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<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 07:10:04 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Nearly 1 in 5 smartphone owners use check-in services]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 07:10:04 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[(Credit:ComScore)Nearly one in five smartphone users are tapping into check-in services like Foursquare and Gowalla, according to a ComScore report released yesterday.A total of 16.7 million mobile-phone subscribers used location-based services on their phones in March. That amounts to about 7.1 percent of the entire population of mobile users.But among smartphone users specifically, 12.7 million checked in with such sites during the month, representing 17.6 percent of all smartphone owners, ComScore said.For the purposes of its study, ComScore included such location-based check-in services as Foursquare, Gowalla, and Facebook Places.Compared with most smartphone owners, those who used location-based sites on their phones also proved more likely to access other types of mobile content. More than 95 percent of them used theirmobile browsers or mobile apps. Almost 62 percent grabbed the news on their mobile devices.And in a stat that will make retailers happy, almost one third of the users browsed to online retail sites on their phones, while one fourth accessed online shopping guides. Users of check-in sites also got a heavier dose of advertising. Almost 40 percent of respondents said they remembered seeing an online ad during March, compared with just 27.5 percent of all smartphone users who said the same thing.&quot;Although still in their relative infancy, location-based mobile check-in services are seeing rather impressive adoption among smartphone users,&quot; Mark Donovan, ComScore senior vice president of mobile, said in a statement. &quot;The ability to interact with consumers on this micro-local level through special offers, deals, and other incentives provides brands with the real-time opportunity to engage consumers through their mobile device.&quot;ComScore based its results on data from its MobiLens service.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[U.K. wagers on large-scale wave power]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 07:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The Pelamis P2 wave energy converter from Pelamis Wave Power(Credit:Pelamis Wave Power)The European Union will consider whether a massive wave energy project from Scotland should receive a piece of a renewable-energy and carbon reduction project fund that could total billions of euros.The Pentland Orkney Wave Energy Resource (POWER) project was nominated this week by the U.K. government for the NER300, a fund managed jointly by the European Commission, European Investment Bank, and member states that's named after the 300 million carbon &quot;allowances&quot; being sold to raise the funds.If approved, funded, and built, the wave energy farm would be the largest grid-connected wave energy farm in the world, according to the Scottish European Green Energy Centre.The Oyster 3 wave energy converter from Aquamarine Power(Credit:Aquamarine Power)The POWER project as currently proposed would place 24 wave energy converters from Pelamis Wave Power and 10 Oyster 3 wave energy converters from Aquamarine Power in the Orkneys off the coast of Scotland. They would tie in to the Scottish electric grid and, together, they would make up a 28-megawatt wave power farm.The Pelamis wave energy converter is a floating serpentine machine made up of multiple sealed cylinders that each contain power modules, hydraulic cylinders, and motor generators. The cylinders are connected by two-direction hinged joints. Jostling by the motion of ocean waves in relation to the hinges enables the machine to generate electricity, and transfer it by subsea cable.The submerged Oyster, meanwhile, is shaped like an oyster shell that opens and closes from wave motion. It uses that energy to pump a hydro-electric turbine back on land to produce electricity.Perhaps not surprising from the island country, the U.K. nominated five projects among its 12 bids that would placegreen tech in its surrounding waters: the POWER project, three projects involving tidal turbines, and a project for 10 megawatts of offshore wind turbines.The NER300 fund overall plans to invest in 34 renewable-energy projects, and eight carbon capture and storage projects. Each member country, including the U.K., will receive funding for at least one but no more than three projects each.