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<title><![CDATA[Applying the Android Device Kit]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 07:10:31 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ADK robots at Google I/O 2011 (slideshow) Not only is the Android OS customizable, but now you can customize the hardware that Android runs on thanks to Google's new Android Device Kit. Check out this slideshow showcasing several examples from Google I/O 2011 of what the ADK can do.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Byliner: 'Three Cups of Deceit' publisher chases next hit]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 07:10:08 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Arravargy</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Krakauer&amp;39's takedown shot to No. 1 on Amazon's short nonfiction list in a few hours.(Credit:Byliner)Last month, an unknown San Francisco publishing start-up had just about the best debut imaginable. Byliner's first product became an instant best-seller and seriously called into question the reputation of an international sensation a decade in the making--all in less than 25,000 words that never touched a printing press.The tiny operation released Jon Krakauer's &quot;Three Cups of Deceit&quot;--a scathing deconstruction of alleged fraud and mismanagement at the hands of world-famous do-gooder Greg Mortenson of &quot;Three Cups of Tea&quot; fame--as a free PDF in mid-April. The launch got a big boost from a story that aired last month on &quot;60 Minutes&quot; about Mortenson, based largely on Krakauer's research. (Disclosure: &quot;60 Minutes&quot; is broadcast by CBS, publisher of CNET.)&quot;Reaction has been extraordinary,&quot; Byliner.com founder John Tayman told CNET. &quot;In the 72 hours it was available as (a) free download, more than 70,000 readers downloaded a copy. It then moved to the Amazon Kindle Singles store, and it went to No. 1 within six hours.&quot;As of this writing, the 75-page narrative--a riveting account despite being based largely on a review of financial records and interviews with people with ties to Mortenson's nonprofit--remains in that top slot (even as Mortenson's supporters, including one of his former climbing partners quoted by Krakauer, have come to his defense). Now, Byliner is looking for a repeat performance with its follow-up release in its &quot;Byliner Originals&quot; series--20,000 words from award-winning author William T. Vollmann titled &quot;Into the Forbidden Zone: A Trip Through Hell and High Water in Post-Earthquake Japan.&quot; Byliner commissioned Vollmann, who has written about Japan in the past, and paid for his trip to the triple-disaster area to gather stories of survivors, the aftermath, and implications for the future.&quot;We want to take advantage of the swiftness that digital publishing allows to get these great reads in front of readers,&quot; said Tayman, himself a writer and editor who has worked at Business 2.0 and Outside magazine. &quot;Our first two titles are excellent examples of that approach. These are stories that have complexity and currency, tackled by two of the most acclaimed writers in America.&quot;Related link&amp;149' Amazon officially launches Kindle SinglesThat swiftness offers a new experience for readers of long-form nonfiction. I downloaded and read the free PDF of Krakauer's &quot;Three Cups of Deceit&quot; on my Kindle within hours of its becoming available. By the time I reached the final few pages--after less than 90 minutes of reading--I was taking in updates from Krakauer that he had penned less than 48 hours prior. The space provided by the digital format allowed him to expand at length with blow-by-blow details of his efforts to pin down the evasive Mortenson for a last-minute interview.Tayman says Byliner has more than 20 original titles in development from name authors, but acting as a sort of nouveau digital publishing house producing new, timely work is just part of what Byliner will be when it launches in full. The other part of the business, as Tayman describes it, is essentially a discovery engine for fans of nonfiction.Vollmann's tour of the aftermath in Japan is already selling well.(Credit:Byliner)&quot;When we launch, Byliner will allow readers to get easy access to more than 25,000 of the best feature articles ever written. These are articles that may have been published mere hours ago, or 50 years ago. We'll also make it easy for readers to explore the work of more than 2,000 of the best nonfiction writers working. We're curating the full author directories by hand--the writers don't need to do a thing--and we'll roll them out in stages.&quot;He says a beta version of the site, expected to launch in the next few weeks, will include archives for nearly 200 writers featuring their new and old work, as well as any Byliner originals they might have done. Sales of those in-house originals will be the main revenue stream, but Tayman says the site will also produce advertising and sponsorship revenue, as well as revenue from affiliate sales--Krakauer's piece is already available in audio through iTunes for $4.99. Over the years, it's become a common assumption that the Internet drives the trend toward more brevity in everything we read, but Tayman is in the smaller camp that also sees an opening for another niche.&quot;Some stories aren't suited to either books or magazines, because of length or timing. Byliner was created to allow writers (to) get those sorts of stories to readers.&quot;And it looks as though there are plenty of readers hungry for those stories. Some other content producers, notably investigative journalism outfit ProPublica, have experimented and had some success with posting long stories in Amazon's Singles section, but Byliner appears to be one of the first to attempt building a business model around it. So far, it's a promising gamble. Just a few days after debuting on Amazon, the Byliner Originals story by Vollmann is currently stalking Krakauer's No. 1 ranking. &quot;Into the Forbidden Zone&quot; currently sits at No. 5 on Amazon's list of nonfiction best-sellers. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Oklahoma State students, faculty tout iPad in classroom]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 07:10:12 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Arravargy</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
