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<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 07:10:04 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Apple agrees to pay Nokia patent licensing fees]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 07:10:04 +0000</pubDate>
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<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Apple has agreed to license wireless phone patents owned by Nokia that sparked a long-running legal dispute between the two companies.The deal will settle all patent litigation between Nokia and Apple, and the two will withdraw their respective complaints with the U.S. International Trade Commission. In addition, Apple will pay Nokia an undisclosed one-time fee and on-going royalties, Nokia said today.&quot;We are very pleased to have Apple join the growing number of Nokia licensees,&quot; Stephen Elop, president and chief executive officer of Nokia, said in a statement. &quot;This settlement demonstrates Nokia's industry leading patent portfolio and enables us to focus on further licensing opportunities in the mobile communications market.&quot;Apple representatives did not immediately respond to a request for comment.The legal skirmishing began in October 2009 when Nokia sued Apple in over 10 wireless handset patents the Finnish phone maker said it owned. The 10 patents, which Apple reportedly refused to license, related to making phones able to run on GSM, 3G, and Wi-Fi networks. They include patents on wireless data, speech coding, security, and encryption, according to Nokia.Apple filed a countersuit in December 2009, charging Nokia with infringing 13 Apple patents related to theiPhone. In its suit, Apple denied Nokia's claims of copyright violations and said the licenses Nokia insists Apple pay were &quot;unfair, unreasonable, and discriminatory&quot; and &quot;non-essential&quot; to the iPhone.The dispute escalated later that month when Nokia lodged a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission, accusing Apple of infringing seven Nokia patents &quot;in virtually all of its mobile phones, portable music players, and computers.&quot;A Delaware court put the lawsuits on hold in March 2010, pending the U.S. International Trade Commission's decisions on the matter. Apple then took its fight to the U.K. in September 2010, accusing Nokia of infringing on 9 patents it owned. However, a judge with the U.S. International Trade Commission ruled in March that Apple was not in violation of five of Nokia's patents. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Control this six-jointed robot by moving your arm]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 14 May 2011 07:10:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>winminuck1</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
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<description><![CDATA[(Credit:Fraunhofer)European research group Fraunhofer has developed an inertial sensor system which, together with a handheld remote control, lets people program the movement of a robotic arm simply by moving their own arms, in a sort of &quot;follow the leader&quot; fashion. Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing, Engineering, and Automation in Stuttgart, Germany, devised algorithms governing the interactions of inertial sensors in the input device, which can be used to control the six-jointed robot arm. The algorithms &quot;fuse the data of individual sensors and identify a pattern of movement. That means we can detect movements in free space,&quot; the institute's Bernhard Kleiner said in a release. Potential applications include easier programming of industrial robots: instead of teaching an assembly robot what to do by guiding it with a baton that it follows with laser tracking, workers could instruct the robot by simply moving their own arms. A potential medical application is regulating the movements of active prostheses. The inertial sensor system could be attached to a patient's upper thigh and control the motors in a prosthetic foot to achieve a smoother gait. The technology will be shown off at the Sensor +Test 2011 trade fair, June 7-9 in Nuremberg, where visitors will be able to control the robot using their arms, and make it catch a ball. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Microsoft iPhone app creates panoramic photos]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 07:10:22 +0000</pubDate>
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<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
