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Ukraine's Donetsk region asking to join Russia, separatist leader says

2014-05-12T23:19:00.004-07:00

(CNN) -- A separatist leader declared Monday that eastern Ukraine's Donetsk region was not only independent, but also would ask to join Russia -- a day after referendum organizers claim voters in the region chose to break away from Kiev.

Denis Pushilin, self-declared leader of the Donetsk People's Republic, told a crowd that no further referendum was needed to ask Russia to annex it.

Pro-Russian separatists held a referendum Sunday asking residents of the Donetsk region whether it should declare independence from Ukraine. Nearly 90% of voters in the area favored secession, an election official said Monday.

A similar question was put to voters in Luhansk. Preliminary results were expected Monday, officials said.

But a new poll for CNN suggests that support for alliance with Russia is much weaker than pro-Russian separatists say, even in the east.

Just over a third (37%) of Ukrainians in three eastern regions favor an alliance with Russia, while 14% of the region backs an alliance with the European Union and about half (49%) say Ukraine would be better off if it did not ally with either, the poll found.

"Eastern Ukraine" includes the regions of Donetsk, Luhansk and Kharkiv.

Neither Ukraine's government nor the European Union immediately reacted to Pushilin's overture to Russia, though both dismissed Sunday's votes.

"That farce the terrorists call a referendum is nothing else but a propagandist cover for killings, kidnapping, violence and other grave crimes," he said.This propagandist farce will not have any legal consequences, only criminal responsibility of its organizers," acting Ukrainian President Oleksandr Turchynov said in a statement Monday.

He reiterated that his government will continue fighting against "terrorists, saboteurs and criminals" but will negotiate with those in eastern Ukraine "who do not have blood on their hands and those who are ready to defend their goals and beliefs in a legal way."

A vote for autonomy is a vote for the self-destruction of the east, Turchynov has said.

It would cut residents off from the national economy and social programs, he said. "It is a step (to) nowhere for these regions. It is euphoria that may lead to very complex consequences, and many people can already feel them."

Polls close amid allegations of fraud and double-voting

Pushilin's announcement is reminiscent of separatists' moves in the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea, which Russia annexed after Crimeans voted to secede from Ukraine and join Russia in a March 16 referendum.

Nationwide, the ComRes poll for CNN poll found that 56% of Ukrainians feel a stronger sense of loyalty towards Europe, 19% towards Russia, and 22% towards neither.

The CNN findings come from a poll by the agency ComRes of 1,000 adult Ukrainians contacted by telephone in Russian and Ukrainian between May 7-11. Three percent said they didn't know. The poll's margin of error is 3.1 percentage points.

Reactions from Russia, NATO, European Union

Russia welcomed Sunday's votes.

"Moscow respects the will of the population of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, and hopes that the practical implementation of the outcome of the referendums will proceed along civilized lines, without repeat outbreaks of violence," the Kremlin said in a statement.

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen told CNN's Christiane Amanpour on Monday that "those referendums don't count." He called the vote "illegal."

The referendum was "organized in a chaotic manner with dubious and ambiguous questions," he said, adding that the only "thing that counts" is Ukraine's planned presidential election on May 25.

"I urge all actors to make sure that those general elections can be conducted in an orderly manner," Rasmussen said.

He said that he feels NATO and its allies have sent a "very clear message to Moscow" and assured its allies. Recently, U.S. Army forces have been deployed to Poland and three Baltic states. Amanpour challenged Rasmussen, asking him whether he thought that was enough to demonstrate "heft."

Rasmussen responded that NATO is "considering further steps."

"Those further steps might include an update of existing defense plans, development of new defense plans, enhanced exercises and also appropriate deployment," he said.

It's too early, he said, to describe anything more specifically, "but we will not hesitate to take further steps if needed," he said.

U.S. exercises in Poland: What's the message?

German Chancellor Angela Merkel also described the referendum as illegitimate and said the focus should be on the May 25 presidential election in Ukraine.

Meanwhile, the European Union imposed sanctions related to the Ukraine crisis on another 13 people, bringing the total number to 61, an EU diplomat said Monday.

Details about the sanctions given to the 13 weren't immediately available, but previously announced sanctions included asset freezes and visa bans.

The diplomat did not name the newly sanctioned people or reveal their nationalities. Previous targets included Dmitry Kozak, Russia's deputy prime minister; Valery Gerasimov, Russia's military chief; and pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine, including Pushilin.

The EU also has imposed sanctions on two entities in Crimea, the diplomat said Monday.

Merkel and French President Francois Hollande have warned that Russia could face more consequences if the Ukrainian presidential vote does not go ahead as planned.

"If no internationally recognized presidential election were to take place, this would inevitably further destabilize the country," Merkel said.

In that case, she said, "we are ready to take further sanctions against Russia."

Merkel and Hollande also said that Russian troops along the Ukrainian border "should undertake visible steps to reduce their readiness."

Putin announced a troop pullback Wednesday, but NATO says it has seen no signs of a withdrawal of Russian forces from the border area.

Russia annexed the southern region of Crimea after announced results in a separatist referendum showed more than 90% in favor of joining Russia. In an independent survey by the Pew Research Center, 54% of Crimea residents showed support for secession.

The Kremlin has said that it has no interest in annexing other parts of Ukraine. But it is pushing for the country to adopt a constitution that would give regions where Russian is widely spoken a larger voice in policy-making.

Critics fear that the creation of autonomous pro-Russian regions in Ukraine would cement alliances with the Kremlin that would give it essential control over them.

