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<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 07:10:12 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[App Store algorithm change said to be categorical]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 07:10:12 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Rom467Britney</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
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<description><![CDATA[New third-party data suggests that changes made to Apple's App Store ranking algorithm last week were based not on how often users run applications, but how they are categorized within the directory itself.That claim comes from Fiksu, a company that provides a &quot;mobile app user acquisition platform,&quot; giving developers a way to gain visibility on Apple's App Store and the Android Marketplace. According to the company's data, which includes individual app rankings from the past year, Apple made a change just after midnight on April 14 to weigh some application categories more heavily than others.&quot;Downloads in certain categories are now weighted more heavily than others with respect to determining overall rank,&quot; the company said in an e-mail to CNET. &quot;For example, apps in social networking were big movers in the overall rank charts, while apps in the games category did not appear to show the same gains.&quot;The App Store has 20 categories, though the one for games outperforms all of them in terms of pure volume. Recent data from analytics firm Distimo covering a breakdown of the top 100 most popular applications during the month of February found games to be the leader on iOS and theMac App Store, followed distantly by entertainment, utilities, and lifestyle applications. Each of these categories has its own ranking of top free and paid apps, separate from the overall top rankings, which Fisku says remains unchanged. &quot;This change should not affect intra category rankings and should have very limited impact on the overall rank,&quot; the company said. &quot;However, apps in certain categories may experience a somewhat easier climb to the top of the overall rank.&quot;Facebook in particular saw one of the most dramatic jumps following the changes, with blog Inside Mobile Apps tracking it jumping from the top 10s and 20s to No. 1. This was without any specific news hook or update that would prompt a surge, which raised some eyebrows. As of this posting, it's begun to drop back down and sits at the No. 8 spot. Though its move, along with jumps for applications like Netflix and Pandora are what prompted a look into whether Apple had made changes. Fiksu founder and CEO Micah Adler told CNET that the move to re-weight categories could give applications in smaller categories a better chance at competing with the deluge of games, which frequently make up the majority of the top applications, but since Apple keeps its algorithm private, it's speculation at this point. Adler stressed that the company's findings clearly indicate that any ranking changes have not been based on how much applications are being used, which rival Google began practicing earlier this month according to the company's data. &quot;The clear proof is our evidence. We don't have access to the algorithm, so everything is evidence in one direction or another,&quot; Adler said. &quot;(In Apple's case) we're not seeing any evidence of engagement directly being a driver, and we haven't seen much of a change within these individual categories.&quot; Adler says Fiksu is in a unique position to gauge changes to Apple's App Store as well as Google's Android Marketplace due to its tracking technology and partnerships with ad and download networks like Google's AdMob. The company's core business is delivering scores of users to new applications, which Adler described as loyal. &quot;We deliver users that stick around for quite some time,&quot; he said. So far the company has a few dozen clients including Groupon, Hearst Magazines, TuneWiki, and Ask.com, and reports it has pushed 44 million user downloads of mobile applications. Reports emerged earlier today that Apple was combining the top apps re-weighting with the rejecting applications that made use of such services to get a user boost, though Adler said the company had not noticed that being the case with the company's clients so far.Apple representatives did not respond to requests for comment on this story.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Personal jetpack one step closer to launch]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 07:11:08 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Rom467Britney</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[(Credit:Martin Aircraft)The three-year wait for a recreational jetpack may be almost over--assuming regulators give their approval. New Zealand's Martin Aircraft said that its Martin Jetpack--which has a 200-horsepower piston gasoline engine that powers a couple of ducted fans--remained aloft for more than seven minutes in its latest test. That may not be enough time to get you to the store and back, but it represents a record.  A man on the ground flew the Martin Jetpack by radio control' a weighted dummy, &quot;Jetson,&quot; served as the pilot. No mention yet on an updated timetable for putting a human through a rigorous series of test runs, though the company has previously said that it's on track to do just that sometime in the current quarter. The jetpack itself is 5 feet tall and 5.5 feet wide and made of a carbon fiber composite with a pinch of Kevlar for the rotor. It uses regular gasoline and will travel a grand distance of 31.5 miles at a maximum speed of 63 mph, which should comfortably take you from home to office (and back) in a jiffy, and with a lot of noise. Since its coming-out party at the Oshkosh air show in the summer of 2008, Martin Aircraft has garnered more than the usual amount of attention lavished on a tech start-up. Given the associations that the concept of a jet pack conjures up with futuristic space-age travel--think George Jetson and his flying saucer--that's easy to understand.  Still, a note of caution is worthwhile. It remains unclear how the Federal Aviation Administration will respond. Although the agency did not answer a request for comment by the time this article was posted, the last time the FAA weighed in, it classified the jetpack as an experimental ultralight airplane. That description may suggest that any approval would be contingent upon first establishing the kind of technology that allows for this kind of traffic--especially if we're talking about a &quot;jet ski for the sky,&quot; in the description once put forward by its inventor.Although it is not bringing in any revenue, Martin Aircraft, which is based in New Zealand, has enlisted financial and legal advisers to bring it public. Last year, the per-unit price tag of the device it sells was estimated at a whopping $90,000, a figure that has since climbed by $10,000.This story originally appeared on CBSNews.com' Damian Koh of Crave Asia contributed to this report. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Samsung 4G mobile hot spot arrives at Verizon]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 07:10:33 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Rom467Britney</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
