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Twitter new launched app are not worthy and people were unhappy........

2011-12-14T22:11:00.000-08:00

Twitter's contentious redesign boosts unofficial apps

The makers of Tweetbot say their app has seen a tenfold increase in downloads recently.

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

Twitter's redesign last week spurred more downloads for third-party apps
Many Twitter users were unhappy with the overhaul to Twitter
Some were willing to pay a premium for apps that look familiar

The week-old redesign of quick-messaging service Twitter was meant to simplify its tools and make it more accessible to newbies. But it has had some unintended consequences.
Independent developers of applications that tie into Twitter's network say they have experienced significant accelerations in downloads and revenue since..
When addicts of the social network got their hands on the new version, many recoiled upon seeing the changes. They were especially vocal about the loss of some features in Twitter's mobile apps and about the private-message tab being hidden within another menu.
So thousands flocked to the various app stores to get third-party apps that look more like the previous version of Twitter. Some of the most popular apps cost a few dollars, unlike the free app made by Twitter.
Tweetbot, an anime-themed app for the iPhone, more than doubled its usual revenue just after Twitter's major redesign, said Paul Haddad, a co-founder for app maker Tapbot. When the small developer cut the price of Tweetbot in half on Friday, to 99 cents, revenue increased more than tenfold, Haddad said.
Independent trackers of app downloads verify that Tweetbot and others experienced big gains.
"Word of mouth really goes a long way on Twitter," Haddad wrote in an e-mail.
The maker of another popular app, Twitterrific, saw a "bump" after the Twitter changes, which carried through to this week, said Craig Hockenberry, the head of app maker Iconfactory. This effect is common, but short-lived, after a major change to Twitter, he said.
Twitterrific, which offers a free version with ads or a full version for $4.99, experienced a similar boost in March after Twitter updated its iPhone app with a much-maligned feature called the Quick Bar, Hockenberry said. The Quick Bar, which critics dubbed Dick Bar after Twitter CEO Dick Costolo, added an ever-present ticker showing trending topics and ads. Within a month, Twitter had removed the feature.
"Please stop complaining about the new Twitter app," Haddad wrote on his Tapbot Twitter account last week. "They might revert back, and I'm really enjoying the increase in sales."
For a relatively new Twitter app, like Twittelator Neue, the backlash provided some much-needed attention. That app, which costs $1.99, has seen about three times as many downloads in the week since Twitter 4.0.
"We've definitely seen a spike since Twitter updated their official client," Ollie Wagner, the Twittelator developer, wrote in an e-mail. "Changes like the ones they've made tend to be quite polarizing, oftentimes magnetizing audiences towards newer third party clients."
In March, during the Quick Bar fiasco, Twitter began discouraging makers of these types of apps from pursuing development. Ryan Sarver, a leader on Twitter's developer relations team, wrote then in a memo to partners that they should not be building software that reproduces the functions of a standard Twitter app.
"We need to move to a less fragmented world, where every user can experience Twitter in a consistent way," Sarver wrote. "This is already happening organically -- the number and market share of consumer client apps that are not owned or operated by Twitter has been shrinking."
As that number seems to grow slightly, it's unclear whether Twitter's stance has changed. A Twitter spokeswoman declined to comment, and Sarver didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.

INSIGHT- Apple's board set for bigger role under new regime

2011-08-28T03:40:00.000-07:00

The departure of Steve Jobs as Apple's CEO is likely to trigger some major changes for the company's board.

