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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barry Welford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You may find the title provocative but it&#8217;s a natural follow-up to other headlines of the last few days.&#160; In a previous post, it was suggested that the App Internet would seriously weaken Google Search. Now it would appear that &#8230; <a href="http://www.staygolinks.com/google-web-search-on-its-last-legs.htm">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><p>Post from: <a href="http://www.staygolinks.com">StayGoLinks</a><br/><br/><a href="http://www.staygolinks.com/google-web-search-on-its-last-legs.htm">Google Web Search On Its Last Legs</a></p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You may find the title provocative but it&#8217;s a natural follow-up to other headlines of the last few days.&#160; In a previous post, it was suggested that the <a href="http://www.staygolinks.com/the-app-internet-disruptive-technology-for-google-search.htm">App Internet would seriously weaken Google Search</a>. </p>
<p>Now it would appear that the Web is in a much more hazardous position.&#160; This is the Web we all know (as in World Wide Web) although Robert Scoble prefers to call it the&#160; &#8216;common web&#8217; while Chris Saad and Adam Singer call it the &#8216;Open web&#8217;. </p>
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<p>The death of the Web has been a recurring theme in recent times but this latest wave is triggered by a post from Robert Scoble berating <a href="http://scobleizer.com/2012/02/04/its-too-late-for-dave-winer-and-john-battelle-to-save-the-common-web/">Dave Winer and John Battelle for not saving the common web</a> before it was too late.&#160; They were not there supporting him on January 3, 2008 when he tried to link his Facebook contacts to the common web.&#160;&#160; </p>
<blockquote><p>The lesson today, four years later, is that the common web is in grave threat, not just from Facebook’s data roach motel but from Apple’s and Amazon’s and, now, Google.     <br />&#8230;      <br />Normal users don’t care about the argument anymore and they are addicted to Facebook and Google+ and Twitter and apps on iPhones and Android. Heck, if you are at the Super Bowl tomorrow the official app is on iOS and Android and not other platforms. </p>
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<p>Chris Saad is a little more sanguine in suggesting <a href="http://blog.areyoupayingattention.com/2012/02/the-open-web-is-dead-long-live-the-open-web/">The Open Web Is Dead – Long live the Open Web</a> </p>
<blockquote><p>Robert Scoble is right about the Open Web. It’s in real danger. URLs are fading into the background,&#160; native Mobile apps are all the rage and Facebook threatens to engulf the web into a proprietary black hole. </p>
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<p>However he also is optimistic that this is a cycle: </p>
<blockquote><p>The battle of Open vs. Closed is a sine wave. First, closed, proprietary solutions come to define a new way of fulfilling a use case and doing business. They solve a problem simply and elegantly and blaze a path to market awareness, acceptance and commercialization. Open, however, always follows. Whether it’s a year, a decade or a century, Open. Always. Wins. The only question is how long, as an industry, are we going to keep our tail tucked between our legs in front of the the great giant proprietary platform of the moment or are we going to get our act together to ensure the “Time to Open” is as short as possible. It takes courage, co-ordination and vision, but we can all play our part to shorten the time frame between the invention of a proprietary app and the absorption of that value into the open web platform. </p>
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<p>Adam Singer is also optimistic in suggesting <a href="http://thefuturebuzz.com/2012/02/06/the-open-web-isnt-going-away/">The Open Web (Still) Isn’t Going Away</a>. </p>
<blockquote><p>It makes the most sense to develop a digital strategy that invests in both the open web and in other people’s platforms in such a way that is designed to meet outcomes (vs. just being trendy). </p>
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<p>He bases this view on the following tenets: </p>
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<li>Media companies (modern and traditional) are not just going to abandon their sovereignty </li>
<li>Serious artists / content creators use both corporately-owned platforms and independent </li>
<li>Archives still have a lot of value for real people (even if early adopters continue to ignore this) </li>
<li>RSS / email are far from dead, they’re actually really useful. Just not “sexy” – but who cares when you can easily use them too? </li>
<li>As a digital marketer and content creator, my professional workstation always beats mobile for real work </li>
