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<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 07:10:14 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Hackers working on Safari-based app installer]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 07:10:14 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Cristoph-i</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Not content with Apple's App Store as a software distribution mechanism, a group of iOS developers is taking matters into its own hands by working on a tool to letiPhone users browse and install applications and system tweaks throughSafari.Spotted by the iPhone Download Blog, the new project dubbed &quot;Lima&quot; is the creation of the Infini Dev Team and aims to complement, and perhaps one day replace, third-party application installers already available to those with jailbroken iOS devices. The hack lets users install applications from third-party software repositories, hosted on the Web and accessed through the iPhone's Safari browser. Infini Dev Team, which has also taken over the responsibilities of updating and supporting Icy--one of the early third-party iOS application installers--says it will maintain a list of the repositories, and thus control over where users are able to download applications from. Developer James A. Matoe, who is a part of the group, said on Twitter that the group plans to block two high-profile repositories that contain pirated copies of iOS applications. In a demo video, which is posted below, an early view of the software demonstrates this working to install a system tweak that adds one extra application spot to iOS' multitasking bar. The video begins with the user having the default four applications, and ending with five following the installation:The idea is of special interest to the iPhone and iOS in general, given that competitor Google has long offered users of the Android OS a way to install applications through the browser that ships with the phone. Near the end of last year, Google also offered an augmentation to its Chrome to Phone technology, allowing users to remotely install applications to their Android device, a feature that later made it into prominence on Google's Android Market site.Infini Dev Team says Lima, which also goes by the name of &quot;fr0st&quot;, is still a work in progress and it is not providing an estimated time of arrival.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Spectrum debate likely hot topic for CTIA]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 07:11:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Cristoph-i</dc:creator>
<category>Politics</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=spectrum-debate-likely-hot-topic-for-ctia</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ORLANDO, Fla.--While many gadget fans will be looking for the latest smartphones and cool services coming out at this week'sCTIA 2011 trade show here, policy wonks will be looking for news in the heated battle between the wireless industry and TV broadcasters over spectrum reallocation.In recent weeks, the National Association of Broadcasters has called into question the Federal Communications Commission's plan to reallocate spectrum, much of which will come from unused broadcast licenses that have been voluntarily given up. The NAB has called many current spectrum holders, which have participated in previous spectrum auctions, hoarders. The group claims these companies are not efficiently using the spectrum they have already bought.For example, satellite TV provider DirecTV, as well as cable operators Comcast, Time Warner Cable, and Brighthouse have all bought spectrum in recent FCC auctions and have not yet used that spectrum nor have they disclosed how they plan to use it. Even large carriers such as Verizon Wireless and AT&amp;T have not used all the spectrum licenses they have purchased in recent auctions.&quot;Maybe you should develop that spectrum before you come to broadcasters asking for 40 percent more of their spectrum,&quot; Dennis Wharton, NAB's executive vice president for media relations, told the IDG News Service in a recent interview. &quot;Why is it taking so long, if there really is a national spectrum crisis&quot;The CTIA, which represents the wireless industry, and the Federal Communications Commission say spectrum reallocation is necessary because there's a looming spectrum crisis. Without additional spectrum allocated, wireless operators will not have enough airwaves available to meet the rapidly growing demand for wireless data services, these groups say.While it's clear which side the CTIA is on in this debate, the topic will likely be a hot one at the group's biannual trade show this week where the industry is gathered not only to announce and view cool new products, but also to discuss important policies essential to the industry. (For more detail on what to expect in terms of products at CTIA, check out my colleague Kent German's preview piece from Friday.)On Monday, I will be helping Chris Guttman-McCabe, vice president of regulatory affairs for the CTIA, host a panel discussion that will