We are Indonesian Urban Tech and technology observers.noreply@blogger.com (Indonesian Urban Tech)Thu, 24 Oct 2024 05:39:12 -0700Blogger http://www.blogger.com15125http://indonesianurbantech.blogspot.com/en-usnoEnjoy ThisPodcastindonesianurbantech@gmail.comhttp://indonesianurbantech.blogspot.com/2010/07/google-bought-metaweb.htmlGoogleMetawebTechnologySat, 17 Jul 2010 04:15:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7709875503876704461.post-5360098923582648461By: Elgin Image via CrunchBase Google bought Metaweb in order to improve their search engine. Jack Menzel, Google director of product management, said that the acquisition would help "improve search and make the Web richer and more meaningful." Metaweb has created an open database of more than 12 million things, such as such as people, companies, movies and books, and how they 0indonesianurbantech@gmail.com (Indonesian Urban Tech)http://indonesianurbantech.blogspot.com/2010/07/apple-announces-fix-on-iphone-4.htmlAppleiPhone 4Mobile PhonesTechnologyFri, 16 Jul 2010 01:36:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7709875503876704461.post-5300711143029764378by Elgin In response to iPhone 4 reception flaw, Apple announces a fix for iPhone reception problem rather than a recall the device, hoping to stem a growing chorus of complaints on the device. No details on the fix, but analysts are positive that Apple will not initiate a costly and embarrassing recall. However, this problem has hurt Apple's shares ahead of its quarterly results next week that0indonesianurbantech@gmail.com (Indonesian Urban Tech)http://indonesianurbantech.blogspot.com/2010/07/100-social-media-experts-to-follow-on.htmlSocial MediaTwitterThu, 15 Jul 2010 22:03:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7709875503876704461.post-2021539974565836735By Elgin To those interested in social media, I've just got a list of popular people in social media. It's an interesting article and a mind-blowing. What saddens me is no one in the list is of Indonesia. A blogger of Malaysia is listed in the list. Well, I guess the list is about to change to see the trend in the future to come. Internet users increases in Indonesia, anyhow. What blows my mind 0indonesianurbantech@gmail.com (Indonesian Urban Tech)http://indonesianurbantech.blogspot.com/2010/07/facebook-credits-sold-in-retail-stores.htmlFacebookFacebook CreditsMOL GlobalSocial MediaSocial NetworkTechnologyThu, 15 Jul 2010 03:02:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7709875503876704461.post-1064975078323731677By Elgin Facebook users in Asia now are able to buy Facebook Credits in retail stores. Through strategic partnership with MOL Global, Facebook Credit are made available in 500,000 outlets across Asia makes them available by partnering with MOL Global. Under the agreement, MOL AccessPortal (a subsidiary of MOL Global) will become a payment provider for Facebook Credits. Facebook users are able 0indonesianurbantech@gmail.com (Indonesian Urban Tech)http://indonesianurbantech.blogspot.com/2010/07/verizon-and-motorola-release-droid-x.htmlDROID XMobile PhonesMotorolaVerizon WirelessWed, 14 Jul 2010 21:44:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7709875503876704461.post-6784293155624356407By Elgin Verizon Wireless and Motorola made an announcement that DROID X by Motorola will be available online and in Verizon Wireless Communications Stores tomorrow for $199.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate with a new two-year customer agreement.  The features available are: DROID X by Motorola is the newest innovation utilizing Android™ to run on Verizon Wireless' 3G network enabling 0indonesianurbantech@gmail.com (Indonesian Urban Tech)http://indonesianurbantech.blogspot.com/2010/07/your-site-promotion-on-blogs-and.htmlFacebookSocial MediaSocial Media MarketingWebsitesTue, 13 Jul 2010 21:39:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7709875503876704461.post-2364530537050548599by Elgin For those who just start business, websites are important thing to have. Through websites, you let people recognize your businesses, products and services offered. How to get recognized, then? it's the matter of how to market your websites. Presently, there is a new idea in marketing called social media marketing. Most people are new to it and basically, you can promote your businesses0indonesianurbantech@gmail.com (Indonesian Urban Tech)http://indonesianurbantech.blogspot.com/2010/07/top-ten-registry-cleaner.htmlComputerRegistry CleanerTue, 13 Jul 2010 19:11:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7709875503876704461.post-777875938154733820By: ElginUsually, computer users use a registry cleaner that comes out of a search engine. They have no idea of how good the cleaner is.Before you buy and use one registry cleaner, make sure that the cleaner has been around for some time. Read the testimonies on its site. it could reflect on the cleaner performance. Make sure you try first. Get the cost-free trial and see how effective the 0indonesianurbantech@gmail.com (Indonesian Urban Tech)http://indonesianurbantech.blogspot.com/2010/07/uk-to-test-flight-unmanned-jet.htmljetstealthTaranisTechnologyUKMon, 