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<p>From all this it would appear that the Web will cover perhaps the minor share of all the information on the Internet.&#160; In such a case if Google indexes only URLs that appear on the Web, any search they do would provide a very partial answer to queries.&#160; PageRank would no longer have relevance.&#160; Could they still deliver a satisfactory user experience?&#160; It all looks very bleak for Google Web Search.</p>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 04:12:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barry Welford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Disruptive Technology In case the title is a little baffling, we&#8217;ll go step by step through what it means.&#160; Apologies to those who wish to proceed more rapidly.&#160; A disruptive technology is defined as follows: Disruptive technology is a term &#8230; <a href="http://www.staygolinks.com/the-app-internet-disruptive-technology-for-google-search.htm">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><p>Post from: <a href="http://www.staygolinks.com">StayGoLinks</a><br/><br/><a href="http://www.staygolinks.com/the-app-internet-disruptive-technology-for-google-search.htm">The App Internet &#8211; Disruptive Technology For Google Search</a></p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2>Disruptive Technology</h2>
<p>In case the title is a little baffling, we&#8217;ll go step by step through what it means.&#160; Apologies to those who wish to proceed more rapidly.&#160; A disruptive technology <a href="http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,,sid9_gci945822,00.html">is defined as follows</a>: </p>
<blockquote><p>Disruptive technology is a term coined by Harvard Business School professor Clayton M. Christensen to describe a new technology that unexpectedly displaces an established technology.      <br />&#8230; </p>
<p>Christensen demonstrates how it is not unusual for a big corporation to dismiss the value of a disruptive technology because it does not reinforce current company goals, only to be blindsided as the technology matures, gains a larger audience and market share and threatens the status quo. </p>
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<p>As you will see, that is a most appropriate explanation for what we are about to discuss. </p>
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<h2>App </h2>
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<p>Most people will know the word App which <a href="http://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia_term/0,2542,t=app&amp;i=37865,00.asp">can be defined as follows</a>: </p>
<blockquote><p>(APPlication) The term has been used as shorthand for &quot;application&quot; in the IT community for decades. An app is a piece of software. It can run on the Internet, on your computer, or on your phone or other electronic device.&#160; However, it became newly popular for mobile applications in smartphones and tablets, especially due to the advent of Apple&#8217;s iTunes App Store in 2008. </p>
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<h2>The Mobile Web</h2>
<p>The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has promoted a <a href="http://www.w3.org/Mobile/">Mobile Web Initiative</a>: </p>
<blockquote><p><strong>Combining the power of the Web with the strengths of mobiles devices. </strong></p>
<p>W3C’s mission includes ensuring that the Web be available on as many kind of devices as possible. With the surge of powerful mobile devices in the past few years, the role of the Web as a platform for content, applications and services on these devices is increasingly important. </p>
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<h2>Google Search Promotes The Mobile Web </h2>
<p>Google has a dominant position in search on the Web.&#160; The Mobile Web is increasingly important so naturally Google wishes to maintain its search superiority in this new &#8216;cyber-space&#8217; too.&#160; That is why we see initiatives such as its advice on <a href="http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2011/02/making-websites-mobile-friendly.html">Making Websites Mobile Friendly</a>. </p>
<h2>The Mobile Web Is Challenging And Can Be Annoying To Users</h2>
<p>Unfortunately it is not always easy to condense the information visible on a desktop PC screen to a screen, which may have only 10% of the screen &#8216;real estate&#8217;.&#160; Input of data and control is also much more difficult since keyboards are tiny and there are no mice. </p>
<p>This is why many suggest a satisfactory user experience on a smart phone will only be achievable using an App rather than a traditional web page.&#160; Some far sighted people were seeing this 15 years ago. </p>