include several officials from the FCC, as well as representatives from AT&amp;T and Verizon, who will be talking about wireless spectrum issues and policy.The spectrum debate The FCC's National Broadband Report, released last year, recommended that the FCC make 500MHz of new wireless spectrum available within 10 years for licensed and unlicensed use. The plan recommends that 300MHz of that spectrum should become available within the next five years.One of the most controversial issues to come out of that plan is the reallocation of wireless spectrum. While the report recommends that the FCC reallocate about 20MHz of underutilized government spectrum, it also recommends that the agency get about 120MHz of spectrum from TV broadcasters.The FCC is currently studying a plan for reallocating spectrum. The commission has said it doesn't plan to force broadcasters to give it up. Instead, it said it would create incentive auctions that would let broadcasters who aren't using some spectrum to voluntarily give it up in exchange for some kind of compensation.While the NAB is open to a voluntarily approach, the lobby group has been questioning the FCC's premise for even asking for this spectrum, given that spectrum sold in recent auctions hasn't been used yet.The NAB also says it may be difficult for broadcasters to give up spectrum, since the areas where spectrum is most needed is in cities, where many broadcasters are already using spectrum to provide free TV programming, as well as mobile digital TV.Broadcasters also believe that as an industry, they've given up plenty of spectrum already. For example, the government forced the TV broadcast industry to move to broadcasting signals in digital rather than analog form, which freed up spectrum in the 700MHz band. That spectrum was auctioned in 2008. Verizon Wireless is using its 700MHz wireless licenses to build its &quot;4G&quot; LTE network.But the wireless industry and the FCC believe that TV broadcasters, which were given their spectrum licenses for free during the dawn of TV, need to give more of it back for reallocation. In a column published Friday on CNET, CTIA CEO Steve Largent said that TV broadcasters have 294MHz of spectrum in each market, much of which is currently unused.He claims that the CTIA estimates that revenue &quot;from auctions of broadcast spectrum reclaimed through a voluntary mechanism would gross at least $36 billion for the federal government. This process would [retain] free over-the-air broadcast service while the industry would pay billions to the U.S. Treasury and billions more to the U.S. economy to deploy new technologies. Ultimately, consumers continue to get the world's best products and services. Everyone wins.&quot;AT&amp;T's senior executive vice president for external and legislative affairs said in a blog post Friday that the NAB itself is guilty of under using its spectrum resources and should not be pointing fingers at the wireless industry, which has paid millions for its spectrum licenses.&quot;NAB (insuates that) the problem isn't their own massive warehousing and underuse of precious spectrum resources,&quot; Cicconi wrote in a blog post Friday. &quot;Instead, the problem is everyone else. It's not their 1950s transmission method that's inefficient' the fault is with modern devices that receive their signals. And somehow those companies making the largest capital investments in the U.S., and perhaps the largest private capital investments in American history, aren't investing fast enough to suit the broadcasters.&quot;The CTIA and the Consumer Electronics Association say that the NAB is simply trying to deflect attention from the spectrum crisis. In a letter to Congressional leaders this week, the two groups said that the &quot;NAB has once again endeavored to search for any hint of outlier instances where spectrum allegedly is not being put to productive use--a point that has been consistently refuted.&quot;FCC Chairman Genachowski has also downplayed the NAB's claims. In a speech this week at the Mobile Future Forum, he said that the FCC's recently completed &quot;baseline&quot; spectrum inventory provides enough data to conclude that incentive auctions are needed.&quot;The spectrum crunch will not be solved by the build-out of already allocated spectrum,&quot; Genachowski said. &quot;That spectrum was already built into the FCC's analysis of the spectrum shortage and does not detract from the desirability and necessity of adding the incentive auction tool to the FCC's arsenal.&quot;He said there were &quot;no hidden vacant lots of commercial airwaves.&quot; But he said that there are a few &quot;areas well-suited to mobile broadband, such as the TV and [mobile satellite services] bands.&quot;Meanwhile, the NAB says it wants the government to do a full inventory of spectrum to see how efficiently all spectrum holders are using their licenses. Such a broad inventory of spectrum that includes usage by wireless companies and other auction license holders has not been done.It will be interesting to see how the debate plays out and what the wireless industry will say at this week's conference to flame the political fires. Stay tuned.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Control your iPod like a Jedi with Monster iMotion]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 08:10:31 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Cristoph-i</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
