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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 07:10:51 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Angry Birds gets squawky with speakers]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 07:10:51 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Angry Birds finds yet another way to invade your life.(Credit:Gear4)You can play Angry Birds on yourtablet, phone, or Web browser. You can cover your mobile device with an Angry Birds case. There is a board game. T-Mobile created a life-size version. There may even be an Angry Birds movie on the horizon.In case you haven't reached Angry Birds saturation, you will soon be able to pick up some officially licensed Angry Birds speakers from Gear4. The speakers come in the shapes of Red Bird ($89.99), Helmet Pig ($119.99), and Black Bird ($129.99) and should hit stores in September.Red Bird works with a 3.5mm cable and includes a stand for a music player or tablet. Helmet Pigs comes equipped with aniPod/iPhone dock on the top of its head. Black Bird's stand includes a dock that will also charge youriPad. The obvious use for these speakers is to amplify your Angry Birds gaming experience. Just resist the temptation to pick up your Red Bird speaker and fling it at the Helmet Pig speaker.   <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[MobileMe is dead. Long live iCloud]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 07:10:25 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>toohoo</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
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<description><![CDATA[(Credit:Apple)Like a Hollywood movie studio trying to bring back an ailing superhero franchise, Apple today killed off one of its products by resurrecting it with something else that promises to fix many of the original's shortcomings. At the same time the company acknowledged that MobileMe has been a dud. Can iCloud put the bad memories of MobileMe in the past Apple sure hopes so.iCloud, in case you missed it, is Apple's new cloud sync service. It succeeds MobileMe, the $99-a-year service Apple introduced three years ago, which will close down on June 30, 2012. iCloud syncs files, apps, app data, and media across iOS devices, Macs, and PCs. It also syncs your music across devices, though it won't do that for video content. The service systematically goes after the criticisms people had with MobileMe. Is $99 a year too hard to swallow Now it's free. Only works with some apps Now it works with many more, and iOS andMac developers can tap into it too. When introducing iCloud earlier today, Apple CEO Steve Jobs said the idea behind the service came out of necessity. The PC's long been the hub for digital media, yet over the years people were capturing and viewing that media on portable devices, Jobs said. That meant getting data from computers to devices, and vice versa required ferrying it over. With different device makers using their own systems for making this happen, chaos ensued. More importantly it was placing all the responsibility on hardware that would be changing every few years, forcing users to move things once again.Apple's solution is to put data, and the ferrying process, in the cloud, providing a system where devices effectively become vessels. You buy a device from a store, plug in your Apple ID, and it syncs up with iCloud to tweak every setting, add every song, and every app just as it was on your other devices. But this big solution still centers on a walled garden approach that critics have taken aim at with the company's other products. You're fine as long as you're in Apple's ecosystem, but step out and your data does not come along for the ride. In other words, Apple's replaced one set of data behaviors with another. To some degree, Apple appears to have at least acknowledged the importance of building this system into PCs, something MobileMe was decidedly light on. For instance, you can now have photos you've captured on youriPhone oriPad show up in the pictures folder of your PC. That's a big step up from MobileMe's PC sync of contact information, calendars, and Web bookmarks' all things that lacked a certain sexiness or selling power for a PC user with an iOS device to buy into Apple's MobileMe ecosystem. The big question then is whether Apple intends to extend those same privileges to PC software makers to take that one step beyond the bare-bones implementation it's put forth in its plans. Today the company said it would be offering APIs for its own app makers to plug into iCloud and ferry data, including things like documents and key-value data. Offering the same thing to developers on other platforms could extend the reach of iCloud. If not, this not so secretly encourages developers to build on Apple's platforms so as to tap into iCloud, and get that data flowing, making apps on iOS the conduit to make that happen.Are there problems with this approach For one, if you decide to go with a non-Apple device in the future, data you have in these apps does not leave that ecosystem without a third-party service if it doesn't have a Web or desktop software counterpart of its own. Apple's got a business to run, so it's not going to become a big data dump for companies, though it's offering it free to developers who buy into the system. There's also the question of what happens when Apple's system goes down or experiences hiccups, as was a problem when MobileMe launched. Jobs noted that the company is serious about making iCloud as rock solid as