Rather than acting as mere advisers to one of the world's great visionary leaders, the board may have to take more control, be less deferential to the new CEO Tim Cook than it was to Jobs, and meet more often.
"Over time that board is going to have to step up to greater responsibility and a more traditional role," said Jim Post, a professor of management at Boston University School of Management.
Jobs, after a lengthy battle with a rare form of pancreatic cancer and other health problems, on Wednesday said he could no longer fulfill his duties at the world's most valuable technology company and handed the CEO reins to his long-time lieutenant Cook.
Initially at least, the board will be chaired by Jobs himself, though there are questions over whether he will be in that position long, or play a major role, given the state of his health.
The creation of a chairman's position is a first step in restructuring the board. Apple was one of the few U.S. companies that lacked a chairman, raising concerns that there was no one to balance the power of the CEO.
The company had defended the lack of a chairman, saying it was in the best interests of the company and shareholders for the CEO to instead interact with two co-lead directors, Art Levinson and Andrea Jung.
That leadership structure "enhances the board's oversight of and independence from management...and the company's overall corporate governance," Apple had said in a proxy statement in January.
BOARD'S LIGHT TOUCH MAY CHANGE
Yet Apple's corporate governance had raised questions.
"You could ask how much control Jobs has exercised over the board and some would argue that it was quite a lot," said Charles Elson, director of the Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance at the University of Delaware. "The problem is we just don't know much about Apple, it's pretty opaque."
There were signs that Jobs has at times kept the board in the dark. Over the past two years, for example, board members have confided to friends their concern that Jobs, in his quest for privacy, wasn't being forthcoming with directors about the true condition of his health.
The board doesn't, on the surface at least, appear to have been the most active.
According to executive search firm Spencer Stuart, it met just four times in 2010 -- a year in which the company launched the iPad, and faced growing concerns about Jobs' health, as well as a public relations black eye over antenna issues on the iPhone 4. By comparison, boards in the S&P 500 index overall met an average of 8.6 times.
That may change now that Cook is in charge.
"The board has to be thinking hard about the new responsibilities that they're going to have to step up to," said Post from Boston University. For example, it may be challenged to hang on to Apple's leadership team, which was held together in some part by Jobs' magnetism, Post said.
In Jobs' three health-related absences in recent years, Cook has taken over the helm.
But the 50-year-old Alabama native, a former Compaq executive and an acknowledged master of supply-chain management, remains largely untested in Wall Street's view. He wasn't even on the Apple board before this week -- also unusual for someone who had been the No.2 executive in a company.
Overall, he is being viewed as a safe bet to run Apple's sprawling empire, but it would be difficult to find many people who think Jobs won't be badly missed.
COOK MAY FACE TOUGH QUESTIONS
Cook's biggest test will come after the launch of the products that are in the pipeline for the next year or so -- which are seen as having the Jobs' imprint on them.
If product development slows after that, it will be up to the board to begin asking tough questions of Cook, corporate governance experts said.
The board is not lacking experience. But whether some of its members, mainly CEOs or former CEOs, have much time to commit to their Apple roles is another question.
For example, co-lead director Jung also runs Avon Products Inc , the world's largest direct seller of cosmetics with 40,000 employees, and serves as a director or trustee for other organizations.
Another director, Millard Drexler, is chief executive of retailer J. Crew Group, while director Al Gore, the former U.S. Vice President, serves as partner of venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and chairs another investment management firm.
The board is also smaller than average, with just eight members, up from seven before this week's change, versus an average of 10.7 members for S&P 500 companies, based on the Spencer Stuart data.
Of course, the light touch has not raised many eyebrows while Apple has been prospering -- its shares have risen more than five-fold in the past five years -- but it would be surprising if such an astonishingly smooth ride could continue.
Corporate governance pioneer Robert Monks pointed to Microsoft Corp as an example of how the star quality can dim. Its shares have slipped in the past 10 years even as sales and earnings have climbed.
"There comes a time when the magic isn't there and they become ordinary companies...then you begin to worry about governance

Memristor circuits lead to ultrasmall PCs. Intel and AMD unleash massively multicore CPUs. Samsung TVs respond to your every gesture. These and other developing technologies will fundamentally change the way you think about--and use--technology.

2011-08-28T03:31:00.000-07:00

The memristor, a microscopic component that can "remember" electrical states even when turned off. It's expected to be far cheaper and faster than flash storage. A theoretical concept since 1971, it has now been built in labs and is already starting to revolutionize everything we know about computing, possibly making flash memory, RAM, and even hard drives obsolete within a decade.
The memristor is just one of the incredible technological advances sending shock waves through the world of computing. Other innovations in the works are more down-to-earth, but they also carry watershed significance. From the technologies that finally make paperless offices a reality to those that deliver wireless power, these advances should make your humble PC a far different beast come the turn of the decade.
In the following sections, we outline the basics of 15 upcoming technologies, with predictions on what may come of them. Some are breathing down our necks; some advances are still just out of reach. And all have to be reckoned with.

iTunes Application Detector

2011-08-23T08:40:00.000-07:00

The windows
users
love
to
enjoy iTunes
application.
The
simplest
and the easiest way to access content on iPhones and iPods. The iTunes, a fiction application, has something in it to keep users attached to it. iTunes, lets you download applications, music to your devices.

CiVinTec Easy Do Office Power

2011-08-23T08:35:00.001-07:00

CiVinTec recently launched EasyDo Office Power, the application software for medium
access control and time
attendance system. It is
backward compatible with
EasyAccess Office Power. Based
on EasyDo Office Edition, the software adds more detailed
preferences and powerful
features. The software can be
used for a variety of occasions,
such as school, hospital, bank,
hotel, shopping mall, government agency, industrial and mining
enterprises, outdoor work, etc. EasyDo Office Power is developed for all controllers of CiVinTec
such as CV9601T(S)-X-XX,
CV9600(T)(S)-X-XX, CV9600(S)-
X-2B, CV8600(S)-X, EL600-X,
EL501T-X-XX, EL500(T)-X-XX,
EL500-X-2B

How to avoid clock frm virus....and hw to recover C and D drivesHow to avoid clock frm virus....and hw to recover C and D drives

2011-08-23T08:28:00.001-07:00

Download, update &
run this free
program:www.download\malwarebytes-anti malware.com
This program is best
run in safe mode. I don't think you
have a virus. "VIRUS ALERT" comes
from smitfraud or a
rogue program.