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<description><![CDATA[The iPad 2 is the latest (and greatest) learning tool.(Credit:James Martin/CNET)Apple'siPad could prove to be a must-have tool for colleges around the country, a new study from Oklahoma State University has found.During the fall 2010 semester, five sections of two courses on two campuses used Apple'stablet as part of the university's iPad Pilot Program. The goal was to determine the impact the iPad would have on both students and faculty, and decide if it should be rolled out across the university at some point in the future.According to OSU, it found that student expenses went down in the classes featuring iPads, since students were able to use cheaper electronic textbooks, rather than hard copies. Moreover, the university found that if all the students' textbooks were available electronically, they could save enough over two semesters to cover the cost of buying the iPad, which retails for between $499 and $829, depending upon storage requirements and connectivity options.Students also benefited greatly from Apple's App Store, OSU found. They were able to find &quot;thousands of educational software possibilities&quot; in the App Store to help complement Web-based tools they employed. Students also used Apple's tablet as a &quot;substitute for paper and pen.&quot;The iPad's touch-based functionality has proven useful in other educational institutions around the U.S., as well. Last year, Pennsylvania-based Seton Hill University announced that starting in the fall semester, all full-time students would receive an iPad for their course studies. Last month, a superintendent of schools in Auburn, Maine said that every elementary student in the district would receive an iPad 2 to aid them in their learning. He said at the time that the tablet is &quot;even more important than a book.&quot;Whether or not OSU students agree with that sentiment is unknown. But the vast majority of them--75 percent--do believe that the iPad &quot;enhanced the learning experience&quot; in their respective course. When OSU drilled down into the results a bit, it found that 92.8 percent ofMac owners believed the iPad helped them in their coursework, while 70.4 percent of those who owned a PC believed the same. Just 3 percent of students would opt out of a course that would require the use of Apple's iPad. &quot;We put this powerful and creative tool in the hands of faculty and students and the end result reached beyond enhancing the academic experience of our students,&quot; OSU President Burns Hargis said in a statement. &quot;The report outlines a possible decrease to student and administrative expenses, increased productivity, and how the iPad crosses between academic and personal barriers.&quot; Given all those benefits, both professors who used the iPad in their classes recommended that OSU roll out the tablet across the university. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Zynga appoints DreamWorks CEO to board]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 07:11:25 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Zynga is beefing up its board of directors by announcing today that it has added Jeffrey Katzenberg, the CEO and co-founder of DreamWorks Animation.Katzenberg, who created the animation studio along with Steven Spielberg and David Geffen, marks the sixth board member of the privately held social-games company, which earned a jaw-dropping profit of $400 million on $850 million in revenues last year.Jeffrey Katzenberg(Credit:DreamWorks)Zynga CEO and founder Mark Pincus made the announcement in a blog post today on the company's Web site: &quot;I knew he'd be a great fit for the board after he suggested that the blockbuster of 2011 could be ShrekVille.&quot;Pincus continued to joke that Katzenberg will help recruit a seventh member to the board (maybe Jack Black or Mike Myers).But more seriously, Katzenberg's appointment signals Zynga's desire to evolve from a well recognized and successful Silicon Valley start-up to a large consumer brand name and entertainment company.Social gaming on Facebook so far is in its infancy.Zynga has been able to profit handsomely off no-name games, like FarmVille, CityVille, and Mafia Wars. Critics argue that it will have to turn those franchises into brands as the market matures and gets inundated by well-recognized brands. That progression has already started to take shape with Electronic Arts' acquisition of Playfish and what Disney has planned with its purchase of Playdom.Having an answer to this question will be key as Zynga considers raising up to $250 million in capital, and positions itself for a potential IPO.&quot;DreamWorks Animation is a revolutionary technology company, a recognized consumer brand and, at its core, a media company. It's easy to see the value that Jeffrey will add to Zynga as we grow and look for more ways to delight our players,&quot; Pincus wrote.In a statement, he added: &quot;Jeffrey redefined storytelling when he launched DreamWorks Animation. He turned an independent studio into a brand name and his vision will be an asset as we work to define the future of play.