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<description><![CDATA[The Monster iMotion CarPlay allows users to control their iPod with a wave of the hand.(Credit:Antuan Goodwin/CNET)The Monster iMotion CarPlay 3000 connects to aniPod oriPhone via its dock connector, providing power through a 12-voltcar charger and sending line-level audio through a 3.5mm patch cable to the host vehicle's auxiliary input. However, the iMotion's most interesting feature is the way it enables the user to control the connected iPod by waving a hand near it. Waving a hand or finger in front of the iMotion&amp;39's sensors triggers the iPod control. (Credit:Antuan Goodwin/CNET) Placing a hand in front of the sensor lets you toggle between play and pause. Swiping a hand from left to right in front of the device causes the attached iPod to skip forward. Swiping the other direction triggers a backward skip. Calmly stating that &quot;these are not the Droids you want&quot; as you do this has no effect whatsoever. The controls are quite intuitive--enough so that we were able to figure everything out without an instruction manual. With a bit of practice, we were able to skip through tracks as fast as the attached iPod would let us with effortless and casual hand waves, showing off for passengers and--most importantly--keeping our eyes on the road.  Of course, how well the iMotion works depends on a few factors, the most important being your vehicle's 12-volt outlet placement. If the outlet is tucked too far away, such as in the center console or deep in a center stack pocket, the device will be difficult to reach. If the outlet is located in an area that gets much direct sunlight, then passing shadows of trees could create false positive inputs, causing your music to skip around or stutter through play and pause cycles.  Drivers of manual transmissions should also beware, because if the iMotion is placed too close to the shifter, then you could trigger false positives as you row through the gears. The ideal location seems to be a shaded location near the base of the center stack, where it can be easily reached for hand swipes, yet is out of the way enough to not be frustrating. Since most of us can't move our cars' 12-volt outlets, you'll want to take a long look before you buy. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[CES: Verizon unveils bevy of 4G devices (live blog)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2011 08:10:25 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Cristoph-i</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=ces-verizon-unveils-bevy-of-4g-devices-live-blog</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The HTC Thunderbolt is one of 10 devices introduced at this afternoon&amp;39's press conference. Pictured here is HTC's Peter Chou. (Credit:Sarah Tew)Editor's note: This live event has concluded, but as expected, Verizon took the stage to unveil a range of new 4G devices, including the LG Revolution, HTC Thunderbolt, and Samsung Smartphone. For a brief rundown of what was announced, check out our summary post here. You can also replay our live blog in the Cover It Live module below. LAS VEGAS--Verizon Wireless will be hosting a press conference here Thursday afternoon atCES at which it's expected to introduce its first 4G smartphones.The carrier, which is the largest wireless operator in the U.S. in terms of subscribers, launched its highly anticipated 4G wireless network in December. But for the past month, the company has only sold laptop cards for the super-fast network, which uses a next-generation networking technology known as Long Term Evolution, or LTE.This will be Verizon's second big event of the day. This morning, CEO Ivan Seidenberg and other top executives took the stage for a keynote address to the CES crowd, where message was: it's all about the network, and specifically Verizon's new 4G LTE broadband infrastructure. In addition to a slew of new 4G smartphones from makers, such as LG, Samsung, and HTC, the company is expected to say more about the Xoom tablet PC from Motorola. All the new 4G devices that are expected to be announced use Google's Android operating system.CNET will be live blogging the press conference starting at 1 p.m. Thursday. Tune in if you want to get a jump on the news. You can sign up below for an e-mail reminder. Verizon Wireless CES 2011 press conferenceEditors' note: The original, pre-event version of this story was published January 5 at 1:00 p.m. PT.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[CES: Vizio's VIA Android smartphone also a remote control]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 08:10:19 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Cristoph-i</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