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<description><![CDATA[A newiPhone app from Microsoft can create full panoramas from a series of individual photos that you snap with your device's camera.Microsoft&amp;39's Photosynth app creates a panoramic photo by stitching together multiple images.(Credit:Microsoft)Compatible with the iPhone 3Gs and 4, theiPad 2, and theiPod Touch 4G, Photosynth is simple to use since Microsoft does most of the hard work. You simply point your device at the subject and tap the screen to snap the first photo. The app then prompts you to position your device to take the next shot. You can then either tap the screen to shoot again or wait for the app to automatically snap the next photo. You keep doing this until you've captured the full panorama of shots to include. A green framing box helps you position your device so that each shot lines up with each other. You can move up, down, left, right, or diagonally and capture just a limited angle or up to a full 360 degrees. If you make a mistake or want to redo a shot, you can tap an Undo button to remove each previous image one at a time. Once you're done, tap the Finish button, and Photosynth will stitch together all of your photos to create the single panoramic view. You can view your new photo in the app by tapping on its thumbnail image. Swiping your finger across or up and down the screen unveils the full panorama, while the two-finger approach lets you zoom in or out. Any photos you decide to keep are stored in Photosynth's own library and added to your device's Camera Roll, so they're easily accessible. Microsoft offers a few ways for you to publish your handiwork. You can share it with your friends on Facebook. You can upload it to Microsoft's dedicated Photosynth.net Web site, which you access through a Windows Live ID. And if your panorama is of a public location, you can even publish it to Bing Maps. The ability to assemble a panorama from separate pictures was initially slated to appear in Microsoft's Bing iPhone app, but the company apparently decided to turn that feature into its own dedicated application. I took Photosynth through the paces, shooting different panoramas around the house, and the app did an outstanding job. The blending of the images was quick and seamless, and the final photos looked great, even with the low-resolution camera of my iPod Touch. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Are pogo-dancing robots headed to moon]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2010 08:10:25 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The Wabian-2R robot can jump, but so far only virtually.(Credit:Atsuo Takanishi Lab/Waseda University)Bipedal robots taking pogo-like leaps may be the future of moon exploration, according to an idea the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency intends to test in practice.  The moon's gravity is roughly one-sixth that on Earth, which has made it hard for astronauts to maintain their balance as they tried to keep their feet on the planet's surface while walking around. The phenomenon is perhaps best associated in the popular mind with footage taken in 1969 of astronaut Neil Armstrong taking gravity-defying leaps on the moon. But JAXA, which is among the Japanese agencies that wants to send humanoid robot explorers to the moon in lieu of humans, believes the &quot;pogo jumping&quot; style would be the best way for the machines to carry out future explorations. Atsuo Takanishi of Tokyo's Waseda University is developing a software simulation of the Wabian-2R to test how a bipedal robot would fare under moon-like conditions. He recently presented his findings to the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics in Tianjin, China. According to NewScientist, &quot;the team chose to simulate the dynamics of a virtual robot jumping on the spot, like a punk rocker pogo dancing&quot; because the robot's legs would need sufficient thrust to jump and also would need to absorb rapid deceleration upon landing.  &quot;They found that while the robot can leap to a height of 1.5 meters, such leaps put stresses on the robot's legs that make it more likely to fall over. Leaping to 0.8 meters improved stability but reduced the robot's maximum running speed. Future simulations will determine the precise trade-off between speed and stability.&quot;  The Space Oriented Higashiosaka Leading Association (SOHLA), a satellite-manufacturing consortium in the Osaka, Japan, area, has vowed to put bipedal humanoid bots on the moon in the next five years. SOHLA is now developing a prototype astro-bot called &quot;Maido-kun&quot; that it hopes will follow in the steps of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin.  SOHLA has already worked with JAXA and Japan's New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization. This article originally appeared on CBSNews.com.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Prototype 'piercing' restores man's ability to swallow]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2010 08:10:45 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Cancer survivor and physician Daniel Fiandra practices swallowing for the first time in two years.