<p>In 1997, Wired published a now-infamous <a href="http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/5.03/ff_push.html">“Push!” cover story</a>, which suggested that it was time to “kiss your browser goodbye.” The argument then was that “push” technologies such as PointCast and Microsoft’s Active Desktop would create a “radical future of media beyond the Web.” </p>
<p>This is now borne out by what is happening in the market-place.&#160; According to Mashable, <a href="http://mashable.com/2011/06/20/app-use-overtakes-web-use/">Consumers Are Now Spending More Time on Mobile Apps Than the Web</a>.&#160; </p>
<p><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px" title="apps versus web" border="0" alt="apps versus web" src="http://www.staygolinks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/apps_versus_web.jpg" width="500" height="307" /> </p>
<p>It is hardly surprising to see headlines such as <a href="http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/08/ff_webrip/all/1">The Web Is Dead. Long Live the Internet</a>. </p>
<p>We should be clear on the dynamics.&#160; It&#8217;s not just that Apps work better.&#160; What we see on the Mobile Web is often hardly a satisfactory user experience.&#160; As ReadWriteWeb suggests, <a href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/mobile/2012/01/like-a-gangly-8-yr-old-the-mob.php">Like a Gangly 8-Year-Old, the Mobile Web Needs to Grow Up</a>.&#160; As they say the Mobile Web is often annoying. </p>
<h2>The App Internet</h2>
<p>Forrester CEO George Colony gave <a href="http://gigaom.com/2011/12/29/the-app-internet-in-2012-defining-the-death-of-the-web/">a speech at LeWeb</a>, where he proclaimed three thunderstorms are coming. The first one of these is the death of the web and the emergence of a new kind of Internet called the “App Internet.” </p>
<p>As John McCarthy of Forrester Research <a href="http://blogs.forrester.com/john_mccarthy/11-02-28-mobile_app_internet_making_sense_of_the_2011_mobile_hysteria">explains</a>: </p>
<blockquote><p>I see innovation coming from the combination of apps and smart devices like appliances and cars, improved user experience around the apps by better leveraging the context from the sensors in the devices, and enabling the apps to take advantage of new capabilities like near field communications (NFC) for things such as mobile payments. </p>
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<h2>Using An App Does Not Require Google Search</h2>
<p>If we are living on the Internet, but not on the Web, then that implies a different role for search engines such as Google Search.&#160; Likely it is a much smaller role and whether it can support the same volume of advertising are key questions that come to mind.&#160; Google will continue to have a major stake in the App Internet through <a href="http://www.android.com/">Android</a> and through its <a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/category/home">Chrome Webstore</a>.&#160; However Google will have to reconsider its strategy in the light of this major shift. </p>
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		<dc:creator>Barry Welford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a guest post by Dinesh V.K. Fast Company believes that NFC technology for mobile payments is making a stuttering start.&#160; Many players are pushing for their share of the pie. However 2012 will see NFC getting a much &#8230; <a href="http://www.staygolinks.com/nfc-for-mobile-payments-in-2012.htm">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><p>Post from: <a href="http://www.staygolinks.com">StayGoLinks</a><br/><br/><a href="http://www.staygolinks.com/nfc-for-mobile-payments-in-2012.htm">NFC For Mobile Payments In 2012</a></p>
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<p>Fast Company believes that NFC technology for mobile payments is making <a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/1803809/nfcs-stuttering-start">a stuttering start</a>.&#160; Many players are pushing for their share of the pie. However 2012 will see NFC getting a much bigger foothold in everyday commercial transactions. </p>
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<p>Thanks to the smart phone and the proliferation of mobile devices. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near_field_communication">NFC</a> (Near Field Communication) has become a viable means of transferring data between two enabled devices for various purposes. One of the first applications has been in electronic payment, which has shown great potential and futuristic style.</p>
<h2>How NFC works</h2>
<p>NFC technology has managed to seamlessly integrate physical infrastructure (banks, delivery services, retailers, etc.) with online entities into a viable digital ecosystem. Mobile networks and carriers are not new to commercial transactions being undertaken through wireless transmission. </p>
