Twitter renewing mobile site for iPad users

Twitter is improving its mobile site to make it more user-friendly iPad.
Twitter news this week, Twitter said it plans to release a twitter.com HTML5 IPAD owners over the next week or so.
While Twitter was the mother in more detail, TechCrunch offers a glimpse into the new-look site mobile and feel. Taking advantage of HTML5, the new design uses a dual-panel approach, improving on a single display panel of the present site of Mobile.

Twitter has not requested immediate return of CNET for more information. However, Penner said spokeswoman Carolyn TechCrunch that "implementation of HTML5 is a great alternative for people who prefer to use the browser through native applications. The two columns in the view is consistent with the experience of Twitter is used ( Twitter. com), and takes advantage of touch gestures and other capabilities of the device. "
Beyond using the mobile site, users can, of course, iPad access their tweets through a variety of dedicated applications, including IOS own Twitter app, Twitterific, and Echofon TweetCaster, to name a few.

Nexus S Goes Free For a Day on Google

Google has partnered with Best Buy to offer Android smartphone Nexus S free.
The phone, which is available on T-Mobile, AT & T or Sprint, is free on Wednesday (August 3) in combination with a two-year contract. The Nexus S, which bills itself as "Google pure experience" as the nefarious nexus One, debuted last fall. The Nexus S Sprint 4G NFC is the first Android device in the market and work with the Google Wallet service that launches later this year.

S Nexus runs the Android 2.3, gingerbread and has a 1 Ghz, 16 GB of flash memory and a 4-inch touch screen.

Google is offering free advertising on your website and landing page Nexus. The phone is usually $ 99 or $ 199 depending on carrier, with a two-year contract, so interested buyers should act quickly.

Network Solutions Acquired by Web.com

Domain registration and hosting networksolutions has been acquired by Web.com. Web.com, a service of Internet and online marketing solutions company targeting small businesses, Network Solutions to buy $ 405 million in cash and 18 million common shares Web.com. Close Web.com 's stock price on Wednesday, the offer values ​​more than $ 550 million.
Web.com wants to create an "end-to-ed online solutions company" focused on providing small businesses access to social media, online marketing and other web services.

In its press release, Web.com CEO David Brown said that the strategy of integration of network solutions "will be similar to the successful acquisition of Register.com, and be in a strong position to cross-sell and up-sell our services Network Solutions' approximately two million customers and hundreds of thousands of wholesale customers. "

Network Solutions was the domain name registration original U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency, the control com.,. Org. y. major net domain names. Until ICANN was formed in 1998, Network Solutions was also the only place that users can buy a domain name.

Network Solutions is not the only registrar / hosting company in the acquisition block. Earlier this summer, GoDaddy, the word's largest domain registrar, was sold to three private equity firms for $ 2.25 billion.

“Minus” Lets You Share Photos, Music & Files

Name: Minus

Quick Step: Less is a simple and easy to share files across devices universal.

Idea: bulk file sharing - up to 100 files in a single gallery - with a tiny URL.

The exchange activity via web or mobile content - whether photos, music, videos, files or documents - is only going to increase over time. Such is the belief Minus, a New York-based startup that file sharing is expected to serve the needs of wider exchange of Internet and mobile users with universal access tool.

Less can use to upload files of any type, simply by dragging and dropping from the desktop to the browser. The service makes it easy to share files and galleries with a short URL, embed them in other parts of the site or posting on social sites.

Less new community also has elements so that you can find and follow other users, and in collaboration with other users edit galleries. Co-founders John Xie and Carl Hu says he is looking to add more community-focused devices.


More importantly, Minus, says Xie and Hu, is intended to be universal. And it's universal. The implementation has desktop applications for Windows, Mac and Ubuntu, mobile applications for Android, iPhone and Windows 7 Phone, browser extensions, Chrome and Firefox, Chrome web application, and even an API for integrating development.

"Less We started because we wanted to address the issue of file sharing and photo sharing, and to be simple and easy for people to do it," says Xie. "Many of the services out there get super complicated ... we wanted to run and improve these characteristics. The power of the application is making it simple and minimal to users. "

Early users seem to be attracted by spontaneously sharing service, the report of the co-founders. The launching, soft-launched in October 2010, has attracted 500,000 active users and sees more than 50 million page views per day.

Less is, for now, for free and no restrictions - the only exception is a file size limitation of 200 MB. The launch has just closed a seed round of $ 1 million of funding from IDG Capital Partners, which will allow you to remain free until he finds a business model.

Mistakes To Avoid in Your QR Code Marketing

Consumers from QR codes are hitting hard this summer of American society. Despite the idea that a rising tide lifts all boats, many well-intentioned sellers are crippling their campaigns with simple errors. This is a big reason why QR codes still have a bad reputation for some people. QR codes themselves are fundamentally good or bad, are only a means to an end: a mechanism for distributing offline to online. This is what is beyond the code that usually determines whether the experience will delight or disappoint. Unfortunately, many traders of the early adopters are not fully versed in best practices and optimal use cases. Adventurer who is the consumer suffers from growing pains.