(Credit:UC Davis Health System)Surgeon Peter Belafsky had been tinkering with ways to treat oropharyngeal dysphagia--a swallowing disorder that when severe can prevent people from being able to swallow at all--for years.But it wasn't until he took his two daughters to get their ears pierced--and noticed the woman behind the counter with piercings in her nose, eyebrow, and even cleavage--that he realized how to do it, and a device to manually open and close the esophagus was born.Described as one of the world's first medicinal body piercings, the experimental device works by pulling on a tiny metal pin extending out of the skin of the patient's neck to move the larynx forward and open the esophagus.With colleague Gregory Farwell, Belafsky flew down to Uruguay in August to implant the prototype piercing in the throat of an Uruguayan physician and cancer survivor who hadn't been able to swallow for two years' the patient relied instead on a feeding tube after undergoing chemotherapy and radiation treatments for tonsil cancer. (The device is not yet FDA approved, so they performed the surgery in the patient's home country.)The device, a postage-size piece of titanium, is implanted in cricoid cartilage in the neck.(Credit:UC Davis Health System)At a hospital in Montevideo, Belafsky and Farwell spent just 45 minutes suturing the T-shaped titanium device into the cricoid cartilage that circles the trachea and then required that the patient wait a few months before using the device to ensure the incision site fully healed and the device was well-integrated into the cartilage.&quot;By attaching a tiny titanium rod to a postage stamp-sized plate that we've sewn into the neck cartilage, we've enabled our patient to safely and without pain pull on the device to move his larynx forward and open the esophagus to allow food and liquid to pass,&quot; Belafsky says. &quot;It's the first time a person has been able to manually control the entryway to the esophagus.&quot;After monitoring the incision site from afar and then performing extensive testing on the patient at UC Davis in November, the surgeons are now pronouncing the implant a success. Belafsky says that UC Davis has already patented the technology' the next step is to get FDA approval to conduct clinical trials in the U.S., and funding those trials is his primary concern.&quot;I get constant e-mails from patients who can't eat,&quot; he says. &quot;We are hoping for a very wealthy donor to step in and help us.&quot;Meanwhile Daniel Fiandra, the Uruguayan patient, is recovering back in South America, where he will practice swallowing, not to mention drinking, for the first time in more than two years. And all that, Belafsky says, with what &quot;just looks like a small piece of jewelry.&quot;<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Samsunga4a4s Galaxy Player to debut next week, its answer to the iPod Touch]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Building  on the success of its Galaxy S Android phones, Samsung is set to unveil  a new version of its Galaxy Player portable media device thata4a4s  basically a Galaxy S phone sans phone functionality. In short, ita4a4s  Samsunga4a4s answer to the iPod Touch.Samsung will show off its new Galaxy Player at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas next week, the blog Samsung Hub reports.The Android 2.2 device will sport much of the same hardware that graces  all of the Galaxy S phones (as well as the Nexus S), including a 4-inch  Super AMOLED display, a 1 gigahertz processor, and both rear and  front-facing cameras (at 3.2 megapixels and lower-quality VGA resolution  respectively). It will be available in 8GB, 16GB and 32GB storage  capacities, and it will also support microSD cards for extra storage.The new Galaxy Player is a major upgrade from the current Galaxy Player 50,  which is limited by its 3.2-inch display and slower speed. The hardware  updates will allow the device to compete head-on with Applea4a4s  fourth-generation iPod Touch, and will give Googlea4a4s Android platform a  way to tempt users who arena4a4t yet ready to jump on an Android phone. It  has the potential to be a Trojan Horse leading people to buy Android  phones, just like the iPod Touch does for the iPhone.Like  the Galaxy Player 50, Samsunga4a4s new Galaxy Player will also have full  access to the Android Market, which is something that Google has  previously prevented in Android media players. Complete access to  Androida4a4s wide array of mobile apps will be important to marketing the  device as an iPod Touch alternative.We reported last week that Samsung was edging close to selling 10 million Galaxy S phones by the end of the year, making it the first Android handset to do so.  