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2014-05-09T05:15:00.002-07:00

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James Bond Is An Android User

2012-10-25T00:17:00.001-07:00

James Bond Skyfall an Android device (specifically the Sony Xperia T) uses. Obviously, it would be very cool, and making sure that people know about it. Official Android Google+ account posted today:

I wonder if Sony's involvement in the production of the film had anything to do with the appointment of the phone.TheNextWeb other Sony products that have been heavily featured in Bond films in the past - especially in Casino Royale Blu-ray players.

Windows 8 Still Baffling to Non-Geeks

2012-10-18T01:57:00.000-07:00

March of this year, when Windows 8 Consumer Preview was released, Chris Pirillo, aka LockerGnome, way in the back seat of his father's new with Windows.What followed was an instructive four minutes in which the man struggled to understand the operating system and questioned where the Start menu had gone. His father actually said, "They are trying to drive me to the Mac?"

Back then there was still hope that Microsoft would modify the OS slightly to help those who have been using Windows iterations since the 90s. Unfortunately, its October 26 release day is approaching and with pre-orders on sale, Windows 8 is pretty much the same it was in March.

Once again proves his point, Pirillo took to the streets and show Windows 8 for non-geeks to see if they can complete the task in previous versions were simple. As with his father, a start menu and taskbar deficiency actually threw people, and many of them compared to a smartphone UI interface. He then asked them to turn off the computer using Windows and real confusion began to set in turn:

To be fair, I'm sure it's taken me a while to get off the button (in the Settings menu, really?) .

While the interface may work beautifully on a tablet or other touchscreen device, the business customers Microsoft relies on will not be happy having to purchase all-new equipment or spend the money and time to retrain all of their employees, as one woman in the video said she would need. It may be a bit too early to call Windows 8 a flop, but Microsoft will need a huge marketing push for consumers to even consider switching to a completely unfamiliar OS.

Too Many People Are Dropping Their iPhones Into Toilets

2012-10-16T23:08:00.005-07:00

How many of you have broken an iPhone? IFixit indicate the existence of such repair services that mobile devices seems to break easily and often. We have a very careful when handling devices are surprisingly delicate. It is not that we are always guards. It just may be that we are vigilant in all the wrong areas.

In a recent study by SquareTrade, an electronics warranty service found that a lot of people are not careful with their iPhones when they are at home. In fact, 51 percent of all iPhone accidents occur in or around the home. It is here where you feel safe, and you probably let your guard down enough to drop your iPhone in sync.

Speaking of sinking, 21 percent of all accidents happen in the kitchen. Following closely behind in second place, 18 percent of all accidents happen in the living room. Rounding out the top three is the bathroom where 16 percent of all accidents.

The most prevalent threat of iPhones around the house a few water hazards. In fact, iPhone owners 5 percent of the device is left in the washer. Another nine percent have agreed to leave their phones in the toilet.The latter statistic makes perfect sense as many users reported in a previous survey that they must take their phones into the bathroom with them

As for fluid intake, water main attacker as 43 percent of all accidents involving H2O. In order to gain the rest of the liquid soda, beer and coffee and tea are a combination. I do not know what to say, most of the iPhone users, drinking water, or if they are just careful around other liquids.

Microsoft Windows 8 Pre-Orders Now Available

2012-10-13T05:19:00.001-07:00

Microsoft today announced that Windows 8 Pro upgrade DVD copies are available for pre-order at select retailers. Operating system upgrade will cost $ 70 clients and Windows XP Service Pack 3, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 running will be able to upgrade to customers.

Windows 8 now, Amazon, Staples, Office Depot, Best Buy and other retailers is available for pre-order (pre-order from Best Buy though you might want to be careful). However, customers who have the virtue of patience can wait until release day on October 26 to buy the upgrade through Windows.com using the Windows 8 Upgrade Assistant. Pro 8 for Windows download version will cost only $ 40.

Microsoft Windows blog, the "new approach" with the company was taking the box art for the OS to point out was over quickly. Packaging of the five different versions of "living" with abstract paintings are all available. The company also bragged that it has changed its packaging "paper-based materials," which means the box is more environmentally friendly and is 41% lighter.

In addition to the operating system, Microsoft's Windows 8 associate their products for the green light has been put up for pre-order. Pills, hybrid computers, and HP, Samsung, and others have put the laptop in the online store only.

Oddly enough, Microsoft's own tablet hybrid, Surface, is not yet available for pre-order. Currently hold rumors that Windows 8 smartphones will be available starting October 21 for pre-order.

Click on the picture below and check out some of the design new packaging for Windows 8:

Wikileaks Angers Anonymous By Implementing A Paywall

2012-10-12T03:47:00.000-07:00

Wikileaks information is always free distribution is about. In every interview and speech, the site's founder Julian Assange speaks on democracy, freedom of speech and information. The mission of the site, but Wikileaks is incredibly underfunded. That they can find a way to fix the problem.

If you have to check out tomorrow night Vikilik GIFiles went on, you will be greeted by this:

A new GIFiles Paywall Stratfor Obama Romney, and their related parties 200,000 emails containing from about coincides with the release. Email to garner significant interest from American citizens as we head into the final stretch of the election could.

All of this may be perfectly acceptable if it was just an advertisement asking for support. Wikileak angry because people do not ask for support, they are seeking. The image above is a valid paywall that you do not get back, you can donate money. Wikileaks' one of the biggest allies was not happy with it.

Anonymous, or at least the guy who runs @ YourAnonNews twitter feed, last night was livid about the paywall.