Mistake 1: No Test Code
Law of common sense? Until it is able to read a QR code by looking at it, you should always test trials with a variety of smart phones and scanning applications before releasing a campaign.

This is the easiest way to detect problems scanning. For example, placement of small (less than one inch) will often be too dense to consider whether a URL is encoded longer, but goo.gl bit.ly or to automatically generate a short URL QR code is an easy solution .

Since QR codes according to an Mistake correction rate of 30%, there is flexibility to make creative adjustments. However, if the designer accidentally went too far, the screening test is an easy way to be the hero of the office that day.

For example, the picture above is taken from "15 beautiful and creative QR codes. "Although visually interesting, I'm pretty sure this is not scanable.

Mistake 2: Getting Too Fancy text

If your goal is to get people to a mobile Web experience, you should only ever a short URL code. It does not include any text, as many barcode scanners (including gold standards ShopSavvy) is not unravel the link. If you are expecting a user to copy / paste into a mobile device, do not bet on it.

Consider the QR code as a physical hyperlink all barcode scanners should be able to immediately "click". If the QR code requires the user to do much more than a point and exploration to reach the desired content, it probably is doing wrong.

Take the image above. I love the Olsen twins as much as anyone, but these results QR codes very problematic in string + combo link. No extra: The site always appears invalid security certificate Mistakes.

Mistake 3: Serving Non-Mobile Pages
Your explores QR code successfully, but you pointed out that the user to a standard desktop web site, where 99.9% of QR codes are scanned by a mobile device. No.

Familiar with HTML5 to give your mobile web application feel native application. You can hire a developer to build your mobile site or use a non-technical modular CMS (content management system) as Paperlinks if it suits the objectives of your campaign.

The heart of this QR code Coca-Cola is in the right place (the program MyCokeRewards), but the result mobile website is almost impossible to navigate.

Mistake 4: Put the QR codes, where no data signal

Where your ad is as important as how to implement it.

Recent QR code Tesco "supermarket" on the subway in Korea worked very well, because these platforms are Wi-Fi. This is not the case in the U.S. The placement of QR codes in places without Internet access is a safe way for your audience discomfort. Make sure you know which ads are, and if possible, conduct tests to ensure they are visible and continue to operate.

For example, QR code Red Bull last season was in the subway in New York, so I have no idea what it does.

Mistake 5: do not offer enough value

This point is very subjective, but also probably the most important. The proper mindset is to reward users to scan the QR code. This "reward", however, will change depending on what you're trying to promote.

Try to avoid redundancy (a digital copy of your steering wheel), irrelevance or clumsiness (company management of the street). Take the image above. U.S. Marine Corps. QR Code promises a great experience, but leads to a wallpaper download and a commercial.

When combined with a clearly articulated call to action near QR code, we found most attractive campaigns tend to offer one or more of the following:

Exclusive videos and photos Multimedia
Exclusive access or time-sensitive
Or booty free downloads
"Instant Win" contest
Special offers, coupons and gifts
"Secret" information
Deep integration with social networks to enable viral loops

AOL Launches Editions

AOL has released 'issue', a news reading application for the iPad social, owners of furniture device with another way to get your dose of news. As precursors and Zite Flipboard, Ediciones data strip their social networks (in this case, Facebook and Twitter) to help deliver a personalized news service in a magazine-style format. As with Zite, users can improve performance simply by reading, the application will learn what the issues and sources of readers tend to gravitate towards. You can teach the application by identifying the sources they like and dislike, and keywords that are and are not interested in, both in the configuration panel and when they wake up individual items.

The items are rendered in a browser application, which means that all the original ads and the format is shown - and it often takes a while to load. (It seems that AOL noted earlier misstep Zite in this department.) Readers can share articles via Facebook, Twitter and email, and bookmark stories for later reading.

This is pretty standard. Also, several steps behind their competitors. Flipboard, for example, allows users to pull the feeding of several additional social networks - including LinkedIn, Instagram in your RSS reader. It also allows users to search through all items in the application.

But there's more. AOL Editions in other applications improved social news reading, and playing habits of traditional newspaper readers and readers of IPAD.

On the one hand, provides a more holistic approach, organized source of news. Instead of just throwing my interests, which leaves me with a mixture of media, technology, fashion news and little else, to pass through the Top News section to collect the headlines of major in all sections of the last 24 hours.

Similarly, you can visit the local news section to get an idea of ​​what is happening in my neighborhood. That part is a welcome supplement because I, like many others, no longer subscribe to a local newspaper.

GroupMe Goes Global, Adds Direct Messaging

Group text messaging application GroupM is the version 3.0 of the service. It adds a lot of changes, including direct mail, a feature new beta called "Questions" and global access to the application. GroupM launched last fall as a group messaging solution - a sort of SMS chat room. During the last year, has amplified its features to compete with similar services such as the Society of Beluga Facebook Fast and the property, adding bells and whistles such as location and share photos.