Given that success, it makes sense for Samsung to find even more ways to  utilize the hardware behind the Galaxy S.Calling all developers: We want your apps for VentureBeat&amp;'s Mobile App Spotlight! If you have a cool mobile app that hasn&amp;'t been featured on VentureBeat yet, sign up!Next Story: Will charging infrastructure be the electric car&amp;'s speed bump Previous Story: Tesla stock drops 16 percent, analysts pile on worriesPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: Android, Galaxy Player, Galaxy Player 50, Galaxy S, iPod TouchCompanies: Apple, Samsung          Tags: Android, Galaxy Player, Galaxy Player 50, Galaxy S, iPod TouchCompanies: Apple, SamsungDevindra 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[Zipcar continues its hot streak, brings in $55M in most recent quarter]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Car-sharing service Zipcar brought in $55 million in its third quarter this year, up 46 percent from the same quarter a year ago when it made about $38 million in revenue, according to the company&amp;'s most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.Zipcar is essentially a streamlined car rental service that lets people rent cars by the hour.It&amp;'s available in most cities where the cars are strewn across the city in special parking spots. Users sign up and then schedule a time and a car to pick up through the company&amp;'s website. They receive a card that activates the car and are free to drive it during their scheduled time.Zipcar still lost $2.5 million in its last quarter. The company hasn&amp;'t been profitable since the fourth quarter last year, when it made $1.3 million off $36 million in revenue. That was also the only quarter the company hasn&amp;'t lost money going back to its first quarter of 2008. Most of the cost has come from &amp;''fleet operations,&amp;'' the cost of the company&amp;'s staff and maintaining leases and expenses for vehicles.But its revenue has been steadily increasing. It made about $58 million in 2007, about $84 million in 2008, and brought in $131 million last year. The company has posted around 40 percent year-over-year growth each quarter this year.The companya4a4s been on a bit of a spending spree, which materializes as a loss on its balance sheets. Zipcar most recentlypicked up London car-sharing service Streetcar and acquired a minority stake in Spanish car-sharing service Avancar. Zipcar also acquired American rival Flexcar in 2007. The expansions have been funded by a healthy dose of venture capital. To date, the Cambridge, Mass.-based company has raised $59 million to finance its operations.The companyfiled to go public earlier this year in order to raise $75 million. The funding was intended to help spin up their operations and pay off debt.To get around the slight losses each quarter Zipcar has also gone through six rounds of funding. It recently closed a round of funding worth $21 million to help pad its balance sheet before it finally goes public sometime next year.Next Story: Nvidia&amp;'s Tegra 2 could have a starring role in superphones and tablets debuting at CES Previous Story: Make a date with NASA: Agency CIO says enterprise calendars suckPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: car-sharingCompanies: Streetcar, Zipcar          Tags: car-sharingCompanies: Streetcar, ZipcarMatthew Lynley is VentureBeat's enterprise writer. He graduated from University of North Carolina, where he studied math and physics, in May 2010. He has reported for Reuters. He currently lives in San Francsico, Calif. You can reach him at mattl@venturebeat.com (all story pitches should also be sent to tips@venturebeat.com), and on Twitter at @logicalmoron.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[Speaking Of&8230' Jeff Bridges &amp' Olivia Wilde in TRON Legacy, Part 3 &amp' 4&nbsp'(TCTV)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Greetings programs! I have the ultimate TRON interview for you: Jeff Bridges. I had 3 minutes with Bridges, so I asked him this question from TechCrunch fan &amp;''itbedave&amp;'':I&amp;'m curious as to what Jeff Bridges thinks of blue screen acting then  (original TRON) vs. now (TRON Legacy) &amp;8211' and if it&amp;'s &amp;''advancement&amp;'' has  enhanced or ruined acting in big Hollywood filmsJeff, who plays Kevin Flynn, loved this question and went into detail about his feelings around motion capture. Unfortunately, I didn&amp;'t get to ask him if Flynn abides or if he drinks White Russians, but I think you&amp;'ll love his response. He&amp;'s not a TechCrunch reader yet, but maybe we can convert him. I&amp;'d love to see some Bridges in the comments, wouldn&amp;'t youJeff&amp;'s interview takes place in the beginning of part 3 and he&amp;'s followed by Olivia Wilde who has some awesome advice for women who want to get into technology. I asked Olivia if she was aware of quora.com and she was not, but I&amp;'m sure that the folks over at Quora are stoked. Her name in the movie is spelled Quorra, but I imagine there will be a lot of people typing it in with one R. Regardless, it is always nice to have a super sexy, smart and kick-ass woman have a similar name to yours. That&amp;'s the kind of brand confusion we can all get down with.Part 4 includes interviews with the director, co-producer, vehicle designer and the VFX team. TRON: Legacy is the first released feature length film that Joseph Kosinski has directed, which is a huge break from making commercials (Halo &amp;amp' Gears of War). Kosinski is also working on a remake of the 1976 