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<title><![CDATA[Computer hardware online sales heat up holidays]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2010 08:10:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Cristoph-i</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=computer-hardware-online-sales-heat-up-holidays</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Computer hardware is hot among holiday buyers this season, according to data out yesterday from ComScore.As online buyers scoop up iPads, e-readers, laptops, and other portable devices, computer hardware is ringing in the holidays as the product category showing the most growth for the season so far, a 25 percent increase compared with last year.Lower prices on flat-panel TVs is spurring growth in consumer electronics, helping that category grow 22 percent among online buyers over the same period last year, says ComScore. Books and magazines are also proving to be a popular gift item, up 21 percent from last year.Capping off the online product categories that showed the most growth over last year are computer software (not counting games), which grew 16 percent, and toys, which are up 15 percent.ComScore's data compares online sales for the first 47 days of the November-December holiday shopping season, which this year covers November 1 to December 17.(Credit:ComScore)Overall, online sales this year have been quite a bit merrier than in 2009. For the season to date, cybershoppers have spent a total of $27.46 billion, according to ComScore, a 12 percent increase over last year. For the week ending December 17, sales hit $5.15 billion, up 14 percent from 2009.In November, Cyber Monday alone saw $1 billion in sales, said ComScore, a 16 percent gain in sales over the same day last year and the heaviest online spending day in history.Retail promotions, notably free shipping, have also helped. More than 1,500 online vendors participated in a Free Shipping Day on December 17, leading to sales of $942 million, a 61 percent jump over the corresponding day last year when there was no such promotion.&quot;Free shipping has certainly become one of the prevalent themes of the 2010 holiday season,&quot; ComScore Chairman Gian Fulgoni said in a statement. &quot;Since the week before Thanksgiving, we've seen the majority of online retail transactions use free shipping, which confirms the appeal of the offer for consumers. Free Shipping Day also appears to have driven a sustained late-season response, with free shipping transactions accelerating in importance in 2010 whereas they actually began to decline during the same period in 2009.&quot;<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Road Trip Pic of the Week, 11/11: What is this]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 08:10:32 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Cristoph-i</dc:creator>
<category>Gaming</category>
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<description><![CDATA[If you know what this is and where it was taken, you could win a prize in the Picture of the Week challenge.(Credit:Daniel Terdiman/CNET)What a gorgeous scene. And what ominous rocks. But what is it, and where is it locatedIf you know, you could win a prize in the CNET Road Trip Picture of the Week challenge. If you have those answers, please e-mail them to me no later than 6 p.m. PDT Friday (to daniel--dot--terdiman--at--cnet--dot--com, and PLEASE include &quot;Picture of the Week&quot; in the subject line). I'll choose a winner at random from among everyone who sends in both pieces of the correct answer. Please forgive me if you don't hear from me if you're not the winner. I get dozens of responses. Also, I've turned off comments because some people would post the correct answers there. I hate to shut down discussion, but I want you to figure out the answer on your own.One caveat: no individual can win more than two prizes. Also, for everyone who played regularly during Road Trip 2010, please note that this is the 12th of the weekly Picture of the Week challenges. With Road Trip 2010 officially finished--and therefore no more new Road Trip pictures per se--the challenge is now taking place each Thursday, and the photos could come from anywhere, not just Road Trip 2010 locations, and might be related to stories I've written in the past. So, please have fun playing today, and then come back each Thursday. For most of the summer, Geek Gestalt was on Road Trip 2010. After driving more than 18,000 miles in the Rocky Mountains, the Pacific Northwest, the Southwest and the Southeast over the last four years, I drove 5,266 miles this summer looking for the best in technology, science, military, nature, aviation and more throughout the American Northeast. You can follow me on Twitter at @GreeterDan and @RoadTrip and find the project on Facebook.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Apple&'s Wozniak calls Android the winner in smartphone race]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Cristoph-i</dc:creator>
<category>Latest News</category>