Apple Was Warned About Maps App Issues

2012-10-11T01:46:00.000-07:00

Soon after iOS 6 update iPhone users got their hands on, it became clear that the new Apple Maps app sucks. Users quickly took to the Internet to vent their frustrations and wrongly placed spots, distorted satellite imagery, and laugh at poor search quality.

Issues than 6 iOS 5 IOS side played a role in reducing customer satisfaction. Apple outcry eventually humbled, and Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook has apologized for the software, urging customers alternative map application which promoted the use of it in the App Store

This week told CNET that the new Maps app developers have been complaining about the pre-release version of the IOS since the six was released back in June. Report saying they are filing bug reports as a "half-dozen" anonymous developers quotes, e-mail is sent, and the "doomsayer" rants posted to message boards with, but went ignored by Apple. Fragmentary nature of some of the developers said that the Maps app features within their own apps that rely on an accurate mapimagery broke.

Anonymous developers told CNET that an Apple employee was responding to his or her complaints, saying that the issue maps "well understood," so it was not just like Apple developers' warning was not heard. Perhaps in future Apple Apple software development more closely to those who will listen on the font lines.

Disney Uses 3D Printers In Unexpectedly Awesome Ways

2012-10-10T00:22:00.001-07:00

3D printing has many supporters, but many of them small startups who have big dreams. The largest companies are either ignorant or dismissive of 3D printing, but the company is putting its weight behind the technology

Disney and the company's research facility in Pittsburgh with 3D printers are much more rare. They printed "optics", and it is built on the spot of their future electronics that fit the immediate needs of the situation fits. Here is their description:

Printed optics devices using interactive 3D printing for custom optical elements to create a new approach. Printed optics sensing performance, competent, and light elements embedded directly in the body of an interactive device. These elements, unique display surfaces, novel lighting technology, custom optical sensors, embedded components used digital rapid and robust, high fidelity, optimized for interactive devices that can be manufactured.

Disney Research team also put together a short video that shows the potential for printed optics

The majority of the work done here is not thanks to the 3D printer. It is wonderful in most Disney engineers who have these kinds of technologies keep on dreaming. 3D printer, however, rapid prototyping ever important purpose.The majority of the work done here is not thanks to the 3D printer. It is wonderful in most Disney engineers who have these kinds of technologies keep on dreaming. 3D printer, however, rapid prototyping ever important purpose.

Disney has not made the most detailed 3D printing projects, maybe, but they are definitely a good thing. I can not wait to see where it goes in the future.

Nokia Lumia 810 Will be Exclusive For T-Mobile

2012-10-09T05:43:00.000-07:00

After years of waiting, later this month Windows 8 will launch on October 26. Microsoft is going to party like its 1995, and to show the world that Windows 8 Windows 95 continues the company's most important. This is help you to get started, the company built the apps that Windows 8 users when they first turn on the machine will be greeted with the update.

Microsoft yesterday announced that they will launch Windows 8 through slowly rolling out updates through the Windows Store. Anyone update, which was released in August of Windows 8 RTM version can be downloaded from. Microsoft says that Windows stores any existing tile available updates for all currently installed apps will notify users.

Today Bing app out of the gate before the update application. Beyond that, pretty much every feature in Windows 8 app to the official launch of the new operating system update will be going head enough. Here are some of the highlights

SkyDrive

Search within Sky Drive

Rename and move folders and files

New first-run experience

Custom sort order

Photos

Crop and rotate photos

New auto-curated collage slideshows

View photos and videos on network locations in your Pictures Library such as Windows Home Server, network shares, and HomeGroups

Move through photos in your Pictures Library even when you open them from the desktop

Maps

Bird’s eye view

3,000+ indoor venue maps

Driving directions hints

Improved navigation and layout

Improved customization, including custom pushpins and roaming options

Integration with Bing and Travel apps

Bing

Richer search results for local content and images

Bing rewards integration

Use zoom on your search results to see related queries

Use the file picker to select an image from Bing to use on your lock screen or in your other apps

Music

Expanded music services

Rich “Now Playing” experience

Discover more music with SmartDJ

Games

Exciting new games

In-game purchasing

Invites and turn notifications

Chinese Journalist Goes Undercover To Find Out How The iPhone 5 Is Made

2012-10-06T04:00:00.002-07:00

The Shanghai Evening Post deserves all kinds of journalistic awards after their latest undertaking. The newspaper sent one of their journalists to pose as a new employee at Foxconn. His job was to see what the conditions at Foxconn were like while they were manufacturing the iPhone 5. His report is equally fascinating and terrifying.

Of course the original report in Chinese, but MIC Gadget translate the whole thing was quite good. Timing has not been good either for the whole world as Apple is preparing to debut 5 iPhone this morning. It is a shame from Foxconn Apple is not going to pull out, but the FLA can double your efforts with them.

Recruiting journalists report begins with a description of the process and dorms. Needless to say, it is not enough. This is not entirely unexpected. Things get really interesting until 5 iPhone describe the manufacturing process to begin. What follows is a company that overworks and underpays its employees while telling them that it is an honor to build 5 iPhone

5 iPhone backplate reporter assigned to work with an oil-based pen appointment was marked points. He works to a backplate, four spots and scars on her back on the belt requires a person within three seconds. Are the same as the worker tried to take a break, but was caught by the supervisor. His punishment was to stand in a corner for 10 minutes.

The workers' rights groups, the major complaint is that Foxconn workers are forced to put in too many hours. Exceed the amount of overtime required by electronics manufacturers led to the death of a man, but not as quickly as exhaustion kicks. The journalist confirmed this to be case after saying that his shift was going to end at 5 a.m but they were work kept until 7 a.m. He said that work doesn’t stop until the production line belt stops.