Society has been consistently fast deployment of new additions and - more recently video - but Beluga seems to have stopped in March. Apple, meanwhile, is planning to launch a new messaging service called IMessage (including group messaging) - the IOS, 5.

To keep up with the times, is more GroupM with a few tweaks to round 3.0, which is available on the iPhone, Android, Blackberry and Windows 7 Phone devices.

Changes include:

Availability in 90 countries on + 900 + carriers.
Improvements in Web application to be fully functional.
The ability to send messages to a person (yes, like a text message).
A "Questions" feature that allows users to create groups of opt-in and adds the ability of audiences on Facebook and Twitter survey.

Facebook buys Push Pop Press

Push Pop Facebook has bought stakes in digital media, the companies announced today. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Pop Push press made a name for itself by developing a version of IOS implementation of the book of former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, "Our Choice". The request received numerous critical acclaim and won the company an Apple design award earlier this year.
But that does not mean that Facebook will enter the digital publishing business. According to Press Push Pop, Facebook is the acquisition of its technology, which will be used in any way in the largest social network in the world.

"Although Facebook does not intend to start publishing digital books, ideas and technology behind Push Press Pop integrates with Facebook, giving the richest people ways to share their stories," Push Pop release, said in a statement. "With millions of people who post on Facebook every day, we think it will be a great home for Pop Push Press."
Facebook echoed that sentiment in his own statement in the acquisition, saying Press Push Pop "co-founders, Mike Matas and Tsinteris Kimon, will bring some of their ideas to the social network.
"We are delighted to confirm that we have acquired Media Push Pop, a start-up whose innovative software changes the way you publish and consume digital content," a Facebook representative of CNET in a statement via email. "We can not wait for the co-founders Mike Matas and Kimon Tsinteris to start, and for some of the technologies, ideas and inspiration behind Pop Push Press to become part of how millions of people connect and share with Facebook others. "

Apple Launches iCloud Beta

Apple has introduced the beta version of icloud, the company's new suite of streaming media and cloud-based services.
The new beta, available to all users with an Apple ID (update: some of our readers are having trouble accessing icloud with Leon), has Web version of Mail, Contacts, Calendar, Find My iPhone and iWork. They are accessible if you visit during use iCloud.com IOS 5 (available for developers of Apple) or Mac OS X Lion. Does not include Apple cloud services including music from iTunes.

Apple also unveiled the pricing structure icloud. The first 5GB of storage in the service are free. In addition, a 10 GB will cost $ 20, 20 GB will cost $ 40 and 50GB will cost $ 100. It is much more expensive than Amazon Cloud Drive, which offers 20 GB of space for $ 20 and allows users to store an unlimited amount of music for free.

We're playing with the beta icloud now, while we will have more to report, our initial conclusion is that beta icloud is a modified version of MobileMe. Includes similar interfaces, which is not a surprise. The addition of support iWork is a welcome addition, though, as is the simple and universal interface for all services in the cloud of Apple.

We have taken some screenshots of the beta and embedded beneath them. Take a look, and let us know what you think of the beta icloud in the comments.

Skype for iPad

Skype has launched its official iPhone application store IOS application, with its live video service to 3G and Wi-Fi data connections.
Skype for iPhone, which has begun the deployment of applications in stores around the world, expands the features of the application for the iPhone, thanks to more screen space of the real iPhone. The iPhone has all the features you would expect: video chat, instant messaging, phone calls and quick access to your contacts. Unlike the IPhO application, instant messaging can be used for video calls.

The Skype application works with the iPad iPad 1 and 2, although the iPhone can only receive a video, as expected. The iPad Skype can call anyone on Skype, either on the desktop or device IOS. Requires IOS 4.0 or higher.

Square handes $4 million daily in mobile payments

Square rival PayPal Mobile payment has said that now processes approximately $ 4 million per day in mobile payments, $ 1 million more than the announced deadline handlers at the end of May.
Square sailed clear beyond any shadow of a nasty shock started by the CEO of VeriFone competitor, Doug Bergeron, and answered by the CEO of Square and co-founder, Jack Dorsey questioned the security of attachment reading Square credit card for mobile devices.

Instead, the numbers reflect a rise fastest growing development of the square, a place that has been driven by strong investment in late April Visa. A recent round of funding of $ 100 million has been extended to payments of setting up a valuation of $ 1 billion.
Despite the significant recovery of the particular seat, and the rest of the mobile payments market has a long way to go. To put into perspective the payments, credit card companies process thousands of millions of dollars in payments on a given day, and mobile payments - still a nascent but rapidly growing part of the industry - can hope to assemble a small percentage of total credit card business this year.

Top Application for Business

You can do excellent sales generation Online. Your sales team is already full of content - sales presentations, data sheets, case studies and references from existing clients. There is no reason why LinkedIn can not be an online extension, social and easy to find this. In fact, LinkedIn is a portal for your company's goods or services, and sales representatives with a LinkedIn profile is an ambassador to an online deal closed. At the same time, buyers and the buying process has changed significantly in recent years, especially in the B2B sector, where the sales cycle is longer and more complicated.