<p>Things started with the introduction of 3G technology a few years back. It started the trend with micro-transactions over the <a href="http://www.mobilephonereviews.org/">mobile phone</a> and payments being paid along with the phone bills.&#160; NFC, the open platform technology is ready to break through and business is sure to snowball. To ensure interoperability between services and devices, 135 member companies have jointly promoted the <a href="http://www.nfc-forum.org/home/">NFC Forum</a>, a non-profit industry association.</p>
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<p>Such mobile commerce through the networks has brought banks, retailers and merchants together along with advertisers and marketing services, to connect with consumers on a personal mobile platform. The NFC eco-system will be able to generate a steady stream of consumer information and data. Thus analysis can yield reports on preferences, trends, security issues, consumers and demographic analytics.</p>
<p>Using this standards based connectivity technology, today&#8217;s diverse contact-less technologies can give&#160; great convenience to consumers to make transactions, transfer or exchange content, connect devices and all just with a tap. So users of NFC need not carry cash, reward coupons, transit passes, tickets, and credit and debit cards. Instead they carry their smartphone.</p>
<p>Another technology innovator, NFC-Data Inc. is offering its flagship product “padloc” which works as an e-wallet and also Point of Sale Terminal. It will be available as a limited pre-sale release from February of 2012 for early adopters, NFC enthusiasts, partners and application developers.</p>
<h2>NFC is entering markets the world over</h2>
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<p>The mobile payment market is growing fast especially in Europe. NFC will be playing a critical role in the exponential growth being witnessed in mobile payments. NFC technology has been put into trial already in many places over the world. Poland will be using NFC technology for 2012, as four major operators including Orange, T-Mobile, Plus and Play will be following a common standard for payment services soon.</p>
<p>RIM is ready in Australia with NFC technology in their Blackberry phones in partnership with Tapit. RIM will be introducing into the Australian market the Blackberry Bold 9900 and Blackberry Curve 9300 with NFC. Tap this Blackberry on a device embedded with a NFC chip to quickly access information or make a payment. It works like the payment methods that allow card holders to tap their cards on a receiver as used by MasterCard&#8217;s PayPass and VISA payWave.</p>
<p>By updating to Blackberry 7OS, users will also bring the Blackberry Tag service enabling Australians to share content just by tapping their phones. Other smartphones that are NFC-enabled are Nokia N9 and Samsung Galaxy Nexus.</p>
<p>Google Android phones with the “Ice Cream Sandwich” operating system like the Nexus are already available for Australians that support NFC. The “Android Beam” is the tap feature that allows transfer of data. The roll-out of NFC-enabled retail outlets have begun too. </p>
<p>Isis has been created by a joint effort of three of the largest mobile service providers in USA- AT&amp;T Mobility, T-Mobile USA and Verizon Wireless. Isis is a nationwide mobile commerce network that uses the NFC technology on the smartphone, to build a country-wide mobile commerce network. Isis has got RIM, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, HTC, Motorola, and LG committed to bring out NFC enabled devices for them.</p>
<p>Google Wallet will run on the Galaxy Nexus but Isis might not open up their phones to Google Wallet now, but later when things get favourable. Google Wallet was launched in September partnering with Sprint, MasterCard and Citibank.</p>
<p>The mobile commerce system or m-commerce will be a joint venture in the UK, by Vodafone, O2, Orange, Everything Everywhere and T-Mobile. They will be joining to start a NFC payment system through their networks. </p>
<p>Using NFC in a partnership, Barclaycard and Orange will provide the Quick Tap service that will enable people in the UK for the first time from November, to pay using their smartphones.</p>
<p>So the future is not far when your smartphone becomes not only your smart e-wallet but an instrument to unlock key-less devices and establish interoperability with numerous other systems both in the real and cyber world, in real time.</p>
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<p><strong>Author Bio: </strong>Blogger Dinesh V.K. writes on latest consumer products, gadgets, technology, market trends, shopping offers, <a href="http://www.freeinuk.co.uk/">free samples</a>, politics, public sector and other services.</p>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 22:23:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barry Welford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a guest post by Sam Peters. The biggest conflict we have seen all year has been in the smartphone industry. iPhone and Android have been battling each other all year long, which has actually put several phone makers &#8230; <a href="http://www.staygolinks.com/iphone-vs-android-which-won-in-2011.htm">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><p>Post from: <a href="http://www.staygolinks.com">StayGoLinks</a><br/><br/><a href="http://www.staygolinks.com/iphone-vs-android-which-won-in-2011.htm">iPhone vs Android: Which Won In 2011?</a></p>
