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<pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 07:10:49 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Rumor: Samsung prepping smartphone with 2GHz dual-core processor]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 07:10:49 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Samsung expecting desktop-like performance out of their mobile devices with dual-core 2GHz processors.(Credit:Samsung)If you thought this year's  dual-core smartphones were fast and powerful, wait until you hear what Samsung has cooking. According to an unnamed official, Samsung is planning to go a step further and release a 2GHz dual-core smartphone by next year. Yes, that means that your Android handset could rival your Netbook or laptop in terms of processing prowess. It is very likely that these new chipsets will fall under the new Exynos brand that was announced earlier this year. Samsung is also rumored to be considering selling these new CPU units to other smartphone makers.After having spent considerable time with a fewdual-core devices, it's easy to spot the difference in performance over last year's Snapdragon chipsets. Looking ahead, however, it's difficult for me to wrap my head around something as fast as 2GHz dual-core for my mobile needs. Not that I would complain were that one of my options, of course. If I had my druthers, I'd prefer a bigger step forward in battery life first. How about you<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Study: Streaming music use to explode in five years]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=study-streaming-music-use-to-explode-in-five-years</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 07:10:18 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>tozoreleg</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=study-streaming-music-use-to-explode-in-five-years</guid>
<description><![CDATA[If you think music-streaming services are big now, just wait five years.According to data compiled by ABI Research, music-streaming services are set for rapid expansion in the coming half-decade, and they have mobile phones to thank for it. By the end of this year, ABI said, subscribers to paid music services who access them from a mobile phone will number about 5.9 million worldwide, and by 2016, that figure will grow to more than 161 million subscribers. That amounts to an annual growth rate of about 95 percent, the research firm said.The growth of streaming services comes as digital sales remain relatively stagnant.In a report released earlier this year by Nielsen SoundScan, the definitive source on the state of the music industry, overall U.S. music sales were down 2.4 percent in 2010. Digital sales were up just 1 percent.Part of the significant growth of streaming services will be attributable to the sheer number of people using mobile handsets. As more people opt for smartphones, they will increasingly turn to streaming options to find the content they want to hear, ABI saidThe Asia-Pacific area will become the largest regional market for mobile music streaming at some point in 2012, according to ABI. Once it hits the top, that market's consumption of streaming services will continue to expand and help lead the explosion in streaming services.Looking ahead, ABI Research believes that Rhapsody and Spotify, which offer paid access to their music tracks to mobile devices, will benefit most from the growth of streaming music.For now, it would seem that Apple, which offers the top pay-per-download digital-music marketplace in the industry, could stand to lose quite a bit as streaming services expand.Then again, it might not.Last month, a report in the Wall Street Journal claimed that Apple is working on turning its MobileMe online-storage service into a cloud-based entertainment platform that would allow users to stream digital content over the Web. That report followed a similar story in which music and film sources told CNET last year about Apple's intentions to deliver a cloud-based music and movie platform.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[WebGL 1.0 is done. Where's Microsoft]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2011 08:10:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>tozoreleg</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=webgl-1-0-is-done--wheres-microsoft</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Brace yourself for the 3D Web.At least, if you useFirefox, Chrome, Opera, orSafari. Those are the browsers that support--though sometimes only in developer-preview editions--a technology called WebGL. And today, the Khronos Group standardizing the graphics interface announced that WebGL 1.0 is finished.Although WebGL has significant momentum, its prospects are significantly hampered by Microsoft's lack of enthusiasm. When I've asked Microsoft its feelings about it, the company expressed a preference for &quot;using existing standards to build 3D today,&quot; pointing as an example to the Sky Beautiful demo site.Granted, Microsoft has bit off a lot trying to modernize Internet Explorer with IE9, but WebGL is arguably a pretty important piece of the Web technology platform. Perhaps