1. WordPress

WordPress has become ubiquitous with blogging and content marketing, and has been available as an application of LinkedIn for almost three years. If your company blog runs on WordPress, which is essential to configure this application to your LinkedIn profile. Not only will professional credibility, but traffic to your site that the company may become a new set of sales opportunities. In my company, 20% of our web traffic comes from our sales team by applying WordPress LinkedIn.

2. SlideShare

SlideShare took the online content world by storm with a simple concept: a place to store and share all the great PowerPoint presentations. Sales professionals are no strangers to "slide", spending hours making the perfect synthesis, the cost-benefit analysis and illustrative stories of customer success. Your potential customers must be able to obtain this information in their own time and out of formal sales environment. At the same time, it should be generating sales leads informed 24 / 7. SlideShare According to a spokesperson, "The application LinkedIn is a great source of traffic for SlideShare.com." I would be remiss to not take advantage of this powerful application.


3. Box.net

When your sales guarantee goes beyond the slides, no application of Box. Like the others, is free. But unlike the others, this may be their ultimate repository of customer case studies, white papers, property or brand how-to guides, ebooks and much more. Think of it as free storage space only for your best sales content. As a starting point for a potential asset sales, the potential customer can get to the nitty gritty of your company through your LinkedIn profile.


4. TripIt My Travel

With the World Travel and Tourism Council reports that "the reduction of business represents a significant risk business, including loss of customers to the competition," it is no wonder why people in sales and their perspectives on the road so often. TripIt application makes it easy to share where you are going and when you are connected to your potential customers, in reverse. While the web has made it easier than ever to build relationships, there is nothing like being able to have coffee or lunch with a business perspective when you're face to face in the same city.


5. Events

Much of that trip can be attributed to conferences and industry meetings - meetings that never wants to lose. That is where the application is very useful event. With this application, your sales team can do a lot of automated networks with little effort. To begin with, subsequent events will assist your company (large and small) to spread your company's presence in your market and industry area. And on the ground floor, the sales representatives can view all events on the radar of its network, which is like having a meetup recommendation engine professionally relevant work full time.

White House adviser says the influence Tweets agreement on the debt ceiling

Appropriately, in a conversation that took place on Twitter, a White House aide said Sunday night that Twitter influenced the recently announced deal in the U.S. debt ceiling.

The tweets were exchanged between Brian Stelter, a reporter for The New York Times, and Dan Pfeiffer, the White House communications director.

The House and Senate are expected to vote on the debt ceiling bill on Monday.

President Obama asked people to Twitter in Congress Friday to get to reach an agreement on adjusting the debt ceiling. He asked that people use hashtag # commitment, and his team spent the day twittering the names of the Republicans in all states.

In the process, the count of @ barackobama lost 36,000 followers, but this new information indicates there may be worthwhile.

Apple Now World’s Top Smartphone Vendor, Has More Cash than U.S. Government

You should feel good about being part of today's Apple: The company was proclaimed in the smartphone world leading seller of Strategy Analytics, and its cash reserves are now larger than the U.S. government's balance sheet. Apple is now the largest global provider of smartphones in volume with 18 percent market share, according to the report by Strategy Analytics. Nokia is currently third with 15%, behind Samsung, which grew an astonishing 520% ​​year to take a 17% share of global smartphone market.

Also, with a balance of $ 75.9 billion, Apple is obviously doing very well in the "fit" of the department, but it sounds even better when you hear the U.S. Treasury Department say the government now has a total operating income of $ 73.8 billion.

Also, with a balance of $ 75.9 billion, Apple is obviously doing very well in the "fit" of the department, but it sounds even better when you hear the U.S. Treasury Department say the government now has a total operating income of $ 73.8 billion.

IE Users Have Lower IQ Than Users of Other Web Browsers

A recent study of intelligence links test results with the use of browsers - and the results are not very good for users of Internet Explorer from Microsoft, especially in its earlier versions.
The study, entitled "Intelligence Quotient (IQ) and use the browser" by the Canadian company AptiQuant, compiled results of IQ tests to 101,326 people over the age of 16 years and divided into groups based on the browser you use .

The results are fascinating. Users of Internet Explorer 6 has an average IQ of just over 80, users of Firefox and Chrome is much better, with average IQ scores of about 110, while users of Opera and Camino have an IQ average of over 120. It is also interesting to note that the average IQ scores of IE6 users were significantly higher in 2006, and IQ scores improve with new versions of IE.

Internet Explorer 6 has long been a thorn in the side of developers who hated him for not complying with Web standards, as users struggled with security flaws, many. This new study is likely to persuade more fun of the old (but sometimes found on older computers) and a service to its users, but you may not tell us much about the browser - it is unwilling to upgrade to a new version of software.

The study concludes that "individuals at the bottom of the IQ scale tend to resist change / update your browser. "It makes sense that users with higher IQs are more likely to experience, choose a different software version or variant (notice that IE users with a chrome frame score high on IQ tests) or listen to upgrade suggestions and safety tips.