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<p>The biggest conflict we have seen all year has been in the smartphone industry. iPhone and Android have been battling each other all year long, which has actually put several phone makers in court. So which really is the best? Should you go with Android or iPhone?&#160; </p>
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<h2>Android Becomes Best Selling OS: Android &#8211; 1, iPhone &#8211; 0</h2>
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<p>There is no denying that Android is the most common operating system available on smartphones. 2011 was the year that Android came to prominence and really started showing their dominance in the overall marketplace. While the Apple iOS is only available on the iPhone and Android is available on a wide spectrum of devices, it is still clear that more people are accessing apps like <a href="http://technolog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/12/19/9559307-more-daily-facebook-users-on-android-than-iphone">Facebook</a> and Twitter from Google&#8217;s OS.</p>
<h2>The Tablet War: Android &#8211; 1, Apple &#8211; 1</h2>
<p>Despite the different Android tablets available on the market, the iPad is still the clear and dominant force in the tablet world. While the Kindle Fire launched in the latter part of the year, the iPad still soared above competition as the leading seller for the all-important Christmas retail season.</p>
<h2>The Samsung Galaxy S II: Android &#8211; 2, iPhone &#8211; 1</h2>
<p>Tech writers and critics are clamoring about the release of the Samsung Galaxy S II. Not only is the screen bigger than the iPhone 4S, the processor, graphics, and overall functionality of the product are leaps and bounds above the new iPhone product. This may mark the first step Android phone manufacturers have taken to undermine the iPhone&#8217;s dominance as the device for creatives.</p>
<h2>Apple Beats HTC in Lawsuit: Android -2, iPhone &#8211; 2</h2>
<p>The legal patent battle between these two companies produced a slight win for the iPhone this year. According to <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57345657-94/htc-loses-key-patent-battle-how-does-it-affect-you/">CNET</a>, Apple has forced HTC to stop producing phones that include technology Apple trademarked earlier. HTC has until late April to fix their phones or come up with a contentious counter-argument to take Apple back to court.</p>
<h2>Siri: Android -2, iPhone -2</h2>
<p>The introduction of the iPhone 4S brought about the release of the Siri app. iPhone claimed that this piece of software would be the first artificial intelligence device that fully integrated with the human experience. But so far, no one seems to be using the technology. Once more data is collected from users, Siri may pan out to be a unique iPhone product, but only time will tell. For the moment, this leaves the score level.</p>
<p>What will the year 2012 bring for these two mobile tech giants? There are rumors that the iPhone 5 and iPad 3 will be released and Google is working on making the Android voice activated technology even greater. Expect to see Nokia bring their flexible phone technology on the Windows operating platform at some point. On this battle-field, don&#8217;t expect to see anything coming from the <a href="http://ca.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idCATRE7BD1ST20111220">Blackberry manufacturer RIM</a> unless it is news about their bankruptcy. </p>
<p><strong>Author Bio:</strong>&#160; Sam Peters is a blogger who frequently writes for entrepreneurial and tech blogs covering topics from online marketing to the newest gadget and mobile web news.</p>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 02:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barry Welford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What Siri Offers Siri, the virtual assistant for the Apple iPhone 4S, when it appeared two months ago seemed possibly to be an Android killer.  It had both natural language technology together with artificial intelligence.  Given Apple&#8217;s emphasis on usability &#8230; <a href="http://www.staygolinks.com/androids-majel-is-not-an-apple-siri-rival.htm">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><p>Post from: <a href="http://www.staygolinks.com">StayGoLinks</a><br/><br/><a href="http://www.staygolinks.com/androids-majel-is-not-an-apple-siri-rival.htm">Android&#8217;s Majel Is Not An Apple Siri Rival</a></p>