some reluctance can be explained by the fact that WebGL is based on the OpenGL graphics interface used onMac OS X, Windows, iOS, and Android and that competes with Microsoft's DirectX.If there's enough interest among Web developers, though--and those developers long have shown a fondness for IE alternatives--Microsoft could conclude that WebGL support is as important as other Web technologies such as Scalable Vector Graphics that only now are top priorities. WebGL is one of a suite of developing Web technologies that are gaining clout as a foundation for Web-based applications.Jay Sullivan, Mozilla's vice president of products, thinks there's enough browser support already to attract programmers. &quot;Between Firefox and Chrome, people will build stuff,&quot; he said in an interview. This WebGL demonstration shows 3D models of asteroids striking a rotating planet. It&amp;39's not fancy, but it&amp;39's 3D in a browser.(Credit:screenshot by Stephen Shankland/CNET) And WebGL has some compelling possibilities. Microsoft's own Fish IE Tank demo, used to show off IE9's hardware acceleration, runs vastly faster in a Jeff Muizelaar's Fish IE demo rewritten to use WebGL--although not using its 3D features.And Facebook sees WebGL's performance advantages for its nascent JSGameBench speed test. &quot;Implement WebGL!&quot; pleads Facebook's Bruce Rogers in a blog post about WebGL's benefits. &quot;WebGL powerfully expands the design space available to Web developers and is not just for 3D content. Don't force developers and users to abandon their browser of choice in order to experience great Web content.&quot;WebGL no doubt will enable Web developers to put annoying rotating cubes on their sites. But there are plenty of serious uses for the interface as well.For example, the hardware-accelerated 3D graphics of WebGL are well suited to many games--not necessarily top-end first-person shooters, but certainly for maze exploration, rollercoaster rides, and races. Also, WebGL is good for bringing a 3D element to Google or Bing maps.WebGL, though, is a very low-level interface many programmers can't be expected to master, especially in the sometimes lightweight world of casual online gaming. Happily, libraries are sprouting up to automate its usage.&quot;There is already a thriving middleware ecosystem around WebGL to provide a wide diversity of Web developers the ability to easily create compelling 3D content for WebGL-enabled browsers,&quot; Khronos said. &quot;These tools include: C3DL, CopperLicht , EnergizeGL, GammaJS, GLGE, GTW, O3D, OSG.JS, SceneJS, SpiderGL, TDL, Three.js and X3DOM.&quot;Some big competition for WebGL comes from Adobe Systems' Flash, which already is a major force in online gaming. Flash has lacked true 3D support, but that's changing. In the last week, Adobe released a preview version of Molehill, its 3D programming interface, in a Flash Player 11 &quot;incubator build.&quot;And like WebGL, Molehill is accompanied by higher-level libraries and is useful for more than just 3D.&quot;The power of Molehill does not stop [at] 3D,&quot; said Thibault Imbert, a product manager for Flash runtimes, on the Molehill announcement. &quot;You should think about it as a new rendering engine tied to the GPU [graphics processing unit]. If you architect your application, Web site, or game correctly (by using classic techniques to leverage the GPU) you will be able to use Molehill in many situations, [including] 2D on GPU.&quot;Another challenge will be reaching mobile browsers. It's coming though, as shown with work in the mobile version of Firefox, for example. With Android and iOS also supporting OpenGL ES 2.0, it should be mostly a matter of time before those influential operating systems' mobile browsers add the feature.With WebGL version 1.0 released, though, and companies like mobile-phone chipmaker Qualcomm endorsing it, WebGL comes with a greater assurance of stability and support. Now it's up to allies and developers to build WebGL a full-fledged programming ecosystem. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Panasonic finally buys up all of Sanyo]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2010 08:10:36 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>tozoreleg</dc:creator>
<category>Eco</category>
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<description><![CDATA[It took awhile, but Panasonic has announced that it will finally make Sanyo a wholly owned subsidiary.The company said it plans to acquire the remaining 20 percent of Sanyo stock that it doesn't own through a &quot;share exchange&quot; with the company. As of March 28, Sanyo shares will be officially delisted from the Tokyo Stock Exchange, paving the way for Panasonic to acquire the remaining shares on April 1.Panasonic first made its intentions to buy Sanyo known in December 2008. At that time, the company agreed to acquire Sanyo for $8.9 billion. However, it wasn't until a year later, after regulatory concerns were meted out, that Panasonic was finally able to gain control over Sanyo, acquiring just 50.2 percent of the company for approximately $4.59 billion.Not content with just half the company, Panasonic completed its acquisition of another 30 percent of Sanyo back in October, bringing its stake to 80.77 percent.Panasonic's intentions to fully own Sanyo are rooted in its desire to capitalize on the growing green market. Sanyo is a major player in the rechargeable-battery and solar-panel markets. In addition, the company was making a big push for thecar battery market, saying earlier this year that it expects to own 40 percent of that space by 2021. By then, around 11 million vehicles are expected to feature hybrid batteries.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Azio Wireless Bluetooth Keyboard hands-on]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2010 08:10:29 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>tozoreleg</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