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<description><![CDATA[The new Samsung 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot for Verizon.(Credit:Verizon)If you have been having a good time with the Verizon Wireless MiFi 2200 Intelligent Mobile Hotspot and now want a similar device that offers much faster 4G speeds, the answer is here. Verizon Wireless teamed up with Samsung to announce today the availability of the Samsung 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot. This is a mobile, supercompact Wi-Fi hot spot that offers an Internet connection similar to that of the LG VL600 LTE USB Modem, up to 12Mbps. This type of bandwidth is typically found in high-end broadband connections such as cable. According to the companies, the Samsung 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot has a design similar to the MiFi 2200--about the size of a few credit cards stacked up together--and also supports a maximum of five Wi-Fi devices at a time. The device is backward-compatible with Verizon's 3G network, which comes in handy in areas where Verizon's 4G coverage is not available.Similar to the case of the VL600 modem, the Samsung 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot comes with data plans that start at $50 per month with a cap of 5GB. Note that with 4G speeds, you could use up this monthly allowance within literally half an hour. The second data plan is 10GB for $80 per month. Unfortunately it seems there's no unlimited data plan currently available for the new hot spot. The Samsung 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot is available now and costs $100 with a two-year contract.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Foursquare short-cut to debut on Japanese smartphones]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Rom467Britney</dc:creator>
<category>Latest News</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Foursquare, the hot New York-based location-based check-in game, has partnered with Japanese telecommunications company KDDI to give users a short-cut for downloading the mobile application on several of its Android smartphones.The partnership will give Japanese consumers a way to easily find and download the Foursquare app, which will appear on the REGZA Phone IS04, scheduled to be released tomorrow, and the IS05&amp;8243', to be released in spring, 2011, according to the company&amp;'s release.Foursquare is clearly a hit in Japan. Co-founder and chief executive Dennis Crowley explained that Tokyo is currently the second most active city for check ins. The short-cut may help the company reach additional consumers who may be new to smartphones or looking to try a new app.Foursquare isn&amp;'t the only one looking to make it easier for consumers to find its application on smartphones. Just yesterday, Scvngr announced that its app will appear on Virgin Mobile&amp;'s new pre-paid Android device. Loopt, another location service, is also available on several MetroPCS smartphones, including the LG Optimus M, Huawei  Ascend and BlackBerry  Curve 8530.Foursquare, founded in 2009, has raised more   than $21 million in funding to date. It currently has more than40 employees in  its home town and an engineering office in San  Francisco.Next Story: Now Andreessen Horowitz owns a piece of Twitter, too Previous Story: On the GreenBeat: Electric car charger Coulomb gets new CEO, Gevo&amp;'s biofuels shares risePrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: au, check-in, Japanese consumers, Japenese, location, location based services, location-based, smartphonesCompanies: Foursquare, KDDI, loopt, ScvngrPeople: Dennis Crowley          Tags: au, check-in, Japanese consumers, Japenese, location, location based services, location-based, smartphonesCompanies: Foursquare, KDDI, loopt, ScvngrPeople: Dennis CrowleyCody Barbierri is a social and digital media consultant. He works for Piehead and blogs about social media at Social Tab. (None of his posts are about clients or their competitors.) Reach him at Cody@venturebeat.com. You can also follow Cody on Twitter. 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[Qualcomm enables instant streaming of Netflix movies on Android]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Rom467Britney</dc:creator>
<category>Latest News</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Qualcomm&amp;'s latest Snapdragon mobile processors will enable future Android devices to be able to instantly stream TV shows and movies from Netflix.Instant streaming is the hottest new way to get movies into the hands of users. It has been possible on connected home machines such as video game consoles, Blu-ray players, and connected TVs. But mobile devices haven&amp;'t really been capable of streaming movies and TV shows in a reliable way.With the new Qualcomm technology, users will be able to watch their movies with instant gratification &amp;8212' no more waiting for long downloads. Currently, the experience of watching streamed movies on mobile phones is anything but instantaneous.The technology is aimed at upcoming Android smartphones and tablets using Qualcomm&amp;'s Snapdragon chips.The newest Snapdragon processors, debuting as early as the second quarter, can run at 2.5 gigahertz and process data 150 percent faster than some of today&amp;'s fastest mobile chips.Qualcomm said it has received certification from Netflix and that the video processing is handled by highly efficient dedicated hardware inside the chip. That means it can play movies at high quality without draining battery life. Qualcomm is showing off the technology at the Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona.[image credit: ObamaPacman]Previous Story: Qualcomm launches a screaming-fast 2.5 Ghz mobile processorPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: instant streaming, movie streamingCompanies: Netflix, Qualcomm          Tags: instant streaming, movie streamingCompanies: Netflix, QualcommDean 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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