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<title><![CDATA[Twitter app TweetCaster hits the iPhone]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2011 08:10:16 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[(Credit:Handmark)iPhone users now have another Twitter app to consider.Developed by Handmark, TweetCaster offers a free ad-supported version and a non-ad $4.99 professional version. Designed foriPhone,iPad, andiPod Touch users, the app made its debut in the App Store this week following its one-year anniversary in the Android Market. Opening the app initially displays a screen where you can see the top tweets of the day and categories of suggested Tweeters that you may want to follow. From there, logging into your own account brings up the familiar Twitter timeline. The interface is nicely designed. It's colorful but clean, with none of the frills or clumsy dialogue balloons found in other Twitter apps. Tapping the home button on the bottom menu bar displays a timeline of the tweets you follow. Your own tweets are highlighted by a yellowish tint, so you can easily identify them. The menu bar also offers icons to view tweets in which you're mentioned, direct messages, and favorite tweets. Viewing tweets from your timeline works well. Clicking on a URL within a tweet opens up a browser-type window to let you view the content. You can easily respond to, retweet, or e-mail an existing tweet. There's even an option to &quot;zip&quot; or temporarily mute tweets based on a specific person, trend, or keyword, a handy option if you're getting tired of all those tweets about Charlie Sheen. The one limitation I found here is that the app only works in portrait mode, so there's no way to view tweets or their linked content in landscape. Posting a new tweet also works cleanly. I liked the way the app gives you access to your followers and followees to let you send direct messages. You can easily attach a photo, either by snapping a new one or grabbing one from your library. You can also attach a link to any piece of music stored on your device. That link then points to that particular music in iTunes in case your followers want to purchase it. This feature only seems to work for music, because when I tried to link to podcasts, it failed to open the right content in iTunes. TweetCaster can lead you to a variety of useful Twitter features, all from a single window launched from the menu bar. You can view all the tweets that you've retweeted as well as those that your followees have retweeted. You can see all of the Twitter lists that you follow or that follow you. And you can view the latest trending topics. The app also provides quick access to your followers and followees where you can drill down to see the details and photos for each specific account. And thankfully, TweetCaster provides an accurate number of your tweets and Twitter followers, which some Twitter apps fail to do. You can manage multiple Twitter accounts, always a nice option for these kinds of apps. Ever further, you can tap into your Facebook account to send a Tweet to your Facebook status line. TweetCaster provides an option to add icons for different features to the menu bar by dragging and dropping them. In my initial testing, this didn't seem to work. But then I discovered that you have to hold your finger on one of the icons for a second in order to activate the feature. You can then move any of your favorite icons directly to the menu bar. My only real complaint is that the app was slow at times. Scrolling through tweets and lists, loading older tweets, and jumping from one section to another wasn't as quick as I've found in other Twitter apps. Though I didn't test the free ad-supported version, a Handmark rep told me that it works the same as the paid version except for its display of banner ads. Users can upgrade to the pro version from within the free version through an in-app purchase. Update, 11:15 p.m. PST: The story now reflects further testing done on adding icons for different features to the menu bar by dragging and dropping them. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Watch IBMa4a4s Watson AI defeat puny humans in Jeopardy (video)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Earlier today we gave you the run down on IBMa4a4s Watson AI supercomputer, and now we have video of our would-be conquerora4a4s test match with two top Jeopardy players.IBM only demonstrated a few minutes of the test match, but what was most impressive was just how natural Watson seemed at the game. Sure it sounds robotic, but Watson is choosing questions and formulating answers on par with top Jeopardy contestants Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter. In three minutes of questioning, Watson ended up defeating both humans with $4,400 won, compared to Jenningsa4a4 $3,400 and Ruttera4a4s $1,200.What does this mean for the actual Jeopardy match between Watson and the two champs I have a feeling both humans will be surprised at just how handily theya4a4re defeated. The actual match is being recording over the next few days, but we wona4a4t see it on television, or learn the results, until the Jeopardy episodes air on February 14 to February 16.And if it does win, Ia4a4ll leave you with this one great quote from an IBM researcher who worked on the supercomputer, a4AWatson doesna4a4t have emotions, but Watson knows humans have emotions.a4Previous Story: ShopSocial locks down $1.2M for &amp;''commerce as a social service&amp;''PrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: ai, Jeopardy, robot revolution, supercomputers, WatsonCompanies: IBMPeople: Brad Rutter, Ken Jennings          Tags: ai, Jeopardy, robot revolution, supercomputers, WatsonCompanies: IBMPeople: Brad Rutter, Ken JenningsDevindra Hardawar is VentureBeat's lead mobile writer and East Coast correspondent. He studied philosophy at Amherst College, worked in IT support for several years, and has been writing about technology since 2004. He now lives in Brooklyn, New York. You can reach him at devindra@venturebeat.com (all story pitches should also be sent to tips@venturebeat.com), and on Twitter at @Devindra.