It all at Foxconn really just a small taste of what goes on. The journalist didn't get to see the more dangerous or labor intensive job because he was not able to work one job. It already feels bad enough as it is.

Foxconn chairman earlier this year when he got in trouble for animals than workers. Philosophy is carried through to the observers, especially when one said, "think how we treat you may feel uncomfortable, but it's for your own good." Brutal working conditions, $ 4 for a little longer to work overtime doesn 't feel like it's for the best

I'm sure the Shanghai Evening Post announced on the eve of the anti Apple iPhone 5 to kickstart the campaign,but it is probably not much of an impact, I don’t think anybody would ask you to refrain from buying an iPhone, but it would be nice if consumers would actually think for a moment on how much goes into making the electronics they take for granted

Another Cheap 3D Printer Looks To Kickstarter For Funding

2012-10-04T23:46:00.002-07:00

3D printers are getting cheaper and cheaper all the time. Unfortunately, the cheap 3D printers aren’t that great with printing high-resolution models. More often that not, creators will have to sand down 3D printed objects to get smooth ridges and edges. One company is attempting to offer high resolution desktop 3D printers at half the price of traditional models.

The Form 1 3D printer is the Double Fine
Adventure of 3D printers. It was the product
that proved Kick-starter was a viable platform
to raise funds for its respective industry. Kick-starter has already become a haven for game projects, but it may be turning into a 3D printer haven as well.

The latest 3D printer to stake its future on Kick-starter is the Panda Bot. It Bil's itself as a “friendly, affordable 3D printer.” The creator, Panda Robotics, is only asking for $50,000, half of what Form-lab's was asking for the Form 1. The reduced asking price means that the actual printer is much cheaper as well.

Form-labs, a start up 3D printer company, has created a Kick-starter for the Form 1 printer. They describe the machine as “an affordable, high-resolution 3D printer for professional creators.” The company is looking for $100,000 to fund the project. People have already mortgaged $86,951 with 29 days to go in the campaign.

The Form 1 3D printer prided itself as being a cheap, yet professional 3D printer. As far as professional 3D printers go, the $2,500 asking price was very cheap. That’s still a bit too much for some people, and that’s where the Panda Bot comes in. A very affordable $800 will net you the basic Panda Bot.

So, how high is the resolution of the Form 1 3D printer? The team claims that their printer can print layers as thin as 25 microns with features as small as 300 microns. They’re able to do this by ditching the extruded plastic method of low-end 3D printers. Instead, the Form 1 uses stereo-lithography, which uses a laser to draw on a layer of liquid plastic resin. Check it out for yourselves:

The Form 1 is more expensive than other cheap 3D printers, but it’s significantly cheaper than stereo-lithographic 3D printers. Those interested in 3D printers can get one via Kick-starter for for the relatively low price of $2,299. The full set with 1L resin, and a Form Finish Kit will set you back $2,699.

As previously mentioned, the base model will only run you $800. This reward tier will provide backers with a white Panda Bot, a Panda Robotics t-shirt and sticker. Backers who pledge $1,000 will get all of the above plus the Panda Bot in their choice of color. Higher reward tiers include all of the previous goodies plus meet and greets with the team behind the printer.

The Form 1 has already raised over $1.5 million. I don’t see the Panda Bot getting anywhere near that, but it doesn’t have to. The Panda Bot is all about giving another low-cost choice to those who just want to get into 3D printing, but don’t have the money to afford something like the Form 1 or the Marker Bot Replicator 2.

There’s been an abundance of 3D printers showing up on Kick-starter lately. All of these companies are also producing the hardware here in the U.S. It’s a sign that manufacturing is coming back to the U.S., but in amazing new industries. It’s a shame that 3D printing isn’t getting the recognition it deserves as the next great American innovation

The Form 1 has already raised over $1.5 million. I don’t see the Panda Bot getting anywhere near that, but it doesn’t have to. The Panda Bot is all about giving another low-cost choice to those who just want to get into 3D printing, but don’t have the money to afford something like the Form 1 or the Marker-bot Replicator 2. .

Samsung Might Want To Lose To Apple More Often

2012-10-04T01:43:00.002-07:00

Samsung, at least in the US, has seen a shortage of good news. The company ended August by losing a massive patent lawsuit, and now Apple wants to have some of their devices banned from sale. They aren’t letting a potential $1 billion payout to Apple get to them though. In fact, things are actually looking better than ever for the South Korean-based company.

Localytics recently looked into the weekly growth of sales for Samsung’s insanely popular Galaxy S III smartphone. Common sense would dictate that Samsung would see a decrease in sales growth as a result of the ruling, but the opposite has proven true. They found that sales growth actually spiked 16 percent after the verdict in the patent trial was announced.

Once again, common sense would dictate that such a spike is just a coincidence. As it turns out, there’s no coincidence. Samsung saw their next big sales spike only three weeks later after the announcement of the iPhone 5. At that time, sales of the Galaxy S III spiked by 15 percent

Google Announces New Data Center Energy Agreement

2012-09-27T00:18:00.002-07:00

Today Google announced that it has reached an agreement with the Grand River Dam authority (GRDA) to green the energy supply to its oklahoma data center.
This includes 48 MW of wind energy from the Canadian Hills Wind Project in Oklahoma,

which Google says will come online later this year.