science fiction film Logan&amp;'s Run. The original TRON light cycles were designed by Syd Mead who was also responsible for the city backgrounds and vehicle designs in Blade Runner. The light cycles got an upgrade and we got a few minutes with a member of the design team to discuss if light cycles could exist as real motorcycles in the real world. After the interview, Parker Brothers Choppers announced it had made functional replicas and for 55K, you can have your very own. Unfortunately, it looks like they aren&amp;'t the best at turning and they lack light trails, but hey, as long as you drive straight where ever you are going, you are good to go!In case you missed Part 1 and 2 of our TRON Legacy coverage, those interviews with cast and crew can be seen in this post.Interviews below:Part 3Part 4<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Conde Nast digital chief: Murdocha4a4s iPad newspaper a4Adoesna4a4t make any sensea4]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[News Corp mogul Rupert Murdoch is making a big bet on the iPad by hiring big-name (read: expensive) reporters for a new a4AiPad newspapera4 called The Daily. And other media organizations are skeptical.For example, publisher Conde Nast has made a big deal about iPad versions of its magazines like Wired and the New Yorker, but when Conde Nast Digital president Sarah Chubb was asked about The Daily today at the Ignition conference, she said, a4AIt doesna4a4t make any sense.a4She noted that Conde Nast was able to revive Gourmet Magazine on the iPad, but thata4a4s because Conde Nast only a4Aput a little bit of money into Gourmet Live, and wea4a4ve gotten our money back.a4Plus, Conde Nast can use the technology from the Gourmet app in other applications, so that investment will pay off elsewhere. The publisher will be unveiling more iPad-exclusive content next year, but it will probably migrate some of that content onto other platforms. The Daily, however, will have to be a4Aone kick-ass newspaper&amp;'' if it wants to make a profit, Chubb said.Beyond the cost to News Corp, both Chubb and Kevin Krim, Bloomberga4a4s global head of web properties, pointed out another problem &amp;8212' news is a social experience. People want to share news and discuss it. Thata4a4s hard to do when all the article are locked in a single app on the iPad.a4AIta4a4s a newsletter, not a newspaper,a4 Krim said.Next Story: eBay&amp;'s $75 million Milo buy: Another reason e-commerce is set to boom Previous Story: BlackBerry gets sexy: RIM acquires Swedish design firm TATPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: Ignition, Ignition 2010, iPad, The DailyCompanies: Bloomberg, Conde Nast, News CorpPeople: Kevin Krim, Rupert Murdoch, Sarah Chubb          Tags: Ignition, Ignition 2010, iPad, The DailyCompanies: Bloomberg, Conde Nast, News CorpPeople: Kevin Krim, Rupert Murdoch, Sarah ChubbAnthony is VentureBeat's assistant editor, as well as its reporter on media, advertising, and social networks. Before joining VentureBeat 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[Payback (And IPO) Time For GM As Chevy Volt Wins Industry&nbsp'Accolades]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ The 102-year-old car company General Motors (GM) is set to go public on Thursday after a government-forced bankruptcy and bailout in November 2008. The bailout cost taxpayers about $50 billion. Analysts estimate the stock price would need to hit $53 dollars before the government can recoup its investment. GM plans to sell about half-a-billion shares for $33 each in its IPO. The company&amp;'s overall valuation stands at $20.1 billion to $23.1 billion. In a press statement late Wednesday, The U.S. Treasury Department revealed that it sold 358.5 million shares of GM, raising $11.8 billion, and hanging onto a 37% stake of the company. With underwriters chomping at the bit to buy more GM shares to cover over-allotments, the Treasury could reduce its stake to 33.3% and sell 412 million more GM shares raising a total of $13.6 billion. The L.A. Times reports that the GM IPO would set a new record:A $23.1 billion total would surpass not only the record set by the Agricultural Bank of China but also easily break the $19.7 billion record for a U.S. company, set by Visa Inc. in March 2008. However, Visa&amp;'s deal was all common stock, leaving it as the largest by that measure.In other company news, GM unveiled its 2011 Chevrolet Camaro Convertible at the Los Angeles auto show today. Earlier in the week its new, electric vehicle (EV) the 2011 Chevy Volt won the title of car of the year from two trade magazines, Motor Trend, and Automobile magazine.The Volt is not a pure EV because it has a 1.4 liter gasoline engine-and-generator that produces power and gives mechanical assistance to the motor that drives the car. The gas engine assists the vehicle in situations where a driver has gone more than 40 miles, and is operating at highway speeds around 70 miles per hour company representatives have told several media outlets. That said, the Volt still qualifies for government tax credits provided to EV-buyers, and primarily runs on electricity.GM reported its 2010 third quarter earnings last week including a net income of $2 billion, and revenue of $34.1 billion. By comparison, Tesla Motors, a Nasdaq-traded company that makes truly all-electric vehicles saw $31.2 million in revenue, but a net loss for the third quarter of 2010 thanks to hefty research and development costs according to its earning reports. Shares in Tesla Motors traded just under $30 ahead of the GM public offering. 