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<description><![CDATA[[Update: Wozniak has said he was slightly misquoted during the interview to gadget blog Engadget.]Oh Woz, we love it when you shoot from the hip.Apple&amp;'s own co-founder Steve Wozniak managed to spill the beans on an Apple phone preceding the iPhone, bash Nokia and call the winner in the mobile operating system race a4&quot; all in the span of a single interview with a Dutch-languagenewspaper today.Wozniak said thatAndroid would likely become the dominant mobile operating system ahead of Nokia&amp;'s Symbian and Apple&amp;'s iPhone operating system, iOS. That should come as zero surprise, because analysts have been predicting the fall of Nokia for some time now.Wozniak said Android would grow so large and have such a pervasive market presence, the phones would inevitably have more features than the iPhone. Part of that probably has to do with the religiously closed development process for the iPhone. But Apple holds, and would still have, the lead in terms of smartphone quality, he said.The company a4&quot; and particularly its CEO Steve Jobs a4&quot; has always been known for having ridiculously high standards for its products. The iPhone manufacturer actually teamed up with a Japanese company in 2004 to produce a mobile phone, but ended up axing the project, Wozniak said.Apple doesn&amp;'t seem like the kind of company that would feel too bad about not having a commanding market share when it delivers a high-end product. That&amp;'s the design philosophy the largest consumer manufacturer in the world has had for its line of personal computers and laptops for some time now. That&amp;'s lead to steady a4&quot; but by no means explosive a4&quot; growth in its PC sales. Just last quarter, Apple&amp;'s Mac sales were up 28 percent when compared to the same quarter a year earlier. With the price point the Mac computers have, Apple certainly shouldn&amp;'t feel like it isn&amp;'t making enough money off the line of computers.Nokia still maintains a commanding lead in terms of market share from the sheer volume of phones it produces, but Gartner predicts that Android will overtake it by 2014. The company recently rolled out a few changes to challenge the upstart Android, including its newN7 and N8 smartphones &amp;8212' which more or less fell flat with consumers &amp;8212' and a new CEO, Microsofta4a4sStephen Elop. Wozniak said Nokia was &amp;''the brand of the previous generation&amp;'' and was well on its way out.Wozniak called into Engadget to say that Apple would eventually catch up to some of the features Android has that Apple&amp;'s iPhone is currently missing (it has acquired Siri for voice recognition, for example, which Android already had). But he said he expects Android to be a lot like Windows a4&quot; in the sense that a majority of people would use Android, despite there being better products in the market.&amp;''It can get greater market share and still be crappy,&amp;'' he said to Engadget.Then again, that&amp;'s pretty much obvious, given Nokia&amp;'s current position.Next Story: Plastic Jungle raises $10M for a place to exchange and sell gift cards Previous Story: Android ties for lead with iPhone on mobile ad networkPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: Android, iOS, iPhone, iPhone operating system, SymbianCompanies: Apple, Google, nokiaPeople: Steve Wozniak          Tags: Android, iOS, iPhone, iPhone operating system, SymbianCompanies: Apple, Google, nokiaPeople: Steve WozniakVentureBeat 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[Eric Schmidt sees next decade as age of &''augmented humanity&'']]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Cristoph-i</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Eric Schmidt may not be chief executive of Google for long (he turns that title over to Larry Page on April 4). But he isn&amp;'t going to stop sharing hisvision for the future.The chairman of Googletalked about the next decade and how it will be a time when we are the masters of technology, and not visa versa. You could think of it, he said, as the eraof &amp;''augmented humanity.&amp;'' If you&amp;'re looking for a roadmap of what to prepare yourself or your company for in the future, Schmidt&amp;'s vision is as good as any.Hisview of the next decade is interesting because he has spent the past decade as CEO of one of the few companies that is trying to touch almost everything in the digital world. Schmidt has given this kind of speech before, but he is fleshing out his vision with each talk. It was the first big talk he gave since announcing he would turn over the CEO title to Google co-founder Larry Page last week. (He preceded the speech by announcing Google would hire 1,000 employees in Europe in the coming year).&amp;''Technology will finally serve us,&amp;'' he said in a speech at the closeof the Digital Life Design conference in Munich today. &amp;''In my whole career, I always felt like I had to serve the computer. It was me who had to fix the computer. We can all relate to that. Finally, I think we are at the point where they do what we want.&amp;''Schmidt said sales of smartphones will exceed sales of PCs worldwide within two years, and he called smartphones &amp;''the device of our time.