“We’ve been working with GRDA, our local utility, to procure additional renewable energy since we ‘plugged in’ our data center in 2011, and in February of 2012, GRDA approached us about purchasing power from Canadian Hills.”

“This agreement is a milestone for GRDA because it’s their first-ever wind energy project,” adds Demasi. “It’s also a milestone for Google because it’s a little different from the previous Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) we’ve signed, where we agreed to buy the energy directly from the developer who built the wind farm. This agreement, by contrast, marks the first time we’ve partnered with a utility provider to increase the amount of renewable energy powering one of our data centers.”

Setify Is A New eBay Tool For Collectors

2012-09-26T01:00:00.000-07:00

satify is a new tool launched by eBay for helping collectors for track and share collection of thinks. Ever since it was founded, eBay has delivered useful resources for collectors, and Collectibles remains one of the most popular buying and selling categories on eBay says eBay’s Sebastian Rupley in a blog post.
Setify is a lightweight tool that allows collectors to track the items that they own, share their collections and build wish lists and shop for collectibles on eBay.

The tool supports comic books and coin collections right now, but it will expand to support more things.........

Antivirus reviews help you pick the best protection program

2011-09-19T02:36:00.000-07:00

Searching for the best antivirus program for your computer system? Confused with which one to choose from the lot available in the market? Don't worry; different antivirus reviews published by experts can help you to get rid of this confusion. Experts write reviews on various antivirus and publish them on various websites and tech forums. You can go through these reviews and understand how effective an antivirus program is, even before purchasing it for your system. From different websites and similarly other mediums you can get different reviews about the same antivirus program. Comparisons of different antivirus programs are also available. In these reviews, the experts explore the features of the antivirus program in such a manner that even a computer beginner can understand the functionality of a security software. Pros and cons of each antivirus program are reviewed by experts to provide you a clear picture of the antivirus suit.

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These reviews include detailed information on virus scanning processes of different antivirus programs. You can know how the scanning happens and even understand what all would be scanned. You can learn about the features of the antivirus programs thoroughly and then decide which one to buy. Antivirus installation becomes the second important thing to be handled with care. Unsuccessful antivirus installation may cause various errors. Most of the antivirus program provides step by step instructions on how to proceed with the installation. You just need to read and proceed with the onscreen instructions.
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Apple is Troubles in September

2011-09-14T02:10:00.000-07:00

Apple is among the most effective companies on the planet who gathers focus around the globe constantly. Well, it appears at first of September, Apple is held in some troubles.

Among the news is the fact that Apple lost an apple iphone prototype, again. Many people still remember strongly that certain Apple worker lost an apple iphone 4 prototype inside a bar which apple iphone was offered to Gizmodo in the finish. Yes, similar unexpected things happen again this season. But this time around it had been different. Rather than hanging out inside a Redwood City German beer garden and departing the telephone behind for any mercenary patron to locate, the 2010 scatterbrain apparently partied inside a Bay Area tequila lounge and left the telephone for any mercenary patron to locate. Which year's lost phone apparently wound up on Craig's list, not Gizmodo.

However, Apple isn't speaking regarding their lost apple iphone, not really to verify its existence or insufficient existence. And based on a Bay Area police spokesperson, Apple has yet to find any official report when it comes to this matter. Which means this amusing incident might be only a rumor. But when it's true, then Apple is facing key seeping once more. For an organization that's so enthusiastic about secrecy, this can be a disaster on their behalf.

The above mentioned one might be only a rumor since Apple didn't respond onto it, however the following the first is more official. A Chinese environment group accused Apple's Chinese providers of discharging polluted waste and toxic metals into surrounding towns and threatening public health.

The Institute of Public and Environment Matters in Beijing, launched a 46-page report Wednesday recording what it really stated was pollution in the a large number of "suspected" Apple providers throughout China. The report stated that some Apple providers "fail to correctly get rid of hazardous waste" which 27 from the providers have been found to possess environment problems.

But an Apple spokesperson responded that the organization have been strongly monitoring industrial facilities in the supply chain with regular audits. "Apple is devoted to driving the greatest standards of social responsibility throughout our supply chain," based on him," We require our supplier provide safe working conditions, treat employees with dignity and respect, and employ eco responsible manufacturing processes wherever Apple items are created."

Among Apple's greatest providers in China is Foxconn, who producers apple components and apple add-ons like cool ipad cases. This past year Foxconn was hit with a wave of worker suicides at a number of of their landmass Chinese facilities. As well as in May, a surge and fire in a plant that made Apple items wiped out a couple and hurt greater than a dozen within the town of Chengdu, in southwest China. Individuals reflex some problems from the Apple's cool cheap gadgets supplier from China.

Although Apple declares it audits the facilities of their providers, director from the Institute of Public and Environment Matters, stated Thursday that Apple were built with a poor environment record which the organization have been less attentive to the group's research than other electronics makers.

David is an enthusiast in all kinds of electronics and gadgets, who have owned some fun electronics himself. David loves writing reviews about cool outdoor gadgets like Apple accessories, black leather portfolio case for ipad, camping gadgets and so on.

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More Google+ Humor: I’m on G+

2011-07-21T02:07:00.001-07:00

If you're going to make a music video celebrating Google+, this is how you do it

Rebecca Black, for all of her ills, seems to have started a “let’s a make a horrible song for fun” phase. I’m not sure what else explains the “I’m on G+ (gee plus)” video that’s making the rounds on, you guessed it, Google+ (hat-tip to Whitney Pannell for pointing this out).