Force One SUV-Force Motors SUV Powered By Merceder Benz

2011-08-23T08:19:00.000-07:00

The newForce One is a Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) powered by
2.2L diesel engine which is made
in India with license from
Mercedes-Benz . It is a medium
level SUV and will be competing
with other Indian brands SUVs such as Mahindra Scorpio and
Tata Safari . It is not an
affordable price SUV and it will
face touch competition from the
already established SUVs in the
same price range .

Brain Like Computer

2011-08-21T09:13:00.000-07:00

The computers that are used in high-tech research labs and military applications are in the high end zone. But, the technology is still limited to the extent that they could not reduce the size of such computers with the increasing speed. These computers may be able to perform multiple operations and carry out several
instructions at the same time, but they are not portable. Besides, no one has ever been able to develop a computer that resembles the biological systems of a brain. Lately, a device that is more energy efficient than any other processor used now, and that too with the capability of processing multiple instructions at the same time, has been developed. The details and study was explained in the latest edition of the journal called “Advanced Materials”. The article explains about a device that uses phase changed materials for the multiple and simultaneous processing and storage of information. All the team work and effort for this device was given by researchers at the University of Exeter. All conventional computers present now have a separate processor and memory. Thus, when a data is to be processed, it has to be identified from its memory, selected, taken to the processor, processed and then sent back to the same memory address. Since multiple data processing happens in a very small time, a huge time loss occurs. When the same processing mechanism occurs inside a human brain, the whole case becomes different. The brain is equipped to process and store the information and the same place. Thus, the time required to search for the information, retrieve it, and send
it back after processing is saved. In order to design a device with the same characteristics, the researchers used a material that
would resemble the properties explained above called phase changed materials. Phase change materials are able to process and store the information at the same place and also at the same time. The material was first experimented with basic processing methods like addition, subtraction and so on. To their surprise, they found out that the material was able to reproduce artificial neurons and synapses. Thus, an artificial system that is made only from phase-change devices could potentially learn and process information in a similar way to our own brains

How To Avoid Computer Hacking

2011-08-21T06:34:00.000-07:00

Here are three
things you can do to
avoid “hackers” and
keep your computer
secure: First, never post
your IP address on
the Internet or in an
email. Every
computer that
accesses the Internet has an
Internet Protocol
address. This is a
four-digit number
separated by
periods… for example,
123.321.111.02. Once
a hacker has your
computer IP address,
it’s like walking in
your unlocked front door. Second, use firewall
and antivirus
software programs
to protect your
computer from
hackers. These programs should
automatically load
when you turn on
your computer. Make
sure these computer
programs are always running before you
access the Internet.
If you want to exit
or turn off your
firewall or antivirus
program, disconnect from the Internet
first. Finally, when you are
not using the
Internet, either turn
your computer off or
disconnect it from
the Internet. Don’t leave your computer
running in normal
mode. If you don’t
physically turn off
your computer, you
can change the status of your
computer to “stand-
by” mode. If you
have a cable
connected to your
modem, it is easy to disconnect the cable
from your modem to
guarantee your
computer is not
accessible to
computer hackers......

Network Device Monitor

2011-08-21T06:24:00.000-07:00

Free network monitor Solarwinds' free monitor makes it
easy to check the performance
and health of a router or
firewall. Download your free
Network Device Monitor

Micromax E390Micromax E390

2011-08-21T06:07:00.000-07:00

Micromax E390 Price –
2.8-inch Touchscreen
CDMA Mobile Phone The new Micromax E390 is an
affordable price touchscreen
mobile phone . It is a single SIM
CDMA mobile and sports resistive
touch display .

Social network

2011-06-29T06:06:00.000-07:00

Google launches social networking site named MASHABLE.....view more frm google site....Life s urs keep in touch wit ur tech updates...

Apple Tech News

2011-06-19T02:28:00.001-07:00

Verizon apple iphone4 shattered sales within two hours,also it introduces nano....the product becomes an popular product.....it shatters all over the world...learn more frm tech gadgets....

Colourfly pocket Hi-fi C4

2011-06-18T22:47:00.001-07:00

This colourfly c4 is an audio player with more features. It has a special type of DAC which is used to hear the audio with high clarity...it has both 6.5mm and 3.5mm headphone jacks..it cost abt $800...learn more frm latest technology..

NASA

2011-06-18T22:33:00.000-07:00

NASA Selects new heavy lift rockets......
The launcher wil start with an side mounted rocket boosters with more advantages......to learn more view nasa news or search latest technology.