In March, Microsoft began a campaign to get users to stop using Internet Explorer 6. But do take into account the fact that many IE6 users tend to have lower average IQ? Perhaps that is the key to finally get rid of web browser in the world's most hated.

"People at the bottom of the IQ scale tend to resist change / update your browser. ... Now we have a statistical model in the continuous use of incompatible browsers, the better you can take steps to eradicate this nuisance, "the study concludes.

Google launches search tool hotel room price data

Hotel Finder Google has launched an experimental search tool, which allows the user to define the key housing preferences in the hope of finding the perfect hotel for your travel needs.
Users input their preferred location, dates, prices and details, and the Finder hotel offers their key recommendations in a list or on a Google Map. At the moment only available in the U.S.

This is how Google aims to improve the hotel with this hunting tool:

Find the perfect place. If you're not local, can be difficult to determine in which area of ​​a city must remain inside the hotel search highlights the popular areas of the map results. Google calls this the "tourist center" and is used to determine an optimal zone for you to stay in shape in this area can be adjusted to focus on a smaller area. This is useful if you have a difficult destination in mind, such as along the Hudson River or near Times Square.
Doing good business: Users can choose a price range to search within, and compare the historical price data of the hotel on the current trading price. Clicking on one will cost hotel room at night and how it compares to the previous prices. Google calculates what percentage of the cost is above or below normal. Bargain hunters, start your engines.
Comparing hotels: Hotel Finder simplifies comparative shopping. When users click on a hotel, all the details of your pop-up, including photos, comments, Google Sites, prices and other information. Quickly flip through the results by using keyboard shortcuts ("J" and "K") within the list view - a feature also found in Google Reader and Google News.
Make a list: Users can create a list of hotels that would like to compare more. These results are marked with a red dot in the view Google Maps, and appear at the top of the page in the list view.
Click the "BOOK" button in any view and a list of external options are displayed. Clicking a backup option that stops at the site - such as Priceline or Expedia - in a new tab.

Twitter to Add Parental Controls to Tweet Links

Twitter has added a flag so the tweets links as "potentially significant". The company announced on Thursday that a new field in the Twitter API to display streaming whenever a tweet containing a link, giving users the option of Twitter warned before you click links that might be too sensitive to the workplace, or for tender ears and eyes. The new feature does not work yet, but the developers of Twitter is reported to be newly added and is now being tested. According to Twitter representative of Taylor Singletary, "In the future, we will have a family of API methods and additional fields for handling 'adjustments media" end user and the possible sensitive content. "

According to Gizmodo, Twitter representatives say the company does not intend to censor material. However, according to the policy document of the media of Twitter, the company will "remove the media that may be considered sensitive such as nudity, violence or medical procedures."

In the ad, Singletary encouraged those who were curious about how this capability will ultimately be used to read the policy document means.

For us, this seems to be a feature for a long time, giving users the ability to control the content that they or their children are exposed, allowing them to use Twitter without fear of an unpleasant surprise when you click a inappropriate link.

Google+ Traffic Falls

After a slow start, the growth of Google + 's can be slowed down a bit. A report by Experian Hitwise found both traffic and average user time on social networking fell last week in the U.S. Total visits to Google + was reduced by 3% to 1.79 million in the U.S. for the week ended July 23 compared with the last seven days, according to research firm. The site received 1.86 million visits last week. Average time on site was 10%, 5 minutes, 50 seconds and 5 minutes, 15 seconds.

Matt Tatham, a representative of Experian Hitwise, was careful not to overstate the results. "This is a great fall," he says. The company extrapolates its figures from data provider of the Internet and an opt-in panel of around 2.5 million users.

The report comes after the Google traffic + 's enjoyed a steady climb since its debut June 28. Last week, comScore reported that the network reaches 20 million unique visitors. Some were so enamored with Google + that closed their Facebook accounts and moved all its activities to the new network.

Free 100 GB Cloud Storage

Symform, a business-oriented provider once cloud storage, announced today that it is offering consumers in general, 100 GB of online storage for free. Given the fact that most other online storage services offer only 2 GB or 3 GB for free, this seems a good deal.
However, as there is no such thing as a free lunch, this huge amount of online storage comes with a trap, possibly even larger. In order to get the "free" online storage, you must contribute 150GB of local storage on a device that is always in a home network connected to broadband.

Symform This is because, as he claims, is the first company to break with the traditional data storage center of the cloud. Instead, use a technology called RAID-96 for geographically distributed, encrypt and store your data.
In simple terms, this means that the stored data through the service Symform divides and replicates in 96 pieces that are distributed in 96 different teams over the Internet. In addition to providing redundancy, the company says this allows uploads and downloads up to 50 times faster than is obtained with a centralized data center. Symform According to the data stored in distributed teams is encrypted and therefore can not be accessed by local users, but only those with authorization.
The idea of ​​local trade storage online storage is not new and has been offered by Wuala long. While this is good, definitely not free. Especially when you have to trade local storage 150GB for only 100 GB of online storage. On top of giving local storage, users will also have to offer in terms of equipment, electricity and broadband connection, which may come with a monthly data cap.