&quot;Katzenberg can offer that outside perspective as the board's only member not in Silicon Valley. He joins Pincus' Owen Van Natta, Zynga's executive vice president of business' Bing Gordon, partner at Kleiner Perkins' Brad Feld, managing director of Foundry Group' and Reid Hoffman, founder and chairman of LinkedIn.Story Copyright (c) 2011 AllThingsD. All rights reserved.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Jays headphones bring Scandinavian 'lagom' design to your ears]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 08:10:52 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Arravargy</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Jays C-Jays Headphones(Credit:Sarah Tew/CNET)If you're in the market for a new set of premium headphones, consider picking up one or both sets of earphones we reviewed this week from a Swedish company called Jays.  The C-Jays are a set of on-ear cans that give you three foam ear cup options, and the A-Jays Four earbuds include an in-line remote to control tracks on your smartphone music player.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[An American iPhone In&nbsp'Paris]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Arravargy</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[For the past 10 days, I&amp;'ve been in Paris. A few of us were there to cover the LeWeb conference, which was great, but I decided to stick around for a little while longer as I heard the city is amazing. Spoiler alert: it is. But I wasn&amp;'t on vacation, I was working. I had all my tech with me a4&quot; including the best travel computer ever, the new MacBook Air, and even this thing. And, of course, my iPhone.But there was something peculiar about my iPhone in Paris. It actually worked. Like it was supposed to. All the time.a4sAnd it doesn&amp;'t take a genius to figure out why: there is no AT&amp;amp'T in Paris.Since the initial launch of the iPhone in 2007, there have been no shortage of whispers implying that the iPhone itself is to blame for the coverage issues users are having with AT&amp;amp'T in the United States. There are even some compelling arguments as to why this could be at least somewhat true in certain circumstances. But all of those go out the window when you travel to a foreign country and the device just starts working as it should.And this is hardly the first time I&amp;'ve experienced this. Back in April, I was in Japan for a little over three weeks. I was floored by how well the iPhone worked there. But I wasn&amp;'t sure that it was fair to compare it to the networks in the U.S. because I hardly saw any smartphones, let alone iPhones, anywhere in the entire country (apparently, that&amp;'s now changing).But in Paris, the iPhone is everywhere. It seemed as if every other person I passed on the street had one. Those that didn&amp;'t, seemed to have BlackBerrys. And again, the coverage was beautiful.The coverage was so good, in fact, that the iPhone worked on the subway in Paris. Yes, I could both place calls and surf the web while underground. Considering I haven&amp;'t been able to hold a call above ground in San Francisco for about 2 years now, this is truly amazing.The only times I would hit dead zones in Paris seemed to be when the iPhone was switching me from one carrier to another. And it appeared to do this automatically based on signal strength. The result was a tight blanket of coverage. Again, as opposed to the blanket that AT&amp;amp'T provides in the Bay Area which often seems like it has more holes than cloth.Earlier today, I arrived back in San Francisco. The first call I placed Dropped. I then walked around my neighborhood for a bit using my favorite app: &amp;''Searching&amp;8230'&amp;'' I was about ready to get back on the plane and go back. Well, if it didn&amp;'t cost me $1 per megabyte of data usage there (for the international rip-off, er, I mean, roaming plan compliments of yes, AT&amp;amp'T).But there&amp;'s hope.When the iPhone launched in 2007 in France it was also exclusive to one carrier: Orange. This exclusivity was eliminated in 2009 asa4sBouygues Telecom and SFR got to join the fun. The result was that sales of the device more than doubled. But even as the country saw this rapid expansion of the iPhone and its heavy data usage, the network didn&amp;'t cripple. Undoubtedly, because thea4sload could be spread across all those different carriers&amp;' spectrums. That&amp;'s what many of us are hoping will happen if and when the iPhone comes to Verizon and/or some of the other U.S. carriers early next year.Of course, none of us will be able to hop from carrier to carrier as I was in Paris. The iPhone will undoubtedly still be locked down to whatever carrier you buy it on here. Plus, the fact that current GSM iPhones won&amp;'t work with Verizon&amp;'s current CDMA network means you will still have to choose.Still, if AT&amp;amp'T is able to offload some of the iPhone weight in major metropolitan cities to Verizon (something which seems likely), there&amp;'s reason to hope the coverage will improve for the iPhone across the board.It can work. I&amp;'ve seen it with my own two eyes and heard it with my own two ears. On a subway, no less.CrunchBase InformationiPhoneAT&amp;amp'TVerizonInformation provided by CrunchBase<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Can mobile startup BreezyPrint end your printing headaches]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[As smartphones become more central to our work lives, it gets more and more annoying