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<p>Siri, the virtual assistant for the Apple iPhone 4S, when it appeared two months ago seemed possibly to be <a href="http://www.staygolinks.com/siri-is-an-android-killer.htm">an Android killer</a>.  It had both natural language technology together with artificial intelligence.  Given Apple&#8217;s emphasis on usability and user convenience, it promised to be impressive and so it was to many.  Google perhaps as one might expect was less enthusiastic.<br />
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<h2>Andy Rubin, Google &#8211; Strategy or Subterfuge</h2>
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<p>Andy Rubin, Senior VP Mobile, Google said that the Siri was wrong-headed since a phone should merely act as an intermediary between humans and should not be a virtual assistant.  Whether this was a confirmation of Google&#8217;s Mobile strategy or merely a smoke-screen to cover up their real intentions, only time will tell.</p>
<p>Now word is that Google is launching <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/mobiledia/2011/12/15/google-to-launch-siri-rival-for-android/">a Siri rival for the Android</a>.  It apparently is code-named Majel.</p>
<blockquote><p>Codenamed “Majel” after the late actress Majel Barrett-Roddenberry, who provided the computerized voice of the Starship Enterprise in “Star Trek,” the technology will reportedly upgrade Android’s “Voice Actions” app, which lets users make calls, get directions and perform searches on Android smartphones using voice commands.</p></blockquote>
<p>Google chairman Eric Schmidt had voiced concerns over Siri’s potential to transform search and thus compete with Google’s core business. Majel’s debut may put these concerns to rest by endowing Android handsets with voice-activated search capabilities comparable to those of the Apple iPhone.</p>
<h2>What Majel does not offer</h2>
<p>Majel may offer enhanced voice-actuated search capabilities but it seems clear that it cannot quickly catch up to the artificial intelligence that Siri offers. This is based  on a military <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/">DARPA</a> project, and is the culmination of over 40 years of research.</p>
<p>Even though Robin Williams may be somewhat disparaging on what Siri can do for you (as you can check in the video below), it seems likely that Siri will have great user appeal. Android may need to do some fast peddling to catch up.</p>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2011 21:10:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barry Welford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mobile or portable devices are clearly the future of the computing world.  Although iPhones and iPads have up till now been the market&#8217;s darlings, albeit at premium prices, Android is now coming up strongly.  An example of this is a &#8230; <a href="http://www.staygolinks.com/samsung-galaxy-tab-10-1-looks-a-winner.htm">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><p>Post from: <a href="http://www.staygolinks.com">StayGoLinks</a><br/><br/><a href="http://www.staygolinks.com/samsung-galaxy-tab-10-1-looks-a-winner.htm">Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Looks A Winner</a></p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mobile or portable devices are clearly the future of the computing world.  Although iPhones and iPads have up till now been the market&#8217;s darlings, albeit at premium prices, Android is now coming up strongly.  An example of this is a tablet put out by Samsung that may well take the lead.  According to TechRadar, the <a href="http://www.techradar.com/reviews/pc-mac/tablets/samsung-galaxy-tab-10-1-965650/review">Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1</a> is without doubt one of the best tablets yet to hit the shelves.<br />
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<p><em>The outstanding Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Honeycomb tablet is lighter and a hair thinner than the Apple iPad 2, and has a smaller footprint than either the Motorola Xoom or the Acer Iconia Tab A500, which are heavier and bulkier than most tablets.  The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 is a major contender. </em></p>
<p>If you check out <a href="http://www.samsung.com/global/microsite/galaxytab/10.1/spec.html">the specs</a>, you will be even more impressed.</p>
<p>That 10&#8243; wide screen just invites you to get involved.  The iPad has already prepared the market place for devices like this and the Galaxy Tab may well be the major beneficiary.</p>
<p>The only impediment on the road may be the patent conflicts that are already ongoing between Apple and Android / Samsung.  The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 has <a href="http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2397145,00.asp">again been delayed</a> in Australia by the courts.  However this is only temporary.  Note also that the full Federal Court of Australia seemed to have found Apple&#8217;s objections to the tablet sales somewhat lacking.</p>