Internetaddiction - Persons deprived of the internet feel "uncomfortable and lonely" and find online by going as hard as quitting smoking or drinking

Most people feel uncomfortable and only when they are deprived of access to the Internet, according to consumer research. A new study has revealed that 53 percent are bothered when they are denied access and 40 percent are lonely, if they can not go online. The research found that people experience these feelings, even if denied access online for a short time. Most people feel "lonely and upset" when deprived of the internet
The study was carried out by Intersperience consumer research firm, which surveyed more than 1,000 people.

Participants were questioned about their attitudes toward the use of the Internet, smartphones and other devices, and even asked to go 24 hours without access to Internet technology.
Giving up all the technology that enables Web access was described by some participants as similar to stop drinking or smoking.


One respondent said that even deprivation of the Internet was "like having your hand cut off.
Paul Hudson, chief executive of Intersperience told the Daily Telegraph: "Online technology and digital is increasingly widespread, influencing our friendship, the way we communicate, the fabric of our family life, our work lives, our habits of purchase, and with organizations.
Earlier this year, scientists revealed that the gadgets are an important part of our lives that suffer withdrawal symptoms like a drug addict who can not get a solution.
Researchers at the University of Maryland convinced hundreds of students from 12 schools around the world agree not to use technological devices such as television and radio for 24 hours.
The volunteers had to stay away from all the emails, text messages, updates on Facebook and Twitter. They were deprived of even the newspapers.
All they could have access to a landline and books. Next, the students kept diaries of their feelings during their period of "deprivation of information."
The scientists reported that volunteers were told of physical and physiological symptoms similar to those addicts trying to quit smoking or drugs.
These included feel restless, anxiety and isolation, and reaching your mobile phone, which was not there.
Some participants in the experiment - called Unplugged - said they felt as if they had been subjected to "Cold Turkey" to break a habit of hard drugs, while others said they felt like being on a diet.

Angry Birds Maker Sued for Patent Violation

Rovio, maker of the hit game platform angry birds, is being sued by U.S. company for Lodsys violations of patents, reports Telegraph. Lodsys states that the Finnish company violated its patents covering methods for the purchase of new levels within the game Angry Birds. The European patent system requires that software inventions have some physical effect of patentability, while the U.S. patent system is looser, allowing software patents only based on the idea.

According to the Telegraph, a number of European games developers have given up their games to launch in the U.S., and some are considering withdrawing the games market in the U.S. because the claims of the patent Lodsys.

Angry Birds is downloaded more than 1 million times per day. Originally a mobile game, which quickly spread to many platforms, including browsers and consoles, and its success has led to even consider Rovio an initial public offering.

Mozilla building mobile OS

Mozilla today released preliminary plans to take the Gecko engine that powers the Firefox browser and turn it into an open-source operating system that will eventually work the phones and tablets. Called Boot Gecko is known that the source code is released to the public "in real time," wrote Andreas Gal, a researcher at Mozilla. Gecko is the rendering engine that powers Firefox and Thunderbird email client. By contrast, while Google's Android operating system open source mobile, the main development work that may not be available until after Google has a green light for publication - sometimes not until months later.

"We will do this work outdoors, will be released the source in real time, we will take all additions successfully to a group of appropriate standards, and will track the changes arising from that process. We're not trying to have these quality native applications only run on Firefox, we are trying to run on the Web, "Gal said in a message in the forum. Mike Shaver, Mozilla vice president of technical strategy, said Start the Gecko applications will not use the Android SDK, but run new and existing web applications API
We also identified four areas of development. One is a new Web API, which means the construction of "prototype device API exposure and the ability to use the content." This is how the current operating system that supports key features such as mobile phones, SMS, camera, USB, Bluetooth, and near-field records. A second area of ​​development is to build a privilege model, which is a key feature of security to ensure that new features are "exposed to security pages and applications," he said.
Boot Gecko include a low-level code for Android kernel and driver support for devices that can work on Android. This does not exist, and the move to a new system could be extremely difficult. Then there is the final area of ​​development - the applications. The idea behind starting Gecko is to create a Web native applications can run as well as native applications to do at the IOS device.

Google Docs hits maximum file size of 10 GB

Google Docs users can now load and work with files and documents up to 10 gigabytes.
In a post on Google + as of yesterday, Google product manager Scott Johnston announced the latest enhancement to increase the maximum file size of 1 GB Google Docs before.
However, the file size increase will mainly benefit users with paid accounts.
People who use Google Docs for free are still limited to 1 GB of total storage space for uploaded files, but documents created directly in line do not count towards the quota. But users with paid accounts ranging from $ 5 per year for 20 GB to $ 4,096 a year for 16 terabytes can find the new file size to upload images by hand, videos and other files safe.

