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Samsung Galaxy S III Gets 9 Million Preorders on 100 Carriers

May 20, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Korea Economic Daily has a piece reporting on the huge success that the Galaxy S III is, ahead of its debut in stores. Apparently, the device has already received 9 million pre-orders from 100 carriers all over the world. The info comes from a Samsung official who remained anonymous.

The figure is very impressive, especially if you consider that the Galaxy S II took 10 months to ship 20 million units, while the new Galaxy S took a mere 2 weeks to reach almost half of that number. Also, the preorders are better than shipments, since they’re almost as good as sales. It looks like Samsung has hit gold once again with this model and Apple really has something to fear this time, or better said HTC and LG do, since Apple’s preorders for the iPhone 4S were much bigger and I’m sure the iPhone 5 will break records. [Read more...]

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Risk become a blogger or computer programmer

May 18, 2012 By 1 Comment

Blogger or other job like computer programmer spends most of the time in front of computer doing something on their computer. More post in a day, more time blogger spends time on seat. Blogger not only posting but also they also spend time looking other websites to get new topic for next day. However, spend time on the seat is not good for the blogger. This desk job can kill blogger silently. At least, it likely makes you fatter, sicker and more stressed out than a job that doesn’t require sitting down.

The American Heart Association recommends taking at least 10,000 steps per day, so take the stairs instead of that tempting elevator. Ten minutes of climbing stairs each day will burn 150 calories for a 150-pound person. Even this research is conducted by American Heart Association, but after all, all people in the world shared same body – nobody is alien. [Read more...]

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Next upcoming game from Rovio-Amazing Alex

May 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Rovio, the creator of most popular mobile games, Angry Birds is set to launch a new game called Amazing Alex this summer. Finnish television station, YLE, reports that the game was rebranding of ‘Casey’s Contraptions’, an iPad game which Rovio bought from developers Noel Llopis and Miguel A.Friginal,  earlier this month.

Rovio CEO Mikael Hed told Finnish TV station Yle that the latest game “has an educational element and centers on the main character Alex, a curious young boy who loves to build things.”

The game revolves around a curious little boy, Alex, who enjoys building Rube Goldberg-esque contraptions. In the game, players can use soccer balls, toy cars, tilting shelves, scissors, magnets, pails and boxing gloves to accomplish a task. It is another physics-based game along the lines of ‘Angry Bird’.

Rovio teased the upcoming release in it’s video highlighting Angry Birds’ 1 billion downloads. Casey’s Contraptions is going to be removed from the App Store, likely in anticipation of a release under the Rovio name. Amazing Alex game may become next popular game after Angry Birds.

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Apple prepares to launch revamped MacBook Pro

May 15, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Apple is getting set to launch a renovated version of its MacBook Pro line that will include a higher-resolution display and a thinner frame, according to a report by 9 to 5 Mac.

The 15-inch version of the MacBook Pros will arrive this summer, according to the website, which cites “trusted sources in Apple’s supply chain.”

The redesigned computers will include the same type of retina display technology used by the latest iPhone and iPad. The report also says Apple will allow users to adjust their display preferences between settings described simply as “big, small, or optimal,” for example.

Along with the upgraded display, the new line of MacBook Pros will be much thinner than before. The long-running rumor was the MacBook Pros would adopt the MacBook Air designs, but the latest report says that isn’t exactly true.

The new MacBook Pros will be similar to the MacBook Airs, but they will be “more of a pancake than a blade,” as Gizmodo describes. 

Apple has also dropped the MacBook Pro’s ethernet port and optical drive in order to fit into its new dress. The Firewire port may be gone as well, 9 to 5 Mac says, but what Apple has done is updated its USB port to the quicker USB 3.0.

If the new MacBook Pros do in fact launch this summer, Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference next month appears to be the perfect setting for Tim Cook and company to reveal them.

Source:latimes

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Microsoft reinvents Bing, Features New Social Sidebar

May 11, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Bing announced a relaunch of its search engine today, with a big emphasis on bringing social into search. But wait! Didn’t Bing already have social as part of its search experience? Yes, but now the search engine hopes to do it better, especially by largely off-loading social elements into a new sidebar area.

The new features will appear for Bing users in the United States the coming days, taking several weeks to go live fully for everyone. Those who want to increase the odds of early access can visit this notification page.

The New Bing

What’s in “The New Bing,” as the Microsoft post pitches it as? A three column design with Core Search, Snapshot & Sidebar panes

  •     Core Search loses many of the social annotations that Bing has added over the years
  •     Snapshot provides additional information about a particular search listing, without having to leave Bing
  •     Sidebar serves as a new home for social integration with search

Bing’s put together a short video explaining the new features, which you can watch below. After that, I’ll take you on my own personal tour of the changes.

In the sidebar, various social elements may appear depending on how relevant Bing decides they are to your search. In the case above, I did a search for Costa Rica, which triggered three of the four main elements you’ll see:

  •     Ask Friends
  •     Friends Who Might Know
  •     People Who Know
  •     Activity Feed

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