ipo-pc-magazine/ how-many-us-users-does-facebook-have-will-it-affect-an-ipo-pc-magazine Tue, 14 Jun 2011 21:01:42 +0300 Did Facebook lose U.S. users in May or not? The blogosphere was abuzz yesterday with news that the social-networking giant was picking up steam around the world, but losing its footing here in the states. But whose data should you believe? The dispute, meanwhile, comes amidst news that Facebook will go public in the first quarter of 2012. A world map produced by Vincenzo Cosenza found that Facebook is now the most popular social network in 119 out of 134 countries, based his results on traffic data from Alexa and Google Trends. Cosenza did not break out exact traffic data, except to say that Facebook was the most popular social network in the U.S., followed by Twitter and LinkedIn. A report from Inside Facebook, however, said that the number of Facebook users in the United States fell from 155.2 million at the start of May to 149.4 million by the end of the month. Data from comScore, however, says that total unique visitors to Facebook grew from about 154 million at the end of April to 157 million at the end of May. Twitter also grew from 24.4 million users in the U.S. in April to 26.9 million in May, comScore said. Facebook said that Inside Facebook was relying on information that was too broad to make any real determinations. "From time to time, we see stories about Facebook losing users in some regions. Some of these reports use data extracted from our advertising tool, which provides broad estimates on the reach of Facebook ads and isn't designed to be a ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-expands-spoken-search-to-desktop-computers-ap/ google-expands-spoken-search-to-desktop-computers-ap Tue, 14 Jun 2011 21:31:43 +0300 SAN FRANCISCO – Making Google search requests on many office and home computers soon won't require a keyboard. A feature announced Tuesday will allow people to speak their search requests while sitting in front of their desktop computers just as they already can on smartphones running on Google Inc.'s Android software. The spoken-request option will be available only on Google's Chrome browser. It will be activated by clicking on a microphone icon inside Google's search box. Chrome users will get the new feature within the next few days. Google also unveiled a way to get results by dragging digital images into its search box. The technological tricks are the latest Google innovations aimed at making it quicker and easier to search. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-shows-features-to-speed-up-web-searches-reuters/ google-shows-features-to-speed-up-web-searches-reuters Tue, 14 Jun 2011 22:01:51 +0300 SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Google Inc unveiled new features and technology to speed up Web searches and to make it easier for people to use its flagship search engine as they increasingly access the Internet from handheld mobile devices. At a briefing in San Francisco on Tuesday, Google demonstrated a new feature called Instant Pages which allows certain Web pages to pop-up in a user's Web browser nearly instantaneously, as well as a variety of improvements to the company's search engine that take advantage of voice recognition and image recognition. The company also introduced a revamped version of its Web site for mobile devices, which the company hopes will make it easier for people to find local restaurants and attractions. Google, the world's No.1 Internet search engine, said that traffic coming from mobile devices such as smartphones have increased by a factor of five during the past two years. Maintaining its role as the main gateway to information on the Internet is key for Google, which generated roughly $29 billion in revenue last year -- primarily from search ads. (Reporting by Alexei Oreskovic; Editing by Tim Dobbyn) http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-cranks-up-search-speeds-with-images-voice-afp/ google-cranks-up-search-speeds-with-images-voice-afp Tue, 14 Jun 2011 22:31:43 +0300 SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) – Google on Tuesday ramped up Internet search speeds by letting people use speech or images to express what they want faster. Google engineers also shaved precious seconds off the time it takes for Web pages to display after links are clicked on in search results. "We at Google will not be happy until we make the Web as easy to flip through as a magazine," Google fellow Amit Singhal said at an "Inside Search" event in San Francisco. "We measure every millisecond," he continued. "The time it takes Google to return a result is negligible compared to how long it takes the user to enter the query." One the other end of the search, it takes an average of five seconds for a Web page to load once a person has clicked on a link listed in query results, according to Singhal. Members of Google's search team rolled out the California-based firm's latest innovations crafted to deliver the knowledge being sought "in the blink of an eye." Google's latest spanned all gadgets from desktops using Chrome software to browse the Internet to the latest Android-powered smartphones or tablet computers. "In mobile, we are always thinking about how we can make the process of getting those results easier," said Google mobile engineering director Scott Huffman. Google added icons to the bottom of mobile search pages that let people do common searches such as for restaurants, cafes, or bars with a single click instead of having to type in queries. Google also began letting people build queries with simple "plus" buttons and ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/after-rim-warning-all-eyes-on-new-product-outlook-reuters/ after-rim-warning-all-eyes-on-new-product-outlook-reuters Tue, 14 Jun 2011 23:01:33 +0300 TORONTO (Reuters) – Ever since Research In Motion warned about its quarterly results a month ago, investors have wanted to find out what the BlackBerry maker is doing to save its current quarter as it struggles to roll out competitive new products. RIM promises impressive devices to challenge Apple's slick iPhone and gadgets based on Google's Android software. Cellular versions of its PlayBook tablet are imminent, RIM says, and the iPad contender will soon be sold worldwide after a lumpy April launch in North America. But without a launch date for a more powerful touchscreen version of its business workhorse, the Bold smartphone, and with Torch and Storm upgrades still just rumors, investors are growing more and more nervous. "We believe RIM has now squandered nearly every opportunity and competitive advantage it enjoyed through ineffective R&D resource management, delayed product launches and misreads of the competitive environment," Morgan Stanley analyst Ehud Gelblum wrote in a note to clients. Although unlikely to make or break RIM's reputation, initial sales of the 7-inch PlayBook will hint at how it stacks up against both the iPad -- which sold 2 million in its first two months -- and Android-based tablets such as Motorola Mobility's Xoom. Most analysts expect RIM to have sold less than half a million PlayBooks in the United States and Canada in the six-week window. Motorola sold 250,000 Xoom tablets in its first month. The Canadian company has already said it expects to sell 1 million fewer smartphones than in the previous quarter, the first such decline in at least three ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/us-china-need-to-set-cyber-intel-limits-kissinger-reuters/ us-china-need-to-set-cyber-intel-limits-kissinger-reuters Wed, 15 Jun 2011 00:00:28 +0300 NEW YORK (Reuters) – The United States and China will need to work out a high-level understanding to limit cyber attacks and spying, U.S. elder statesman Henry Kissinger said on Tuesday. "There's really no way to solve this except by some kind of understanding of limitations," said Kissinger, a former U.S. secretary of state and an architect of U.S. opening of relations with China in the 1970s. "If you take it case by case it will lead to accusations and counter-accusations," he said at an event hosted by Thomson Reuters. Chinese entities have been suspected in a spate of attacks on Google Inc email accounts of U.S. officials, think tanks and media, as well as Chinese democracy activists and Tibetan exiles. Kissinger said he assumed both the United States and China had significant espionage capabilities and the key was finding the way to discuss them with the Chinese. "To define what the limitations might be -- that is the sort of challenge with five-year perspective that absolutely needs to guide our relations," he said. Jon Huntsman, until recently U.S. ambassador to China, likened raising cyber attacks with Beijing to the challenge of discussing missile defense and the military use of space -- issues that are also highly sensitive to the Chinese. "I don't think we have any idea how deep and how wide and the extent of the penetrations of the public and private sectors go," he said of recent cyber attacks blamed on entities in China. China denies being behind the attacks. "At some point, we are going to have to develop ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/how-to-make-windows-faster-yahoo-news/ how-to-make-windows-faster-yahoo-news Wed, 15 Jun 2011 00:01:17 +0300 One of the greatest things about buying a new Windows computer is turning it on for the first time and being amazed at just how fast it is. It starts up quickly, and when you click to open a program, it pops up nearly instantaneously. You can run multiple programs and keep a dozen web browser tabs open, and it still runs quickly — and it even shuts down in a matter of seconds! But then... your new computer starts to slow down. First, it takes a little longer to boot up, but gradually the entire system grows sluggish, and eventually it gets to the stage where you have time to make a cup of coffee while your web browser loads. Your once-snappy computer has become old. Fortunately, by performing a few simple tasks, you can speed it back up again. You may not get it back to its good-as-new speed — and even if you do, as the state of the art marches forward, it will still seem a little slow compared to newer and more powerful equipment — but you can definitely squeeze a few more months (or even years) out of it. Before we startFor the most part, making the current versions of Windows (especially Vista and Win7) faster will require you to disable some features. In most cases, you won't even notice these features are gone, but you should still proceed with caution. If your computer is really, really slow, it's probably better to get a handyman in to fix it — or maybe ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/don-lemon-to-rick-santorum-39do-you-have-any-gay-friends39-contributornetwork/ don-lemon-to-rick-santorum-39do-you-have-any-gay-friends39-contributornetwork Wed, 15 Jun 2011 00:31:02 +0300 COMMENTARY | According to the Huffington Post, CNN's Don Lemon sat down with GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania recently before the New Hampshire presidential debate. Among the questions by asked Lemon (who recently revealed he is gay) had for Santorum, whose vehement words against gays and gay marriage in 2004 resulted in a less than flattering Google anomaly, was "Do you have any gay friends?" Santorum replied he doesn't hate anybody, does have gay friends and that he has "a disagreement on public policy" but that doesn't make him hateful. I have a problem with the question and the answer. I'm not sure when friendships in our nation became a litmus test for the truth of a person or their character. A journalist's job, more than anything else, (unlike a commentator's job such as mine) is to get to the truth, not to shape the appearance of truth with what I begrudgingly admit are what Sarah Palin calls "gotcha questions." By answering in the affirmative, the public is left shouting "prove it," but by answering no, he would have seemed utterly naive to the issues faced by homosexuals. The question should have never been asked by a serious journalist such as Don Lemon, and if asked, should not have been asked by a journalist made more famous in recent weeks by the disclosure that he's gay. I said that I also have a problem with the answer. Of course, Rick Santorum can't be friends with GLBT people and simultaneously maintain his repugnant position that heterosexuals ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/lte-coverage-coming-to-19-cities-served-by-verizon-newsfactor/ lte-coverage-coming-to-19-cities-served-by-verizon-newsfactor Wed, 15 Jun 2011 00:31:25 +0300 Verizon Wireless said Tuesday that it will activate its Long Term Evolution wireless network in 19 more metropolitan areas on Thursday, including Dayton, Fresno, Hartford, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, and Spokane. The network operator also said it will expand its existing 4G LTE network in San Francisco and Detroit this week. So Verizon will soon be offering data-download speeds of five to 12 megabits per second in 74 metropolitan areas across the United States, and speeds of two to five Mbps for uplinks, noted Verizon Wireless Chief Technology Officer David Small. "We are aggressively expanding our 4G LTE network," Small said. "By the end of 2013 we plan to bring 4G LTE mobile broadband to our entire 3G coverage area." LTE Upgrade Choices Verizon subscribers who wish to upgrade to LTE's faster speeds have a selection of hardware options from which to choose. On the smartphone side, Verizon currently offers the HTC Thunderbolt, the LG Revolution, and the Samsung Droid Charge. New LTE modem cards from Novatel, Pantech and LG are available for purchase by laptop users, and also on tap are 4G-compatible mobile hot-spot products. On the downside, fans of Apple's iPhone and iPad will need to stick with 3G for a while yet. Some analysts are predicting that Apple will roll out a new iPhone 5 in September. "Given iOS 5 will be available this fall, we believe implies new iPhone hardware in September," observed Piper Jaffray analysts Gene Munster and Andrew Murphy earlier this month. Still, this doesn't necessarily mean Apple ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/toshiba-launches-39thrive39-tablet-for-notebook-users-contributornetwork/ toshiba-launches-39thrive39-tablet-for-notebook-users-contributornetwork Wed, 15 Jun 2011 01:01:38 +0300 The iPad 2 is still the king of the tablet heap, to the point that it almost seems superfluous to speak of a "tablet market" outside of the iPad 2's buyers. So in order to differentiate their wares from the iPad, other tablet makers have had to make sure their gadgets are either better at something, or better for a certain group of users. Toshiba is going the second route with its upcoming Thrive tablet. Powered by Google's Android operating system, the Thrive is designed as a "transition product" for people who are used to a laptop or netbook. Here's why laptop and netbook owners may find the Thrive attractive: Colored, replaceable backplates The iPad 2's Smart Covers both protect the iPad 2's screen, and prop it up for use as a keyboard or for watching movies. They're an optional accessory, though, and a leather Smart Cover can sell for as much as $69 (the plastic ones are $39). And while Smart Covers have vibrant colors, the iPad 2 itself comes in only two shades: Black and white. It's not clear how much the Thrive's additional backplates will cost, but "5 additional colors" will be available, letting you customize your tablet in the bright colors familiar to laptop and netbook owners. Laptop-style ports and features The iPad 2 requires an optional adapter ($29) to read pictures from a camera or memory card. The Thrive, in contrast, comes with its own laptop-style memory card reader, plus a USB port. So you can transfer pictures to it just by ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/cable-worried-about-poverty-not-netflix-reuters/ cable-worried-about-poverty-not-netflix-reuters Wed, 15 Jun 2011 01:02:10 +0300 CHICAGO (Reuters) – For all the talk about competitive threats from the likes of Netflix Inc or Apple Inc, it is rising poverty among households that TV executives say is their biggest source of concern. Executives from News Corp, Comcast Corp and Time Warner Inc, speaking at the annual Cable Show industry event, made clear the industry needed a stronger housing market and better jobs picture to win new customers and keep existing ones. "We have to be sensitive in making sure we have a product that consumers can afford," said Pat Esser, president of privately held Cox Communications, speaking at the industry's biggest yearly event. Investors and analysts, with a few exceptions, can often be heard worrying more about how the cable industry will cope with cheaper entertainment packages from rivals such as Netflix, Amazon.com Inc or Google Inc. Time Warner Cable Chief Executive Glenn Britt, however, was one of the executives focusing on the hazards of a bad economy. "There clearly is a growing underclass of people who clearly can't afford it," he said. "It would serve us well to worry about that group." Even with the economy on shaky footing, Viacom CEO Phillipe Dauman and Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes remained particularly bullish about cable's prospects. Dauman said it was "remarkable" that cable was one of the last things that customers cut off during the recession and was a testament to the value that cable offered. Bernstein Research analyst Craig Moffett, one of the analysts who has written extensively about the poverty issue, said the cable business was a "rigged ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/debate-season-swings-into-gear-for-tv-candidates-ap/ debate-season-swings-into-gear-for-tv-candidates-ap Wed, 15 Jun 2011 01:31:38 +0300 NEW YORK – Two down, 15 to go. At least. The presidential debate circuit began in earnest with CNN's forum from New Hampshire on Monday. It may be a slog, with more than a dozen such events already scheduled for Republicans who want President Barack Obama's job, but it's an obstacle course filled with opportunities and pitfalls for both candidates and television networks. The CNN debate was a prime example: People were talking the day after about whether Rep. Michele Bachmann was savvy in attracting attention to herself by announcing her candidacy Monday, or whether Tim Pawlenty proved too cautious in going after opponent Mitt Romney. From a television standpoint, CNN's John King's attempts to lighten the mood by asking candidates their preferences between Coke and Pepsi, or Johnny Cash and Elvis Presley, were either seen as a silly distraction or a chance to see the candidates as humans instead of wonks. Monday's debate was seen by an average of 3.16 million viewers, the Nielsen Co. said Tuesday. That may seem small in comparison to the 7.8 million people who watched "The Bachelorette" on ABC or the 5.3 million who saw the Stanley Cup Finals hockey game on NBC, but it's big in the world of cable news. On a typical Monday night this year, CNN's average audience is 652,000 people. Though CNN's presentation was widely seen as the debate season kickoff because it had more candidates, Fox News Channel actually went first. Its May 5 debate in South Carolina had only five candidates, not including the widely perceived frontrunner, Romney, ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/us-cable-tv-giant-adding-skype-calls-afp/ us-cable-tv-giant-adding-skype-calls-afp Wed, 15 Jun 2011 04:31:32 +0300 SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) – US cable TV giant Comcast announced plans to add video chat to television viewing through a partnership with Skype. Comcast said customers would soon be able to make and receive video calls through high-definition televisions using Skype. "TV has evolved into a social experience, and Comcast and Skype will be delivering a product that personalizes the TV experience even more," said cable company president Neil Smit. "Our unique relationship with Skype not only will change how our customers interact with their TV, but also will create new and meaningful ways to bring our customers closer to the people they care about," he added. Comcast envisioned enabling people to make low-cost Internet video calls on "the biggest screen in the house" while watching big televised events or celebrating special occasions. "We can bring video calling to the heart of the home, allowing people to share life's experiences both big and small," said Skype chief executive Tony Bates. The service will work on high-definition television screens using an adaptor box, a video camera, and a TV remote control adapted for text messaging. Comcast planned to begin testing the Skype service with customers in the coming months. The partnership came in the wake of Microsoft cutting a deal to buy Internet voice and video leader Skype for $8.5 billion dollars. The purchase of Skype, which reportedly also attracted interest from Cisco, Facebook and Google, is the largest ever by Microsoft and gives it control of one of the few companies whose name has become a verb, as in to "Skype." Skype, one of the ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/garmin-to-expand-in-europe-investor39s-business-daily/ garmin-to-expand-in-europe-investor39s-business-daily Wed, 15 Jun 2011 04:31:40 +0300 The maker of GPS systems bought German navigation provider Navigon to expand in Europe as well as compete with rival TomTom and smartphone companies offering free navigation. Terms weren't disclosed. Garmin (NASDAQ:GRMN - News) said it can expand its automotive presence with Navigon, which also has applications for Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL - News) iPhone and Google's (NASDAQ:GOOG - News) Android devices. Garmin's core automotive segment has been shrinking for two years. Shares gained 0.9% to 32.84. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-seeks-china-license-investor39s-business-daily/ google-seeks-china-license-investor39s-business-daily Wed, 15 Jun 2011 04:31:51 +0300 The search leader, which has had troubled relations with the Chinese gov't, applied for a license to operate its Google Maps feature in China. Google (NASDAQ:GOOG - News), which was forced to pull its Chinese service from mainland China to Hong Kong in 2010, is applying for the license through a joint venture with partner Beijing Guxiang, China Business News said. Shares edged up 0.7% to 508.37. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/demand-media-up-on-positivity-investor39s-business-daily/ demand-media-up-on-positivity-investor39s-business-daily Wed, 15 Jun 2011 04:31:52 +0300 The website operator rebounded nearly 13% to 14.83 after Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS - News) said investors overreacted to a potential threat from how Google culls search results. Goldman gave the parent of eHow.com and Livestrong.com its top rating. Demand Media (NYSE:DMD - News), which IPO'd in Jan., fell 40% after Google rewrote its formula to demote "low quality" content in rankings, which analysts said could hurt traffic to Demand Media's sites. Goldman said the changes would lower Demand's earnings by less than 10%. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-adding-search-by-voice-pictures/ google-adding-search-by-voice-pictures Wed, 15 Jun 2011 05:32:28 +0300 San Francisco (CNN) -- The plain Google search box will soon be able to handle more than taps on a keyboard. Google is bringing features pioneered on smartphones, like voice and image search, to its flagship product, the company said at a news conference here on Tuesday. The speech-recognition tool began showing up as a microphone button on the right-hand side of the Google.com search box for some visitors on Tuesday. It will only be available on Google's Chrome Web browser for now, but Google executives say they hope other software makers implement the technology to support the feature. Like on Android or the Google application for the iPhone, people can click the mic icon on Google.com, and say a phrase or question into their computer microphone. The speech technology attempts to account for accents and context in order to transcribe the recording into text. This produced mixed results in my testing, speaking in plain English or with a faux Cockney accent. Take a peek at Google voice search The image-search feature will start rolling out in the next few days, said Johanna Wright, a Google search director. "Every picture has a story, and we want to help you discover that story," she said. Image Search can, say, look at a family vacation photo and figure out where it was shot, or help explain images that become Internet memes, such as Lolcats. The recognition technology applies a bunch of Google's proprietary algorithms to photos, but facial recognition isn't one of them, executives said in an interview with reporters. People using newer Web browsers ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-hones-search-for-mobile-and-speed-reuters/ google-hones-search-for-mobile-and-speed-reuters Wed, 15 Jun 2011 08:30:35 +0300 SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Google Inc unveiled new features and technology to speed up Web searches and to make it easier for people to use its flagship search engine as they increasingly access the Internet from handheld mobile devices. At a briefing in San Francisco on Tuesday, Google demonstrated a new feature called Instant Pages which allows certain Web pages to pop-up in a user's Web browser nearly instantaneously, as well as a revamped version of its website for mobile devices. Google, the world's No.1 Internet search engine, said that traffic coming from mobile devices such as smartphones has increased by a factor of five during the past two years. "We see all this mobile traffic growing on top of our desktop (PC) traffic," Google Fellow Amit Singhal said. Singhal said that consumers' increased use of mobile devices benefits Google by allowing people to continue searching the Internet during times when searches on desktop PCs typically wane, such as after 9 p.m., during the weekends and during the summer months. "There is no summer slump" with Internet searches on mobile devices, he said. But Google's search event - which the company billed as a chance to see new technology and learn about Google's "vision" for search - was light on new features that weave social networking elements into its search results. "It's their huge, gaping Achilles heel," BGC Partner Colin Gillis said of Google's ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/kissinger-huntsman-us-china-need-cyber-detente-reuters/ kissinger-huntsman-us-china-need-cyber-detente-reuters Wed, 15 Jun 2011 10:00:39 +0300 NEW YORK/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The United States and China need to reach an agreement to restrict cyber attacks and designate some areas as off limits to hacking, two former senior U.S. officials said on Tuesday. Henry Kissinger, an architect of the opening of U.S. relations with China in the 1970s, told a Thomson Reuters event that Washington and Beijing both had significant espionage capabilities and the key was finding a way to discuss them. Jon Huntsman, the former U.S. ambassador to China, likened raising cyber attacks with Beijing to the challenge of discussing missile defense and the military use of space -- issues that are also highly sensitive to the Chinese. "At some point, we are going to have to develop a context in which we can actually discuss this and, I would think, draw some red lines around areas that we don't want them into and they might not want us into," said Huntsman, who left China in April to plan his presidential election campaign, and was speaking at the same event. Their calls for a cyber detente follow a blitz of hacking attacks on major U.S.-based institutions in recent weeks, including the International Monetary Fund, the Senate, and companies such as Citigroup and Lockheed Martin. Chinese entities have been suspected in attacks on Google e-mail accounts of U.S. officials and Chinese activists, though Beijing has denied involvement and said it too is a victim of international hacking. "China has also many times reiterated that we are willing to open up exchanges and cooperation with the international community about Internet ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/pandora-prices-at-16-per-share-above-range-reuters/ pandora-prices-at-16-per-share-above-range-reuters Wed, 15 Jun 2011 12:01:23 +0300 NEW YORK (Reuters) – Online radio company Pandora Media priced shares in its initial public offering above an already raised range on Tuesday, the latest company to take advantage of red-hot valuations for Internet companies. The company priced its shares at $16 each, according to a source familiar with the deal. The company raised $235 million based on 14.7 million shares it planned to sell, according to a government filing. Late last week, Pandora increased its price target range to $10 to $12 per share. The company's shares are expected to begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday under the symbol "P." Internet companies such as Pandora, professional networking company LinkedIn and online daily deal site Groupon, which filed to go public earlier this month, remain a healthy part of the U.S. new issue market, despite a broader downturn and postponements of other large IPOs like Ally Financial. While the Oakland, California-based Pandora has yet to turn a profit, it is valued at about $2.5 billion. LinkedIn and other Internet companies such as China's Renren and Russia's Yandex have had strong IPOs building on anticipation for potential offerings by Facebook and Twitter. "All these guys are trading on potential, not on existing earnings," said Wedbush analyst Michael Pachter. "I think Pandora's model is going to evolve." Pandora runs a service that personalizes the listening experience by recommending songs based on member feedback, allowing members to create their own playlists based on a song, artist or genre. Users can listen to the service through computers, smartphones and devices that hook into home ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/lookout-beefs-up-smartphone-defenses-afp/ lookout-beefs-up-smartphone-defenses-afp Wed, 15 Jun 2011 20:01:54 +0300 SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) – Lookout Mobile Security on Wednesday began protecting smartphones from tricksters and booby-trapped websites as people increasingly access the Internet on the go. More than nine million people around the world already rely on the San Francisco-based startup to protect smartphones from hackers and scammers, and Lookout has ramped up defenses to win more users. "Our goal is to build a product that makes people feel more confident in their phone instead of being afraid of it," said Lookout co-founder and chief technical officer Kevin Mahaffey. A Safe Browsing feature launched on Wednesday was part of a premium offering at Lookout, which has free mobile security applications for smartphones powered by Android, Windows, or BlackBerry software. The free application exposes malicious software, backs up data, and lets people trigger remote alarms in smartphones to locate misplaced handsets. Lookout is the top mobile security application for smartphones built on Google-backed Android software. "To create a security tool that people don't just tolerate, that they actually like, is not easy," Mahaffey said. "Believe me." A premium version of Lookout, available for $30 a year or three dollars monthly, includes features such as backing up pictures and remotely locking and wiping data from smartphones that are lost or stolen. Safe Browsing was built to safeguard smartphones while users click on mobile websites or links. Lookout engineers believe that hacker tactics such as luring computer users to websites booby-trapped with viruses will inevitably be aimed at smartphones. They cited recent findings that people using mobile devices are three times more likely to fall for "phishing" ploys ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/pandora-shares-soar-in-first-day-of-trading-ap/ pandora-shares-soar-in-first-day-of-trading-ap Wed, 15 Jun 2011 20:01:56 +0300 NEW YORK – The shares of popular but unprofitable Internet radio service Pandora Media Inc. soared more than 50 percent in its market debut Wednesday, adding to the IPO frenzy that has some watchers talking tech bubble. Its shares opened at $20 each and rose as high as $26 in early trading on Wednesday. That's up from offering price of $16, the high end of their proposed range. By midday, its shares traded at $20.06, up $4.06, or 25.4 percent, from the offering price. At that level, Pandora's 159.7 million shares were worth $3.2 billion. "In my opinion that's extremely rich for a company that's hoping to make a profit in fiscal 2012," said Scott Sweet, managing partner of IPOboutique.com. In fact it is well above the current value of AOL Inc. ($2.1 billion), a relic of the previous Internet era that is working to transform its business from dial-up service to online and advertising. But it's a small fraction of such Internet behemoths as Google Inc. ($162 billion) or even Yahoo Inc. ($19 billion). Pandora's offering comes amid a recent fervor for high-profile Internet IPOs. Though sky-high valuations have evoked the tech bubble of the late 1990s, investors hope this time it's different. Today's biggest Web startups are more mature than their '90s counterparts were, and some are already profitable. The professional networking service LinkedIn Corp. was one of the first to make its public debut among in the latest generation of Web startups. Already profitable, LinkedIn has a market capitalization of about $7 billion. Daily deals site Groupon Inc. ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/us-officials-question-china-about-changeorg-cyber-attacks-pc-magazine/ us-officials-question-china-about-changeorg-cyber-attacks-pc-magazine Wed, 15 Jun 2011 20:02:07 +0300 U.S. diplomats have raised concerns with Chinese officials about a cyber attack on activist Web site Change.org, and pushed those officials for the release of Chinese dissident Ai Weiwei, according to a letter released Tuesday. "Deputy Assistant Secretary Dan Baer raised the case of Change.org directly with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs while in Beijing" in late April, Joseph E. Macmanus, acting assistant secretary for legislative affairs at the State Department, wrote in a May 18 letter to Rep. Rosa DeLauro. Change.org was hit by a cyber attack on April 18 after it successfully launched an online petition calling for the release of Weiwei, an artist and activist who has been in police custody since early April. Rep. DeLauro then penned an open letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton asking that she condemn the Change.org attacks. "We believe this attack on Change.org from outside of the United States is an attack on Americans' fundamental right to free speech," the letter read. "As millions of Americans regularly use the Internet to engage in the political process, it is vital that we strive to protect online services that facilitate open debate." State Department officials wrote back a week later, and the letter was released publicly this week. The agency informed the congresswoman of the Change.org discussions, which took place during the U.S.-China Human Rights Dialogue in Beijing on April 27-28. Macmanus said that Michael Posner, assistant secretary for democracy, human rights, and labor at the agency, also "pressed for the release of Ai Weiwei." In the wake of Google's 2010 censorship ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/analysis-venture-capitalists-bulk-up-in-computer-security-reuters/ analysis-venture-capitalists-bulk-up-in-computer-security-reuters Wed, 15 Jun 2011 20:31:51 +0300 SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Silicon Valley venture capitalists are betting big on new technologies to protect computer networks, hoping they will profit from a spate of high-profile cyber attacks on corporate and government bodies. Many security start-ups are focusing on protection at the network level, rather than individual computers or hardware, spurred by the proliferation of mobile devices and cloud computing trend, where data is stored on the Web. "It's an area of huge interest to us," said Bill Maris, managing partner for Google Ventures, which earlier this year invested an undisclosed amount in Dasient, a Sunnyvale, California-based company that protects websites from malware attacks. "It's a really difficult-to-solve problem ... and there's a lot of opportunity there," he said. Venture investment in the information-technology security sector this year looks set to exceed last year's $432.3 million, after already hitting $147.4 million in the first quarter, according to Thomson Reuters data from the National Venture Capital Association. While much lower than the billion-dollar levels before the 2008 financial crisis, the numbers show a resurgence of Silicon Valley interest in the sector, fueled by three main factors. The first is the string of cyber attacks on companies ranging from Citigroup to Sony, and institutions from the International Monetary Fund to the U.S. Senate. "People are just seeing what's going on with threats every day," said Greylock Partners' Asheem Chandna, who formerly ran business development and product management at security company Check Point Software and now oversees Greylock's security investments. The second reason is the shift in computing away from desktop computers toward mobile and ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/can-google-search-really-save-me-time-pc-magazine/ can-google-search-really-save-me-time-pc-magazine Wed, 15 Jun 2011 20:32:02 +0300 If this is what search has come to, measuring result returns in milliseconds, I think we have officially left the golden age of Web search behind. Yesterday, Google added a nice bundle of new features to mobile and desktop-based search. Search by Image is fairly innovative—who wouldn't want to drop an image onto a Google search page and instantly get some information back about what it is? Instant Page, on the other hand, is a bit underwhelming. Here's how it works, Google uses its anonymized relevance engine—you do not have to be logged into a Google account to use it—to guess which search results you'll click on and pre-render (more complete than pre-fetch) the page. As demonstrated by Google, this act shaved less than half a second off your page-load times. The difference was so small, I could barely see it: The page without Instant Page filled in a couple of the larger images a bit slower. On Instant page, the whole page simply popped into existence. I do not see this as changing my life, but Google execs insist that this stuff all adds up. Instant results, which are now fairly ubiquitous across Google's services, start showing you results as you type. This means that you don't have to type, hit enter, and then wait a millisecond for the proper results to appear. On the other hand, Instant Search also shows you results for typos with blinding speed. In image search, I imagine I might, if my image filter settings aren't high enough—and even if they ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/garmin-sees-navigon-buy-boosting-european-auto-ops-reuters/ garmin-sees-navigon-buy-boosting-european-auto-ops-reuters Wed, 15 Jun 2011 21:00:37 +0300 BERLIN (Reuters) – Garmin agreed to buy Germany-based navigation firm Navigon earlier this week mostly to expand its business with carmakers in Europe, a senior company official told Reuters in an interview. Roger Jollis, chief of automotive business development at Garmin, said the firm -- which sees the car industry as a key growth driver for years ahead -- lacked presence in the European market and had no time to build it organically. "We wanted to make it quickly," he told Reuters in an interview on the sidelines of an industry conference in Berlin. Earlier this week Garmin said it bought Germany-based Navigon for an undisclosed sum. Jollis said Navigon's annual sales are around 130 million euros ($187 million), but did not unveil any other financial details. A German daily reported in early June on Garmin's negotiations to buy Navigon for around 50 million euros, citing people familiar with the talks. Garmin and other navigation device vendors have been struggling to fend off competition from Google Inc and Nokia, which offer free navigation on mobile devices. (Reporting by Tarmo Virki; Editing by Will Waterman) http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/coming-nexus-phone39s-details-surface-digital-trends/ coming-nexus-phone39s-details-surface-digital-trends Wed, 15 Jun 2011 21:01:29 +0300 The Nexus One, while something of a commercial disappointment, was Google’s first foray into mobile hardware. Now the emerging smartphone giant will be taking another big step into the arena with the Nexus 4G, its forthcoming handset. And BGR reports that the new Nexus device will more than make up for any of the original model’s failures. While the Nexus 4G is only its speculated name, there are a few hardware details that insiders seem fairly certain about. According to sources, the Nexus 4G will pack either a dual-core 1.2 GHz or 1.5 GHz CPU as well as an OMAP 4460 or 28nm Krait-based Snapdragon. And its outsides are nothing to sneeze at: In the vein of many Android devices, the Nexus 4G will feature a 720p HD “monster-sized” display. We’ve had a few Android phones of the “monster-size” variety out there, the Droid X and its 4.3-inch screen comes to mind. But something makes us think the Nexus 4G might outdo them all – 4.5-inch? 4.7-inch? How big can Google push this thing until it’s just a small tablet? Of course, it wouldn’t be a Nexus phone without at least somewhat differing from its Android brethren, and it’s rumored to forego physical buttons below the screen in favored of touch-capable controls only. Here’s a quick breakdown of what else you can expect to see inside the Nexus 4G: 1GB of RAM 1080p HD video capture and playback 1-megapixel front-facing camera; 5-megapixel rear-facing camera (the rear-facing camera will feature “class-leading” image quality and work remarkably well in low-lighting) Android 4.0 ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/lookout-adds-39safe-browsing39-feature-for-android-devices-pc-magazine/ lookout-adds-39safe-browsing39-feature-for-android-devices-pc-magazine Wed, 15 Jun 2011 21:01:35 +0300 Lookout Mobile, one of a handful of mobile security software makers, has added a safe Web browsing function for Android users to its premium package. "Safe Browsing" is a new feature in Lookout Premium ($2.99/month or $29.99/year) that actively scans for malware as you surf the net. Android users can upgrade to Premium from Lookout's free security app offered in the Android Market or its Web site. Existing Premium customers will need to update to version 6.0.1 and find it on their Lookout Dashboard. It's an opt-in feature, so you'll have to enable it by clicking the Safe Browsing button. "Safe Browsing leverages our global threat detection network that already protects millions of users from malicious applications. By extending protection with Safe Browsing, mobile consumers can feel safe surfing the web, accessing email and entering other personal information on their mobile device," said CEO John Hering in a statement. Lookout is offering a free trial of Lookout Premium for the next 14 days. Existing users of Lookout Free can also upgrade to Premium at a $5 discount by using the promotion code "STAYSAFE." As the Android Market expands exponentially, so is the frequency of Android malware. On Monday, Google pulled 10 apps from the Android Market that appeared to contain malware, like the spyware program Plankton. Earlier this month, Lookout reported more than two dozen infected apps, which Google removed. In early March, Google remotely deleted a series of applications from users' phones due to malware known as DroidDream and released a security update to rectify ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-to-finance-residential-solar-projects-reuters/ google-to-finance-residential-solar-projects-reuters Wed, 15 Jun 2011 21:02:47 +0300 SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Google Inc will finance $280 million of residential solar power systems through a deal with startup SolarCity that is the Internet search giant's largest single clean energy investment to date. The fund will enable thousands of homeowners who do not want to make a large upfront investment in a solar system to have solar panels installed on their roofs as part of SolarCity's leasing program, the companies said on Tuesday. SolarCity's solar lease program enables its customers to pay a monthly fee for solar panels rather than a large up-front installation price. That monthly fee is often offset by the customer's savings on electric utility bills. Google will own the systems, and will earn a higher return than what it would earn if the cash had been sitting in the bank, SolarCity Chief Executive Lyndon Rive said, though he declined to be specific. Through the deal with Google, Rive said he hopes other corporations will come to see financing solar systems as a good use of their cash. "It's been mainly banks that have focused on this, and what that has done is it hasn't broadened the market," Rive said in an interview. "With Google getting into this ... hopefully it will show other corporate companies that this is a smart investment." San Mateo, California-based SolarCity recently bought groSolar, a solar power project developer and distributor, expanding its reach into 10 states. The company is privately held. Google said in late 2007 that it would invest hundreds of millions of dollars in solar, wind and geothermal technologies to ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/vezi-aici-live-eclipsa-totala-de-luna-din-aceasta-seara/ vezi-aici-live-eclipsa-totala-de-luna-din-aceasta-seara Wed, 15 Jun 2011 22:04:00 +0300 Google va transmite live eclipsa de lună din această seară, între 21 şi 1 (ora României), scrie Washington Post. Transmisia va fi posibilă datorită unui parteneriat al motorului de căutare cu Slooh, un telescop robotic. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-search-innovations-focus-on-speed-mobility-newsfactor/ google-search-innovations-focus-on-speed-mobility-newsfactor Wed, 15 Jun 2011 22:31:51 +0300 Google is moving to help searchers save time. At a Google media event in San Francisco on Tuesday, Google discussed innovations to tackle slow searches, and announced it's bringing its speech-recognition and vision tech to the desktop. Google also announced the next step for Google Instant, called Instant Pages. "The thirst for knowledge doesn't stop when you step away from your computer, it continues on your mobile device," Amit Singhal, a Google fellow, wrote in a blog post. "In the past two years, mobile search traffic has grown fivefold. Mobile search today is growing at a comparable pace to Google in the early years." Amplified Search As Singhal sees it, one of the technologies driving this growth is speech recognition. Google reports sixfold growth in voice search traffic in the past year alone. Now Google is adding speech recognition to search on the desktop for Chrome users. Users of the Chrome browser will see a little microphone in Google search boxes. If the searcher clicks the microphone, he or she can speak a search. Many users are familiar with Google Instant, which gives search results while you type. The next step is Instant Pages, which, as Singhal explained, can get the top search result ready in the background while searchers are choosing which link to click. That innovation is supposed to save another two to five seconds over typical searches. "Let's say you're searching for information about the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, so you search for [dc folklife festival]," Singhal explains. "As you scan the results, deciding which one to ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/us-senators-unveil-mobile-privacy-data-theft-bills-afp/ us-senators-unveil-mobile-privacy-data-theft-bills-afp Thu, 16 Jun 2011 00:01:30 +0300 WASHINGTON (AFP) – US senators introduced bills on Wednesday aimed at protecting the privacy of mobile phone users and safeguarding personal information of consumers stored online. The Location Privacy Protection Act would require companies like Apple and Google and applications developers to obtain express consent from mobile users before sharing information about their location with third parties. The Data Security and Breach Notification Act would require businesses and nonprofits to put in place strong security features for safeguarding sensitive data and to notify consumers in the event of a breach of their systems. Senator Al Franken, a Democrat from Minnesota who co-sponsored the mobile privacy bill, said it would ensure consumers know what location information is being collected and would let them decide if they want to share it. "Our laws do too little to protect information on our mobile devices," Franken said in a statement. "Geolocation technology gives us incredible benefits, but the same information that allows emergency responders to locate us when we're in trouble is not necessarily information all of us want to share with the rest of the world. "This legislation would give people the right to know what geolocation data is being collected about them and ensure they give their consent before it's shared with others," Franken said. Franken chairs the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law, which held a hearing on mobile privacy in May featuring representatives from Apple, Google, the Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission. Representatives of Apple and Google both stressed their commitment to privacy at the hearing and said ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/review-5-e-book-readers-for-less-than-175-ap/ review-5-e-book-readers-for-less-than-175-ap Thu, 16 Jun 2011 00:01:34 +0300 NEW YORK – When Amazon.com's ground-breaking Kindle e-book reader came out in 2007, it cost $399. Now, some e-readers, including the most recent Kindle entry, can be had for just north of $100. At the price of five or so hardcover books, it's close to impulse-buy territory for many people. And if you give in to your desires, what do you get? Our test of five e-readers priced from $114 to $164 finds that cheap, in most cases, means good value. All five have black-and-white screens that are about half the size of a paperback book. They can connect wirelessly to the Internet for e-book downloads. I didn't look closely at battery life, because with one exception, they all claim more than a month of use. The company time machine was occupied. Here's the rundown: • Kindle with Special Offers ($114) is the cheapest Kindle model yet. It's indistinguishable from a device that costs $25 more, except that it shows advertising as its screen saver and at the foot of the menu. You don't, mercifully, see any advertising when you're reading, and overall the ads didn't feel intrusive. The selection was limited, for the most part, to Oil of Olay, Visa and a car company or two, making us wonder if advertising companies are really sold on Kindle ads. And it left us wondering if there is any attempt (or might be in the future) to profile users based on their Amazon account. That could get a bit embarrassing because the ads are visible if you leave the Kindle lying around. ("Oh, ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/hackers-again-break-into-senate-website-reuters/ hackers-again-break-into-senate-website-reuters Thu, 16 Jun 2011 00:31:01 +0300 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Hackers broke into the Senate's public website for the second time in a week but were prevented from getting any sensitive data, a security spokeswoman said on Wednesday. The Senate's website had also been hacked over the weekend, leading to a review of all its websites, in the latest embarrassing breach of security to hit a major U.S.-based institution. This attack was similar in that hackers broke into the public site and downloaded information, said Martina Bradford, the deputy Senate sergeant at arms. The Sergeant at Arms Office provides security for the Senate. "They're getting nothing but the attacks continue," said Bradford. "We've been able to stay ahead of the hackers and keep them out of the main Senate network." The loosely organized hacker group Lulz Security broke into a public portion of the Senate website over the weekend and announced the hack in a tweet on Monday. Lulz, whose name derives from Internet slang for "laugh out loud," tweeted on Wednesday but has not mentioned hacking the Senate website. Recent weeks have seen a long string of embarrassing hacks. The International Monetary Fund has been hit, as have Lockheed Martin Corp, Citigroup Inc, Google and Michaels Stores. Lulz has claimed hacks into websites owned by Sony Corp as well as U.S. Public Broadcasting Service and Fox.com. Fox is a unit of News Corp. (Editing by Cynthia Osterman) http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/adobe-to-patch-flash-player-on-pcs-and-android-devices-newsfactor/ adobe-to-patch-flash-player-on-pcs-and-android-devices-newsfactor Thu, 16 Jun 2011 00:31:34 +0300 Adobe Systems issued a security bulletin Tuesday concerning the discovery of a critical vulnerability in Flash Player 10.3 and earlier versions. This memory-corruption flaw may cause computing devices to crash and potentially allow an attacker to take control of the operating system. "There are reports that this vulnerability is being exploited in the wild in targeted attacks via malicious web pages," the software maker said. Adobe expects to release a Flash Player update later this week for computers running the Windows, Mac, Linux and Solaris operating systems. It noted that Chrome browser users will automatically receive the new update since Google's browser includes Flash Player as a built-in feature. Adobe's advisory was unusual in that it also covers smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices running Google's Android OS. Still, vulnerability patching is "a fact of life for any software that runs on connected machines today," noted Al Hilwa, director of applications software development at IDC. A Mobile Exploit Heavily used online software like Flash and web browsers get more than their fair share of issues in this space, Hilwa observed. Moreover, exploits are "often platform-specific and with most attacks targeted at desktop platforms, which have the greatest deployments and surface area," he said. By contrast, mobile devices are more locked down and susceptible to different forms of malware, data corruption, and theft, Hilwa noted. "Having said that, Android -- which is the only mobile platform cited in this vulnerability -- has a variety of issues today." As Sprint's new deal with Lookout Mobile Security demonstrates, U.S. wireless ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/hackers-again-break-into-us-senate-website-reuters/ hackers-again-break-into-us-senate-website-reuters Thu, 16 Jun 2011 01:30:32 +0300 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Hackers broke into the U.S. Senate's public website for the second time in a week but were prevented from getting any sensitive data, a security spokeswoman said on Wednesday. The U.S. Senate's website had also been hacked over the weekend, leading to a review of all its websites, in the latest embarrassing breach of security to hit a major U.S.-based institution. This attack was similar in that hackers broke into the public site and downloaded information, said Martina Bradford, the deputy Senate sergeant at arms. The Sergeant at Arms Office provides security for the Senate. "They're getting nothing but the attacks continue," said Bradford. "We've been able to stay ahead of the hackers and keep them out of the main Senate network." The loosely organized hacker group Lulz Security broke into a public portion of the Senate website over the weekend and announced the hack in a tweet on Monday. Lulz, whose name derives from Internet slang for "laugh out loud," tweeted on Wednesday but has not mentioned hacking the Senate website. Recent weeks have seen a long string of embarrassing hacks. The International Monetary Fund has been hit, as have Lockheed Martin Corp, Citigroup Inc, Google and Michaels Stores. Lulz has claimed hacks into websites owned by Sony Corp as well as U.S. Public Broadcasting Service and Fox.com. Fox is a unit of News Corp. (Editing by Cynthia Osterman) http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/manage-your-online-identity-with-google39s-39me-on-the-web39-pc-magazine/ manage-your-online-identity-with-google39s-39me-on-the-web39-pc-magazine Thu, 16 Jun 2011 03:01:18 +0300 Admit it, you Google yourself. It's OK, we all do. But it can be difficult to keep tabs on or control what is said about you on the Web, whether you're a small-time blogger or major celebrity. Google, therefore, has unveiled a new tool known as "Me on the Web," which is intended to help you manage your online identity. Much like you create Google News alerts for mentions of favorite sports teams, TV shows, or your name, Me on the Web will let you create alerts that will let you know if your name shows up on the Internet. "If you haven't set up alerts yet, Me on the Web makes it even easier to do so and even automatically suggests some search terms you may want to monitor," Google said in a blog post. The tool is part of Google Dashboard, which is an overview of all the Google services that you use. There is now a "Me on the Web" section, which provides the opportunity to set up search alerts, as well as monitor your Internet footprint—provided you have a Google profile. There are also links with tips on managing your online identity and removing unwanted content. Earlier this week, Google lifted the curtain on several new features it's adding to its search technology, including new search tech that loads Web pages virtually instantly. The news comes as Facebook is embroiled in a controversy over its new facial-recognition technology, which provides tagging suggestions for photos. The social-networking site turned on the feature by default without alerting users, prompting ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/samsung-series-5-chromebook-hands-on-pictures-digital-trends/ samsung-series-5-chromebook-hands-on-pictures-digital-trends Thu, 16 Jun 2011 04:01:19 +0300 It’s finally here: The Samsung Series 5 Chromebook. With its stark white chassis and sleek, petite build, Google’s Chrome OS notebook emobodies its minimalist intentions. Stripped free of software and your typical laptop storage system, the Series 5 is a mere 3.3-pounds of Web-optimized goodness that relies entirely on 3G and Wi-Fi connections. Its full-size QWERTY keyboard and 12.1-inch LED display bring some familiarity to the thus-far foreign device. One thing’s for sure: Opening up the Series 5 and seeing what should be a desktop peppered with file folders and program icons replaced by the Chrome browser is an unsettling experience – but one you might just be able to get used to. Given its extreme portability, speedy processing, and undeniable good looks, we’re at least willing to give the foremost in cloud-computing a try. We won’t judge a book by its cover, but we’re sure happy to take it for a spin. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/for-a-pioneer-of-technology-100-years-of-think-ap/ for-a-pioneer-of-technology-100-years-of-think-ap Thu, 16 Jun 2011 07:31:23 +0300 ENDICOTT, N.Y. – Google, Apple and Facebook get all the attention. But the forgettable everyday tasks of technology — saving a file on your laptop, swiping your ATM card to get 40 bucks, scanning a gallon of milk at the checkout line — that's all IBM. International Business Machines turns 100 on Thursday without much fanfare. But its much younger competitors owe a lot to Big Blue. After all, where would Groupon be without the supermarket bar code? Or Google without the mainframe computer? "They were kind of like a cornerstone of that whole enterprise that has become the heart of the computer industry in the U.S.," says Bob Djurdjevic, a former IBM employee and president of Annex Research. IBM dates to June 16, 1911, when three companies that made scales, punch-clocks for work and other machines merged to form the Computing Tabulating Recording Co. The modern-day name followed in 1924. With a plant in Endicott, N.Y., the new business also made cheese slicers and — significantly for its future — machines that read data stored on punch cards. By the 1930s, IBM's cards were keeping track of 26 million Americans for the newly launched Social Security program. These old, sprawling machines might seem quaint in the iPod era, but they had design elements similar to modern computers. They had places for data storage, math processing areas and output, says David A. Mindell, professor of the history of technology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Punch cards carted from station to station represented what business today might call "data flow." "It was very ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/lunar-eclipse-turns-moon-blood-red-afp/ lunar-eclipse-turns-moon-blood-red-afp Thu, 16 Jun 2011 09:32:00 +0300 SYDNEY (AFP) – The longest lunar eclipse in more than a decade turned the moon blood red on Thursday, giving stargazers around the world a rare visual treat. The first eclipse of the year -- when the Earth casts its shadow over the Moon -- was seen in parts of Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia. Often the moon turns brown but this time it became a reddish, coppery-colour, tinged by light from the Sun. The terrestrial shadow started to fall at 1724 GMT and lifted around 2300 GMT, although "totality" -- when the lunar face is completely covered -- lasted 100 minutes -- the longest since July 2000. While keen astronomers in parts of Australia had to contend with dense cloud cover and rain, others had a clearer view of the spectacle. Around 130 people watched at the Sydney Observatory, with one woman dressed as a vampire. "There was (also) a child dressed very elegantly as if she was from another century, and a little boy dressed up as a red superhuman," Sydney Observatory manager Toner Stevenson told reporters. Professor Fred Watson, astronomer-in-charge at the Australian Astronomical Observatory, said the best view would have been from the moon itself. "If you could watch the phenomena, you would see the earth moving across the sun and it creating a brilliant red rim around the earth," he said. In Singapore, over 700 people gathered outside a local science centre to watch, local daily the Straits Times reported. Some avid enthusiasts staked out spots more than four hours before the phenomenon occured with the centre organising astronomy talks ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/yahoo-helps-find-smartphone-39apps39-afp/ yahoo-helps-find-smartphone-39apps39-afp Thu, 16 Jun 2011 10:31:29 +0300 SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) – Yahoo! has begun helping people navigate the sea of applications available for Apple iPhones or mobile gadgets powered by Google-backed Android software. App Search for personal computers and a free AppSpot program for smartphones were crafted to help people find what they seek at Apple's online App Store or the Android Market. "Together, they take the guesswork out of finding apps that fit your life," Yahoo! said in a blog post. "App Search and AppSpot allow you to zero in on any app by showing matching app titles with a full comprehensive description, price, overall star rating from users and screenshots in one spot." The App Store boasts more than 425,000 of the mini-programs for Apple gadgets, while the Android Market was reported to have about 200,000 and growing. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/sony39s-music-unlimited-comes-to-android-afp/ sony39s-music-unlimited-comes-to-android-afp Thu, 16 Jun 2011 11:31:19 +0300 TOKYO (AFP) – Sony has released an app making its Music Unlimited online streaming available on smartphones running Google's Android system, amid growing competition from Amazon and Apple in cloud-based services. Sony's digital cloud-based music service, which launched in December and is available in Europe, the United States, Australia and New Zealand, allows users to stream millions of songs to Sony devices but previously lacked mobile access. Sony last week said it would restore all Qriocity online music and video distribution services everywhere except Japan after shutting it and the PlayStation Network down in April after hackers compromised personal data from 100 million accounts. The launch of the new app will make the service available on smartphones running Android as well as devices such as the PlayStation3, Internet-connected Sony televisions and Blu-ray players. The app will be available to users in the United States, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Britain, Australia and New Zealand. The service allows users to stream music content from a catalogue of more than seven milllion songs licensed from labels such as Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group, EMI Music and independent labels. Monthly subscription fees start at $3.99. Earlier this month Apple unveiled its iCloud service that stores music, photos and other content on the Web and shares it across multiple devices. Online retailer Amazon unveiled its own Cloud Drive and Cloud Player services in March, which allows users to store their digital music online and play it on a computer or an Android device. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/rim-faces-tough-sell-on-q1-earnings-and-outlook-reuters/ rim-faces-tough-sell-on-q1-earnings-and-outlook-reuters Thu, 16 Jun 2011 14:01:29 +0300 TORONTO (Reuters) – Research In Motion will have to struggle to give investors good news when it reports results after markets close on Thursday, but details on when new BlackBerry devices will hit shelves might help. Strong sales of its PlayBook tablet -- which had six weeks on North American shelves in the company's first quarter to late May -- may also give RIM some respite from a barrage of criticism about falling behind tech giants Apple and Google in a fast-moving race. The Canadian company warned in April that lackluster smartphone sales in the United States and Latin America would likely mean lower earnings than in the previous four quarters. RIM has made big promises in an aggressive full-year earnings outlook, but without a launch date for a more powerful touchscreen version of its business workhorse, the Bold smartphone, and with Torch and Storm smartphone upgrades still just rumors, investors are growing more nervous. "We believe RIM has now squandered nearly every opportunity and competitive advantage it enjoyed through ineffective R&D resource management, delayed product launches and misreads of the competitive environment," Morgan Stanley analyst Ehud Gelblum wrote in a note to clients. Cellular versions of its PlayBook tablet are imminent, RIM says, and the PlayBook will soon be sold worldwide after a lumpy April launch in North America. With most analysts assuming first-quarter results will fail to inspire, attention turns to RIM's forecasts for the current quarter, which ends in late August, and details about imminent product launches. RIM will likely ship just over 14 million BlackBerry smartphones and less ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/china-military-paper-urges-steps-against-us-cyber-war-threat-reuters/ china-military-paper-urges-steps-against-us-cyber-war-threat-reuters Thu, 16 Jun 2011 14:31:20 +0300 BEIJING (Reuters) – China must boost its cyber-warfare strength to counter a Pentagon push, the country's top military newspaper said on Thursday after weeks of friction over accusations that Beijing may have launched a string of Internet hacking attacks. The accusations against China have centered on an intrusion into the security networks of Lockheed Martin Corp and other U.S. military contractors, and deceptions intended to gain access to the Google e-mail accounts of U.S. officials and Chinese human rights advocates. But the official newspaper of the People's Liberation Army said it was Beijing that was vulnerable to attack, in a news report that surveyed the Pentagon's efforts in cyber security. "The U.S. military is hastening to seize the commanding military heights on the Internet, and another Internet war is being pushed to a stormy peak," concluded the report in the Chinese-language Liberation Army Daily. "Their actions remind us that to protect the nation's Internet security, we must accelerate Internet defense development and accelerate steps to make a strong Internet army," said the Liberation Army Daily article. The article was also published on the website of China's Ministry of Defense (http://www.mod.gov.cn). Although it does not amount to an official government statement, the report in the military newspaper -- which is closely vetted to reflect official thinking -- shows how China is also focused on the issues of Internet attacks and defense. "Although our country has developed into an Internet great power, our Internet security defenses are still very weak. So we must accelerate development of Internet battle technology and armament," said the report. "Comprehensively ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/today39s-video-gamer-it-might-not-be-who-you-think/ today39s-video-gamer-it-might-not-be-who-you-think Thu, 16 Jun 2011 14:32:54 +0300 (CNN) -- At 37, Lisa Sharp is comfortable calling herself a video-game junkie. But that wasn't always the case. "I was the typical high-school girl who always watched the guys play and never picked up a console until well after college," she said. Then, one day, the cable was out, so she grabbed a controller for her roommate's Nintendo 64. The rest is pixelated history. Now, she and her husband have an old Nintendo 64 of their own. And a GameCube. And a PlayStation 2. And a Wii. And, as of last Christmas, a PlayStation 3. "It relaxes me," said the Atlanta resident, whose favorites include the "Legend of Zelda" and "Final Fantasy" series. "My job gets a little bit crazy at times, so it's nice to go slash and bang stuff around." As a mom who works in the finance department at Georgia Tech, Sharp hardly fits the stereotype of the avid video gamer -- that teenage or 20-something guy in the basement grinding out hours on his console or PC. And that's part of a story that those in the video-gaming world already know: thanks partly to games on new platforms such as Facebook, smartphones and tablets, gaming is more popular than ever. Some observers even see parallels to the early-'80s arcade heyday, when games such as "Pac-Man" became mainstream phenomenons. Last year, video-game software and hardware raked in more than $25 billion, according to the Entertainment Software Association, a gaming industry trade group. Compare that with the $7.3 billion the association reported in 2004, and it's not hard to ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/longest-total-lunar-eclipse-in-11-years-thrills-skywatchers-spacecom/ longest-total-lunar-eclipse-in-11-years-thrills-skywatchers-spacecom Thu, 16 Jun 2011 16:02:14 +0300 The moon took on an eerie red hue Wednesday (June 15) during the longest total eclipse in 11 years, amazing skywatchers around the world, even in places where the cosmic event wasn't visible. The total lunar eclipse, one of two that will occur this year, offered 100 minutes of totality as the moon passed into Earth's shadow, but the eclipse's actual progression took hours. The moon first dipped into the fringe of Earth's shadow at about 1:24 p.m. EDT (1724 GMT) and left it behind at 7 p.m. EDT (2300 GMT). Not since the 107-minute lunar eclipse of July 16, 2000 has the moon been in Earth's shadow so long. Only four total lunar eclipses, counting this one, have ever lasted 100 minutes or longer.  [Photos: The Long Total Lunar Eclipse of June 2011] Under a blood moon "Awesome! We have a perfect view from our neighborhood in Jerusalem, Israel," skywatchers Cecile and Roberta Cohen told SPACE.com in an email. "We started seeing it at 9 p.m. At 10:20 (give or take a minute) the moon was totally eclipsed. We came indoors shortly thereafter because it's cool out, but we can see the moon from our window. Awesome; just awesome!" According to NASA, the entire lunar eclipse was expected to be visible (weather permitting) from eastern Africa, the Middle East, central Asia and western Australia. European skywatchers missed the very beginning of the eclipse, because the moon was still below the local horizon when the event began. [Video: Inside the June 15 Total Lunar Eclipse] In Italy, university student David Paleino snapped stunning views of the eclipse ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/3-reasons-to-stick-with-rim-the-motley-fool/ 3-reasons-to-stick-with-rim-the-motley-fool Thu, 16 Jun 2011 17:31:14 +0300 It's been a tough slog for Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM - News). The stock is down about 50% from its 52-week high, and today's earnings report -- if worse than Wall Street expects -- could push the stock to levels not seen since 2006 (the last time it traded below $36 or so). But never fear, here are three reasons why a RIM sell-off might make a great long-term buying opportunity. 1. The stock is now ridiculously cheapRIM is part of a group I like to call Rodney Dangerfield tech stocks -- tech stocks that (you guessed it) "get no respect." This group includes Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT - News), Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO - News), Dell (NASDAQ: DELL - News), and Intel (NASDAQ: INTC - News). All are characterized by strong competitive positions, cash-rich balance sheets, and high returns on equity, yet Wall Street is practically giving them away at free cash flow yields above 10%. RIM is no exception, the company generated record revenues (up 33.1%), record free cash flow (up 46.7%), and record earnings per share (up 38.8%) in 2011. Yet the stock is trading at a forward P/E of 5.3 and a free cash flow yield of 15.63%. The only justifiable reason for this is that the market thinks the company's prior growth is unsustainable. This, I admit, is a near-certainty, as fierce competition from Google (NASDAQ: GOOG - News) and Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL - News) will make repeating RIM's previous growth virtually impossible. However, the question to ask isn't how fast can RIM grow, but ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-splits-ad-team-down-party-lines-denies-favoring-obama-the-atlantic-wire/ google-splits-ad-team-down-party-lines-denies-favoring-obama-the-atlantic-wire Thu, 16 Jun 2011 18:01:08 +0300 Google defended itself against accusations that they had given President Obama special access to an experimental ad product on Tuesday. Having spotted an Obama ad on RealClearPolitics apparently built on technology that targeted specific email addresses, a staffer at the National Republican Senatorial Committee contacted a Google sales representative about the program, reports Politico. "This is a pre-alpha product that is being released to a select few clients," replied saleswoman Sirene Abou-Chakra. "I'd be happy to get you into the beta if you're interested." Related: On College Campuses, Obama's Not Cool Anymore The implication of those two sentences, of couse, is that the Obama campaign got special access to innovative hyper-targeted ad technology from one of the nation's largest advertising networks. Google's ad network somehow falls under the jurisdiction by chairman Eric Schmidt, who campaigned with Obama in 2008 and serves on the President's Council of Advisers on Science and Technology. When accused of playing favorites--either by the NRSC or Politico, the report is unclear--Google wrote off the exclusivity language in Abou-Chakra's original email as inaccurate. From Politico: But Google spokesman Jake Parrilo denied strenuously that the Obama campaign had been granted special access to the pilot program, and chalked the email up to inaccurate “puffery” by the sales representative. The ad that appeared on RealClearPolitics, he said, was not a Google ad at all. “This is an experiment and while we generally do not comment on those experiments we can tell you that we have not sold a single CPL [cost-per-lead] ad unit to any political candidates or ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/ibm-turns-100-a-look-back-pc-magazine/ ibm-turns-100-a-look-back-pc-magazine Thu, 16 Jun 2011 18:01:40 +0300 Apple and Microsoft have been in business for more than three decades, Google has been around for 12 years, and Twitter's just getting started with five years under its belt. But all of these tech giants have a long way to go to reach the 100-year milestone that Big Blue is celebrating today. On this day in 1911, IBM started as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company (C-T-R), a name it changed in 1924. While some of you might known IBM for its recent "Jeopardy"-playing Watson computer, IBM has a long history of innovation, from cheese slicers (yes, really) and the tech behind Social Security to the UPC bar code and the floppy disk. These days, a 100-year run is quite the feat, especially in technology. Bernie Meyerson, IBM's vice president of innovation, attributed this longevity partly to the development of technology that contributes something to society, as well as being open to diverse and sometimes risky projects. In 2008, IBM kicked off its Smarter Planet initiative, which focused on improving how the world works. That includes everything from using data to improve traffic patterns, deploying pollution-detecting tech to places like Ireland's Galway Bay, and using analytics to predict rainfall and build up a region's water supply. "We just had an incredible 100-year run because we never lost site of how important it is to innovate," Meyerson said in a Wednesday interview. "The fact is, innovation comes in all shapes and sizes. We practiced diversity long before it was a legal requirement because we value it [and] it does enable us to ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/facebook-to-go-head-to-head-with-apple-via-new-mobile-platform-yahoo-news/ facebook-to-go-head-to-head-with-apple-via-new-mobile-platform-yahoo-news Thu, 16 Jun 2011 18:31:23 +0300 Facebook leaks seem to be coming out of the woodwork lately, including the company's attempt to smear competitor Google, but this latest bit of undercover info is a doozy. According to TechCrunch and their trusted sources, Facebook is poised to launch a new mobile platform that will not only be aimed directly at iPhone and iPad devices, but will actually allow users to circumvent Apple's strict App Store policies. The platform, tentatively named "Project Spartan," will use Apple's mobile Safari web browser and allow access to a wealth of content without having to download an app from the store. It will provide users with a new option when it comes to how they use their devices, and allow access to a wealth of Facebook apps. Yes, apps. Using HTML5 technology to skirt around Apple's lack of Flash support, the new Facebook platform will apparently let users purchase and use apps from within the browser itself. Facebook Credits will play a large role as well, acting as the virtual currency for Project Spartan's app marketplace. There are reportedly over 80 third-party developers working on apps for the new platform. Apps ranging from games to digital news magazines are already in the works, all of which will be useable from within the browser window, with nothing to download. Despite being two of the biggest news makers in the technology space, Apple and Facebook have a somewhat complicated relationship. The official Facebook iPhone app is an order of magnitude behind what is available on other handsets, and the company flat out refuses ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/today39s-gamer-it-might-not-be-who-you-think/ today39s-gamer-it-might-not-be-who-you-think Thu, 16 Jun 2011 19:02:58 +0300 (CNN) -- At 37, Lisa Sharp is comfortable calling herself a video-game junkie. But that wasn't always the case. "I was the typical high-school girl who always watched the guys play and never picked up a console until well after college," she said. Then, one day, the cable was out, so she grabbed a controller for her roommate's Nintendo 64. The rest is pixelated history. Now, she and her husband have an old Nintendo 64 of their own. And a GameCube. And a PlayStation 2. And a Wii. And, as of last Christmas, a PlayStation 3. "It relaxes me," said the Atlanta resident, whose favorites include the "Legend of Zelda" and "Final Fantasy" series. "My job gets a little bit crazy at times, so it's nice to go slash and bang stuff around." As a mom who works in the finance department at Georgia Tech, Sharp hardly fits the stereotype of the avid video gamer -- that teenage or 20-something guy in the basement grinding out hours on his console or PC. And that's part of a story that those in the video-gaming world already know: thanks partly to games on new platforms such as Facebook, smartphones and tablets, gaming is more popular than ever. Some observers even see parallels to the early-'80s arcade heyday, when games such as "Pac-Man" became mainstream phenomenons. Last year, video-game software and hardware raked in more than $25 billion, according to the Entertainment Software Association, a gaming industry trade group. Compare that with the $7.3 billion the association reported in 2004, and it's not hard to ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/yahoo-adds-app-search-function-to-site-and-for-mobile-newsfactor/ yahoo-adds-app-search-function-to-site-and-for-mobile-newsfactor Thu, 16 Jun 2011 22:31:33 +0300 Want to search for a new app? There's now an app for that -- from Yahoo. On Wednesday, Yahoo unveiled Apps Search, an addition to its web site and a first for a major search engine. It also is launching a similar app for smartphones, called AppSpot, to search and install apps. Both Apps Search and AppSpot target apps that reside on Apple's App Store or Google's Android Market. Yahoo Is Switzerland At some point, Yahoo is planning to expand the capabilities of its search function and smartphone app to include apps for BlackBerry, Windows Phone 7, and other platforms, and possibly for tablets as well. Since the Mac computer now has a Mac App Store, essentially all applications are being described as apps, so potentially the universe could involve all applications for laptops, netbooks and desktops. Yahoo is stepping into an opening it can fill, since it doesn't offer a platform like the owners of the other two big search engines, Microsoft and Google. Of course, there's nothing stopping Apple or Yahoo from upgrading their search tools, but at this moment in the smartphone wars Yahoo is a neutral Switzerland. Yahoo Senior Vice President Shashi Seth told news media that his company's search logs indicated users are increasingly using and searching for apps, so "it was time to integrate apps into our search products." Yahoo's role is to be the middleman. The actual purchase and downloading will take place in the app stores of Apple, Google or other platforms. Apple reportedly will pay Yahoo a five percent fee ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/rim-coo-takes-medical-leave-ap/ rim-coo-takes-medical-leave-ap Thu, 16 Jun 2011 23:01:14 +0300 TORONTO – BlackBerry-maker Research in Motion says one of its top executives is on medical leave. RIM spokeswoman Marisa Conway said Thursday that Chief Operating Officer Don Morrison will be on medical leave until later this year. Larry Conlee, who retired as COO in 2009, will return to the company as a special adviser. The Canadian company is due to release its quarterly earnings after markets close Thursday. RIM's stock is off 50 percent from its 52-week high. In April, the company slashed earnings and sales forecasts as it faces increased competition from Apple's iPhone and devices that run on Google's Android operating system. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-calls-for-allies-in-ebook-battle-pc-magazine/ google-calls-for-allies-in-ebook-battle-pc-magazine Thu, 16 Jun 2011 23:31:29 +0300 On Thursday, Google announced an affiliate program for its Google eBooks program, offering webmasters money in exchange for targeted links to specific ebooks. Google will pay an undisclosed amount of money for webmasters to refer readers to Google's ebookstore, a subset of Google Books, where users can buy e-books for their Android phone or tablet, iPad, or other digital device. Users will need to sign up for both a Google AdSense account as well as create a Google Affiliate Network account. Publishers will be paid on a sales performance/cost-per-action (CPA) basis, typically as a revenue share or fixed bounty for a lead, subscription, purchase, or other action performed through an advertiser's link on the site, according to Google. "We haven't publicly disclosed the affiliate referral fees for Google eBooks affiliates," a Google representative said in an email. "After signing up for GAN, affiliates can see the standard referral fee structure before applying for the Google eBooks program. The referral fee depends on the affiliate agreement and the value of the ebook." Google began selling ebooks in February, after launching its Android Market Web store earlier that month. According to Google, Google's ebookstore has over 3 million ebooks for sale. Google launched the affiliate program with a single merchant in December, Goodreads, which now can refer its membership to the Google ebookstore. "Starting today, we invite all interested site owners to apply to join the expanded Google eBooks affiliate program. Participating sites gain new revenue streams by giving their book-reading audiences an easy way to buy ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/beyond-jeopardy-watson-up-close-pc-magazine/ beyond-jeopardy-watson-up-close-pc-magazine Thu, 16 Jun 2011 23:31:36 +0300 We watched transfixed as a computer bested the two all-time champions on the game-show Jeopardy! The computer Watson provided three nights of geeky entertainment but honestly, what was Watson's purpose? Why was the machine built? Some of us even thought "big deal." After all, many of the word puzzles Watson solved we could have answered almost as quickly by typing the questions into a search engine. Actually, Watson's triumph over human competitors is a very big deal. There's very complex technology going on in Watson's processing that surpasses traditional search algorithm technology. Watson provides IBM researchers with a way to delve into and in fact revamp data analysis as we know it. Watson's existence and the fascinating research in which it is currently involved will affect each and every one of us: how physicians diagnose us, how cities respond to natural disasters, how we decrease our carbon footprint, how we invest money, and much more. Several IBM scientists at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center in New York shared details of their current work, and each pointed out that Watson's capabilities drive much of their research. Watson: the Evolution of Analytics Dr. Chid Apte, IBM's director of Analytics Research, said Watson is an evolution from traditional data analysis. We are moving beyond the "first generation of analytics," which is the relational database, and working on predictive and descriptive analytics. Such data intelligence allows businesses to estimate what will happen in the future or next quarter. "We are in an age of 'high frequency' data," Apte said. "Information is coming ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/hands-on-y-appspot-and-yahoo-app-search-pc-magazine/ hands-on-y-appspot-and-yahoo-app-search-pc-magazine Thu, 16 Jun 2011 23:31:49 +0300 If you've used the iOS App Store or the Android Market on your smartphone, you probably haven't even thought that there might be another option for finding mobile programs, as those stores seem to do everything that's needed: They let you search for apps by name, and show you the most popular and highest rated ones in categories. Yahoo has other ideas, and thinks it can provide a better way to get you to the hottest apps. The former search leader has unveiled two new options for finding apps: App Search for the PC and AppSpot for iOS and Android. I took each out for a spin. These free meta-apps, if you will, not only let you search for apps on your phone, but present recommended apps for you to download based on your previous choices. When I searched in my iPhone App Store for "Yahoo," AppSpot didn't show up, since it's technically called Y! AppSpot—making a case for its own existence. Searching on the app's actual name revealed its cute owl icon. Notably, there's no iPad or Android tablet version, just phones for now. Nor is there a Windows Phone 7 app. At first run, I had to okay the typical request to use my location info. Another less common request was that I let AppSpot see my app information, so it could recommend picks. The home view showed three apps thumbnails with ratings in vertical categories; I could scroll sideways to see more categories, or up and down to see more apps in each category. ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/research-in-motion-posts-lower-1q-earnings-ap/ research-in-motion-posts-lower-1q-earnings-ap Fri, 17 Jun 2011 00:01:12 +0300 TORONTO – BlackBerry smartphone maker Research In Motion said Thursday that its net income and revenue declined in the latest quarter, hurt by lower demand amid the economic slowdown and product delays. RIM is also cutting an unspecified number of jobs to reduce costs. It gave an outlook well below Wall Street's expectations for the current quarter and the full year. For the three months that ended May 28, Research In Motion Ltd. earned $695 million, or $1.33 per share. That's down from $769 million, or $1.38 per share, a year ago. Revenue for the fiscal first quarter rose 16 percent to $4.9 billion from $4.2 billion. Analysts polled by FactSet expected earnings of $1.32 per share on revenue of $5.1 billion. RIM is facing fierce competition from Apple Inc.'s iPhone and smartphones that run Google Inc.'s Android operating system. For the current quarter, RIM forecast earnings of 75 cents to $1.05 per share, excluding items. Analysts are looking for far higher earnings of $1.36 per share. The company expects revenue of $4.2 billion to $4.8 billion, below analysts' average expectation of nearly $5.3 billion RIM lowered its full-year earnings outlook sharply. It now expects earnings of $5.25 to $6 per share for fiscal 2012. In April, it had forecast $7.50 per share. RIM said earlier Thursday that Don Morrison, its chief operating officer, is going on medical leave. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-launches-online-reputation-management-tool-newsfactor/ google-launches-online-reputation-management-tool-newsfactor Fri, 17 Jun 2011 00:31:24 +0300 Google on Wednesday launched an online reputation-management tool for the masses. Dubbed Me on the Web, the tool is part of the Google dashboard amid analytics and account information. "In recent years, it's become easier and easier to publish information about yourself online through powerful new platforms like social-networking sites and photo-sharing services," explained Andreas Tuerk, a product manager at Google. He acknowledged that way to manage your privacy on these sites is to decide who can see this information, determining whether it's visible to just a few friends, family members, or everyone on the web. But Google is taking a different approach. Me on the Web is not a privacy tool. Using a Pseudonym As Tuerk sees it, another important decision when publishing information on the web is choosing how you are identified when you post that information. That's where Google is focusing its efforts. "We have worked hard to build various identity options into Google products. For example, while you may want to identify yourself by name when you post an answer to a question in a forum so that readers know the response is reputable, if you upload videos about a controversial cause, you may prefer to post under a pseudonym," Tuerk said. He explained that your online identity is determined not only by what you post, but also by what others post about you -- whether a mention in a blog post, a photo tag, or a reply to a public status update. When someone searches for your name on a search engine like Google, ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/pandora-shares-sink-below-offer-price-afp/ pandora-shares-sink-below-offer-price-afp Fri, 17 Jun 2011 00:31:25 +0300 NEW YORK (AFP) – Shares in Internet radio Pandora sunk below their offer price on Thursday, raising potential alarm bells for upcoming initial public offerings by other technology companies. Pandora, which made its debut on the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday at $16 a share, lost 23.88 percent on Thursday to close at $13.26. Pandora shares soared in early trading on Wednesday to as high as $26 before closing at $17.42, a gain of 8.9 percent on the day. Pandora's IPO was being closely watched for signs of a bubble following IPOs in May by professional social network LinkedIn, which saw its stock price more than double on the first day, and Yandex, Russia's top Internet portal, which also had a strong debut. Pandora, which is based in Oakland, California, has attracted more than 90 million users in the United States since it was founded in 2000. But Pandora has yet to turn a profit and some financial analysts are skeptical about the outlook for the company because of its need to pay huge sums for music licenses. Morningstar analyst Bill Buhr said Pandora's quick rise and fall may make analysts and investors wary. "The fact that it took them just one day to fall below their offer price puts us on alert for some of the other tech IPOs that are coming down the path," Buhr said. "And it might create more headwind for them in terms of thinking that you can price the IPO at a very rich valuation," he said. Among the most highly anticipated upcoming IPOs is that of ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/phone-rivalry-drives-down-rim-1q-earnings-ap/ phone-rivalry-drives-down-rim-1q-earnings-ap Fri, 17 Jun 2011 01:31:22 +0300 TORONTO – The BlackBerry's inability to compete with the iPhone and smartphones running Google's Android system shone through Thursday as the maker of the BlackBerry, Research In Motion Ltd., said its earnings and revenue fell. The Canadian company said it's been hurt by product delays. Its stock fell 13 percent in extended trading after the release of results for the latest quarter. RIM said it is cutting an unspecified number of jobs to reduce costs. It gave an outlook well below Wall Street's expectations for the current quarter and the full year. "The existing portfolio of BlackBerry products has been in market for close to a year, and delivering new products has proven more challenging than anticipated," RIM Co-CEO Jim Balsillie said on a conference call with analysts. RIM started in and dominated the corporate smartphone market and has sought to expand its appeal to consumers, but has recently had trouble with consumers because the phones aren't perceived to be as sexy as Apple's or Google's. BlackBerrys are known for their security and reliability as email devices, but they haven't kept pace with Apple's iPhones or phones based on Google Inc.'s Android software when it comes to running third-party applications. Co-CEO Mike Lazaridis made a rare appearance on the conference call as the two defended the business and their role as co-CEOs. RIM has an unusual leadership structure, where two executives, Balsillie and Lazaridis, serve as both co-CEOs and co-chairmen. Dissident shareholders are calling for RIM to separate the roles of CEO and chairman. Lazaridis said RIM was already far along in ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/rim-shares-fall-on-lower-outlook-job-cuts-afp/ rim-shares-fall-on-lower-outlook-job-cuts-afp Fri, 17 Jun 2011 02:01:25 +0300 MONTREAL (AFP) – Shares in Research In Motion (RIM) plunged in after-hours trading Thursday after the BlackBerry maker lowered its outlook and announced plans to cut jobs. Shares in the Waterloo, Ontario-based company tumbled 14.04 percent to $30.35 in electronic trading after the close of Wall Street. The Canadian handset maker posted a net profit of $695 million, or $1.33 per share, in the first quarter of its 2012 fiscal year, compared with $769 million, or $1.38 per share, a year ago. RIM, which is facing increased competition from Apple's iPhone and mobile phones running Google's Android software, said revenue grew 16 percent to $4.9 billion, short of the $5.1 billion expected by Wall Street analysts. RIM said it shipped 13.2 million BlackBerry smartphones during the quarter, down from 14.9 million last quarter, and 500,000 of its new BlackBerry Playbook tablet computers, RIM's answer to Apple's iPad. RIM said it would begin cutting jobs in the second quarter as part of a plan to "streamline operations across the organization." It did not say how many jobs would be eliminated. "Fiscal 2012 has gotten off to a challenging start," RIM co-chief executive Jim Balsillie said in a statement. "The slowdown we saw in the first quarter is continuing into the second quarter, and delays in new product introductions into the very late part of August is leading to a lower than expected outlook in the second quarter." RIM said it expected second quarter revenue of between $4.2 billion and $4.8 billion and earnings per share for fiscal 2012 were expected to be between $5.25 ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/video-game-growth-is-fast-fractured/ video-game-growth-is-fast-fractured Fri, 17 Jun 2011 02:32:40 +0300 (CNN) -- At 37, Lisa Sharp is comfortable calling herself a video-game junkie. But that wasn't always the case. "I was the typical high-school girl who always watched the guys play and never picked up a console until well after college," she said. Then, one day, the cable was out, so she grabbed a controller for her roommate's Nintendo 64. The rest is pixelated history. Now, she and her husband have an old Nintendo 64 of their own. And a GameCube. And a PlayStation 2. And a Wii. And, as of last Christmas, a PlayStation 3. "It relaxes me," said the Atlanta resident, whose favorites include the "Legend of Zelda" and "Final Fantasy" series. "My job gets a little bit crazy at times, so it's nice to go slash and bang stuff around." As a mom who works in the finance department at Georgia Tech, Sharp hardly fits the stereotype of the avid video gamer -- that teenage or 20-something guy in the basement grinding out hours on his console or PC. And that's part of a story that those in the video-gaming world already know: thanks partly to games on new platforms such as Facebook, smartphones and tablets, gaming is more popular than ever. Some observers even see parallels to the early-'80s arcade heyday, when games such as "Pac-Man" became mainstream phenomenons. Last year, video-game software and hardware raked in more than $25 billion, according to the Entertainment Software Association, a gaming industry trade group. Compare that with the $7.3 billion the association reported in 2004, and it's not hard to ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/iphone-owners-more-excited-about-mobile-wallets-than-android-users-pc-magazine/ iphone-owners-more-excited-about-mobile-wallets-than-android-users-pc-magazine Fri, 17 Jun 2011 03:01:25 +0300 Oh the irony. Google may have beat Apple in launching a mobile wallet ecosystem, but Apple iPhone users are more enthusiastic about making payments through their mobile phones than their Android counterparts, according to a new report. In the latest Pulse study from Retrevo, an electronics e-commerce site, 40 percent of iPhone users and only 24 percent of Android users said they wanted to be able to pay in a store with their cell phones. Concurrently, 44 percent of Android users said they were "not interested" in a mobile wallet, while 35 percent of iPhone users agreed with the statement. "IPhone owners as a populous tend to be more, shall we say, in-tune with their mobile devices," said Jennifer Jacobsen, PR director of Retrevo. "If there's a new trend in mobile tech and what you can do with a smartphone, iPhone owners seem more ready to try it than other cell phone users." When it comes to choosing from the vast offering of indiscernible "mobile wallet" services being advertised these days, the study found that users trust their phone companies more than their credit card companies. Thirty-six percent of all smartphone users said they'd trust a Google mobile wallet, versus 33 percent for Apple, 32 percent from a major credit card, and only 26 percent from their cell phone carrier. At the same time, 79 percent of the 1,000 people surveyed were completely uninterested in mobile wallets or didn't know what a mobile wallet was. The findings of these reports casts some doubt over the innumerable efforts to ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/oracle-seeks-billions-in-suit-investor39s-business-daily/ oracle-seeks-billions-in-suit-investor39s-business-daily Fri, 17 Jun 2011 04:31:33 +0300 The business software and server company disclosed that it's seeking "billions of dollars" in damages from a patent infringement lawsuit it filed last year vs. Google (NASDAQ:GOOG - News). Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL - News) has claimed the Android operating system infringes on Java patents acquired with its buy of Sun Microsystems. Oracle on Thu. accused Google of trying to hide the amount of money being sought in damages. Oracle fell 1%. Google slipped 0.5%. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/hacktivists-make-noise-on-government-websites-reuters/ hacktivists-make-noise-on-government-websites-reuters Fri, 17 Jun 2011 05:01:18 +0300 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A breed of cyber pranksters known as "hacktivists" appears to be on a campaign to embarrass the government, but such types of attack are unlikely to breach the computer firewalls that protect important official secrets, independent analysts say. A loosely organized group of hackers called Lulz Security, little known outside of cybersecurity circles, has claimed attacks against the public websites of the CIA and Senate over the past week. Hackers mounted a second, similar assault against the Senate website on Wednesday, possibly the work of copycats. Officials say government computer systems and websites, including those operated by the Pentagon, are subjected to thousands of attempted hackings each month but that safeguards usually keep would-be intruders away from sensitive data. The Lulz style of attack, known as a denial of service meant to disable the target's website, is often undertaken by activists as young as teenagers and pose little danger aside from embarrassment and website clean-up costs that can run into the hundreds of thousands of dollars. "It's hacktivism -- activism through hacking. Campaigns of this kind have been done in the past for two reasons: outrage and self-promotion. This one is some combination of those," said Alan Paller, director of research at the SANS Institute, a think tank devoted to cyber issues. "There's a lot of noise but no real downside, except that if people don't think the CIA can protect its own website, it colors their thinking about what it can do in other arenas -- maybe unfairly, but it doesn't really matter." Denial of service attacks ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/phone-rivalry-drives-down-rim-earnings-ap/ phone-rivalry-drives-down-rim-earnings-ap Fri, 17 Jun 2011 05:31:45 +0300 TORONTO – BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd.'s quarterly results on Thursday provided fresh evidence of the company's struggles to come up with a device to compete with the iPhone and smartphones running Google's Android operating system. The Waterloo, Ontario, company reported a nearly 10 percent drop in its fiscal first-quarter net income. RIM also said it has been hurt by product delays, announced layoffs and warned that its profit for the current quarter and full fiscal year would come in well below Wall Street's expectations. It was the second time this year the company has pared back its profit outlook. Its stock fell more than 14 percent in extended trading. "The existing portfolio of BlackBerry products has been in market for close to a year, and delivering new products has proven more challenging than anticipated," RIM Co-CEO Jim Balsillie said on a conference call with analysts. The announcements are the latest signs of trouble for RIM. The company dominated the corporate smartphone market and has sought to expand its appeal to consumers, but has recently had trouble with consumers because the phones aren't perceived to be as sexy as its chief competitors. BlackBerrys are known for their security and reliability as email devices, but they haven't kept pace with Apple Inc.'s iPhones or phones based on Google Inc.'s Android software when it comes to running third-party applications. Balsillie also acknowledged that the April launch of the company's tablet computer could have gone better. RIM got poor reviews on the Playbook and about 1,000 of the devices had to be recalled because ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-backed-xunlei-postpones-nasdaq-ipo-ifr-reuters/ google-backed-xunlei-postpones-nasdaq-ipo-ifr-reuters Fri, 17 Jun 2011 10:31:23 +0300 HONG KONG (Reuters) – Xunlei Ltd, a Chinese Internet platform company in which Google has a small stake, decided to postpone its initial public offering of up to $200 million in the United States because of unfavorable market conditions, IFR reported on Friday, quoting a source with knowledge of the decision. Shenzen, China-based Xunlei had planned to start meetings with investors to gauge demand for its IPO on June 17, said IFR, a Thomson Reuters publication. Sean Shenglong Zou, Xunlei's co founder, is the company's biggest shareholder with a 27.5 percent stake, while Google owns 2.8 percent of the shares. The company had filed to list its shares on the Nasdaq under the symbol "XNET." Xunlei planned to use proceeds from the offering to invest in technology, infrastructure and product development and to acquire digital media content, according to its IPO prospectus. JPMorgan and Deutsche Bank had been hired as lead underwriters for the offering. (Reporting by Fiona Lau, Writing by Elzio Barreto; Editing by Jacqueline Wong and Jonathan Hopfner) http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/pottermore-new-jk-rowling-site-sends-harry-potter-fans-into-a-frenzy-mashable/ pottermore-new-jk-rowling-site-sends-harry-potter-fans-into-a-frenzy-mashable Fri, 17 Jun 2011 10:31:26 +0300 Pottermore.com, a new and mysterious website, could be many things -- an online game, a new fansite, a digital encyclopedia. But whatever it is, we'll have to wait until next week to find out. J.K. Rowling, author of the mega-popular Harry Potter book series, will be making an announcement about Pottermore on June 23. [More from Mashable: Warner Bros Adds More Titles to Facebook Movie Rental Service] The one thing we do know about Pottermore is that it's not another book. A representative of Rowling told the Guardian Thursday, "All we can say is that Pottermore is the name of J.K. Rowling's new project. It will be announced soon, and it is not a new book." If you'd like to count the seconds until the big reveal, you can do so at a special Pottermore-themed YouTube page, which proclaims only, "The owls are gathering. Find out why soon." [More from Mashable: Top 10 Twitter Trends This Week [CHART]] There's also a Secret Street View, a Google Maps-powered puzzle game that revealed the letters "POTTERMORE" to Harry Potter superfans who played. So, keeping in mind this is all idle speculation, what do you think Pottermore could likely be? This story originally published on Mashable here. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/facebook-app-coming-soon-to-ipad-digital-trends/ facebook-app-coming-soon-to-ipad-digital-trends Fri, 17 Jun 2011 10:31:38 +0300 There’s more news about Facebook’s push into the mobile territory. On top of this Project Spartan business and the Facebook photo-sharing app, there is more conclusive buzz about the iPad getting a Facebook app. The free app is planned to be unveiled in the coming weeks. The design will be tailored for the iPad’s touchscreen surface and it’s been said that the Facebook Chat and Facebook Group features will be overhauled. Developers are also pushing a feature using the iPad’s camera that will allow users to upload photos or video directly. It’s been over a year since the iPad came out and Facebook has been lagging on a native app; though, they were right there with a free official Facebook app for the iPhone when the App Store was opened in 2008. The iOS version, being formatted for small screen, has been taunting hardcore Facebook yearning iPad users. There have been outside developers who’ve done their best to create iPad friendly apps, they’re not the same. There are many reasons why this marriage should happen. Facebook has 700 million worldwide users as well as 250 million logging on through mobile. Apple has sold 25 million iPad units in the year it’s been out for. Besides the numbers and the possible boost in Facebook’s much needed mobile growth, the iPad app would also help Apple in their competition with Google’s tablet. So why have we been waiting around this whole time? According to the New York Times’ Nick Bilton, the app has actually been in production for almost a ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/how-non-profit-organizations-are-bolstering-citizen-media-around-the-world-mashable/ how-non-profit-organizations-are-bolstering-citizen-media-around-the-world-mashable Fri, 17 Jun 2011 10:31:43 +0300 Geoff Livingston co-founded Zoetica to focus on cause-related work, and recently released the book "Welcome to the Fifth Estate" on social media strategy. The most recent uprisings in the Middle East have brought citizen journalism back into the limelight, but bloggers and independent reporters have been breaking stories that major media outlets never could for some time. Janis Krums' iPhone snapshot of U.S. Airways Flight 1549 emergency landing on the Hudson River, George Allen's infamous "macaca" incident, or the continuing reports of protests from Syria in the face of violent oppression are just a few examples. [More from Mashable: Amid Losses, Guardian Announces Digital First Strategy] This new source of information fills a void left by a diminished traditional media corps. In some cases, the media have openly embraced citizen contributions, most notably CNN with its iReport features. To help foster this new trend, several non-profits and social enterprises are actively working to improve the strength of that citizen media across the world. [More from Mashable: How Social Media’s Short News Cycle Can Precipitate Bad Journalism] Non-Profits Back Citizen Media Citizen media is seen as a benefit to society and democratic principles. Many organizations are actively dedicating resources to improving citizen journalism, including the venture capital-backed AllVoices, three organizations (Global Voices, Internews and startup Small World News), and the U.S. State Department. Internews, Small World News and the U.S. State Department provide various training programs, grants and technical resources to citizen journalists. For example, Small World News, which focuses on conflict and post-conflict situations, is in Benghazi training Libyans to report stories using ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/blackberry-maker-slashes-forecast-shares-tumble-reuters/ blackberry-maker-slashes-forecast-shares-tumble-reuters Fri, 17 Jun 2011 11:01:28 +0300 TORONTO (Reuters) – Research In Motion's quarterly profit dropped and revenue missed its own limp forecast, forcing the BlackBerry maker to slash its outlook and sending its shares down 15 percent on Thursday. Facing intense pressure from Apple and Google in the smartphone market, RIM also warned that its latest models would not hit U.S. stores until well into the valuable back-to-school shopping season. The delay will likely add to the disappointment felt by investors after RIM's botched launch of its PlayBook tablet computer this spring. "The company is going into the abyss of a transition, and even if they get a new model, it's a new model on the old platform," said BGC Partners analyst Colin Gillis, one of many who has criticized RIM's product development pipeline. RIM has promised smartphones next year running on its new QNX platform, now featured in the PlayBook, but only after it releases a series of devices with an upgraded version of the current operating system. But even those upgrades to its Bold business workhorse, new Torch and Storm models won't go on sale until late August, RIM said on Thursday. That delay pushed RIM to forecast shipments of between 11 million and 12.5 million smartphones in the current quarter, sharply lower than the more than 14 million eyed by analysts. RIM shipped 13.2 million BlackBerrys in the three months to May 28, missing its own estimate. It shipped 500,000 PlayBook tablets in the six weeks after its April launch, exceeding the average analyst forecast of 366,000. Even so, the number represents a small ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/mobile-phone-security-what-are-the-risks/ mobile-phone-security-what-are-the-risks Fri, 17 Jun 2011 15:02:54 +0300 Editor's note: Amy Gahran writes about mobile tech for CNN.com. She is a San Francisco Bay Area writer and media consultant whose blog, Contentious.com, explores how people communicate in the online age. (CNN) -- The more people rely on cell phones and tablets, the more attractive these devices become as targets to thieves and other nefarious types. Fortunately, protecting yourself against mobile security risks doesn't require getting paranoid about your phone. Rather, it's about maintaining good habits, watching for red flags and deciding whether you need mobile security tools or services. At a recent mobile security conference in San Francisco, staffers from digital security provider Norton outlined some common current mobile threats: Malware This is an app contaminated with malicious code that makes your phone do things it shouldn't -- such as steal your personal data. While no smartphone platform is immune from malware, so far Android apps appear to present the greatest malware risk. This is because of the openness of this platform and Google's Android market. This week, The Register reported on the latest rash of Android malware and noted that Google has admitted that "more than 90 percent of Android users are running older versions of the mobile operating system that contain serious kernel vulnerabilities. That gives attackers an easy way to bypass Android's security sandbox, which is supposed to limit the data and resources each app is allowed to access." At the Norton conference, a presenter demonstrated how quick and easy it is to "trojanize" an Android app. He downloaded an existing legitimate app from the ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/starting-a-revolution-with-technology/ starting-a-revolution-with-technology Fri, 17 Jun 2011 16:32:50 +0300 CNN correspondent Amber Lyon traveled to Tunisia, Egypt and Bahrain to interview some of the young Internet activists who have fueled the recent revolutions and protests there. The result, the hourlong documentary "iRevolution: Online Warriors of the Arab Spring," premieres Sunday, June 19, 8 p.m. ET & PT. It will re-air Saturday, June 25, at 8 p.m. and 11p.m. (CNN) -- Political revolutions in Egypt and Tunisia not only inspired other regional uprisings -- they sparked a flurry of ideas about how to help revolutionaries better communicate when their governments pull the plug on the World Wide Web. Shervin Pishevar, founder of Social Gaming Network (SGN), has a plan to give freedom-seeking individuals the ability to link up and form their own life raft to "make what no government can ever block." "I want to use technology to bring freedom to the Mideast," says Pishevar, one of 10 members of Ted Turner's U.N. Foundation's Global Entrepreneurs Council. And Pishevar's latest startup, OpenMesh, would do just that. OpenMesh involves the use of ad hoc wireless mesh network technology that mimics the survival instincts of fire ants: A single fire ant will drown in a pool of water. But if they link together, the ants can form a living raft and survive. Routers and mesh network-enabled laptops can link together to form a network enabling individuals to send messages along these linked "nodes" to create a local system that allows individuals within a group to communicate. If one individual within the mesh network is able to connect ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/poor-rim-earnings-fall-short-4g-blackberry-playbook-delayed-digital-trends/ poor-rim-earnings-fall-short-4g-blackberry-playbook-delayed-digital-trends Fri, 17 Jun 2011 18:31:37 +0300 Everything seems to be going badly for Research In Motion. To kick off the season of suckitude, the company on Thursday reported its first quarter earnings  – $4.9 billion in revenue and $695 million in profit. That may not sound bad. But it’s actually worse than even the already-lowered analyst forecasts for the company. RIM says that it expects the downward spiral to continue into the second quarter, which will result in even worse earning projections for the rest of the year and, in turn, an unspecified number of layoffs to save costs. The loss in business is generally believed to be the result of marginalization by Apple’s iPhone and handsets running Google’s Android mobile operating system. RIM also reported that it has sold about 500,000 BlackBerry PlayBook tablets, which launched on April 19, in the first quarter of this year. Unfortunately, the company also pushed back the release of its 4G-enabled PlayBook models for LTE, WiMAX and HSPA+ networks from summer until fall of this year. RIM said that it also sold 13.2 million phones in the first quarter, but reported that release of the BlackBerry Bold 9900 and 9930 would be delayed until the end of August. On top of all this, RIM chief operations officer Don Morrison is reportedly leaving the company until the fall due to medical reasons. While this really isn’t that big of a deal, it doesn’t exactly look good for the company, especially when everything else has gone pear shaped. It also intensifies the pressure on RIM’s co-CEOs Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie, who ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/tech-check-google-with-a-picture-lulzsec-hackers/ tech-check-google-with-a-picture-lulzsec-hackers Fri, 17 Jun 2011 18:33:08 +0300 (CNN) -- On this week's Tech Check podcast, writers Doug Gross, Stephanie Goldberg and Mark Milian break down Mark's visit toGoogle's Inside Search event, where they rolled out new apps that let users search by voice on their desktops and even search using a photo. Also, we take a look at the mysterious and merry band of hackers, LulzSec, who added the CIA website to its list of high-profile hacks and attacks (and promised more were to come). The Reader Comments of the Week come from our Netiquette column on mobile apps designed to help socially awkward people. (Or maybe those who have just had one frozen margarita too many to think of a clever pickup line). And the Tech Fail of the Week is a double shot this week. Make that a triple shot. We damn "Duke Nuke'em Forever," the video game that took 14 years to be released, only to flop with critics, and the PR firm that threatened to refuse future review copies of games to writers who reviewed it harshly. And we couldn't sign off without a parting shot for Rep. Anthony Weiner, who was still maintaining that his Twitter account had been hacked the last time we talked about him. To listen, click on the audio box to the left. To subscribe, you can find the Tech Check RSS feed here or subscribe on iTunes. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/lulzsec-explains-itself-sort-of-the-atlantic-wire/ lulzsec-explains-itself-sort-of-the-atlantic-wire Fri, 17 Jun 2011 19:31:37 +0300 To mark their thousandth tweet, the prank-happy hackers at Lulz Security have posted a manifsto of sorts on Pastebin. Normally, we would give you a brief background on the group, but theirs is funnier:  For the past month and a bit, we've been causing mayhem and chaos throughout the Internet, attacking several targets including PBS, Sony, Fox, porn websites, FBI, CIA, the U.S. government, Sony some more, online gaming servers (by request of callers, not by our own choice), Sony again, and of course our good friend Sony. Do you think every hacker announces everything they've hacked? We certainly haven't, and we're damn sure others are playing the silent game. Do you feel safe with your Facebook accounts, your Google Mail accounts, your Skype accounts? What makes you think a hacker isn't silently sitting inside all of these right now, sniping out individual people, or perhaps selling them off? You are a peon to these people. A toy. A string of characters with a value.   This is what you should be fearful of, not us releasing things publicly, but the fact that someone hasn't released something publicly. We're sitting on 200,000 Brink users right now that we never gave out. It might make you feel safe knowing we told you, so that Brink users may change their passwords. What if we hadn't told you? No one would be aware of this theft, and we'd have a fresh 200,000 peons to abuse, completely unaware of a breach. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/jk-rowling-previews-mysterious-39pottermore39-site/ jk-rowling-previews-mysterious-39pottermore39-site Fri, 17 Jun 2011 19:33:20 +0300 (CNN) -- Harry Potter fans, already an excitable bunch, are in a tizzy over a mysterious new website from series creator J.K. Rowling that hints at future Harry Potter-related content. The site, Pottermore.com, launched Thursday with a single teaser page depicting two owls against a dark pink background and the words "Coming soon ..." above Rowling's signature. Clicking either owl takes visitors to Rowling's YouTube channel, where a video screen counts down the days, hours, minutes and seconds until a Rowling "announcement" -- set for 7 a.m. ET Wednesday. There's also a new Pottermore Twitter account, which as of Friday had posted only two tweets: one linking to the YouTube page and another mentioning a Google Maps-powered puzzle game that revealed the letters "POTTERMORE." Blogs and Twitter are full of fans hyperventilating about what it all means. "!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This Is like the most exciting thing that's happened in a realy long time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I've been freaking out and running around the house screaming :)" posted one user on MuggleNet, a Harry Potter fan site. Guesses range from an online game to a digital comic book to a virtual Harry Potter encyclopedia to a new promotional effort for the final movie in the franchise, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2," which hits theaters July 15. What it probably doesn't mean, however, is a new Harry Potter book. A representative for Rowling told UK newspaper The Guardian on Thursday, "All we can say is that Pottermore is the name of J.K. Rowling's new project. It will be announced soon, and it is ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/brands-approach-with-internet-name-shake-up-reuters/ brands-approach-with-internet-name-shake-up-reuters Fri, 17 Jun 2011 20:01:22 +0300 LONDON (Reuters) – Brand owners will soon be able to operate their own parts of the Web -- such as .apple, .coke or .marlboro -- if the biggest shake-up yet in how Internet domains are awarded is approved. After years of preparation and wrangling, ICANN, the body that coordinates Internet names, is expected to approve the move at a special board meeting in Singapore on Monday. Today, just 22 generic top-level domains (gTLDs) exist -- .com, .org and .info are a few examples -- plus about 250 country-level domains like .uk or .cn. After the change, several hundred new gTLDs are expected to come into existence. The move is seen as a big opportunity for brands to gain more control over their online presence and send visitors more directly to parts of their sites -- and a danger for those who fail to take advantage. It will also change the way search engines like Google find results, and the way organizations use search-engine optimization to improve the visibility of their websites in search results. "As a big brand, you ignore it at your peril," says Theo Hnarakis, chief executive of Australian domain name-registration firm Melbourne IT DBS, which advises companies and other organizations worldwide about how to do business online. "We're advising people to buy their brands, park them and redirect visitors to their existing site, at the very least," says Hnarakis, whose more than 3,500 customers include Volvo, Lego and GlaxoSmithKline. If the change is approved on Monday, applications are likely to open in January for a 90-day period before closing ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/oracle-seeking-billions-from-google-over-java-infringement-digital-trends/ oracle-seeking-billions-from-google-over-java-infringement-digital-trends Fri, 17 Jun 2011 20:31:26 +0300 Last August, Oracle filed suit against Google claiming the company’s Android operating system infringed on Java patents and copyright. This week, for the first time, Oracle has started to lay out the amount of damages it is seeking in the case—and according to a court filing this week, the amount is in “the billions of dollars.” Google’s Android operating system includes the Dalvik virtual machine, a Java-compatible system that was developed independently of Sun’s Java virtual machine—both enable computers to run Java software. Oracle acquired Sun Microsystems in 2009, and is now pursuing Google for infringement, claiming the Dalvik VM infringes on patents the company acquired along with Sun. Oracle also alleges Google was fully aware of the Sun patents, and even hired some of Sun’s Java engineers. In a letter to the court earlier this month, Google characterizes Oracle’s damages claims as inflated and inaccurate, since Google believes they are based on legal errors. According to Reuters, Google described Oracle’s claim of billions in damages as “unreliable and results-oriented.” In an unusual move for a company that prides itself on transparency, Google asked the court to keep particular details of Oracles’ damages claim private; however, the judge in the case has ordered Google to publicly reveal information on damages for the record today. The amount of damages being sought in the case can be significant: if a potential judgment in the billions of dollars is hovering over the future of Android, it may dissuade developers and hardware makers from continuing to embrace the platform since, if Google is ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/rim-imploding-blackberry-starting-to-spoil-contributornetwork/ rim-imploding-blackberry-starting-to-spoil-contributornetwork Fri, 17 Jun 2011 20:31:27 +0300 Obviously, Research In Motion isn't dead yet. But with the company's profits tanking, and "streamlining" (read: layoffs) in the works, what's happened to the once-beloved BlackBerry maker? It'd be easy to say that RIM simply didn't catch on, when the world shifted to favoring iPhone-style devices. But the actual situation is more complicated -- and, unfortunately, more depressing -- than that. BlackBerry profit margins slipping Mark Hachman of PC Magazine reports that RIM's profits have slipped from last year's total of $934 million, to only $695 million this year. But in that same time period, RIM's revenue actually went up, from $4.24 billion to $4.9 billion. Why is that? Apparently, the BlackBerry's average selling price is going down. It dropped by more that 10 percent in just the past 90 days. And this is a long-term trend: The Mobile Opportunity blog explains (in more detail than you probably care to read) how the BlackBerry market is saturated, and RIM is having to cut costs in order to sell more BlackBerries. Worse, most of those BlackBerries are being sold to current BlackBerry owners, and not new BlackBerry subscribers. BlackBerry product quality not up to par Can't RIM just make its BlackBerry smartphones better? That's the $4.9 billion question, isn't it? Unfortunately, so far its efforts haven't panned out. Both of the recent touch screen BlackBerries, the Storm and the Torch, were widely panned by reviewers. Meanwhile, the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet can't even use email without a BlackBerry smartphone connected to it, and it missed analysts' sales projections by more ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/rim-down-over-20-percent-on-wall-street-afp/ rim-down-over-20-percent-on-wall-street-afp Fri, 17 Jun 2011 20:31:29 +0300 NEW YORK (AFP) – Shares in Research in Motion fell sharply on Wall Street on Friday after the BlackBerry maker lowered its outlook for the year and said it would be cutting jobs. RIM was down 22.62 percent, or $7.99, to $27.34 around mid-day. Shares in the Waterloo, Ontario-based RIM have lost around 50 percent of their value since the beginning of the year. Friday's drop came a day after RIM said it expected earnings per share for fiscal 2012 to be between $5.25 and $6.00, sharply less than the $7.50 forecast previously. RIM, which is facing increased competition from Apple's iPhone and mobile phones running Google's Android software, also announced Thursday it would be cutting jobs this quarter as part of a plan to "streamline operations." It did not say how many jobs would be eliminated. The Canadian handset maker posted a net profit of $695 million, or $1.33 per share, in the first quarter of its 2012 fiscal year, compared with $769 million, or $1.38 per share, a year ago. Revenue grew 16 percent to $4.9 billion, short of the $5.1 billion expected by Wall Street analysts. RIM said it shipped 13.2 million BlackBerry smartphones during the quarter, down from 14.9 million last quarter, and 500,000 of its new BlackBerry Playbook tablet computers, RIM's answer to Apple's iPad. "Fiscal 2012 has gotten off to a challenging start," RIM co-chief executive Jim Balsillie said in a statement. "The slowdown we saw in the first quarter is continuing into the second quarter, and delays in new product introductions into the very late part of August ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/report-google-nexus-4g-specs-boast-39monster-sized-screen39-android-40-pc-magazine/ report-google-nexus-4g-specs-boast-39monster-sized-screen39-android-40-pc-magazine Fri, 17 Jun 2011 21:01:39 +0300 Boy Genius Report has unearthed some possible specs for what looks like a button-less, dual-core, super-thin Google Nexus 4G smartphone featuring Android's upcoming OS build, Android 4.0, dubbed Ice Cream Sandwich. If true, the phone's most remarkable feature is probably its "monster-sized" screen, which reportedly has 720p HD resolution but lacks the usual Android menu buttons below the screen. The device will be powered by a dual-core 1.2-GHz or 1.5-GHz CPU or Qualcomm's next-generation "Krait" chips, BGR said. It's also supposed to run on 4G LTE, feature 1080p HD video capture and playback, 1-megapixel front-facing and 5-megapixel rear-facing cameras, and 1GB of RAM. It's "going to be an absolute beast," writes BGR's Jonathan Geller, speaking to developers, the Nexus line's biggest fan base. However, and perhaps we're being oversensitive, it should be noted that Geller has peppered his post with unusually conservative phrases like "most likely" and "said to be" and "also possible." Geller also warned that this may just be a reference phone for Ice Cream Sandwich that will be manufactured by another company, such as Motorola's Droid and Motorola's Xoom did for Android 2.0 and 3.0, which both launched on Verizon. Geller's source didn't name a carrier, which led him to believe that this will be AT&T's debut phone for its upcoming LTE network, despite AT&T's long-term relationship with the iPhone. Verizon runs the only commercial LTE network, but if this is a pure Nexus phone it'd be surprising if Google went with Verizon given the failed Nexus One tie-up. Furthermore, an AT&T Nexus phone would be ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/firefox-5-rc-updates-version-number-and-little-else-pc-magazine/ firefox-5-rc-updates-version-number-and-little-else-pc-magazine Fri, 17 Jun 2011 21:01:41 +0300 Over the past seven years, we've come to expect Firefox Web browser releases to bring major new interface changes, improved performance, and browsing tools. But since Mozilla decided to follow Google's frequent release strategy, we'll have to temper our expectations for new Firefox releases. Version 5 of Mozilla's volunteer-crafted browser software brings a lot of fixes, but pretty much zilch when it comes to interface advancements or new user tools. In the new schedule, any new features that don't make a cut-off date are excised from the version, and judging by version 5, this rigid release plan will result in some less than sensational new version numbers. The one "new" feature users may notice is that the browser's "Do Not Track" setting is more visible at the top of the Privacy tab on the Options dialog. Under the hood, Firefox 5 adds support for a few new Web technologies, most notably for CSS animations, which let Web designers create effects like having text slide across the window, using keyframes. Mozilla also claims improved standards support for HTML5, XHR, MathML, SMIL, and canvas, but on the HTML5test.com measure of HTML5 support, Firefox 5 does no better than version 4 (see slideshow above), with a score of 240 out of 400 points, compared with Google Chrome's score of 291. A recently noted security threat is addressed in version 5, too. A researcher at the Context Information Security consulting firm issued a warning last month that WebGL, a 3D graphics technology for the Web, introduces some serious vulnerabilities. Microsoft ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/report-spotify-us-launch-is-imminent-pc-magazine/ report-spotify-us-launch-is-imminent-pc-magazine Fri, 17 Jun 2011 21:01:56 +0300 Things seem to be lining up for Spotify. According to a reports, a U.S. launch is imminent. "We're signing the remaining deals as I speak," Jonathan Forster, Spotify's general manager of Europe and global vice president of ad sales, said during an appearance at the Omnicom conference in London. A U.S. version, however, "won't launch before July 5," he said. In recent months, there have been reports about Spotify signing deals with U.S. labels, including Universal and Sony, leaving Warner Music Group as the final holdout. As All Things D's Peter Kafka notes, Spotify also recently finalized a huge funding round that values the company at about $1 billion, including about $100 million from DST, Kleiner Perkins, and Accel. Last year, PCMag crowned Spotify the best music service you can't have; it's currently available in Sweden, Norway, Finland, the UK, France, Spain, and the Netherlands. It offers both a paid and a free option; users can listen to a set amount of music every month on the gratis ad-supported version, and paid users can listen to as much music as they want. Prices for the unlimited service in the U.S. haven't been revealed, but if competitors like Rhapsody are any indication, Spotify would probably charge about $10 per month. Music label deals have been the major impediment to Spotify launching here in the states. But as Kafka notes, the online music game has changed in recent months. Google and Amazon have announced their own cloud locker services, and Apple just announced iCloud, a service that will store your content ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/oracle-cere-google-daune-de-miliarde-de-dolari-pentru-patente-legate-de-segmentul-smartphone-urilor/ oracle-cere-google-daune-de-miliarde-de-dolari-pentru-patente-legate-de-segmentul-smartphone-urilor Fri, 17 Jun 2011 21:03:35 +0300 Grupul IT Oracle vrea daune de miliarde de dolari de la Google într-un proces asupra unor patente legate de segmentul smartphone-urilor. Documentul depus la tribunal este prima menţiune publică a valorii despăgubirilor vizate de Oracle. Oracle a deschis procesul împotriva Google anul trecut şi a acuzat că tehnologia Android, folosită de Google pentru sisteme de operare îi încalcă patentele pentru limbajul de programare Java. Unii analişti consideră disputa un semn al intensificării rivalităţii între cele două companii. Cazul face parte, de asemenea, dintr-o serie mai largă de litigii între producătorii de telefoane mobile şi firmele de software privind proprietatea asupra patentelor folosite pentru smartphone-uri şi tablete. În lipsa unei înţelegeri, procesul dintre Oracle şi Google ar urma să înceapă până în noiembrie. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/oracle-vrea-de-la-google-despagubiri-de-cateva-miliarde-de-dolari-motivand-ca-au-fost-incalcate-brevete-legate-de-tehnologia-java/ oracle-vrea-de-la-google-despagubiri-de-cateva-miliarde-de-dolari-motivand-ca-au-fost-incalcate-brevete-legate-de-tehnologia-java Fri, 17 Jun 2011 21:03:54 +0300 ​Oracle cere despagubiri de ordinul miliardelor de dolari de la Google pe care a chemat-o in instanta vara trecuta pe motiv ca ar fi incalcat o serie de patente tehnologice pe care Oracle le-a obtinut prin achizitia Sun MicroSystems, scrie PCPro. Plangerea e legata de sistemul de operare Google Android prezent pe zeci de milioane de smartphone-uri, insa Google spune ca Oracle a facut calcule eronate, iar suma este "umflata".In plangerea depusa anul trecut la un tribunal federal californian Oracle acuza Google ca la dezvoltarea Android a incalcat cu buna stiinta drepturile de proprietate intelectuala, insa nu se stia valoarea daunelor materiale solicitate. Google s-a opus publicarea unei cifre exacte, insa Oracle a tinut sa mentioneze ca cere cateva miliarde dolari, fara a comunica exact cat.Google spune ca Oracle a calculat intr-un mod eronat valoarea daunelor si adauga ca suma solicitata este mult umflata.Tehnologia Java a fost dezvoltata de Sun Microsystems, compania care a fost achizitionata la inceputul lui 2010 de Oracle, pentru 7,4 miliarde dolari. Si patentele Sun au trecut in proprietatea Oracle care acuza acum Google ca foloseste Java fara a fi primit permisiunea sa utilizeze aceasta tehnologie.Ramane de vazut ce va decide justitia intr-un moment in care zilnic se vand circa 400.000 de telefoane ce utilizeaza sistemul Android.E de asteptat ca justitia sa se proonunte in noiembrie. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-lanseaza-un-serviciu-de-management-al-reputatiei-online/ google-lanseaza-un-serviciu-de-management-al-reputatiei-online Fri, 17 Jun 2011 21:04:18 +0300 Utilizatorii isi vor putea controla mai simplu reputatia pe internet multumita unui nou serviciu oferit de Google. Functia "Me on the web" (Eu pe Internet) este integrata in profilul Google al fiecarui utilizator si permite setarea de alerte atunci cand un set de cuvinte cheie, cum ar fi numele sau adresa de email, sunt postate undeva pe internet. Citeste si comenteaza pe StyleReport.ro http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/tableta-antiglont-panasonic-toughbook-cu-google-android/ tableta-antiglont-panasonic-toughbook-cu-google-android Fri, 17 Jun 2011 21:04:18 +0300 ​Panasonic a anunțat joi prima tabletă din seria Toughbook bazată pe sistemul de operare Google Android. Noul gadget va fi destinat celor care lucrează în medii solicitante și periculoase și va fi rezistentă la apă, căderi puternice și vibrații intense. Tableta va avea o diagonală de 10,1 inci și va rula o variantă nespecificată de Google Android, care pare a fi 2.X din câte se poate vedea în fotografiile puse la dispoziție de producator. Citeste si comenteaza pe StyleReport.ro http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/put-a-cork-in-the-internet-bubble-talk-for-now-ap/ put-a-cork-in-the-internet-bubble-talk-for-now-ap Fri, 17 Jun 2011 23:01:22 +0300 SAN FRANCISCO – It's starting to feel like a 1999 flashback. A slew of Internet companies — some of them profitable, some not — sense a golden opportunity and are lining up to go public this year. But here's something to keep in mind as the latest case of Internet fever grips Wall Street: It's still nowhere close to the giddy days of the dot-com boom, when investors bought stocks as impulsively as lottery tickets. Technology stocks today are the cheapest in more than nine years, at least judging by one benchmark for appraising companies. This year could yield the most initial public offerings of technology stocks since 2000. But the venture capitalists who bankroll high-tech startups aren't pouring money into the Internet like they once did. And even rapidly growing Internet companies LinkedIn Corp. and Pandora Media Inc. have lost some of their luster after dazzling investors when they went public in recent weeks. All those factors signal that cooler heads are prevailing, especially with the global economy on shaky ground. So far this year, 28 of the 74 IPOs completed in the U.S. have been by technology companies, according to IPO investment advisory firm Renaissance Capital. If, as expected, another 31 tech IPOs are completed by the end this year, it will be the most from the sector since 2000. The growing enthusiasm for Internet services reflects how far the Internet has come since the dot-com boom. An estimated 2 billion people worldwide have Web access now, about eight times as many as in 2000. High-speed Internet connections ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/spotify-finally-making-us-debut-digital-trends/ spotify-finally-making-us-debut-digital-trends Fri, 17 Jun 2011 23:31:52 +0300 Spotify is starting to look like the boy who cried wolf. After trying to introduce a US version for two years, and despite the months of “imminent US launch” whispers we’ve endured, it once again sounds like Spotify is about to arrive stateside. As usual, there is some pretty solid evidence to back this up: AllThingsD reports that the European music streaming phenom has just closed a $100 million round of fundraising (raising its valuation to approximately $1 billion) and is in talks with yet another big US record label, Warner Music Group. Capping that off is Spotify exec Jonathon Forster’s confirmation. “We’re signing the remaining deals as I speak. We won’t launch before July 5,” Forster said at an Omnicom conference in London earlier this week according to Silicon Valley Watcher. Spotify has already struck agreements with Universal Music Group, Sony, and EMI Music Group. Getting its ducks in a row prior to an official launch has its benefits and consequences: Introducing a music streaming service without the advised prerequisite label support has proven to be a risky move, one that at the very least gets skeptics raising an eyebrow and the music industry turning a cold shoulder (right Google and Amazon?). The consequence is that the longer Spotify is absent, the more time consumers have to acclimate to their current subscription music model of choice. There’s no shortage of options: Rdio, Mog, Slacker, Pandora, Rhapsody, and Sony Music Unlimited are just a few of the label-supported services out there. And Google Music, Amazon Cloud Player, ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/new-nexus-phone-from-google-could-offer-lte-newsfactor/ new-nexus-phone-from-google-could-offer-lte-newsfactor Sat, 18 Jun 2011 00:31:29 +0300 Google's latest attempt at its own branded hardware may be in the pipeline, and this time the device may be part of the vanguard of LTE devices. A report said the latest Nexus phone is likely to be 4G LTE compatible, but didn't specify a carrier or a manufacturer. The phone, possibly called Nexus 4G, will have a "monster-size" (though unspecified) touchscreen with no mechanical buttons, a 720p high-definition display, and run Google's next Android update, 4.0, code-named Ice Cream Sandwich, according to information obtained by Boy Genius Report. Inside, the device is said to pack a dual-core 1.2- or 1.5-gigahertz Snapdragon processor with Qualcomm-designed Krait chips. Other leaked specs include a one-megapixel front camera and a five-megapixel rear camera as well as 1080p high-definition video capture and playback, the report said. If at First You Don't Succeed ... Attempt number one at a Google phone was the low-selling flagship Nexus One, with a 3.7-inch display, made by HTC and sold only via Google's online store beginning in March 2010 for $529 or subsidized via T-Mobile and AT&T. When the experiment went awry, Google shut the online store and offered the Nexus One through retail stores and to developers for use in making Android applications. Making matters worse, Apple sued HTC over the design of the phone, saying it infringed Apple's patents . The Nexus S, made by Samsung, also with a 3.7-inch display, came next in December after premiering at the Web 2.0 summit. Versions are now available via T-Mobile and Sprint. Spearheading AT&T's LTE? Boy Genius said the LTE Nexus ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/chrome-firefox-browsers-to-get-tighter-pdf-integration-newsfactor/ chrome-firefox-browsers-to-get-tighter-pdf-integration-newsfactor Sat, 18 Jun 2011 00:31:32 +0300 Browser developers at Google and Mozilla are working on new ways to more tightly integrate PDF capabilities. Google was the first browser maker to integrate a PDF reader in Chrome instead of a plug-in vulnerable to hacker attacks. Now Chrome developers have taken the next step. A new print-preview function in Chrome 13 beta lets web surfers convert any web page into a PDF file. Users on a Wi-Fi-only notebook, media tablet, or PDF-compatible e-reader should find this capability useful because web content can now be stored as PDF files for later reading where hot-spot access is unavailable. "Print preview uses Chrome's built-in PDF viewer to display the page you want to print, and it updates automatically as you adjust your print settings," noted Google software engineer Chris Bentzel. "You can also choose to save any web page as a PDF file, using the 'Print to PDF' option that's automatically included in the printer list." From Web To PDF Using print preview is a straightforward process. Users encountering a web page they wish to print can click on the tool icon in the upper right corner of the Chrome 13 browser to select the print menu option. Print preview automatically appears in a separate window that shows users what the web page currently being viewed will look like when printed. The Print To PDF option is among the available selections in the drop-down menu next to the word "destination." Users can even specify a single page or pages of content to be printed from among those displayed in ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/apple-broadens-legal-complaint-against-samsung-newsfactor/ apple-broadens-legal-complaint-against-samsung-newsfactor Sat, 18 Jun 2011 00:31:40 +0300 With more than $70 billion in cash, Apple could buy out struggling Research In Motion, Nokia, Motorola and HTC. But for now the iPhone maker is setting its sights on putting the kibosh on Samsung's mobile-phone designs. Apple on Thursday amended the complaint it filed against Samsung in April. Apple still maintains that the mobile-device maker is using too many Apple ideas in its products. But Apple has found something more to beef about. In April, Apple flat-out accused Samsung of stealing ideas from the iPad and the iPhone. Apple filed suit in U.S. District Court in Northern California alleging Samsung trespassed on its patents and its trademark with the Galaxy product line, which includes the Galaxy S smartphone and the Galaxy Tab tablet. More Devices, More Infringements Now Apple is adding more trespasses to the list, focusing on Samsung's Nexus 4G, Sidekick, Galaxy Tab 10.1, Droid Charge, and eight other devices. In all, Apple said 15 of Samsung's devices "slavishly" copy the iPhone and iPad. Apple added three new violated patents to the suit, including a touchscreen-related patent, a UI-related patent, and a multi-touch hardware patent. Apple is also accusing Samsung of unfair competition. The iPad maker seeks injunctions as well as actual and punitive damages against its one-time ally. Apple also wants the court to rule that the alleged infringement was willful. Samsung hasn't responded to the latest accusations, but previously said it would "respond actively to this legal action taken against us through appropriate legal measures to protect our intellectual property." Earlier this week, Apple settled a patent ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/jk-rowling-previews-cryptic-39pottermore39-site/ jk-rowling-previews-cryptic-39pottermore39-site Sat, 18 Jun 2011 00:32:52 +0300 (CNN) -- Harry Potter fans, already an excitable bunch, are in a tizzy over a mysterious new website from series creator J.K. Rowling that hints at future Harry Potter-related content. The site, Pottermore.com, launched Thursday with a single teaser page depicting two owls against a dark pink background and the words "Coming soon ..." above Rowling's signature. Clicking either owl takes visitors to Rowling's YouTube channel, where a video screen counts down the days, hours, minutes and seconds until a Rowling "announcement" -- set for 7 a.m. ET Wednesday. There's also a new Pottermore Twitter account, which as of Friday morning had posted only two tweets: one linking to the YouTube page and another mentioning a Google Maps-powered puzzle game that revealed the letters "POTTERMORE." Blogs and Twitter are full of fans hyperventilating about what it all means. "!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This Is like the most exciting thing that's happened in a realy long time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I've been freaking out and running around the house screaming :)" posted one user on MuggleNet, a Harry Potter fan site. Guesses range from an online game to a digital comic book to a virtual Harry Potter encyclopedia to a new promotional effort for the final movie in the franchise, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2," which hits theaters July 15. What it probably doesn't mean, however, is a new Harry Potter book. A representative for Rowling told UK newspaper The Guardian on Thursday, "All we can say is that Pottermore is the name of J.K. Rowling's new project. It will be announced soon, and it ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/are-search-engines-a-spys-best-friend-yahoo-news/ are-search-engines-a-spys-best-friend-yahoo-news Sat, 18 Jun 2011 01:01:22 +0300 A team of researchers at the Warsaw University of Technology have uncovered a way that spies (yes, actual spies) can communicate with one another using search engines like Yahoo and Google. And we're not talking about sending email messages back and forth; this method uses the search autocomplete feature, and is much more covert. According to Wojciech Mazurczyk, who heads the team, the random search options that appear as you type in your query could very well be used for nefarious purposes. Search engines often employ complex autocompletion algorithms to suggest possible queries before you've completed your typing. For example, when searching for "Tecca," the "T" prompts things like "Target" and "Twitter" to pop up. Adding the letter "e" changes the suggestions to things like "Tetris" and "Texas," and so on. Using a special malware program installed on a user's computer, the researchers were able to remotely modify what appears on these autocompletion lists to include additional words that wouldn't normally show up. The "spy" can then compile these words and convert them into numbered sequences in order to decode the message being sent. It's a complicated and somewhat time-consuming chore, but it would allow covert communications even in if the user's computer is being monitored. Unfortunately for the spies, the research team believes that the amount of data being modified would set off a few bells and whistles, ultimately putting the authorities hot on your trail. (Source) More from Tecca: Watch a hummingbird-shaped spy drone flutter around, steal your secrets 7 spytastic images of the new Wikileaks website data storage ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/microsoft-gets-antitrust-approval-to-buy-skype-reuters/ microsoft-gets-antitrust-approval-to-buy-skype-reuters Sat, 18 Jun 2011 01:01:30 +0300 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Microsoft has won U.S. antitrust approval to buy the Internet phone service Skype, the Federal Trade Commission said in a website posting on Friday. Microsoft announced in May it was buying Skype for $8.5 billion, its biggest-ever acquisition, placing a rich bet on mobile and the Internet to try and best rivals such as Google Inc. The approval was announced in a listing of deal approvals that comes out several times a week. Microsoft's interest in the money-losing, but popular service highlights a need to gain new customers for its Windows and Office software. Skype has 145 million users on average each month and has gained favor among small businesses. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/justice-to-review-google-deal-investor39s-business-daily/ justice-to-review-google-deal-investor39s-business-daily Sat, 18 Jun 2011 04:31:38 +0300 The search leader's $400 mil deal to buy display ad firm AdMeld will get an antitrust review from the Justice Dept., according to published reports. The FTC reviewed past Google (NASDAQ:GOOG - News) buys, including its takeovers of AdMob and DoubleClick. The FTC also reportedly plans to launch an antitrust review into Google's search-market dominance. AdMeld allows publishers to instantly sell display ads that follow Web users as they move from site to site. It fell 3%. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/spam-storm-clogs-the-kindle-self-publishing-platform-digital-trends/ spam-storm-clogs-the-kindle-self-publishing-platform-digital-trends Sat, 18 Jun 2011 07:01:23 +0300 The Kindle’s ebook store has become a new outlet for self-publishing spammers in the past few months, forcing users to wade through a growing number of low-value, subpar content to get to the titles they want. This recent trend may be damaging to Amazon’s push into self-publishing and may even dig into the Kindle’s reputation, hurting the 10 percent of business Citigroup analysts say the product will account for in 2012. Spammers are exploiting something known as PLR content, or Private Label Rights. Though there is potential for this work to be of high quality, PLR allows someone to grab informational content for free or for very cheap on the internet and reformat it as a digital book. The form of PLR these spammers use tends to be poorly written, generic and lets them put anyone’s name on it, slap a catchy title and churn it out for 99 cents. Amazon then pays out 30 to 70 percent of the revenue. Sometimes these ebooks will just be stolen content from actual work. Reuters points out a case concerning a New Zealander and her debut historical novel which she found being sold on the platform under a different author’s name. The case was resolved by Amazon’s British team, but it points to a larger issue. Reuters cited Internet marketer Paul Wolfe, who explained that the common tactic involves copying an bestselling ebook and repackaging it with a new title and cover. The problem has not been hitting Google eBooks or Barnes & Noble’s Nook so far, but ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/5-tips-for-transitioning-from-college-to-startup-life-mashable/ 5-tips-for-transitioning-from-college-to-startup-life-mashable Sat, 18 Jun 2011 10:31:20 +0300 Elliott Spelman is an intern at WePay which allows you to collect payments online without the hassle. You can contact him at elliott.spelman@wepay.com. Four years and three internships later, I’m a graduate of USC. Like a lot of people my age, I’ve become pretty comfortable with the fact that I don’t really know what I want to do in life. Every graduation speaker I’ve ever listened to, from Steve Ballmer to Mr. Gowen, my elementary school gym teacher, has urged the same advice: Do what you’re passionate about. [More from Mashable: #Nerdbird: Virgin America’s Newest Plane Is a Twitter Hashtag] For people in my position, though, there seems to be a choice between doing a job you love and doing a job that’s available to you. We’re left with the question: If doing something rewarding is the ultimate goal, what if it takes some time to figure it out? Just because I'm not on a prescribed career path doesn’t mean I’m not interested in anything. On the contrary, actually. My college resume is a veritable potpourri of potential professions. All three of my college internships were tied to personal interests (non-profits, travel, music). I majored in economics and creative writing. I pledged a fraternity and worked for the geography department one summer. And now I’m feeding my interests again, picking a summer internship at a tech startup in Silicon Valley over other full-time job offers. [More from Mashable: Sequins & Social Media: Lady Gaga to Wear Dress Featuring Faces of Followers] People ask me all the time, with genuine concern in ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/spotify-scores-100m-in-funding-will-launch-this-summer-in-us-report-mashable/ spotify-scores-100m-in-funding-will-launch-this-summer-in-us-report-mashable Sat, 18 Jun 2011 10:31:42 +0300 For months, we've been hearing rumors that Spotify had raised $100 million in funding from DST, Kleiner Perkins and Accel. Now it seems that round has finally closed, giving the music subscription service a $1 billion valuation. All Things Digital is reporting that with this influx of cash, the service can likely launch in the U.S. this summer. Spotify already reportedly signed licensing deals with UMG, EMI and Sony, and is in talks with Warner Music Group. [More from Mashable: Interactive Music Video Lets You Share Your Tears] "We're signing the remaining deals as I speak," Jonathan Forster, general manager of Europe and global vice president of ad sales at Spotify, said at a conference in London this week. Still, Forster told Silicon Valley Watcher that the service won't launch stateside before July 5. So why has it been taking so long to bring Spotify to the States? The U.S. record companies were reportedly not overly enthusiastic about Spotify’s “freemium” business model, where the company gives away ad-supported music in hopes of signing paying subscribers to its ad-free version. That premium service lets users choose and replay their music. [More from Mashable: Friday No More: Rebecca Black Takes Down Her Hit YouTube Video] Still, Spotify cut back on free music in May, requiring users to pay for deeper access, so the company is clearly open to compromise. It seems rumors have been swirling about Spotify nonstop lately, with folks speculating that it would partner with Google for a cloud-based music service (it didn't) and that Facebook is interested in teaming up ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/why-android-tablets-fail-contributornetwork/ why-android-tablets-fail-contributornetwork Sat, 18 Jun 2011 22:31:20 +0300 I don't mean "fail" as in "perform badly." In a world where Google's Android operating system powered the only "tablet" devices, they'd be magical and best-selling. But this is not that world. The iPad is the elephant in the room, and it dominates both buyers' and app developers' preferences. By "fail," what I mean is that they're failures in the marketplace. The first "real" Android tablet to sell, the Xoom, was basically a flop. And the only one to make headlines or sell out these days is the Asus Transformer, which (perhaps not coincidentally) is also the cheapest Android tablet, at $399. You probably already know the differences between the various tablets; how Android tablets have roughly equal specs to the iPad, and usually have some feature or another that it lacks, but don't have its 65,000 apps. This isn't about those differences. What it is about, is what the "tablet market" is like, and which markets it isn't like. Confused? Let me explain. A tale of two markets Okay, imagine a market that's divided into two segments. One is an exclusive, super-profitable, high-end segment that's basically owned by one company. The other is the much larger low end, where the products are commodity items that compete with each other on price. Whether you're thinking that sounds like the smartphone market or the home computer market, you're right. Unlike the Mac, the iPhone had a head start, which gave it the lead in both quality and quantity for a while. Android phones combined have recently caught up to ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/2012-audi-a7-review-digital-trends/ 2012-audi-a7-review-digital-trends Sun, 19 Jun 2011 03:01:24 +0300 It all started with a moment of road rage. Sure, I was focusing too much on browsing my iPhone’s vast music collection and driving a hair slow, but some guy in a broken-down pick-up accelerated up to the bumper of the 2012 Audi A7 I’m reviewing, honked his horn and flipped me the bird. Yes, we are living in a down economy, and granted this particular model costs about $60,000, but — dude, I’m just a car tester. Don’t hold that against me. After a few seconds, I glided to the shoulder and smiled as he chugged away with one last salute. The panic moment would have been much more severe if I was making the payments on this roadster: a low-slung, medium-gray sedan that shares more than a passing resemblance to recent luxury models from Jaguar. Interestingly, the all-new A7 shares many of the same features of the A8 we reviewed a few months ago, yet has a distinctly different purpose in life. The A8 uses some of the most advanced technology available to ease you around corners using an adaptive suspension and make potholes much less infuriating, in addition to a host of other creature comforts like front speakers that rise out of the dashboard. The Audi A7 is more focused on the thrill of driving. The intent here is luxury, speed, and a sporty drive for every condition. First, a note about the styling. This sedan is roughly 55 inches tall, which you’ll notice right away. Like the Jaguar, the car looks longer than the ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-buys-dvr-company-sagetv-google-tv-upgrade-coming-digital-trends/ google-buys-dvr-company-sagetv-google-tv-upgrade-coming-digital-trends Sun, 19 Jun 2011 09:01:21 +0300 Industry watchers received a shock Saturday night with news that Google has purchased DVR software and set-top box company SageTV. The announcement came via an email sent to SageTV customers and a near-identical statement posted to the company’s website, which has ceased all functionality aside from a landing page that explains the acquisition. “[A]s the media landscape continues to evolve, we think it’s time our vision of entertainment management grows as well,” said SageTV in a statement. “By teaming up with Google, we believe our ideas will reach an even larger audience of users worldwide on many different products, platforms and services.” SageTV goes on to explain that it believes Google’s “developer efforts…stimulate innovation across the web.” The two companies also have a “shared vision for open technology,” which will help SageTV “advance the online entertainment experience.” In its email to customers, SageTV explained that its store has been entirely shut down, but customer support for its DVR products “will continue.” The SageTV forum will remain up and running, the company said. Neither the price Google paid for SageTV nor any other details about the sale have yet been announced. Started in 2002, SageTV has produced versatile DVR software that works with Mac OS X, Windows and Linux operating systems. The software’s fexibility makes it possible to turn almost any computer with a TV tuner card into the primary hub of a home entertainment system. SageTV software accepts nearly any audio, video or photo file format tossed its way, so a machine loaded with SageTV becomes one of the most powerful ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/why-android-has-more-free-apps-than-the-iphone-contributornetwork/ why-android-has-more-free-apps-than-the-iphone-contributornetwork Mon, 20 Jun 2011 01:01:24 +0300 It's official: There are now more free apps available in the Android Market than in the iTunes App Store. But is this really a good thing, for Android or Android phone owners? On the surface, it seems like it. Who doesn't like getting free apps? When you look deeper, though, you realize that the reason there are so many free Android apps is one of the same reasons Android apps tend to be ugly: The extremely low barrier to entry. Undiscriminating taste As I explained in that article, it's a lot easier to get an app on the Android Market than it is to get one on the App Store. First, it costs less: A one-time fee of $25, plus $20 to sell paid apps, gives you Android Market access for life, compared to $99 per year for the App Store. Second, the skills that it requires aren't as specialized. iPhone, iPad, and Mac apps are written in Objective-C using the Cocoa libraries, and are basically the only things in the world that use them. Meanwhile, Android uses Java. Java is extremely common, is taught in most colleges' programming courses, and is relatively easy to learn and to work with. And third, the Android Market doesn't have any kind of approval process. To get on the App Store, your app has to be reviewed and approved by Apple, and screened to make sure it's not malware. In contrast, anything can be put on the Android Market. And while Google removes malware once it's found, its biggest defense is that apps ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/china39s-huawei-unveils-tablet-to-take-on-apple-samsung-reuters/ china39s-huawei-unveils-tablet-to-take-on-apple-samsung-reuters Mon, 20 Jun 2011 12:32:25 +0300 SINGAPORE (Reuters) – China's Huawei Technologies unveiled a new tablet computer called the MediaPad on Monday that it hopes could take on market leaders Apple and Samsung Electronics. The launch would be part of an aggressive push by Huawei, the world's second-biggest supplier of telecommunications equipment behind Ericsson, into the consumer space. "With the Huawei MediaPad, we are demonstrating yet again that design, functionality and performance is within anyone's reach," Victor Xu, chief marketing officer of Huawei Device, said in a statement. Huawei Device is a division of Huawei Technologies that makes cellphones, smartphones and tablet PCs. Huawei said the 7-inch MediaPad will run on the Android operating system from Google Inc and use a dual-core 1.2 GHz processor from Qualcomm. It will also come with pre-installed applications such as Facebook and Twitter. The global tablet PC market is now dominated by Apple's iPad with about 80 percent of market share. In China, apart from Apple, Huawei's tablet PCs also compete with Lenovo and ZTE. (Reporting by Eveline Danubrata and Harry Suhartono; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman) http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/apple-intel-si-google-vor-sa-cumpere-ceea-ce-a-mai-ramas-in-urma-falimentului-nortel/ apple-intel-si-google-vor-sa-cumpere-ceea-ce-a-mai-ramas-in-urma-falimentului-nortel Mon, 20 Jun 2011 13:06:57 +0300 Companii ca Apple, Intel, Google şi Ericsson se află în competiţie pentru a cumpăra mii de patente ale producătorului canadian de echipamente telecom Nortel, aflat în faliment, procesul de vânzare urmând să aibă loc în iunie, au declarat surse apropiate situaţiei pentru Wall Street Journal. Nortel a anunţat, săptămâna trecută, că amână vânzarea a 6.000 de patente şi aplicaţii până la 27 iunie, după ce iniţial procedura a fost programată pentru luni. Patentele privesc tehnologie wireless şi pentru reţele de socializare. Nortel, care a intrat în faliment în ianuarie 2009, a vândut cea mai mare parte a activelor. La licitaţie a fost acceptată şi firma americană RPX, care cumpără patente în numele altor companii. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/cea-mai-mare-schimbare-din-lumea-internetului-posibilitati-infinite-pentru-adresele-de-web/ cea-mai-mare-schimbare-din-lumea-internetului-posibilitati-infinite-pentru-adresele-de-web Mon, 20 Jun 2011 13:07:20 +0300 Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) a decis crearea de noi domenii online, în prezent existând numai 22, aceasta fiind cea mai mare schimbare din lumea web din ultimii ani. Adresele de internet se vor putea termina cu orice cuvânt, în orice limbă, nu numai cu sufixe de tipul ".net", ".com" sau ".org". ICANN va începe să primească cereri de aprobare de anul viitor, mai precis din 12 ianuarie, estimându-se că oraşele şi corporaţiile vor fi printre primele care vor cere un domeniu cu numele lor, informează BBC News Online. "ICANN a deschis sistemul de adrese de internet posibilităţilor infinite ale imaginaţiei umane. Nimeni nu poate să prezică unde ne vor duce aceste decizii istorice", a declarat Rod Beckstrom, preşedinte şi CEO al ICANN. Vor fi create sute de noi adrese care se vor termina cu sufixe precum ".google", ".coke" sau ".BBC". În prezent, există 22 de nume de domenii generice de top, precum şi circa 250 de domenii asociate unor ţări, precum ".ro", ".it", ".fr". Implementarea noilor sufixe de domenii va costa 185.000 de dolari, iar companiile trebuie să demonstreze că cererea lor de înregistrare a unui anumit domeniu este legitimă. Analiştii consideră că marile companii vor fi dispuse să plătească acest preţ pentru a-şi potenţa prezenţa pe internet. Votul ICANN vine după un proces de negocieri de şase ani şi este cea mai mare schimbare din lumea internetului de la introducerea domeniului ".com", în urmă cu 26 de ani. ICANN va demara un program global de comunicare pentru a promova noile domenii. Anul trecut, ICANN a lansat sistemul care permite introducerea adreselor web scrise cu caractere non-latine, un "moment istoric" în lumea online. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/icann-a-aprobat-extinderea-numelor-de-domenii-internet-pentru-companii/ icann-a-aprobat-extinderea-numelor-de-domenii-internet-pentru-companii Mon, 20 Jun 2011 13:07:49 +0300 Organizatia care gestioneaza domeniile internet a aprobat, luni, la Singapore, crearea de noi nume de domenii pentru companiile private. Consiliul ICANN a aprobat crearea de domenii care folosesc sub forma de sufix numele companiilor, decizia reprezentand una dintre cele mai importante evolutii din domeniul internetului din ultimii ani, potrivit AFP.Adresele de internet vor putea acum sa se incheie cu un nume de companie, in loc de .org sau .net. "Aceasta este cea mai mare schimbare de nume de domeniu de la fondarea .Com, in urma cu 26 de ani", a declarat Theo Hnarakis, director al Melbourne IT Services, o companie specializata in servicii de internet. Masura este vazuta ca o oportunitate mare pentru branduri de a obtine mai mult control asupra prezentei lor on-line si de a trimite mai multi vizitatori, in mod direct, catre site-urile lor. Totodata, noile nume de domenii vor influenta motoarele de cautare ale Google, scrie Reuters.Companiile care vor avea numeroase beneficii de pe urma acestei decizii sunt brandurile cu o strategie de marketing clara si orientata spre client, sustine Hnarakis."Brandurile trebuie sa actioneze in consecinta si sa se inscrie in cursa pentru utilizarea acestor nume de domenii, deoarece procesul nu este la fel de simplu ca in cazul unei adrese .com. Este un proces complex, care necesita o investitie," a precizat Hnarakis. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/not-only-coms-as-internet-body-throws-open-domain-names-reuters/ not-only-coms-as-internet-body-throws-open-domain-names-reuters Mon, 20 Jun 2011 14:02:15 +0300 SINGAPORE (Reuters) – good.food, learnto.salsa, glossy.lipstick -- people and companies will be able to set up a website with almost any address by the end of next year if they have a legitimate claim to the domain name and can pay a hefty fee. The Internet body that oversees domain names voted on Monday to end restricting them to suffixes like .com or .gov and will receive applications for new names from January 12 next year with the first approvals likely by the end of 2012. And they can be in any characters -- Cyrillic, Kanji or Devanagari for instance, for users of Russian, Japanese and Hindi. "It's the biggest change I think we have seen on the Internet," Peter Dengate Thrush, chairman of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), told reporters. "We have provided a platform for the next generation of creativity and inspiration." The new gTLD, or generic top-level domain, program was approved by 13 votes to one with two abstentions by the board of ICANN at a meeting in Singapore. The sole opposition came from a member who felt that more time was needed to hold discussions with government and others parties, ICANN officials said. The new names could infringe on social and religious sensitivities, for instance if someone wanted to set up a .nazi domain, said Dengate Thrush. And people who have invested in securing lucrative .com domains will find the value of the holdings diluted by the new rules, he added. Thrashing out the rules and overcoming objections has taken years, ICANN officials said. For instance, while ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/british-library-google-in-deal-to-digitize-books-ap/ british-library-google-in-deal-to-digitize-books-ap Mon, 20 Jun 2011 15:02:26 +0300 LONDON – Google has struck a deal with the British Library to make thousands of historic books available online. The deal, announced Monday, will let Internet users read, search and copy 250,000 texts published between 1700 and 1870. The deal applies to works in the library's collection that are no longer covered by copyright restrictions. Google has similar deals with libraries around the world. Its plan to put millions of copyrighted titles online has been opposed by the publishing industry and is the subject of a legal battle in the United States. The British Library has a collection of 14 million books and almost 1 million periodicals. Last year it announced plans to digitize up to 40 million pages of newspapers dating back three and a half centuries. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/china39s-huawei-storms-into-tablet-pc-sector-reuters/ china39s-huawei-storms-into-tablet-pc-sector-reuters Mon, 20 Jun 2011 15:32:19 +0300 SINGAPORE (Reuters) – China's Huawei Technologies unveiled a 7-inch Android-based tablet PC in Singapore on Monday and said it was also developing a 10-inch device, putting it in competition with Apple and Samsung Electronics. Victor Xu, the chief marketing officer of Huawei unit Huawei Device, told Reuters in an interview that the company plans to be among the top five handset vendors in three years time, a market currently dominated by the likes of Nokia, Samsung and Apple. "We are also developing a 10-inch tablet...We hope to launch it this year," Xu told Reuters. However, he declined to give more details and also would not reveal the likely price of the newly introduced 7-inch tablet, the MediaPad. The company, the world's second-biggest supplier of telecommunications equipment behind Ericsson, has not specified any sales target for the MediaPad which will be commercially available in the third quarter this year through retail stores as well as telecom operators. Huawei Device is a division of Huawei Technologies that makes cell phones, smartphones and tablet PCs. It said the MediaPad will run on the Android operating system from Google Inc and use a dual-core 1.2 GHz processor from Qualcomm. It will also come with pre-installed applications such as Facebook and Twitter. Huawei competes with Ericsson, Nokia Siemens Networks and ZTE Corp in global network gear and is increasingly pushing into the mobile devices sector. "We believe we can enter into the top five vendors in the global handset market over the next three years," Xu said. The firm had said in April it expects revenue to reach ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-signs-up-british-library-to-books-project-reuters/ google-signs-up-british-library-to-books-project-reuters Mon, 20 Jun 2011 16:00:54 +0300 LONDON (Reuters) – Google plans to digitize a quarter of a million books from the British Library's collections covering a period from the French Revolution to the end of slavery as part of its ambitious books project. The search engine giant has already scanned 13 million books through partnerships with more than 40 libraries around the world, which it makes available through its search results. The British Library project involves a selection of books published between 1700 and 1870, including feminist pamphlets about Queen Marie-Antoinette and an account of a stuffed hippopotamus owned by the Prince of Orange. Google will bear the costs of digitization, and the items will then be available for full-text search, download and reading through Google Books as well as being searchable through the British Library's website and stored in its digital archive. Google does not make any money from its library partnerships, but says the inclusion of material from books that have never been published online enriches its search results. "Our aim at Google has always been to give people as much access to the world's information as is possible," Peter Barron, Google's head of external relations, told Reuters on Monday. In Europe, Google only scans out-of-copyright books but its practice of scanning all books of its U.S. library partners has landed it in trouble with U.S. authors and publishers, who filed a lawsuit against Google in 2005 that is not yet settled. Google was offering excerpts of books online without the permission of copyright holders, putting the onus on authors and rights holders to claim payments ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/5-important-things-tablets-cant-do-yet-yahoo-news/ 5-important-things-tablets-cant-do-yet-yahoo-news Mon, 20 Jun 2011 16:02:27 +0300 Tablet computers have actually been on the market for some time. However, it wasn't until the iPad came out that the tablet format really took off. With the marketing arm of Apple behind it, along with the raging success of the iPhone, the iPad was a shoe-in for a mass-market mobile computing device. Despite all of the fanfare, when we come back to reality, the tablet computer still has a long way to go before it can replace the laptop or netbook for most people and here are 5 reasons why.1. To type or not to typeTyping on any touchscreen device can be a tricky thing to get used to. On a smartphone it's probably easier than on a tablet, at least at first. This is because you're already used to letting your thumbs do the typing from using keypad mobile phones. But when it comes to a tablet, it's a whole new ballgame. Some tablets (the 7" size is a great example) can still be used in this manner by placing the tablet in the portrait position. The keyboard usually fills the bottom of the display screen, and is still easily accessible by the thumbs of an average person. On larger tablets, such as the iPad, it's a bit difficult to make your thumbs stretch across the width of the device, even in portrait mode. This is probably the motivation behind Apple's new split keyboard feature, which will be implemented in iOS 5. Any size of tablet can also be used in the landscape position, which also ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/why-some-dissatisfied-users-are-shunning-facebook/ why-some-dissatisfied-users-are-shunning-facebook Mon, 20 Jun 2011 17:04:53 +0300 Editor's note: Blake Snow is a freelance writer and media consultant. He lives along Utah's Wasatch Mountains with his family. Contact information and published works can be found on his website. (CNN) -- There's no denying the cultural impact of Facebook. It has united almost 700 million people, including most of you reading this, becoming the greatest social introduction platform the world has ever seen. But there are also some recent signs of "Facebook fatigue." There is only so much you can do to socialize online, especially after you've exhausted your friend list. Some people also complain they're spending so much time on Facebook that they're short-changing the rest of their lives. Evidence suggests a small but increasing number of users -- at least in North America, where Facebook use is especially saturated -- may be shunning the site. The site lost more than 7 million active users in the United States and Canada last month, according to data from the blog Inside Facebook, although Facebook disputes those figures. Others are consciously reducing the time they spend on the site. "I figured out that I wouldn't look back as an old man and wish I had spent more time on Facebook," says David Cole, an IT manager from Boston. Cole said he believes the popular social-networking site is a useful tool, but not a replacement for what he calles "realbook" experiences. "Instead of working on an essay, I would waste time browsing people's walls," says Kip Krieger, a college student from Virginia, who like Cole has consciously ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/computer-virus-lets-30000-ugly-people-join-exclusive-dating-site-yahoo-news/ computer-virus-lets-30000-ugly-people-join-exclusive-dating-site-yahoo-news Mon, 20 Jun 2011 17:32:14 +0300 A dating website that prides itself on matching only the best-looking individuals has deleted the accounts of more that 30,000 users after a computer virus accidentally allowed them to skip the site's screening process. BeautifulPeople employes a strict community voting system that only grants accounts to good-looking applicants, but the aptly-named "Shrek" virus changed that, letting new users skip the screening protocols and begin interacting with the "beautiful" people. Dating sites like eHarmony and Match have gained popularity in recent years among people who simply don't have the time, and perhaps patience, to meet a potential mate by more traditional means. Virtual matchmaker BeautifulPeople takes this concept a step further, by screening applicants based on looks, allowing only the most perfectly sculpted specimens to join its ranks. Members who pass the test pay $25 per month to be matched with other hotties. Once the virus was discovered, the site's managing director Greg Hodge decided that the only way to correct the problem was to boot the 30,000 less desirable users from the site, stating "We have to stick to our founding principles of only accepting beautiful people — that's what our members have paid for. We can't just sweep 30,000 ugly people under the carpet." (Source) More from Tecca: Prison computer error lets 450 violent felons walk free Spams & Scams: Dating deception Google yanks 21 malware apps from the Android Market http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/huawei-introduces-first-7-inch-android-32-powered-tablet-digital-trends/ huawei-introduces-first-7-inch-android-32-powered-tablet-digital-trends Mon, 20 Jun 2011 17:32:22 +0300 Who cares about Android version 3.1 anymore? 3.2 is the new hotness. The next update to Google‘s mobile operating system hasn’t been released yet, but it will be soon, installed into an upcoming 7-inch tablet from Huawei. The 7-incher is Huawei’s MediaPad, a press release reveals. The company tells Engadget that the upcoming Android update is pretty much the same thing as Android 3.1, only it’s built to play well with the tablet display’s smaller size. Android version 3.x, dubbed Honeycomb is exclusive to tablets, only a handful of which are available right now. So 3.2 simply scales that experience down a bit. The tablet itself sports a half-inch thick shell and weighs slightly less than one pound. On the inside you’ve got a dual-core 1.2 GHz Qualcomm processor, a 1.3 MP front-facing camera, a 5 MP rear-facing camera that can do HD video recording, an HSPA+ wireless receiver for 3G wireless, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and Flash 10.3 support. Battery life clocks in at around six hours. The 7-inch LCD touchscreen can also handle 1080p HD video playback, and can send that content out to an external display through a built-in HDMI port. The MediaPad isn’t a beast, but it can certainly compete so long as the price is right. No price is revealed in the release — nor is any information about how much RAM there is — but the device is expected to start shipping in the third quarter of this year. There are apparently no plans to release a Wi-Fi-only model, Engadget adds. For comparison, ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/british-library-and-google-put-250000-books-online-afp/ british-library-and-google-put-250000-books-online-afp Mon, 20 Jun 2011 18:31:05 +0300 LONDON (AFP) – Pamphlets about Queen Marie Antoinette and an account of a stuffed hippopotamus are among 250,000 books being made available online in a deal announced on Monday by Google and the British Library. Internet users will be able to consult the texts dating from 1700 to 1870, which have been digitised by the search engine giant and chosen by the library, they said in a statement. The works are all out of copyright, thus avoiding problems Google has previously faced in the United States and France over its attempts to create a universal digitised library. "Our aim is to provide perpetual access to this historical material, and we hope that our collections coupled with Google's know-how will enable us to achieve this aim," British Library chief executive Lynne Brindley said. She said it was building on the library's "proud tradition of giving access to anyone, anywhere and at any time." Among the first works to be digitised will be feminist treatises written in 1791 on Queen Marie Antoinette of France, the wife of King Louis XVI who was executed after the French Revolution. There are also plans written by the Spanish inventor Narciso Monturiol dating from 1858 for the first combustion engine-powered submarine, entitled "A Scheme for Underwater Seafaring: the Ichthyneus or Fish-Boat". The collection further features "The Natural History of the Hippopotamus, or River Horse", written by George Louis Leclerc in 1775, which tells the story of a stuffed hippopotamus owned by the Prince of Orange. All the works will be available for text search download and reading on the ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/demand-for-video-driving-mobile-data-traffic-report-reuters/ demand-for-video-driving-mobile-data-traffic-report-reuters Mon, 20 Jun 2011 18:32:47 +0300 LONDON (Reuters) – Up to 60 percent of mobile data traffic is generated by consumers watching video, with owners of Apple's iPhone driving the demand, according to a company that specializes in traffic management. Bytemobile, which helps operators manage and condense traffic, said the overall data demand was also likely to intensify as 90 percent of the total data traffic was currently generated by just 10 percent of mobile data users. The company said video watched on iPhones generated 58 percent of data traffic, with phones on the Google operating system Android on slightly less at 52 percent, as smartphones now copied the usage patterns of laptops Mobile operators have been taken by surprise in recent years by the intense demand for data services, as consumers opt to access the Internet and video on the go. Some analysts and investors have also doubted whether the operators can fully profit from the change, as they have to invest in their networks to support the demand. "Continued aggressive growth in mobile data -- fueled by video and application usage over faster networks and more powerful, user-friendly devices -- has created a formidable traffic management challenge for carriers," said Ronny Haraldsvik, vice president of Global Marketing at Bytemobile. Bytemobile, which produces a report on the changing trends in data traffic, said demand stayed strong from midday to midnight and those users with access to better networks watched videos for longer. (Reporting by Kate Holton; Editing by Jon Loades-Carter) http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/british-library-va-posta-online-250000-de-carti-din-secolele-al-xviii-lea-si-al-xix-lea/ british-library-va-posta-online-250000-de-carti-din-secolele-al-xviii-lea-si-al-xix-lea Mon, 20 Jun 2011 18:36:24 +0300 British Library, biblioteca naţională britanică, va posta online circa 250.000 de opere din fondul ei de carte, publicate între anii 1700 - 1870, care vor fi accesibile gratuit, în cadrul unui parteneriat încheiat cu grupul Google, ce a fost făcut public luni. Printre primele volume disponibile gratuit spre a fi consultate pe internet se numără un pamflet despre regina Marie-Antoinette şi planurile inventatorului spaniol Narciso Monturiol datând din 1858, care a desenat unul dintre primele submarine. Toate operele ce vor fi digitalizate au fost selecţionate de experţii de la British Library. Lipsite de drepturi de licenţă şi scrise în mai multe limbi europene, ele vor fi accesibile pe site-ul instituţiei britanice (www.bl.uk) şi pe serviciul "Google Books", se afirmă în comunicatul emis de British Library. Cheltuielile ocazionate de digitalizarea acestor 40 de milioane de pagini vor fi acoperite de Google. Gigantul american a stabilit deja parteneriate de acest tip cu peste 40 de biblioteci din lumea întreagă, în special cu cele ale universităţilor Stanford şi Harvard din Statele Unite, dar şi cu altele din Europa, precum cele din Italia (Roma, Florenţa), Olanda şi Austria. Cele 250.000 de documente selecţionate reprezintă "un eşantion vast de cărţi, pamflete şi periodice acoperind o perioadă în care au avut loc Revoluţia franceză şi revoluţia industrială, bătălia de la Trafalgar şi Războiul Crimeei, inventarea căilor ferate şi a telegrafului (...), dar şi sfârşitul sclaviei", se afirmă în comunicatul British Library, care a ales să privilegieze operele care nu sunt încă disponibile gratuit pe internet. Odată digitalizate, ele vor fi accesibile pentru lectură, descărcare, cercetare şi stocare din arhivele bibliotecii. "Cercetătorii, studenţii şi alţi utilizatori ai bibliotecii vor putea accesa aceste conţinuturi istorice (...), să le copieze, partajeze ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/british-library-google-put-thousands-of-books-online-afp/ british-library-google-put-thousands-of-books-online-afp Mon, 20 Jun 2011 19:32:28 +0300 LONDON (AFP) – Pamphlets about Queen Marie Antoinette and an account of a stuffed hippopotamus are among 250,000 books being made available online in a deal announced on Monday by Google and the British Library. Internet users will be able to consult the texts dating from 1700 to 1870, which have been digitised by the search engine giant and chosen by the library, which has one of the world's largest collections, they said in a statement. The works are all out of copyright, thus avoiding problems Google has previously faced in the United States and France over its attempts to create a universal digitised library. "Our aim is to provide perpetual access to this historical material, and we hope that our collections coupled with Google's know-how will enable us to achieve this aim," British Library chief executive Lynne Brindley said. She said it was building on the library's "proud tradition of giving access to anyone, anywhere and at any time." Among the first works to be digitised will be feminist treatises written in 1791 on Queen Marie Antoinette of France, the wife of King Louis XVI who was executed after the French Revolution. There are also plans written by the Spanish inventor Narciso Monturiol dating from 1858 for the first combustion engine-powered submarine, entitled "A Scheme for Underwater Seafaring: the Ichthyneus or Fish-Boat". The collection further features "The Natural History of the Hippopotamus, or River Horse", written by George Louis Leclerc in 1775, which tells the story of a stuffed hippopotamus owned by the Prince of Orange. All the works will be available ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/pentagon-constructing-virtual-cyber-warfare-training-ground-yahoo-news/ pentagon-constructing-virtual-cyber-warfare-training-ground-yahoo-news Mon, 20 Jun 2011 20:32:21 +0300 Elite military forces require advanced training grounds in order to test their skills. Now, those combating cyberterrorism will have a similar training ground, with the United States' Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) building a mock internet on which to test defense strategies. The fake web will allow the agency to simulate different scenarios and plan the best response to various types of cyberattack. Multiple versions of the virtual proving grounds — which will be known as the National Cyber Range — are in development. One is under construction by big-time defense contractor Lockheed Martin, and another by researchers from Johns Hopkins University's Applied Physics Laboratory. DARPA will pick one of the prototypes this summer, and begin the rigorous task of testing the new platform. DARPA is the perfect government entity to tackle such a project; the group is responsible for an early version of the internet which it developed in the 1960s, long before 'cyberterrorism' was even in our vocabulary. Now, with the U.S. declaring that cyberattacks can be met with a military response, it's no surprise that over $130 million is being spent on the new project, which is expected to be up and running by mid-2012. CNET via Reuters More from Tecca: Watch a hummingbird-shaped spy drone flutter around, steal your secrets Cyber thief steals $450,000 worth of experimental virtual currency Wikileaks confirms China to blame for cyber attack on Google http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/apple-icloud-vs-google-music-vs-amazon-cloud-digital-trends/ apple-icloud-vs-google-music-vs-amazon-cloud-digital-trends Mon, 20 Jun 2011 20:32:44 +0300 The last few months have seen the emergence of three different services from big players designed to give users cloud-based access to their personal music libraries. With smartphones, tablets or iPads, laptops, and home computers, it’s no wonder that consumers are looking for a better way to store and have access to their often large libraries of digital music. Amazon was the first to announce its Cloud Drive storage service a few months back, and it’s the only cloud-based music service that is completely available to users as of today. Google recently announced its highly-anticipated Google Music Beta service, but like the name suggests, it’s still in an invite-only beta testing stage, although anyone can request an invite and hope to be chosen. To round out the group of three, Steve Jobs announced Apple’s iCloud service last week at WWDC, which offers a host of cloud-storage features including the speculated iTunes integration. While it will be hard to tell which service will win out in the end until all three are available for full use, there are significant difference between the services that users and music lovers should be aware of. Price and availability Amazon Cloud Drive Amazon is offering 5GB of storage for free to anyone with an Amazon account, but we all know that that will only cover a fraction of most users’ libraries. You can store 20GB for $20 a year, and extra storage beyond that costs about $1 per GB in increments of 50, 100, 200, 500, and 1,000. If you have less than ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/defense-firms-see-opportunity-in-cyber-attacks-reuters/ defense-firms-see-opportunity-in-cyber-attacks-reuters Mon, 20 Jun 2011 21:02:17 +0300 LE BOURGET, France (Reuters) – A spate of high-profile online break-ins has given defense firms at the Paris Air Show a new sales pitch: cyber security. Targeted by hackers looking to steal source codes, R&D information and trade secrets, aerospace and defense firms are turning the tables on the pirates and are making security a key sales argument. "We see huge potential to do deals this week because interest in cyber security has soared given recent events," Paul MacGregor, general manager of Finmeccanica's UK security arm, Vega Consulting Services, told Reuters. He added that cyber security was now an "arms race," with defense firms battling to stay one step ahead of the hackers. "Information is now used as a weapon and companies need to defend it at all costs or they themselves could lose out on contracts if they are seen as having weak defenses," he said. Earlier this month, some of U.S. defense giant Lockheed Martin's systems -- home to sensitive U.S. defense technologies -- were hacked, while the Pentagon said that cyber attacks perpetrated by foreign governments could now be considered acts of war. Other recent prominent attacks have targeted entities such as the International Monetary Fund, the Central Intelligence Agency and the U.S. Senate, as well as multinationals Google and Sony. "When you see an airplane coming at you firing missiles, you can see it. This other threat, you have no idea whether they are there or not. That's why I don't sleep at night," Raytheon Chief Executive William Swanson told Reuters. "Our opportunity is to make sure we protect ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-to-bring-250000-british-library-books-online-pc-magazine/ google-to-bring-250000-british-library-books-online-pc-magazine Mon, 20 Jun 2011 21:02:22 +0300 With a catalog of about 14 million books, the British Library's collection is one of the biggest in the world, second only to the U.S. Library of Congress. Many of these titles will soon be available to anyone, anywhere; a new partnership between Google and the British Library will put about 250,000 of those texts online. Google is footing the bill to digitize content that is no longer under copyright. People can view, copy, and search this content dating from 1700-1870 for free via either the British Library site or the Google Books site. Content will be available in a variety of languages, and a focus will be placed on items that have never been available online before. One of the library's goals is to allow access to its texts to anyone who wants to do research. "Through this partnership [we] believe that we are building on this proud tradition of giving access to anyone, anywhere, and at any time," the library's chief executive, Dame Lynne Brindley said. "Our aim is to provide perpetual access to this historical material, and we hope that our collections coupled with Google's known-how will enable us to achieve this aim." Google already has similar deals with around 40 libraries across the globe. "What's powerful about the technology available to us today isn't just the ability to preserve history and culture for posterity, but also its ability to bring it to life in new ways," Peter Barron, Google's director of external relations, said in a statement. "This public domain material ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/huawei-unveils-mediapad-first-7-inch-tablet-to-run-android-32-pc-magazine/ huawei-unveils-mediapad-first-7-inch-tablet-to-run-android-32-pc-magazine Mon, 20 Jun 2011 21:02:29 +0300 The time has come for an Android 3.2 tablet. Huawei on Monday debuted what it says is the world's first 7-inch tablet running Android 3.2. The MediaPad, unveiled at CommunicAsia in Singapore, will reportedly move ahead of the current pack of tablets with the newest version of Google's Android Honeycomb OS. Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 currently ships with Android 3.1, but—according to Huawei—the MediaPad will ship with Android 3.2, which was designed for 7-inch tablets. PCMag's Sascha Segan is at Huawei headquarters in Shenzhen. Company reps told him they did not have a unit running software that will reflect the user experience at launch, so we'll have to wait a bit for some hands-on time with an Android 3.2 tablet. The MediaPad will run a Qualcomm dual-core 1.2-GHz processor. Comparatively, both the Galaxy Tab 10.1 and Motorola Xoom sport dual-core 1-GHz Nvidia Tegra 2 processors. Huawei's tablet measures 0.4 inches thick. The Galaxy Tab 10.1 is a just a tad slimmer at 0.34 inches, while the Motorola Xoom is thicker at around 0.5 inches. The MediaPad weighs just 0.86 pounds while the Galaxy Tab 10.1 and Xoom measure 1.25 pounds and 1.6 pounds, respectively. The MediaPad will come preloaded with Flash 10.3, Facebook, Twitter, Let's Golf, and Documents to Go. The Huawei tablet also has a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera and a 5-megapixel rear-facing camera with HD video-recording capabilities. Huawei said the tablet will launch in select markets starting in the third quarter. For more from Julius, follow him on Twitter @jcmodus http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/new-york-post-goes-paywall-but-only-for-ipad-users-yahoo-news/ new-york-post-goes-paywall-but-only-for-ipad-users-yahoo-news Mon, 20 Jun 2011 21:02:43 +0300 If you want to get access to the New York Post, you'll no longer be able to do so for free via your iPad. The paper has erected a paywall around its content for iPad users only, meaning you can no longer access the site free of charge. When viewing the NY Post you are directed to go and use the NY Post app instead, which will cost you $1.99 from the iTunes store, plus a subscription, ranging from $6.99 a month to $74.99 for a year. The NY Post is owned by the Australian media mogul Rupert Murdoch, who owns, amongst other things, Fox News and the subscription-based iPad app The Daily, which produces digitally-enhanced content for readers and delivers it right to the iPad each day. It has received mostly favorable reviews, however its long term profitability is still unknown. Check out Tecca's review of The Daily for more information. You can easily get around the NY Post iPad paywall by using an alternative iPad browser like Skyfire, as the NY Post (for now) only recognizes you're browsing from an iPad when you use the iPad's built-in web browser, Safari. You can download Skyfire for $4.99 from the iTunes store. The NY Post isn't the only news paper to have a paywall up. The New York Times recently entered the arena as well, and reviews are mixed, at best. Other major news sites are also considering erecting paywalls around their content in order to increase profits, in a time when many sites are seeing their ad revenue ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/report-tivo-iphone-android-apps-are-coming-pc-magazine/ report-tivo-iphone-android-apps-are-coming-pc-magazine Mon, 20 Jun 2011 21:02:45 +0300 A TiVo app for the iPhone has reportedly been in the works for some time, and a recent advertisement has provided a few more details. In a full-page ad in the June issue of CEPRo, Bard Williams, TiVo's director of retail and channel marketing, describes a "beautiful, easy-to-use interface." "It offers ... complete control over management and program selection, a multi-touch remote that features gestures-based navigation, and the ability to manage and navigate Season Pass recording, your queue and info about cast, crew, similar shows – without interrupting your TV experience," Williams wrote in the ad, uncovered by Zatz Not Funny. "When you're not at home, the app still lets you interact with your Premiere for basic management and recording tasks." TiVo already has an iPad app that works much like a remote control for the Premiere set-top box. The ad revealed that TiVo is cooking up apps for devices running on Google's Android OS. Williams said the apps can be used to "enable two-way interaction with TiVo devices for things like managing shows, browsing TV guides, and other tasks familiar to TiVo users," but he did not specify how the iPhone and Android apps would differ from the existing iPad app. Even without the nitty-gritty details, as Electronista notes TiVo has been hinting that it would expand its suite of mobile apps, but this is the first time the company's plans have been formally divulged. However, the release date is unclear and these apps might not appear for several months, Electronista added. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/hackers-take-sega-data-lulzsec-offers-to-help-newsfactor/ hackers-take-sega-data-lulzsec-offers-to-help-newsfactor Mon, 20 Jun 2011 21:02:54 +0300 Sega is the latest Japanese video-game company to come under hack attack. The company confirmed the theft of information belonging to 1.3 million customers from its database. That makes the Sega attack larger than the Sony PlayStation, Nintendo and Codemasters hacks of the past weeks. In a statement written in Japanese, the company confirmed that names, addresses, e-mail addresses, and passwords of gamers were stolen from its Sega Pass web site on Friday. However, Sega was clear that credit-card numbers were not revealed. "We sincerely apologize for troubles this incident has caused to our customers," said the statement. "An investigation has been launched to find the cause and channels used for the leakage." LulzSec on a Vengeance LulzSec, the culprit behind the Nintendo hack, denied responsibility for the Sega intrusion. Noteworthy is the fact that LulzSec has offered to find and punish the Sega database hackers. "Well, it's bad news for those one-million-plus Sega customers as their e-mail addresses and dates of birth have been grabbed by the hackers. Those e-mail addresses could be used in phishing e-mails or targeted attacks designed to trick people into believing they really were from Sega," said Graham Cluley, a senior security analyst at Sophos. "Sega has apparently reset passwords. Users would be wise to use different passwords on every web site they access, as once you get your details compromised in one place, your other accounts can begin to fall down like a pack of cards." Everybody Getting Hit Cyberattacks on governments, corporations and individuals are spiking. Sony's PlayStation Network, Lockheed Martin, PBS, Google's Gmail ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/mozilla-spars-with-microsoft-over-webgl-security-digital-trends/ mozilla-spars-with-microsoft-over-webgl-security-digital-trends Mon, 20 Jun 2011 21:32:27 +0300 Last week, Microsoft raised some hackles in the Web development community by claiming that there was no way to implement the WebGL open 3D graphics standard in Internet Explorer without exposing users to unacceptable potential security risks. WebGL is a 3D graphics environment build on OpenGL 2.0, used for many 3D games and technologies, and promises to bring hardware-accellerated 3G graphics support to Web browsers. Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox already support WebGL, and Opera and Safari are working on support. However, while Microsoft has made many strides with Internet Explorer 9—and is already showing off work on IE10— Internet Explorer offers no support for WebGL. In a detailed posting, Microsoft outlined its primary reasons for considering WebGL a security risk: that WebGL exposes hardware functionality (e.g. video cards and processing) to Web content in an “overly permissive” way, that WebGL security servicing relies too heavily on third party components, and that today’s graphics systems were never intended to cope with shaders and 3D geometries that are specifically designed as attacks. “We believe that WebGL will likely become an ongoing source of hard-to-fix vulnerabilities,” Microsoft wrote. “In its current form, WebGL is not a technology Microsoft can endorse from a security perspective.” Microsoft also cited two reports from Context Information Security that outlined security issued in WebGL. Not surprisingly, WebGL supporters take issue with Microsoft’s position, and leading the charge for the moment is Mozilla’s VP of technical strategy, Mike Shaver, who notes that Microsoft seems to overcome all of the concerns it has over WebGL in its own Silverlight ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/facebook-to-take-top-spot-in-us-display-ad-market-reuters/ facebook-to-take-top-spot-in-us-display-ad-market-reuters Mon, 20 Jun 2011 22:02:17 +0300 SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Facebook's U.S. advertising revenue will total roughly $2.2 billion in 2011, displacing Yahoo Inc to collect the biggest slice of online display advertising dollars, according to a new study. Facebook's U.S. advertising revenue will give it a 17.7 percent share of the market for graphical display ads that appear on websites, according to a report released on Monday by research firm eMarketer. Last year Facebook had 12.2 percent share of the U.S. market. The figures underscore the growing clout of Facebook, the world's No.1 Internet social network. It has seen its valuation soar to roughly $80 billion in recent transactions for its shares on the private markets and some investors anticipate it could have an initial public offering next year. While Facebook has grabbed the top ranking, eMarketer analyst David Hallerman said the overall market for display ads, which include banner ads, video ads and Web page sponsorships, is growing robustly enough that it is benefiting numerous companies. "It's not a zero sum game," said Hallerman, noting that the display advertising market is experiencing rapid growth as both big international brands and small, local businesses increasingly turn to the Web to reach consumers. Internet companies such as Yahoo, Google Inc and Microsoft Corp are competing for those advertising budgets, while new players such as online coupon company Groupon are offering marketers alternatives to traditional online display ads. Web portal Yahoo will grow its online display business in the U.S. by 13.6 percent this year, eMarketer said. But that will lag the overall U.S. display market's growth rate of ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/british-library-collection-will-be-added-to-google-books-newsfactor/ british-library-collection-will-be-added-to-google-books-newsfactor Mon, 20 Jun 2011 22:02:19 +0300 Google plans to add an additional 250,000 titles to its Google Books online service by digitizing up to 40 million pages of content from the London-based British Library collection. Google's partnership demonstrates that despite recent legal setbacks, new CEO Larry Page hasn't abandoned his long-term vision of scanning every book on the planet and making it freely available online. Last March, New York District Court Judge Denny Chin rejected a proposed $125 million settlement between Google and the representatives of publishers and authors for Google to copy and distribute materials still protected by copyright laws. Among other things, Chin found fault with Google's unilateral decision to engage in "wholesale, blatant copying" without prior permission. This time around, Google will be sticking to titles dating between 1700 and 1870, and therefore no longer copyright-protected. Moreover, all materials that Google scans from the library's collection will be made available online, noted British Library spokesperson Miki Lentin. "The project will be done over a period of several years [and] the complete text will be available for all to access," Lentin said. Going To an Undisclosed Location According to the British Library, the books will be taken to an undisclosed location for digital scanning by Google employees. The multiyear project is expected to be a bonanza for researchers covering the period from the French revolution to the end of slavery. "Our aim is to provide perpetual access to this historical material, and we hope that our collections, coupled with Google's know-how, will enable us to achieve this aim," said British Library ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/rim-marketing-executive-jumps-ship-for-samsung-reuters/ rim-marketing-executive-jumps-ship-for-samsung-reuters Mon, 20 Jun 2011 22:02:35 +0300 TORONTO (Reuters) – Brian Wallace, who headed digital marketing efforts at Research In Motion, has left the BlackBerry maker for a job at Samsung, a smartphone competitor that uses Google's Android software. The departure was first reported by trade publication Advertising Age, which said Wallace will become Samsung's vice-president of strategic marketing for the United States, working from Dallas. Reuters confirmed the exit with a source at RIM, while Wallace also acknowledged the move on his Twitter page. The change comes at a pivotal time for Waterloo, Ontario-based RIM as it works to push out new smartphones with the QNX operating system that it uses in its PlayBook tablet. The exit comes days after news of a medical leave for Chief Operating Officer Don Morrison. It also follows the departure of Keith Pardy, RIM's head of marketing, in March, just weeks before RIM launched the PlayBook, its answer to Apple's hugely successful iPad. RIM said last Thursday it would reduce staff numbers after posting a disappointing profit and warning its earnings would fall further due to delays launching new devices. Its shares have lost half their value this year and were down 5.8 percent at $26.14 on Nasdaq on Monday afternoon, a fresh five-year low. (Reporting by Alastair Sharp; editing by Peter Galloway) http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/explaining-the-internet39s-new-domain-endings/ explaining-the-internet39s-new-domain-endings Tue, 21 Jun 2011 00:04:53 +0300 (CNN) -- On Monday, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) voted to allow a new array of Internet domain endings. But what does that mean? The change means that the familiar ".com," ".org" and ".net" could be getting a lot more company in the next year or so. As our colleagues at CNNMoney said, "Forget .com -- here's .coke." Here's a breakdown of the vote that ICANN chairman Peter Dengate said "will usher in a new Internet age." First, what's ICANN? It's the nonprofit group that assigns addresses to Internet service providers. The organization was founded in 1998, has members from all over the world and is dedicated to "keeping the Internet secure, stable and interoperable," according to ICANN's website. One of the organization's main jobs has become assigning and overseeing domain names on the Internet. They've been gradually expanding the options for years, a process which has added such top-level domain names as ".biz" and ".xxx." What did they change? Right now, there are a limited number -- 22, to be precise -- of what's called "generic top-level domains." The most familiar ones are "com," "org," "info," "edu" and "net." Under the new rule, people will be able to apply to ICANN to register most any word, in any language, as their domain ending. So, I can set up my own domain? That depends. Are you rich? Are you an established corporation or government? If the answer to any of the above is "no," then probably not. ICANN will be charging at least $185,000 per domain application (more in the case of buyers who ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/flashflex-update-develops-apps-for-multiple-platforms-newsfactor/ flashflex-update-develops-apps-for-multiple-platforms-newsfactor Tue, 21 Jun 2011 00:32:24 +0300 Adobe Systems has delivered an update to its Adobe Flash Builder/Flex app-development software. It means developers will be able to use a single platform to build mobile offerings for Android, iOS and BlackBerry mobile devices. The integrated development environment can serve as a stand-alone tool or function as part of Adobe's Creative Suite 5.5 offering, Adobe said Monday. What's truly revolutionary about the Flash Builder/Flex 4.5 release is that developers will only need to assemble a single code base to deploy their apps to multiple platforms. "To create an app natively for one platform would have taken at least three times the amount of time -- and then we would have had to start from scratch all over again for a native app on the next platform," said HD Interactive President Sean Carey. "It's unbelievable the amount of time we save using Flash Builder 4.5 to build and deploy our apps." Leveling the Playing Field According to Vision Mobile's latest survey of 850 developers worldwide, Apple's iOS ranked third (27 percent) behind Google's Android OS (35 percent) and Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 (32 percent). However, Adobe's Flash Builder 4.5 and Flex 4.5 framework could end up leveling the playing field. It would be ironic if Adobe's new developer tools boost the number of offerings in Apple's App Store in light of Apple CEO Steve Jobs' heavy criticism of Adobe Flash. Flash Builder/Flex 4.5 also could give Research In Motion's BlackBerry platform a boost, since developers will be able to assemble apps for Android and iOS devices as well as ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-raises-gay-pride-flag-in-search-results-pc-magazine/ google-raises-gay-pride-flag-in-search-results-pc-magazine Tue, 21 Jun 2011 03:02:49 +0300 Google is honoring Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) month by adding a rainbow image to the top of search results of gay-related searches. For instance, when you search for phrases like "gay," "homosexual," "LGBT" your search bar will show an symbolic gay image over the search button (pictured right). Google has supported its LGBT employees in various ways over the years, beginning with co-founder Sergey Brin's public opposition to Proposition 8 (the law defining marriage as a union between a man and a woman) in 2008. Last year Google helped its same-sex domestic partners living in the U.S. by calculating their health insurance benefits in a way that offset associated tax burdens. That month hundreds of Googlers also participated in Gay Pride parades across the country. Last fall Google also contributed employees' coming out stories to a YouTube video supporting national anti-gay bullying efforts. Its merchandise store also sells a t-shirt that depicts two green Android robots holding hands and waving a gay pride flag. Google also donated $50,000 to the Trevor Project, a suicide hotline for gay youths. In 2009, Google issued its public support for gay marriage, several months after Apple also donated $100,000 to the cause. Google typically honors legends or momentous occasions with wildly popular Google doodles, notably recent ones for musician Les Paul, dancer/choreographer Martha Graham, and the recent lunar eclipse. But on Monday it received a backlash against a Father's Day feature that reminded Gmail users to "call dad." http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/what-the-internet39s-new-domain-endings-mean/ what-the-internet39s-new-domain-endings-mean Tue, 21 Jun 2011 04:04:24 +0300 (CNN) -- On Monday, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) voted to allow a new array of Internet domain endings. But what does that mean? The change means that the familiar ".com," ".org" and ".net" could be getting a lot more company in the next year or so. As our colleagues at CNNMoney said, "Forget .com -- here's .coke." Here's a breakdown of the vote that ICANN chairman Peter Dengate said "will usher in a new Internet age." First, what's ICANN? It's the nonprofit group that assigns addresses to Internet service providers. The organization was founded in 1998, has members from all over the world and is dedicated to "keeping the Internet secure, stable and interoperable," according to ICANN's website. One of the organization's main jobs has become assigning and overseeing domain names on the Internet. They've been gradually expanding the options for years, a process which has added such top-level domain names as ".biz" and ".xxx." What did they change? Right now, there are a limited number -- 22, to be precise -- of what's called "generic top-level domains." The most familiar ones are "com," "org," "info," "edu" and "net." Under the new rule, people will be able to apply to ICANN to register most any word, in any language, as their domain ending. So, I can set up my own domain? That depends. Are you rich? Are you an established corporation or government? If the answer to any of the above is "no," then probably not. ICANN will be charging at least $185,000 per domain application (more in the case of buyers who ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/why-some-are-shunning-facebook/ why-some-are-shunning-facebook Tue, 21 Jun 2011 04:04:26 +0300 Editor's note: Blake Snow is a freelance writer and media consultant. He lives along Utah's Wasatch Mountains with his family. Contact information and published works can be found on his website. (CNN) -- There's no denying the cultural impact of Facebook. It has united almost 700 million people, including most of you reading this, becoming the greatest social introduction platform the world has ever seen. But there are also some recent signs of "Facebook fatigue." There is only so much you can do to socialize online, especially after you've exhausted your friend list. Some people also complain they're spending so much time on Facebook that they're short-changing the rest of their lives. Evidence suggests a small but increasing number of users -- at least in North America, where Facebook use is especially saturated -- may be shunning the site. The site lost more than 7 million active users in the United States and Canada last month, according to data from the blog Inside Facebook, although Facebook disputes those figures. Others are consciously reducing the time they spend on the site. "I figured out that I wouldn't look back as an old man and wish I had spent more time on Facebook," says David Cole, an IT manager from Boston. Cole said he believes the popular social-networking site is a useful tool, but not a replacement for what he calls "realbook" experiences. "Instead of working on an essay, I would waste time browsing people's walls," says Kip Krieger, a college student from Virginia, who like Cole has consciously ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-investor39s-business-daily/ google-investor39s-business-daily Tue, 21 Jun 2011 04:32:44 +0300 Google (NASDAQ:GOOG - News) acquired SageTV, which makes media software and digital video recorders, for an undisclosed price. Analysts said the acquisition is aimed at helping the online search leader further extend its brand and media offerings from the Internet to TV. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-expands-digital-library-investor39s-business-daily/ google-expands-digital-library-investor39s-business-daily Tue, 21 Jun 2011 04:32:45 +0300 The No. 1 online search company will pay an undisclosed sum to the British Library to digitize 250,000 scholarly books published between 1700 and 1870. Internet users will be able to read, search and copy books from the British Library and Google Books websites. The library plans to make the bulk of its 14 mil books and 1 mil periodicals available in digital form by 2020. Google has digitized 13 mil books in similar deals so far. Shares dipped 0.1% to 484.58. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/nokia-to-launch-windows-phone-later-this-year-reuters/ nokia-to-launch-windows-phone-later-this-year-reuters Tue, 21 Jun 2011 07:32:36 +0300 SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Ailing Finnish cellphone maker Nokia will launch its first smartphone using the Microsoft Windows platform later this year, and will begin to ship the models in volume in 2012, Chief Executive Stephen Elop said on Tuesday. "Our primary smartphone strategy is to focus on the Windows phone," Elop, who moved to Nokia from Microsoft last year, said at a telecom conference in Singapore. "I have increased confidence that we will launch our first device based on the Windows platform later this year and we will ship our product in volume in 2012," Elop reiterated. He provided few details on how he planned to arrest a slide in Nokia's market share. Last month, Nokia said it decided to abandon hopes of meeting key targets just weeks after setting them, raising questions over whether Elop can deliver on a turnaround he promised in February. Nokia also unveiled its new N9 smartphone, the first and last to use the MeeGo platform, at the Singapore event and said the commercial launch will be held later in the year. Nokia has been losing ground in the smartphone market to Apple Inc's iPhone and Google Inc's Android devices, and in the low-end mobile phones to more nimble Asian rivals such as China's ZTE and India's Micromax. In a research note this month, Nomura said Samsung Electronics will become the world's largest smartphone maker this quarter and Apple Inc will take the number two spot next quarter, pushing Nokia to the third place. Nokia has led the market since 1996 when it launched the Communicator, a smartphone ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/india-it-hub-orders-google-to-suspend-street-view-service-reuters/ india-it-hub-orders-google-to-suspend-street-view-service-reuters Tue, 21 Jun 2011 10:00:40 +0300 NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Google Inc has been ordered by city police to suspend its "Street View" service in the Indian IT hub of Bangalore, the company said on Tuesday, in the latest setback to its global mapping project that has been hit by privacy fears. The technology giant has sent a fleet of cars around the globe to capture millions of images used with maps as part of its panoramic Street View service, but faces regulatory challenges from authorities across the world on data protection concerns. "We received a letter from the commissioner of police regarding Street View. We are currently reviewing it and have stopped our cars until we have a chance to answer any questions or concerns the police have," Google said in a statement. The commissioner of police declined to elaborate on the reasons for the letter when contacted by Reuters. Bangalore is the leading IT hub in Asia's third-largest economy, where Google employs thousands nationwide and where global technology giants such as Microsoft, Yahoo and Intel also have offices. Google began collecting images three weeks ago in Bangalore, the first Indian city targeted by Street View. The company aims to cover all of India with the mapping service, a spokesperson told Reuters. Regulators across Europe, Canada and Singapore have conducted investigations into the legality of Street View, after Google admitted to U.S. authorities that the vehicles used to take the photographs for the service had also collected personal information such as emails and passwords from unsecured WiFi networks. France's data protection regulator fined the firm 100,000 euros ($143,650) ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/bangalore-police-orders-google-to-suspend-street-view-service-reuters/ bangalore-police-orders-google-to-suspend-street-view-service-reuters Tue, 21 Jun 2011 10:01:04 +0300 NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Google Inc has been ordered by city police to suspend its "Street View" service in Bangalore, the company said on Tuesday, in the latest setback to its global mapping project that has been hit by privacy fears. The technology giant has sent a fleet of cars around the globe to capture millions of images used with maps as part of its panoramic Street View service, but faces regulatory challenges from authorities across the world on data protection concerns. "We received a letter from the commissioner of police regarding Street View. We are currently reviewing it and have stopped our cars until we have a chance to answer any questions or concerns the police have," Google said in a statement. The commissioner of police declined to elaborate on the reasons for the letter when contacted by Reuters. Bangalore is the leading IT hub in Asia's third-largest economy, where Google employs thousands nationwide and where global technology giants such as Microsoft, Yahoo and Intel also have offices. Google began collecting images three weeks ago in Bangalore, the first Indian city targeted by Street View. The company aims to cover all of India with the mapping service, a spokesperson told Reuters. Regulators across Europe, Canada and Singapore have conducted investigations into the legality of Street View, after Google admitted to U.S. authorities that the vehicles used to take the photographs for the service ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/9-things-you-need-to-know-about-icann39s-new-top-level-domains-mashable/ 9-things-you-need-to-know-about-icann39s-new-top-level-domains-mashable Tue, 21 Jun 2011 10:32:20 +0300 On Monday, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), approved the creation of generic top-level domains (TLDs) for brands and organizations. Historically, only 22 general use-approved TLDs, which include .com, .org, .net and a host of others, have existed across the web. A number of country code top-level domains (like .me and .ly) also exist and throughout the years, many individuals not from those countries have used those domains to give their domain or brand a more memorable (or in some cases, shorter) URL. [More from Mashable: How Big Is the Web & How Fast Is It Growing?] The promise of more generic TLDs is immense because it could conceivably open up new domain extensions and opportunities for a wider variety of brands, organizations and services. SEE ALSO: How Big Is the Web & How Fast Is It Growing? [More from Mashable: New .XXX Domain Approved for Porn Sites] Still, the entire TLD process is complicated and difficult to understand. We've been sucked down the rabbit hole of ICANN and the gTLD application process in the past, and it isn't something we recommend for the faint of heart. We read (or at least skimmed) the 352-page draft New gTLD Applicant Guidebook [PDF] to get to the bottom of what the gTLD process is, how much it costs, and ultimately, why regular users should care. 1. How Many New TLDs Will Be Issued? ICANN has said between 300 and 1,000 new gTLDs could be created per year under the new program. Still, this number assumes ICANN can process and deal with that many ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/will-facebook-launch-a-music-service-in-august-mashable/ will-facebook-launch-a-music-service-in-august-mashable Tue, 21 Jun 2011 10:32:51 +0300 The music/tech rumor mill has been grinding away -- not yet sated by the release of cloud-based music services from Google and Apple. The most recent grist? Facebook. In May, Forbes reported that Facebook was working with music subscription service Spotify on an integrated platform that would allow users to listen to tunes via Facebook. [More from Mashable: New York State Senator Asks Twitter & Facebook Followers How To Vote on Gay Marriage Bill] Both companies declined to confirm the rumor. In fact, at the eG8 forum in Paris, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg also implied that there's no such deal, stating: “We don’t have the DNA to be a music company or a movie company." Now, however, GigaOM is reporting that Facebook has been reaching out to several online music services -- not just Spotify -- and that the next f8 developer conference (which will likely take place in August) will center on music. [More from Mashable: What’s the Most Social City in the World? [CONTEST]] Here's how GigaOM outlines a possible music service: A new tab titled "Music" will appear on the left-hand column of Facebook for those who listen to music via one of Facebook's partners. Clicking on that tab will open a "Music Dashboad," which will feature music notifications (if your friends listen to songs recommended by you or featured on your profile), recommended songs (which you can listen to in-Facebook), top songs from friends, top albums from friends (with art), what your friends are listening to and a "happening now" ticker. "The Persistent Playback/Pause Button" will show ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/nokia-unveils-new-windows-smartphone-reuters/ nokia-unveils-new-windows-smartphone-reuters Tue, 21 Jun 2011 12:32:26 +0300 SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Nokia Chief Executive Stephen Elop unveiled a new smartphone on Tuesday that uses software the firm plans to ditch, a move analysts said would probably condemn the device to obscurity. Once the undisputed leader in hand phones, Nokia has rapidly lost ground in the smartphone market to Apple's iPhone and Google's Android devices, and at the low end of the market to Asian rivals such as China's ZTE and India's Micromax. At a telecoms conference in Singapore, Elop reiterated that Nokia would launch its first smartphone using Microsoft's Windows platform later this year, even as he unveiled the new all-screen N9 smartphone, which uses a platform called MeeGo. The model -- Nokia's first and last to use MeeGo -- can be navigated by a single finger swipe and comes in black, cyan and magenta colors in a polycarbonate design. "It seems pointless to launch a phone like the N9 on a platform that has been cut by management," RBS analyst Didier Scemama in London said in a research note. Elop said the N9 was part of Nokia's drive to introduce "an exciting experience around the user interface, the industrial design and the developer platform". "Our primary smartphone strategy is to focus on the Windows phone," said Elop, who moved to Nokia from Microsoft last year. "I have increased confidence that we will launch our first device based on the Windows platform later this year and we will ship our product in volume in 2012." The MeeGo platform -- a newcomer in the market dominated by Google Inc and Apple Inc ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-celebreaza-solstitiul-de-vara-printr-un-logo-special/ google-celebreaza-solstitiul-de-vara-printr-un-logo-special Tue, 21 Jun 2011 12:35:36 +0300 Google, cel mai renumit motor de căutare din lume, sărbătoreşte solstiţiul de vară printr-un logo special, inspirat din operele artistului japonez Takashi Murakami. Pagina de start a motorului de căutare Google marchează sosirea verii din punct de vedere astronomic, printr-un logo deosebit de colorat, intitulat "Prima zi de vară". Acest logo este inspirat din operele artistului plastic nipon Takashi Murakami şi pare desprins din universul manga. Născut pe 1 februarie 1962, Takashi Murakami este un renumit sculptor şi artist plastic contemporan japonez. Murakami colaborează în mod constant cu brandul de lux Louis Vuitton şi a realizat coperta albumului "Graduation" lansat de rapperul american Kanye West. Considerat unul dintre iniţiatorii curentului neo-pop japonez, denumit "Superflat", Murakami revendică moştenirea culturală lăsată de Andy Warhol şi de curentul pop-art american, analizând totodată maniera în care arta japoneză poate să îşi găsească o anumită autonomie în faţa modelului occidental. În septembrie 2010, o expoziţie de amploare a artistului nipon a fost vernisată la palatul Versailles. Solstiţiul de vară marchează cea mai lungă zi a anului, de obicei pe 21 iunie. Această zi este marcată pe 20 iunie în anii bisecţi - acei ani în care luna februarie are 29 de zile. Solstiţiul marchează venirea verii din punct de vedere astronomic, iar de la această dată zilele încep să devină mai scurte. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/nokia-a-prezentat-smartphone-ul-n9-intampinat-cu-scepticism-de-analisti-foto/ nokia-a-prezentat-smartphone-ul-n9-intampinat-cu-scepticism-de-analisti-foto Tue, 21 Jun 2011 14:05:42 +0300 Directorul general al Nokia, Stephen Elop, a prezentat marţi la Singapore smartphone-ul N9, pe o platformă software la care grupul finlandez a anunţat deja că renunţă, fapt care, în opinia analiştilor, va condamna produsul la obscuritate. Odată liderul indiscutabil al industriei telefoanelor mobile, Nokia a pierdut teren pe piaţa smartphone în ultimii ani în faţa produselor mai inovatoare precum gadget-urile Android şi Apple iPhone, în timp ce segmentul low end este acaparat în tot mai mare măsură de producători asiatici precum ZTE (China) sau Micromax (India), care pot oferi preţuri mult mai avantajoase. Elop a reiterat, la conferniţa susţinută marţi la Singapore, că Nokia intenţionează să lanseze primul smartphone pe platforma Microsoft Windows în cursul acestui an, deşi scopul evenimentului a fost prezentarea telefonului Nokia N9, care foloseşte platforma MeeGo. Modelul, cu interfaţă multi-touch, este primul şi ultimul Nokia cu acest sistem de operare. "Pare fără rost să lansezi un telefon ca N9 pe o platformă la care a renunţat deja management-ul", comentează analistul RBS Didier Scemama. Sistemul de operare MeeGo, un jucător proaspăt pe o piaţă dominată de Google şi Apple, a fost creată în februarie 2010, când Nokia şi Intel au anunţat fuziunea platformei Maemo a Nokia cu softul Moblin al Intel, ambele bazate pe Linux. Nokia s-a retras din acest proiect acum patru luni. "N9 este prea aproape de lansarea primului telefon Nokia cu Windows Phone pentru a avea un impact real asupra problemelor pe care le are compania pe segmentul smartphone. Puterea ecosistemelor rivale lasă puţin spaţiu pentru MeeGo. Mi-e greu să văd N9 ca altceva decât un produs de nişă. N9 se va vinde cu greu", a arătat Ben Wood, director la CCS Insight Londra. Analistul IDC Melissa ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/nokia-unveils-new-smartphone-analysts-not-impressed-reuters/ nokia-unveils-new-smartphone-analysts-not-impressed-reuters Tue, 21 Jun 2011 14:31:01 +0300 SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Nokia Chief Executive Stephen Elop unveiled a new smartphone on Tuesday that uses software the firm plans to ditch, a move analysts said would probably condemn the device to obscurity. Once the undisputed leader in hand phones, Nokia has rapidly lost ground in the smartphone market to Apple's iPhone and Google's Android devices, and at the low end of the market to Asian rivals such as China's ZTE and India's Micromax. At a telecoms conference in Singapore, Elop reiterated that Nokia would launch its first smartphone using Microsoft's Windows platform later this year, even as he unveiled the new all-screen N9 smartphone, which uses a platform called MeeGo. The model -- Nokia's first and last to use MeeGo -- can be navigated by a single finger swipe and comes in black, cyan and magenta colours in a polycarbonate design. "It seems pointless to launch a phone like the N9 on a platform that has been cut by management," RBS analyst Didier Scemama in London said in a research note. Elop said the N9 was part of Nokia's drive to introduce "an exciting experience around the user interface, the industrial design and the developer platform". "Our primary smartphone strategy is to focus on the Windows phone," said Elop, who moved to Nokia from Microsoft last year. "I have increased confidence that we will launch our first device based on the Windows platform ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/mba-journal-looking-back-looking-forward-businessweek/ mba-journal-looking-back-looking-forward-businessweek Tue, 21 Jun 2011 15:34:29 +0300 You know that feeling when you're reading on a train, your eyes glancing over the newspaper headlines in front of you, and suddenly another train blows past yours so quickly it actually reverberates the train car, peeling you away from your reading to see the last bit of caboose disappear in a flash? That's about the speed at which the first year of the MBA at London Business School (London Full-Time MBA Profile) seems to have passed.A flash of memories in an instant -- late nights studying in the library, captivating speeches at LBS's inaugural TEDx conference, the intense competition at this year's MBAT (MBA sports tournament) held at HEC Paris, a sea of people struggling to catch a glimpse of the Royal Wedding procession.Now we stand ready to dive off into the "real world," even if just for the summer.In a few short weeks, our class will scatter to all corners of the earth, from Cairo to Cupertino, to put some of this year's learning into practice during our summer internships. Everyone's feeling a bit nostalgic this time of year, knowing that things will change significantly from here on out. Flexibility was a key factor in my choice to matriculate to LBS. The full-time MBA program offers three timelines -- 15, 18, and 21 months. Regardless of the length you choose to pursue, the first year consists of more than 15 core classes, from financial accounting to strategy to managing organizational behavior. Divided into five streams of around 80 students, we've all become quite close with ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/police-halt-google-39street-view39-project-in-india-afp/ police-halt-google-39street-view39-project-in-india-afp Tue, 21 Jun 2011 17:00:43 +0300 BANGALORE, India (AFP) – Indian police said on Tuesday they had ordered Google to stop taking photos of the city of Bangalore for its Street View product because of fears the images could be used by militants. Technology giant Google launched its plan to collect panoramic images of India last month, picking IT and software hub Bangalore as the starting point for the gigantic undertaking. "Since Bangalore has been on the radar of terrorists and anti-national elements as a high target area, we are wary of its streets and localities being filmed and made available on Google Maps," Bangalore additional police commissioner T. Sunil Kumar told AFP. Kumar said Google would need written permission from the ministry of home affairs and the ministry of external affairs to continue filming. Neither ministry commented when contacted by AFP. Google, which claimed it had received all the necessary authorisations from the state and federal authorities last month, said it had pulled its cars and tricycles with specially mounted cameras off the roads. "We received a letter from Bangalore's commissioner of police and are reviewing it. We will not be collecting any more images for Street View until we speak to the police," a Google spokeswoman told AFP. "We expect to have any issues sorted out soon." Street View, which operates in more than 25 countries, has proved hugely popular with users since its launch in the United States in 2007, but it has also run into trouble with several governments concerned about privacy. In March, France's data privacy regulator fined Google 100,000 euros ($143,500) for collecting ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/would-you-pay-100000-for-a-razor-yahoo-news/ would-you-pay-100000-for-a-razor-yahoo-news Tue, 21 Jun 2011 18:02:24 +0300 $100,000 can buy many things: a brand new sports car, a boat, or a ridiculously luxurious vacation, just to name a few. But if you already have a new Audi in your driveway, a yacht at the marina, and just got back from a trip around the world, perhaps you'd rather drop your cold hard cash on a limited edition iridium razor. The pricey item is crafted by Zafirro, a company which seems to have just one product in its lineup, and just 99 of the "Zafirro Iridium" razors will be made. The handle of the razor is made entirely of iridium, an extremely scare and expensive metal that is so dense it could survive a drop into molten lava. Most iridium that appears on Earth is the result of crashed meteorites. The blades of the beast are made from artificially grown sapphire, making them hypoallergenic, not to mention many orders of magnitude sharper than your average Bic. The company boasts a 10-year blade life, and backs it up with free sharpening for a decade if the razor ever dulls. The Zafirro Iridium, while promising "generations" of enjoyable use, is clearly made for the millionaire who already has everything. The company says the upgrade from a traditional razor to the $100,000 model is like changing from a CB radio to an iPhone, but unless your morning shave takes place at the mouth of a volcano, we're not sure it's worth it. Zafirro via Laughing Squid More from Tecca: This auto-inspired desk costs more than your car BMW's all-electric i3 boasts 100-mile range, $35,000 ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/web-address-boom-could-be-search-engine-boon-afp/ web-address-boom-could-be-search-engine-boon-afp Tue, 21 Jun 2011 18:03:10 +0300 SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) – The decision to open the Internet to a flood of Web addresses ending in anything from company names to social movements could prove a boon to search engines. The Internet's global coordinator on Monday approved the creation of website addresses ending in just about any word, triggering one of the biggest ever shake-ups in how the web operates. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) voted overwhelmingly for the proposal at a meeting in Singapore despite fears the shift would cause some confusion and favor large companies. The change shouldn't make it tougher to scour the Internet for what people seek, according to Internet search giant Google and its rival Bing. "Google is experienced in ranking and returning web pages, regardless of top-level domain (TLD)," Google told AFP, referring to the code after the second dot in web addresses, such as .com, .gov and .org. "If the best result is on a non-traditional domain, we still intend to return that page to our users," the California-based firm said. Microsoft online services division senior director Adam Sohn said that freeing constraints on the endings of Web addresses will have "not much" of an impact on the company's Bing search engine. "When you look at how search is done, the domains do not have a big impact... On the consumer side, people search using keywords or names, not domains," he said. On the back end, or indexing side, search services examine content, links, and myriad other "signals" to rank pages in search results. The new domain names could drive more ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/more-pain-for-nokia-rim-seen-as-smartphones-get-cheaper-reuters/ more-pain-for-nokia-rim-seen-as-smartphones-get-cheaper-reuters Tue, 21 Jun 2011 18:32:51 +0300 (Reuters) – Credit Suisse said competitive pressure in the smartphone industry was likely to increase over the next 12-18 months as a wave of low-end Android phones hits the market and Apple is seen releasing a cheaper iPhone in 2012. The brokerage, however, said the overall market for mobile phones would continue to grow as low-end smartphones phase out feature phones, a term used to describe phones with less computing power. Credit Suisse said Apple and Samsung Electronics would be the biggest gainers in the smartphone market and sees increasing signs of vulnerability for BlackBerry-maker Research in Motion, Nokia and Motorola Mobility. The brokerage downgraded Motorola Mobility by two notches to "underperform." Shares of the company, which was spun off from Motorola Inc in January, were down more than 3 percent in morning trade on the New York Stock Exchange. While the growth momentum for phones based on Google's Android operating system is expected to continue, the brokerage said Motorola Mobility could lose out because of limited exposure to the lower and mid-end of the smartphone market. An onslaught from rival Android phone makers, such as Samsung and HTC, could also hurt Motorola Mobility's market share in the United States. LOW-END SMARTPHONES TO HURT RIM, NOKIA The brokerage said there was a high likelihood of Apple introducing a low-end iPhone in 2012, but added that "the precise timing is difficult to predict." Credit Suisse cut Research in Motion to "neutral" and maintained Nokia at "underperform," saying a cheaper iPhone could further erode their market share. Nokia, on Tuesday, released its latest smartphone running on ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-street-view-told-to-halt-filming-in-india-ap/ google-street-view-told-to-halt-filming-in-india-ap Tue, 21 Jun 2011 19:00:39 +0300 NEW DELHI – Google has been barred from taking pictures of streets in India for its popular Street View service until it obtains approval from the federal government, police said Tuesday. T. Sunil Kumar, a senior police official in the technology hub of Bangalore, said the company would be allowed to resume filming only after it produces security clearances from the Home Ministry and Ministry of Defense. The Mountain View, California-based company has so far not produced any clearance despite claiming to have it, Kumar said. "We have security concerns. There are a lot of sensitive establishments in Bangalore and those pictures would be available in the public domain," he added. Officials at Google's India subsidiary did not immediately comment. India is especially sensitive about detailed photographs and locations of key buildings being made public since the 2008 Mumbai attacks, in which 10 gunmen rampaged through city landmarks, killing 166 people. Google India launched its Street View service in Bangalore in late May and plans to include other cities as well. Street View has raised privacy concerns in many countries. In Switzerland the company is appealing a court ruling that obliges it to ensure all faces and vehicle license plates are blurred before pictures are uploaded to the Street View service. The service allows users to click on virtually any spot in a city to zoom into a series of street-level pictures taken by cars mounted with 360-degree cameras. In Germany, Street View went online after a monthslong battle with authorities who insisted that citizens had the right to have images of their properties blurred. ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/olanda-e-pe-cale-sa-aprobe-o-lege-care-sa-garanteze-neutralitatea-internetului-mobil/ olanda-e-pe-cale-sa-aprobe-o-lege-care-sa-garanteze-neutralitatea-internetului-mobil Tue, 21 Jun 2011 19:05:52 +0300 Parlamentul olandez supune marti la vot un proiect de lege care va garanta neutralitatea internetului mobil, astfel incat anumite tipuri de continut sa nu mai poata fi tratate in mod preferential in raport cu alte tipuri. Olanda vrea sa devina un exemplu si pentru alte tari europene in domeniul neutralitatii internetului pe seama caruia s-a discutat masiv in SUA, insa in Europa s-a facut relativ putin. Daca proiectul va fi adoptat, Olanda va avea cea mai radicala lege europeana pentru neutralitatea internetului.Sunt toate sansele ca legea sa primeasca OK-ul legislativului olandez, astfel ca operatorii de telefonie mobila nu vor putea trata preferential diferite tipuri de continut si nu le vor putea taxa diferit. Mai ales in SUA s-a discutat mult despre pericolul unui "internet cu doua viteze" in care, spre exemplu, paginile unor companii care platesc sa se incarce mai repede in comparatie cu site-urile care nu contribuie cu nimic.Furnizorii de servicii de telefonie mobila sustin existenta unei tratari diferentiate si spun ca daca toate tipurile de continut sunt tratate la fel, nu vor mai putea garanta calitatea conexiunii.In Europa cei mai mari furnizori de internet sunt companii telecom precum Deutsche Telekom, France Telecom sau Telefonica, giganti care au mare putere in gestionarea retelelor proprii si pot rationaliza traficul, astfel incat anumite site-uri ale concurentei sa se incarce mai greu.Exista un conflict latent intre marii operatori telecom si companii care ofera servicii gratuite cum ar fi Facebook, Google si Skype. Operatorii telecom spun ca aceste servicii incarca mult retelele, generand volum urias de tarfic, ceea ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/best-buy-soft-launches-music-cloud-service-digital-trends/ best-buy-soft-launches-music-cloud-service-digital-trends Tue, 21 Jun 2011 19:33:13 +0300 Have you ever heard the expression: when it rains, it pours? Well, things are getting pretty cloudy. Best Buy hasn’t officially launched its Music Cloud service, but you can already give it a try if you head to the site. The service is Best Buy’s attempt to compete with Amazon’s Cloud Player, Google Music, and Apple’s iCloud, among others. The new service lets users stream their music to multiple device including computers, phones, and tablets. Not to be outdone, Music Cloud allows users to save songs locally to devices for offline play, which may be more common with data prices beginning to skyrocket out of control. Unlike Apple’s iCloud, however, it looks like users will have to upload their music. The heart of the music uploading service is powered by Catch Media’s PlayAnywhere technology, and it works with iOS devices, BlackBerry phones, and Android-based products. It looks like there will be a free “lite” version and a subscription “pro” version with more features and storage. Unfortunately, the service is currently limited and will only allow you to use it if you connect it to your iTunes library. Yes, there is no way to use the new service if you don’t have iTunes installed. It will not upload from Windows Media Player or a folder/directory on your desktop. We’re hoping Best Buy fixes this, and streamlines the entire setup process, by the time the product officially launches. For those who use iTunes, this Best Buy blog post will help you install the software. We were not able to ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/analysis-new-internet-rules-will-spawn-battle-for-dots-reuters/ analysis-new-internet-rules-will-spawn-battle-for-dots-reuters Tue, 21 Jun 2011 21:02:30 +0300 NEW YORK (Reuters) – When it comes to branding on the Internet, 2012 may be the dawn of a chaotic new era with companies and other groups expected to battle over suffixes like .cancer, .chocolate and just about .anything. The decision on Monday by the body that governs Internet domain names to stop restricting them to suffixes like .com and .gov will change the way companies interact with consumers and how much they'll be paying to do so. "It's going to make the Wild West look positively civilized," said James Gregory, chief executive of CoreBrand, a corporate brand consultancy. Currently, there are 22 "generic top-level domains," such as .info and .org, plus about 250 country-level domains such as .uk, .de or .ca. That framework has already created an environment in which companies own thousands of possible domain names, even if they don't use them, just to prevent bad faith "cybersquatting." New names -- which could end in anything from .pepsi to .food to .healthy -- are expected to start getting approved by the end of 2012. That means hundreds more top level domains are expected to come into existence, creating the possibility for a complex network of possible URLs such as coke.zero or italian.food. Companies already spend hundreds of thousands, or even millions, of dollars a year to maintain registries for domain names not in use, partly to prevent others from snapping them up for ill intentions such as domain name trafficking, financial fraud or selling counterfeit goods. Now that the number of possible domains is growing exponentially, so too might ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/for-185000-plus-you-can-name-your-own-domain-newsfactor/ for-185000-plus-you-can-name-your-own-domain-newsfactor Tue, 21 Jun 2011 21:02:31 +0300 Get ready for www.starbucks.coffee -- or even www.coffee.starbucks. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) decided Monday to allow virtually any word to become a new top-level domain to compete with the old favorites of .com, .net, .org and .gov. ICANN President and CEO Rod Beckstrom said the decision will open "the Internet's naming system to unleash the global human imagination," in that it "respects the rights of groups to create new top-level domains in any language or script." $185,000 Fees, Plus Until this decision, there were 22 generic top-level domains, or gTLDs, of which .com, .net, .org and .gov were the best known. Under the new guidelines, gTLDs now can be "almost any word in any language." But the groups whose imagination will be unleashed will likely be limited to large and flush ones. Application fees will cost $185,000. ICANN has determined that level of fees is needed to cover its cost in evaluating the applications, and, if a group is turned down, the fee will not be returned. Some observers have estimated that, in addition to the application fee, other costs for application preparation, legal, trademark searches, and web-site preparation and maintenance could add hundreds of thousands of dollars more. In addition to restricting the new domains to groups that can afford them, the high cost of entry could also tame the gold-rush fever that accompanied the first wave of URL naming. If two or more groups want the same domain, that domain goes to auction. Biggest Beneficiary? Applications for the new domains will be accepted beginning in ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/10-new-internet-domains-everyone-will-want-pc-magazine/ 10-new-internet-domains-everyone-will-want-pc-magazine Tue, 21 Jun 2011 21:02:35 +0300 Next year, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) will open up its list of generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs) to applications from anybody with the $185,000 evaluation fee. Would-be gTLD owners have a bit of time to put on their thinking caps&#8212the application period runs from January 12 to April 12, 2012, after which time ICANN will publish all the domains that were requested and people can raise objections to any of them. That process could take some time, and who knows which words or strings of words will make the final cut. But it's likely there will be a whole lot of new gTLDs added to the current list of 22, which includes such stalwarts as .com, .org, and .net. With that in mind, PCMag is trying to figure out which likely gTLD entries will prove to be the most prized. We welcome your additional input in comments. Here's a first take on a potential list of gTLD heavy hitters: .sex Yes, it's almost too easy. Plus ICANN has already approved a generic .XXX domain. But this is the Internet, where sex sells well enough for at least a dozen gTLDs that really hit below the belt. Of course, .porn and .bootycall probably won't make the final list. .games, .music, .movies You have to figure that these will get snapped up. You just wonder if an Amazon, an Apple, or a Netflix would ever jump on the bandwagon for a given content-specific gTLD. .apps There is somebody in Apple's legal department with a pre-prepared objection to this gTLD loaded up ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/alternate-apps-nook-vs-kindle-for-your-computer-yahoo-news/ alternate-apps-nook-vs-kindle-for-your-computer-yahoo-news Tue, 21 Jun 2011 21:02:39 +0300 Amazon recently announced that they sell more ebooks than they do traditional print and paper books. While it's certain that e-readers are a significant part of the publishing industry, many laptop owners, however, like to curl up around their computer to read a good book, instead. They consider the computer screen plenty good enough for reading already. For those folks, both Barnes & Noble and Amazon have made their e-readers available as desktop applications. You can download the Kindle app from Amazon and the Nook app from Barnes & Noble. Since both applications are free, you could certainly load both on your machine. But most folks like to use a central service and program to get their content; no one wants to try to remember which book is on which program. It's best to keep things simple. So, let's talk about which e-reading app is better for the computer; should you use the Kindle or the Nook? Since we're talking about both Mac and PC applications here, you should know that the Kindle is identical across both operating systems. However, the Nook is much different on Mac than it is on the PC. Book displayLet's start with the most critical part of reading a book on your computer: how does it actually look? After all, if you're just reading a wall of text, then you might as well be reading a Pages document. The Kindle displays a single "page" at a time. It basically looks like a word processing document, although you can toggle the display to ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/mozilla-releases-firefox-5-digital-trends/ mozilla-releases-firefox-5-digital-trends Tue, 21 Jun 2011 22:32:40 +0300 Mozilla has released Firefox 5, the latest version of its popular Web browser for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. The release comes just three months after Mozilla released Firefox 4, and not even a month after the first Firefox 5 beta: the release follows Mozilla’s new rapid-release schedule, which aims to ship a new major version of the browser every three months in order to get new features and technologies to users more quickly. “The latest version of Firefox includes more than 1,000 improvements and performance enhancements that make it easier to discover and use all of the innovative features in Firefox,” Mozilla wrote on its blog. “This release adds support for more modern Web technologies that make it easier for developers to build amazing Firefox Add-ons, Web applications, and Web sites.” Firefox 5 is available as a free download for Windows 2000 or newer, Mac OS X 10.5 or newer (Intel-only), and LInux—a variety of localizations are already available, and more should be coming soon. Firefox 4 users will start seeing updates rolling out to their systems today; Mozilla will soon extend offers to upgrade for users of Firefox 3.6. Mozilla is touting Firefox 5 as the first browser to offer cross-platform support for “Do Not Track” functionality, which basically inserts special headers into page-loading requests that ask remote sites not to record any personal information about the visitor—of course, it’s up to the remote sites to actually honor that request). Mozilla also says Firefox 5 fixes several stability and security issues (including cross-domain texture security ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-translates-more-india-languages-afp/ google-translates-more-india-languages-afp Tue, 21 Jun 2011 23:02:21 +0300 SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) – Google on Tuesday expanded its free Internet translation service to include five languages spoken by more than a half million people in India and Bangladesh. Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Tamil and Telugu were added to Google Translate, bringing to 63 the number of languages supported by the California-based firm's online service. Translation of the newly added languages were in "alpha" form meaning that there was polishing to be done, Google research scientist Ashish Venugopal said in a blog post. "If you notice incorrect or missing translations for any of our languages, please correct us; we enjoy learning from our mistakes and your feedback helps us graduate new languages from alpha status," Venugopal said. "We hope that the launch of these new alpha languages will help you better understand the Indic web and encourage the publication of new content in Indic languages," he added. Google also made software for fonts used in the languages available for download. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/mozilla39s-firefox-5-now-available-for-download-pc-magazine/ mozilla39s-firefox-5-now-available-for-download-pc-magazine Tue, 21 Jun 2011 23:32:37 +0300 Staying true to promises of a quick-release cycle, Mozilla on Tuesday released Firefox 5, about three months after Firefox 4 made its debut. Firefox 5 is now available for download for Windows, Mac, Linux, and blog post. Mozilla promised more than 1,000 improvements and performance enhancements in the updated browser. "This release adds support for more modern Web technologies that make it easier for developers to build amazing Firefox Add-ons, Web applications and Web sites," the company said. Mozilla also added the "do not track" option to the Android release, which the company said makes it the first browser to support the feature on multiple platforms. To access it, navigate to Firefox Preferences and the "Tell sites not to track me" option. But as PCMag software analyst Michael Muchmore noted when examining the Firefox 5 release candidate, the update brings a lot of fixes, but pretty much zilch when it comes to interface advancements or new user tools. Under the hood, Firefox 5 adds support for a few new Web technologies, most notably for CSS animations, which let Web designers create effects like having text slide across the window, using keyframes. Mozilla also claims improved standards support for HTML5, XHR, MathML, SMIL, and canvas, but on the HTML5test.com measure of HTML5 support, Firefox 5 does no better than version 4 with a score of 240 out of 400 points, compared with Google Chrome's score of 291. Other changes for Firefox 5 include: better spell checking in some languages; improved canvas, JavaScript, memory, and networking performance; better Linux desktop integration; and ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/mobile-malware-alert-beware-of-fake-android-market/ mobile-malware-alert-beware-of-fake-android-market Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:35:05 +0300 Editor's note: Amy Gahran writes about mobile tech for CNN.com. She is a San Francisco Bay Area writer and media consultant whose blog, Contentious.com, explores how people communicate in the online age. (CNN) -- This week, mobile security provider Lookout is warning Android users of a new twist on malware (one of the key mobile security risks I covered last week). There's a malicious app called GGTracker, which tricks you into installing it by leading you to a fake version of Google's Android Market. Here's how it works: According to the Lookout blog, GGTracker is a Trojan (a malicious program concealed within otherwise harmless software). Its creators lure unsuspecting Android users via ads that appear in other Android apps. So far, those ads have been touting free apps for optimizing your phone battery or adult content. But that could easily change, so consider any in-app ad for a free app as a possible malware lure. When users click on the in-app ad, they're taken to something that looks like the official Google Android Market -- what you'd expect if you're about to download an Android app. However, it's really a website designed to look just like the Android Market. Lookout has published a screen grab of the fake market, showing a URL in the browser's location bar that is nothing like the real Android Market address -- which is https://market.android.com/. However, linking to any Web page for an app download is a red flag in and of itself. Android users almost always access it through the Market app that comes ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/uk-teenager-arrested-in-global-hacking-probe-reuters/ uk-teenager-arrested-in-global-hacking-probe-reuters Wed, 22 Jun 2011 02:32:39 +0300 LONDON (Reuters) – British police arrested a 19-year-old man in England on suspicions that he was linked to cyber attacks on the CIA, Britain's anti-organized crime agency and Sony Corp. As part of international efforts to catch the culprits behind a string of high-profile hacks, London's Metropolitan Police, working with the U.S. FBI, said they arrested the teenager in the town of Wickford, close to London. The raid was linked to recent attacks on the websites of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency and the British police Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA), which targets organized crime in Britain and overseas, police said. The suspect's computer was being examined for data linked to Sony, whose websites have also been attacked. The Lulz Security group of hackers has claimed responsibility for these attacks, but police declined to say whether the suspect was linked to that organization. Lulz Security said on Twitter that the suspect was not a group leader. It said he was "at best, mildly associated" with the group and that Lulz Security used one of his servers to host one of several chatrooms. In addition to attacks on Sony, the CIA and SOCA, Lulz Security has also claimed responsibility for targeting the U.S. Public Broadcasting Service and Fox.com. Fox is a unit of News Corp. But no hackers have claimed responsibility so far for some more serious recent security breaches including attacks on the International Monetary Fund, Lockheed Martin Corp, Citigroup Inc, Google Inc and Michaels Stores. Lulz Security has also not claimed responsibility for two major attacks against Sony that captured personal data ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/is-the-iphone-now-the-underdog-pc-magazine/ is-the-iphone-now-the-underdog-pc-magazine Wed, 22 Jun 2011 03:02:29 +0300 I had an epiphany this morning while staring at the pointless Nokia N9 smartphones images. No, not that the moribund MeeGo operating system is not where consumers want to place their smartphone bets, but that the MeeGo interface looked a lot like an iPhone. Then it hit me: Every smartphone interface looks like an Apple iPhone knockoff. Okay, okay. This is not a revelation, but the more I thought about the alarming commoditization of the smartphone market, the more I realized that what was special about Apple's premiere smartphone is slipping away. From a distance, I often cannot tell if people are carrying an Android phone or an iPhone. Up close, I can usually tell (cases make it more difficult), but the experiences of using the different phones feel more and more the same. Interestingly, Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 is now the only phone platform that stands out. The tiles are unique, the way it displays apps is unusual; really nothing about it feels like an interpretation of the iPhone UI. Apple, though, probably isn't sweating Windows Phone 7 very much right now. Its launch trajectory is taking the same slow, low-flying path as Android did a few years ago: Flying so low that no one believes it can soar. I'm not so sure, but that's a tale for another day. Android, on the other hand, went from being a spec in Apple's rear-view mirror to eating up half the smartphone market. It did so, by the way, with a very simple strategy: Team up ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-breaks-billion-visitor-barrier-afp/ google-breaks-billion-visitor-barrier-afp Wed, 22 Jun 2011 04:32:22 +0300 SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) – Figures released by industry tracker comScore credited Google with being the first online operation to attract more than a billion visitors in a single month. Slightly more than a billion people went to Google websites in May in what comScore billed as an unprecedented turn-out on the Internet. Microsoft websites were closing in on the milestone with about 900,000 "unique visitors" for the month, according to comScore. Facebook had the third most visited Web addresses, but topped other online venues in terms of how long people lingered after they arrived. ComScore extrapolated the findings from a sampling of two million Internet users. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/india-blocks-google-cameras-investor39s-business-daily/ india-blocks-google-cameras-investor39s-business-daily Wed, 22 Jun 2011 04:32:59 +0300 The No. 1 Web search engine was barred from taking pictures of streets in India for its Street View service until it obtains gov't approval, citing security concerns for the block. Other countries have raised similar concerns, but India is especially sensitive since the 2008 Mumbai attacks that killed 166. The 10 terrorists allegedly used satellite photos shown on Google Earth to plot their assault. Google (NASDAQ:GOOG - News) didn't immediately comment. Shares rose 1.7% to 493. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/making-it-harder-for-ads-to-track-you-online/ making-it-harder-for-ads-to-track-you-online Wed, 22 Jun 2011 04:34:57 +0300 (CNN) -- What's the best way to let advertisers know you don't want to be tracked online? As companies gather, and sell, information about people's Web activity, more users are asking that question. And so are governments, ad giants and startups looking to capitalize on a gestating shift in the industry. Data collection for the purpose of tailoring ads to each visitor, a process called "behavioral targeting," has exploded in recent years. Now, several initiatives are jockeying to become the standard way by which people can opt out of Web-advertising systems that log browsing history. So far, online ad agencies and their Web-publisher clients have operated without many restraints. Yahoo, for instance, automatically tells 75 different third-party services when a person has landed on its home page, and Microsoft's MSN.com, another portal, transmits similar information to 41 third-party databases, according to independent research conducted by privacy-software firm Disconnect and reviewed by CNN. News sites like CBS' CNET.com sends info to 46 third parties, and the Walt Disney Company's Go.com, which hosts ESPN.com, alerts 41, according to this data, compiled by Disconnect founder Brian Kennish. "In recent years, many players have entered the behavioral targeting space," wrote researchers from NYU and and Stanford University in a recent report. This type of ad targeting "holds the promise of more effective advertising while presenting users with ads that are more relevant to their interests." CNN.com shares limited information with 31 partners. CNN and most other sites don't share names of visitors. Not all the companies collecting such information are doing so for advertising ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/australia-unveils-cybercrime-laws-to-combat-global-threat-reuters/ australia-unveils-cybercrime-laws-to-combat-global-threat-reuters Wed, 22 Jun 2011 05:32:34 +0300 CANBERRA (Reuters) – Australia's government unveiled legislation on Wednesday to crack down on cybercrime in the wake of recent cyber attacks on multinational companies and institutions, from Google to the International Monetary Fund and the U.S. Senate. Cybercrime was a growing threat to individuals, businesses and governments, Attorney-General Robert McClelland said, with the country's giant resource industry having warned recently of near-daily hacking attempts from offshore. "The increasing cyber threat means that no nation alone can effectively overcome this problem and international cooperation is essential," McClelland said. The laws, once passed by parliament, will give Australian police and intelligence agencies the power to force telecommunications companies to keep sensitive information that was normally stored only briefly before being destroyed. They also aim to strengthen cooperation with overseas cybercrime agencies, giving police and security agencies better access to information stored overseas when investigating crimes locally committed using the internet. "Australia must have appropriate arrangements domestically and internationally to be in the best possible position to fight cybercrime and cyber security threats," McClelland said. Cyber hackers have launched a series of attacks in recent weeks targeting not only U.S. lawmakers, but also global companies and institutions, from Citigroup Inc to aerospace company Lockheed Martin, forcing governments and private companies to look at strengthening defences. Henry Kissinger, an architect of Sino-U.S. relations in the 1970s, earlier this month called for the United States and China to reach an agreement to restrict cyber attacks and designate some areas as off limits. Australia is already developing a cyber defense strategy to combat hacking and electronic espionage, including the ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/apple-pregateste-lansarea-urmatorului-iphone-pentru-septembrie-ce-imbunatatiri-va-avea/ apple-pregateste-lansarea-urmatorului-iphone-pentru-septembrie-ce-imbunatatiri-va-avea Wed, 22 Jun 2011 12:05:44 +0300 Apple pregăteşte pentru luna septembrie lansarea unui nou iPhone, care va avea un procesor mai puternic şi o cameră foto/video mai avansată, au declarat pentru Bloomberg două surse apropiate situaţiei. Telefonul va fi echipat cu procesorul A5 de pe iPad 2, şi cu o cameră de 8 megapixeli, faţă de cea de 5 megapixeli de pe iPhone 4, au afirmat persoanele citate. Apple testează de asemenea o nouă versiune a tabletei iPad, care se laudă cu un ecran de rezoluţie mai mare, a arătat una dintre surse. IPhone-ul este cel mai bine vândut produs al Apple, generând jumătate din venituri trimestrul trecut. Un chip mai rapid va permite procesarea mai accelerată a datelor şi va consolida poziţia iPhone pe piaţă în raport cu smartphone-urile rivale lansate de companii precum Samsung şi HTC pe platforma software Android a Google. Noul telefon Apple va rula sistemul de operare iOS 5 prezentat recent de companie la o conferinţă cu dezvoltatorii de software. Sistemul are funcţii îmbunătăţite de mesagerie şi photo-sharing şi poate rula pe toate gadget-urile mobile ale Apple, a spus una dintre surse. Până la sfârşitul anului trecut, iPhone-urile, iPad-urile şi iPod Touch foloseau versiuni uşor diferite ale iOS. Reprezentanţii Apple au refuzat să comenteze informaţiile. Compania a amânat prezentarea celui de-al cincilea iPhone pentru a coincide cu lansarea iOS 5, au afirmat sursele citate. Firma de cercetare de piaţă IDC estimează că piaţa smartphone-urilor va ajunge la un miliard de unităţi vândute până la sfârşitul anului 2015. IDC anticipează că Apple va avea o cotă de piaţă de 18,2% în acest an, faţă de 38,9% pentru telefoanele Android. Apple este aproape de finalizarea unei versiuni mai ieftine şi mai mici a iPhone, destinată consumatorilor din ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/china-says-no-cyber-warfare-between-it-us-reuters/ china-says-no-cyber-warfare-between-it-us-reuters Wed, 22 Jun 2011 14:30:58 +0300 BEIJING (Reuters) – There is no cyber warfare taking place between China and the United States, a senior Chinese official said on Wednesday, after weeks of friction over accusations that China may have launched a string of Internet hacking attacks. The two countries might suffer from cyber attacks, but they were in no way directed by either government, Vice Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai told a small group of foreign reporters ahead of a meeting with U.S. officials in Hawaii this weekend. "I want to clear something up: there are no contradictions between China and the United States" on the issue of hacking, Cui said. "Though hackers attack the U.S. Internet and China's Internet, I believe they do not represent any country," he added. Both countries were in fact already discussing the problem of hacking during their regular strategic consultations, Cui said. "The international community ought to come up with some rules to prevent this misuse of advanced technology," he added. The accusations against China have centered on an intrusion into the security networks of Lockheed Martin Corp and other U.S. military contractors, as well as efforts to gain access to the Google email accounts of U.S. officials and Chinese human rights advocates. China has vociferously denied having anything to do with hacking attacks, saying it too is a major victim. "Internet security is an issue for all countries, and it is a most pressing matter," Cui said. "Of course, every country has different abilities when it comes to this problem," he added. "The United States is the most advanced country in the world when it ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/pro-tv-cel-mai-fascinant-brand-romanesc/ pro-tv-cel-mai-fascinant-brand-romanesc Wed, 22 Jun 2011 14:36:14 +0300 Pro TV este cel mai fascinant brand românesc, potrivit unui studiu realizat de Unlock Market Research, care a stat la baza Topului 50 Branduri Fascinante lansat, miercuri, de revista Biz, acesta fiind un demers ce a urmărit să prezinte mărcile care îi fascinează pe români. În Top 50 Branduri Fascinante, care a inclus şi mărci internaţionale de prestigiu, Pro TV s-a clasat pe locul al treilea, surclasând nume celebre din industria media precum Facebook, YouTube, Yahoo şi Google. Pe primul loc în acest top s-a clasat brandul auto italian Ferrari, iar pe locul al doilea, brandul Discovery. "Pro TV este fascinant pentru români, pentru că reuşeşte să strălucească prin fiecare produs pe care îl lansează. Istoria Pro TV a început pe 1 decembrie 1995, cu salutul Andreei Esca - «Bună seara, România! Bună seara, Bucureşti!». (...) Printre emisiunile de succes se numără Ştirile Pro TV, «Românii au talent», «Dansez pentru tine» sau «Happy Hour»", se precizează în prezentarea făcută brandului Pro TV. Topul celor mai fascinante zece branduri se continuă cu Facebook, pe locul al patrulea, Porsche, pe cinci, Heineken, pe şase, Stella Artois, pe şapte, Swatch, pe opt, Murfatlar, pe nouă, şi Harley Davidson, pe zece. Printre brandurile româneşti care mai figurează în acest clasament al celor mai fascinante 50 de branduri se numără Joe (locul 24), Gerovital (26), Rom (29), Adevărul (35), Napolact (45), Dorna (46) şi Borsec (49). În clasament apar şi branduri internaţionale de renume precum Sony (locul 17), L'Oreal (19), Vichy (21), Coca-Cola (27), Adidas (31), Nokia (33), Yahoo (34), Microsoft (36), Apple (42), Google (44), Durex (50). "Un top al mărcilor fascinante poate inspira în mai mare măsură la acţiune, comparativ cu un top al mărcilor ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-devine-prima-companie-de-internet-ale-carei-site-uri-au-avut-peste-un-miliard-de-vizitatori-unici-intr-o-luna/ google-devine-prima-companie-de-internet-ale-carei-site-uri-au-avut-peste-un-miliard-de-vizitatori-unici-intr-o-luna Wed, 22 Jun 2011 15:36:13 +0300 Site-urile Google au avut luna trecuta peste un miliard de utilizatori unici, premiera in randul companiilor de internet, in timp ce pe site-urile Microsoft au intrat peste 900 de milioane de unici, arata datele companiei de cercetare ComScore. Totusi, la capitolul timp petrecut pe site-uri, Facebook a avut cea mai mare crestere si este lider.Luna trecuta, pe site-urile detinute de Google au intrat 1,009 miliarde de utilizatori unici, crestere de 8% fata de acum un an. Pe site-urile Microsoft au intrat 905 milioane utilizatori, pe Facebook au intrat 714 milioane (+30%), iar pe site-urile Yahoo! au intrat 689 milioane de "unici".Sunt cinci ani de cand ComScore publica date legate de traficul pe internet la nivel global si are la baza un "panel" de doua milioane de utilizatori. In 2006, Google avea pe site-urile sale aproape jumatate de miliard de utilizatori, iar Microsoft avea circa 540 milioane de utilizatori unici.Tot mai important devine insa timpul petrecut pe internet de utilizatori, iar Facebook sta cel mai bine cu un total de 250 miliarde minute petrecute de utilizatori pe site in luna mai (crestere de 66% fata de luna similara a lui 2010). Pe site-urile Microsoft timpul petrecut a scazut cu 14%, spre 204 miliarde minute, iar pe Google au petrecut in total 200 miliarde minute. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/dutch-parliament-voting-on-mobile-39net-neutrality39-ap/ dutch-parliament-voting-on-mobile-39net-neutrality39-ap Wed, 22 Jun 2011 16:32:28 +0300 AMSTERDAM – The Dutch parliament is set to approve a twice-delayed bill that would force mobile Internet providers to let their customers use Skype and other third-party services on their networks without charging extra or giving preferential treatment to their own offerings. If passed and approved by the senate, it would set an example in Europe as the strongest "net neutrality" law on record. Telecommunications companies oppose the move, saying it will make it difficult for them to give quality guarantees and they won't expand their networks if they can't profit from them. But advocates say the bill will spur innovation. It is seen as benefiting major software companies, notably Facebook, Skype owner Microsoft, and Google. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/brazilian-arm-of-lulzsec-hits-government-sites-pc-magazine/ brazilian-arm-of-lulzsec-hits-government-sites-pc-magazine Wed, 22 Jun 2011 18:02:45 +0300 LulzSec is branching out. An international arm of the hacker group has successfully targeted Brazilian government Web sites, earning praise from the original LulzSec crew. "Our Brazilian unit is making progress. Well done @LulzSecBrazil, brothers!" LulzSec tweeted today. Early this morning, messages posted to the @LulzSecBrazil Twitter feed said the group had taken down the Brazilian government Web site (www.brasil.gov.br/) as well as the Web site for President Dilma Rousseff (www.presidencia.gov.br/). On Wednesday morning, both sites were still inaccessible. The LulzSecBrazil Twitter feed appeared on June 18 with a promise to attack the Brazilian government Web site if it reached 1,000 followers. That proved difficult, however, and the group said the next day that it was trying to enter into an agreement with LulzSec to reach its goal, according to a translated tweet. As of Wednesday morning, the feed had 1,099 followers; the main LulzSec feed has almost 250,000 followers. Today, LulzSecBrazil promised a day full of "news and repercussions," but has not yet named additional targets. Not to be outdone, the Brazilian arm of Anonymous has also posted a video that criticizes the government's manipulation of information. A lack of transparency threatens democracy, and Brazil is heading down that road unless people take action, Anonymous said. According to Google's Transparency Report, the search giant received 2,435 requests for data and 398 requests to remove 19,806 items from Brazil between January and June 2010. Google partially or fully complied with 68 percent of those removal requests. In the U.S., Google received 4,287 data requests and 128 requests to remove 678 ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/apple-iphone-patent-a-huge-blow-to-rival-smartphone-makers-pc-magazine/ apple-iphone-patent-a-huge-blow-to-rival-smartphone-makers-pc-magazine Wed, 22 Jun 2011 18:03:04 +0300 Apple has been awarded its long sought-after patent on the iPhone. Intellectual property experts say it's so broad and far-reaching that the iPhone maker may be able to bully other smart phone manufacturers out of the U.S. market entirely. Some three-and-a-half years after filing for a patent on the iPhone, Apple on Tuesday was awarded U.S. patent number 7,966,578 for "[a] computer-implemented method, for use in conjunction with a portable multifunction device with a touch screen display, [that] comprises displaying a portion of page content, including a frame displaying a portion of frame content and also including other content of the page, on the touch screen display." That's just the beginning of the abstract for Apple's iPhone patent, which the company filed back in December 2007. It gets quite a bit more technical in its full form, but there's one thing patent experts consulted by PCMag agree on—Apple has been awarded an incredibly broad patent that could prove to be hugely problematic for other makers of capacitive touch-screen smartphones. Apple's patent essentially gives it ownership of the capacitive multitouch interface the company pioneered with its iPhone, said one source who has been involved in intellectual property litigation on similar matters. That's likely to produce a new round of lawsuits over the now-ubiquitous multitouch interfaces used in smartphones made by the likes of HTC, Samsung, Motorola, Research in Motion, Nokia, and others that run operating systems similar in nature to Apple's iOS, like Google's Android, said the source, who asked not to be named. What's more, the patent seems broad ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/your-guide-to-iphone-5-rumors-the-atlantic-wire/ your-guide-to-iphone-5-rumors-the-atlantic-wire Wed, 22 Jun 2011 18:32:58 +0300 A new report from Bloomberg today sheds light on a number of long-simmering rumors related to the expected fall release of Apple's newest iPhone. Compounded with previous reports about the device, we're starting to get a better picture of what it might offer. Here's the latest intel on the iPhone 5 Related: What Techno Goodies to Expect from Steve Jobs Today Timing  Apple will introduce the iPhone 5 in September, reports Bloomberg. It would've come out sooner but executives wanted its release to coincide with the launch of its new operating system iOS 5, which was introduced to developers earlier this month. Related: The Cool New Apple Products Steve Jobs Unveiled Today Hardware  In a move that's playing out well in tech circles, the iPhone 5 will have the same A5 chip that the iPad 2 runs on, which is more powerful and much faster. "A faster chip will enable speedier data downloads and help the device vie with handsets being introduced by rivals such as Samsung Electronics Co. that are powered by Google's Android software," reports Bloomberg. Another big advancement is its 8-megapixel camera (a 3 megapixel increase from the iPhone 4). Additionally, tech blog Boy Genius Report, which has "unusually good sources in the cellphone industry" according to Apple expert Philip Elmer-Dewitt, reported yesterday that the iPhone's exterior would have a "radical new case design" though further details weren't given. On that front, in April, former Engadget editor released a Photoshop mockup of what he thinks the phone will like, based on his sources (pictured on the ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/arrest-of-suspected-uk-hacker-significant-police-reuters/ arrest-of-suspected-uk-hacker-significant-police-reuters Wed, 22 Jun 2011 19:01:08 +0300 WICKFORD, England (Reuters) – Britain's top policeman said on Wednesday the arrest of a suspected teenage hacker was "very significant" in the international hunt for a group suspected of carrying out cyber attacks on global companies and law enforcement agencies. The 19-year-old was held by London's Metropolitan Police on Tuesday as part of a joint investigation with the U.S. FBI into recent attacks on high profile websites. However, an undercover group which claims responsibility for attacks on the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Britain's Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA), and Sony Corp rejected suggestions the teenager was a leading figure. British media have named him as Ryan Cleary, who lives with his mother in an unassuming house in Wickford, a quiet suburban town to the northeast of London. The detached house had all the curtains drawn and a sign on the door reading: "To all concerned, please do not knock for an interview as I'm unable to comment." Police said on Wednesday the teenager remained in custody where he was being questioned on suspicion of Computer Misuse Act and Fraud Act offences. "It's a very significant arrest," Metropolitan Police Commissioner Paul Stephenson said without elaborating. "The challenges around cyber crime are extraordinarily significant and deeply worrying." Cleary's mother Rita, 44, told the Daily Mail newspaper her son suffered from agoraphobia and attention deficit disorder. She said he had not left his home for four years, and barely left his room. "He is incredibly intelligent but he had very complex needs," the paper quoted her as saying. The Lulz Security (LulzSec) group of hackers, which ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/samsung-won39t-get-peek-at-unreleased-iphone-ruling-reuters/ samsung-won39t-get-peek-at-unreleased-iphone-ruling-reuters Wed, 22 Jun 2011 19:02:53 +0300 NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. judge rejected Samsung's request for a peek at Apple's unreleased iPhone and iPad, which was brought in the course of high-stakes patent litigation between the two companies. Apple sued Samsung in April, claiming Samsung's Galaxy line of smartphones and tablets infringe several patents and trademarks. Samsung counter-sued, asserting its own patents against Apple. Late last month, Samsung filed a request for Apple to hand over the unreleased versions of the iPhone and iPad, saying it would be "highly relevant" to its defense. A judge had already ordered Samsung to produce similar materials for Apple, Samsung attorneys argued in court filings. Apple opposed the request, saying it was an attempt to "harass" Apple into disclosing extremely sensitive trade secrets. In a ruling released late on Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh said Apple's legal claims are only based on its products that have already hit the market. "Common sense suggests that allegations of copying are necessarily directed at Apple's existing products, to which Samsung has access and could potentially mimic," Koh wrote, "and not at Apple's unreleased, inaccessible, next generation products." Representatives from Apple and Samsung could not immediately be reached for a comment. Samsung's Galaxy products use Google's Android operating system, which directly competes with Apple's mobile software. The case in U.S. District Court, Northern District of California is Apple Inc v. Samsung Electronics Co Ltd et al, 11-1846. (Reporting by Dan Levine, editing by Maureen Bavdek) http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-a-devenit-prima-companie-de-internet-cu-peste-un-miliard-de-utilizatori-intr-o-luna/ google-a-devenit-prima-companie-de-internet-cu-peste-un-miliard-de-utilizatori-intr-o-luna Wed, 22 Jun 2011 19:06:25 +0300 Google a devenit prima companie de Internet care a atras într-o lună peste un miliard de utilizatori unici, potrivit datelor aferente lunii mai ale firmei de analiză a pieţei comScore, relatează Wall Street Journal. În decurs de un an, numărul de vizitatori ai Google într-un interval de o lună a crescut cu 8,4%, la peste un miliard. În aceeaşi perioadă, Microsoft s-a menţinut pe poziţia a doua, cu 905 milioane de utilizatori, în creştere cu 15%. Numărul vizitatorilor Facebook a avansat în luna mai cu 30%, la 714 milioane. Yahoo! a atras în aceeaşi perioadă 689 milioane de vizitatori, în creştere cu 10,8% comparativ cu aceeaşi perioadă a anului trecut, compania fiind devansată de Facebook în octombrie. Estimările comScore se bazează pe un eşantion mondial de două milioane de utilizatori ai Internetului, metoda fiind similară calculării ratingurilor de televiziune de către compania Nielsen. Un purtător de cuvânt al Google a refuzat să comenteze. ComScore a început să măsoare traficul de vizitatori ai site-urilor de Internet la începutul lui 2006, când Google avea circa 496 de vizitatori unici pe lună. La momentul respectiv, Microsoft, cu motorul său de căutare MSN şi site-urile de conţinut, se afla pe primul loc, cu 539 milioane de utilizatori. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/low-barrier-to-entry-lets-great-android-apps-stand-out-contributornetwork/ low-barrier-to-entry-lets-great-android-apps-stand-out-contributornetwork Wed, 22 Jun 2011 19:33:30 +0300 The rise of the mobile app has led to a new category of lifestyle business, where indie app developers work alone at home or in small teams. Even hobbyists have been getting on board, as books that teach programming can be easily found at the library or downloaded online. And for a one-time fee of $45, anyone can submit unlimited free or paid apps to the Android Market, Google's online app market for Android smartphones and tablets. Partly because of this, the huge numbers of apps on the Market -- Google's smartphones have more free apps than Apple's -- don't mean as much as you'd think. A lot of those "apps" are just hobbyist projects and tests, or else ringtones, wallpapers and soundboards. These apps are quickly thrown together, with AdMob advertisements slapped inn in the hopes of making a buck. Meanwhile, even "name-brand" apps like Meebo and Facebook often look worse on Android than on iOS. This is partly because of the time that it takes to make quality apps work on all kinds of Android devices, and partly because these apps are just side projects for companies focused on iPhones and the web. So what happens when a developer writes a really good, polished Android app? It stands out and makes money Just ask Spacetime Studios, the developer of the Pocket Legends MMORPG. Or Noah Bordner, developer of a game called Battleheart. Games and apps like these are the diamonds in the rough, the polished gems that are featured ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-eyeing-further-display-ad-acquisitions-reuters/ google-eyeing-further-display-ad-acquisitions-reuters Wed, 22 Jun 2011 19:34:09 +0300 CANNES, France (Reuters) – Google will buy more companies to boost its presence in the booming online display ad sector in a challenge to Facebook, even as European regulators examine its dominant web search position. Speaking to a small group of reporters on the sidelines of the Cannes Lions advertising festival, Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt said the group would continue to snap up companies that specialized in handling display ads such as banners and video. "It would be good to have more diversified revenue," Eric Schmidt said, just days after Google announced plans to buy AdMeld to grab a larger slice of the market for graphical display ads. "I would argue that we're doing really well there. We started off with largely text ads, and now we have this display business which is going to end up being a $10 billion, $20 billion kind of business. It will be very large." The vast majority of Google's revenue, which totaled roughly $29 billion in 2010, comes from the small ads that appear alongside its search results. But some analysts have suggested that Google needs to diversify its business with products such as social networking tools to prevent advertisers moving over to the social network Facebook instead. According to a report released earlier this week by research firm eMarketer, Facebook will displace Yahoo Inc to take the biggest slice of online display ad dollars in 2011. With that in mind, Google has engaged in a buying spree of technology and engineering talent to bolster initiatives outside of the search business, including in mobile advertising. Schmidt ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-a-devenit-prima-companie-de-internet-cu-peste-un-miliard-de-utilizatori-intr-o-luna-cine-se-afla-pe-pozitia-a-doua/ google-a-devenit-prima-companie-de-internet-cu-peste-un-miliard-de-utilizatori-intr-o-luna-cine-se-afla-pe-pozitia-a-doua Wed, 22 Jun 2011 20:06:37 +0300 Google a devenit prima companie de Internet care a atras într-o lună peste un miliard de utilizatori unici, potrivit datelor aferente lunii mai ale firmei de analiză a pieţei comScore, relatează Wall Street Journal. În decurs de un an, numărul de vizitatori ai Google într-un interval de o lună a crescut cu 8,4%, la peste un miliard. În aceeaşi perioadă, Microsoft s-a menţinut pe poziţia a doua, cu 905 milioane de utilizatori, în creştere cu 15%. Numărul vizitatorilor Facebook a avansat în luna mai cu 30%, la 714 milioane. Yahoo! a atras în aceeaşi perioadă 689 milioane de vizitatori, în creştere cu 10,8% comparativ cu aceeaşi perioadă a anului trecut, compania fiind devansată de Facebook în octombrie. Estimările comScore se bazează pe un eşantion mondial de două milioane de utilizatori ai Internetului, metoda fiind similară calculării ratingurilor de televiziune de către compania Nielsen. Un purtător de cuvânt al Google a refuzat să comenteze. ComScore a început să măsoare traficul de vizitatori ai site-urilor de Internet la începutul lui 2006, când Google avea circa 496 de vizitatori unici pe lună. La momentul respectiv, Microsoft, cu motorul său de căutare MSN şi site-urile de conţinut, se afla pe primul loc, cu 539 milioane de utilizatori. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/blackberry-playbook-launched-in-india-reuters/ blackberry-playbook-launched-in-india-reuters Wed, 22 Jun 2011 20:31:44 +0300 NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The BlackBerry PlayBook, Research In Motion (RIM)'s disappointing challenger to the hugely successful iPad 2, hit store shelves in India on Wednesday, nearly two months after the revamped Apple tablet made its India debut. Customers have the option to buy the PlayBook, which features Wi-Fi support, with 16, 32 or 64 GB of memory and the models are priced between 27,990 rupees and 37,990 rupees. The PlayBook is being distributed nationally through Redington India and Ingram Micro, initially in 1,000 retail stores across eight cities, the company said in a statement. RIM has struggled to win consumer fans since Apple's iPhone and a slew of devices running Google's Android entered the smartphone fray. Reviewers have panned the PlayBook for the absence of inbuilt email and organiser functions -- the gadget needs a BlackBerry to access those. Critics said the company rushed the tablet computer to the market before it was ready. The PlayBooks North American launch in April was in stark contrast to the global frenzy when Apple launched its iPad 2 and consumers lined up overnight to buy the gadget. (Writing by Tony Tharakan) http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-chrome-to-gain-skype-skills-pc-magazine/ google-chrome-to-gain-skype-skills-pc-magazine Wed, 22 Jun 2011 21:02:32 +0300 In addition to search, browsing, cloud computing, mobile platforms, and just about everything else, Google is preparing to challenge Microsoft on the software giant's freshest front, VoIP. Google intends to take on Skype by building open-source audio and video-chat capabilities into its Chrome Web browser, according to CNET. The latest development follows last month's public release of WebRTC, an open-source audio and video chat project. WebRTC was made possible by Google's acquisition of Global IP Solutions (GIPS) , a company that specialized in Internet telephony and videoconferencing. "Our goal is to enable Chrome with Real-Time Communications (RTC) capabilities via simple Javascript APIs," Henrik Andreasson, Google GIPS programmer wrote in a Chromium Developer blog post. "We are working hard to provide full RTC support in Chrome all the way from WebKit down to the native audio and video parts. When we are done, any web developer shall be able to create RTC applications, like the Google Talk client in Gmail, without using any plugins but only WebRTC components that runs in the sandbox." Gmil already has audio and video communication that requires a proprietary plugin; this announcement could help Google integrate Gmail Chat with its burgeoning Google Voice service. At the same time, Google is seeking to grow WebRTC into a dominant Web standard for videoconferencing and communications. If Google and its partners can build the tech into other browsers—such as Firefox and Opera—anyone building a Web site or Web app could rely upon that communications tech instead of a dedicated application such as Skype. If you're Google, and you're ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/nokia-to-transfer-2800-staff-to-accenture-ap/ nokia-to-transfer-2800-staff-to-accenture-ap Wed, 22 Jun 2011 21:02:40 +0300 HELSINKI – Nokia Corp. said Wednesday it has completed a deal to outsource Symbian software development to Accenture, including the transfer of 2,800 workers to the global management-consulting firm. The announcement came two months after Nokia disclosed the plan as part of its aim to cut costs by $1.5 billion (euro1 billion) by 2013, including 7,000 global layoffs, and catch up with top rivals in the tough smartphone market. The Finland-based company faces strong competition from Research in Motion's Blackberry, Apple's iPhone and Google's Android, as it continues to see market share fall. Last month it issued a big profits warning. Nokia's share price has plunged in recent months and recently has been trading at multiyear lows of around euro4.20 ($6.05). Its stock closed at euro4.21 ($6.06) in Helsinki — unchanged from Tuesday's closing rate. Nokia said Accenture PLC will provide it with software services through 2016 with the personnel transfer expected in October when the deal closes. Half of the workers are based in Finland with another 1,400 in China, India, Britain and the United States. Besides the personnel transfer, Nokia has said it plans to lay off 4,000 people by the end of 2012, mostly in Denmark, Finland and Britain. In another move to improve services, Nokia announced Wednesday that it will integrate its NAVTEQ mapping unit with social location services operations to develop "a new class of integrated social location products and services for consumers." The struggling company, which claims more than 1.3 billion mobile customers, said it wants to provide new products and support for bringing the Internet ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/uk-teenager-charged-with-hacking-attacks-police-reuters/ uk-teenager-charged-with-hacking-attacks-police-reuters Wed, 22 Jun 2011 21:30:58 +0300 WICKFORD, England (Reuters) – British police said on Wednesday they had charged a teenager with launching a series of cyber attacks against a national law enforcement agency and two well-known British music industry bodies. Ryan Cleary, 19, was earlier held as part of a joint investigation with the U.S. FBI into recent attacks on high profile websites. London's Metropolitan Police said in a statement that Cleary is accused of attacking the website of Britain's Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA). He has also been charged with carrying out attacks against websites owned by the British Phonographic Industry and the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, police added. Cleary, of Wickford, a quiet suburban town to the northeast of London, is due to appear in a London court on Thursday charged with five offences under the Criminal Law Act and Computer Misuse Act. The detached house where he lives had all the curtains drawn and a sign on the door reading: "To all concerned, please do not knock for an interview as I'm unable to comment." Metropolitan Police Commissioner Paul Stephenson described his arrest in the global hunt for a group suspected of targeting companies and police forces as "very significant." He did not elaborate. However, an undercover group that claims responsibility for attacks on the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Britain's SOCA and Sony Corp rejected suggestions that the teenager was a leading figure. The Lulz Security (LulzSec) group of hackers, which says it has hacked into the websites of the CIA, SOCA and Sony, distanced themselves from Cleary and dismissed any suggestion he ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/dutch-parliament-approves-mobile-neutrality-bill-digital-trends/ dutch-parliament-approves-mobile-neutrality-bill-digital-trends Wed, 22 Jun 2011 22:32:36 +0300 In what may prove to be a major step forward for mobile network neutrality, the Dutch parliament has approved a bill that would require mobile Internet operators to enable customers to use Skype or SMS app WhatsApp on their networks without additional charges. The bill would also prevent operators from giving preferential service to their own offerings. The bill still needs to be approved by the Dutch senate, but that step is usually a formality once a bill has been approved by parliament. If enacted as law, it would mark one of the strongest net neutrality laws in any nation—and is more notable for applying specifically to the mobile industry. The bill is essentially a legislative response to pricing policies enacted by Dutch mobile operator KPN, which announced disappointing first-quarter earnings in April and laid part of the blame on a service called WhatsApp, which enables users with Internet-connected phons to sidestep KPN’s SMS offerings via Internet-based messaging. Although SMS messages cost mobile operators very little to support, they’re offered at very high profile margins and often constitute a significant portion of a mobile operator’s revenue stream. To make up the difference, KPN head Eelco Blok announced plans to charge customers for using WhatsApp as well as Skype, which enables users to bypass traditional mobile voice services with VoIP calling. KPN’s announcement outraged customers, not only because of the prospect of having to pay more to user Internet services, but also because it revealed KPN was performing deep packet inspection on its network traffic to monitor closely what ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/ap-gets-knight-funding-to-create-journalistic-tool-ap/ ap-gets-knight-funding-to-create-journalistic-tool-ap Wed, 22 Jun 2011 23:02:30 +0300 CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The Associated Press will be among 16 news organizations and Internet entrepreneurs sharing $4.7 million in funding to design innovative ways to find and deliver news in the digital age. The funding, announced Wednesday, came through the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation's Knight News Challenge. The AP's grant will fund a project to help journalists mine large documents for stories. The system, called Overview, will create an interactive, visual display that maps out frequently occurring keywords and shows the relationship between topics, people, places and dates. In a proof of concept, Overview scanned 400,000 documents from the Iraq war logs and plotted each incident as a colored dot. The dots were clustered based on shared keywords, such as "blindfolded" and "handcuffed." The resulting image quickly highlighted certain themes that guided further exploration. Knight said the project will get $475,000 over two years. The AP plans to share its tool with other news organizations, groups and individuals. AP Senior Vice President and Executive Editor Kathleen Carroll said such a tool would be useful for journalists to analyze data obtained through Freedom of Information Act requests. "A tool that helps make sense of the material in those caches will help journalists and citizens alike better understand the world," she said. Among other grants awarded: • $150,000 to create Panda, from the Chicago Tribune, Investigative Reporters and Editors and The Spokesman-Review of Spokane, Wash. The set of Web-based tools, like Overview, will seek to find relationships within large data sets. • $320,000 to develop a new feature on the Investigative Reporters and Editors' ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/firefox-5-begins-auto-updates-ends-firefox-4-support-newsfactor/ firefox-5-begins-auto-updates-ends-firefox-4-support-newsfactor Wed, 22 Jun 2011 23:02:39 +0300 Mozilla released a new Firefox browser Tuesday as the first fruit of its commitment to a new fast-track process under which the browser will be automatically refreshed at eight-week intervals. The vast majority of the Firefox 5 improvements are under the hood, including support for the CSS Animations standard and a new privacy feature that lets users opt out of tracking used for behavioral advertising. Unlike previous Firefox releases, the launch of Firefox 5 came without huge fanfare. But with the rollout, the Mozilla Foundation is also ending security updates for Firefox 4, which received its final scheduled patch in April. "Firefox 5 will be the security update for Firefox 4 and delivered as a minor update," wrote Firefox release manager Christian Legnitto late last month in a Mozilla developer mail list. "We most definitely reserve the right to change the plan later due to new information or invalid assumptions, but we are currently driving to mark Firefox 4 as unsupported when Firefox 5 comes out." Security Issues Some Firefox 4 users may not want to click on the upgrade to Firefox 5 pop-up window when it appears because of concerns about the new version's compatibility with the plug-ins they are currently using. If they delay updating or opt out of the process entirely, however, this will leave them vulnerable to security holes. On the other hand, Mozilla left the door open should a critical security flaw arise in Firefox 4 that requires immediate attention. "But that would be an 'unplanned' emergency release and not a planned ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/rim39s-hometown-upbeat-as-blackberry-maker-sags-sacks-workers-reuters/ rim39s-hometown-upbeat-as-blackberry-maker-sags-sacks-workers-reuters Wed, 22 Jun 2011 23:32:34 +0300 WATERLOO, Ontario (Reuters) – The mood is grim in Thirsty's, the tiny blue-collar pub across from Research In Motion's low-rise block of manufacturing buildings. Barmaid Debbie said a trio of workers came in Monday afternoon to drown their sorrows, among the first to pay the price as the BlackBerry maker trims fat to better compete with larger rivals spitting out more popular devices. Yet in a gastro-bar a few blocks east, where white-collar RIM staff meet daily, owner Jody Palubiski shrugs off concern that RIM's belt-tightening will hurt his sales. "As much as RIM helps add to my business, whether my business is going to survive is up to me and how dedicated I am," he said from a booth at the back of Wildcraft. Two hundred RIM factory workers in Waterloo got marching orders on Monday, according to local media reports and residents. Others have lost jobs just outside Toronto, said an ex-employee still in touch with former colleagues. RIM declined comment on the depth of the cull beyond what co-chiefs Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie said on an earnings call last Thursday. They are the first job cuts at RIM for almost a decade, reflecting the tougher competition and a stock price that's sagged to 5-year lows. But business and civic leaders in the region say the tech ecosystem RIM helped to build is resilient enough to withstand a period of reflection at the company. RIM's BlackBerry was long the benchmark for a security conscious business world. But investors and shareholders are fast losing patience as the company slips from smartphone ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/liderul-senatorilor-udmr-propunerea-presedintelui-basescu-interesanta-e-in-analiza-uniunii/ liderul-senatorilor-udmr-propunerea-presedintelui-basescu-interesanta-e-in-analiza-uniunii Wed, 22 Jun 2011 23:36:01 +0300 Liderul senatorilor UDMR, Fekete Andras Levente, a declarat, miercuri, pentru MEDIAFAX, că propunerea preşedintelui Traian Băsescu de reorganizare în opt judeţe la care să se adauge Harghita şi Covasna este una "interesantă", care este încă în analiza Uniunii. "Ar fi o variantă legată de un anumit statut special al Ţinutului Secuiesc, pe care unii nu vor să îl recunoască, iar noi spunem că de 800 de ani există. Ar fi o variantă care se pare că ar fi o variantă agreată de PDL şi de Traian Băsescu, care este o temă de discuţie. Este o variantă interesantă. Exact aşa am spus şi preşedintelui României, că este o variantă interesantă această posibilitate pe care va trebui să o discutăm", a menţionat senatorul. El a spus că această propunere a fost discutată, miercuri dimineaţă, la şedinţa grupurilor parlamentare reunite ale UDMR, este discutată în continuare şi va fi, de asemenea, abordată sâmbătă, în Consiliul Reprezentanţilor, unde va fi luată o hotărâre. Întrebat dacă UDMR agreează, în principiu, această propunere, liderul grupului UDMR de la Senat a refuzat să dea un răspuns, menţionând că subiectul este analizat în continuare. "Maghiarimea din România nu este reprezentată numai de acest ţinut (n.r. Ţinutul Secuiesc), unde trăiesc 40 la sută dintre maghiari. Noi, dacă suntem o uniune, care încercăm să îi reprezentăm pe toţi maghiarii, indiferent că se află în Botoşani, Bucureşti sau în Maramureş, atunci trebuie să avem grijă de toţi, nu numai de secui. Din asta fiecare trage concluzia sa", a spus, Fekete Andras Levente. "Preşedintele vrea opt megajudeţe lângă care probabil că ar fi un oarecare accept şi pentru un oarecare statut special sau să rămână judeţe de sine stătătoare. Este o temă de ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/privatesky-shields-online-exchanges-from-prying-eyes-afp/ privatesky-shields-online-exchanges-from-prying-eyes-afp Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:32:50 +0300 SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) – A free service launched on Wednesday called PrivateSky lets Internet users shield email, Facebook updates, and other online exchanges from hackers or other unwanted snoops. The service from startup CertiVox comes as hackers appear to be rampaging through the Internet, cracking defenses at companies, attacking public websites, and tricking their way into email accounts to spy on contents. PrivateSky works with Internet Explorer (IE) browsers to provide encryption for whatever people type into message boxes and decodes it only for those they chose. Users highlight blog posts, Facebook updates, email messages or other text then indicate who should be allowed to read them. Missives are decrypted only for intended recipients. "It is literally one click encryption and decryption," said CertiVox founder and chief executive Brian Spector. Internet security firm Trend Micro warned this month that cyberattackers have attempted to infiltrate Web-based email services run by Microsoft and Yahoo! as well as Google. "There has been a variety of recent attacks on popular Webmail platforms," Trend Micro senior threat researcher Nart Villeneuve said in an online post. "In addition to Gmail, Hotmail and Yahoo! Mail have also been targeted." Trend Micro released the news after Google said a cyber spying campaign originating in China had targeted Gmail accounts of US officials, military personnel, journalists, Chinese political activists, and officials in several Asian countries, mainly in South Korea. Encrypting email is seen as a way to thwart email snooping, but the process has typically taken a bit of software savvy. CertiVox set out to make encryption simple with PrivateSky. "This is kind ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/best-buy-launches-its-own-music-cloud-service-newsfactor/ best-buy-launches-its-own-music-cloud-service-newsfactor Thu, 23 Jun 2011 01:32:51 +0300 Seems like everyone has their heads in the clouds these days. With a growing emphasis on synchronizing media purchases and applications on multiple mobile devices and computers, retailer Best Buy is launching Music Cloud. The service is available for devices powered by Apple's iOS, Google's Android, and Research In Motion's BlackBerry operating systems and requires downloading software that enables music streaming. The desktop app copies libraries and playlists from iTunes (required) on a home computer and puts them in an account to be accessed on multiple mobile devices. It's powered by Catch Media's Play Anywhere service. Listen on the Bus "With Best Buy Music Cloud, your digital music lives in one place but you access it from wherever you are," according to the Best Buy web site. "Enjoy all your music when you're at a friend's house, in the car, on the bus, walking to work ... virtually anywhere." "You can store your favorite songs and playlists for when you're offline," it adds. "You can select just a single song, a playlist, or even an artist, allowing you to continue listening when you don't have coverage." The premium version is available for $3.99 and, for now only, a demo version is available with 30-second playbacks of your songs. Early reviews are mixed. "I quickly became familiar with the controls and was impressed with the customizability of the library," wrote Everything Mobile blogger Brian Joseph. But PC magazine's Mark Hachman found the software "inflexible, and painful, and with some odd design decisions, to boot." Best Buy's Music Cloud comes on the heels of Apple ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-is-first-site-ever-to-get-a-billion-unique-visitors-in-one-month-pc-magazine/ google-is-first-site-ever-to-get-a-billion-unique-visitors-in-one-month-pc-magazine Thu, 23 Jun 2011 03:02:27 +0300 Google sites raked in more than a billion unique visitors in the month of May, the first time an Internet company has reached that milestone, according to comScore data first reported by the Wall Street Journal. Traffic to Google properties has increased by 8.4 percent over the past year to reach the billion hit mark. Microsoft has maintained the second-place spot with 905 million unique visitors last month, a 15 percent increase. Facebook takes the No. 3 spot with about 714 million visitors, up 30 percent. Yahoo comes in at number four with 689 million unique visitors in May. While traffic to Yahoo increased by 10.8 percent, the company was leapfrogged by Facebook in October. Wikimedia sites rounded out the top five, with about 411 million visitors last month. The WSJ notes that comScore started monitoring traffic to Google back in 2006, when it reported that Google had about 496 million unique visits per month. Back then, Microsoft and its MSN properties were the most-visited sites with roughly 536 million unique visitors each month. But in the years following, the game has changed; Google has vastly expanded its brand, launching Gmail, acquiring YouTube, and introducing a mobile platform with Android. Perhaps more notable than the number of unique visitors is the amount of time spent on a website. Facebook is tops in this area. Last month, comScore says people spent 250 billion minutes on Facebook, two-thirds more time than they were spending on the social-networking site a year ago, and much more time than they're ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/congress-google-clash-over-schmidt-page-appearance-pc-magazine/ congress-google-clash-over-schmidt-page-appearance-pc-magazine Thu, 23 Jun 2011 03:03:10 +0300 A Senate subcommitte is pushing Google to have Eric Schmidt or Larry Page testify at an upcoming hearing on search competition, and is reportedly using the threat of a subpoena to force an appearance. "We write to request that Google testify at the hearing and, specifically, that one of you appear as the company's witness," Sens. Herb Kohl and Michael Lee, chairman and ranking member of the Senate Judiciary antitrust subcommittee, wrote in a June 10 letter to Schmidt and Page. The subcommitee plans to hold a hearing on competition issues related to Internet search before Congress' August recess. Google offered up chief legal officer David Drummond, according to the letter, but Kohl and Lee said they "strongly prefer" to speak to Schmidt or Page because the hearing will "address fundamental questions of business operations rather than merely legal issues." The senators said they will be flexible in accomodating the executives' schedules. "We much prefer to work this out by agreement rather than needing to resort to more formal procedures," they said. Those formal procedures apparently include the threat of a subpoena, according to Bloomberg. "The threat of subpoenas is one of the ways the committee is pressuring Mountain View, California-based Google to send Page or Schmidt, according to two people familiar with negotiations between the panel and the company," Bloomberg said. A Google spokeswoman said "we're in talks with the Subcommittee, and we'll send them the executive who can best answer their questions." Google is currently facing questions over the competitiveness of its search engine across the pond. The debate dates ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/apple-to-start-making-tvs-report-says/ apple-to-start-making-tvs-report-says Thu, 23 Jun 2011 03:05:07 +0300 (CNN) -- Apple might want to sell you your next TV. Technology blog DailyTech on Wednesday was quoting an unnamed "former Apple executive" who said Apple plans to enter the television display market by the end of the year. Apple plans to "blow Netflix and all those other guys away" with a console that would have Apple TV and iTunes built into it, the source reportedly told DailyTech. The report says Apple plans to team up with an existing manufacturer to provide televisions that would be branded under the Apple name. "You'll go into an Apple retail store and be able to walk out with a TV," said the former exec, who DailyTech said spoke under the condition of anonymity. "It's perfect." Brian White, an analyst with Ticonderoga Securities, was bullish on the prospect of Apple entering what he described as the $100 billion LCD television market. "In our view, the combination of Apple's powerful ecosystem, industrial design savvy, powerful brand and ability to reinvent product categories could make Apple a powerful force in the TV world in the coming years," White wrote in a report on the article. He wrote that during a trip to China last year, Ticonderoga was "the first to uncover data points" suggesting Apple planned to release a "smart TV" by the end of the year. Apple already makes an Apple TV device which, amid a string of recent successes such as the iPhone and iPad, has floundered by the Cupertino, California tech giant's standards. The system, first introduced in 2007, is a box-like gadget that lets users stream ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/business-report-nokia-aproape-junk-la-nivel-mondial-neaga-orice-probleme-in-romania-care-va-fi-soarta-marcii-maybach-concurent-chinez-pentru-airbus-si-boeing-orasele-industriei-comuniste-au-zilele-numarate/ business-report-nokia-aproape-junk-la-nivel-mondial-neaga-orice-probleme-in-romania-care-va-fi-soarta-marcii-maybach-concurent-chinez-pentru-airbus-si-boeing-orasele-industriei-comuniste-au-zilele-numarate Thu, 23 Jun 2011 05:06:01 +0300 Orasele industriei comuniste au zilele numarate. Dupa ce si-au trait perioada de glorie in anii '70 si '80, zeci de localitati urbane se dovedesc, pur si simplu, inutile in contextul economiei capitaliste. Dilema statului e greu de rezolvat: le salvam sau le lasam sa moara? Strazi desfundate, blocuri gri, cu dare negre in dreptul zecilor de cosuri din tabla care strapung peretii. Maidane acoperite de buruieni, pe care alearga copii prost imbracati si pasc animale triste. Banci rupte, pe care stau oameni tacuti ori peste masura de galagiosi, tinand in maini sticle cu cea mai ieftina bere ori cea mai tare tuica de la chioscul din colt. Oras minier din Valea Jiului, Banat ori Oltenia? Fost centru siderurgic din Transilvania ori orasel ridicat in sudul tarii odata cu industria chimica? Petrila ori Calan, Anina sau Zimnicea, peisajele sunt, in mare masura, intersanjabile. In afara imaginii deloc incantatoare, aceste localitati mai au ceva in comun: s-au dezvoltat in jurul unei companii sau al unei industrii, iar intrarea in declin a acesteia, de cele mai multe ori petrecuta in anii '90, a pus la grea incercare localnicii si autoritatile, scrie Capital.(Olt)chimia privatizarii. De ce a prins viteza Oltchim, in conditiile in care starea financiara a companiei abia daca da semne de revenire? Cateva indicii pot fi gasite la bursa."Actiunile Oltchim fac spectacol", "Cand sarim din racheta Oltchim?", "Oltchim isi continua raliul la BVB", acestea sunt cateva din titlurile presei din Romania de la inceputul lunii iunie. In spatele acestor titluri care descriu o evolutie spectaculoasa a cotatiilor ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/mog-launches-moggles-find-music-by-snapping-album-art-with-phone-mashable/ mog-launches-moggles-find-music-by-snapping-album-art-with-phone-mashable Thu, 23 Jun 2011 11:02:37 +0300 Music subscription service MOG has gone all Google Goggles with a new update that lets you take pictures of album art in order to find music. Meet Moggles. To find the tool, navigate to the second home screen of the (iPhone or Android) app -- swipe to the right. Aim at an album of your choosing and snap away. Granted, Moggles is still in beta, so it still doesn't work perfectly -- in fact, a warning screen will pop up when you first use it that says that the service "may produce inaccurate or hilarious results." [More from Mashable: China Is Second Largest Market for App Store Downloads [STUDY]] In my own test, I had issues locating music from snapshots of the CDs on my desk. However, when I tried snapping a pic of Beck's Odelay on my computer screen, the album came right up on the app. Quirks aside, though, it's a fun idea. The update also includes the ability to favorite artists, albums, tracks and playlists; sign in from multiple devices (watch out Tennessee); and other tweaks. [More from Mashable: Grooveshark Adds Channel for Emerging Artists] Image courtesy of Flickr, freeloosedirt This story originally published on Mashable here. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/webrelease-cosmote-romania-lanseaza-un-nou-plan-tarifar-pentru-telefoanele-blackberry/ webrelease-cosmote-romania-lanseaza-un-nou-plan-tarifar-pentru-telefoanele-blackberry Thu, 23 Jun 2011 13:06:14 +0300 COSMOTE Romania lanseaza noi planuri tarifare pentru clientii telefoanelor inteligente BlackBerry, imbunatatind accesul la solutia BlackBerry atat pentru clientii de business cat si cei rezidentiali. Solutia BlackBerry asigura acces mobil facil la cele mai performante solutii din industrie pentru e-mail si mesagerie, social networking, telefon, organizator, web, multimedia si altele aplicatii mobile de business si lifestyle. Planurile tarifare BlackBerry sunt disponibile promotional, pana pe 15 iulie 2011, impreuna cu o gama de telefoane inteligente BlackBerry precum BlackBerry Curve 8520, BlackBerry Curve 8900, BlackBerry Bold 9000, BlackBerry Bold 9700 si BlackBerry Bold 9780.Dispunand de o mare varietate de aplicatii preinstalate, special concepute pentru terminalele BlackBerry, gama de telefoane inteligente BlackBerry le va permite clientilor COSMOTE sa fie conectati cu prietenii, familia si colegii atunci cand se afla in miscare. Pentru clientii corporate, planurile tarifare ofera pachete competitive pentru o comunicare performanta si caracteristici multimedia. Pentru utilizatorii rezidentiali, COSMOTE ofera acces la cele mai performante servicii de internet BlackBerry, care permit accesul la serviciile de date BlackBerry inclusiv acces internet si pana la 10 conturi de e-mail corporate si personal incluse. Aplicatiile preinstalate includ Facebook pentru terminalele BlackBerry, Yahoo! Messenger, Google Talk, Windows Live Messenger si mereu popularul BBM (BlackBerry Messenger).Planurile tarifare COSMOTE BlackBerry sunt disponibile pentru toti clientii noi ai COSMOTE Romania si includ minute nationale si internationale, minute in retea, SMS-uri si trafic de date pe mobil. Pachete si tarife BlackBerry 50 BlackBerry 60 BlackBerry 80 ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/jk-rowling-set-to-unveil-new-potter-project-afp/ jk-rowling-set-to-unveil-new-potter-project-afp Thu, 23 Jun 2011 13:30:59 +0300 LONDON (AFP) – Harry Potter fans will be invited on a global online "treasure hunt," according to media reports Thursday citing a leaked memo on "Pottermore", creator J.K. Rowling's latest project. The multi-million selling writer of the boy wizard's adventures is due to officially announce details of her new enterprise later Thursday after a week of fevered speculation since a teaser was discovered on the Internet. But several British newspapers said they had received an email with details about the project, apparently sent by mistake by a public relations company that appears to be behind it. The memo sets out the marketing strategy for Pottermore and suggests it is an online game with clues to prizes hidden in the real world, including magic wands concealed in Britain and the United States, the reports said. The PR company, Adam and Eve, previously set up an online treasure hunt using Google maps to publicise a video game. The Times newspaper warned however that the email "could be a canny marketing exercise." Last week a spokesman for Rowling said the new enterprise was not a new book and was "not directly related" to the release next month of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2," the final film in the epic saga. A Pottermore website features a purple screen containing two owls and the scrawled message "Coming Soon". A click on an owl redirects the user to a YouTube page with a clock marking down time until Rowling's announcement and the message "The owls are gathering -- find out why soon". A Pottermore Twitter account has ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/olanda-e-la-un-pas-sa-devina-prima-tara-europeana-care-garanteaza-prin-lege-principiul-neutralitatii-internetului/ olanda-e-la-un-pas-sa-devina-prima-tara-europeana-care-garanteaza-prin-lege-principiul-neutralitatii-internetului Thu, 23 Jun 2011 16:44:46 +0300 Camera Reprezentantilor din Parlamentul olandez a aprobat legea care garanteaza neutralitatea internetului si impiedica operatorii de telefonie mobila sa discrimineze anumite tipuri de continut in raport cu altele. Legea trebuie sa treaca si de Senat, insa acest lucru pare a fi o formalitate, astfel ca Olanda e la un pas sa devina prima tara europeana care garanteaza prin lege neutralitatea internetului, scrie The Telegraph. Companii precum Vodafone si T Mobile se opun si spun ca daca legea trece, internetul mobil va fi mai scump.Cand operatorul telecom KPN a anuntat ca vrea sa-i taxeze suplimentar pe cei care folosesc pe telefoane diverse servicii de comunicare prin internet gen Skype, opinia publica a luat pozitie. Prin legea aprobata de prima camera a Parlamentului, utilizatorii care folosesc astfel de servicii nu pot fi taxati in plus si nici accesul la aceste aplicatii nu poate fi blocat.Practic, Olanda devine prima tara europeana care se opune unui internet mobil "cu doua viteze" in care anumite tipuri de continut sunt privilegiate in raport cu altele.Operatorii de telefonie mobila s-au opus acestei legi si au spus ca autoritatile s-au grabit, nu au analizat lucrurile cum trebuie si e foarte posibil ca preturile la facturile de internet mobil sa creasca daca legea intra in vigoare. Legea trebuie sa primeasca si OK-ul Senat-ului, lucru care este foarte probabil ca se va intampla. Olanda ar putea da un exemplu si altor tari europene, mai ales ca in UE s-au facut putine pe subiect. Un exemplu este insa si Chile care a votat in 2010 o ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/expedition-impossibles-dave-salmoni-talks-tech-yahoo-news/ expedition-impossibles-dave-salmoni-talks-tech-yahoo-news Thu, 23 Jun 2011 17:06:46 +0300 Reality television fans rejoice, because this week ABC is kicking off a new summer series called Expedition Impossible, airing Thursday night at 9/8c. The show will follow 13 teams as they race across Morocco and, as you'd expect from reality TV, every week one team will be eliminated while the others trek onward. While we waited for this Indiana Jones-style adventure to air we caught up with the show's host, adventurer and wildlife expert Dave Salmoni, to talk about tech and travel. When he's not roughing it, Salmoni — a self-proclaimed gadget-lover — is as tech-friendly as anyone and has a long list of gadgets as traveling companions. He says he can't leave home without his iPod or BlackBerry smartphone and likes to keep his PlayBook and Sony Reader with him when he's on the road. The PlayBook for work and playThe PlayBook hasn't had a warm reception from all tech enthusiasts, but Salmoni has nothing but praise for his BlackBerry tablet. Though he tells us he tried the iPad, it felt more like an interesting toy than a useful device, while the PlayBook lets him mix work and play. Because he has a BlackBerry smartphone, he can take advantage of the PlayBook's ability to sync wirelessly (via Bluetooth) with a BlackBerry phone — something Apple has been slow to develop. As for apps, he has a lot of games for playing when he's off the clock, finds weather apps to be handy, and, of course, uses the social networking app Twitter. But for the most part, Salmoni seems ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/cyberwarfare-finds-a-captive-audience/ cyberwarfare-finds-a-captive-audience Thu, 23 Jun 2011 19:13:40 +0300 (CNN) -- From scanning news headlines over the last couple of months, you might think the walls around Internet strongholds are made of rotting wood. Yet the frequency of data breaches actually hasn't increased dramatically, according to security experts and reports compiled by nonprofit advocacy group Privacy Rights Clearinghouse. What appears to be changing is how quickly companies are publicly disclosing network intrusions and the breadth of information stolen in each case. Those factors, in turn, spur the rabid media attention that's being given to digital security. More personal info is being nabbed as part of these break-ins because, simply, each company is taking in reams of data from more customers. As Web usage grows and becomes more personalized, so too do the databases that store the names, addresses and, in worse instances, credit card numbers that are routinely dispensed over Internet lines. Still, the incidents, with new targets popping up every week, are no less frightening. Several national governments are on the defensive, while simultaneously exploring ways to use cyber tactical strikes to their own ends. Google said last year that a widespread intrusion into its system originated in an area that's home to a national security branch of the Chinese army and then blamed the Chinese government for slowing access to its services. A U.S. diplomatic cable made public by WikiLeaks charged that the Chinese government ordered the computer hacking, according to a report in The New York Times. Chinese officials denied any involvement in the attack. Hackers from China, Russia and other countries reportedly penetrated the U.S. electrical grid ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-to-receive-ftc-subpoenas-report-reuters/ google-to-receive-ftc-subpoenas-report-reuters Thu, 23 Jun 2011 19:36:14 +0300 NEW YORK (Reuters) – Google Inc is set to receive civil subpoenas from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission in preparation for an investigation into the Web giant's Internet search business, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. The company, which dominates the U.S. and global markets for search advertising, has been accused by competitors of favoring its own services over rivals in its search results. Google is already the subject of an investigation by European regulators on similar issues. Google and the FTC declined to comment. (Reporting by Bill Rigby; Editing by Lisa Von Ahn) http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/ftc-to-issue-subpoenas-in-google-antitrust-probe-ap/ ftc-to-issue-subpoenas-in-google-antitrust-probe-ap Thu, 23 Jun 2011 22:36:21 +0300 WASHINGTON – A published report says federal regulators are preparing to issue subpoenas to Google and other companies as authorities gather information for a broad antitrust probe into the Internet search leader's business practices. The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that the Federal Trade Commission will issue subpoenas "within days." The FTC is looking into whether Google abuses its Internet search monopoly to extend its dominance into other online markets, such as mapping, comparison shopping and travel. Rivals complain that Google Inc., which handles two out of every three Internet searches in the U.S., manipulates its results to steer users to its own sites and services and bury links to competitors. Google and the Federal Trade Commission refused to comment Thursday. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-reportedly-facing-ftc-antitrust-investigation-over-search-pc-magazine/ google-reportedly-facing-ftc-antitrust-investigation-over-search-pc-magazine Thu, 23 Jun 2011 23:37:22 +0300 Google is reportedly the target of an antitrust investigation by the Federal Trade Commission, with requests for information expected to be handed to the search giant within days. The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that any investigation will likely focus on Google's search and advertising business, the foundation of the company. At issue, according to the paper, is whether Google uses those services to keep users on its own Web sites, instead of sending them elsewhere on the Web. The requests for information could arrive about the same timeframe as another request. The Senate has asked either Larry Page or Sergey Brin to testify on search competition, even going so far as to consider a subpoena. A Google spokeswoman told PCMag.com earlier "we're in talks with the Subcommittee, and we'll send them the executive who can best answer their questions." Google representatives could not be reached for comment on the possibility of an FTC investigation. To date, much of the investigation into Google's search practices has been centered in Europe, where the EU opened an investigation into Google's search practices last November. Three companies - Foundem, a French legal search engine called ejustice.fr, and Ciao! from Bing, levied complaints against Google. EJustice's parent, 1PlusV, added its own complaint in February . Google executives had dismissed the complaints as ones driven by Microsoft, a competitor. However, the EU investigation was oriented around the way in which Google ranks third-party Web sites, not the way which Google directs consumers via its search results. A complaint could cover ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/review-3-d-silly-but-evo-3d-smart-overall-ap/ review-3-d-silly-but-evo-3d-smart-overall-ap Fri, 24 Jun 2011 00:06:26 +0300 SAN FRANCISCO – There has been a big push for 3-D at movie theaters and on TV sets, so it was only a matter of time before digitally enhanced fisticuffs started popping out of smartphone screens, too. The 3-D technology is the most boasted-about feature on HTC's new EVO 3D smartphone, which goes on sale Friday. You can watch 3-D movies and play 3-D games without putting on annoying glasses. You can shoot 3-D photos and videos, too. The inclusion of 3-D is gimmicky and might make you feel nauseous, but it is creative at times and the EVO 3D is a fine smartphone overall. The phone costs $200 with a two-year service plan with Sprint Nextel Corp. I wear glasses, so I was excited that I didn't need to put on another pair to try out the EVO 3D. The phone creates the appearance of depth using a technique called autostereoscopy. The screen has a layer that guides light so that the light from one pixel goes to the left eye and from the next to the right. I got right to work watching a 3-D version of "The Green Hornet," which came with the phone. I was wowed by a fight scene where glass seemed to be flying out of the screen. A friend I handed the phone to even flinched when the shards blew past. I also checked out some animated 3-D clips on YouTube. The scenes that looked best were, not surprisingly, those with people and objects in the foreground and background and with things moving ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/it-doesn39t-matter-how-many-apps-android-has-contributornetwork/ it-doesn39t-matter-how-many-apps-android-has-contributornetwork Fri, 24 Jun 2011 00:06:27 +0300 COMMENTARY | As David from 37signals pointed out, "the established wisdom now is that you cannot win without hundreds of thousands of apps" if you're trying to buy or make a new smartphone. That's why companies like Motorola and HTC are playing along with Google to make Android smartphones; they could take the open-source Android code and run with it, but if they're not in Google's good graces, so their customers don't get to buy apps from the Android Market. In a survey by Business Insider, though, only 8.1 percent of respondents said "App selection" was the most important factor to them when choosing a new smartphone. So does it really matter how many hundreds of thousands of apps are in the Android Market, or that Android has more free apps than iOS? What does matter, anyway? To Google, to HTC, and to you as a smartphone buyer? Core experience The biggest reason the iPhone does so well is because Apple nailed the experience on it. And by "experience," I don't mean it has glossy buttons. I mean the way it feels, the way it works, and the way you can Get Stuff Done on an iPhone without feeling like you're fighting it. My HTC Aria, for instance, often lags a second behind my swiping through home screens, but the iPhone tends to be perfectly responsive. As David put it, "Ten apps is [sic] all I need," and he described ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/summary-box-ftc-to-issue-google-probe-subpoenas-ap/ summary-box-ftc-to-issue-google-probe-subpoenas-ap Fri, 24 Jun 2011 01:08:13 +0300 THE NEWS: The Federal Trade Commission is preparing to issue subpoenas to Google and other companies as authorities gather information for a broad antitrust probe into the Internet search leader's business practices. THE PROBE: The FTC is looking into whether Google abuses its Internet search monopoly to extend its dominance into other online markets, such as mapping, comparison shopping and travel, by steering users to its own sites and services and burying links to competitors. THE BACKDROP: The European Commission and the Texas attorney general have already opened investigations into whether Google uses its enormous clout as a major gateway to the Internet to stifle competition broadly online. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/new-tools-aim-to-plug-facebook-leaks/ new-tools-aim-to-plug-facebook-leaks Fri, 24 Jun 2011 01:43:06 +0300 (CNN) -- Your Facebook friends aren't the only ones reading those wall posts. Many of Facebook's 600 million members make intimate "friend" connections with corporations without knowing the extent of those relationships. Facebook users forge these ties when they install a Facebook application from a company, click a "Like" button on a company page or log into many third-party websites by using their Facebook accounts. In many cases, these actions also cause unknowing users to fork over their names, lists of friends, e-mail and home addresses, phone numbers and other personal info. People who sign up to send greeting cards on Jibjab by using the Facebook Connect button, for example, give that site's owner access to information they've posted on their Facebook profiles. Ditto for apps, those little utilities and games that show up on or interface with the social network. Facebook says users install 20 million apps on the website per day. Instead of wading through the swamps of app-connection and privacy settings pages buried within Facebook's menus, some third-party developers have designed tools to help people manage the information they're sharing, often unknowingly, with strangers and corporations. Social Monitor, a service that launched Thursday, is a Web browser extension that looks at apps attached to the user's Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn accounts. Social Monitor's dashboard shows an indicator next to each app, which looks like those scary Homeland Security threat level signs at airports. The colors signify how much info the app can access from a social-network profile. Next to that color rating, users see an evaluation of the ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-and-movl-interpret-social-tv-as-games-pc-magazine/ google-and-movl-interpret-social-tv-as-games-pc-magazine Fri, 24 Jun 2011 03:05:18 +0300 Google and technology start-up MOVL are drawing on games to develop a new kind of social TV experience with two new apps called WeDraw.tv and PokerFun.tv. Users play the apps using their iOS or Android smartphones or tablets, but use a television screen as the communal game board. It sounds a lot like multiplayer gaming, only with smartphones instead of keyboards and mice and television screens instead of computer monitors. The concept and trial-and-error deployment of socially-enhanced television experiences has resurfaced dozens, if not hundreds of times in the past decade, but no company has yet nailed the concept or delivered it at the right time for it to catch on massively. Google and MOVL seem ready to try again, this time leaning on games for back-up support. What's odd is that the "TV" part of this social TV set up isn't really "TV" at all. Only the screen is being utilized (not television programming content) as part of the network. Viewers—or really "players"—will be able to connect with other players in front of other television screens who are in different geographic locations. WeDraw is a drawing guessing game in which the TV becomes the game board and players use their phones as controllers to draw pictures and guess secret words. PokerFun turns the TV set into a poker table. Players see what cards they've been dealt on their phone or tablet, where they also place their bets and play out the hand. Both apps are available to check out in the GoogleTV Spotlight (video below). The news was announced ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/mozilla-to-businesses-we39re-not-interested-pc-magazine/ mozilla-to-businesses-we39re-not-interested-pc-magazine Fri, 24 Jun 2011 03:05:25 +0300 A Mozilla executive has incurred the wrath of IT professionals with a somewhat callous comment made about Firefox and its focus on the enterprise. The comment was in response to a blog posting by Firefox specialist and consultant Mike Kaply. Kaply was justifiably lamenting Firefox's rapid release scheduling and its negative impact on businesses. Case in point: Firefox 4 was only released in March. Now, three months later Firefox 5.0 is out in stable release. Hence, Mozilla has ceased supporting Firefox 4. Kaply points out that this breakneck update schedule may "work for the average user" but "it doesn't fly in [a] corporate environment, especially places like banks". "Expecting a company to go through a full deployment cycle of their web browser every six week is simply ludicrous." Others apparently are in agreement, as his post is now at 60-something comments and counting. Particularly vociferous posts are being made by IT people who support thousands of clients running Firefox: "I have 500,000 corporate users on Firefox 3.6. We just completing a test cycle of Firefox 4 on many thousands of internal business web applications," one said. The same poster addresses his concerns over the end of support: "By the time I validate Firefox 5, what guarantee would I have that Firefox 5 won't go EOL when Firefox 6 is released?" However, what really stoked the flame on that blog was Mozilla executive Asa Dotzler's response to Kaply: "Mike, you do realize that we get about 2 million Firefox downloads per day from regular user types, right? Your "big numbers" here are ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/will-apple-ditch-google-maps-in-ios-5-pc-magazine/ will-apple-ditch-google-maps-in-ios-5-pc-magazine Fri, 24 Jun 2011 03:05:37 +0300 Apple could be ditching Google Maps in favor of its own navigation software in iOS 5. MacRumors uncovered a new section in the legal disclaimers section of iOS 5 called "Map Data" that references several different third-party mapping and naviation companies such as CoreLogic, Getchee, Localeze, and TomTom, among others. It wouldn't be much of a shock if Apple ditched Google Maps and launched its own mapping service. In recent years, Apple has snapped up a couple of mapping companies, Placebase and Poly9. Apple has also been hiring engineers with mapping and navigation experience to join the iOS team. On top of that, when Apple responded to the outpouring of media scrutiny about iPhone location tracking in April, the company revealed it was creating its own traffic database. But Apple is still using Google Maps for now, and Google's former CEO Eric Schmidt said last month at the D9 conference that Google "just renewed [its] Map and Search agreements with Apple." Reports of an Apple-powered mapping service have been circulating for quite some time. Last month, 9to5Google attempted to quash the rumors, claiming while "Apple is working to improve the iOS Maps application, iOS 5 will not bring an Apple developed maps service and Google Maps is still in." MacRumors speculates that Apple is actively working on its own mapping solution, but it's possible that it's not ready for iOS 5, meaning consumers will have to wait a while to see what it would look like. Apple showed a preview of iOS 5 earlier ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/casey-anthony39s-mother-i-searched-for-chloroform-reuters/ casey-anthony39s-mother-i-searched-for-chloroform-reuters Fri, 24 Jun 2011 04:00:13 +0300 ORLANDO, Fla (Reuters) – The mother of accused child killer Casey Anthony offered the startling revelation in court on Thursday that she was the one who searched for information about chloroform on the family's computer. Cindy Anthony testified that she was trying to research information on her dog, who had been eating bamboo leaves and not feeling well. She said her search led her from chlorophyll to chloroform, as several types of chlorophyll can produce chloroform. Previous witnesses at Casey's first-degree murder trial in Florida have testified they found evidence of what they considered to be a surprisingly large quantity of chloroform, as well as residue from a decomposing human body, in Casey's car trunk. Prosecutors accuse Casey, 25, of using duct tape to suffocate her 2-year-old daughter Caylee on June 16, 2008 and then storing the child's body in the trunk. Cindy also testified on Thursday that the trunk liner in Casey's car was already stained when Cindy and her husband George bought the car from a used car dealership in Orlando. Prosecutor Linda Drane Burdick challenged Cindy's claims, asking why records showed she was at work on the dates of the Internet searches in March 2008. Cindy said because she was salaried, her work record often varied from reality. "We were not supposed to report overtime, so sometimes we'd only work a half day to make up for longer hours," she said. Cindy said she previously had given law enforcement and the state attorney's office the information about her computer searches. "This is not new," she said. MOTHER RECALLS "INHALATION" SEARCH Casey and Caylee ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/ftc-to-deepen-google-probe-report-reuters/ ftc-to-deepen-google-probe-report-reuters Fri, 24 Jun 2011 04:06:41 +0300 (Reuters) – Google Inc is about to receive the civil equivalent of a subpoena from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission as part of a probe into the giant Web company's Internet search business, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. Separately, the Financial Times on Friday reported that attorneys-general in California, New York and Ohio have also started antitrust investigations into Google. The states that have recently joined the inquiries into Google are still at an early stage in their deliberations, people familiar with their thinking told the Financial Times. The company, which dominates U.S. and global markets for search advertising, has been accused by competitors of favoring its own services over rivals in its search results. Google, the world's No. 1 search engine, and the FTC declined to comment on the Journal report. Google was not immediately available for comment on the Financial Times report. The attorney general of California declined comment while the attorneys general of New York and Ohio were not immediately available for comment. The FTC plans to send the civil investigative demand with a request for more information, the civil equivalent of a subpoena, within five days, according to the report. U.S. antitrust regulators have been concerned about Google's dominance of the Web search industry, and it has been under investigation by the European Commission since last November. Complaints has been filed with regulators on both sides of the Atlantic, many from Google rivals who specialize in vertical searches like price comparison websites, which are widely seen as a threat to Google's ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/first-look-at-google-tv-20-39fishtank39-digital-trends/ first-look-at-google-tv-20-39fishtank39-digital-trends Fri, 24 Jun 2011 04:35:01 +0300 We heard in April that Google was preparing to improve its connected TV, “revamping” the product with a faster chipset and upgraded UI, as well as Android app availability. Now we’re getting a look at that product, via Geek, which got an early look at a developer release. Software Right away you can see that the new interface looks a lot like Honeycomb. In actuality, it’s Google TV 2.0 beta, or a simplified take on Android 3.1 Ice Cream Sandwich. Keep in mind, this is a very early release and there are likely to be more preinstalled apps, but for the time being there is a clock app, a live TV app, and Chrome browser. Apparently, how exactly the live TV function will work is still up in the air, and something Google’s keeping close to its chest. For the moment, live TV can only be accessed via the HDMI port. Live TV can work behind the home screen, allowing users to run multiple applications. But developers (who allegedly came up with the idea to run data over live broadcasts) aren’t getting access to this feature’s API, creating some friction between Google and its developers. All arguments aside, the color scheme is reminiscent of the PSN and Ice Cream Sandwich – all blacks and blues. There will be the ability for split-screen viewing as well. Hardware Developers are working with an Intel CE4100 reference platform running Google TV 2.0 beta. The CE4100 is designed for set-top sets, meaning it’s equipped for streaming, broadcast, and other Internet use. It’s also supposed ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/exclusive-forget-spy-kids-try-kiddie-hacker-conference-reuters/ exclusive-forget-spy-kids-try-kiddie-hacker-conference-reuters Fri, 24 Jun 2011 04:35:38 +0300 BOSTON (Reuters) – Children as young as eight years old are invited to Las Vegas this summer to learn that it's cool to be a hacker -- provided they don't cheat, steal or commit other crimes. The first-ever Defcon Kids conference in August is a chance for children between eight and 16 to learn the skills of computer hackers, as well as protect themselves against cyber attacks. It will also be an opportunity for U.S. federal agents to size up tech-savvy youngsters who could form the next generation of digital crime-fighters. Police, intelligence agents, military officers and the consultants working for them have long attended as well as recruited from Defcon, the world's biggest gathering of hackers held in Las Vegas every summer. This year, against a backdrop of high-profile cyber attacks on targets ranging from Google Inc to the International Monetary Fund, Defcon organizers are holding Defcon Kids on August 6 and 7 alongside the main conference. Kids need to register in advance at www.defconkids.org to be able to participate in some conference activities. One goal of Defcon Kids is to convince children from age 8 to 16 that it is cool to be a "white hat," or benevolent hacker who uses computer skills to fight crime. "Black hats," in contrast, work on the dark side of the Internet, using their skills to steal money, identities and other perform nefarious deeds. "Hacking isn't just fun and games. It isn't about breaking into systems," said a 16-year-old who goes by the hacker handle "FS." He will teach Defcon Kids how to protect ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/the-battle-for-yahoo39s-future-mashable/ the-battle-for-yahoo39s-future-mashable Fri, 24 Jun 2011 10:35:27 +0300 Thanks to a weakening business, painful talent exodus and stagnant stock price, Yahoo is a house divided. And as President Abraham Lincoln famously once said, "a house divided against itself cannot stand." It's no secret that Yahoo is struggling. The company hasn't staged the dramatic turnaround that its investors envisioned CEO Carol Bartz would lead. Almost half of its market value is derived from its 40% stake in Alibaba, the China Internet giant with a market cap of approximately $8 billion. Most importantly, Yahoo hasn't been able to create growth or articulate a clear vision for substantive growth. [More from Mashable: Google Now Reaches 1 Billion People Per Month [STATS]] The result has been turmoil. Yahoo is fighting with Alibaba over online payment system Alipay (the two sides have yet to settle) and the former Internet giant has been experiencing a massive talent drain (Yahoo ranks as the worst in terms of talent retention when compared to other tech giants). The calls for Bartz's head have been rising as well, and that has created more headaches for a company that already has a migraine. And it's not just from the media; investors are publicly and privately questioning the former Autodesk CEO's leadership. At Yahoo's annual shareholder meeting on Thursday, one investor took the microphone and made scathing remarks about Yahoo's chief executive: [More from Mashable: Who Is Winning & Losing in the Tech Talent Wars? [INFOGRAPHIC]] "The last thing Yahoo needs right now is a lame-duck CEO. The buyout talks over your contract need to start today and a search ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-facing-wide-ranging-us-antitrust-probe-wsj-afp/ google-facing-wide-ranging-us-antitrust-probe-wsj-afp Fri, 24 Jun 2011 10:36:49 +0300 WASHINGTON (AFP) – The US Federal Trade Commission is poised to open a formal antitrust probe into whether Internet search giant Google has abused its dominance on the Web, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. The newspaper, citing "people familiar with the matter," said the FTC is preparing to serve Google with civil subpoenas "signaling the start of a wide-ranging, formal antitrust investigation." The Journal said the five-member commission will send Google the formal demands for information "within days" and other companies were likely to receive requests for information about their dealings with Google. The FTC declined to comment on the report and there was no immediate response to a request for comment from the Mountain View, California-based Google. Google, which controls around 65 percent of the lucrative US Internet search market, has been the target of numerous antitrust investigations by the FTC and the US Department of Justice in recent years. But the Journal said the FTC's probe "is the most serious to date" in the United States because it will examine "fundamental issues relating to Google's core search advertising business." The newspaper said the FTC probe is expected to take a year or more to unfold and "won't necessarily lead to any federal allegations of wrongdoing against the company." Google makes most of its money from search-related advertising. According to digital marketing firm eMarketer, Google's share of net US search advertising revenue will grow 38.9 percent this year to $10.92 billion, giving Google a 75.9 percent share of overall US search revenue. The Journal said the probe will look at whether Google ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-este-in-centrul-mai-multor-investigatii-ale-guvernului-american/ google-este-in-centrul-mai-multor-investigatii-ale-guvernului-american Fri, 24 Jun 2011 12:43:26 +0300 Google este în centrul mai mutlor investigaţii antitrust ale guvernului american, care încearcă să determine dacă gigantul căutărilor pe internet abuzează de poziţia dominantă pe piaţa publicităţii online pentru a-şi zdrobi concurenţii. Procurorii din cel puţin trei state americane au început anchete privind operaţiunile Google, a declarat o sursă apropiată situaţiei. Persoana a refuzat să dea detalii, dar a arătat că procurorii generali din California, Ohio şi New York sunt în primele etape ale anchetelor. Surse apropiate investigaţiilor au oferit informaţii similare şi ziarului Financial Times. Totodată, Wall Street Journal scrie că Google urmează să primească "echivalentul civil al unei citaţii" de la Federal Trade Commission (FTC) în cadrul unei investigaţii privind operaţiunile companiei din domeniul căutărilor pe internet. Compania, care domină piaţa americană şi cea globală în privinţa căutărilor pe internet şi publicităţii prin acest canal, a fost acuzată în repetate rânduri de competitori că îşi favorizează propriile servicii în rezultatele căutărilor, în defavoarea celor oferite de rivali. Reprezentanţii Google şi cei ai FTC au refuzat să comenteze informaţiile. Procurorii generali din California şi New York au refuzat de asemenea să facă declaraţii, în timp ce procurorul general al statului Ohio nu a fost disponibil pentru comentarii. Autorităţile antitrust din SUA sunt îngrijorate de ceva timp de dominaţia Google asupra industriei căutărilor pe internet. Totodată, compania este anchetată în Europa de Comisia Europeană din noiembrie anul trecut. Guvernele din America şi Europa au primit numeroase reclamaţii privind activităţile Google, majoritatea din partea rivalilor companiei. Între timp, acţiunile companiei au intrat pe un trend descendent abrupt. După ce a început anul uşor peste 600 de dolari pe acţiune, Google a coborât sub nivelul de 500 de dolari şi a închis joi pe Nasdaq la 480,2 dolari pe acţiune. Compania ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/blackberry-maker-upbeat-on-asian-growth-markets-afp/ blackberry-maker-upbeat-on-asian-growth-markets-afp Fri, 24 Jun 2011 15:06:04 +0300 SINGAPORE (AFP) – BlackBerry maker Research in Motion (RIM) is banking on Indonesia and other populous markets for growth in Asia, while it faces intensifying competition worldwide from rivals like the iPhone. The Canadian firm had one of the most prominent stands at the CommunicAsia telecom fair that ended Friday in Singapore, where industry executives gather annually to check out new technology and seal deals. "We are in a great spot. When I think about the (Asian) markets, I have a big smile on my face," RIM's regional managing director Gregory Wade told AFP at the expo. Wade said BlackBerry currently leads the smartphone market in Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand. Technology research firm IDC estimates that RIM shipped 1.5 million BlackBerry devices to Asia in the first quarter of this year and since 2004 has sold at least 8.5 million units in the region. Asia accounted for 11 percent of RIM's global shipments in the first quarter of 2011, compared to eight percent for all of 2010, it said. Wade said that as more consumers seek replacements for older handsets, there's ample room for further growth in the Asian smartphone sector. "There is a huge adoption of technology, consumers are making that leapfrog," he said. Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand have a combined population of 400 million, and Indonesians have a particular fondness for BlackBerry's instant-messaging function, which spares them from texting charges. "If you look at the countries he (Wade) mentioned, those are good success stories for them despite the beating they are getting globally," said Byan Ma, an analyst with IDC. "In ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/attorney-casey-anthony39s-parents-want-to-know-the-truth/ attorney-casey-anthony39s-parents-want-to-know-the-truth Fri, 24 Jun 2011 15:11:22 +0300 Tune in to HLN's "Nancy Grace" at 8 ET for live reports from Florida with all the details of the Casey Anthony trial. And follow the action on Nancy's special Casey Anthony trial page. (CNN) -- An attorney for Casey Anthony's parents says the couple has not come to any conclusion about whether their daughter is guilty of murder, comments that came as the capital murder trial neared the conclusion of its fourth week. Attorney Mark Lippman made the statement the same day that Anthony's mother, Cindy Anthony, testified that she, not her daughter, conducted Internet searches for key words including chloroform and alcohol on the Anthony family computer in March 2008. Prosecutors allege Casey Anthony used chloroform to render her daughter unconscious, then used duct tape to cover her nose and mouth, suffocating her. Caylee's remains, prosecutors allege, were then put into Casey Anthony's car trunk and eventually disposed of. The girl's skeletal remains were found in a wooded field on December 11, 2008, nearly six months after her family last reported having seen the child. Defense attorneys say Caylee was not murdered, but that she accidentally drowned in the family pool on June 16, 2008, the day she was last reported to have been seen. They argue that Anthony and her father, George Anthony, panicked and covered up the death. George Anthony rejected that scenario in his testimony. Casey Anthony, 25, is charged with seven counts in the death of her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee, in 2008, including first-degree murder. If convicted, she could face the death penalty. Caylee ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-hides-gay-pride-rainbow/ google-hides-gay-pride-rainbow Fri, 24 Jun 2011 15:11:28 +0300 (CNN) -- Google creates "doodles" for all kinds of random occasions. The search engine changed -- or doodled -- the logo on its home page in celebration of the painter Paul Cezanne's 172nd birthday; Robert Louis Stevenson's 160th birthday; the first day of school in Poland; and Pac-Man's 30th anniversary. All of these, with the exception of Poland, which appeared only in that country, were automatically visible to everyone who visited Google.com. But for Gay Pride Month -- which, in case you didn't notice the parade in the city center, is happening now -- the company took a much less visible approach. It's one that's stirred up criticism from the gay community. There's never been an actual Google Doodle in honor of Gay Pride. Instead, during June, a little rainbow pops up next to Google's search bar only when users search for certain "pride-related" terms, including, "gay," "lesbian," "homosexuality," "LGBT," "marriage equality," "bisexual" and "transgender." "During the month of June, Google is celebrating lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Pride," the company said in an e-mail. "For some Pride-related search queries, we are showing a rainbow at the end of the search bar." So why hide this feature beneath specific searches? A company spokeswoman did not provide specifics. "We enjoy celebrating holidays and special events at Google. As you may imagine, it's difficult for us to choose which events to celebrate on our site, and have a long list of those we'd like to celebrate in the future," a statement said. Critics say Google is hiding the feature to avoid criticism from anti-gay ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/ftc-probing-google-practices-investor39s-business-daily/ ftc-probing-google-practices-investor39s-business-daily Fri, 24 Jun 2011 16:06:19 +0300 The search giant will soon receive the civil equivalent of a subpoena from the FTC as part of its probe into possible violations of antitrust laws, said the Wall Street Journal, citing unnamed sources. Several companies have accused Google (NASDAQ:GOOG - News) of abusing its dominance. For example, TripAdvisor.com and health site WebMD.com have complained the No. 1 search engine favors its own services over theirs in search results. EU antitrust regulators launched a similar inquiry in Nov. Google fell 1.4% to 480.22. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/baidu-buys-qunar-to-boost-travel-search-reuters/ baidu-buys-qunar-to-boost-travel-search-reuters Fri, 24 Jun 2011 16:36:33 +0300 HONG KONG (Reuters) – Baidu Inc, China's top search engine, is buying the country's leading travel website Qunar to strengthen its foothold in the competitive Internet sector. Baidu, which is focusing more on e-commerce and online video, dominates China's search engine market after Google Inc pulled out following a high-profile fallout with Beijing over censorship last year. Baidu, which competes with other players such as Tencent Holdings Ltd, SINA Corp and Alibaba.com Ltd, said on Friday it would pay $306 million to become majority shareholder in Qunar. "Travel has long been one of the top categories on Baidu, and the number of travellers in China has been growing very rapidly, so this is a market of obvious strategic importance to us," Jennifer Li, Baidu's Chief Financial Officer, said in a statement. "Our investment in Qunar will create an even better search experience for users planning trips," Li said. Shares in Baidu, which has a market capitalization of about $43.5 billion, ended 3.5 percent higher on Thursday. Its shares are up by a third since the start of the year. China, with more than 450 million users, is the world's largest Internet market, but with web penetration hovering around 30 percent and lack of sophisticated users outside the big cities, the potential for growth is huge. Chinese consumers are using the Internet more often to book hotels and air tickets via websites such as Ctrip.com International Ltd as traveling becomes more common with increasing wealth. (Reporting by Lee Chyen Yee; Editing by David Cowell) http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/republican-lawmakers-embrace-new-interactive-youtube-platform-daily-caller/ republican-lawmakers-embrace-new-interactive-youtube-platform-daily-caller Fri, 24 Jun 2011 17:04:08 +0300 They may be a little older, but lawmakers — particularly Republicans — are finally becoming a part of the YouTube generation, thanks to a new feature developed by the ubiquitous video sharing site. Unlike its familiar one-video-per-page format, YouTube’s “Town Hall” section pits Republicans and Democrats against one another, debate-style, on a single page. User’s can select topics ranging from education to the economy before filing through short, video answers submitted by national politicians. “Town Hall” allows users to actually see the lawmakers positions on hot political topics, all on one user-friendly page. The YouTube experience wouldn’t be complete without audience involvement, though, and Town Hall not only allows users to vote the numerous videos up or down, but also chooses user-submitted questions from which lawmakers base their video answers. Of course, the Democratic responses appear on the left and those of their Republican counter-parts on the right. The new, integrated platform was launched by YouTube in late May and the response from both the public and lawmakers have been great, said a YouTube representative. More than 115,000 votes were cast on the 25 videos submitted for the first round of question, and a second round of topic questions was launched on Wednesday. If YouTube’s “Leaderboard” is any indication, Republicans are winning the video debate. New Mexico Democratic Sen. Tom Udall did received the most votes with his video “Time for Afghanistan Transition,” but the other top four June videos of come from Republican leaders. Only Democratic Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Chris Van Hollen make the list of ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/is-tapping-our-emergency-oil-supply-a-mistake-the-week/ is-tapping-our-emergency-oil-supply-a-mistake-the-week Fri, 24 Jun 2011 17:40:22 +0300 New York – The Obama administration is uncorking America's oil reserves in an international effort to drive down energy prices — at least for a short while The Obama administration will release 30 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve — half of the 60-million-barrel release coordinated by the International Energy Agency (IEA) to make up for losses in Mideast supplies. The news sent oil prices down about 5 percent on Thursday. The SPR, which currently holds a record 727 million barrels, has only been tapped a few times since its creation in 1974. Does the war in Libya and other oil-disrupting unrest in the Middle East merit tapping America's emergency supply? No. This sets a risky precedent: Obama's decision to uncork our oil reserves now is "totally mystifying," says Barb Arrigo in the Detroit Free Press. The apparent rationale is that high oil prices will cripple the global economy, but gas prices have already been falling for weeks. And even if this helps us, it sets a worrisome precedent that the SPR should be tapped for economic reasons, "rather than solely for emergencies that affect supply more sharply than the fighting in Libya has.""Pouring oil on troubled (economic?) waters" Plus, it probably won't help much: The IEA and White House tried to get OPEC to step up production, and only acted when Iran, Venezuela, and Libya quashed that effort, says Bryan Walsh at TIME. Tapping the reserves is one of the few tools we have left. But 2 million extra barrels a day for one month is a very short-term economic ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/nortel-patent-sale-attracts-tech-giants-reuters/ nortel-patent-sale-attracts-tech-giants-reuters Fri, 24 Jun 2011 19:05:01 +0300 TORONTO (Reuters) – Valuable broadband and networking patents developed by bankrupt Nortel Networks go up for sale next week, with tech giants like Google, Apple and Intel heading the list of would-be buyers. In one of its last asset sales in a drawn-out bankruptcy break-up, Nortel is selling 6,000 patents and patent applications, ranging across its whole spectrum of expertise in wireless, data and optical networking, voice, Internet, semiconductors and other technologies. The sale could fetch $1.5 billion, said Josh Walker, CEO of Lex Machina Inc, which consults on intellectual property litigation. "This is one of the largest and one of the most strategically significant ones," he said. The most prized patents in the collection relate to next-generation mobile broadband technology used in emerging 4G standards such as long term evolution (LTE). Mike Lazaridis, the co-chief of Canada's Research In Motion, once described these patents as a "national treasure." But RIM will likely be outbid by deep-pocketed mobile companies including Google and Apple. A source at chipmaker Intel called the portfolio a "gold mine" for its own push into mobile. Several sources have said likely bidders also include Sweden's Ericsson and U.S.-based RPX Corp, which licenses patents on behalf of member clients for a fee. Chinese network equipment maker ZTE has also expressed interest in the LTE portion. The auction, almost certainly the largest public sale of its kind, comes amid strong mobile industry growth -- and soaring litigation -- as relative latecomers Apple and Google seek to bolster weaker collections of patents versus rivals. Walker said a $1.5 billion price tag was not ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-says-gets-civil-subpoena-from-ftc-reuters/ google-says-gets-civil-subpoena-from-ftc-reuters Fri, 24 Jun 2011 20:07:19 +0300 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. antitrust regulators told Google they opened a formal investigation into whether the dominant search company illegally abuses its market power. Google said on its Official Google Blog that it received "formal notification from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission that it has begun a review of our business." The notification came on Thursday, they said. The company, which dominates U.S. and global markets for search advertising, has been accused by competitors of favoring its own services over rivals in its search results. Google defended its practices, saying it focused on the consumer. "It's still unclear exactly what the FTC's concerns are, but we're clear about where we stand. Since the beginning, we have been guided by the idea that, if we focus on the user, all else will follow," Google said in the blog. (Reporting by Diane Bartz; Editing by Derek Caney) http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-confirms-us-probe-into-search-business-afp/ google-confirms-us-probe-into-search-business-afp Fri, 24 Jun 2011 20:34:53 +0300 WASHINGTON (AFP) – Google confirmed on Friday that the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has begun a review of the Internet giant's lucrative search and advertising business. "Yesterday, we received formal notification from the US Federal Trade Commission that it has begun a review of our business," Google said. "We respect the FTC's process and will be working with them (as we have with other agencies) over the coming months to answer questions about Google and our services," Google said in a blog post. Google said in the blog post that it was "still unclear exactly what the FTC's concerns are." But in a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the company said it had received a subpoena from the FTC "relating to a review by the FTC of Google's business practices, including search and advertising." The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that the FTC would open a formal antitrust probe into whether Google was abusing its dominance on the Web. The newspaper said the probe will look at whether Google "unfairly channels users to its own growing network of services at the expense of rivals." Google controls around 65 percent of the lucrative US Internet search market and makes most of its money from search-related advertising. In the blog post, Google's Amit Singhal said the company is guided by doing "what's best for the user" and that its business principles will "stand up to scrutiny." European Union competition watchdogs opened an investigation in November into whether Google is abusing its power in online search and the US state of Texas ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/proxy-advisor-urges-rim-ceochairman-roles-be-split-reuters/ proxy-advisor-urges-rim-ceochairman-roles-be-split-reuters Fri, 24 Jun 2011 21:35:24 +0300 TORONTO (Reuters) – Shareholders in Research In Motion should vote to split the roles of chief executive and chairman of the board at the BlackBerry maker's annual meeting next month, proxy advisory firm Glass Lewis said on Friday. Both roles are shared by RIM co-founder Mike Lazaridis and by Jim Balsillie, who have struggled recently to present the company's products as a legitimate third option in a smartphone race increasingly dominated by tech giants Apple and Google. The issue was forced by a Glass Lewis client, RIM shareholder Northwest & Ethical Investments, earlier this month and will be voted on at RIM's annual general meeting on July 12. "We believe replacing a CEO becomes more difficult and happens less frequently than it should when the chief executive is also in the position of overseeing the board," the advisory firm's analysts, Dimitri Zagoroff and Marian Macindoe, wrote. Glass Lewis also said investors should withhold a vote on returning John Richardson to the board, citing his position on RIM's audit committee at a time when company executives were being investigated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Ontario Securities Commission for stock-option backdating. Balsillie, Lazaridis and other senior RIM executives paid millions in February 2009 to settle regulator charges that the company illegally backdated options to coincide with low stock prices between 1998 and 2006. It restated $250 million of earnings between September 2006 and May 2007. "We hold this director (Richardson) accountable for the poor oversight that eventually led to restatement," Glass Lewis said. Waterloo, Ontario-based RIM has said investors should ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-gets-early-win-in-oracle-patent-battle-digital-trends/ google-gets-early-win-in-oracle-patent-battle-digital-trends Fri, 24 Jun 2011 22:05:00 +0300 Oracle’s patent infringement suit against Google over the Java implementation in Android may be facing a significant setback: of the 21 patents Oracle claims Google is violating, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has rejected 17 claims on re-examination. As a result, the judge in the case has asked both Oracle and Google to reduce the number of claims they are making against each other in order to avoid wasting the court’s time on patents that will likely be ruled invalid or uninfringed. The U.S. Patent and Trademark office ruling was first reported by Groklaw. Oracle has not yet indicated how it intends to proceed in the case, but options include appealing the patent re-examination, reducing the number of claims it is making against Google. Earlier this month, Oracle began to describe the damages it aims to collect from Google in the case: one court filing estimates the damages at over $6 billion. Google has disputed the manner in which Oracle arrived at its figures. Oracle filed suit against Google last year over alleged patent violation in the Java virtual machine used in Android. Google maintains it has done nothing wrong. Overall, Oracle has made 168 infringement claims against Google to on seven patents. The USPTO’s process is ongoing. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/podcast-new-domains-amish-tech/ podcast-new-domains-amish-tech Fri, 24 Jun 2011 22:11:09 +0300 (CNN) -- On this week's Tech Check podcast, Doug Gross, John Sutter and Stephanie Goldberg discuss the approval of new Internet domain endings. This means the tired, old ".com" might be getting some company from the likes of ".cocacola," ".apple" and ".nyc." Also, in a Tech Check first, we break down the secret world of Amish technology. Yes ... Amish technology. News that a man was allegedly sending slimy text messages from a horse and buggy highlighted the fact that not all members of the religious group are as tech-free as you might think. Our Reader Comments of the Week come from our story on author JK Rowling introducing "Pottermore," an online and e-reader experience that will continue the Harry Potter story. Inevitably, this leads to discussion of fanfic. We don't feel good about this. And in our Tech Fail of the Week, we give a "wag of the finger" to Google for what feels like a half-measure on a non-doodle for Gay Pride Month. To listen, click on the audio box to the left. To subscribe, you can find the Tech Check RSS feed here or subscribe on iTunes. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/cars-2-star-eddie-izzard-plans-political-career-reuters/ cars-2-star-eddie-izzard-plans-political-career-reuters Fri, 24 Jun 2011 23:37:33 +0300 Zorianna Kit LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Since breaking out of Britain's comedy ranks, Eddie Izzard has carved out a strong career in Hollywood movies and TV. His HBO comedy special, "Eddie Izzard: Dress to Kill" earned him two Emmy Awards, and his movie credits include the two "Ocean's Eleven" sequels. Izzard, 49, a transvestite, is now voicing a role in animated movie "Cars 2," which opens in U.S. movie theaters on Friday. He sat down with Reuters to talk about his role in the film and his plans for a new career -- in politics. Q: Sir Axlerod is a former oil baron who puts on a race to show off his new clean-burning fuel. Relate to him much? A: "My dad worked for an oil company and I do like business. I'm into retail. I like good merchandise and I like good ideas, so that's what I channeled in to Sir Miles Axlerod. He (represents) all the positive businesses like Google and Apple who try to do something different in a good way. Except he has a slight twist and an interesting aftertaste." Q: You had your own series "The Riches" on U.S. cable network FX and this past year appeared on the Showtime series "United States of Tara." Any plans for more television? A: "I'm developing a political drama with FX. We're working toward shooting a pilot. There are hoops you have to jump through before it gets to series but I'm a determined bastard. I'm a transvestite that's got this far." Q: Beyond that -- films, TV, stand-up -- ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/nokia-phone-7-39leak39-may-have-been-planned-newsfactor/ nokia-phone-7-39leak39-may-have-been-planned-newsfactor Sat, 25 Jun 2011 00:05:02 +0300 Nokia and Microsoft's first collaboration generated a substantial amount of buzz this week after a video of the smartphone appeared on a Hungarian web site -- the kind of buzz Windows Phone 7 will need to gain traction in the smartphone market. The device, code-named Sea Ray, was unveiled at a Nokia Connections event in Singapore by CEO Stephen Elop and Jukka Kiiskinen, a Nokia sales manager. "This is something that is super-confidential and we don't want to see it out on the blogosphere," Elop said. Really? Someone in the audience had other ideas. A crystal-clear video with clear sound from what seems to be a fixed high-quality camera found its way onto Technet.hu, and then quickly made its way to tech sites around the world. Struggling to catch up to Apple's iPhone and Google's Android-powered devices, Nokia and Microsoft, who recently announced a major collaboration, can use all the publicity they can get to create a bigger market for the Windows Phone 7 devices they will release this fall, observers say. "One thing Apple fans do for Apple and Android fans do [for Google] is create publicity," said Strategy Analytics wireless analyst Alex Spektor. "It would serve Microsoft well and serve Nokia well to build similar buzz since those are the ecosystems they are trying to fight in that space." Photos of, and details about, Apple and Android products are routinely leaked to tech blogs. The most famous recent example is the iPhone 4 prototype that ended up on Engadget and Gizmodo last year, months ahead of release. The companies ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/texas-attorney-hunts-kills-big-gator/ texas-attorney-hunts-kills-big-gator Sat, 25 Jun 2011 00:11:05 +0300 (CNN) -- A Texas attorney made personal history on a June hunting trip. Levi McCathern of Dallas killed a 14-foot, 900-pound alligator along the Trinity River in Leon County on June 11. It was the first time he'd ever been alligator hunting, McCathern said. "We got a lot of the meat and the hide, and all is at the taxidermy shop," he said. "We'll probably mount it." The alligator, whose hind leg looks as big as a man's torso, was shot in the head with a .308-caliber rifle with a scope. "I met some people who were 'Swamp People' on this (television) show," McCathern said. "I Googled these guys named the Gar Guys and found them. ... I said I want to go out with you ... they said sure, we'll just take you." "Swamp People" is the popular History Channel show that chronicles the lives of Louisiana Cajuns who rely on alligator hunting season to make a living. McCathern and his guide, Steve Barclay, spent two days stalking the animal down the river. He killed it with one shot. McCathern hasn't confirmed if his was the largest alligator ever "taken" in Texas. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/opera-co-founder-von-tetzchner-to-leave-company-pc-magazine/ opera-co-founder-von-tetzchner-to-leave-company-pc-magazine Sat, 25 Jun 2011 03:05:26 +0300 Opera co-founder Jon S. von Tetzchner is leaving Opera Software in June, the browser company said Friday. "It has become clear that The Board, Management and I do not share the same values and we do not have the same opinions on how to keep evolving Opera," von Tetzchner said in a memo to employees, as obtained by TechCrunch. Opera representatives declined to comment. Von Tetzchner co-founded Opera Software in 1995 with Geir Ivarsøy, and led the company up to 2010, when he stepped down as chief eexecutive to become a strategic adviser. His last day will be June 30. Opera said that von Tetzchner "has ideas about new projects, but is not ready to reveal any of his ideas as of right now". Opera has traditionally trailed behind the other browser makers; the most recent estimates from Net Applications put the combined market share of Opera and Opera Mini at 3.3 percent, well behind the various flavors of Internet Explorer (54.3 percent), Mozilla Firefox (21.7 percent), Google's Chrome (12.5 percent) and Apple's Safari (7.28 percent). "We have had a lot of fun during these years, and to say that Jon has created a great company is an understatement", said Lars Boilesen, chief executive of Opera, in a statement. "He has taught me and everyone working here a lot. He believed in, and pushed out innovation after innovation that we see our competitors constantly struggling with copying, making Opera a first mover in the technological development of web browsers as we know them today. We ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/ftc39s-antitrust-inquiry-turns-up-heat-on-google-ap/ ftc39s-antitrust-inquiry-turns-up-heat-on-google-ap Sat, 25 Jun 2011 03:36:39 +0300 SAN FRANCISCO – Google may be entering a make-or-break phase in its colorful history now that U.S. regulators have opened an investigation into whether the company has been abusing its dominance of Internet search and advertising to stifle competition. The probe by the Federal Trade Commission, confirmed by the company Friday, will require Google to convince regulators that its closely guarded recipe for search results is designed to give people the best recommendations, not bury links to its rivals. If you search for a local business, for example, Google might highlight its own listing, from a service called Google Places, instead of one on Yelp, a popular review site and Google competitor. Requests for directions may turn up Google Maps, and queries for a video might point to the company's own site, YouTube. Or if you type "mortgage" in Google's main search box, the top ad might be for Google Advisor, which lists the lowest interest rates. The inquiry also is expected to peer into Google's financial engine: the advertising links tied to the subject of each search request. Some of these commercial messages appear, shaded in color, at the top of the results page, while others are stacked in the right-hand column. Even as Google has expanded into video, mobile phones and television, the text advertising that pops up alongside search results and other Web content generates most of Google's revenue — an amount expected to exceed $35 billion this year. Some websites contend Google has rigged its system in a way that drives up the ad prices, even though ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/cashing-in-on-the-data-crush-investor39s-business-daily/ cashing-in-on-the-data-crush-investor39s-business-daily Sat, 25 Jun 2011 04:36:08 +0300 Before Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL - News) rolled out its ground-breaking iPhone in June 2007, it bestowed what would become an awesome responsibility on telecom services giant AT&T (NYSE:T - News). AT&T was to provide the network over which iPhone users of all ages would access the Internet, fire off photographs and download countless cool apps. Apple wagered the utility-grade telecom had the scale to enable millions of users to talk, play and work around the globe, around the clock. Apple lost that bet. The flood of data from thousands of apps roared through AT&T's data switches and other gear, quickly overwhelming both its bandwidth and network capacity. The quality of service quickly eroded, especially in areas that were far from its transmitters. "AT&T wasn't equipped to handle the iPhone. They were penny-wise and pound-foolish, and they have been catching up ever since," IDC analyst John Byrne said. Apple stripped AT&T of its exclusive status in February, naming Verizon Wireless — a joint venture of Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ - News) and U.K.-based Vodafone (NASDAQ:VOD - News) — as a second service provider partner. "What we in the industry have learned the last couple of years is you can't afford not to invest in your network any more. You will pay dearly if you don't invest," Byrne said. The lesson has benefited makers of all types of equipment to help manage the rising surge of high-speed and wireless data. A number of the leaders in that space, including Acme Packet (NASDAQ:APKT - News), Communications Systems (NASDAQ:JCS - News) and France's Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE:ALU - News), are part of IBD's ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-confirms-gov39t-probe-investor39s-business-daily/ google-confirms-gov39t-probe-investor39s-business-daily Sat, 25 Jun 2011 04:36:51 +0300 The search leader said the FTC has begun a formal antitrust inquiry into its business practices, Google (NASDAQ:GOOG - News) said, confirming earlier media reports. But the company said, "It's still unclear exactly what the FTC's concerns are." The probe is expected to focus on whether Google abused its dominance to direct search users to Google-tied sites. The EU is conducting a similar inquiry. Shares fell 1%. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-responds-to-ftc-antitrust-investigation-mashable/ google-responds-to-ftc-antitrust-investigation-mashable Sat, 25 Jun 2011 15:05:29 +0300 One day after becoming the target of an FTC antitrust investigation, Google is publicly making its case for why it's simply looking out for its users and not breaking federal law. "Yesterday, we received formal notification from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission that it has begun a review of our business," Google Fellow and head of the search ranking team Amit Singhal said in a blog post. "We respect the FTC’s process and will be working with them (as we have with other agencies) over the coming months to answer questions about Google and our services." [More from Mashable: Google To Shutter PowerMeter & Google Health Projects] Yesterday we learned that the FTC intended to launch a probe of Google's business practices. It seems as if the FTC will be focusing on whether Google uses its overwhelming dominance in search to drive clicks to its products and lock out competitors. Companies such as Yelp, Expedia and Microsoft have complained that Google is engaging in antitrust practices. In the post, Google argues that it's only making decisions and developing products based on what is best for the user. "It’s still unclear exactly what the FTC’s concerns are, but we’re clear about where we stand. Since the beginning, we have been guided by the idea that, if we focus on the user, all else will follow," Singhal said. He elaborated further, explaining that Google has been building a model "that has helped change the way people find answers," all for free. The company also emphasized that using Google is a choice, ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/spinning-robotic-landers-make-space-exploration-a-hop-and-skip-spacecom/ spinning-robotic-landers-make-space-exploration-a-hop-and-skip-spacecom Sat, 25 Jun 2011 16:38:36 +0300 LAUREL, Md. — A former robot contender for the Google Lunar X Prize may find resurrection as a robotic lander for surface missions to planets and moons across the solar system. Its secret rests in a spinning midsection based on proven satellite technology that ensures almost unshakable stability. The spinning lander could land and hop across alien surfaces on springy legs that have the flexibility "between a golf club shaft and a fishing pole," said Rex Ridenoure, president and CEO of Ecliptic Enterprises in Pasadena, Calif. His company holds pending patents on the space technology that originated with Harold Rosen, a satellite pioneer. One version of the lander intended for an asteroid mission might have extra detachable harpoon legs to temporarily anchor itself to the rock, Ridenoure told a crowd of scientists and engineers at the 9th IAA Low-Cost Planetary Missions Conference here. Another version aimed at Europa might add a drill for tapping the Jupiter moon's icy secrets. [Best and Worst Mars Landings] Whatever the destination, the spinning design ensures a relatively easy landing compared to most space missions. "The neat thing is that the thing will not tip over," Ridenoure said. "The thing will just hop and bounce and skitter until it comes to a stop." That vision began with Rosen, a former engineer for the Hughes Aircraft Company who first harnessed spinning back in 1965 as a way to stabilize satellites holding the same geostationary orbit above the Earth. His dual-spin design kept the main satellite body spinning while an instrument platform remained motionless. Space explorers such as ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/us-regulators-investigating-google-over-search-afp/ us-regulators-investigating-google-over-search-afp Sun, 26 Jun 2011 10:06:07 +0300 WASHINGTON (AFP) – US regulators have launched a probe into Google's lucrative search and advertising business in a move that could pose the most serious legal challenge yet to the Internet giant. Google confirmed the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) inquiry in a blog post and a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and expressed confidence it could withstand the scrutiny. "Yesterday, we received formal notification from the US Federal Trade Commission that it has begun a review of our business," the Google blog post said. The Mountain View, California-based company, which controls around 65 percent of the US Internet search market and earns billions from search-related advertising, said it was "still unclear exactly what the FTC's concerns are." But in the SEC filing, Google said it had received a subpoena from the FTC "relating to a review by the FTC of Google's business practices, including search and advertising." "Google is cooperating with the FTC on this investigation," it said. According to The Wall Street Journal, the FTC is looking into whether Google is abusing its dominance on the Web and if it "unfairly channels users to its own growing network of services at the expense of rivals." As it has grown from a scrappy startup into an Internet titan, Google has branched out into various businesses including online mapping, shopping and travel and providing operating systems for mobile phones and tablet computers. But Google makes most of its money from search-related advertising and that is why an FTC investigation targeting its core business is seen by analysts as a ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/china39s-baidu-invests-306-mln-in-travel-website-afp/ china39s-baidu-invests-306-mln-in-travel-website-afp Sun, 26 Jun 2011 10:31:54 +0300 BEIJING (AFP) – Chinese search engine Baidu has agreed to invest $306 million in domestic travel website Qunar as it seeks to cash in on the booming tourism market in China. Baidu, which dominates the Chinese search market after Google retreated following a spat with Beijing over censorship and cyberattacks last year, will take a majority stake in the travel search engine, Baidu said late Friday. "Travel has long been one of the top categories on Baidu, and the number of travellers in China has been growing very rapidly, so this is a market of obvious strategic importance to us," chief financial officer Jennifer Li said in a statement. Chinese tourism has ballooned in recent years along with blistering economic growth as an increasingly wealthy middle class travels around the country and overseas for leisure. The country's air travel market is growing fast with a total of 267 million air passenger trips in 2010, up 15.8 percent from the previous year, according to official figures. Qunar will operate as an independent company, with both firms cooperating on certain areas of online travel search, the statement said. "By working with Baidu, we can focus on enhancing our search technology and the quality of our products and services," said Zhuang Chenchao, co-founder and chief executive of Qunar. China is the world's biggest online market, with 477 million Internet users, according to official data. Baidu had a 75.8-percent share of the overall search market in the first quarter of 2011, dwarfing Google's dwindling 19.2 percent, according to figures from research firm Analysys International. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/is-google-playing-it-safe-for-gay-pride-month-mashable/ is-google-playing-it-safe-for-gay-pride-month-mashable Sun, 26 Jun 2011 10:35:08 +0300 Google's been on a roll lately with its popular Google doodles. Because June is Gay and Lesbian Pride Month, the company wanted to celebrate that, too, but ran into controversy when it decided not to create a Google doodle commemorating the occasion. Instead, for June, Google decided to make a little rainbow, a symbol of gay pride, appear next to its search window whenever certain search terms were entered, including words such as "gay," "lesbian," "homosexuality," "LGBT," "marriage equality," "bisexual" and "transgender." [More from Mashable: Google To Shutter PowerMeter & Google Health Projects] Google wouldn't say why it decided to hide its Gay Pride artwork unless certain search terms were entered, and explained the lack of a Gay Pride Google doodle that everyone could see by telling CNN, "It's difficult to choose which events to celebrate," adding that the company has "a long list of those we'd like to celebrate in the future." Some critics are disappointed in Google's approach, saying that Google knows that anti-gay users are unlikely to enter any of those search terms into the Google window. Nicholas Jackson of The Atlantic wishes Google had been more obvious with its artwork. Jackson, who is gay, writes, "Instead of boldly declaring its support of gay and lesbian pride month, Google added a tiny rainbow to the end of its search bar." [More from Mashable: Google Sites Now Automatically Render for Mobile] It certainly looks to us like Google was trying to avoid offending anti-gay activists. Perhaps the company should have been more courageous with this ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/facebook-a-depasit-in-marea-britanie-pentru-prima-data-site-urile-microsoft-ca-numar-de-vizitatori/ facebook-a-depasit-in-marea-britanie-pentru-prima-data-site-urile-microsoft-ca-numar-de-vizitatori Mon, 27 Jun 2011 10:43:14 +0300 Facebook a depăşit în luna mai pentru prima dată site-urile Microsoft în Marea Britanie ca număr de utilizatori, urcând pe locul al doilea după Google, datorită interesului populaţiei în vârstă de peste 50 de ani pentru reţelele sociale, potrivit unui studiu al UKOM/Nielsen, preluat de Reuters. Numărul vizitatorilor Facebook din Marea Britanie a urcat în mai cu 7% faţă de aceeaşi lună a anului trecut, la 26,8 milioane, faţă de 26,2 milioane pentru site-urile Microsoft, MSN, WindowsLive şi Bing. În acelaşi timp, Google a avut 33,9 milioane de vizitatori unici în Marea Britanie. Audienţa britanică a Twitter a urcat cu circa o treime, la 6,1 milioane de vizitatori. UKOM/Nielsen notează că numărul de pensionare britanice care au vizitat Twitter s-a dublat după scandalul privind aventurile extraconjugale ale fotbalistului Ryan Giggs. "Creşterea ratingurilor acestor reţele sociale este generată acum în principal de grupa de vârstă 50+", a declarat directorul general al UKOM, James Smythe. Facebook a atras în luna mai 140 milioane de vizitatori în Statele Unite (+12%). În Spania, numărul vizitatorilor site-ului a urcat cu 7%, în Franţa cu 18%, în Italia cu 26%, iar în Germania cu 72%. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/facebook-overtakes-microsoft-in-uk-ukomnielsen-reuters/ facebook-overtakes-microsoft-in-uk-ukomnielsen-reuters Mon, 27 Jun 2011 11:04:53 +0300 LONDON, Jun (Reuters) – Facebook overtook Microsoft websites in Britain for the first time last month, becoming the UK's second-most popular after Google as people aged over 50 flocked to social networks, online measurement body UKOM/Nielsen said. Facebook attracted a record 26.8 million visitors in Britain in May, up 7 percent year on year, beating the 26.2 million who visited Microsoft's MSN/WindowsLive/Bing sites combined, the organization said on Monday. Google had 33.9 million. Twitter's UK audience jumped by a third to 6.1 million, after thousands of users retweeted allegations of celebrity scandals in defiance of gagging orders, including an extra-marital affair by Manchester United soccer star Ryan Giggs. UKOM/Nielsen said the number of women pensioners visiting the site doubled after "Giggsgate." [ID:nLDE74M1KJ] "The growth in audiences to these social networks is now primarily being driven by the 50-plus age group. Just a few years ago, this group may have found itself out of place on these sites," UKOM general manager James Smythe said. He said over-50 year-olds accounted for more new adults visiting Facebook in the last two years than under-50s, resulting in an age profile far more closely reflecting that of the UK online population as a whole than previously. Older age groups were also more likely to visit Twitter than in the past, but under-18s were less likely to visit the site than two years ago -- which was not the case for Facebook. Business network LinkedIn, whose market value has risen 58 percent to $6.65 billion since its New York stock market debut last month, registered 3.6 million UK ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-a-lansat-in-romania-serviciul-navigare-cu-harti-disponibil-pe-smartphone-cu-android-si-gps/ google-a-lansat-in-romania-serviciul-navigare-cu-harti-disponibil-pe-smartphone-cu-android-si-gps Mon, 27 Jun 2011 14:12:31 +0300 Google a lansat luni în România serviciul "Navigare cu Hărţi", aplicaţie gratuită care funcţionează pe telefoanele mobile cu GPS şi cu sistem de operare Android 1.6, sau versiune mai recentă, a anunţat directorul general al biroului local al companiei americane, Dan Bulucea. "Lansarea acestui serviciu vine ca răspuns la utilizarea în creştere a hărţilor Google în România şi a smartphone-urilor cu Android. «Navigarea cu Hărţi Google» este o aplicaţie gratuită ce pune în valoare conexiunea la Internet a telefonului, pentru o ghidare simplă, cu acces la cea mai recentă versiune a hărţilor, cu diverse moduri de vizualizare şi care funcţionează pe orice telefon cu Android şi GPS", a spus Bulucea. El a arătat că România este una dintre cele 20 de ţări în care acest serviciu a fost lansat. Navigarea foloseşte conexiunea de internet a telefonului mobil pentru a furniza cele mai recente hărţi sau informaţii despre diferite obiective, cum ar fi companii, restaurante sau cafenele. Utilizatorii nu trebuie să achiziţioneze sau să actualizeze hărţile, deoarece au acces la cea mai recentă versiune a hărţilor Google. Totodată, au posibilitatea să vizualizeze în diferite modalităţi ruta, atât de la nivel stradal, cât şi din aer. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-fined-by-taipei-over-app-refund-afp/ google-fined-by-taipei-over-app-refund-afp Mon, 27 Jun 2011 15:35:28 +0300 TAIPEI (AFP) – Taipei said Monday it had fined Google Tw$1,000,000 ($34,600) for refusing to grant customers a seven-day trial period when they download apps for their cell phones. Taiwan's consumer protection law stipulates that consumers are entitled to a seven-day trial period after purchasing any products via Internet, including cell phone software applications. The capital city's government found that Google and Apple had violated the law and on June 8 ordered them to alter their trading rules. "Google refused to change its rules," Betty Chen, the head of a consumer protection at the city government, said. Apple changed its rules. Under the terms of service for Google?s Android Market, consumers are allowed only 15 minutes to decide whether they want a refund after buying an app online. In reaction, Google suspended the sale of its paid apps to Taiwan consumers, according to Chen, who described the move as "unfriendly". No Google Taiwan officials were immediately available for comment. Chen said Google plans to send officials from the United States to Taiwan on Thursday over what she said was the company's violation of the island's law. Officials said they may impose a similar fine if Google does not make the change by July 1. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-lanseaza-in-romania-serviciile-de-navigare-gps-avansata-pe-telefoanele-android/ google-lanseaza-in-romania-serviciile-de-navigare-gps-avansata-pe-telefoanele-android Mon, 27 Jun 2011 17:13:25 +0300 Google a lansat luni in Romania serviciul "Navigare cu Harti", aplicatie gratuita care functioneaza pe telefoanele mobile care includ un cip GPS si ruleaza sistemul de operare Android. Noul serviciu va fi disponibil pe toate terminalele care ruleaza versiuni intre 1.6-2.3 si va folosi conexiunea la internet a smartphone-urilor pentru a descarca cele mai noi harti."Lansarea acestui serviciu vine ca raspuns la utilizarea in crestere a hartilor Google in Romania si a smartphone-urilor cu Android. ”Navigarea cu Harti Google” este o aplicatie gratuita ce pune in valoare conexiunea la Internet a telefonului, pentru o ghidare simpla, cu acces la cea mai recenta versiune a hartilor, cu diverse moduri de vizualizare si care functioneaza pe orice telefon cu Android si GPS", a declarat Dan Bulucea, directorul biroului local al Google, citat de Mediafax.Spre deosebire de un sistem de navigatie conventional, noul serviciu Google va ghida utilizatorii in mod gratuit, pe cele mai noi harti, fiind astfel eliminata necesitatea cumpararii unui program dedicat pentru navigatie GPS. Serviciul mai este disponibil si in alte 19 tari in afara de Romania si a fost lansat initial in SUA anul trecut. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-launched-in-romania-advanced-gps-navigation-on-android-cells/ google-launched-in-romania-advanced-gps-navigation-on-android-cells Mon, 27 Jun 2011 19:16:22 +0300 Google launched on Monday in Romania the Map Navigation service, a free application that works on all cells with a GPS chip and Android operating system. The new service will be available on all cells that have versions from 1.6 to 2.3 and will use the internet connection of smartphones to download the latest maps.  The application is free and underlines the value of the internet connection of the cell for a simple guide with access to the recent version of maps that will work on every terminal with Android and GPS, Google’s head of office in Romania Dan Bulucea said for news agency Mediafax. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-sees-growing-struggle-over-web-censorship-reuters/ google-sees-growing-struggle-over-web-censorship-reuters Mon, 27 Jun 2011 19:35:02 +0300 DUBLIN (Reuters) – Internet giant Google's tussles with some governments over Internet censorship could get worse, Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt said on Monday, adding he feared his own colleagues faced mounting danger of occasional arrest and torture. After the "Arab spring" saw revolutionary crowds largely organised over the Internet topple leaders in Tunisia and Egypt, governments in other authoritarian states have moved to try to lock down Internet dissent -- although with mixed success. Google has long had issues with China over restricted use of the Internet and partially pulled out of the world's largest Internet market by users last year over censorship concerns and a computer hacking attempt it said it traced to the country. The chairman of the world's largest web search engine warned that in certain countries governments would try to make sure the Internet became as regulated as television. "I think this problem is going to get worse," Schmidt told a Google-organised Dublin summit on militant violence. "The reason is that as the technology becomes more pervasive and as the citizenry becomes completely wired and the content gets localized to the language of the country, it becomes an issue like television." "If you look at television in most of these countries, television is highly regulated because the leaders, partial dictators, half dictators or whatever you want to call them understand the power of television imagery to keep their citizenry in some bucket." Google's friction with China resurfaced this month when it said it had broken up an effort to steal the passwords of hundreds of Google email account ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/a-guide-to-properly-insulting-the-2012-gop-candidates-the-atlantic-wire/ a-guide-to-properly-insulting-the-2012-gop-candidates-the-atlantic-wire Mon, 27 Jun 2011 22:04:08 +0300 When Chris Wallace asked Michele Bachmann if she's a "flake," many were outraged. Some thought it was sexist. But Jacob Weisberg said it was simply inaccurate. "Bachmann's not a flake, she's a wacko," he tweeted. "Newt's a flake." Given that Newt Gingrich's top campaign staff quit because he didn't want to put in the time shaking hands and kissing babies required to run a presidential campaign, it's hard to argue with Weisberg: Gingrich probably is more deserving of the flake tag. So as a service to any Sunday talk show anchors who might be nervous about which exact put-down to throw in a candidate's face, here's our glossary for the preferred and accepted zinger for each Republican presidential contender, per the current conventional wisdom. Related: GOP Debate Preview: Hey, We're Not So Bad Michele Bachmann: Wacko. Alternative: Nutjob. Variant: right-wing nutjob. Newt Gingrich: Flake. Alternative: Whipped. Mitt Romney: Phony. Variant: Soulless phony. Variant II: Corporate phony. Alternative: Dork. Tim Pawlenty: Wimp. Rick Santorum: Poor Santorum--his own last name has been turned into an insult of sorts thanks to a clever Google-bombing campaign waged against the social conservative by gay rights activists. Aside from that, we nominate Culture Warrior. Not exactly an insult, but dismissive and marginalizing nonetheless. Sarah Palin: Tease. Jon Huntsman: The conventional wisdom has yet to form on what, exactly, is Huntsman's most annoying attribute. We nominate Dudebro, for the billionaire candidate's insistence on riding motorcycles, touting his cheesy anthem rock playlist, and refusing to stop talking about his high school glory days playing for a band called Wizard.   Want to add to this ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/analysis-tencent-in-steep-climb-to-be-china39s-facebook-twitter-reuters/ analysis-tencent-in-steep-climb-to-be-china39s-facebook-twitter-reuters Mon, 27 Jun 2011 22:05:20 +0300 HONG KONG (Reuters) – Tencent Holdings Ltd, the world's third largest Internet firm, aims to be China's Facebook, Twitter and Google -- all rolled into one. While the company's market value has quadrupled to $50 billion over the past 2- years, its revenue and profit growth is expected to slow over the next few years, forcing the company to rethink its future. Tencent is aggressively diversifying away from the highly competitive online gaming industry and into China's social networking, e-commerce and mobile search engine sector. The company, an investor darling whose mascots are a pair of chubby penguins with wraparound scarves, faces many risks, including managing its partners, content regulations and strong competition from rivals such as Baidu Inc, SINA Corp and Alibaba.com. "Tencent needs to look for other gold mines to counter slowing online gaming growth. Otherwise, they won't be able to maintain the strong growth they've had over the past few years," said Hover Xiao, an analyst at technology research firm IDC. Tencent, which runs China's largest instant-messaging service QQ and online gaming community with 674 million QQ accounts in total, has been relying on its games business for about 60 percent of its revenues, which totaled 19.6 billion yuan ($3 billion) in 2010. This month, Tencent opened its once-proprietary platform by launching a so-called Q+ platform, an open system championed by Facebook and Apple to attract external software developers to boost users and grow revenue. With this launch, Tencent can allow third-party developers to market their products to the legions of QQ users on the platform through a ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/second-proxy-firm-advises-rim-ceochairman-split-reuters/ second-proxy-firm-advises-rim-ceochairman-split-reuters Mon, 27 Jun 2011 22:05:32 +0300 TORONTO (Reuters) – Proxy adviser Institutional Shareholder Services on Monday joined calls for Research In Motion management to step away from leading the BlackBerry maker's board. Shareholders will vote on the issue at RIM's annual meeting next month, after mutual fund Northwest & Ethical Investments called for the split between chairman and CEO roles. Both jobs are shared by RIM co-founder Mike Lazaridis and by Jim Balsillie, who have struggled recently to defend the company's products against intense smartphone competition increasingly dominated by Apple and Google. ISS, a unit of MSCI, said the Canadian company's board was not an adequate counterbalance to management and was unable to ensure independent oversight and accountability to shareholders. "There seems to be no compelling rationale for the company to resist handing over all of the duties of chair along with the title," ISS said in a report. Lazaridis and Balsillie are also RIM's largest shareholders, with each holding a more than 5 percent stake. Balsillie resigned as chairman in March 2007 and stepped down from the board in February 2009 following a stock options scandal. He returned, along with Lazaridis, as co-chairman in December 2010. RIM has advised shareholders to vote against the motion at its annual meeting on July 12, saying independent board member John Richardson acts as de facto head of the board. A RIM spokeswoman declined to comment on Monday beyond what the company said in a regulatory filing earlier this month. Glass Lewis, a rival advisory firm, issued a report on Friday backing the split and also said shareholders should withhold a vote to ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/appstore-fragmentation-comes-to-apple39s-iphone-contributornetwork/ appstore-fragmentation-comes-to-apple39s-iphone-contributornetwork Mon, 27 Jun 2011 22:05:33 +0300 "Fragmentation" is a word people use to mean this: There are a lot of different Android phones out there. It's confusing for buyers, because they don't know what kind of phone to get. And it's frustrating for app developers, because it's hard to write apps that work on all of them. Especially now that thanks to the Amazon Appstore, there are even multiple app markets for Android. "So what?" you ask. "How does that affect the iPhone? We don't have to deal with stuff like apps that don't work on our phones. Like when Angry Birds Rio came out; we just got it from the App Store like always, while Android owners had to use Amazon. Are you saying we have to deal with that now, too?" Actually ... yes. Android exclusives John Gruber of the Daring Fireball blog asked "Where Are the Android Killer Apps?", and noted that basically the only apps that were exclusive to Android were the ones that wouldn't work on the iPhone. The biggest reason, of course, was money: With app developers making more money from Apple's App Store, seemingly the only people who wrote apps for Android were large corporations and hobbyists. But that is starting to change. Spacetime Studios, the indie developers of the popular Pocket Legends MMORPG for both Android and iPhone, have noticed that they make more money from Android phone users. Perhaps partly because of that, the exclusive beta of ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/iphone-leads-european-smartphone-market-with-40-pct-share-digital-trends/ iphone-leads-european-smartphone-market-with-40-pct-share-digital-trends Mon, 27 Jun 2011 22:06:03 +0300 Market research firm the Yankee Group finds that the Apple iPhone is the leading smartphone in Europe, commanding some 40 percent of the market. In comparison, Android netted a 190 percent share, RIM’s BlackBerry came in third with 17 percent, and Nokia managed fourth place with 15 percent of the European smartphone market. “These findings highlight the continued strength of Apple in the European smartphone market and, in particular, its phenomenal brand appeal,” said Yankee Group research VP Declan Lonergan, in a statement. “The data also highlights the enormous challenges faced by Nokia and RIM to retain mind share and market share in this increasingly dynamic and competitive marketplace.” The Yankee Group also found that “most” users have more than one device, and they access the same sets of services and content using whichever screen is most appropriate at the time. The study also finds that employees are increasingly taking consumer smartphones into enterprise environments with IT’s explicit approval of the devices or platforms—and employees claim that tablets make them 58 percent more productive during long-distance travel. The study polled some 5,000 consumers and 2,250 “employees and IT decision-makers” in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom. The Yankee Group’s findings that the iPhone occupies the top of the European smartphone markets contradicts studies in the United States, where Google’s Android platform commands a solid lead. However, recent reports suggest that Android’s growth may have peaked in March—some industry watchers attribute that to the Apple iPhone’s recent availability via Verizon Wireless. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/new-firefox-vision-aims-to-find-content-in-new-ways-newsfactor/ new-firefox-vision-aims-to-find-content-in-new-ways-newsfactor Mon, 27 Jun 2011 22:36:39 +0300 The Mozilla Foundation has released a new vision statement for its Firefox browser. The goal is to inspire developers to construct a browser environment for users to interact with web sites, apps and people in a personalized and secure way without relying on search engines and mobile-app stores. Over the past several quarters, the Firefox community has revamped its development and release model to increase the pace of innovation, noted Firefox Vice President Jay Sullivan. "Now that we have a solid base to work from, and greatly improved agility, it's a good time to look at the quickly evolving landscape and chart our path forward," he wrote in a developer e-mail. Sullivan's release of the new Firefox vision statement Monday is meant to inspire developers to fundamentally rethink the role of the browser in discovering web sites, apps and people. "To enable this, we will look for the opportunities made possible by being alongside each person who travels the web to understand more about intent and personal preferences," Sullivan wrote. Bypassing Search-Engine Discovery Search giants and social-networking sites have largely taken over the content-discovery role for which users previously looked to their browsers, Sullivan noted. So the next step for Firefox is to build in intelligence to automatically discover and present personalized content. This would let Firefox users avoid the barrage of advertising and irrelevant content served up by today's search giants and social networks. To make this happen, however, developers need to build browser designs that can intelligently analyze information about a user's web-surfing history and contacts with trusted ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-basing-social-strategy-on-sync-search-pc-magazine/ google-basing-social-strategy-on-sync-search-pc-magazine Mon, 27 Jun 2011 23:36:19 +0300 Google executives gave a few more hints at the company's social strategy last week - and it looks like the company wants to forge contacts first, and then possibly relationships. In an interview, Shan Sinha, the group product manager for enterprise at Google, explained two problems that the company is working on: improving the relationships between existing contacts on the consumer side, and, in business, improving the relationships between different teams within a corporation. Both are just examples of what Google has up its sleeve in the social space, Sinha said. Sinha's responsibilities include Google Calendar and Gmail, two products where Google has already innovated - and also part of Google Apps, Google's cloud-based solution for businesses. Microsoft is expected to announce Office 365, its latest cloud-based office product, at an event in New York on Tuesday. Google's social efforts have been the subject of much debate since Digg founder Kevin Rose tweeted about a Google service known as "Google Me"; speculation then turned to 2011, when Google Me supposedly was set to launch. But with the launch of Google's +1, talk died down. "Take your address book. For the last 20 years, Outlook and Lotus Notes, has offered you a digital version of your Rolodex or a little black address book," Sinha said. Beside it, he added, usually sits the user's inbox, a list of email messages, organized chronologically. Last year, Google announced "Priority Inbox," which allows users to specify which inboxes are the most important, and flag those for immediate viewing. Sinha called the ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-fears-web-crackdown-after-arab-uprisings-afp/ google-fears-web-crackdown-after-arab-uprisings-afp Tue, 28 Jun 2011 00:04:54 +0300 DUBLIN (AFP) – Google chairman Eric Schmidt on Monday warned that the ongoing Arab uprisings could lead to an upsurge in internet censorship and an increased risk of arrest for colleagues working in restive nations. Speaking at the Summit Against Violent Extremism in Dublin, Schmidt claimed regimes were keen to clamp down on internet freedoms after the web was widely used by dissidents to organise anti-government movements in the Arab world. "The reason is that as the technology becomes more pervasive and as the citizenry becomes completely wired and the content gets localised to the language of the country, it becomes an issue like television," Schmidt reasoned. "If you look at television in most of these countries, television is highly regulated because the leaders, partial dictators, half dictators or whatever you want to call them understand the power of television imagery to keep their citizenry in some bucket," he added. Google has repeatedly come into conflict with China over the Asian powerhouse's attempts to regulate access to websites. The executive chairman expressed concern that Google workers in certain countries were in danger of being arrested due to the recent unrest, which has led to the toppling of regimes in Egypt and Tunisia. "There are countries where it is illegal to do things that Google encourages," he explained. "In those countries, there is a real possibility of (employees) being put in prison for reasons which are not their fault." Google executive Wael Ghonim was detained and blindfolded for two weeks as protests raged in Egypt in January. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/us-sent-google-8888-requests-for-user-data-in-2010/ us-sent-google-8888-requests-for-user-data-in-2010 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 02:30:49 +0300 (CNN) -- Governments have come knocking on Google's door more frequently seeking people's private usage information. Google fielded 8,888 requests from the United States government last year asking for information on people using its services, the company wrote in a report on Monday. The total number is likely higher because the Google statistics only cover criminal investigations. The U.S. is by far the most active, and successful, solicitor of private info from Google, accounting for about one-third of all federal requests last year, according to the data. Meanwhile, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission formally launched an antitrust investigation into Google's business on Thursday. In the latter half of 2010, Google provided at least 4,323 pieces of info to the U.S. Google did not disclose how many requests it complied with prior to changing its policy in July 2010. The U.S. sent Google 3,580 user-data requests during the last six months of 2009, which is when the Internet giant began its twice-yearly "transparency report." "The number of requests we receive for user account information as part of criminal investigations has increased year after year," Google notes in the report. "The increase isn't surprising, since each year we offer more products and services, and we have a larger number of users." Relatively little is known about the extent of government requests to companies. Google's report sheds some light on the practice. The Mountain View, California, company is one of the largest Internet communications and services providers, but other corporations don't typically disclose info about data requests. U.S. requests to Google last year were ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/apple-va-lansa-doua-telefoane-in-toamna/ apple-va-lansa-doua-telefoane-in-toamna Tue, 28 Jun 2011 07:32:01 +0300 După intenesele speculaţii privind lansarea de către Apple a iphone 5, în următoarea perioadă, un analist al Deutsche Bank plusează: în toamnă, compania va scoate la iveală nu unul, ci două telefoane. Analistul Deutsche Bank, Chris Whitmore, spune că producătorul american Apple pregăteşte două telefoane, un iphone 5 şi un smartphone accesibil care va costa doar 350 de dolari. Pentru că Nokia şi RIM (Research în Motion) sunt tot mai agresive, Apple trebuie să intre şi pe piaţa telefoanelor inteligente mai accesibile publicului larg", spune Whitmore, citat de Business Insider. Cei de la Time fac şi un calcul. Dacă va costa 350 de dolari şi va fi vândut la liber, telefonul îi va duce un profit uriaş companiei Apple, dar şi operatorilor. Şi asta pentru că, din 1,5 miliarde de abonaţi la companiile de telefonie, două treimi au cartela. În ceea ce priveşte planurile tarifare practicare de operatori de telecomunicaţii, lucrurile vor fi ca în cazul tabletelor iPad şi iPad 2.Dacă vorbele lui Whitmore sunt adevărate, atunci totul ar lămuri zvonurile care au circulat în jurul lansării unui nou model de iphone. Din februarie şi până acum, nenumărate rapoarte au menţionat un iphone mai ieftin şi care ar putea facă faţă competiţiei telefoanelor cu Google Android. Însă, în acelaşi timp, au existat şi opinii potrivit cărora Apple nu plănuieşte lansarea iphone 5, ci doar a unei versiune îmbunătăţite a iphone 4. CIteşte mai multe despre lansarea a două telefoane Apple pe www.incont.ro. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-a-fost-data-in-judecata-de-o-companie-franceza-din-cauza-practicilor-anticoncurentiale/ google-a-fost-data-in-judecata-de-o-companie-franceza-din-cauza-practicilor-anticoncurentiale Tue, 28 Jun 2011 14:02:14 +0300 Google a fost dată în judecată în Franţa de către o companie locală, care îi cere daune de 295 milioane de euro pentru că ar bloca concurenţa să obţină venituri din publicitate online şi ar da întâietate site-urilor proprii în rezultatele serviciilor de căutare, transmite Bloomberg. Compania 1PlusV, publisher web cu sediul în Paris, cere în reclamaţia făcută la tribunalul comercial din capitala franceză şi un ordin prin care Google să fie obligată să publice timp de trei luni, pe site-ul său din Franţa, detalii legate de "comportamentul anticoncurenţial". "Google a aplicat timp de patru ani un număr de practici anticoncurenţiale şi un comportament lipsit de etică, astfel încât 1PlusV să nu aibă capacitatea să îşi desfăşoare afacerile şi să atragă publicitate. Aceste practici includ sufocarea companiilor concurente din sectorul tehnologic", se arată într-un comunicat al 1PlusV. Compania franceză a făcut, anul trecut şi în februarie, două plângeri similare la autorităţile de reglementare din Uniunea Europeană, în care a susţinut că Google discriminează aşa-numitele site-uri de căutare pe verticală, precum 1PlusV. Alte companii, între care şi Microsoft, s-au alăturat 1PlusV, solicitând evaluarea practicilor Google. "Tocmai am primit reclamaţia şi nu putem încă să o comentăm", a declarat Al Verney, purtător de cuvânt al Google din Bruxelles. Autorităţile antitrust din Uniunea Europeană şi Statele Unite investighează Google pentru a vedea dacă discriminează alte companii în rezultatele serviciilor de căutare şi împiedică alte site-uri să atragă publicitate. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/best-of-the-west-10-top-monuments/ best-of-the-west-10-top-monuments Tue, 28 Jun 2011 15:31:01 +0300 (Sunset) -- The West's top national monuments: Build a great vacation around a spectacular island, forest, cliff dwelling, canyon, fossil bed, tower or volcano. 1) Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico Bandelier has been entrancing people for nearly 1,000 years -- from when the Ancestral Pueblo people first began building homes in the cliffs of Frijoles Canyon. They're easily seen on the monument's Main Loop Trail; more ruins can be glimpsed in Tsankawi Canyon to the north. But archeology isn't the only reason to come here -- the monument is stunningly beautiful, with dramatic mesas and broad views across Northern New Mexico. All this only a 45-minute drive from Santa Fe. 2) Admiralty Island National Monument, Alaska Everything you want from Alaska is here. Deep green old-growth forests (thanks to 100 inches of rain a year), rushing streams alive with salmon, a rugged coastline, and the largest collection of brown bears -- AKA grizzlies -- anywhere in the world. In fact, one of the best places to see brown bears anywhere (from a safe distance) is at Pack Creek, on the island's northern shore. Admiralty Island is wild but it isn't remote, just about 15 miles west of Juneau and reachable by boat and floatplane. Tongass National Forest even has cabins you can rent; there are also wilderness lodges. Top 10 national park beaches 3) Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona Canyon de Chelly in northern Arizona is one of the longest continuously inhabited places in North America. But it's no mere living history museum -- t's still a vital part ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/what-do-you-love-google39s-ultimate-mashup/ what-do-you-love-google39s-ultimate-mashup Tue, 28 Jun 2011 15:31:07 +0300 (Mashable) -- Google has launched a new, mysterious service called What Do You Love. It's a simple search box, similar to the one on Google's homepage, but it returns results from over 20 different Google services, including Google Translate, Trends, YouTube, Maps, Groups etc. The results are presented in little boxes which can, in some cases, be expanded by clicking on the icon in the lower right corner; if you need even more results, you can always click the button in the upper right corner of the box and go directly to the chosen service. The concept reminds us of iGoogle, a service that lets you add simple apps to your own personalized portal. What Do You Love, however, instantly creates a mini-portal about any term you choose, which makes it a nice option for users who don't have the time to tinker with options and simply want to have access to Google's many services on one page. The service, located on the address http://www.wdyl.com/ and google.com/whatdoyoulove/, bears Google's copyright mark, but very little explanation, and it hasn't so far been announced on any of Google's official blogs. Tell us how you like it in the comments! See the original article on Mashable.com © 2010 MASHABLE.com. All rights reserved. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/why-i39m-raising-my-son-to-be-a-nerd/ why-i39m-raising-my-son-to-be-a-nerd Tue, 28 Jun 2011 19:00:29 +0300 Editor's note: LZ Granderson writes a weekly column for CNN.com. A senior writer and columnist for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com, he has contributed to ESPN's "Sports Center," "Outside the Lines" and "First Take." He is a 2010 nominee and the 2009 winner of the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation award for online journalism and a 2010 and 2008 honoree of the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association for column writing. Follow him on Twitter: @locs_n_laughs Grand Rapids, Michigan (CNN) -- You know the kind of dad who registers his son for soccer almost as soon as he takes his first step? That was me. You know that dad who yells so much on the sideline that he leaves the game a little hoarse? Yeah, that was me too. You know the dad who cheers when his kid brings home an A? No? Well me neither ... until I became that dad a few years ago. I used to beam with pride watching my son rack up the trophies as he bounced from soccer to hockey to tae kwon do. Over the past couple of years, track has been his focus, as he crushed several school records during citywide meets. What can I say? My kid's a stud. But one thing I've noticed over the years is that while everyone from his coaches to other parents and even family members are quick to point out his potential to earn a college scholarship, they do so with all of the emphasis on his athletic prowess. No one -- and I mean, no one -- ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-maps-pentru-smartphone-uri-in-romania/ google-maps-pentru-smartphone-uri-in-romania Tue, 28 Jun 2011 20:01:23 +0300 Google a lansat în România versiunea beta a sistemului de navigaţie Google Maps pentru telefoane mobile, scrie business-review.ro. Cei care doresc să folosească sistemul, care este gratuit, trebuie să aibă un smartphone conectat la internet, cu GPS şi cu sistemul de operare Android. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/tech-blogs-not-sold-on-google39s-39facebook-clone39/ tech-blogs-not-sold-on-google39s-39facebook-clone39 Wed, 29 Jun 2011 01:00:45 +0300 (CNN) -- There's an old joke in the tech world: Google is socially awkward. Coming from people who stare at computer screens for a living, this is pretty funny. Well, at the very least it has double meaning. Meaning one: Tech geeks and code masters aren't always the life of the party. And two: Perhaps consequently, the Mountain View, California, company is really bad, its critics say, at creating online social networks that real people actually want to use. But, like any pimply but determined teenager, Google keeps trying. On Tuesday the search giant unveiled a "project" called Google+. Pronounced "Google Plus," this online network, according to Google, is nothing like Facebook. According to the tech bloggers who have been rushing to review it, Google+ is trying to be a lot like Facebook -- it's just not succeeding. This opinion is not unanimous, of course. MG Siegler, a prominent blogger at TechCrunch, for instance, wrote of Google+: "It's social, it's bold, it's fun, and it looks good." But many bloggers are quite skeptical of the Google effort. The Business Insider, a Silicon Valley blog, declared it a "long-awaited Facebook clone." "Google has fallen on its face repeatedly as it tries to build social networks," that blog says. "Google+ might have a better design than the rest, but we haven't read a compelling reason to use "+" over Facebook or Twitter." SearchEngineLand, a blog focused on Google and its search engine competitors, says Facebook users have little reason to turn away from that already-dominant network.. "If you're already happy using Facebook, you may have ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/crib-safety-standards-expanded/ crib-safety-standards-expanded Wed, 29 Jun 2011 03:00:32 +0300 Washington (CNN) -- Cribs made and sold in the United States will face the toughest safety standards in the world, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced Tuesday. The new federal safety requirements ban drop-side cribs, where a side rail can be raised and lowered. They can no longer be manufactured or sold. Hardware, mattress support durability, and slat strength will all undergo tougher testing from the commission. Commissioner Robert Adler of the CPSC hailed the new rules as a "great victory for consumers." Starting Tuesday, all new cribs for sale in stores must be compliant with the new federal requirements. "I feel like it's been a long 13½ years," Michele Witte said. In 1997 her 10-month-old son, Tyler, suffocated in the middle of the night when his drop-side malfunctioned and his head was caught between the side rail and the headboard. "At first I viewed it as a fluke accident," she said by phone from her home in Merrick, New York. "Until Google. Google helped me find out there were many parents who lost children because of drop-side cribs," she said. Since 2000, 32 infant suffocation and strangulation deaths were associated with drop-side cribs, according to the CPSC. Since 2007, 11 million cribs have been recalled in the United States. Witte became an outspoken advocate against drop-side cribs and fought hard for legislation and new regulations aimed at banning the cribs. Sen. Mark Pryor, D-Arkansas, was one of the legislators who worked for new laws that paved the way for the federal effort. "When I was in ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/business-report-chinezii-cumpara-ungaria-bucata-cu-bucata-windows-8-ar-putea-fi-lansat-pe-piata-in-aprilie-2012-vezi-de-ce-renunta-microsoft-atat-de-repede-la-windows-7-cum-arata-autostrada-construita-de-bechtel-in-albania-mai-ieftina-ca-a-noastra-si/ business-report-chinezii-cumpara-ungaria-bucata-cu-bucata-windows-8-ar-putea-fi-lansat-pe-piata-in-aprilie-2012-vezi-de-ce-renunta-microsoft-atat-de-repede-la-windows-7-cum-arata-autostrada-construita-de-bechtel-in-albania-mai-ieftina-ca-a-noastra-si Wed, 29 Jun 2011 05:33:36 +0300 Ultimul dinozaur de la stat are imunitate de 20 de ani. Constantin Roibu pare a fi pus stapanire pe combinatul din Valcea. Presa a prezentat pe larg interesele managerului si cum este capusat Oltchim, insa autoritatile nu au luat nicio masura. Mandria valcenilor de acum 20 de ani, atunci cand combinatul chimic se afla pe primul loc in Europa Centrala si de Est, a palit usor din 2007, an in care compania a intrat pe pierderi. Culmea este ca de atunci Oltchim nu a reusit sa treaca de handicap si a acumulat pierderi peste pierderi, fara insa ca autoritatile sa ia vreo decizie in acest sens. Daca la Transelectrica, Transgaz, Romgaz si altele (companii cu rezultate pozitive), cat si la cele cu pierderi - Termoelectrica, CNH sau SNLO, Ministerul Economiei a schimbat conducerea fara sa clipeasca, la Oltchim lucrurile au ramas la fel. Mai exact, in mainile unui singur om Constantin Roibu, scrie Capital.ro.Intensitatea tranzactiilor a crescut puternic dupa deschiderea NYSE. Sedinta de marti a stat sub semnul unei atitudini de prudenta a investitorilor, manifestata cu precadere in intervalul de la deschiderea tranzactiilor de la Sibiu si pana la cea a bursei de pe Wall-Street. Apoi, atitudinea de asteptare a disparut, ritmul tranzactiilor crescand puternic. Pe segmentul indici cotatiile au testat ambele directii, pentru ca ulterior, sa se impuna o tendinta de crestere. Si euro a variat mixt fata de dolar in timp ce pentru derivatele pe actiunile SIF5 cotatiile au crescut. Si preturile aurului au crescut, sedinta fiind una de scadenta pentru contractele SIBGOLD ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/facebook-va-fi-detronat-google-a-lansat-reteaua-de-socializare-google/ facebook-va-fi-detronat-google-a-lansat-reteaua-de-socializare-google Wed, 29 Jun 2011 11:02:38 +0300 Google a lansat reţeaua de socializare Google+, cel mai curajos efort de până acum al companiei de a detrona Facebook şi de a-şi perpetua dominaţia pe internet. Google a încercat de mai multe ori, fără succes, să-şi contureze o prezenţă solidă pe piaţa reţelelor sociale. Google+ reprezintă cea mai ambiţioasă încercare a companiei în această direcţie de la începutul mandatului de director general al lui Larry Page, în luna aprilie. Page a introdus reţelele sociale printre principalele priorităţi ale Google, operatorul celui mai mare motor de căutare pe internet din lume, a cărui poziţie ca principală poartă de acces către informaţia online este ameninţată de popularitatea tot mai mare a serviciilor ca Facebook şi Twitter. "În trecut, şi-au permis să facă greşeli cu iniţiativele de socializare. Nu mai au acest lux. Companiile care au succes în zona socială a internetului vor câştiga vizitatorii şi accesările, vor obţine fidelitatea utilizatorilor şi, în final, banii din publicitate care sunt acum atât de importanţi pentru Google", comentează Ray Valdes, analist la Gartner. Platforma Google+ este disponibilă pentru testare, iar structura este similară cu cea a Facebook, construită în jurul fotografiilor de profil şi fluxurilor de informaţii despre prietenii utilizatorului şi despre subiectele care îl interesează. Analiştii consideră că va fi dificil pentru oricine să convingă internetul să adere la un nou serviciu de socializare online. "Va fi o bătălie la deal pentru Google, din cauza efectelor de reţea ale Facebook. Cu cât Facebook atrage mai mulţi utilizatori, cu atât mai greu va fi pentru Google să-i fure", comentează un analist al Hudson Square Research, adăugând însă că popularitatea Google pe căutări online şi e-mail ar putea ajuta compania în zona reţelelor sociale. Potrivit unor firme de cercetare, Facebook ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/video-google-a-prezentat-o-serie-de-aplicatii-care-sa-faca-din-compania-din-mountain-view-un-rival-pentru-facebook/ video-google-a-prezentat-o-serie-de-aplicatii-care-sa-faca-din-compania-din-mountain-view-un-rival-pentru-facebook Wed, 29 Jun 2011 11:02:54 +0300 ​Google a prezentat marti o serie de aplicatii de socializare online grupate sub numele Google+ care sunt gandite sa devina o concurenta serioasa pentru Facebook si sa faca interactiunea online mult mai apropiata de cea din viata reala. Google+ e in faza de test si poate fi accesat doar prin invitatie, insa printre aplicatiile prezentate se numara una de partajare a informatiilor doar cate un anumit grup de prieteni si una de videochat. Multi spun insa ca o mare parte dintre lucruri exista deja la Facebook, iar pentru Google va fi greu sa atinga un numar atat de mare de utilizatori.Google spune ca interactiunea online din prezent este ciudata si rigida si sustine ca prin Google+ lucrurile se pot schimba, iar interactiunea online poate fi mai apropiata de cea din intalnirile live. Google+ consta practic din mai multe aplicatii care integreaza diverse servicii Google deja existente si le combina cu unele noi.Aplicatia Circles permite plasarea prietenilor in anumite grupuri si partajarea anumitor tipuri de continut cu anumiti prieteni. Aplicatia Hangouts permite chat video simultan intre mai multi prieteni, iar Huddle este o mesagerie instant pentru grupuri de prieteni. Sparks se vrea o aplicatie care sa conecteze diverse persoane cu interese comune, pe zeci de domenii si in diferite limbi."Problema este ca serviciile online existente au transformat prietenia in fast-food, invelind pe toata lumea cu o hartie pe care scrie prieten", spune Google care adauga ca acest lucru este infiorator si deranjant, astfel ca era nevoie de un serviciu nuantat.Google spune ca proiectul + permite ca ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-reteaua-de-socializare-a-google-a-fost-lansata-vezi-cum-arata/ google-reteaua-de-socializare-a-google-a-fost-lansata-vezi-cum-arata Wed, 29 Jun 2011 11:31:26 +0300 Google a lansat reţeaua de socializare Google+, cel mai curajos efort de până acum al companiei de a detrona Facebook şi de a-şi perpetua dominaţia pe internet, transmite Reuters. Google a încercat de mai multe ori, fără succes, să-şi contureze o prezenţă solidă pe piaţa reţelelor sociale. Google+ reprezintă cea mai ambiţioasă încercare a companiei în această direcţie de la începutul mandatului de director general al lui Larry Page, în luna aprilie. Page a introdus reţelele sociale printre principalele priorităţi ale Google, operatorul celui mai mare motor de căutare pe internet din lume, a cărui poziţie ca principală poartă de acces către informaţia online este ameninţată de popularitatea tot mai mare a serviciilor ca Facebook şi Twitter. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/how-google-compares-to-facebook/ how-google-compares-to-facebook Wed, 29 Jun 2011 15:31:02 +0300 (CNN) -- With Tuesday's debut of Google+, a new social network, comparisons to Facebook are inevitable, and immediate. CNN.com has yet to demo the service, which lets users gather and organize contacts through such Google products as Gmail and Picasa. But based on what Google has posted about it online, here are some initial impressions. Punch for punch, Google+ reproduces some of Facebook's most popular tools but adds one distinctive function: video chat. Google refers to the video service as Hangouts. Several friends can join a room, and the live feeds from their webcams appear as separate blocks along the bottom of the window. The main video box shows the person who's speaking the loudest at any given time. Hangouts can also integrate with Google's YouTube. By contrast, Facebook hasn't made video conferencing available on its website. But the social networking giant has a close relationship with Microsoft, which acquired Skype last month. Recent versions of the Skype desktop software tie into Facebook's services. With Hangouts, Google+ has at least one technological advantage over Facebook. But Google's apparent ambition is not to unseat Facebook right away. Google has set up barriers to fast adoption, as it has done with some of its other products, by only allowing people who have been invited by friends to use Google+. How tech bloggers are reacting to Google+ When crafting a service to take on Facebook, Google was wise not to ignore what that popular network, with its more than 600 million users, already does well. Google+ has photo sharing, which places a large emphasis on smartphone usage. ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/actiunile-apple-au-avut-in-primul-semestru-cea-mai-slaba-evolutie-din-ultimii-trei-ani/ actiunile-apple-au-avut-in-primul-semestru-cea-mai-slaba-evolutie-din-ultimii-trei-ani Thu, 30 Jun 2011 14:01:37 +0300 Acţiunile Apple au scăzut cu 4% în această lună iar în primele şase luni au avut cea mai slabă evoluţie din ultimii trei ani, în condiţiile în care investitorii aşteaptă lansarea unor noi produse şi sunt îngrijoraţi de concurenţa Google, care ar putea duce la încetinirea dezvoltării companiei. Apple a înregistrat un declin de 8% al titlurilor, de la un maxim record de 363,13 dolari pe unitate atins pe 16 februarie. Titlurile Apple nu au mai avut performanţe atât de slabe în primele şase luni ale unui an după cele din 2008, când piaţa de capital a fost afectată de cea mai gravă recesiune după Marea Depresiune. Investitorii, îngrijoraţi deja de problemele de sănătate ale directorului general Steve Jobs, aflat în concediu medical, sunt preocupaţi de evoluţia acţiunilor ca urmare a creşterii Google pe piaţa smartphone. În plus, a trecut mai mult de un an de când Apple a lansat tableta iPad, iar viitoarea versiune a iPhone nu va fi lansată decât în septembrie. Investitorii aşteaptă noi produse care să susţină cotaţia acţiunilor Apple, chiar dacă profitul companiei a crescut cu peste 75% în ultimele două trimestre. "Au un succes atât de mare în activităţile desfăşurate încât au nevoie de ceva uriaş pentru ca acţiunile să crească puternic", a declarat Michael Yoshikami, analist şef pentru investiţii la compania YCMNet Advisors, care administrează active de un miliard de dolari în Walnut Creek, California. El a arătat că investitorii au nevoie să ştie care va fi "viitoarea mină de aur". Acţiunile Apple, au scăzut miercuri cu 1,22 dolari la bursa Nasdaq, avansul din acest an fiind de 3,6%. Titlurile au scăzut însă cu 4,1% din 14 ianuarie, ultima zi de tranzacţii înainte de anunţul ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/with-3-d-slow-to-catch-on-tv-makers-face-slump/ with-3-d-slow-to-catch-on-tv-makers-face-slump Thu, 30 Jun 2011 15:00:44 +0300 (CNN) -- Having recently traded in their chunky tubes for high-definition flat-screens, most consumers aren't finding a compelling new reason to go out and buy more TV sets. And that's starting to spell trouble for TV makers, who are just coming off their HD high. Television manufacturers are thinking up all kinds of incentives and cramming a bevy of extras into their high-end product lines. In larger sets, three-dimensional viewing (with special glasses included), multimedia Internet features (using a built-in Wi-Fi chip) and bright screens with LED backlighting are quickly becoming commonplace. A decade ago, the sales pitch for an HD, flat-screen, digital television was fairly straightforward: It opens up space in the living room, it's equipped for the national shift to digital broadcasting and the picture is sharper, see? But to witness 3-D, a salesman hands the shoppers a pair of thick plastic glasses, usually attached to a string to prevent theft. The potential buyer frets over buying special glasses for everyone in the family, over having to buy a 3-D Blu-ray player and discs and over the motion sickness that some people experience when viewing 3-D entertainment. That's an expensive, risky proposition, especially in a sputtering economic climate. Conventional wisdom in the TV industry has been that 3-D would drive most new TV purchases now that HD sets have saturated the market. For confirmation look no further than the two most recent Consumer Electronic Shows, the annual industry spectacle in Las Vegas, where 3-D TVs have been hugely hyped. Sure, more 3-D TVs are being bought versus last year, ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/hp39s-webos-tablet-plays-solid-hand-against-stacked-deck/ hp39s-webos-tablet-plays-solid-hand-against-stacked-deck Thu, 30 Jun 2011 15:30:47 +0300 (WIRED) -- When the chips are down and the cards have been dealt, do you go big or go home? With the debut of its TouchPad tablet, HP's answer is clear: "We're all in, baby." As a hardware device, it's competitive and solid. The software is impressive -- it sports webOS, the company's proprietary mobile platform. But the real question is, when drawing down against other tablets, does HP have a winning hand? First things first: In the tablet market, hardware specs alone don't win the war. Tablets from all of the major contenders -- Apple, Motorola, RIM, Samsung -- boast similar stats. Things like dual-core processors, front-facing cameras, and brilliant, hi-res touch displays aren't bragging points. At this point in the game, they're table stakes. Thankfully, the TouchPad's hardware doesn't stray far from the pack. It sports a 1.2-GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon chip backed by a gig of RAM, more than enough to let me zip through menu screens and open applications with relative ease. With Bluetooth compatibility, a 9.7-inch display and a slick-yet-durable plastic exterior shell, the TouchPad's specs stand up to competitors. It isn't exactly easy on the arms. Similar to Motorola's Xoom at 1.6 pounds and a little over half an inch thick, the TouchPad is the antithesis of skinny, airy tablets like the iPad 2 or the Galaxy Tab 10.1. This isn't as much of a problem while I'm on the couch with an arm rest. But if you're casually browsing or reading during, say, a 30-minute commute on the subway, you'll start to feel ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/idee-controversata-un-oras-chinez-planuieste-o-zona-cu-internet-necenzurat-destinat-afaceristilor-straini/ idee-controversata-un-oras-chinez-planuieste-o-zona-cu-internet-necenzurat-destinat-afaceristilor-straini Thu, 30 Jun 2011 16:01:57 +0300 ​Autoritatile din Chongqing, megalopolis chinez cu peste 30 de milioane de locuitori, au un plan controversat de a construi centre de date care sa ofere acces necenzurat la internet doar angajatilor companiilor straine care investesc in zona. China este faimoasa pentru gradul avansat de cenzura aplicat internetului si utilizatorii locali se arata dezamagiti de acest plan discriminatoriu, scrie Computerworld, citand informatii aparute in presa chineza.Un amplu proiect de cloud - computing prevede instalarea de centre de date mari in zona megalopolisului chinez Chongqing iar autoritatile vor - pentru a atrage cat mai multi investitori straini - ca in aceasta zona companiile straine sa aiba parte de internet necenzurat.Intr-o tara celebra pentru cenzura drastica aplicata internetului, planul de a face o zona speciala a atras criticile unor utilizatori locali de internet carora nu li se pare corect sa existe o atat de mare discriminare intre straini si chinezi.Practic, orice continut considerat sensibil de autoritati este cenzurat pe internet in China, iar site-uri precum YouTube nu pot fi accesate, in timp ce la rezultatele cautarii pe Google nu apar lucruri critice la adresa autoritatilor.Autoritatile din orasul vizat nu au dorit sa comenteze pe tema acestei zone cu statut special, insa au spus ca proiectul de constructie a marilor centre de date va merge inainte.O buna parte dintre articolele aparute pe aceasta tema in China au fost cenzurate, astfel incat sa nu mai poata fi accesate si se pare ca sursele reporterului care a publicat primul stirea au fost presate sa nu mai spuna nimic pe subiect. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/39halo39-creators-venture-into-mobile-games/ 39halo39-creators-venture-into-mobile-games Thu, 30 Jun 2011 19:30:48 +0300 (CNN) -- The "Halo" games never made the base jump to cell phones, but Bungie, the studio that conceived and nurtured the franchise, is ready to explore the world of mobile gaming. Still fresh off its split from Microsoft, Bungie has formed a publishing house, called Aerospace, for mobile and social-networking games. The group managing the new publishing division is small, Bungie representatives said. Most of Bungie's 200-person team in Bellevue, Washington, is hard at work on a new action game, which Activision Publishing will put out. Despite the foray into mobile applications, Bungie has no immediate plans to release a smartphone game of its own. Bungie introduced its first mobile app a week ago, for the iPhone and iPad. Bungie Mobile enables people to check game stats for "Halo," and eventually other games, from their phones. "It's our first small step into the mobile world," Bungie said in a statement. "It really is just a beginning -- our first, super cute baby step." Now for the next step, which involves collaborating with tight-knit groups of proficient mobile designers. In this symbiotic relationship, Bungie provides infrastructure, advice, finances and a devoted following. "The role of traditional publishers has devolved to be primarily a financial instrument," Pete Parsons, the company's operating chief, said in a phone interview Wednesday. "I think we bring a lot more to the table." Bungie intends to use the venture to inform future projects. "We'll learn a lot about the (mobile) marketplace," Parsons said. "Our next big universe is going to be on multiple platforms and devices." The forthcoming franchise from ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-braces-for-huge-fine-from-rogue-drug-ads/ google-braces-for-huge-fine-from-rogue-drug-ads Fri, 1 Jul 2011 04:30:31 +0300 For more on this story, Watch "Anderson Cooper 360°" tonight on CNN at 8 p.m. ET. New York (CNN) -- Internet search giant Google is bracing for a fine that could top $500 million, after a federal probe of illegal online pharmacy ads placed on the website over the past three years, CNN has confirmed. Law enforcement sources tell CNN that federal prosecutors in Rhode Island, along with undercover agents from the Food and Drug Administration, are heading up a massive investigation aimed at showing Google knowingly took advertising money from websites selling highly addictive drugs without a legitimate prescription. A spokesman for the U.S. attorney's office in Providence told CNN he could "neither confirm nor deny" reports of the probe, and Google declined comment "since this is a legal matter." But in early May, Google filed a notice with the Securities and Exchange Commission saying it was setting aside $500 million to potentially resolve a case with the Department of Justice. In its filing, Google stated only that the matter involved "the use of Google advertising by certain advertisers." If a fine of $500 million or higher is in fact imposed on Google, legal experts say it would be the largest such penalty in U.S. history. A recent study by doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital and the University of Southern California showed a significant expansion in treatment for prescription drug abuse from 2000 to 2007. During those years, the study showed, emergency room admissions for prescription drug abuse rose from 100,000 to 200,000. The study showed states with ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/apple-rim-microsoft-ericsson-si-sony-au-cumparat-inventiile-nortel/ apple-rim-microsoft-ericsson-si-sony-au-cumparat-inventiile-nortel Fri, 1 Jul 2011 12:31:26 +0300 Apple, Research In Motion (RIM), Microsoft, Ericsson, Sony şi EMC Corp vor cumpăra, în consorţiu, pentru 4,5 miliarde de dolari, portofoliul de brevete al grupului canadian Nortel, aflat în faliment, după o licitaţie ai cărei mari pierzători sunt Google şi Intel. Pachetul de invenţii vândut include peste 6.000 de brevete şi cereri de omologare în numeroase zone importante ale industriei comunicaţiilor, inclusiv wireless 4G, data networking, tehnologii optice, trafic de voce, internet sau semiconductori. Cele mai râvnite brevete din portofoliul Nortel sunt cele legate de tehnologii broadband mobile folosite în noile standarde 4G, precum LTE. Licitaţia a atras atenţia unor nume mari din industria tehnologiei. Google a deschis în aprilie cu o ofertă de 900 milioane de dolari, urmat de Apple şi Intel, cele trei companii fiind relativ noi în industria comunicaţiilor mobile, un domeniu dominat în ultimii ani de rivalităţi aprinse şi nenumărate litigii între competitori. "Mărimea şi valoarea în dolari a acestei tranzacţii este fără precedent, la fel ca şi interesul marilor companii din întreaga lume pentru portofoliu", a declarat directorul de strategie al Nortel, George Riedel, într-un comunicat. Felia RIM din tranzacţie reprezintă circa 770 milioane de dolari, în timp ce Ericsson investeşte 340 milioane de dolari, au anunţat companiile în comunicate separate. Vânzarea brevetelor trebuie aprobată de autorităţile din Canada şi Statele Unite, prima audiere în acest sens fiind programată pentru 11 iulie, notează Nortel în omunicat. Pachetul de invenţii este ultimul activ important al Nortel, un fost gigant al tehnologiei care a decăzut după spargerea balonului speculativ din industria IT. Compania a intrat înf aliment în ianuarie 2009. Nortel a recuperat de atunci pentru creditori 3,2 miliarde de dolari prin vânzarea diviziilor grupului. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/heineken-parteneriat-global-de-publicitate-semnat-direct-cu-google/ heineken-parteneriat-global-de-publicitate-semnat-direct-cu-google Fri, 1 Jul 2011 13:31:57 +0300 ​Heineken si Google au incheiat un parteneriat de publicitate "inovator" prin care brandurile globale ale producatorului de bere beneficiaza la nivel international de campanii pe YouTube si prin intermediul telefoanelor mobile, potrivit unui comunicat al celor doua companii, preluat de Reuters. Prin acest parteneriat, cele doua companii vor lucra impreuna in peste 20 de piete, anul acesta. Orlando Nicoara comenteaza pe blogul sau, in legatura cu acest subiect: "Google semneaza direct cu clientii. Nu se mai complica sa o faca prin agentiile de media".Potrivit comunicatului de presa, YouTube va fi folosit pe fiecare piata pentru activarea campaniilor globale ale Heineken. Cele doua companii vor desfasura proiecte comune de cercetare si vor colabora in campanii pe platforme mobile pe pietele emergente, unde gradul de utilizare a Internetului mobil este mai mare decat a Internetului fix.In comunicat este citat Henrique de Castro, Global President of Media and Platforms la Google, potrivit caruia "aceasta campanie globala a Heineken este una dintre cele mai mari campanii globale de display pe care le-am desfasurat vreodata.''.Valoarea contractului dintre cele doua companii nu a fost dezvaluita, insa Wall Street Journal scrie ca este vorba despre un acord de multe milioane de euro si care nu afecteaza colaborarea dintre Heineken si principalele agentii de publicitate care se ocupa de portofoliul sau - Wieden&Kennedy si Publicis. Separat, aceeasi sursa mentiona ca Heineken a confirmat joi ca a semnat parteneriatul cu Google in martie a.c., in prezent avand discutii si cu Facebook si alte companii pentru a-si consolida prezenta in social media.Financial Times noteaza la ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/anyone-want-a-google-invite-sorry/ anyone-want-a-google-invite-sorry Fri, 1 Jul 2011 15:30:39 +0300 (CNN) -- Want to come to the Google+ party? Well, sorry, you'll need an invite. It's the tech world's version of the velvet rope. Companies such as Google hope that by limiting the number of people who can join their services -- like Google+, which is seen as Google's answer to Facebook -- they will be able drive up the buzz for those new sites. A theory of human behavior is at work here: People want what they can't have. It's hard not to at least be curious what the new Google social network is like when every tech blogger on the Internet is writing about it. There's ostensibly a technical component, too. If not everyone can join at once, there's less chance the site will crash. But there's a quiet backlash brewing against this cool-kids method to website launches. Not only do people feel left out, but this exclusivity-builds-interest model also has a track record that's far from perfect. (Remember Google Wave?) Before we get into all that, the logistical stuff: For those of you who are still hankering for a Google+ invite, you may be out of luck for the moment. On Tuesday, when Google announced Plus, the company invited only a handful of chosen tech insiders. Then on Wednesday night, the company said that every one of those people could invite whomever he or she wanted. Google's exclusive soiree was suddenly on its way to becoming a free-for-all kegger. But soon afterwards, Google VP Vic Gundotra said the company had shut down this invite-whomever-you'd-like system because of "insane demand." That ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/discounted-kindle-points-to-future-of-ad-supported-electronics/ discounted-kindle-points-to-future-of-ad-supported-electronics Fri, 1 Jul 2011 16:30:53 +0300 (CNN) -- Amazon's recent ad-supported Kindle isn't just the future of e-readers. It may also be a look at the future of how people buy electronic gadgets: with a reduced price, subsidized by advertising. Since April, Amazon has offered an ad-supported version of its Wi-Fi-only Kindle -- "with Special Offers & Sponsored Screensavers" -- for $114, or $25 cheaper than its standard Kindle. More recently, it has added an ad-supported version of its 3G wireless-enabled Kindle for $164, also $25 cheaper than the standard version. In exchange for the cheaper price, users see advertisements and special discount offers as the Kindle's screensaver module -- samples here -- instead of the standard Kindle screensaver, which is illustrations of authors. Amazon is not putting ads in Kindle books themselves. The results, so far: People seem willing to expose themselves to ads in order to save some money on the price of a Kindle, particularly on the lower end. In dozens of checks of Amazon's "Bestsellers in Electronics" page, the ad-supported, Wi-Fi-only Kindle is consistently the best-selling overall Kindle, followed by the no-ads version. The 3G version is less consistent: Sometimes, the ad-supported version is listed as selling better than the standard version; sometimes it's not. (Perhaps this is a reflection that the discount, percentage-wise, isn't as big for the 3G version.) While the $25 discount isn't huge, it's a start. It's going to be a while before Amazon knows how much of an ad-driven discount it can offer on future Kindles, based on advertiser interest for special offers, how many offers the ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/twitter-este-investigata-in-sua-pentru-practici-anticoncurentiale/ twitter-este-investigata-in-sua-pentru-practici-anticoncurentiale Fri, 1 Jul 2011 17:01:32 +0300 Comisia Federală pentru Comerţ din Statele Unite a început să contacteze producătorii de software, într-o investigaţie preliminară referitoare la practicile de afaceri ale Twitter, pentru a evalua dacă operatorul reţelei de socializare limitează concurenţa, potrivit unor surse citate de Bloomberg. Twitter a fost reclamată că împiedică pe unii dezvoltatori de software să proiecteze aplicaţii legate de serviciul oferit de companie, a spus una dintre surse. În ultimele luni, agenţia americană a adoptat un rol mai activ în examinarea comportamentului unor companii mari de servicii pe Internet. Săptămâna trecută, Google, operatorul celui mai folosit serviciu de căutare pe Internet, a anunţat că a primit o citaţie din partea agenţiei, legată de o investigaţie antitrust împotriva sa. Purtătorul de cuvânt al agenţiei şi cel al Twitter au refuzat să comenteze. Reţeaua Twitter este folosită în prezent de 13% din populaţia adultă din SUA care este activă online, numărul utilizatorilor fiind cu 8% mai mare comparativ cu luna noiembrie. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/un-consortiu-care-include-apple-microsoft-si-sony-a-cumparat-brevete-de-45-miliarde-dolari-de-la-compania-nortel/ un-consortiu-care-include-apple-microsoft-si-sony-a-cumparat-brevete-de-45-miliarde-dolari-de-la-compania-nortel Fri, 1 Jul 2011 17:31:53 +0300 Un consortiu din care fac parte companii precum Microsoft, Apple, Sony si RIM a cumparat peste 6.000 de brevete de la compania falimentara Nortel Networks, scrie AFP. Suma paltita pentru aceste brevete este fara precedent, 4,5 miliarde dolari, iar marele perdant este Google care avea nevoie de brevete si era dispusa sa dea aproape un miliard de dolari pentru ele.Nortel a dat faliment in 2009 si pana in prezent vanduse active de peste 3,2 miliarde dolari, iar patentele vandute acum sunt ultimele active valoroase ale companiei. Un consortiu care cuprinde companii precum Microsoft, Sony, Apple si Ericsson a cumparat 6.000 de brevete Nortel legate de aproape orice segment telecom de la tehnologii 4G, WiFi, retelistica si procesoare.Initial se credea ca peste aceste patente se va obtine o suma intre unu si doua miliarde dolari, insa rezultatul a fost net superior. Totusi, marele perdant este Google care se arata dispuse sa dea 900 milioane de dolari pentru brevete si explica in aprilie ca vrea sa cumpere cat mai multe patente fiindca este o companie tanara, iar concurentii sai au o istorie mult mai lunga si implicit detin mai multe brevete. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/tech-check-google-violent-video-games-an-epic-myspace-fail/ tech-check-google-violent-video-games-an-epic-myspace-fail Fri, 1 Jul 2011 18:00:42 +0300 (CNN) -- In this week's Tech Check podcast, writers Doug Gross, John Sutter and Stephanie Goldberg discuss Google's rollout of Google+. Google swears the social-networking platform isn't meant to compete with Facebook, but features like video chat and "social circles" sure look to us like an effort to pull folks away. We also break down some of the fallout from the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling this week that California's violent video-game law is unconstitutional. The court ruled that, while intended to protect children, the law must provide the same First Amendment protection to games as to other forms of art. We discuss some ofthe bigger violent-game controversies and, using Stephanie's favorite game for comparison, discuss what it would take to make "Mario Kart" more like "Postal 2." For our Reader Comments of the Week, Stephanie looks at responses on John's story about the iPhone turning four years old. And the Tech Fail of the Week looks at the News Corp. sale of Myspace for $35 million, a little more than five years after paying $580 million for it. (On the bright side, Stephanie gets to make a "Sexy Back" joke because of the involvement of the always dreamy Justin Timberlake). To listen, click on the audio box to the left. To subscribe, you can find the Tech Check RSS feed here or subscribe on iTunes. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/why-ad-supported-gadgets-may-be-the-future/ why-ad-supported-gadgets-may-be-the-future Fri, 1 Jul 2011 19:30:28 +0300 (CNN) -- Amazon's recent ad-supported Kindle isn't just the future of e-readers. It may also be a look at the future of how people buy electronic gadgets: with a reduced price, subsidized by advertising. Since April, Amazon has offered an ad-supported version of its Wi-Fi-only Kindle -- "with Special Offers & Sponsored Screensavers" -- for $114, or $25 cheaper than its standard Kindle. More recently, it has added an ad-supported version of its 3G wireless-enabled Kindle for $164, also $25 cheaper than the standard version. In exchange for the cheaper price, users see advertisements and special discount offers as the Kindle's screensaver module -- samples here -- instead of the standard Kindle screensaver, which is illustrations of authors. Amazon is not putting ads in Kindle books themselves. The results, so far: People seem willing to expose themselves to ads in order to save some money on the price of a Kindle, particularly on the lower end. In dozens of checks of Amazon's "Bestsellers in Electronics" page, the ad-supported, Wi-Fi-only Kindle is consistently the best-selling overall Kindle, followed by the no-ads version. The 3G version is less consistent: Sometimes, the ad-supported version is listed as selling better than the standard version; sometimes it's not. (Perhaps this is a reflection that the discount, percentage-wise, isn't as big for the 3G version.) While the $25 discount isn't huge, it's a start. It's going to be a while before Amazon knows how much of an ad-driven discount it can offer on future Kindles, based on advertiser interest for special offers, how many offers the ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/review-google-a-clean-intuitive-mobile-experience-so-far/ review-google-a-clean-intuitive-mobile-experience-so-far Sat, 2 Jul 2011 02:30:42 +0300 Editor's note: Amy Gahran writes about mobile tech for CNN.com. She is a San Francisco Bay Area writer and media consultant whose blog, Contentious.com, explores how people communicate in the online age. (CNN) -- Google on Tuesday unveiled its attempt to rival Facebook, a social-networking product called Google+. I received an invitation from a friend and have been putting this nascent service through its paces -- especially on my Android phone. Here's my experience so far: (Do you want a Google+ invitation? Sorry, you may have to wait.) First, a caveat: Absolutely everything about Google+, including its mobile experience, is in a state of flux. So at least some of what I write here will definitely change in the coming days and weeks. Google+ is very much a "beta" service, sporting plenty of glitches, mysteries and oddities. Therefore it's just as well that the vast majority of people using it so far seem to be serious social media geeks. Yes, that does make for a lot of redundant, tiresome conversations probing the arcane nuances of Google+ and comparing it to Facebook, Twitter and Foursquare. But it's probably best to let the geeks kick the tires on Google+ first. Later on, when the service becomes more widely available, less-geeky users will definitely benefit from this process. So be a little patient. There are main components to the Google+ mobile experience are the free Google+ Android app (of course), and the mobile web app (accessible via the mobile browser on most Web-enabled phones). To get Google+ Android app working you must first install ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/business-report-cea-mai-performanta-bursa-din-lume-a-crescut-cu-23-in-primul-semestru-unda-de-soc-din-grecia-ocoleste-deocamdata-bancile-elene-din-romania-optimism-in-comertul-online-piata-se-tripleaza-in-2012-la-un-miliard-de-euro-forbes-unde-se/ business-report-cea-mai-performanta-bursa-din-lume-a-crescut-cu-23-in-primul-semestru-unda-de-soc-din-grecia-ocoleste-deocamdata-bancile-elene-din-romania-optimism-in-comertul-online-piata-se-tripleaza-in-2012-la-un-miliard-de-euro-forbes-unde-se Sat, 2 Jul 2011 04:02:00 +0300 Cea mai performanta bursa din lume a crescut cu 23% in primul semestru. Romania ocupa locul 16 la nivel global. Venezuela a avut cea mai performanta bursa din lume in primul semestru, aceasta aducand investitorilor un castig mediu de 23%, potrivit unei analize realizate de firma de investitii Bespoke Investment Group. Pe locul doi in topul burselor cu cele mai mari cresteri se plaseaza Bulgaria , cu un avans de 14,2%, aceasta fiind urmata de Letonia, care a avansat in primul semestru cu 12,5%. Acestea sunt de altfel si singurele burse care au avansat cu mai mult de 10% de la inceputul acestui an. In analiza au fost luate in calcul 78 de piete. Cu o crestere de 4,5%, Bursa din Romania ocupa locul 16 la nivel global, fiind inaintea Poloniei (2,11%), Marii Britanii (0,78%) sau Austriei, care a scazut cu 3,7% in primele sase luni, scrie Economic Times.Unda de soc din Grecia ocoleste, deocamdata, bancile elene din Romania. Bancpost este prima banca romaneasca cu capital grecesc care ia o pozitie publica dupa doua saptamani in care ingrijorarile cu privire la criza din Grecia au dominat agenda internationala. Bancile grecesti reprezinta acum 17% din sistemul bancar romanesc, iar problema Atenei poate deveni rapid problema Bucurestiului. Doar ca nu pare sa fie deloc asa, cu exceptia influentelor asupra ratei cursului valutar, pentru Romania criza greceasca aproape ca nu exista, singurele semne ca ceva se intampla fiind o liniste apasatoare din zona bancilor si cateva declaratii preventorii din partea reprezentantilor Bancii Nationale, anunta Capital.ro.Peste 20 milioane euro ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/review-google-clean-intuitive/ review-google-clean-intuitive Sat, 2 Jul 2011 09:30:26 +0300 Editor's note: Amy Gahran writes about mobile tech for CNN.com. She is a San Francisco Bay Area writer and media consultant whose blog, Contentious.com, explores how people communicate in the online age. (CNN) -- Google on Tuesday unveiled its attempt to rival Facebook, a social-networking product called Google+. I received an invitation from a friend and have been putting this nascent service through its paces -- especially on my Android phone. Here's my experience so far: (Do you want a Google+ invitation? Sorry, you may have to wait.) First, a caveat: Absolutely everything about Google+, including its mobile experience, is in a state of flux. So at least some of what I write here will definitely change in the coming days and weeks. Google+ is very much a "beta" service, sporting plenty of glitches, mysteries and oddities. Therefore it's just as well that the vast majority of people using it so far seem to be serious social media geeks. Yes, that does make for a lot of redundant, tiresome conversations probing the arcane nuances of Google+ and comparing it to Facebook, Twitter and Foursquare. But it's probably best to let the geeks kick the tires on Google+ first. Later on, when the service becomes more widely available, less-geeky users will definitely benefit from this process. So be a little patient. There are main components to the Google+ mobile experience are the free Google+ Android app (of course), and the mobile web app (accessible via the mobile browser on most Web-enabled phones). To get Google+ Android app working you must first install ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/soldier-leaves-legacy-much-larger-than-39he-was-gay39/ soldier-leaves-legacy-much-larger-than-39he-was-gay39 Sat, 2 Jul 2011 15:00:42 +0300 Rosemount, Minnesota (CNN) -- Andrew Wilfahrt changed his gait in the weeks before going off to basic training. He walked more upright. He bulked up with weights. He spoke with a deep Robocop voice. He acted "manly." Through the eyes of his parents, Jeff and Lori, it was all a bit strange. This was the boy who told them he was gay at 16 after being confronted with exorbitant bills from Internet chat rooms. Who lobbied for gay rights in his high school and escaped the fists of football players when hockey players came to his rescue. Who had the courage to wear pink and green even after his car was spray-painted with "Go Home Fag!" All his parents ever wanted was for Andrew to be Andrew. At 29, he sat his mom and dad down at the kitchen table and told them his life was missing camaraderie, brotherhood. "I'm joining the Army," he said. The news surprised them. Why would Andrew enter the military, where he'd be forced to deny a part of who he is? He was a lover of classical music, a composer, a peace activist, a math genius. He studied palindromes, maps, patterns, the U.S. Constitution, quantum physics. A soldier? It had never really crossed the minds of his left-leaning parents. Yet, just as they'd done with all three of their children, they supported him. It wasn't easy. It became dreadfully painful. When their son wound up in Afghanistan in July 2010, Jeff awoke early each day to Google "Kandahar." He tracked every soldier killed in the far-off land. Then, on ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/george-clooney39s-sudan-monitors-warn-about-weaponry/ george-clooney39s-sudan-monitors-warn-about-weaponry Sun, 3 Jul 2011 12:00:42 +0300 (CNN) -- The government of Sudan may be moving heavy weaponry closer to a disputed oil-rich region of the country, a monitoring group started by Hollywood actor George Clooney claimed. Satellite photos show what appear to be four vehicles capable of carrying multiple-rocket launchers at a camp that also appears to include two dozen light vehicles and tents for an infantry battalion, the Satellite Sentinel Project said. "The deployment of such powerful weapons certainly gives added currency to President (Omar al-)Bashir's order on Friday to his army to 'clear' rebel elements from South Kordofan," said John Prendergast, a campaigner against violence in Sudan who works with Clooney. Prendergast warned that Sudan could be on the verge of another "ethnic cleansing" campaign like the ones "that the regime has pursued in the Nuba Mountains, Darfur, Abyei, and parts of South Sudan." "Given that the Khartoum regime does not distinguish between combatants and civilians, utilizing these multiple-rocket launcher systems would dramatically increase civilian casualties," said Prendergast, co-founder of the Enough Project. President Barack Obama last month urged north and south to agree a cease-fire in South Kordofan, as his United Nations ambassador said Washington was disturbed by events there. "We are deeply concerned about attacks on and threats to and intimidation of U.N. personnel, obstructions to freedom of movement and access for humanitarian goods, allegations and indeed verified reports of aerial bombardment and other attacks against civilian personnel," Susan Rice said. Southern Kordofan is an oil-rich northern border state where fighting has also erupted between government troops and forces loyal to the south as ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/9-motive-pentru-care-google-bate-facebook/ 9-motive-pentru-care-google-bate-facebook Sun, 3 Jul 2011 17:01:26 +0300 Lupta nu se dă doar între două reţele de socializare, ci între doi giganţi ai pieţei IT, pentru că Google+ va deveni nucleul identităţii Google, pe care îl va remodela. Chiar dacă Facebook are un avans enorm faţă de nou lansatul produs de la Google, specialiştii de la PC World au găsit nouă motive pentru care Google+ bate Facebook. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/beware-some-google-39invites39-are-really-spam/ beware-some-google-39invites39-are-really-spam Mon, 4 Jul 2011 23:30:54 +0300 (CNN) -- OK, Google+, you're a bona fide Web sensation now. Which is to say, you've inspired your very own spam. An e-mail claiming to be an invite to the search giant's much ballyhooed answer to Facebook was making the rounds on Monday. But, turns out, it's just one more way to buy illicit Viagra on the internet. Google+ was unveiled last week, but so far invitations to try out the new social-networking service have mostly just been sent to bloggers, journalists and others in the technology world. Google opened a brief window last week for members to invite others, but is otherwise keeping Plus's doors locked for now. The result (and raise your hand if you think this is an accident) has been lots of jealous folks reading other people talk about Google+ and wanting to get in on the action themselves. "The spammers are no doubt hoping that the e-mail will be too hard to resist for many people eager to see Google's new social network," web security firm Sophos wrote on their Naked Security blog, "although just how many users will be tempted to buy drugs online is a mystery." The e-mail looks like the ones sent when a friend adds you to a "circle" on Google+ before you've joined the site. But instead of leading to Google+, the links in the e-mail produce an apparent opportunity to buy Cialis, Viagra, Propecia and other pharmaceutical little helpers. The links do not appaear to upload viruses or other malware. The Google+ effort isn't the only careful-where-you-click issue Sophos is currently ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/beware-some-google-39invites39-are-spam/ beware-some-google-39invites39-are-spam Tue, 5 Jul 2011 00:30:28 +0300 (CNN) -- OK, Google+, you're a bona fide Web sensation now. Which is to say, you've inspired your very own spam. An e-mail claiming to be an invite to the search giant's much ballyhooed answer to Facebook was making the rounds on Monday. But, turns out, it's just one more way to buy illicit Viagra on the internet. Google+ was unveiled last week, but so far invitations to try out the new social-networking service have mostly just been sent to bloggers, journalists and others in the technology world. Google opened a brief window last week for members to invite others, but is otherwise keeping Plus's doors locked for now. The result (and raise your hand if you think this is an accident) has been lots of jealous folks reading other people talk about Google+ and wanting to get in on the action themselves. "The spammers are no doubt hoping that the e-mail will be too hard to resist for many people eager to see Google's new social network," web security firm Sophos wrote on their Naked Security blog, "although just how many users will be tempted to buy drugs online is a mystery." The e-mail looks like the ones sent when a friend adds you to a "circle" on Google+ before you've joined the site. But instead of leading to Google+, the links in the e-mail produce an apparent opportunity to buy Cialis, Viagra, Propecia and other pharmaceutical little helpers. The links do not appaear to upload viruses or other malware. The Google+ effort isn't the only careful-where-you-click issue Sophos is currently ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/39awesome39-facebook-announcement-coming-wednesday/ 39awesome39-facebook-announcement-coming-wednesday Tue, 5 Jul 2011 05:00:34 +0300 (CNN) -- We're sure it's a coincidence that we got this e-mail while we were setting up our Google+ profiles. Just days after the search giant rolled out its new networking platform, Facebook, the reigning champs of the social space, announced Friday that it will hold a news event next Wednesday. Facebook didn't provide any details in an e-mail inviting media members to the event, to be held at its Palo Alto, California, headquarters. But, on Wednesday, CEO Mark Zuckerberg promised that Facebook would "launch something awesome" next week. Time.com: Zuckerberg promises 'something awesome' Zuckerberg was touring Facebook's engineering site in Seattle and wouldn't give many details, only saying that the announcement would be about something developed there. By late Friday, the leading theory was that the company will unveil a video-chat feature powered by Skype. CNN content partner Mashable was quoting unnamed sources they said confirmed the plan, which was first reported by blog Tech Crunch. Facebook and Skype already have a deep partnership, with Facebook content being integrated onto Skype clients. When Microsoft bought Skype in May, CEO Steve Ballmer mentioned "social" as one of the company's plans for it. We speculated at the time that Facebook integration might be in the works. Microsoft actually owns a piece of Facebook, having bought in for $240 million in 2007. Adding video chat would be an answer of sorts to Google+. Video chat is one of the features many reviewers have mentioned that set Google's upstart offering apart from Facebook. Other possibilities, should the video chat rumor turn out to be a red herring? ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/arca-a-finalizat-structura-cabinei-avionului-supersonic-iar-111-excelsior/ arca-a-finalizat-structura-cabinei-avionului-supersonic-iar-111-excelsior Tue, 5 Jul 2011 12:30:59 +0300 Asociaţia Română pentru Cosmonautică şi Aeronautică - ARCA a finalizat structura cabinei avionului supersonic IAR-111 Excelsior, un aparat destinat lansării rachetei spaţiale Haas II pentru competiţia Google Lunar X Prize şi dezvoltării turismului spaţial, potrivit unui comunicat remis MEDIAFAX. Cabina avionului este realizată din materiale compozite, are o greutate de peste 500 de kilograme, complet echipată pentru zbor, şi primeşte un echipaj de două persoane - pilot şi navigator -, dispuse în tandem. Pilotul, aşezat pe locul din faţa cabinei, va dispune de o consolă centrală care va cuprinde echipamentele de navigaţie analogice şi GPS, un ecran panoramic pentru sistemul HDTV pentru asistarea decolării şi aterizării, iar echipamentul de radiocomunicaţii va fi dispus pe părţile laterale. Postul de pilotaj va fi echipat cu comenzi necesare manipulării aeronavei. Navigatorul, aşezat în spatele pilotului, va dispune pe consola centrală de un sistem integrat de monitorizare a parametrilor de funcţionare a avionului, sistem de comunicaţii radio, sistem de navigaţie GPS, un sistem SDTV de monitorizare a aeronavei şi un ecran pentru radar pasiv. Cabina este ejectabilă în caz de necesitate şi este dotată cu două paraşute acţionate cu motor rachetă. "Realizarea structurii cabinei avionului I.A.R.-111 Excelsior este un moment important pentru echipă şi partenerii săi, fiind unul dintre elementele cel mai dificil de realizat din toată aeronava. În perioada următoare, cabina va fi supusă unui program intensiv de testare la sol şi la zbor, efectuându-se teste de presiune şi solicitări mecanice la suprasarcini şi vibraţii. După parcurgerea acestor teste, cabina va fi echipată cu sistemele de avionică şi va fi integrată în structura aeronavei", a declarat Dumitru Popescu, preşedinte ARCA. Astfel, ARCA va efectua în cursul lunilor iulie-august Misiunea 6, de testare la zbor a cabinei avionului IAR-111, ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/microsoft-strikes-search-deal-with-baidu/ microsoft-strikes-search-deal-with-baidu Tue, 5 Jul 2011 16:30:27 +0300 (FT) -- Baidu, China's biggest search engine by revenue, on Monday announced a partnership with Microsoft that would allow its users to see English-language search results generated by Bing, the US company's search engine. No financial considerations were involved in the deal, which will see Bing's search results labeled and integrated into Baidu's search results from later this year. Any advertising revenue generated as a result of the improved search results will go to Baidu as it controls the site. However, the deal will help Microsoft promote Bing in the world's biggest internet market, where it has less than a 1 per cent market share, according to research firm Analysys International. By contrast, Baidu controls more than three-quarters of the Chinese market while Google still holds 19.6 per cent, despite losing market share after the US company partially retreated from China last year. Google moved its China web search to its Hong Kong site last March after confronting Beijing over censorship issues. The partnership between Baidu and Bing highlights Microsoft's different approach to the Chinese market compared with Google. Unlike Google, which had operated its own search engine independently in China, Microsoft had sought out local partners to help promote Bing. Microsoft had earlier entered into an agreement with Alibaba Group, the business-to-business website, to offer Bing search results on Alibaba's eTao search engine. However, that partnership ended earlier this year.. Samuel Shen, senior vice-president of Microsoft China, said the partnership "would give Baidu's many users better results and a better English search experience. At the same time, it will allow ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/the-most-popular-google-user-it39s-facebook39s-zuckerberg/ the-most-popular-google-user-it39s-facebook39s-zuckerberg Tue, 5 Jul 2011 18:30:48 +0300 (CNN) -- So, based on the buzz, Google+ is the geek-chic social-networking upstart that's going to challenge Facebook, right? Then why is the most popular person on the fledgling service ... Mark Zuckerberg? As of Tuesday morning, the Facebook CEO, who surprised some folks by being one of the first to create a Google+ account, had 29,543 "followers" on the site. That's nearly 10,000 more than Google CEO Larry Page, who clocked in at 19,878 friends for second place, according to the Google+ social statistics page. Google unveiled its long-anticipated social network last week. Since then, it's been opened up to journalists, bloggers and others in the tech community, but not yet to the general public. A look at the site's 100 most-followed users provides a snapshot of its nascent population. After Zuckerberg and Page, the top 10 is rounded out with four more prominent Google staffers (co-founder Sergey Brin, engineers Vic Gundotra, Matt Cutts and Bradley Horowitz) and tech journalists Robert Scoble, Leo Laporte, MG Siegler and Gina Trapani. Web publications like Mashable and The Next Web also made the list. This part probably won't last. But, in a world in which Gaga and Bieber own Twitter, it was refreshing to see a top-100 that was virtually celebrity-free. Actress, web-series creator and geek icon Felicia Day appeared to be the only person to qualify, taking the No. 39 spot with 2,587 followers. Let's just hope Nathan Fillion gets there before Ashton Kutcher. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/syrian-activist-offers-account-of-abduction-beatings/ syrian-activist-offers-account-of-abduction-beatings Wed, 6 Jul 2011 00:00:42 +0300 (CNN) -- He says it is not safe to communicate through Twitter. Facebook? Only if he uses a fake account. Google chat is our best option, he tells me. Just type in Arabic. Keep it short. And please type President Bashar al-Assad's name sparingly. Halfway around the world, a 20-year-old Syrian answers my questions. Every stroke is thoughtful, every word heavy with fear. He asks to go by the name of Ahmed. CNN cannot independently confirm the account that follows, but communications with Ahmed went on for many days, and he provided detail about events and places that supported what he told us. CNN was also able to contact several of his online associates independently, and they confirmed his background and the events he described below. "I had an ego. You never really think you're going to get caught." Ahmed has been involved in peaceful demonstrations against the Syrian regime since the first days of the uprising, often with his 52-year-old father. But one day in May, on a street in Damascus, he and other protesters are ambushed. In a moment, everything becomes distorted: changed expressions and frenzied feet. "Many other protesters ran, but I was stuck. I tried to knock on nearby doors. Nobody answered. I found myself standing in front of security forces. They looked at me but didn't make any move. I was convinced at that moment that nobody was going to open their door for me. So I ran." A security officer strikes him across the head with his stick. He continues to run. He feels another thump. And another one. "I was ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/syrian-activist-recounts-beatings/ syrian-activist-recounts-beatings Wed, 6 Jul 2011 06:00:06 +0300 (CNN) -- He says it is not safe to communicate through Twitter. Facebook? Only if he uses a fake account. Google chat is our best option, he tells me. Just type in Arabic. Keep it short. And please type President Bashar al-Assad's name sparingly. Halfway around the world, a 20-year-old Syrian answers my questions. Every stroke is thoughtful, every word heavy with fear. He asks to go by the name of Ahmed. CNN cannot independently confirm the account that follows, but communications with Ahmed went on for many days, and he provided detail about events and places that supported what he told us. CNN was also able to contact several of his online associates independently, and they confirmed his background and the events he described below. "I had an ego. You never really think you're going to get caught." Ahmed has been involved in peaceful demonstrations against the Syrian regime since the first days of the uprising, often with his 52-year-old father. But one day in May, on a street in Damascus, he and other protesters are ambushed. In a moment, everything becomes distorted: changed expressions and frenzied feet. "Many other protesters ran, but I was stuck. I tried to knock on nearby doors. Nobody answered. I found myself standing in front of security forces. They looked at me but didn't make any move. I was convinced at that moment that nobody was going to open their door for me. So I ran." A security officer strikes him across the head with his stick. He continues to run. He feels another thump. And another one. "I was ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/facebook-to-make-39awesome39-announcement/ facebook-to-make-39awesome39-announcement Wed, 6 Jul 2011 09:00:45 +0300 (CNN) -- Facebook has scheduled a Wednesday news conference to announce the launch of what it termed "something awesome." The leading theory is that the company will unveil a video-chat feature powered by Skype. Facebook didn't provide any details in an e-mail inviting media members to the event, to be held at its Palo Alto, California, headquarters. But CEO Mark Zuckerberg promised last week it would be "something awesome." Zuckerberg was touring Facebook's engineering site in Seattle and wouldn't give many details, only saying that the announcement would be about something developed there. It's hard to imagine the timing of the announcement is random. Since it was launched last week, Google has been getting all the online buzz in the social-media world for it new networking platform, Google+. To be sure, Google is digital light years away from rivaling Facebook's 600 million or so users worldwide. But after Buzz, Wave and other failed efforts, this looks like Google's most serious leap yet into the social-networking world. And that could mean, as competing smartphone makers discovered with Google's potent Android system, that Facebook has a real rival on its hands. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/microsoft-cere-samsung-sa-plateasca-drepturi-de-autor-de-15-dolari-pentru-fiecare-smartphone-produs/ microsoft-cere-samsung-sa-plateasca-drepturi-de-autor-de-15-dolari-pentru-fiecare-smartphone-produs Wed, 6 Jul 2011 17:01:21 +0300 Microsoft cere Samsung să plătească 15 dolari pentru fiecare smartphone produs bazat pe platforma software Android a Google, deoarece sistemul de operare foloseşte numeroase brevete ale gigantului american, transmite Reuters. Samsung va încerca să reducă suma la circa 10 dolari per smartphone în schimbul consolidării alianţei dintre cele două companii în privinţa platformei software Windows Phone, au declarat surse din industria de profil pentru ziarul sud-coreean Maeil. Microsoft a anunţat, în aprilie anul trecut, că a încheiat un acord de licenţiere cu grupul taiwanez HTC Corp, în baza căruia va încasa plăţi din drepturi de proprietate intelectuală pentru fiecare telefon Android produs de companie. Analiştii estimează că Samsung, al doilea mare producător de telefoane mobile din lume, a vândut circa 19 milioane de smartphone-uri în trimestrul al doilea şi deţine poziţia dominantă în zona terminalelor care rulează sistemul Android. Majoritatea specialiştilor estimează că grupul sud-coreean va depăşi Nokia ca vânzări, preluând prima poziţie la nviel mondial şi detronând compania finlandeză pentru prima dată în 10 ani. Vlad Popescu, vlad.popescu@mediafax.ro http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/facebook-adds-skype-video-chat-feature/ facebook-adds-skype-video-chat-feature Wed, 6 Jul 2011 21:30:32 +0300 Palo Alto, California (CNN) -- Facebook on Wednesday announced a video calling feature that will be provided by Skype, the well-known Internet video chat program. The move comes shortly after Google launched a competing social network that also features a video chatting program. The new chat feature will show up on Facebook as a "call" button at the top of every user's profile page. By clicking that button, Facebook users can talk to each other over webcams. That feature has already been rolled out to some users and will continue to become available to others, the company said. This is "the world's easiest one-click way" to chat over video, Facebook engineer Philip Su said at a press conference Wednesday. Facebook also announced updates to its text chat features, including a way for users to chat with several of their friends at once. And the company updated the total number of people who are using the site to 750 million. That move also seems to mirror a feature of Google+, Google's new social network, which is seen by some as a genuine competitor to Facebook. A video feature called "Hangouts" lets Google+ users chat over video with several friends at once. The new network also has a feature called "Circles," which lets people organize their friend lists into groups. Facebook's new video feature does not allow for group chats. Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's CEO, took subtle jabs at the new Google network, saying Facebook provides the best way for people to organize their friends into groups -- with minimal effort. "If you think about it, it ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/facebook-reveals-skype-video-calling-feature/ facebook-reveals-skype-video-calling-feature Thu, 7 Jul 2011 02:30:29 +0300 Palo Alto, California (CNN) -- Facebook is encouraging its members to talk face to face -- over the computer. The social networking giant introduced a video-calling feature on Wednesday in partnership with Skype, the popular Internet video-chat provider. The product comes a week after Google launched a competing social network, called Google+, which also includes a video-chatting program. Facebook's version will show up on the site as a "call" button at the top of users' profile pages. By clicking that or finding someone in a new "buddy list" bar on the right-hand side, Facebook users can talk to each other as long as they have webcams. The company began turning that service on for millions of users on Wednesday and will add it to more accounts over time, spokespeople said. This is "the world's easiest one-click way" to chat over video, Facebook engineer Philip Su said at the news conference here. The Seattle programmer was Facebook's only full-time engineer working on its development along with Skype, a Facebook spokeswoman said. Facebook on Wednesday also introduced a change to its instant-messaging service, which now allows people to create on-the-fly group conversations. "This is their response to Google+ right now," said Ray Valdes, an Internet analyst at Gartner Research. "I think it's a little bit of catchup in terms of features." Google bills its new network as a better way to communicate certain messages to subsections of friends. Google+ also has drawn praise for its ability, with a service called Hangouts, to let users video chat with several friends at a time. Facebook's new video ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-to-retire-blogger-picasa-brands/ google-to-retire-blogger-picasa-brands Thu, 7 Jul 2011 02:30:33 +0300 (Mashable) -- Say goodbye to the Picasa and Blogger names: Google intends to retire several non-Google name brands and rename them as Google products, Mashable has learned. The move is part of a larger effort to unify its brand for the public launch of Google+, the search giant's social initiative. Blogger and Picasa aren't going away, of course -- they're two of Google's most popular products. Instead, according to two sources familiar with the matter, Google intends to rename Picasa "Google Photos" and Blogger will become "Google Blogs." Several other Google brands are likely to be affected, though our sources made it clear that YouTube would not be rebranded. The technology giant shut down Google Video, its failed web video service, in May. The move isn't without precedent; Google acquired JotSpot in 2006 and rebranded it as Google Sites in 2008. In 2007, Google acquired VOIP platform GrandCentral and relaunched it as Google Voice in 2009. Mashable: Review | Photos | Videos | Poll | Pros & cons Picasa and Blogger were also Google acquisitions, although both companies have been part of the Google empire for far longer. Picasa was acquired in 2004 and Blogger (co-founded by Evan Williams of Twitter) was acquired in 2003 and is one of the top 10 most visited websites in the world. Although the rebranding could upset some existing customers, it also gives Google the ability to completely integrate both services into Google+. Rebranding coming in next six weeks The transition from Picasa and Blogger to Google Photos and Google Blogs will occur "in ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/avionul-supersonic-romanesc-iar-111-excelsior-are-structura-cabinei-finalizata-vezi-cum-arata-foto/ avionul-supersonic-romanesc-iar-111-excelsior-are-structura-cabinei-finalizata-vezi-cum-arata-foto Thu, 7 Jul 2011 09:03:09 +0300 Asociaţia Română pentru Cosmonautică şi Aeronautică - ARCA a finalizat structura cabinei avionului supersonic IAR-111 Excelsior, un aparat destinat lansării rachetei spaţiale Haas II pentru competiţia Google Lunar X Prize şi dezvoltării turismului spaţial, potrivit unui comunicat remis MEDIAFAX. Cabina avionului este realizată din materiale compozite, are o greutate de peste 500 de kilograme, complet echipată pentru zbor, şi primeşte un echipaj de două persoane - pilot şi navigator -, dispuse în tandem. Pilotul, aşezat pe locul din faţa cabinei, va dispune de o consolă centrală care va cuprinde echipamentele de navigaţie analogice şi GPS, un ecran panoramic pentru sistemul HDTV pentru asistarea decolării şi aterizării, iar echipamentul de radiocomunicaţii va fi dispus pe părţile laterale. Postul de pilotaj va fi echipat cu comenzi necesare manipulării aeronavei. Navigatorul, aşezat în spatele pilotului, va dispune pe consola centrală de un sistem integrat de monitorizare a parametrilor de funcţionare a avionului, sistem de comunicaţii radio, sistem de navigaţie GPS, un sistem SDTV de monitorizare a aeronavei şi un ecran pentru radar pasiv. Cabina este ejectabilă în caz de necesitate şi este dotată cu două paraşute acţionate cu motor rachetă. "Realizarea structurii cabinei avionului I.A.R.-111 Excelsior este un moment important pentru echipă şi partenerii săi, fiind unul dintre elementele cel mai dificil de realizat din toată aeronava. În perioada următoare, cabina va fi supusă unui program intensiv de testare la sol şi la zbor, efectuându-se teste de presiune şi solicitări mecanice la suprasarcini şi vibraţii. După parcurgerea acestor teste, cabina va fi echipată cu sistemele de avionică şi va fi integrată în structura aeronavei", a declarat Dumitru Popescu, preşedinte ARCA. Astfel, ARCA va efectua în cursul lunilor iulie-august Misiunea 6, de testare la zbor a cabinei avionului ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/video-facebook-a-lansat-serviciul-de-video-chat-in-colaborare-cu-skype/ video-facebook-a-lansat-serviciul-de-video-chat-in-colaborare-cu-skype Thu, 7 Jul 2011 09:03:12 +0300 Facebook a anuntat, miercuri seara, un parteneriat cu Skype care va permite efectuarea de video chat direct din Facebook, relateaza Reuters. Acordul, care reprezinta un nou pas in colaborarea cu Microsoft Corp, companie aflata in proces de achizitionare a Skype pentru 8,5 miliarde dolari, a fost facut public de catre directorul executiv Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg la sediul companiei din Palo Alto, California. Anuntul colaborarii a fost facut in contextul in care Google a lansat, saptamana trecuta, o noua retea sociala, Google+, prin care se pot efectua deja transmisiuni video.Zuckerberg a anuntat ca Facebook are, in prezent, 750 milioane utilizatori, iar introducerea noului serviciu ar putea insemna un pas mare pentru Skype, care are in prezent aproximativ 145 milioane de utilizatori frecventi. De asemenea, Zuckenberg a anuntat ca va oferi utilizatorilor Facebook si un nou serviciu de group-chat."Credem ca este avantajos, pentru ca vom folosi cele mai bune tehnologii pentru a efectua apeluri video cu cea mai buna infrastructura sociala care exista", a spus Zuckerberg. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/business-report-cum-arata-cel-mai-asteptat-proiect-de-infrastructura-un-rege-al-asfaltului-are-probleme-romanesti-in-irak-top-10-cele-mai-profitabile-actiuni-de-la-bursa-de-valori-anomaliile-salariilor-din-companiile-de-stat-ce-zic-ca-au-invatat-di/ business-report-cum-arata-cel-mai-asteptat-proiect-de-infrastructura-un-rege-al-asfaltului-are-probleme-romanesti-in-irak-top-10-cele-mai-profitabile-actiuni-de-la-bursa-de-valori-anomaliile-salariilor-din-companiile-de-stat-ce-zic-ca-au-invatat-di Thu, 7 Jul 2011 09:03:33 +0300 Cum arata cel mai asteptat proiect de infrastructura. Ar urma sa devina rentabil abia din al treilea an de exploatare, dar va produce 1,6 milioane de euro chiar in 2012. Este vorba despre cel mai dorit proiect de infrastructura din Bucuresti, pentru a carei lansare nu ar mai fi de asteptat foarte mult. Stadionul national care urmeaza sa fie inaugurat pe 10 august va aduce bani la buget abia din 2014, iar anul viitor va avea venituri de 1,6 milioane de euro. Vestiarele fotbalistilor, sunt aproape gata, la fel ca si camera destinata supravegherii intregului stadion. Bucuros ca a fost primit cu aplauze de bucuresteni, primarul general al Capitalei, Sorin Oprescu, a promis sa va mai construi inca trei stadioane asemanatoare cu "Lia Manoliu", scrie Capital.Un rege al asfaltului are probleme romanesti in Irak. Desi a castigat un contract de constructie a 35 de km de autostrada in nordul Irakului, compania Romstrade nu poate incepe lucrarile din cauza deselor schimbari de guvernorat local care impiedica eliberarea tuturor avizelor necesare santierului. Compania Romstrade, detinuta de omul de afaceri Nelu Iordache, nu a inceput inca lucrarile la tronsonul de autostrada de 35 de km pe care trebuie sa-l construiasca in Irak din cauza problemelor legate de birocratie. Lucrarile trebuia  sa inceapa inca din luna octombrie a anului trecut insa birocratia din tara araba a facut ca acestea sa se amane pentru o perioada inca nedeterminata. Cei care conduc compania spun, insa, ca nu exista pericolul ca realizarea autostrazii sa fie sistata, potrivit Money.ro.Varsovia, mereu Varsovia. Templeton alege ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/video-google-versus-facebook-cum-schimba-google-hangouts-peisajul-retelelor-sociale-si-ce-rol-au-hulu-si-skype-in-duelul-gigantilor/ video-google-versus-facebook-cum-schimba-google-hangouts-peisajul-retelelor-sociale-si-ce-rol-au-hulu-si-skype-in-duelul-gigantilor Thu, 7 Jul 2011 09:03:38 +0300 ​Retelele de socializare au devenit in ultimii ani cheia de bolta a internetului. De la corporatii la guverne, de la start-up-uri la giganti care valoreaza miliarde de dolari, toata lumea vrea o bucata cat mai mare din noul internet si, automat, din viata fiecaruia dintre noi. Odata cu intrarea Goolge in joc, lucrurile incep sa se schimbe, iar competitia pentru oferirea de noi servicii devine si mai acerba.Dupa mai multi ani marcati de esecuri pentru Google, cea mai mare companie online a lansat un serviciu pe masura Facebook, numit simplu Google+. Aparent extrem de similar cu rivalul principal, noua retea sociala adauga mai multe elemente de diferentiere care ar putea reprezenta linia dintre victorie si inca o infrangere. Aparent, si Google+ este inca un site pe care utilizatorii pot sa impartaseasca imagini, mesaje, link-uri si clipuri video cu prietenii, dar lucrurile nu se opresc aici. Noul serviciu ofera ceva ce pana acum nu a fost disponibil pe nici o retea de socializare online: posibilitatea de a socializa la modul real, de a interactiona cu mai multi prieteni simultan prin intermediul unui webcam in cadrul retelei. Numit Hangouts, noul serviciu al Google permite utilizatorilor dintr-un cerc de prieteni, structura pe care este bazata reteaua Google+, sa creeze o camera de discutii video care sa fie vizibila tuturor membrilor unui grup. Practic, indiferent de distanta dintre ei, utilizatorii se pot vedea intr-un spatiu comun si pot... socializa. Suna banal, iar solutiile tehnice au existat si pana acum, dar Google a simplificat extrem de mult modul in ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/la-mare-acces-gratuit-la-internet-in-eforie/ la-mare-acces-gratuit-la-internet-in-eforie Thu, 7 Jul 2011 09:04:06 +0300 Cei care decid sa petreaca in aceasta vara la Eforie Nord pot naviga gratuit pe internet, 24 ore din 24, in parc, informeaza telegrafonline.ro. De asemenea, turistii au acces si la o zona de fitness in aer liber.Accesul gratuit la reteaua wireless se poate face in Parcul Teatrului de Vara din Eforie Nord. Autoritatea locala a amenajat aici banci si mese de lucru, pentru a asigura confortul celor care doresc sa navigheze pe internet. Tot in Parcul Teatrului de Vara din Eforie Nord a fost creata si o zona de fitness in aer liber, cu aparate la care au acces atat locuitorii, cat si turistii dornici de miscare.Vezi aici o harta cu ajutorul careia poti gasi Parcul Teatrului de Vara din Eforie Nord. Vezi de asemenea statiunea Eforie Nord cu ajutorul Google Maps. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/primul-supersonic-romanesc-e-mai-aproape-de-realitate-structura-cabinei-este-definitivata/ primul-supersonic-romanesc-e-mai-aproape-de-realitate-structura-cabinei-este-definitivata Thu, 7 Jul 2011 09:04:06 +0300 Structura cabinei avionului IAR-111 Excelsior care vrea sa devina primul supersonic romanesc a fost definitivata si in curand va fi testata, a anuntat Asociatia Romana pentru Cosmonautica si Aeronautica - ARCA. Planul este ca intaiul zbor supersonic sa fie facut la sfarsit de 2012, cu decolare si aterizare pe suprafata Marii Negre. ARCA spera ca pana in 2015 va putea trimite un robot pe suprafata Lunii, ca parte a concursului Google Lunar X Prize la care participa 20 de organizatii, printre care si ARCA.Cabina avionului este realizata din materiale compozite, are o greutate de peste 500 kg, complet echipata pentru zbor si primeste un echipaj de doua persoane (pilot si navigator) dispusi in tandem, arata un comunicat al ARCA.Pilotul, asezat pe locul din fata cabinei, va dispune de o consola centrala care va cuprinde echipamentele de navigatie analogice si GPS, un ecran panoramic pentru sistemul HDTV pentru asistarea decolarii si aterizarii, iar echipamentul de radiocomunicatii va fi dispus pe partile laterale. Postul de pilotaj va fi echipat cu comenzi necesare pilotarii aeronavei.Navigatorul, asezat in spatele pilotului, va dispune pe consola centrala de un sistem integrat de monitorizare a parametrilor de functionare a avionului, sistem de comunicatii radio, sistem de navigatie GPS, un sistem SDTV de monitorizare a aeronavei si un ecran pentru radar pasiv.Cabina este ejectabila in caz de necesitate si este dotata cu doua parasute actionate cu motor racheta. ARCA va efectua in curand Misiunea 6, de testare la zbor a cabinei avionului IAR-111."Realizarea structurii cabinei avionului I.A.R.-111 Excelsior este un moment important pentru ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/videochat-pe-facebook-reteaua-de-socializare-a-introdus-servicii-video-in-parteneriat-cu-skype/ videochat-pe-facebook-reteaua-de-socializare-a-introdus-servicii-video-in-parteneriat-cu-skype Thu, 7 Jul 2011 14:01:33 +0300 Facebook a introdus servicii de video chat pe paginile sale în parteneriat cu Skype, pentru a consolida poziţia celei mai mari reţele de socializare din lume, ameninţată de eforturile Google pe această nişă, transmite Reuters. Acordul între Facebook şi Skype a fost anunţat de directorul general al reţelei de socializare, Mark Zuckerberg, şi întăreşte cooperarea dintre Facebook şi Microsoft, care a cumpărat Skype în luna mai pentru 8,5 miliarde de dolari. Zuckerberg a declarat că Facebook a ajuns la 750 milioane de utilizatori. Introducerea serviciilor de video chat pe Facebook, disponibile încă de miercuri, s-ar putea dovedi un mare succes pentru Skype, care are în prezent circa 145 milioane de utilizatori activi. Piaţa advertisingului pe internet dominată autoritar până acum de Google a devenit tot mai aglomerată, cu un număr mare de concurenţi noi, precum Facebook, Groupon sau Twitter încercând să pună mâna pe cât mai multe miliarde de dolari. Serviciul de video chat de pe Facebook va fi iniţial limitat la conversaţii unu la unu. Vlad Popescu, vlad.popescu@mediafax.ro http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/facebook-readies-a-blitz-of-new-products/ facebook-readies-a-blitz-of-new-products Thu, 7 Jul 2011 14:30:35 +0300 Palo Alto, California (CNN) -- Elmer Fudd has "Wabbit Season," and Mark Zuckerberg has just kicked off "Launching Season." Facebook is readying a slew of new products to debut soon, said Zuckerberg, the company's CEO, at a news conference here on Wednesday. Programmers have been toiling away this year on several major projects in anticipation of this acceleration period. "We've been busy building stuff for the past six months or so, and today marks the beginning of what we'll call Launching Season 2011," Zuckerberg said. "Over the next coming weeks and months, we just have a lot of fun stuff to roll out." The starting gun for this stage of frequent product updates sounded at Wednesday's event, which served as a launch pad for new messaging tools. People will be able to make video calls on Facebook's site, thanks to a partnership with Skype, and create impromptu chat rooms. To keep the new features rolling in anticipation of a launching season, Facebook sets tight deadlines on development teams. Facebook software engineers often find themselves working nights and weekends during these periods. They aren't directly asked to work after-hours, Facebook spokeswoman Meredith Chin wrote in an e-mail. "But people do work to get things out the door as fast as possible," she wrote. Last fall was very busy for Facebook. The company convened reporters for three news conferences during a four-week span in October and November. The release cycle began ramping up in August last year, for the f8 developers conference. Facebook plans to hold another one this year, though it hasn't set ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/fsb-doreste-acces-la-comunicatiile-efectuate-in-retelele-de-telefonie-mobila-din-rusia/ fsb-doreste-acces-la-comunicatiile-efectuate-in-retelele-de-telefonie-mobila-din-rusia Thu, 7 Jul 2011 17:31:11 +0300 Şeful Serviciului federal de securitate din Rusia (FSB), Aleksandr Bortnikov, a cerut joi tuturor operatorilor de telefonie mobilă din Rusia să furnizeze codurile care ar permite supravegherea comunicaţiilor reţelelor telefonice, informează AFP. "Toate serviciile de informaţii trebuie să aibă acces la codurile operatorilor de telefonie mobilă pentru a putea supraveghea eventualele activităţi ilegale", anunţă Bortnikov. "Toţi operatorii de telefonie străini de pe teritoriul nostru trebuie să se supună acestei reguli", adaugă el. Directorul FSB nu a precizat dacă operatorii străini au fost deja supuşi unei astfel de obligaţii şi nici dacă măsura vizează şi serviciul de roaming în Rusia. Aleksandr Bortnikov a explicat că serviciile sale "colaborează" cu Google şi Skype pentru a "rezolva probleme specifice" despre comunicaţiile prin Internet. Şeful Centrului pentru securitatea informaţiilor din cadrul FSB, Aleksandre Andreeşkin, afirma în aprilie că serviciile Gmail şi Skype reprezintă "ameninţări de amploare" la adresa siguranţei naţionale. Mihai Draghici, mihai.draghici@mediafax.ro http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/5-ways-google-could-steal-music-fans-from-facebook/ 5-ways-google-could-steal-music-fans-from-facebook Thu, 7 Jul 2011 18:00:34 +0300 (WIRED) -- Google's social network, Google+, is late. Facebook has a big lead, having ousted MySpace, which in turn deposed Friendster, the site that started us all on this path towards recreating our social fabric as a network of connected personal nodes. Facebook is an excellent tool for sharing music -- usually in the form of Google's YouTube videos -- but even the developer of the top music app on Facebook says it doesn't do enough, musicwise. And when we canvassed the top 20 Facebook music apps, we were shocked by what we found. The list of the most popular music apps on this, the most popular social network, included werevertumorro and Shane Dawson TV, which aren't even music apps; they merely alert fans when one of those videobloggers throws up another video on YouTube. Google+ may have a tough time making a dent in the popularity of Facebook. But on at least on the music front it can make a lot of inroads, fast. Fact is that music apps on Facebook are lacking -- and this is a real opportunity for a quick win. Evolver.fm contacted Google to try to talk about its music strategy for Google+, mentioning Facebook's apparent shortcomings in that area. A spokeswoman declined to comment -- in part, she said, because Music Beta by Google is still in, well, beta. But even without discussing it with Google directly, we can spot five ways in which Google could become "besties" with music enthusiasts to Facebook's detriment. 1. Easy sharing YouTube music videos, which make up many ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/when-it-comes-to-presentation-mark-zuckerberg-is-no-steve-jobs/ when-it-comes-to-presentation-mark-zuckerberg-is-no-steve-jobs Thu, 7 Jul 2011 19:30:47 +0300 (CNN) -- Don't let the sweatshirts and flip-flops fool you: The tech world is all about image. And there's no better place to see this than the tech-company press conference -- in which execs show off new products with elaborate PowerPoint presentations. The most recent example: Wednesday's awkward Facebook event, hosted by CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Here's a smattering of comments about Zuckerberg's presentation, in which he announced a new video-conferencing feature. These popped up on Facebook, during the event in Palo Alto, California: -- "omg! I'll just read about it later. This is like water torture." -- "Im gona play solitaire if he doesn't get on with it" -- "Someone needs to bump him to get him to stop saying UM" -- "After this, I need an UM detox program.." At one point, Zuckerberg -- forever the geek -- pulled up a chart about Facebook's projected growth, which he introduced as a "log-normalized graph." The Internet's collective eyes rolled back. "Logarithmic graphs? Jesus Christ." So what went wrong? Essentially, Zuckerberg seems to have tried -- and failed -- to imitate the undisputed king of the tech presser: Apple's Steve Jobs, who is known for leaving even the most skeptical of tech bloggers in a "hypnotic daze" after he finishes a talk. "Zuckerberg at times appeared to be attempting to channel Steve Jobs in his presentation style," wrote Beatweek Magazine. "But too often he lost sight of the fact that most of his online audience members were from the non-geek general public." "Steve Jobs builds his presentations around our innermost needs and desires," one Twitter user wrote. ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/things-we-do-when-a-bad-mood-hits/ things-we-do-when-a-bad-mood-hits Thu, 7 Jul 2011 19:30:50 +0300 (RealSimple.com) -- Readers share the tips and tricks that get them out of an emotional slump. For years I wanted to learn to play the drums, so it was quite a thrill when my husband bought me a set two years ago for my birthday. Since then, I've discovered that banging out a favorite tune, such as the Beatles' "You Can't Do That," improves my mood in a matter of minutes. --Karen Worth, San Antonio, Texas I head to the gym, put on my gloves, and pound on the punching bag. As I strike it, I think about what's bothering me and come up with a solution. The bag weighs 175 pounds, so hitting it requires a great deal of strength and exertion. It feels great to work out my problems and my body at the same time. --Heidi Henriksen, Minneapolis, Minnesota RealSimple.com: 3 quick ways to relieve stress When I get down in the dumps, I set a timer for 20 minutes and vent -- to a friend, to the dashboard of the car, even to the seagulls at the beach. That's all it takes: Once the timer goes off, I've figured out why I am feeling low and have regained control of my emotions. --Leigh Reposa, Narragansett, Rhode Island About 10 years ago, I was having a typically awful day: I had overslept, got caught in traffic, made mistakes at work. In the midst of it all, a friend sent me an e-mail calling for donations for autism research. I logged on to her website, contributed, and immediately felt ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/us-helps-tech-savvy-mideastern-women-experience-silicon-valley/ us-helps-tech-savvy-mideastern-women-experience-silicon-valley Thu, 7 Jul 2011 23:00:49 +0300 Washington (CNN) -- Reem El-Mograby, a 24-year-old software engineer from Egypt, picked a tough time to apply for the U.S. State Department's TechWomen program. Egypt's "Arab Spring" revolution had just begun, and the Internet was shut down. "Our deadline was in two days, so I couldn't complete the application. When it came back on again, I opened my e-mails and found that the deadline was extended for two weeks so we had the time to submit the application. This made me feel that applying to the program was meant to be!" she explained. For the past month, thanks to the TechWomen program, El-Mograby -- a Palestinian refugee who was born in Egypt and grew up in Libya -- has been working at ZaReason, Inc., a company in California's Silicon Valley. "I'm a software person and I was matched with a hardware company, so it was a challenge at first," she said. "But it was such a valuable experience. I got to see how you could become an entrepreneur because my mentor... had a family, she had a work-life balance. And that's what we want back home, the balance between your family and work. We have very strong families in the Middle East and you spend a lot of time at work, especially when launching a product." The experience, El-Mograby said, gave her more self-confidence and helped her to believe in herself. Her dream now: "To create a community for refugee women in technology to network." This is the first group of young women -- 37 of them ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-nu-vrea-razboi-cu-facebook-este-loc-pe-piata-pentru-mai-multe-retele-sociale/ google-nu-vrea-razboi-cu-facebook-este-loc-pe-piata-pentru-mai-multe-retele-sociale Fri, 8 Jul 2011 11:01:21 +0300 Preşedintele executiv al Google, Eric Schmidt a declarat că este loc pe piaţă pentru mai multe reţele sociale, lăsând o portiţă pentru cooperarea cu rivali puternici precum Facebook şi Twitter, transmite Reuters. El a afirmat totodată că Google va coopera în totalitate cu autorităţile americane pentru concurenţă, dar nu va permite investigaţiei lansate luna trecută să reprezinte un obstacol pentru implementarea strategiei companiei. Schmidt a cedat în aprilie scaunul de director general în favoarea cofondatorului Google Larry Page şi se ocupă acum de afacerile companiei cu statul. Schmidt a arătat, într-o conferinţă susţinută joi seară în SUA, că este prea devreme să aprecieze performanţele noii reţele sociale Google Plus, însă un indicator important al succesului acesteia este numărul uriaş de utilizatori care s-au înghesuit să ia parte la testarea produsului. Google Plus s-a lansat săptămâna trecută însă este închisă pentru moment publicului larg, fiind disponibilă în regim de testare numai utilizatorilor care reuşesc să obţină o invitaţie. Unul dintre cele mai populare servicii ale Google Plus este cel de video chat, în special în rândul utilizatorilor tineri, a spus Schmidt. El a adăugat că ar dori "o mai bună integrare cu Twitter şi Facebook", făcând referire la serviciile similare oferite de Plus la concurenţă cu cei doi jucători deja consacraţi. Acordul pe căutări online dintre Google şi Twitter a expirat, iar Schmidt a afirmat că cele două companii nu au reuşit să ajungă la o nouă înţelegere, în pofida negocierilor îndelungate. Totodată, Schmidt a arătat că Google a încercat să convingă Facebook să permită utilizatorilor Plus să importe lista de prieteni de pe reţeaua mai veche, însă discuţiile nu au avut rezultat. Preşedintele Google a declarat însă că, în viziunea sa, utilizatorii pot avea multiple identităţi ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/5-things-the-skype-deal-teaches-us-about-facebook/ 5-things-the-skype-deal-teaches-us-about-facebook Fri, 8 Jul 2011 15:00:27 +0300 Editor's Note: Adam Ostrow is editor-in-chief of tech news site Mashable. (CNN) -- At one point during Facebook's "something awesome" event on Wednesday, more than 60,000 people were simultaneously tuned online to an unassuming meeting room at the company's headquarters to watch Mark Zuckerberg and cohorts unveil a slew of new features for the social-networking site. While that might not be quite on the level of a Steve Jobs keynote, it's impressive given the relative regularity of Facebook product launches and the lack of suspense surrounding the day's announcements (we've known Skype video chat was coming for nearly a week). The ever-growing ubiquity of Facebook was certainly a focal point of Zuckerberg's remarks. He confirmed the company now has more than 750 million active users and shared a personal anecdote about an elderly neighbor conversing with him on Wednesday morning about the event and his desire for video chat. Certainly, a sense that Facebook has "won" the social network battle seemed to permeate, with Zuckerberg saying that the era of connecting people -- forming the underlying social graph that makes Facebook work -- "is more or less done at this point." It's with that backdrop that we learned -- or at least confirmed -- several things about Facebook and where it currently sees itself in the technology world. Facebook is designing for the masses While no small technical feat, Facebook's video calling features aren't remarkably innovative. In fact, the first question Zuckerberg faced in the Q&A was about this week's hottest feature within the early-adopter set -- the "Hangouts" option ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/podcast-video-chat-goes-social-twitter-talks-to-the-president/ podcast-video-chat-goes-social-twitter-talks-to-the-president Fri, 8 Jul 2011 20:00:50 +0300 (CNN) -- On this week's Tech Check podcast, CNN Tech's Brandon Griggs, John D. Sutter and Stephanie Goldberg talk about the pluses and minuses of social video chat. Two social networks -- Facebook and the new Google+ -- began offering live video chat features recently. We compare the vastly different approaches these companies take -- and talk about whether anyone even wants to video chat on Facebook anyway. Also in this week's podcast, the CNN Tech gang analyzes Barack Obama's first-ever "Twitter Town Hall," in which the president took questions not from a galley of reporters but from you -- the people of the Internet. We peek inside Twitter's process for choosing which questions to ask the president. Our reader Comments of the Week come from a story on the "Dora Generation" -- i.e., kids under the age of 13 -- taking over Facebook. Some of you aren't super pleased to see these kiddies infiltrating that social network. And, finally, our Tech Fail of the Week is brought to you by none other than Facebook's CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, whose awkward press conference on Wednesday -- in which he showed off "log-normalized" graphs and stumbled on filler words -- briefly was the mockery of the, um, Internet. Um. To listen, click on the audio box to the left. To subscribe, you can find the Tech Check RSS feed here or subscribe on iTunes. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/phone-hacking-can-extend-beyond-voice-mail/ phone-hacking-can-extend-beyond-voice-mail Fri, 8 Jul 2011 21:00:24 +0300 (CNN) -- While the phone hacking by British tabloid News of the World was unexceptional by technical standards, security experts say the scandal portends how the growth of smartphones will lead to more sophisticated breaches. The tactics that tabloid reporters used to eavesdrop on high-profile British targets -- and eventually led News Corp. to announce Thursday it is killing the 167-year-old publication -- were remarkably low tech. Former News of the World staffers say that reporters employed tricks to access voice-mail inboxes and procure a great deal of information from British celebrities and the royal family. Experts say that to obtain the PIN codes needed to access those accounts, the reporters used an illegal method known as pretexting. This tactic involves calling, say, a customer-service representative for a cell-phone operator and impersonating someone to get details about that person's account. In many places, such as the United Kingdom and the United States, such practices are now prohibited. Pretexting used to be a vital tool for freelance investigators, said Frank Ahearn, a former detective who does consulting on how to avoid detection, in an interview with CNN last year. "I could still do it, but I just don't, because it's illegal now," he said. News of the World appears to have exploited a mechanism in mobile-phone carriers' systems that allows people to access voice-mail messages remotely, from any phone, experts say. The episodes followed an even more primitive breach in the 1990s when the Sun, another British tabloid, published recordings of royal family members' phone conversations. Among the revelations: James Gilbey, ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/youtube-testeaza-o-noua-interfata-a-site-ului-numita-cosmic-panda/ youtube-testeaza-o-noua-interfata-a-site-ului-numita-cosmic-panda Sun, 10 Jul 2011 04:03:16 +0300 YouTube a lansat spre testare o noua interfata numita Cosmic Panda care vine cu un numar mare de schimbari, de la modul in care clipurile pot fi vizionate pana la modalitati in care canalele pot fi personalizate. Sunt cele mai mari schimbari pe care YouTube le propune aspectului site-ului in ultimii sase ani, insa cei care nu doresc sa incerce Cosmic Panda pot ramane la aspectul traditional cu care s-au obisnuit.Google spune ca prin Cosmic Panda aduce un aspect mai modern al YouTube, cu mai multe functionalitati si mai multe posibilitati de a personaliza channel-urile. O mare diferenta tine de faptul ca video-urile sunt redate pe un background negru, nu pe albul bine-cunoscut, iar in pagina este mai putin text, in incercarea de a face navigarea mai simpla.Cateva functii sunt valabile doar pentru utilizatorii de Chrome, dar marea majoritate sunt disponibile in orice browser. Pentru a testa Cosmic Panda puteti intra aici. Cei de la YouTube spun ca e un experiment la care asteapta reactii (exista si un buton special pentru Feedback) si la care fac modificari continuu. Cei care au testat un timp Cosmic Panda, insa vor sa se intoarca la aspectul cu care s-au obiosnuit, pot face asta fara probleme. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/business-report-profitul-petrom-va-creste-cu-peste-50-pana-in-2012-la-un-nivel-record-de-800-de-milioane-de-euro-obiectiv-microsoft-500-de-angajati-in-romania-in-urmatorii-doi-ani-cu-ce-vine-google-sa-te-ia-de-pe-facebook-de-ce-valoreaza-twitter-7/ business-report-profitul-petrom-va-creste-cu-peste-50-pana-in-2012-la-un-nivel-record-de-800-de-milioane-de-euro-obiectiv-microsoft-500-de-angajati-in-romania-in-urmatorii-doi-ani-cu-ce-vine-google-sa-te-ia-de-pe-facebook-de-ce-valoreaza-twitter-7 Sun, 10 Jul 2011 04:03:47 +0300 Cheful de balaceala al romanilor, o afacere de 125 de milioane de euro. Investitorii mizeaza pe romanii care vor sa isi petreaca zilele libere aproape de casa si construiesc aqua parkuri. Suma totala a proiectelor este de patru ori mai mare decat cea investita pana acum in parcurile existente. Cel mai scump parc acvatic se va construi in Bucuresti, in urma unei investitii de 25 de milioane de euro. Banii provin dintr-un credit bancar (14 milioane de euro), respectiv un credit de constructii. Aqua Park Blue Ciel, dezvoltat de Bleu Ciel in parteneriat cu Primaria Capitalei, prin Administratia Lacuri, Parcuri si Agrement, va fi construit in zona Tineretului, pe o suprafata de 5,3 hectare din care 1,7 hectare reprezinta spatiu verde, scrie Capital.Renaissance Capital: Profitul Petrom va creste cu peste 50% pana in 2012, la un nivel record de 800 milioane de euro. Analistii bancii ruse de investitii Renaissance Capital, care orchestreaza vanzarea a 9,84% din Petrom pe bursa incepand de luni, se asteapta ca in 2012, castigul Petrom sa explodeze pana la cote - record de peste 800 mil. euro, respectiv 3,42 mld. lei. Anul trecut, OMV Petrom a realizat un profit net de 520 mil. Euro, cel mai mare din istoria sa de 14 ani. Potrivit analizei Renaissance, profitul Petrom ar urma sa creasca in acest an cu 38%, urmand ca in 2012 sa mai pluseze cu inca 13%. Anii 2013-2014 ar urma sa aduca o scadere pana la 2,7 miliarde de lei, in timp ce o revenire este vazuta ca fiind posibila ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/noul-drog-al-secolului-21-pornografia-pe-internet/ noul-drog-al-secolului-21-pornografia-pe-internet Sun, 10 Jul 2011 04:04:07 +0300 Miza este uriasa. Industria pornografiei pe internet inregistreaza venituri mai mari decat Microsoft, Google, Amazon, eBay, Yahoo, Apple si Netflix la un loc. In anul 2006, incasarile provenite din utilizarea pornografiei pe internet au ajuns pana la 97 miliarde de dolari. Sexul pe internet (cybersex) este la fel de adictiv precum cocaina si poate produce disfunctii erectile. Dependentii de pornografie pe internet par sa se recupereze mai greu decat consumatorii de droguri. Se estimeaza ca exista aproape doua milioane de persoane dependente de sex pe internet. Sunt aceste persoane constiente de faptul ca sufera de o boala? Ce sanse au sa se vindece? Despre noul drog al secolului, pornografia pe Internet, puteti citi pe MedLive.ro. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/cum-vor-fi-lovite-bancile-de-dezastrul-de-la-bac-2011-cum-pierd-bani-copos-si-tiriac-din-generatia-low-cost/ cum-vor-fi-lovite-bancile-de-dezastrul-de-la-bac-2011-cum-pierd-bani-copos-si-tiriac-din-generatia-low-cost Mon, 11 Jul 2011 10:01:44 +0300 De ce îţi trebuie BAC-ul? Banii poţi să-i faci şi dacă ai 4 sau 12 clase! O parte dintre miliardarii lumii nu se disting prin şcolile făcute şi toată lumea scrie despre ei, sunt în prim-plan oriunde ar merge. Bill Gates, Richard Branson, Invar Kamprad (Ikea), Warren Buffett, Carlos Slim - cel mai bogat om din lume la ora actuală, Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook), Ion Ţiriac, Ilie Năstase, Adrian Mutu, Gigi Becali sau Silviu Prigoană (aici comparaţia este forţată, dar scriem despre ei). În acest grup, Dinu Patriciu, cu arhitectura la bază şi chiar profesor, a luat "BAC-ul" miliardarilor. Am citit acum 3 luni un articol în revista Bloomberg Business Week despre un miliardar american care a câştigat imens investind la început în Google, Facebook, Twitter şi în alte reţele şi acum le dă "burse" studenţilor pentru a se lăsa de şcoală şi a lucra la afacerile lor. El susţine că şcoala reduce din spriritul antreprenorial, îl sugrumă şi astfel nu apar idei şi produse noi, revoluţionare şi companii care să schimbe lumea, cum au fost cele puse pe piaţă de Bill Gates (Microsoft) sau Mark Zuckerberg( Facebook). Ca să vinzi şi să faci bani din terenuri, oi, fotbalişti, maşini, calculatoare, pagini din Facebook, gunoaie, din cântări, din crâşmă şi restaurante (că tot a zis preşedintele Băsescu că ţara are nevoie de ospătari) nu-ţi trebuie şcoală. Ca să iei terenul cu 10 euro/mp şi să-l dai peste 10 ani cu 800 de euro ai nevoie numai de banii de început, putere de a aştepta şi noroc. Ca să ai terenul în zona potrivită. Ca să mergi în Germania să iei o maşină cu ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/48-de-ore-pe-hotnewsro-exclusiv-romania-renegociaza-conventia-semnata-cu-rusia-in-1996-examenul-de-bacalaureat-2011-si-din-anii-3990-marile-diferente-de-mentalitate-si-sistem-confiscarea-confiscarii-petrom-sustine-ca-a-descoperit-in-sud-vestul-r/ 48-de-ore-pe-hotnewsro-exclusiv-romania-renegociaza-conventia-semnata-cu-rusia-in-1996-examenul-de-bacalaureat-2011-si-din-anii-3990-marile-diferente-de-mentalitate-si-sistem-confiscarea-confiscarii-petrom-sustine-ca-a-descoperit-in-sud-vestul-r Mon, 11 Jul 2011 10:02:32 +0300 Exclusiv Romania renegociaza conventia semnata cu Rusia in 1996. Vezi cum ar putea ajunge Romania sa importe de 4 ori mai mult gaz rusesc Romania se afla in plin proces de renegociere a Conventiei semnata la Moscova in 1996 cu Federatia Rusa, potrivit unei informatii transmise de Ministerul Economiei la solicitarea HotNews.ro. Aceasta conventie este foarte importanta in conditiile in care face referire la atat la cantitatile de gaze rusesti livrate in Romania, cat si la tranzitul in tari terte. O modificare esentiala a conventiei va fi introducerea dreptului de a revinde in alte state gazele livrate de Rusia pentru consumatorii romani.Examenul de Bacalaureat 2011 si din anii '90 . Marile diferente de mentalitate si sistem Pana in 2000, media obtinuta de un elev la Bacalaureat era aproape aceeasi cu cea pe care acelasi elev o obtinea in anii II si III la facultate. Din 2004, "BAC-ul si-a pierdut valoarea predictiva", a declarat pentru HotNews.ro Mircea Miclea, psiholog si fost ministru al Educatiei. Acesta a explicat care sunt marile diferente dintre examenele sustinute de elevi in urma cu 20 de ani si Bacalaureatul cu promovabilitate de 44,47%: de la lucrarile sustinute de profesori la clasa si pana la decizia de a urma cursurile unei universitati straine.VIDEO ​​Google+ versus Facebook. Cum schimba Google Hangouts peisajul retelelor sociale si ce rol au Hulu si Skype in duelul gigantilorRetelele de socializare au devenit in ultimii ani cheia de bolta a internetului. De la corporatii la guverne, de la start-up-uri la giganti care valoreaza miliarde de dolari, toata lumea ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/this-week39s-tech-check-podcast/ this-week39s-tech-check-podcast Mon, 11 Jul 2011 15:30:31 +0300 (CNN) -- On this week's Tech Check podcast, CNN Tech's Brandon Griggs, John D. Sutter and Stephanie Goldberg talk about the pluses and minuses of social video chat. Two social networks -- Facebook and the new Google+ -- began offering live video chat features recently. We compare the vastly different approaches these companies take -- and talk about whether anyone even wants to video chat on Facebook anyway. Also in this week's podcast, the CNN Tech gang analyzes Barack Obama's first-ever "Twitter Town Hall," in which the president took questions not from a galley of reporters but from you -- the people of the Internet. We peek inside Twitter's process for choosing which questions to ask the president. Our reader Comments of the Week come from a story on the "Dora Generation" -- i.e., kids under the age of 13 -- taking over Facebook. Some of you aren't super pleased to see these kiddies infiltrating that social network. And, finally, our Tech Fail of the Week is brought to you by none other than Facebook's CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, whose awkward press conference on Wednesday -- in which he showed off "log-normalized" graphs and stumbled on filler words -- briefly was the mockery of the, um, Internet. Um. To listen, click on the audio box to the left. To subscribe, you can find the Tech Check RSS feed here or subscribe on iTunes. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/rumor-apple-working-on-39ipad-hd39/ rumor-apple-working-on-39ipad-hd39 Mon, 11 Jul 2011 15:30:32 +0300 (CNN) -- Tech blogs are never short on Apple rumors. Here's the latest: The company reportedly is working on a new iPad, due out later this year, that will have a higher-resolution screen. Dubbed the "iPad HD" by a blog called This Is My Next, which is run by former editors from the respected tech site Engadget, the new iPad is said to be a "pro" device that could be used for high-end video editing and photography. "Think MacBook and MacBook Pro," writes Joshua Topolsky, referring to Apple's lines of laptops. The iPad HD, which would have a screen with twice the resolution of the current model, will be introduced in September alongside new software that will cater do these higher-end applications, the blog says, citing unnamed sources. Ars Technica, another tech site, says the rumor makes sense given the fact that Apple has been releasing high-resolution versions of tablet content. "Apple started including pixel-doubled artwork in versions of iBooks for iPad some time ago. It recently added yet more 2048 x 1536 pixel artwork in iOS 5 betas for newer features like Twitter and Newsstand. So it seems a pretty safe bet that a future iPad will definitely use this resolution," that site writes. But Ars Technica doubts Apple would start a second, high-end line of tablet computers. The high-resolution screen could boost the price of the Apple's popular tablet computer, which is the best-selling on the market, says the Time blog Techland. Full disclosure: Time shares a parent company with CNN. "The screen itself would be so expensive that it'd be ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/are-google-music-and-amazon39s-cloud-player-illegal/ are-google-music-and-amazon39s-cloud-player-illegal Mon, 11 Jul 2011 16:00:45 +0300 (Ars Technica) -- Amazon.com made waves in March when it announced Cloud Player, a new "cloud music" service that allows users to upload their music collections for personal use. It did so without a license agreement, and the major music labels were not amused. Sony Music said it was keeping its "legal options open" as it pressured Amazon to pay up. In the following weeks, two more companies announced music services of their own. Google, which has long had a frosty relationship with the labels, followed Amazon's lead; Google Music Beta was announced without the Big Four on board (read our first impressions). But Apple has been negotiating licenses so it can operate iCloud with the labels' blessing. The different strategies pursued by these firms presents a puzzle. Either Apple wasted millions of dollars on licenses it doesn't need, or Amazon and Google are vulnerable to massive copyright lawsuits. All three are sophisticated firms that employ a small army of lawyers, so it's a bit surprising that they reached such divergent assessments of what the law requires. So how did it happen? And who's right? A lost decade It was a service ahead of its time. Slip a CD into your computer, and the music on it would instantly be added to your online locker. From there, it could be streamed to any Internet-connected computer. Several services do this today, but MP3.com was launched more than a decade ago. The site was a 1990s dot-com star, flush with cash from its $340 million IPO. The recording industry sued, ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-experiencing-some-growing-pains/ google-experiencing-some-growing-pains Mon, 11 Jul 2011 23:30:30 +0300 (CNN) -- Since its debut in late June, Google+ has captured much of the tech world's online conversation. The chatter is generally positive, with tech bloggers cheering Google's new social network as a cleaner and more robust alternative to Facebook. But there have been some bumps on the road. Over the weekend, Google admitted to inadvertently "spamming" some Google+ users with notification e-mails -- the messages the company sends out if another user adds you to their "circles" of contacts on the site or comments on one of your posts. Instead of sending those notes out only once, as intended, Google+ sent them "over and over again," writes Google's Vic Gundotra in a post on his Google+ page. "Thank you for helping us during this field trial, and once again, we are very sorry for the spam," the Google vice president wrote Saturday. Most Google+ users seemed quick to forgive the slip-up. "No worries Vic. Keep up the good work! Looking forward to more improvements!" one user wrote in a reply to the apology. "It's alright, man! :D You rocks!" said another. Gundotra chalked the spam up to growing pains. "For about 80 minutes we ran out of disk space on the service that keeps track of notifications. Hence our system continued to try sending notifications. Over, and over again. Yikes," he wrote. "We didn't expect to hit these high thresholds so quickly, but we should have." It's unclear exactly how many people have joined Google+, and the service undoubtedly has far, far fewer users than Facebook, which leads the field with 750 million users. ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-experiences-some-growing-pains/ google-experiences-some-growing-pains Tue, 12 Jul 2011 02:30:32 +0300 (CNN) -- Since its debut in late June, Google+ has captured much of the tech world's online conversation. The chatter is generally positive, with tech bloggers cheering Google's new social network as a cleaner and more robust alternative to Facebook. But there have been some bumps on the road. Over the weekend, Google admitted to inadvertently "spamming" some Google+ users with notification e-mails -- the messages the company sends out if another user adds you to their "circles" of contacts on the site or comments on one of your posts. Instead of sending those notes out only once, as intended, Google+ sent them "over and over again," writes Google's Vic Gundotra in a post on his Google+ page. "Thank you for helping us during this field trial, and once again, we are very sorry for the spam," the Google vice president wrote Saturday. Most Google+ users seemed quick to forgive the slip-up. "No worries Vic. Keep up the good work! Looking forward to more improvements!" one user wrote in a reply to the apology. "It's alright, man! :D You rocks!" said another. Gundotra chalked the spam up to growing pains. "For about 80 minutes we ran out of disk space on the service that keeps track of notifications. Hence our system continued to try sending notifications. Over, and over again. Yikes," he wrote. "We didn't expect to hit these high thresholds so quickly, but we should have." It's unclear exactly how many people have joined Google+, and the service undoubtedly has far, far fewer users than Facebook, which leads the field with 750 million users. ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/business-reportinterviu-anca-boagiu-in-2015-vom-avea-845-km-de-autostrada-cu-ce-s-a-ales-statul-din-afacerea-petrom-cati-utilizatorii-are-google-in-acest-moment-economia-chinei-a-inceput-sa-gafaie/ business-reportinterviu-anca-boagiu-in-2015-vom-avea-845-km-de-autostrada-cu-ce-s-a-ales-statul-din-afacerea-petrom-cati-utilizatorii-are-google-in-acest-moment-economia-chinei-a-inceput-sa-gafaie Tue, 12 Jul 2011 03:32:02 +0300 Anca Boagiu: "In 2015, vom avea 845 km de autostrada". Dublarea sau chiar triplarea numarului kilometrilor de autostrada le va aduce romanilor si o taxa. Deocamdata nu se stie care va fi valoarea taxei, dar ea va fi introdusa pe toate autostrazile. Interviu integral in Capital.  Cea mai mare amenda colectiva din istorie? 8 milioane de romani ar putea plati statului 1 mld. euro. V-ati asigurat locuinta? Daca nu, incepand de pe 15 iulie, pregatiti-va sa platiti intre 100 si 500 de lei amenda. Nu stiati ca expira termenul? Nu sunteti singurii. In conditiile in care statul nu s-a omorat cu promovarea Legii 260/2008, s-a ajuns in situatia ca primariile sa emita amenzi pentru 7,8 milioane de imobile. Doar 7,1% dintre locuintele din Romania detin o polita de asigurare obligatorie a locuintei, cu numai 4 zile inainte de expirarea termenului limita pana la care fiecare casa trebuie asigurata, scrie DailyBusiness.ro. 40 de ani de cand America a abandonat aurul. 40 de ani de dezordine financiara. Anul acesta, pe 15 august, se implinesc 40 de ani de cand SUA au renuntat unilateral la etalonul aur, adica la covertibilitate deplina a dolarului american in aur. S-a pus astfel capat sistemului instituit la Bretton Woods in 1945, cand dolarul american a devenit moneda de referinta si de rezerva a statelor lumii. Cursurile de schimb au fost fixate fata de dolar, si implicit fata de aur, marja de variatie fiind de 1%, scrie Money.ro.   Analiza SWOT pe oferta Petrom. De ce pariaza analistii straini pe un discount de 15-20% ca la OMV. Pretul la ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-marcheaza-450-de-ani-de-la-inaltarea-catedralei-sfantul-vasile-din-moscova-printr-un-logo-nou/ google-marcheaza-450-de-ani-de-la-inaltarea-catedralei-sfantul-vasile-din-moscova-printr-un-logo-nou Tue, 12 Jul 2011 12:31:52 +0300 Google şi-a modificat, marţi, logoul de pe pagina sa principală, pentru a celebra 450 de ani de la construirea catedralei Sfântul Vasile, unul dintre simbolurile oraşului Moscova. În noul logo al Google este inserată o imagine a celebrei catedrale. Catedrala Sfântul Vasile, situată în centrul Moscovei, în Piaţa Roşie, este celebră pentru cupolele sale spectaculoase în formă de ceapă, pictate în culori puternice. Catedrala are nouă capele construite pe o singură fundaţie, fiind ridicată între anii 1555 - 1561, ca simbol al victoriei lui Ivan cel Groaznic asupra tătarilor din Hanatul Kazanului. Lăcaşul de cult ortodox reprezintă unul dintre principalele puncte de atracţie din capitala Rusiei. Catedrala marchează centrul geometric al oraşului. Până în anul 1600, catedrala Sfantul Vasile a fost cea mai înaltă clădire din Moscova, titulatura fiind preluată apoi de Turnul Clopotniţă al lui Ivan cel Mare. Google îşi modifică frecvent logoul pentru a marca evenimente importante ale istoriei universale sau pentru a celebra mari personalităţi. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-e-reader-to-go-on-sale-july-17/ google-e-reader-to-go-on-sale-july-17 Tue, 12 Jul 2011 15:00:46 +0300 (Ars Technica) -- Google has announced its plans to launch a Google eBooks-optimized e-reader on July 17. Called the iriver Story HD, the e-book reader is designed to give users easy access to the 3 million free titles Google holds in addition to a few hundred thousand paid titles, with a price and design that is very similar to Amazon's Kindle. The Story HD appears to be an evolution of iriver's Story e-reader from 2009, a model that was praised for its wide support of e-book formats. The Story HD has a similar design that includes a QWERTY keyboard, though this edition has plated gold accents on the keys and frame. A long, thin four-direction button centered above the keyboard appears to handle page turning, meaning the Story HD is a step behind the newest Nook's touchscreen page-turns for the same price. Google notes that in addition to reading e-books from local storage, users will be able to read books directly via the Story HD's WiFi connection without having to download the book to the device. The Google Books API is also open to all publishers, retailers, and manufacturers, so anyone can put their content on the store. Given that Google Books is one of the most widely accessible e-book platforms -- computers, Android and iOS devices as well as Nook and Sony readers can all access the e-book content -- we expect the hardware and user experience will have to deliver in order for the reader to make an impact on a market where other brands ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/us-army-may-soon-equip-troops-with-smartphones/ us-army-may-soon-equip-troops-with-smartphones Tue, 12 Jul 2011 17:31:04 +0300 (CNN) -- For U.S. Army troops, smartphones could become requisite field gear, along with boots, guns and ammunition. The Army is wrapping up a six-week program to test the viability of using touchscreen phones and tablets in combat. The pilot program began on June 6 within the White Sands and Fort Bliss training areas in New Mexico and Texas. This dry run has proved so encouraging that Army officials say they expect the first wave of smartphone-equipped soldiers could be shipped overseas later this year. Certain members of brigades are already assigned tactical radios. The phones wouldn't replace radios, but they would be distributed more widely and would ideally operate in conjunction with older equipment, officials said. The infantry is using smartphones to text message updates about their surroundings, send pictures with an attached GPS location, pull up maps, and quickly fill out regular reports. "When they have a problem or need to submit a report, they default to the texting," said Michael McCarthy, an Army director for the program. "These young soldiers grew up with this technology. They're very familiar with it. They're very comfortable with it." Systems that tap a phone's camera and GPS to overlay information on an image of nearby surroundings, also called "augmented reality," is also in development, officials said. In the trials, troops have collectively evaluated more than 300 Android, iPhone and Windows Phone units, McCarthy said. They are also kicking the tires on tablets from Apple, Dell and Hewlett-Packard, he said. Separately, another Army division is testing phones running a specialized version of Google's open-source Android ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/us-troops-may-soon-get-smartphones/ us-troops-may-soon-get-smartphones Tue, 12 Jul 2011 18:00:10 +0300 (CNN) -- For U.S. Army troops, smartphones could become requisite field gear, along with boots, guns and ammunition. The Army is wrapping up a six-week program to test the viability of using touchscreen phones and tablets in combat. The pilot program began on June 6 within the White Sands and Fort Bliss training areas in New Mexico and Texas. This dry run has proved so encouraging that Army officials say they expect the first wave of smartphone-equipped soldiers could be shipped overseas later this year. Certain members of brigades are already assigned tactical radios. The phones wouldn't replace radios, but they would be distributed more widely and would ideally operate in conjunction with older equipment, officials said. The infantry is using smartphones to text message updates about their surroundings, send pictures with an attached GPS location, pull up maps, and quickly fill out regular reports. "When they have a problem or need to submit a report, they default to the texting," said Michael McCarthy, an Army director for the program. "These young soldiers grew up with this technology. They're very familiar with it. They're very comfortable with it." Systems that tap a phone's camera and GPS to overlay information on an image of nearby surroundings, also called "augmented reality," is also in development, officials said. In the trials, troops have collectively evaluated more than 300 Android, iPhone and Windows Phone units, McCarthy said. They are also kicking the tires on tablets from Apple, Dell and Hewlett-Packard, he said. Separately, another Army division is testing phones running a specialized version of Google's open-source Android ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/curtea-europeana-de-justitie-cazul-l39oreal-vs-ebay/ curtea-europeana-de-justitie-cazul-l39oreal-vs-ebay Tue, 12 Jul 2011 21:31:57 +0300 Astazi Curtea Europeana de Justitie (CEJ) s-a pronuntat in cazul L'Oreal vs Ebay (C-324/09), o speta ce pune din nou in discutiei rolul intermediarului in activitatile online - si anume ar putea fi responsabil eBay pentru anunturile puse de terti ce incalca drepturile unor marci? Dar daca le ajuta sa le promoveze?Cu siguranta ca intreaba argumentatia merita o reflectie mai detaliata, insa la prima vedere nu pot sa nu remarc reluarea argumentatiei CEJ din cazul Google Adwords care detalia importanta functiei neutre a intermediarului “întrucât comportamentul său este pur tehnic, automat și pasiv, presupunând lipsa cunoașterii sau a controlului datelor pe care le stochează.”. De data aceasta instanta interpreteaza art 14 alin 1 al Directivei privind comertul electronic “în sensul că se aplică operatorului unei piețe online în cazul în care acesta nu a jucat un rol activ care să îi fi permis să aibă o cunoaștere sau un control al datelor stocate.Operatorul menționat joacă un astfel de rol atunci când acordă asistență constând în special în optimizarea prezentării ofertelor de vânzare în cauză sau în promovarea acestora.”Mai mult chiar daca rolul sau nu este activ “operatorul amintit nu se poate prevala totuși de exonerarea de răspundere prevăzută de această dispoziție în cazul în care a avut cunoștință de fapte sau de împrejurări pe baza cărora un operator economic diligent ar fi trebuit să remarce nelegalitatea ofertelor de vânzare în cauză și, în ipoteza unei astfel de cunoștințe, nu a acționat prompt în conformitate cu alineatul (1) litera (b) al articolului 14 menționat.”Cu toate ca ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/google-offers-chance-for-a-social-reboot/ google-offers-chance-for-a-social-reboot Wed, 13 Jul 2011 03:00:34 +0300 (CNN) -- Almost immediately after Google launched its new, not-Facebook social network in late June, a hilarious and much-shared comic strip about the service popped up online. "You should I join Google+!" one stick figure urges another. "What is it?" "Not Facebook!" "What's it like?" "Facebook!" "Oh, what the hell. I guess that's all I really wanted." The comic strip, posted by Randall Munroe on xkcd.com, struck a nerve with an audience in social media overload. If nothing else, many early Google+ users figured, this new social network would give them a chance to start over -- to build a new online network without all the distant ex-classmates, boring business associates, and kooky cousins that have made Facebook, like MySpace and Friendster before it, more of a carnival than a comfy living room. "Much as I've tried to tame my network, it feels more like a hydra or the carnivorous plant from 'Little Shop of Horrors' than the calm and orderly information drag net that I thought I was weaving," wrote Alexis Madrigal, an editor at The Atlantic, in a post titled "Google+: In praise of starting over." "I needed a greenfield in which to grow a different network." Sure, some of the chatter about Google+ has focused on features: The site's 10-person video chat, called Hangouts, is generally considered to be superior to Facebook's recently announced integration with Skype for video calls. On Google+, you don't have to submit friend requests, which some users like because it means you don't have to actively reject anyone. Instead, you add friends to "circles" and then, ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/zece-produse-care-au-esuat-inca-de-la-lansare-de-la-bautura-cu-cocaina-la-windows-vista-mari-companii-care-au-dat-rateuri/ zece-produse-care-au-esuat-inca-de-la-lansare-de-la-bautura-cu-cocaina-la-windows-vista-mari-companii-care-au-dat-rateuri Wed, 13 Jul 2011 08:31:40 +0300 Doar dacă ai o idee bună, asta nu înseamnă că te vei îmbogăţi. Să luăm ca exemplu băutura energizantă care combină alcoolul cu cofeina şi care era un produs perfect pentru tinerii dornici de senzaţii noi. Câteva spitalizri în rândul consmatorilor au fost de ajuns pentru ca produsul să fie interzis în scurt timp de la lansare. Şi nu este singurul caz al unui produs care s-a dovedit un fiasco încă de la lansare. Giganţi ca Apple, Google sau McDonald's au avut, pe lângă succesele de business răsunătoare, care l-au adus notorietatea de astăzi, şi încercări deloc fericite pe care le-au retras rapid de pe piaţă. Iată câteva exemple de produse "ratate" din ultimii 20 de ani: Google Wave După mai puţin de un an de la lansare, Google a închis definitiv serviciul de instant-messaging, în august 2010. Un serviciu combinat de mesagerie, email şi reţea socială, Google Wave a fost ori prea complicat, ori a fost lansat mai devreme decât trebuia. Află care sunt celelalte eşecuri ale marilor companii pe www.incont.ro http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/si-marile-companii-dau-rateuri-de-la-bautura-cu-cocaina-la-windows-vista-10-produse-care-au-esuat-inca-de-la-lansare-foto/ si-marile-companii-dau-rateuri-de-la-bautura-cu-cocaina-la-windows-vista-10-produse-care-au-esuat-inca-de-la-lansare-foto Wed, 13 Jul 2011 10:01:10 +0300 Doar daca ai o idee buna nu inseamna ca te vei si imbogati. Sa luam ca exemplu bautura energizanta care combina alcoolul cu cofeina si care era un podus perfect pentru tinerii dornici de senzatii noi. Cateva spitalizari in randul consumatorilor au fost de ajuns pentru ca produsul sa fie interzis in scurt timp de la lansare. Si nu este singurul caz al unui produs care s-a dovedit un fiasco inca de la lansare. Giganti ca Apple, Google sau McDonald's au avut, pe langa succesele de business rasunatoare, care le-au adus notorietatea de astazi, si incercari deloc fericite pe care le-au retras rapid de pe piata. Vezi care sunt acestea pe www.incont.ro. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/jihad-cibernetic-pe-facebook-teroristii-au-incercat-sa-invadeze-reteaua-de-socializare/ jihad-cibernetic-pe-facebook-teroristii-au-incercat-sa-invadeze-reteaua-de-socializare Wed, 13 Jul 2011 13:01:59 +0300 Teroriştii au încerca să "invadeze" reţeaua de socializare Facebook şi planifică un "jihad cibernetic" devastator împotriva Marii Britanii şi a Occidentului, avertizează experţii, citaţi de cotidianul The Sun. Aceste avertizări intervin în timp ce ministrul britanic de Interne Theresa May a dezvăluit noua strategie antiterorism a Guvernului de la Londra. Oficiali din cadrul serviciilor de securitate susţin că terorismul cibernetic va deveni o ameninţare tot mai mare. Documentul de 123 de pagini dezvăluie că o unitate - Brigăzile Tariq bin Ziyad pentru Jihadul Electronic - a atacat mai multe computere anul trecut. "De la moartea lui Osama ben Laden, Al-Qaida a cerut nu numai comiterea unor acte individuale de terorism, ci şi demararea unui jihad cibernetic", arată documentul. Experţii apreciază că sunt mii de site-uri care au legătură cu terorismul, iar "câteva zeci au o mare influenţă şi sunt frecventate de terorişti", precizează documentul. "Folosirea reţelelor sociale şi a site-urilor de partajare a înregistrărilor video este ceva obişnuit. Au fost numeroase încercări ale teroriştilor şi grupărilor extremiste de a «invada» Facebook", continuă documentul. "Teroriştii folosesc tot mai mult tehnologia online, inclusiv Google Earth şi Street View, pentru planificarea atacurilor", a declarat ministrul britanic. http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/trei-americani-au-castigat-premiile-pentru-stiinta-decernate-de-grupul-google/ trei-americani-au-castigat-premiile-pentru-stiinta-decernate-de-grupul-google Wed, 13 Jul 2011 13:02:07 +0300 Trei tineri americani au câştigat premiile pentru ştiinţă decernate de grupul Google, impunându-se din 7.500 de participanţi provenind din 91 de ţări, au anunţat, marţi, reprezentanţii acestei companii de internet. Câştigătorii au fost premiaţi pentru proiecte care vizează tratamentul pacientelor suferind de cancer ovarian, agenţii cancerigeni potenţiali din sosurile folosite la frigăruile de pui şi îmbunăţirea calităţii aerului din locuinţe pentru a reduce frecvenţa crizelor de astm. Câştigătoarea primului premiu, Shree Bose, care a concurat la grupa de vârstă 17-18 ani, a primit o bursă de studii de 50.000 de dolari, o călătorie în Insulele Galapagos alături de reprezentanţii programului National Geographic Explorer şi un stagiu la CERN, Organizaţia europeană pentru cercetări nucleare. "Shree a descoperit o modalitate de a îmbunătăţi tratamentul cancerului ovarian la pacientele care au dezvoltat o rezistenţă la chimioterapie", se precizează pe un blog al grupului Google. Ceilalţi doi câştigători sunt Lauren Hodge şi Naomi Shah, care s-au impus la categoriile de vârstă 13-14 ani şi 15-16 ani. Lauren Hodge "a studiat efectele mai multor tipuri de sosuri asupra nivelului agenţilor potenţial cancerigeni şi periculoşi din carnea friptă de pui", au declarat reprezentanţii Google. Naomi Shah "a realizat un studiu pentru a demonstra faptul că efectuarea unor schimbări în interiorul locuinţei poate să amelioreze calitatea aerului şi reduce dependenţa astmaticilor faţă de anumite medicamente", au adăugat reprezentanţii Google. Lauren Hodge şi Naomi Shah au primit fiecare burse de studii de 25.000 de dolari şi stagii la Google şi la fabricantul de jucării Lego. Din juriu au făcut parte oameni de ştiinţă renumiţi, inclusiv laureaţi ai premiului Nobel, vizionari din domeniul tehnologiilor de vârf şi alte nume importante din universul ştiinţific. Acest concurs ştiinţific, anunţat în ianuarie, este primul proiect de acest ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/arca-a-prezentat-la-nasa-programul-iar-111-realizat-pentru-competitia-google-lunar-x-prize/ arca-a-prezentat-la-nasa-programul-iar-111-realizat-pentru-competitia-google-lunar-x-prize Wed, 13 Jul 2011 13:02:08 +0300 Asociaţia Română pentru Cosmonautică şi Aeronautică (ARCA) a prezentat programul IAR-111, un aparat destinat lansării rachetei spaţiale Haas II pentru competiţia Google Lunar X Prize, la NASA Ames Research Center (SUA), potrivit unui comunicat remis MEDIAFAX. ARCA participă, în perioada 10 - 13 iulie, la Summitul Google Lunar X Prize, organizat la NASA Ames Research Center şi Seti Institute din San Francisco. În cadrul acestui summit, ARCA a prezentat programul IAR-111 pentru competiţia de 30 milioane de dolari Google Lunar X Prize. Echipa din România a avut posibilitatea să discute cu inginerii de la NASA Ames Research Center despre testarea modelelor de aeronave şi astronave în tunele aerodinamice şi despre protecţia astronavelor la reintrarea în atmosfera terestră. "A fost o oportunitate pentru noi să vedem la NASA Ames locuri legendare pentru industria aerospaţială, locuri în care s-au testat în cursul timpului majoritatea avioanelor experimentale americane, precum şi cabinele Apollo care au purtat astronauţii americani pe Lună şi naveta spaţială. Sunt locuri în care istoria te copleşeşte la tot pasul şi este extraordinar aproape să retrăieşti pe viu experimentele pe care le-ai învăţat din documentele de cercetare publicate de NASA. O experienţă cu adevărat copleşitoare", spune Dumitru Popescu, preşedintele ARCA. Potrivit comunicatului, un moment impresionant a fost atunci când trei cosmonauţi ruşi de pe Staţia Spaţială Internaţională au intrat în legătură cu participanţii la summit şi şi-au exprimat gândurile despre importanţa competiţiei şi despre deschiderea unei noi ere în explorarea privată a cosmosului. Totodată, ARCA a mers la sediul central al Google, unde s-au discutat strategiile pentru competiţie, precum şi despre o mai bună promovare a echipei ARCA utilizând tehnologiile companiei de internet. Reprezentanţii ARCA au declarat pentru MEDIAFAX că participanţii la competiţia Google Lunar ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/tech-elite-struggling-to-define-google/ tech-elite-struggling-to-define-google Wed, 13 Jul 2011 22:01:10 +0300 (CNN) -- At first, everyone thought it was Facebook. But as tech insiders take more time to explore Google's new online social network, called Google+, which is currently available only to people who are invited to the service, they're becoming more and more confused. Is this Twitter? Kind of. Some bloggers have rushed to declare Google+ as Twitter's assassin; others say those claims are bunk; and still others say Google+ has made them rethink Twitter to the point that they say it never really was that valuable. Is it Tumblr, the blogging platform? Maybe. Kevin Rose, who founded the once-popular site Digg, is so enamored with Google+ that he essentially gave up his blog in favor of it. Is it something new? No one's really sure about that idea, either. Google+ is the Taco-Bell-meets-KFC of social networking, throwing Twitter's "follower" mentality, Facebook's look, and Tumblr's digital-salon culture all onto one combo plate. But the combo-plate approach to a Web product doesn't always work, and it doesn't explain Google's new features, including "friend circles" and video "hangouts," where users can talk in groups of 10 at once. The reality is that Google+ may still be in the putty phase: It's likely to become whatever its users mold it into. There's precedent for this theory in social media's (short) history. When Facebook started, for example, there was no photo-sharing feature. Consequently, it was common for users to change their profile pictures daily, or even more often, as a way to share new photos with all of their online friends. Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's CEO, said he noticed this. ... http://www.promovaregoogle.ro/netflix-customers-see-red-after-price-hike/ netflix-customers-see-red-after-price-hike Thu, 14 Jul 2011 04:00:34 +0300 (CNN) -- If Netflix had filed Tuesday's price-hike news in a movie genre, it would be either drama or horror. U.S. customers of the DVD-by-mail and Web-streaming service are storming the Internet to protest Netflix's plan to increase the prices of its most popular packages. "The changes you guys have made in the last 4-6 months have turned me from a serious Netflix Geek into considering cancellation. It's a damn shame," wrote a customer named Justin Block, one of almost 6,000 commenters on Netflix's blog. Netflix's Facebook page attracted more than 28,000 comments as of Wednesday morning, most of them critical of the move. And thousands of consumers were voicing complaints under #DearNetflix on Twitter. Netflix has adjusted its offerings, separating physical disc mailings from Internet video. DVD-only subscriptions start at $7.99 per month, the same price as a streaming-only plan. But a monthly plan that combines physical DVDs with Web streaming costs almost $16 -- a 60% price increase. For prospective customers, the new pricing structure went into effect on Tuesday. For current subscribers, the rates will change on September 1. Netflix, which did not respond to a request for comment, outlined the adjustment in a company blog post. In the message, a spokeswoman was very upbeat, describing each plan as "a terrific value." Commenters weren't as enthusiastic. "The only way that this is terrific for the customer is if you plan to offer your entire collection available for streaming," wrote Sc