In other news on the front of Google Docs, users can now download PowerPoint and convert PPTX files (the format used by PowerPoint 2007 and 2010). The company offers a support page that explains how to convert various file types from Microsoft Office to Google Docs).
Google users can now access the spreadsheet by hand a list of keyboard shortcuts by pressing Ctrl /. Using the keys can sometimes make it easier to navigate from one section or one sheet to another.
And finally, Google Viewer now supports ZIP and RAR. Upload any file type allows you to see a list of archive contents without having to download and unzip the first. Google will even let you view certain files within the ZIP or RAR. For example, I uploaded a ZIP file containing Word documents, and Google Docs viewer was able to show each document in the proper format.

Gmail Now Lets You Make Multiple Calls at the Same Time

Remember the old multi-line phones with all the buttons at the bottom? That gave him access to more than one line at a time, a feature already available in Google's Gmail.
According to the official Gmail blog, this new multi-call capability will allow you to put calls on hold with phone service Gmail, picking up another call at the same time. Too bad there's no music on hold to entertain the caller first.

They also imitate the conventional telephone call waiting, which is notified of an incoming call, and then it's up to you whether to answer or not. The only limitation of this new capability is that only allows outgoing calls to mobile two physicists at the same time.

Best of all, USAand Canada phone calls using Gmail and the video system will be free until 2011, and all these new features in several lines of work with Gmail phone calls, voice and video.

7 Things Facebook Should Do To Increase Security

For most people, Facebook has to keep in touch with friends and family in a whole new way. But security researchers like myself that has led to seven years of new challenges for the security industry. The main problem with social networking and security is that social networks are also social, and when the human mind is involved, the vulnerability can be exploited. I'm talking about human vulnerabilities, those against whom it is difficult to defend.

Because of this, I think Facebook needs to improve the security and privacy features in place so that problems do not grow out of control. With the help of my colleagues, here are seven key recommendations will think that Facebook a safer place:

1. Full HTTPS Meet navigation

Thus, any user can ensure that no one is intruding on their conversations, even if they are browsing Facebook via an Internet connection are trusted. In addition, these tools provide Firesheep attack as completely useless.

2. Implement two-factor authentication

The banks are offering e-tokens to its customers securely access their bank accounts online, but in a world where social networking sites are increasingly important in what we do online, users must also have the same technology to protect their Facebook accounts.

3. Make it clear that Facebook applications are trusted

Malicious Facebook applications are being analyzed and reported by researchers on a daily basis. Facebook needs to do a full security review and approve all requests to ensure that no malicious application makes its way into the profile of a user.

4. Tighten the "recommended" Privacy Controls

At present, it is recommended privacy settings on Facebook easily allow an attacker to become the friend of a friend of a target, and therefore to access the data needed to reset a password of email account, or misuse of personal information. Why Facebook will allow "all" to access state, photos, messages, appointments, bio, favorite and family relationships by default?

5. It allows permanent removal of accounts Facebook

Permanently deleting a Facebook account to ... permanently delete the account. Respect the user's desire to completely erase your presence on Facebook, without worrying that some materials are left available on the Internet, and make permanent account deletion of a simple process that does not require a special request to the customer Facebook.

6. Engage with parental controls

Allow parents to establish accounts with limited access to their children as sub-accounts under his own presence on Facebook. The limited sub-accounts may automatically become full access accounts, once children reach the age of consent.

7. Better educate users

I appreciate Facebook's commitment to educate users about security and privacy in social networks, including the initiative to create pages dedicated to these issues (security of Facebook, Facebook Facebook Privacy and Security). However, no matter what type of protection around Facebook users, privacy features will be useless if the users lack of awareness.

Contact Form Desigs

If you create a contact form, or fits in well with your current design - or emphasized with much creativity, you will get some extra points from their visitors.

Here is a sampling of some of the best ways of designing contact forms

5 Ways Journalists Are Using Google+

Social networking has proven to be the delivery platforms of amazing real-time news and continue to fascinate journalists and communication tools. No wonder professionals in many media have quickly jumped to Cart: Google to explore their potential for journalism.

Some are updating personal accounts, while others have created profiles in their organizations. They are in the way of experimentation, evidence of content are most beneficial for messaging and engage with their audiences.



Google + has not yet been defined. For the news industry, which will become early adopters of the field make it. Here are some ways we have seen media professionals who use the platform and what it might mean for the future + Google journalism.

Speaking of Google +


No wonder that Google users want to talk about Google + + - and journalists are no exception. Many have been posting tips and tricks for using the platform as a way to get a more accurate count circle and ways to bring their Facebook flow in G + current.

Even the conversations on Twitter and Facebook seem to lead back to Google +. For example, Matthew Ingram GigaOm started a discussion about the ads hit Twitter. While some of the responses was the subject, many began to talk about whether users would go to G + Twitter or Google could start to include advertisements in the streams.

As journalists continue to join the platform, discussion and collaboration on Google + as a communication tool will shape the way you used to create and distribute news content.

Meeting places of public accommodation


Sarah Hill, KOMU anchor for a TV in Columbia, Missouri, has been inviting fans + Google to join her in meeting places, service video chat network. KOMU hosts a meeting place for the 5 pmnoticiero to give viewers a behind the racks, which can be seen in the newsroom. Then, interviews people in the meeting place in the air about their reactions to news of the day.