when you have to move off your phone and onto your computer to accomplish some basic tasks &amp;8212' like, say, printing a document. Thata4a4s where a startup called BreezyPrint comes in.BreezyPrint is a pretty young company &amp;8212' it just graduated from the Founder Institute, an incubator and training program for entrepreneurs, a few months ago. But it has a lot of potential, having won the institutea4a4s Founder Showcase in October. And if founder and chief executive Jared Hansen is to be believed, things are really going to take off in 2011.The idea is pretty straightforward. Once youa4a4ve installed the BreezyPrint app on your phone and BreezyPrint software on your computer, you can print to any printer connected to that computer. So if youa4a4re checking your email on your BlackBerry and you receive an important document, you just select a4APrint from BreezyPrint,a4 choose the document, and select a printer. Hansen estimated that using BreezyPrint cuts an average of seven minutes off the normal printing process.BreezyPrint is currently available for Android, BlackBerry, and Windows phones. Hansen said there&amp;'s also an iPhone app coming. And the app also allows you to fax documents.You can watch Hansena4a4s demo at the Founder Showcase below. Even though the judges like his pitch, they also sound skeptical about whether he can stay competitive if phone makers add these features to their devices, making an extra app unnecessary. Apple, for example, is working on a similar product called AirPrint.I think the answer to that concern may come early next year, when BreezyPrint unveils its partner network. Instead of just allowing you to print to your home or office printers, BreezyPrint can work with partners such as hotels and copy shops. So if youa4a4re away from home and you need to print, BreezyPrint can let you do that on nearby printers operated by its partners. Hansen said ita4a4s too early to reveal who the initial partners are, but he anticipated having thousands of locations in the network at launch.BreezyPrint is based in Oakland, Calif. and is currently raising funding. The app is free to download, then costs $5 a month or $30 a year (you can actually continue printing for free, but all your documents will have a BreezyPrint watermark).BreezyPrint from Adeo Ressi on Vimeo.Next Story: AdKeeper wants to know: Are your ads &amp;''keepable&amp;'' Previous Story: Feds charge five tech consultants with illegal insider tradingPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: mobile printingCompanies: BreezyPrint, Founder InstitutePeople: Jared Hansen          Tags: mobile printingCompanies: BreezyPrint, Founder InstitutePeople: Jared HansenAnthony is VentureBeat's assistant editor, as well as its reporter on media, advertising, and social networks. Before joining VentureBeat in 2008, Anthony worked at the Hollister Free Lance, where he won awards from the California Newspaper Publishers Association for breaking news coverage and writing. He attended Stanford University and now lives in San Francisco. Reach him at anthony@venturebeat.com. (All story pitches should also be sent to tips@venturebeat.com) You can also follow Anthony on Twitter.VentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Video-calling app Tango raises $8.7M]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Arravargy</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Tango, a video-calling app for the iPhone and devices running Google&amp;'s Android mobile operating system, has raised $8.7 million of a $10 million funding round, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.The Tango app lets tablet and smartphone users make video calls to other Tango users, much like Apple&amp;'s FaceTime app for the iPhone 4. The service works over 3G and 4G networks, whereas FaceTime only works over wi-fi.The service relies on peer-to-peer networking that most file-sharing applications rely on today. That means the technology doesn&amp;'t rely entirely on servers and can scale up a4&quot; as it already has, because the app turned out to be pretty popular. Smartphone and tablet users downloaded it around 1 million times in its first 10 days after release.Based in Palo Alto, Calif., Tango has raised $5 million in funding from individual investors including Bill Hambrecht, Michael Birch, Bill Tai, and Daniel Scheinman. This brings its total funding up to $13.7 million.Tango didn&amp;'t give extra details about the funding round a4&quot; such as whether it&amp;'s an institutional round or a seed round. The funding appears to be convertible debt, but the company couldn&amp;'t confirm the nature of the financing over the phone right away. VentureBeat has contacted Tango and will update the story as soon as we get that information.Next Story: Internet security is like public health &amp;8212' we need a collective defense Previous Story: HTC announces Flyer tablet, Facebook phones, revamped Android lineupPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: Android, iPhone operating system, video calling, video chatCompanies: Tango          Tags: Android, iPhone operating system, video calling, video chatCompanies: TangoMatthew Lynley is VentureBeat's enterprise writer. He graduated from the University of North Carolina, where he studied math and physics, in May 2010. He has reported for Reuters. He currently lives in San Francisco, California. You can reach him at mattl@venturebeat.com (all story pitches should also be sent to tips@venturebeat.com), and on Twitter at @logicalmoron. Have news to share Launching a startup Email: tips@venturebeat.comVentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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