&amp;'' The mobile web is growing about eight times faster than the PC web at an equivalent point of its development.Imagine the wonder, he said, of going online via a smartphone after being limited to getting information in an unconnected village for your whole life.Every company, Schmidt said, should adopt a &amp;''mobile first&amp;'' strategy to get ready for this era.&amp;''I would argue that devices not connected to the internet are not interesting anymore,&amp;'' he said. You should expect that every device with a microprocessor will be connected to the network.Schmidt said some estimates place the number of internet-connected devices at 35 billion. At some point, we&amp;'ll stop counting, he said, because everything will be connected.Schmidt said he was particularly encouraged that mobile carriers are now deploying Long-Term Evolution (LTE) networks across the world. LTE is supposed to carry data at speeds as high as 50 megabits a second. In effect, the rated actual performance is around 8 &amp;8211' 10 megabits a second in the real world. Actual service plans will likely give one or two megabits a second of service to users.That&amp;'s certainly fast enough to do your email at maximum efficiency, but it takes about 10 megabits a second to do two-way video calls with great quality.Schmidt noted that, on the ground, Australia is planning to bring fiber-to-the-home for 93 percent of Australians. That could give users gigabit-per-second speeds in their homes. Such speeds would eliminate any obstacles to providing digital bits to people, whether they take the form of 3D games or high-definition video.In the next decade, the last major piece of the puzzle &amp;8212' cloud computing &amp;8212' will come into its own. He noted that 1,000 computer servers can form the back-end system for voice translation software, which allows you to speak into the phone in one language and have your words come out in another language for the person on another phone.&amp;''It seems to work like magic,&amp;'' he said, noting that Google is testing the technology.The changes that these technologies will bring about are mind-boggling, Schmidt said. The phone becomes not just a phone, but a phone connected to a bunch of supercomputers.&amp;''You can sit in the airport and then use your phone to imagine that you&amp;'re skiing downhill virtually in Vancouver,&amp;'' he said.You don&amp;'t have to get lost anymore, with things like Google Maps. He noted that one blogger was arrested in Tunisia and he let people know about that through his phone and Google Latitude. He was rescued during that country&amp;'s revolution. Schmidt noted that satellite images of war-torn Sudan can show whether armed forces are building up in certain areas of disputed territory.More cool and useful technology awaits, such as cars that can drive themselves, and technology that gives you suggestions of what to do when you&amp;'re waiting for something &amp;8212' like errands that you can do at places nearby.The devices to make this all happen are being put in place now, he said. He said that Google Android phones are being activated at a rate well above 300,000 devices per day. There are 145 models of Android phones from 27 manufacturers being sold by 169 carriers in 96 countries.The people who will reap the most benefits of thiscoming era are our children.He said that if you have a child, &amp;''the child is asleep or online.&amp;''Disclosure: The Digital Life Design conference paid my way to Munich so I could moderate a panel. VentureBeat&amp;'s coverage of the conference remains objective and independent.Next Story: 5 reasons you should care about the flexible workforce Previous Story: Former Skype president brings cable TV model to newspaper contentPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: Google Android, mobile first strategyCompanies: GooglePeople: Eric Schmidt          Tags: Google Android, mobile first strategyCompanies: GooglePeople: Eric SchmidtDean is lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat. He covers video games, security, chips and a variety of other subjects. Dean previously worked at the San Jose Mercury News, the Wall Street Journal, the Red Herring, the Los Angeles Times, the Orange County Register and the Dallas Times Herald. He is the author of two books, Opening the Xbox and the Xbox 360 Uncloaked. Follow him on Twitter at @deantak, and follow VentureBeat on Twitter at @venturebeat. 