12 Jul 2010 20:15:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7709875503876704461.post-3833874892457583784By: Elgin In 2011, we will see a test flight for unmanned stealth jet called 'Taranis'. Taranis is a project of informal partnership among UK Ministry of Department and British engineering firms such as BAE Systems, Rolls Royce, Qinetics and GE Aviation. Taranis is designed to be invisible to ground radar, to travel at high jet speeds and cover massive distances between continents. It is 0indonesianurbantech@gmail.com (Indonesian Urban Tech)http://indonesianurbantech.blogspot.com/2010/07/mit-and-fibers-that-can-hear-and-speak.htmlaudiofiberMITpiezoelectricresearchMon, 12 Jul 2010 16:36:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7709875503876704461.post-2381713755189038800By Elgin MIT produced fabrics of the future that could both hear and make noises. Yoel Fink, an assistant professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and his colleagues developed fibers that are active where most are passive. Specifically, through a new application of widely used technology called piezoelectrics, fibers can convert sound waves into an electrical signal and vice 0indonesianurbantech@gmail.com (Indonesian Urban Tech)http://indonesianurbantech.blogspot.com/2010/07/google-me-next-social-network.htmlFacebookGoogleGoogle MeSocial MediaSocial NetworkSun, 11 Jul 2010 21:48:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7709875503876704461.post-7462307817593423628By ElginIt's not enough for Google that it tries to find a way to enter social network market. Actually, Google has already had Orkut and Google Buzz but Orkut only made its fame in India and Brazil, and the ill-received Google Buzz dealt with privacy problem. The rumor now said that Google was working on a project called, 'Google Me'.The rumor started from a rogue tweet from Kevin Rose, The Digg0indonesianurbantech@gmail.com (Indonesian Urban Tech)http://indonesianurbantech.blogspot.com/2010/07/gmail-adds-rich-text-signatures.htmlGmailGoogleTechnologySun, 11 Jul 2010 20:24:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7709875503876704461.post-5226375451815448058by ElginGoogle now has modified one of their Gmail features, rich text signatures. This has been requested among Gmail users.Gmail only supported plain text signatures until Google added rich text signatures. Now, Gmail users are able to add company logos, fancy formatting or web and mail links to the text.Mark Knichel, The Software Engineer of Google, said that Gmail users "... have tried 0indonesianurbantech@gmail.com (Indonesian Urban Tech)http://indonesianurbantech.blogspot.com/2010/07/twitters-search-engine-hit-800-million.htmlBingGoogleSearch EngineTwitterYahooSat, 10 Jul 2010 16:14:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7709875503876704461.post-8435798128383382591by ElginOther function of Twitter, the search engine, has made Twitter become the world's fastest search engine. Twitter has supported 800 billion search queries a day, in relation to Yahoo! and Bing combined.In total, Twitter has served 24 billion per month, while Yahoo! has 9.4 billion per month and Bin has 4.1 billion per month. Twitter's figure is still below Google with 88 billion per month 0indonesianurbantech@gmail.com (Indonesian Urban Tech)http://indonesianurbantech.blogspot.com/2010/07/iphone-spies-on-you.htmliPhoneTechnologyThu, 8 Jul 2010 23:56:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7709875503876704461.post-3717926310922372298by ElginIf you are thinking to commit a crime, you'd better left your iPhone home.Apple iPhone has the capability to snap a screen shot of the phone's last position and store it when iPhone's internal mapping system is closed down. According to Jonathan Zdziarski, police investigators can access these images and establish users' whereabouts.If users post pictures online, the pictures can tell 0indonesianurbantech@gmail.com (Indonesian Urban Tech)http://indonesianurbantech.blogspot.com/2010/07/indonesian-urban-tech-mozilla-released.htmlThu, 8 Jul 2010 23:54:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7709875503876704461.post-1424434105562425990Indonesian Urban Tech: Mozilla Released Firefox Version 4 Beta: "by Elgin Mozilla released their first beta version Firefox 4. Mozilla plans to issue new beta versions every two or three weeks in order to ..."0indonesianurbantech@gmail.com (Indonesian Urban Tech)http://indonesianurbantech.blogspot.com/2010/07/mozilla-released-firefox-version-4-beta.htmlFirefox 4 BetaGoogleMozillaTechnologyThu, 8 Jul 2010 21:53:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7709875503876704461.post-2941315444750679716by ElginMozilla released their first beta version Firefox 4. Mozilla plans to issue new beta versions every two or three weeks in order to modify the browser in response to beta users' comments. There is a new add-on manager to support Google's WebM for compressed video content. Firefox 4 beta 1 has improved responsiveness at start-up and during page loads. Other feature is Jetpack software 0indonesianurbantech@gmail.com (Indonesian Urban Tech)