<p><em>The full court found that Justice Annabelle Bennett did not adequately assess the strength of Apple&#8217;s patent claims when she allowed a ban to go into effect last month.<br />
&#8220;In our view, her decision was clearly wrong and should be set aside,&#8221; the full court wrote. </em></p>
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<p>Now in the US, <a href="http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Judge+rejects+Apple+halt+Galaxy+sales/5805471/story.html">the headlines</a> are that Judge rejects Apple bid to halt Galaxy sales.</p>
<blockquote><p>U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh  in San Jose, California stated that Apple would likely prove Samsung infringed one of its tablet patents. However, Apple had not shown that it was likely to overcome Samsung’s challenges to the patent’s validity.  Apple must demonstrate both infringement and validity to succeed in its lawsuit.</p></blockquote>
<p>Global tablet sales are expected to explode to more than 50 million in 2011. Apple, which has sold more than 30 million iPads so far, is expected to continue to dominate the market in the near term. With the entry of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, we may be about to see a shift.</p>
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		<dc:creator>Barry Welford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As Forbes.com did on the question whether Siri is an android killer, it is now attempting to create a controversy on whether Google&#8217;s Android will be paying billions to Apple. Nigam Arora, a contributor to Forbes.com suggested that Apple will &#8230; <a href="http://www.staygolinks.com/googles-android-may-pay-billions-to-apple.htm">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><p>Post from: <a href="http://www.staygolinks.com">StayGoLinks</a><br/><br/><a href="http://www.staygolinks.com/googles-android-may-pay-billions-to-apple.htm">Google&#8217;s Android May Pay Billions To Apple</a></p>
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<p>Nigam Arora, a contributor to Forbes.com suggested that <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/greatspeculations/2011/11/04/apple-to-make-billions-on-googles-android/">Apple will make billions On Google&#8217;s Android</a>.  This is because Apple has a mountain of patents related to using movements and gestures on smart phone screens, which are very effective and may well set the standard for what users will accept.</p>
<p>For example there is an Apple patent for a ‘slide to unlock’ feature.</p>
<blockquote><p>All Android devices use this feature.  This is the feature that a person uses to unlock a phone by sliding a thumb over an image to unlock the device.  Slide-to-unlock has become so popular because it is the simplest and most elegant way to date to prevent inadvertent calls.</p></blockquote>
<p>He goes on to describe some of the other fundamental smart screen patents that Apple has and it all looks very convincing.  A smart phone small screen is a very challenging space within which clumsy fingers are meant to define very precise tasks. Fitt&#8217;s Law would suggest a few large objects, one of which can be easily selected should be the approach for smart phones.  Apple already has several products including the iPad that do a great job here.</p>
<p>All this however is not convincing to another Forbes.com contributor writing a week or so later. David Coursey states that <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidcoursey/2011/11/07/apple-may-not-make-billions-off-android-may-even-pay-google/">Apple won&#8217;t &#8220;make billions&#8221; off Android, and may even pay Google</a>.</p>
<p>He notes that the Google acquisition of Motorola and its 24,500 patents could well cause payments to be going from Apple to Google as the technology advances.  He admits that he is not a patent expert so he is citing a theoretical possibility here.</p>
<p>Only someone with detailed technical knowledge of the possibilities could provide a definitive answer on this.  However I believe the strong user support for Apple products shows that usability of touch screens has been a priority for them for many years.  I would guess they are in the driving seat here on touch screen movements and gestures for smart phones.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[I happened to see an online touch typing tutor and it brought back some pleasant memories but also raised some intriguing questions for the future.  I remember at university it made sense for me to acquire a Smith Corona typewriter &#8230; <a href="http://www.staygolinks.com/free-online-touch-typing-tutor.htm">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><p>Post from: <a href="http://www.staygolinks.com">StayGoLinks</a><br/><br/><a href="http://www.staygolinks.com/free-online-touch-typing-tutor.htm">Free Online Touch Typing Tutor</a></p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I happened to see an online touch typing tutor and it brought back some pleasant memories but also raised some intriguing questions for the future.  I remember at university it made sense for me to acquire a Smith Corona typewriter and use that for <a href="http://typingclub.com">typing</a> my reports, since my handwriting was rapidly deteriorating given the speed at which notes must be taken.<br />