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Will Apple find publishing execs 'technologically innocent']]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 08:10:07 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Newspaper and magazine publishers are mulling over the price that Apple requires to be part of The iPad and App Store. (Credit:James Martin)While there's no shortage of people criticizing Apple's new App Store subscription service, some executives at major media companies are still unsure what to think. Some said Apple's plan to allow app publishers to sell subscriptions for the first time through the iTunes App Store was a step in the right direction. Others saw many of Apple's new requirements for app sales, which include a guarantee that publishers offer their best subscription price at the App Store, as the newest way for the company to grab more control of online media. One possible reason for why reaction was so mixed was that Apple didn't prepare the media world for what it intended to offer. Apple was expected to roll out a subscription service, sure, but the company doesn't appear to have sought any early feedback from some of the nation's top media companies. An executive at a top newspaper said leaders there were huddling in the afternoon to try to understand the significance of Apple's announcement. A manager at a media conglomerate said most companies would have tested reaction by running the plan past top publishers before going public. Not Apple. In a Rolling Stones interview, Steve Jobs called music industry leaders &amp;39'technologically innocent.&amp;39' How will he find magazine and newspaper execs(Credit:Rolling Stone)The magazine and newspaper sectors are among the most affected by today's announcement. Since theiPad went on sale last spring, Apple has mostly limited their app sales to individual issues. But they aren't the only industries that must figure out whether the iPad and the App Store are now a viable option. Companies such as Netflix, the Web's top movie-rental service, and Spotify, a popular European streaming music trying to make the jump to the United States, could be forced to start paying Apple 30 percent of the subscription fees they see from the App store, although that sounds difficult to believe in Netflix's case. Netflix's distribution network now includes more than 200 devices and the company boasts more than 20 million paying subscribers. The iPad and thetablet market, on the other hand, are still early in their development and soon a glut of iPad competitors will debut. Netflix could conceivably swat Apple's demands away by announcing that anyone signing up for Netflix via the App Store would be forced to pay 30 percent more--thanks to Apple. So, which company needs the other more Spokesmen for Netflix and Spotify didn't respond to interview requests. The dealHere's a couple of questions: if Apple execs didn't run the new requirements past big media companies, can Apple be sure how they will respond What if Apple succeeds only in pushing them into the arms of Amazon or another competitorAt first glance, Apple appears to have yielded ground to magazine and newspaper companies. The Cupertino, Calif.-based Apple said publishers now have the ability to sell subscriptions through the App Store, which they didn't have before. Where Apple once took 30 percent from every app sale, the company now says publishers can sell their iTunes apps on their own sites or elsewhere and Apple won't expect a cent. But if Apple became more flexible in some areas, it didn't budge nearly enough on other important issues, such as the sharing of customer information, say observers. In prior talks, Apple refused to hand over customer data, such as names and e-mail addresses, to publishers. Now the company says it will share info with publishers only if a subscriber permits it. That is unlikely to go far enough to appease some publishing companies, experts said. In other ways, Apple became even more restrictive. The company will no longer allow apps to include links to other app-selling sites and established a most-favored nation stipulation. Publishers that sell their iTunes apps from their own sites or third-party Web stores must offer the same price, or less, at iTunes. Web pundits howled over this one. Some suggested Apple is trying to fix prices, and even The Wall Street Journal speculated that the company could be inviting antitrust scrutiny. Tablet kingsSome newspaper publishers suspect Apple is trying to lock them into the App Store and is &quot;setting itself up as a toll taker,&quot; according to Joshua Benton, director of Harvard's Nieman Journalism Lab who formerly worked for the Dallas Morning News. &quot;It's disappointing to learn that in exchange for the convenience of a 'Buy' button in their iPad app,&quot; Benton wrote, &quot;[publishers will] have to give up 30 percent of the revenue.&quot;Benton also noted that Apple's offer to allow newspapers and magazines to keep the revenue generated from outside sales won't mean much. Newspapers already enjoy a relationship with older audiences so converting them isn't a necessity. The iPad is supposed to help draw younger audiences, and they are likely to discover a new digital publication, not from picking up a newspaper ad but from finding it on the iTunes store. When they do, the newspapers must hand over 30 percent to Apple.No doubt Apple and the iPad are the kings of the tablet market, but the company is also taking a big risk. Magazine and newspaper publishers won't like much of what Apple proposes, but it goes further than that. There's plenty of distrust of Apple in many media circles. Nobody talks about Apple making a foray into a new area without bringing up the music industry. After Apple all but took ownership of the music sector's digital distribution, the company began dictating terms on pricing, promotion and practically anything else that mattered. The top record companies have been looking for an iTunes challenger to loosen Apple's grip for 10 years.Back when iTunes first launched, Apple CEO Steve Jobs was dealing with music industry executives who didn't have a lot of tech savvy. He once called them &quot;technologically innocent.