possible, due in part to its new data center in Maiden, N.C. But as we've seen with Amazon's cloud services, downtime can happen to even the biggest companies. One thing is clear: iCloud seems a whole lot more like a step into cloud infrastructure than MobileMe was. Even though Apple is effectively ditching its try to compete with some slick-looking Web apps, it's come back with something that plays to the company's strong suit, which is hardware and software integration. With iCloud behind the scenes, Apple's not only trying to make its portable devices easier to set up once you buy them, but easier to own several of them at once too. Like a big movie opening, we'll know how well it all works when it hits screens.Apple unveils iCloud (photos)   <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[LG's thinnest monitor ever, the E2290 (review)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 08:10:48 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>toohoo</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[The LG Flatron E2290 has one of the simplest, yet unique, designs we&amp;39've ever seen.(Credit:Josh P. Miller)For the last few years, there's been this unofficial mandate in the computer monitor space to have thinner and thinner displays. Vendors have succeeded for the most part, offering monitors that are thinner than anything that was available just a couple years prior. However, this ever-constant demand to see monitors cut the fat has unfortunately culminated in what we have today: monitors, strung out on Stacker 2 and Cordislim, willing to do anything for a another hit of--OK, as I type this, the man who looks over my shoulder, constantly correcting my mistakes, is telling me that this is actually not true. Fine. There are no monitors strung out on drugs (that we know of), but the LG E2290 has the thinnest profile of any monitor we've seen. That's great, but how does it perform How are the features implemented And, maybe most importantly, what's the priceTo have these and many other questions answered, read the full review. The LG Flatron E2290: Thin is in! (photos) Also, more reviews can be easily accessed from the monitor hub.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Mixtent launches social network that tracks your reputation]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>toohoo</dc:creator>
<category>Latest News</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Professional reputation tracker Mixtent launched its site today. The year-old startup hopes to muscle in on the crowded job finding sector by letting users rank the talent of other people in their social networks.The Redwood City, Calif. company says it is aiming squarely at people trying to hire, get hired, or find talent internally in their organizations.It says it has found a a unique way for users to understand what their professional reputation is via anonymous rankings.The service monitors an individual user&amp;'s online reputation by calculating aSkillRank for both the user and their peers. The calculation uses weighted, anonymous endorsements and algorithmically-derivedmetrics.So users anonymously vote for others, helpingMixtentidentify where someone actually stands in their industry according to their peers.The company&amp;'s infrastructure is built on top of a LinkedIn API but also connects with Facebook to assess relationship strength.It had been operating in public beta for the past several months and says the usage, viral growth and data accumulation have all been positive.Thus far, the company has had 600,000 unique visitors to the site, although only a fraction of those have wound up voting. The average user has about 20 votes.CEO Jonathan Gheller told me that while professional recommendations and referrals are currently the most effective way to find new hires or get hired, most professional social networks require that you contact users directly to ask for leads and recommendations, which Gheller calls &amp;''socially awkward.&amp;''&amp;''[For us]the key is in understanding what you are likely to be good at, what your connections are likely to be good at and how relevant connections and questions are. Also, our system learns and improve as we capture more votes,&amp;'' said Gheller.Gheller named job boardsMonster.com and CareerBuilder as well as online recruitersSuccess Factors and Taleo as the company&amp;'s main competitors.So far, it has had one round of funding of under $1 million from undisclosed investors.Next Story: Cisco jumps into electric cars via Ecotality partnership Previous Story: Android steals tablet market share from Applea4a4s iPadPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Companies: CareerBuilder, mixtent, Monster.com, success factors, Taleo          Companies: CareerBuilder, mixtent, Monster.com, success factors, TaleoRiley McDermid is a contributing reporter to VentureBeat. She was previously the online editor at institutional investing and trading forum Markets Media, which she joined in 2008 from Dow Jones/MarketWatch in New York. Her work has appeared in the The New York Times, the Associated Press, Portfolio Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, and Barrona4a4s. She has won awards from the American Society of Business Publishers and Editors, the Magazine Association of the Southeast, the Mississippi Press Association and the Atlanta Press Club, and was a finalist for the Pacemaker Prize for excellence in news reporting. 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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