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<description><![CDATA[The Azio Wireless Bluetooth Keyboard is a winner, offering quiet, comfy keys and easy pairing with an iPad, iPhone, or Mac.(Credit:Azio)Can aniPad really take the place of a laptop For many users, the answer would be: &quot;Not without a real keyboard.&quot;I hear that. Though I'm able to manage some basic touch-typing with the iPad's onscreen keys, my fingers don't fly nearly as nimbly as they do with a real set of QWERTYs.Apple's iPad Keyboard Dock is one option, but it forces you into a portrait orientation--and costs $69. For something a little more affordable, check out the Azio KB333BM Wireless Bluetooth Keyboard. (As opposed to a wired Bluetooth keyboard, I guess.)Priced at $49.99, the Azio keyboard offers a full set of perfectly sized, perfectly spaced keys. It's actually quite like aMac keyboard, and in fact can be paired with a Mac (and aniPhone, and probably anything else that accepts Bluetooth input). Having spent some time composing notes, e-mails, and other documents, I have this to say about the Azio: it rocks.  The keys are comfy, the feedback is just how I like it, and the Bluetooth pairing works beautifully. Even if I haven't touched the keyboard for a week. A couple of &quot;wake-up&quot; taps instantly re-establish the connection with my iPad. (The battery-sipping keyboard goes into standby mode after two hours of inactivity.) Many of the available extra keys (like F1-F16, Command, Home, etc.) are useless in iPad apps, but others--like the play/pause/volume controls doubled onto some of the function keys--work very nicely. I think my only complaint with the keyboard is that it's not particularly portable. I mean, it's thin and fairly lightweight, but also considerably longer than the iPad itself. You could toss it in a carry-on bag, but Azio doesn't provide a case or anything else to keep it protected. Even so, if you want to get one big step closer to the dream of using your iPad as a laptop, the Azio KB333BM is an excellent start. I really, really like it. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Travel startup TripIt acquired for $120M]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>tozoreleg</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[TripIt, the popular website for consolidating your trip details, just announced that it has been acquired by travel and expense management company Concur for a deal worth up to $120 million.In a blog post about the deal, Tripit president and co-founder Gregg Brockway said that the startup will continue to offer Tripit products and operate out of its San Francisco offices. The only difference, he said, is that TripIt now has access to the resources of Concur, a publicly-traded company used by more than 10,000 businesses and 15 million people. Brockway writes:Ia4a4m invigorated. I see this as a new beginning. We climbed up the hill to this point, but wea4a4re not resting on our laurels. There are more opportunities, challenges, and adventures ahead. With Concur wea4a4ll expand our presence among current customers, tackle the unmanaged travel space, reach out to new geographies, and go where no travel company has gone before. Watch us.According to the deal terms, Concur agrees to pay TripIt $27 million in cash and $44 million in stock initially, with provisions to pay up to $38 million more over the next 30 months.TripIt raised $13.1 million in funding from Azure Capital Partners, Oa4a4Reilly AlphaTech Ventures, and others. Brockway says that the service (which starts out free but offers paid features like real-time flight alerts) currently has a4Amillionsa4 of users.Next Story: SoloPower wins $20M loan for $340M solar manufacturing plant in Oregon Previous Story: Would you take $1 to run the biggest tech company in the worldPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: travelCompanies: Azure Capital Partners, Concur, OReilly AlphaTech Ventures, TripitPeople: Gregg Brockway          Tags: travelCompanies: Azure Capital Partners, Concur, OReilly AlphaTech Ventures, TripitPeople: Gregg BrockwayAnthony is a senior editor at VentureBeat, as well as its reporter on media, advertising, and social networks. Before joining the site 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[LinkedIn files for its IPO]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>tozoreleg</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Looks like we can finally stop