&quot;The question now is, as magazine and newspaper publishers try to navigate the new tablet world that Apple helped to forge, are they just as &quot;innocent.&quot; <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[iPhone speed test: Verizon vs. AT&T]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 08:10:35 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[iOS 4.2, where iPhone meets iPad]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 08:10:16 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[(Credit:Apple)ForiPad owners envious of theiPhone's multitasking abilities, you won't have to covet any longer.iOS 4.2--software that will update, improve, and repair a variety of features and bugs for the iPhone,iPod Touch, and iPad--could be available by Friday. Steve Jobs said last month that it would arrive sometime in November, and this week the rumormongers are pointing to the end of the week for the day it will drop. The near final version of the software was released to developers last week, and Apple has already started accepting iOS 4.2-compatible apps.Now, this isn't just another incremental update. iOS 4.2 is, at least from a development standpoint, an evolutionary step for the iOS platform, as it finally brings the iPhone and iPad in step with one another. Previously their OS releases were slightly out of sync, due to the iPhone software and hardware upgrades coming in summer and the iPad hardware and software getting introduced in April this year. With this upgrade the two will share the same software.There are some significant updates iPad and iPhone users are each waiting for in this release, along with the expected minor improvements.Here's a handy summary of what's expected in iOS 4.2:AirPlayThis is a more polished version of AirTunes. With AirPlay, as Jobs described at a September press conference, you can stream audio, video, and photos over Wi-Fi to other devices on your network. That includes your iPhone, iPod, and iPad, but also Apple TV. The way Jobs described it, you could be watching a movie on your iPad, hit pause, turn on AirPlay, and pick up the movie right where it left off on your Apple TV. Netflix, which makes iPhone and iPad apps, and is available on Apple TV, already does this even without AirPlay. But will AirPlay functionality work with other non-iTunes content Either with music-streaming services like Pandora or Hulu Plus We don't know if app makers will need to individually support AirPlay in their apps, or if it's included by default.And where do apps fits in Apple TV does not have App Store access--yet anyway--so being able to play games or open apps on a large screen TV via AirPlay would certainly increase the appeal of Apple TV in its current incarnation.AirPrintiOS 4.2 also brings the ability to print to any networked printer from an iOS device. AirPrint works over Wi-Fi, will automatically sniff out a printer on your network, and doesn't require any added drivers. We do know that Apple has struck an agreement with Hewlett-Packard, which will enable all its newest printers to work with AirPrint.This is a pretty big deal for iPad users. Apple has sold it as a productivity device, and pushed productivity apps, but provided no easy way to print directly from it. Of course the advent of AirPlay simultaneously cuts out several app developers who created apps to enable printing from the iPad. Multitasking and more for iPadiOS 4.2 brings the stuff that came to the iPhone in iOS 4 to the iPad. Yes, that means multitasking (the ability to run multiple apps simultaneously), folders for organizing apps, and Game Center access.Apple has also added a way to adjust the brightness from within an app as part of the multitasking bar. Previously users would have had to leave whatever app they had open and dig through the device's settings menu.The new multitasking bar for iPad(Credit:CNET)There's also an update for 3G iPads: with 4.2 they will have the same higher signal bars at the lower end of the wireless spectrum released following Apple's iPhone 4 antenna press event. The Great iPad Lock Switch ControversyIt sounds innocent enough, that iOS 4.2 will turn the slider on the top right corner of the iPad from a screen orientation lock to a mute button. But it's riled up some hardcore iPad users. They're not happy that what was once a simple flick of a button to keep the screen locked in landscape or portrait mode now requires pulling up the new multitasking bar, swiping to the left, and selecting the screen orientation lock. The change adds more steps, but what it really does is make life easier for Apple since the switch's function will be consistent across the iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch models now.Speed boost for iPhone 3GScores of iPhone 3G owners were none too pleased with the iOS 4 update on their older model phones. Complaints poured in that their phones were freezing up when typing or scrolling, and the battery life plummeted. One iPhone owner has even sued Apple over the update's effect on her phone. But developers who've had access to the beta version of 4.2 say that it will return those affected 3G models to the speed they used to operate at before the 4.0 update.Minor housekeeping for iPhone 4 As with any update, there are a bunch of small improvements planned, including options for new text alert sounds, new wallpaper for iPhone 4s, and added settings for Game Center.  <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Study: Cloud computing for business uses less energy]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 08:10:41 +0000</pubDate>