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[AT&038'T offers free 3G MicroCells to customers with terrible service (we wonder why)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>hoolnufz</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[AT&amp;amp'T is set to expand its free 3G MicroCell offer nationwide to the top 7.5 percent of customers likely to receive poor service at home or in small offices, Engadget has learned.The offer could potentially be targeted at iPhone users in a bid to keep them from jumping over to Verizon.The  carrier wasna4a4t specific about which areas of the country are likely to  receive poor service, but I wouldna4a4t be surprised if the majority of the  free MicroCells went out to customers in metropolitan areas like New  York and San Francisco, where AT&amp;amp'Ta4a4s service has been notoriously  terrible for iPhone users.Of  course, therea4a4s a bit of a catch. Youa4a4ll have to verbally agree to  continue using AT&amp;amp'Ta4a4s service for another 12 months. If for some  reason you cancel your AT&amp;amp'T service, youa4a4ll have to return the  MicroCell to the store you got it from, or pay a $199.99 fee (with  $16.67 taken off for every month youa4a4ve had it).While  it sounds like AT&amp;amp'T may finally be wising up and listening to  customer complaints, the free MicroCell offer may be too little too late  for subscribers whoa4a4ve already decided to jump ship &amp;8212' be it for the Verizon iPhone,  or a slick new Android phone. It also seems strange that ita4a4s raising  the price of the MicroCell from $149 to $199 &amp;8212' meaning customers who  arena4a4t selected for a free MicroCell will have to pay even more to fix  AT&amp;amp'Ta4a4s service deficiencies.Next Story: Yes, folks, there will be a Modern Warfare 3 video game for Christmas Previous Story: On the GreenBeat: BrightSource to power up Crete, cars made after 2001 cleared for E15PrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: 3G, cellular, MicroCell, smartphonesCompanies: AT&amp;amp'T, Verizon          Tags: 3G, cellular, MicroCell, smartphonesCompanies: AT&amp;amp'T, VerizonDevindra Hardawar is VentureBeat's lead mobile writer and East Coast correspondent. He studied philosophy at Amherst College, worked in IT support for several years, and has been writing about technology since 2004. He now lives in Brooklyn, New York. You can reach him at devindra@venturebeat.com (all story pitches should also be sent to tips@venturebeat.com), and on Twitter at @Devindra. 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[Whoops! Microsoft&'s leaked Q2 earnings show strong game and business software sales]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>hoolnufz</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Microsoft isn&amp;'t all about Windows: Some serious growth in its entertainment and business divisions helped spur Microsoft to a strong finish in the second quarter of its 2011 fiscal year, with revenue up 5 percent.The earnings were released a4&quot; or rather, leaked a4&quot; on Microsoft&amp;'s own website, slightly ahead of schedule in a rather odd snafu for Microsoft. Investors were nonetheless pleased with the results, sending Microsoft&amp;'s shares up about 1.4 percent in regular trading. Shares were up further by about 0.5 percent to $28.90 in extended trading.Microsoft&amp;'s revenue was for the second quarter of its 2011 fiscal year $20 billion, from $19 billion in the second quarter of its 2010 fiscal year. Its income off that revenue was down 4 percent to around $8.2 billion from $8.5 billion in the second quarter in its 2010 fiscal year. But that beat the consensus estimate of Wall Street analysts, which was around $19.14 billion.The largest spike in growth are in Microsoft&amp;'s entertainment and business divisions. The entertainment division, which includes the Xbox 360, grew 55 percent and brought in $3.7 billion. A big chunk of that came from sales of Microsoft&amp;'s newest motion controller for the XBox 360, the Kinect, that lets players control games with their entire bodies. Income off its entertainment division almost doubled, growing from $370 million in the second quarter in 2009 to $680 million in 2010.Microsoft sold 6.3 million XBox 360 consoles during the holiday season, and 8 millon Kinect controllers in the first 60 days after launch. Memberships of its premium XBox Live online service grew 30 percent in the second quarter of its 2011 fiscal year, according to the company. Microsoft is expecting 50 percent growth in its entertainment division in the third quarter, and 40 percent overall for its 2011 fiscal year.Microsoft&amp;'s business division brought in $6 billion in revenue in the second quarter, up from $4.8 billion the same quarter a year earlier. Sales of its Windows services were down, with revenue dropping around 30 percent to $5 billion in the second quarter of 2010 from $7.1 billion in the second quarter of 2009. Online advertising revenue from its search site, Bing, grew 23 percent.Windows 7 sales were responsible for bringing about record-breaking quarters for Microsoft in 2009, but have since faded a bit as many have already upgraded to the newest operating system. Income from its business division was up around 33 percent to $4 billion in the second quarter of its 2011 fiscal year, from $3 billion in its second quarter of the 2010 fiscal year. Microsoft has sold 300 million copies of Windows 7 since launch, and around a fifth of all Internet-connected PCs are running Windows 7, according to the company.Most of the talk has been about whether Microsoft would bring in less quarterly income than Apple, which has since blown by the Windows developer in value on the stock market. While bringing in less revenue (Apple took in around $26.7 billion), Microsoft generated more income a4&quot; Apple only made about $6 billion in its most recent quarter.Next Story: Microsoft&amp;'s Kinectified game business grows 55 percent &amp;8212' fastest-selling consumer electronics device in history Previous Story: Shorthand brings (some of) the Internet to phones, no data plan requiredPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: business software, games, Microsoft Office, xbox 360Companies: Microsoft          Tags: business software, games, Microsoft Office, xbox 360Companies: MicrosoftMatthew 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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