It’s a silly song done very much in the ARK Music Factory style, and while it has a number of dislikes, considering it’s not a serious approach — that is, it’s trying to have some fun with Google+ — perhaps some are missing the point. The parody was developed by theHanson Dodge Creative group, and it’s a nice play on the bubble gum music sensation that’s taking over the world. Watch the video and see if you agree:

I can’t lie, it’s catchier to me than anything that’s ever come out of ARK Music — um, is that an appropriate use of the word “music?” Sorry, Rebecca. But then again, it’s doubtful “I’m on G+” will get the same kind of pageviews Miss Black is accustomed to. In fact, it may not even approach Lexi St. George status, either, which is still hovering around the 200,000 mark. Currently, “G+” has a little over 3000 view. Keeping with the ARK Music Factory tradition, somewhat, anyway, is the amount of dislikes relative to the amount of likes.

In the case of “I’m on G+,” it has 121 likes and 42 dislikes.

It’s also worth pondering if the Bieber crowd actually got a hold of this song, would they make it popular, just like they do with Rebecca Black? It’s an avenue worth pursuing, especially when you consider the amount of views a Rebecca Black song gets. Speaking of, her new song has over SIX MILLION views, although, the dislike amount is approaching “Friday” status, earning a hefty 255,062 turned-down thumbs.

Clearly, “I’m on G+” has a lot of work to do. Check out the lyrics and and you’ll see it fits quite well in the “pop music” genre:

Verse 1
Gimme that pl-plus one-one
Gimme that in-invite-vite
I’ve been waitn awhile, tryin’ to get my free trial
Heard it from my homies, The app is still in beta,
I got my invite yesterday, don’t be a google-hata(hater)
Hell Yeaa
Drag & Drop, yeah Drag & Drop
Find a friend to circle, I be droppin’ like it’s hot
drag and droppin’ like it’s hot, drag and droppin like it’s hot
find a friend to circle, I be droppin’ like it’s hot.
Hook
Spinning Circles like their Rims, Customizin’
They be addin’ me so fast, it’s hiptonizin’
Join a hangout, add some Sparks, got a Buzz,
Now I’m feelin so fly I’m on G+
I’m on G+, I’m on G+
Now I’m feelin so fly I’m on G+
Tired of hiding my pics, from my Facebook Cliques,
My mom friended me, so I keep it PG,
Now I can share whatever, straight up from my Droid,
My boss doesn’t even see it, and I ain’t paranoid.
Hell Yeaa
Drag & Drop, yeah Drag & Drop
Find a friend to circle, I be droppin’ like it’s hot
drag and droppin’ like it’s hot, drag and droppin like it’s hot
find a friend to circle, I be droppin’ like it’s hot.
Hook
Spinning Circles like their Rims, Customizin’
They be addin’ me so fast, it’s hiptonizin’
Join a hangout, add some Sparks, got a Buzz,
Now I’m feelin so fly I’m on G+
I’m on G+, I’m on G+
Now I’m feelin so fly I’m on G+
Bridge
Google anthem, make you hit that plus one
make you hit that plus one, make you hit that plus one
Google anthem, make you hit that plus one
make you hit that plus one, make you hit that plus one
Hell yea, make you hit that plus one, make you hit that plus one
Hell yea, make you hit that plus one, make you hit that plus one
Hook
Spinning Circles like their Rims, Customizin’
They be addin’ me so fast, it’s hiptonizin’
Join a hangout, add some Sparks, got a Buzz,
Now I’m feelin so fly I’m on G+
I’m on G+, I’m on G+
Now I’m feelin so fly I’m on G+

Perhaps these guys should start their own hit factory, but only if they focus on e-business-related topics.

Celebrities on Google+

2011-07-19T23:48:00.000-07:00

From Captain Kirk to Britney Spears

As reported, Google is courting celebrities, trying to get them on Google+. CNN discussed some Google emails revealing such plan.

Celebrities have been key in driving Twitter use by fans, and there’s no reason to think it can’t have a similar impact on Google+. The service isn’t exactly overflowing with celebrities at this point, but there are a few, and that number will likely be growing soon.

Below are some celebs that are currently using Google+. Click any of the images to go to their profiles.

William Shatner

Daniel Tosh

50 Cent

Mark Zuckerberg

Ashton Kutcher

Mark Cuban

Alyssa Milano

Newt Gingrich

Snoop Dogg

Carmelo Anthony

Lance Armstrong

Chamillionaire

Dane Cook

Floyd Mayweather

Shannon Brown

Lloyd Banks

Wil Wheaton

Soulja Boy

Britney Spears

There are probably some more, and if you know of any, feel free to add them in the comments.

Facebook Lets Page Admins Send Direct Invites

2011-07-19T00:18:00.000-07:00

Facebook is now letting Page owners and admins invite their friends to “like” their Facebook Page directly through notifications.

This could be very helpful for Page owners to give their Pages a boost in users, and offers more incentive for personal connections at the same time (the more friends you have, the more people you are able to invite).

Of course etiquette and good taste are advised as you’re inviting people. I wouldn’t necessarily take this as an opportunity to spam everyone you know looking to get some more fans, but, it is is a way to give people a nudge and remind them of or introduce the to your Page.

Page admins will now see an “Invite Friends” link on the right-hand side of the page near the top, just under “View Insights”.

When you click it, you get options to view friends by recent interactions, search all friends, view by city/town, or by lists that you have created.

A hat tip goes to InsideFacebook for pointing this out. “Our initial test of the invite system quickly showed a high conversion rate. This is likely because users see the invites as soon as they log on, and the inclusion of the sender’s photo makes the recipient feel that they’ve received a trusted recommendation,” says Josh Constine.