"Video G + 's chat feature is becoming KOMU own version of a satellite window," said Hill. "It's free. Video and audio are able to air quality - not loaded with teams from nine different places to get 9 different opinions. Just 9 to invite viewers to your Hangout and the news comes to you."

A talk brought people from Pakistan, New Zealand, Orlando, New York, Los Angeles, Missouri, Iowa and England. Venue of the participants were overwhelmed by the capacity of the hill to multitask.

"It was pretty amazing. There Sarah live TV broadcasting with a headset listening to the people we in G +, and the other people in the television station, she is probably reading a teleprompter well," wrote Christopher Scott, a viewer from New Zealand who joined in. "Even welcomes new people to the venue and talk to them as if you were at home enjoying a drink with friends. impressed me seriously."

Only 10 people allowed in a meeting, so that the points fill up quickly and some commentators are annoyed when they lose. However, Hill's experiment illustrates the extent of the community of Google +.

"It's like we the viewers around the world in a video speed dial," he said.

Meeting places can be a great way for journalists to get public reactions to the news in real time or find story ideas Hangout asking participants what is important in their communities.

Readers participation

Although Google had the marks of the platform is not prepared for them, however, media organizations have jumped on board quickly. Like many early adopters in the world of journalism, CBC Canada's most important source of news was the publication of links to stories with messages requesting comments from readers. Truly test the waters of commitment to a contest title. The contest was also posted on Facebook, Twitter and the CBC website.

"We have noticed there is a bit of a competition to be witty now Google +," said Kim Fox, senior producer of media and social community in the CBC. "We think that our daily caption challenge would play into that, and does, beating other platforms."

Fox said he has seen the intelligent dialogue and a greater level of commitment to the Google Content +. She and her team plan to avoid duplicating your Facebook and Twitter messages and find out what works for Google + community specifically.

With a natural enthusiasm for the commitment and intelligent conversation, Google + could become a place for journalists to generate solid feedback from their audiences. Journalists is important to understand the full potential of the platform. From there, they can optimize their features to create a social dialogue about news content.

Analyze news coverage


Google + is to encourage rich conversation about journalism. It is cultivating a community of thought leaders who depend on each other for feedback on their views on the news and events in the media industry.

When Twitter commentary news, a journalist is limited to 140 characters. Unless the discussion is a hashtag, it is difficult to see the extent of the conversation as respondents may not be following all involved. With Facebook, talks on the profiles of staff journalists do not take off because many do not friend contacts. Even if the journalist has a public page, discussions are its competitors, with updates from the friends of their fans and other pages, because the algorithm news. + Google brings back the talks at the top of a stream, when new comments. Although Facebook has a number of self-organized groups of journalists, professional networking group and share more intuitive Google +.

+ Google also seems to inspire greater commitment messages to the Facebook. For example, Mashable began discussions on both platforms on a study that says 34% of iPhone users who have 4G. The messages were posted in the same age and had similar indications, which raises questions about the study results. In Facebook, 57 likes and 40 comments, while the post had 183 + +1' s 116 and Google's comments. Of course this is only one message to many, but still very revealing.

Despite arguments from news and news analysis is nothing new for journalists, Google + seems to be a natural platform for these conversations.

Showing personality

The focus of the media industry in journalistic objectivity makes journalists more likely to withhold their opinions, beliefs and other details about your lifestyle. However, Google + is about people and has become a place where journalists can let their personalities shine.

LinkedIn Revamps Profiles for Students

Enter the world of work with a degree and a smile can be a daunting task for many students, so it has added new sections LinkedIn profile specifically for students.

Now, inmates future can add a variety of achievements to your profile, letting potential employers know they have more experience and expertise, "worked as a historical re-enactor."

New profile sections are: projects, honors and awards, organizations, test scores and courses. Students can add these sections go to their profile in edit mode and clicking the "Add Sections" bar.


Just remember to update your profile a couple of years down the line, children. Nobody needs to know who wore that human sexuality in the end, when you're what John Mayer calls "the real world."

Kate Hudson and Matt Bellamy named newborn Bing

Poor newborn Bing. Little does he know - celebrity parents Kate Hudson and Matt Bellamy is probably not the wisest - which now commands the same name as the search engine third most popular in the U.S. Bingham "Bing" Hawn Bellamy, born 7 pounds, 12 ounces on 9 July, "was released after 4.5 hours of intense pushing," proud papa Twitter Bellamy Thursday.

Bellamy also revealed the real reason the couple gave the common name of his newborn son. "For those wondering, Bingham is the maiden name of my mother and father Bing Russell Kurt. Connections for the whole family!" He wrote.

Connecting the family or not, little Bing may suffer years of mockery in his teens to Microsoft's search market share gains Bing engine enough to get into the general consciousness.

But at least Bing will not be alone - perhaps going to make friends with Facebook Like, and Google.