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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<title><![CDATA[Doodle Jump game maker Lima Sky goes Hollywood with movie deal]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Doodle Jump, an enormously popular game on the iPhone, is going Hollywood in a marketing deal with Universal Pictures, which plans to cr0ss-promote the app in promotions for its upcoming live action and computer-animated comedy, Hop.Doodle Jump comes from humble indie roots. Igor Pusenjak and his brother Marko (their company is called Lima Sky) created the app 18 months ago, and it has become a sensation with more than 8.5 million users on the iPhone. The deal is similar to another announced today in which Angry Birds creator Rovio will issue a new version of its game tied to the movie Rio coming from 20th Century Fox.It&amp;'s eye-opening to see that apps that were virtually unknown a little while ago, coming from unknown indie developers, can catch the attention of giant media companies and strike deals with them. It&amp;'s happening because platforms such as the iPhone are getting their hooks into the minds of consumers and becoming the brands of the 21st century.Set for release in February, the free software update will allow Doodle Jump users to unlock a secret Easter level within the game and play as the film&amp;'s leading character. Hop is the second film from Universal Pictures and filmmaker Chris Meledandri, producer of Despicable Me, at Illumination Entertainment. The film, which features Russell Brand as the Easter Bunny, will be released on April 1.In Doodle Jump, players guide Doodle the Doodler on a journey up a sheet of graph paper, using the tilt controls of the iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad. Since its release, the game has risen into the cultural stratosphere, getting plenty of play and mentions from the likes of Jimmy Fallon, The Big Bang Theory, Rainn Wilson, the Jonas Brothers and others. Lima Sky was founded in July 2008.In my panel at the recent Digital Life Design conference in Munich, Igor Pusenjak said that although Lima Sky is a small company, it has hit No. 1 on Apple&amp;'s paid apps list in the U.S. The company has also licensed the game to GameHouse, which has published the game on Android phones. One of the ways that Doodle Jump has stayed popular is that the company frequently pushes out content updates, Pusenjak said, much like a TV series.&amp;''You have to keep adding new content to your apps to keep people coming back,&amp;'' he said.Next Story: &amp;''The tweets must flow!&amp;'' says Twitter amidst Egyptian unrest Previous Story: Egypt&amp;'s internet shutdown sparks a communications battlePrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: Doodle Jump, HopCompanies: Illumination Entertainment, Lima SkyPeople: Chris Meledandri, Igor Pusenjak          Tags: Doodle Jump, HopCompanies: Illumination Entertainment, Lima SkyPeople: Chris Meledandri, Igor PusenjakDean is lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat. He covers video games, security, chips and a variety of other subjects. Dean previously worked at the San Jose Mercury News, the Wall Street Journal, the Red Herring, the Los Angeles Times, the Orange County Register and the Dallas Times Herald. He is the author of two books, Opening the Xbox and the Xbox 360 Uncloaked. Follow him on Twitter at @deantak, and follow VentureBeat on Twitter at @venturebeat. 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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<title><![CDATA[Screw the thermostat! InThrMa brings building climate to the Web]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Pretty much everything is moving to the cloud these days. Why not your home or business&amp;'s thermostatInThrMa is giving consumers and businesses a way to manage the temperature through a Web-based interface that they can access from their mobile devices or PC. Users can see real-time power consumption data based on whattemperaturethey&amp;'ve set for the building.The company presented its plan Thursday at VentureBeat&amp;'s Innovation Competition at the GreenBeat 2010 conference on cleantech at Stanford University.The service also allows users to automatically adjust the temperature in their homes depending on the weather and a thermal profile of the building. The service automatically adjusts to how much heat the building loses or holds onto on a regular basis, said Tatum Nolan, VP of business development for InThrMa. Users can also track their efficiency based on how much energy they are consuming to cool or heat their homes.&amp;''You let us know when you need your building at a certain temperature and we&amp;'re able to deliver that,&amp;'' he said. &amp;''We&amp;'re able to reduce overall electricity load by 24 percent when they aren&amp;'t in business.&amp;''InThrMa also gives users real-time alerts to reduce their electricity consumption during peak hours a4&quot; like on a hot day a4&quot; as a response to additional costs for using energy at peak usage times. Users can also get alerts when there are any technical issues with air conditioning or heating units.But if there are any problems with the service, users can automatically override it and adjust the building&amp;'s temperature by hand.Next Story: For energy savings, work with consumers or around them Previous Story: Sibblingz takes CrowdStar&amp;'s It Girl game to all the hot platformsPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: building climate, GreenBeat, GreenBeat 2010, thermostatCompanies: InThrMaPeople: Tatum Nolan          Tags: building climate, GreenBeat, GreenBeat 2010, thermostatCompanies: InThrMaPeople: Tatum NolanVentureBeat 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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