The email element of the notifications can’t hurt either.

As long as we’re on the subject, allow me to invite you to like our Facebook Page here.

Are You Sure You’re Not Getting More Twitter Traffic Than You Realize?

2011-07-18T02:09:00.001-07:00

Social media analytics firm awe.sm has a very interesting post explaining why webmasters might be getting a lot more traffic from Twitter than they realize. This has sparked some interesting discussion around the tech blogosophere, and quite frankly, it might make you care a little bit more about your Twitter presence.

Do you think Twitter’s an important tool for driving traffic? Comment here.

To make a long story short, the report indicates that your analytics software is not counting all of your Twitter referrals as Twitter referrals, largely because Twitter itself is accessible through so many different channels via its API. This includes third-party clients, and other sites that serve tweets.

After looking at its own data for six months, spanning links to over 33,000 sites, awe.sm found that :

only 24.4% of clicks on links shared on Twitter had twitter.com in the referrer;
62.6% of clicks on links shared on Twitter had no referrer information at all (i.e. they would show up as ‘Direct Traffic’ in Google Analytics);
and 13.0% of clicks on links shared on Twitter had another site as the referrer (e.g. facebook.com, linkedin.com).

That last 13% would account for sites that post tweets. For example, people tying their Twitter account to their Facebook and LinkedIn accounts, so that tweets appear there automatically – a fairly common practice. While technically, traffic from these would still be coming from Facebook or LinkedIn in a sense, they are also the result of a link originally being tweeted.

As VC and entrepreneur Mark Suster notes, “Many Tweets are now being sent to LinkedIn and then the publisher assumes that the source of the referral is LinkedIn. In some ways it is because that’s where your user engaged the content. But get rid of the Tweet and you get rid of the referral traffic…”

“When a user clicks a link in any kind of non-browser client, from Outlook to a desktop AIR app to the countless mobile and tablet apps, no referrer information is passed for that visit and your analytics software basically throws up its hands and puts the visit in the ‘Direct Traffic’ bucket,” explains awe.sm’s Jonathan Strauss, the author of the report. “The assumptions behind this fallback behavior show just how arcane referrer analysis is — if a visit didn’t come from another webpage (i.e. no referrer data), someone must have typed the URL directly into their browser address bar.”

“If you’ve spent the last few years wondering why the proportion of ‘Direct Traffic’ to your site has been on the rise, the answer is the growing usage of non-browser clients, especially on mobile,” he adds. “And since 2/3 of Twitter consumption is happening in desktop and mobile clients*, it’s safe to say that a lot of your ‘Direct Traffic’ is actually coming from Twitter.”

One area where Twitter won’t help you, at least currently, is Google’s realtime search. The two company’s don’t currently have their previous deal in place. It remains to be seen whether the two will come to terms again. If Google+ gets big enough, Google may decide it can simply do without the Twitter firehose. Likewise, Twitter might want to withhold it for competitive reasons. Some people are already spending less time using Twitter, as a result of Google+’s emergence.

There are ways you can optimize for Twitter traffic. For example, as we’ve referenced in the past, Shéa Bennett at Twittercism, came up with an equation for retweet optimization. The concept is basically: consider Twitter’s 140-character limit, consider your user name, and consider how many characters you need to leave free for the person retweeting it.

“When sharing links and content, I always ensure I leave a minimum of 12 characters at the end of each and every tweet,” he wrote. “This is a great habit to adopt. Otherwise, those wanting to retweet you are forced to edit your submissions so that they can give the proper credit. Because of this extra work, many times, they simply won’t bother retweeting you at all.”

Of course promoting your Twitter account on your various web presences, and including prominent tweet buttons on your content can help as well.

Google Panda Update: The Solution for Recovery?

2011-07-14T02:26:00.000-07:00

Hubpages may be on to something

Many sites are still wondering how they can come back from being hit by the Google Panda update. Google has certainly stressed quality, and victims of the update have been striving to improve it, but have had little luck in terms of boosting their rankings for the most part.

When we talked to Dani Horowitz of DaniWeb, she told us about some other things she was doing that seemed to be helping content rank better, but it was hardly a full recovery in search referrals.

Today, an article ran at WSJ.com about HubPages, one of the victims that we’ve written about a handful of times. CEO Paul Edmondson is claiming that the use of sub-domains is helping its content work its way back up in Google – something he stumbled upon by accident, but also something Google has talked about in the past.

The article quotes him as saying that he’s seen “early evidence” that dividing the site into thousands of subdomains may help it “lift the Google Panda death grip.” Amir Efrati reports:

In June, a top Google search engineer, Matt Cutts, wrote to Edmondson that he might want to try subdomains, among other things.

The HubPages subdomain testing began in late June and already has shown positive results. Edmondson’s own articles on HubPages, which saw a 50% drop in page views after Google’s Panda updates, have returned to pre-Panda levels in the first three weeks since he activated subdomains for himself and several other authors. The other authors saw significant, if not full, recoveries of Web traffic.

The piece also points to a blog post Cutts wrote all the way back in 2007 about subdomains. In that, Cutts wrote, “A subdomain can be useful to separate out content that is completely different. Google uses subdomains for distinct products such news.google.com or maps.google.com, for example.”

HubPages will apparently be rolling out subdomains for all authors today, which in theory, should help the site’s performance remain tied to the quality of the output by specific authors. This is also interesting given that Google recently launched a new authorship markup, putting more emphasis on authors in search results.