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<category>Eco</category>
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<description><![CDATA[A Microsoft-sponsored analysis released today reaffirms what many tech companies have long been saying: computing is more efficient when it's concentrated in the &quot;cloud&quot; at giant data centers. The range of savings from having hosted vs. on-premise IT infrastructure is between 30 percent and 90 percent, according to the study, which was conducted by Accenture and sustainability consulting company WSP Energy &amp; Environment.The greatest energy and greenhouse reductions can be achieved by small businesses with fewer than 100 users. The study was designed around a comparison of three Microsoft applications--SharePoint, Exchange, and Dynamics CRM--in an on-premise mode or using the online versions.The reasons for the lower energy use go to the nature of cloud computing, where large corporations, such as Microsoft, Google, and Amazon, run very large data centers and deliver software over the Internet. These companies specialize in running computing infrastructure and have a financial interest in adapting energy-saving technology, such as virtualization and dynamically provisioned software. Three products' on-premise and cloud-based services compared. (Click for larger version.)(Credit:Accenture, WSP Energy &amp;amp' Environment)&quot;Cloud providers spend a significant share of their company's operational expense on IT--much more than an average corporation with its own IT department,&quot; according to the report. &quot;This circumstance leads to an increased focus on cost and efficiency improvement, driving optimization of data center and application performance beyond what many businesses can achieve on their own.&quot;Intuitively, a shared infrastructure for computing is going to be more efficient than corporate IT data centers, which have traditionally dedicated specific servers and storage to separate applications in order to ensure reliability. But with a state-of-the art data center design and focus on reducing energy consumption, corporate data centers could be run very efficiently.For applications where large amounts of data need to transported, it's better to have on-premise computing from an energy perspective, according to Earth2Tech, which says that the University of Melbourne will release a report to that effect next week.Researcher Jonathan Koomey, an expert on efficiency and cloud computing, argues that there are inherent cost advantages to centralized computing in the cloud. His research has found that everything from online business applications to downloadable music results in energy reductions. &quot;There are powerful economic factors pushing us towards cloud computing,&quot; Koomey said at the Uptime Institute Symposium earlier this year, according to a report at Data Center Knowledge. &quot;One of the major reasons is the more efficient use of power by cloud computing providers.&quot;Beyond the cloud Underlying the discussion about energy efficiency and IT is the growing understanding that more and more pollution is coming from computing. According to the EPA, data centers in the U.S. consumed 1.5 percent of total electricity in 2006. But as more people rely on cloud-based services, energy consumption is projected to grow at a rate of 9 percent per year this decade, according to reports. (See PDF of Greenpeace study from earlier this year).Groups such as Greenpeace are applying more public pressure to cloud providers, such as Facebook and Google, and, to some extent, they are responding.When it comes to cloud computing and energy, though, few companies appear willing to publish their total energy consumption or emissions, perhaps for competitive reasons. One way to be more transparent about cloud computing energy use would be for these companies to publish the efficiency of their data centers and disclose any plans to lower them.