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<p>I accordingly used a touch typing tutor, which at that time was a printed book.  I have never regretted the time I spent and it has made me much more efficient whenever I keyboard.  Clearly having an online tutor where you can practice and easily measure your performance is very much better.  However given the evolution of technology, whether you should learn <a href="http://typingclub.com/typing-qwerty-en.html">touch typing</a> is an interesting question.</p>
<h2>Typing On Mobile Devices</h2>
<p>The dilemma about learning touch typing arises because we are now increasingly moving to mobile devices.  So often these are becoming extremely small and this is a major challenge for average fingers.  Because of this, the smart phone technology is attempting to avoid the need for pecking away at keyboard buttons.  This can be done either with or without a smartphone interface that looks like a keyboard.</p>
<h3>Swype</h3>
<p>If you have an android smartphone then you may well have seen the Swype application. Acknowledging the difficulty of hitting miniscule keys with average fingers, Swype allows you to move your fingers over the letters in a word and the software will attempt to insert the word you had in mind.  If your character path is difficult for the software to provide a single word, it will give you a choice of words from which you can select what you had in mind.</p>
<p>For more details, you can check a video made by Robert Scoble on his <a href="http://scobleizer.com/2010/09/14/touch-this-innovative-mobile-focused-startup-swype/">meeting with the Swype creators</a>.  Having used Swype on my Samsung Galaxy Android phone, I can say that although not perfect, it does a credible job.  It does of course grapple with a paradox.  Here we have a sound technology device, which is attempting to receive input via a physical stroking action.</p>
<h3>Voice Technology</h3>
<p>The more natural way to get data into a smartphone is to use voice technology.  Most smartphones do have this capability although in some cases the functionality may be limited.  The Android phone for example does allow you to create text messages by speaking into the device and it works fairly well although not with 99% accuracy.</p>
<p>These two alternative technologies for inputting messages into your smartphone seem likely to be what is used by most visitors.  Touch typing would be completely inappropriate here.</p>
<h2>Typing for Desktop Devices</h2>
<p>Mobile devices may be used in ever increasing numbers but there will always be a significant usership for desktop PCs, which do use keyboards of sufficient size to make touch typing a useful approach.  However voice technology such as Nuance&#8217;s <a href="http://www.tkqlhce.com/click-5536209-10416482?url=http%3A%2F%2Freservoir.marketstudio.net%2Freservoir%3Ft%3DCJ%26p%3D%26d%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fshop.nuance.com%252FDRHM%252Fservlet%252FControllerServlet%253FAction%253DDisplayProductDetailsPage%2526SiteID%253Dnuanceus%2526Locale%253Den_US%2526Env%253DBASE%2526productID%253D201886400%2526sisearchengine%253D186%2526siproduct%253Ddragon%2526clearppc%253D1%26p1%3D%26p2%3D%26p3%3Dproduct%2520page%26p4%3D1458280%26p5%3D%26p6%3Dnuance&#038;cjsku=K609A-L00-11.0%C2%A0" target="_top">Dragon NaturallySpeaking</a><img src="http://www.ftjcfx.com/image-5536209-10416482" width="1" height="1" border="0"/> is becoming extremely fast and accurate and can be used with desktop computers.  It is used for the SMM blogs for example with reasonable success.</p>
<h2>Touch Typing Is Hard To Beat</h2>
<p>Even though voice technology can be used with a desktop PC and does give some speed advantages, it is never 100% correct.  Where unusual vocabulary is being used, the success rate may drop.  The Dragon Naturally Speaking software can be trained to recognize the unusual words perhaps said with an unusual accent.  However there may always be small amounts of text where it is appropriate to go back to keyboarding.</p>
<p>If this is your situation, then like me, you may find it very worthwhile to spend a little time with an online touch typing tutor to improve your total effectiveness.</p>
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