When that was launched, Google said in the Webmaster Central Help Center, “When Google has information about who wrote a piece of content on the web, we may look at it as a signal to help us determine the relevance of that page to a user’s query. This is just one of many signals Google may use to determine a page’s relevance and ranking, though, and we’re constantly tweaking and improving our algorithm to improve overall search quality.”

It may be a little early to jump to the conclusion that this is the silver bullet leading to a full Panda recovery, but for those sites with a mix of great quality and poor quality content, this could very well help at least the great stuff rise. It will be interesting to see how HubPages performs over time, once the new structure has been live for a while.

Content creators will still do well to consider Google’s lists of questions and focus on creating content that is actually good.

Google+: Where Are The Women At?

2011-07-12T02:12:00.000-07:00

Lynette Young: Right Here

SocialStatistics.com shows stats for over 18,000 Google+ profiles. You can see who has the most friends and followers, as well as various other items. You can see, for example, that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has the most followers at 110,820, which is quite interesting, considering that he is followed by Google’s own CEO Larry Page (61,678), who also has “0″ listed in the Friends column.

Most of the top 50 are made up of the usual suspects in the technology circuit – Robert Scoble, Matt Cutts, Kevin Rose, Jeff Jarvis, etc. Of course various Googlers are in the mix. What is quite interesting, however, is that the overwhelming majority of those currently using Google+ are male, according to this site. That’s 86.9% with 11.6% listed as female. 1.5% are listed as other.

Facebook’s Paul Adams was apparently eager to share these stats (on Google+):

The stats are only based on those over 18,000 profiles, and recent estimates have Google+ pegged at nearly 5 million users in the U.S. alone.

Interestingly enough, Lynette Young has put up a site: WomenOfGPlus.com showcasing…the women of Google+. She writes, “I started to collect a Google+ circle of women-only (aptly named ‘Women of G+’) and the idea of connecting with early adopter women in a new social networking platform is growing larger in my mind by the minute. I find it stimulating and refreshing to have a list of highly intelligent women on G+ to read every morning over coffee.”

“One thing I’d like to be clear on right from the beginning is that this is not a Women vs. Men thing,” she adds. “It’s a way – my way, / your way – to give ourselves permission as women to toot our own horn and value each other’s contributions. I don’t intend this to be sexist or elitist, but something more like what evolves when smart women get together over drinks and dessert. Brilliant ideas and rock-solid friendships – that’s what.”

Young has apparently even inspired a MenOfGPlus.com. This one is “coming soon” from James Cordeiro, who apparently looks somewhat like Kramer from Seinfeld:

@LynetteRadio
Lynette YoungFUN! The boys are playin’ too! : Thats right ladies, The Men of Google+ have arrived. It’s that simple! http://t.co/sHZVFzY via @yougomedia 2 days ago via Tweet Button · powered by @socialditto

A preview of Gmail’s new look

2011-07-07T02:16:00.000-07:00

We get a lot of great feedback about how Gmail helps you be more efficient, keep in touch with family and friends, and get work done. We’ve saved you from forgetting attachments and made sure that you got the right Bob. Over the years, adding countless features to Gmail has made it an increasingly powerful communication hub, but along the way the interface has also become more cluttered and complex.

That’s one of the reasons we’re embarking on a series of interface updates to help strip out unnecessary clutter and make Gmail as beautiful as it is powerful. This is part of a Google-wide effort to bring you an experience that’s more focused, elastic, and effortless across all of our products. The changes are not going to happen all at once. We know that you love and care about Gmail as much as we do, and we’ll be working on these upgrades gradually over the next few months to allow plenty of time to understand and incorporate your feedback into the evolving design.

We’re kicking things off with two new themes for you to try out as a sort of sneak peek at what we’re up to. Starting today, you’ll see the “Preview” and “Preview (Dense)” themes in the Themes tab in Gmail Settings. Why two themes? Our new interface will eventually expand dynamically to accommodate different screen sizes and user preferences, but until then you can pick the information density that you prefer.

Here’s what one of the new themes currently looks like:

And in conversation view:

Click the images above to see larger versions.

If you poke around you’ll hopefully find a lot to like and a much cleaner, modern look but also few rough edges. In particular, some Labs features may look a little strange in the new themes. We plan to fix these issues as we roll out changes in the coming months. You can also expect some updated themes that embody the same design principles but are better suited to working in a dark environment, use a different color palette, or include the illustrations that we know many of you love to see around your inbox.

Look out for these and other new features over the next few months. In the meantime, try out the new themes as a preview of the future of Gmail and let us know what you think.

P.S. Like Gmail, Google Calendar is also getting a new look. You’ll see it automatically within the next few days so there’s no need to turn it on, and we’ll also continue to make improvements there in the coming months. Details about the current changes to Calendar can be found in the Calendar help center.

Source - Gmail Blog

Google Meets Rube Goldberg for Addicting Viral Game

2011-07-06T02:40:00.000-07:00

Recently Google unveiled a viral game, Nexus Contraptions, that spreads the word about the upcoming release of the new Nexus S mobile phone.

The game has you build Rube Goldberg-esque style contraptions in order to get the Google App icons into the red funnel. You’re equipped with rubber bands,fans, and numerous other objects that will impact the trajectory of the icons. That may sound a little convoluted… but I assure you, the game is quite easy to grasp.

The game will probably remind you of a hybrid of Angry Birds / Cut The Rope… along with how addicting both of those games truly are.

Hopefully we’ll see more advertisements like this in the near future, something that makes it fun and interesting for consumers to get a marketing message.

What do you think of the game?