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google Offers Staff Engineer $3.5 Million To Turn Down Facebook&nbsp'Offer]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[In September I wrote about Google&amp;'s &amp;''extraordinary&amp;'' efforts to stop employees, particularly engineers, from resigning to join pre-IPO startups like LinkedIn, Twitter and especially Facebook. In one case we confirmed an engineer making around $150,000 turned down a 15% raise plus $500,000 in restricted stock and left for Facebook anyway.That&amp;'s all chump change now. We&amp;'ve confirmed today that a staff engineer at Google being heavily romanced by Facebook was offered a jaw dropping $3.5 million in restricted stock by Google (this means Google is handing over stock worth $3.5 million based on its value today, and that stock will vest over time). He quite wisely accepted Google&amp;'s counter offer. Facebook lost this one.From our previous post in September:Sources close to Google told us that about 80% of people stay when theya4a4re offered a counter to a Facebook offer. But some still leave. Part of that may be that Facebook is quietly telling people, never in writing, that therea4a4s no reason their stock wona4a4t hit $100 billion in total valuation over the next couple of years. No guarantees, yadda yadda, but hey if you get 1/10 of 1%, thata4a4s $100 million in stock. Now ita4a4s a party.Google isna4a4t making these kind of counter offers to everyone, but ita4a4s not a one off, either. It seems to me that every Google engineer at least should be taking a personal day to go collect a Facebook offer. Even if ita4a4s just to get a counter offer from their current employer.However effective these counter offers are, they sure aren&amp;'t good for morale internally at Google. Unless, of course, you&amp;'re one of the ones winning the lottery.CrunchBase InformationFacebookGoogleInformation provided by CrunchBase<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[WikiLeaks Founder Added To The Interpol Wanted&nbsp'List]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Two days after Internet whistleblower WikiLeaks released 251,287 U.S. diplomatic cables to major media organizations including the New York Times and Dera4sSpiegel, international police organization Interpol has placed founder Julian Assange on its wanted list for &amp;''Sex Crimes,&amp;'' in a warrant issued by the Public Prosecution Office in Gothenburg, Sweden.While Assange might be facinga4scriminal charges if he returns to his native Australia and is under investigation in the US  for espionage, the Interpol mediated charges here are in connection with rape allegations made by two different Swedish women back in August. While Interpol makes it clear that its infamous Red Notice list does not function as an international arrest warrant, it does serve the purpose of broadcasting internationally that the person in question is a fugitive and can aide in extradition process.Assange, who has previously denied the allegations, is rumored to currently be hiding in the United Kingdom, which as of yet has not shown any signs of taking legal action. The @wikileaks Twitter account has remained dormant since news about the release went out.CrunchBase InformationWikiLeaksInformation provided by CrunchBase<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Facebook wants to &''plant some roots&'' in Menlo Park]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Facebook made it official today: It&amp;'s relocating its headquarters from Palo Alto to neighboring Silicon Valley town Menlo Park. And while the company only moved into its two Palo Alto locations in 2009 and 2010, it sounds like it plans to stay in Menlo Park for a while.Chief financial officer David Ebersman said that when Facebook outgrew its downtown Palo Alto location in 2009, it started looking for a campus where it could &amp;''plant some roots&amp;'' (implying that the current Palo Alto offices were always seen as temporary). The deal seems to support that idea &amp;8212' it&amp;'s a 15-year lease, with the option to purchase the property.&amp;''We&amp;'re in this for the long-term,&amp;'' Ebersman said.And yes, the location in question is the old Sun Microsystems campus that everyone has been speculating about, as well as an adjoining property. The existing buildings can officially accommodate 3,700 people, and it sounds like Facebook can grow beyond that number by building new offices on the campus. (Facebook had about 2,000 employees at the end of 2010, Ebersman said.)The move will probably begin in June or July, Facebook executives said. As for the Palo Alto offices, the company has a lease until the end of 2013. The current plan is to move the company&amp;'s entire Bay Area staff (which is about two-thirds of its total workforce) to Menlo Park, but Ebersman emphasized that these plans could change.We previously wondered how Facebook&amp;'s startup-y culture might adapt to a more staid headquarters, as well as the inevitable changes that come with growth. Ebersman addressed that today by saying that the most important part of Facebook&amp;'s culture is bringing together &amp;''young people&amp;'' who want to work on cool products. Hence the current &amp;''open&amp;'' office layout without offices or cubicles. The new campus extends that idea, Ebersman said, by bringing (most of) the company together in one location.Next Story: Meraki raises $15M for wireless network deployment and management Previous Story: Minicomputer pioneer and DEC founder Ken Olsen dies at 84PrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: Menlo ParkCompanies: FacebookPeople: David Ebersman          Tags: Menlo ParkCompanies: FacebookPeople: David EbersmanAnthony 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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