asking when LinkedIn is going to have its initial public offering. The professional networking site just filed an S-1 form with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which is the first step in the IPO process.The IPO has been rumored for a while now, most recently with All Things Digital reporting that LinkedIn would file its S-1 today. When Sequoia Capital partner Michael Moritz joined the LinkedIn board earlier this month, it was ostensibly just to replace departing partner Mark Kvamme, but it also seemed relevant that Moritz had experience serving on the boards of companies like Google as they went public.While the IPO market has been slowly warming up after the financial crash, LinkedIn will be the first among the big names in the current wave of Web startups to go public. Facebook is likely to follow next year.The company also published a blog post announcing the IPO and saying that the transaction will be managed by Morgan Stanley, BofA Merrill Lynch, and J.P. Morgan Securities. The filing doesn&amp;'t say how many shares will be offered, what the price will be, or whether the company will be listed on The New York Stock Exchange or Nasdaq. (Getting such a high-profile tech company would be a coup for the NYSE.)In the &amp;''key metrics&amp;'' area of the filing, LinkedIn says that it has 90 million registered members, 65 million unique monthly visitors, and 5.5 billion monthly pageviews (averaged out over the last three months of 2010). The company says that its net revenue for the nine months ending on September 30, 2010 was $161 million, about double its revenue from the same period in 2009.I&amp;'m updating this post as I have more information.This post was sponsored by WatchMouse, a service which monitors websites, Web applications, and web API&amp;'s for availability and performance from an external perspective. WatchMouse delivers a self-service monitoring solution utilizing an infrastructure of over 50 monitoring stations in 30 countries. Multi-step monitoring, Real Browser Monitoring and Public Status Pages are included in all plans. Learn more here. As always, VentureBeat maintains strict adherence to its principles of editorial integrity and WatchMouse had no input into the content of this post.Next Story: Investors thrash Amazon.com after sales miss the mark Previous Story: Netflix makes friends and enemies with ISP report cards, new social featuresPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Companies: linkedin          Companies: linkedinAnthony is a senior editor at VentureBeat, as well as its reporter on media, advertising, and social networks. Before joining the site 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. 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[Gowalla gears up for new rewards feature with new version for Android]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>tozoreleg</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Gowalla, one of the earliest and best-known services that lets you share your location with friends, today released the newest version of its Android application, dubbed Gowalla 3, according to the company&amp;'s blog.The company claims the new Android version is a much better experience than its iPhone app, though it appears to be similar based on several screen shots. Gowalla 3 was previously released for just the iPhone and included some interesting features, including being able to push check-ins to competing services Foursquare and Facebook Places.More interestingly, the company is also unveiling its first attempt at a rewards system meant to deliver big saving deals to users based on location, according to Fast Company. The plan is to unveil the new product at South by Southwest, the annual film, music and interactive conference that attracts many startups and happens to be where Gowalla is headquartered. The new rewards feature may resemble popular group buying company Groupon, where users will have the opportunity to get substantial savings for a particular brand or local business based on their check in location.The rewards system reminds me a lot of what several competing services have recently launched, including Loopt, who unveiled last week that it will begin to launch customized and timely rewards to users at SXSW. Upon launching the application, users would be notified if a big deal was available. Loopt&amp;'s founder and chief executive Sam Altman told me these types of deals would be limited, possibly to just one a day, so that users would not be constantly bombarded.Gowalla is based in Austin and has raised $10.4 million from Greylock Partners, Alsop-Louie Partners, and Founders Fund.Next Story: Global LED market surges, doubling last year Previous Story: Watson supercomputer defeated in Jeopardy by lone physicist a4&quot; long live humanity!PrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: Android, check-in, deals, iPhone, rewardsCompanies: Facebook Places, Foursquare, Gowalla, looptPeople: Sam Altman          Tags: Android, check-in, deals, iPhone, rewardsCompanies: Facebook Places, Foursquare, Gowalla, looptPeople: Sam AltmanCody 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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