2011 Chevy Volt Image courtesy of (c) GM Corp.CrunchBase InformationTesla MotorsGeneral MotorsInformation provided by CrunchBase<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Dating site uses literary tastes for matchmaking - Springwise]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Romantic compatibility is notoriously difficult to predict, making it fertile ground for dating approaches based on everything from a4AAttraction Ticketsa4 to DNA analysis. One that recently showed up on our radar, however, is New York-based Alikewise, a site that helps potential couples connect based on the similarity of their literary preferences.Users begin on Alikewise by creating a free profile including not just the type of romantic partner they''re seeking but also some of their favourite books, including for each a sentence or two describing why they like it so much. A link gets included for each book to help interested viewers buy it on Amazon. Users can also include a physical description of themselves along with a photo and a summary of their personal story. Other members of the site can then view each other''s profiles' when they see a similarity worth pursuing, they can send the person in question a message or a4&quot; appropriately a4&quot; suggest a book to them. Either way, they can pursue the potential match further, if both sides are interested.Since its launch in July, Alikewise has already attracted more than 4,000 users, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. It currently serves consumers in the US, Canada, Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, the Netherlands and Israel, but it aims to keep expanding. Pricing, meanwhile, is currently free, though the company may ultimately begin charging for some features. One to partner with toward either a4&quot; or both a4&quot; endsWebsite: www.alikewise.comContact: support@alikewise.comSpotted by: Globe &amp; Mail via Parul Rohatgi<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google TV Product Lead: &''We&'re Not Trying To Replace&nbsp'Cable&'']]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Google TV Product Mangera4sRishi Chandra took the stage today to talk about Google TV, Google&amp;'s recent effort to integrate television and Internet browsing. Google TV has recently become the subject of much debate as networks like Fox, NBC, CBS and ABC have all pulled their content from the service (looks like Fox pulled out from the service while Chandra was on stage!).Cable companies are also viewing Google TV as a threat, as they are increasingly concerned with cord-cutting (a huge buzzword at this conference), or people canceling their bundled cable subscriptions because they can find the content for free or for less elsewhere.&amp;''Cord-cutting is not happening anytime soon,&amp;'' said Chandra, &amp;''We&amp;'re not trying to replace cable.&amp;'' When asked by the interviewer the blunt, &amp;''Well then why don&amp;'t broadcasters like you&amp;'' Chandra replied,&amp;''There are very many content owners who welcome Google TV, we are building a variety of different partnerships.a4sIt&amp;'s not TV or web, it&amp;'s TV and web.&amp;''The talk was tinged with similar signs of appeasement towards content providers, with Chandra repeatedly emphasizing the multitude of business models currently supported by Google TV, including subscription, Netflix and HBO. &amp;''We need the industry to adopt the platform,&amp;'' he said.When asked why the world needs search on television, Chandra replied, &amp;''There&amp;'s a new paradigm when you go from 300 channels to a million channels.&amp;'' As an example of innovation in television inspired by advancements made on the web, he brought up the product YouTube LeanBack on Google TV,a4s&amp;''You can now type in Elmo, type in LeBron James and get your own personalized channel.&amp;''It&amp;'s still not clear how Google TV, which absolutely needs the cooperation of media companies to thrive, will manage the Herculean feat of bringing the worlds of Internet and television together seamlessly. But Chandra says the potential is there and that&amp;'s what matters, &amp;''This is very early days, in terms of where Google TV is and where the platform is at.&amp;''Image: ToddMLewis1970Watch live streaming video from gigaomtv at livestream.comCrunchBase InformationGoogle TVInformation provided by CrunchBase<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Local Hero: Josh Williams, Gowalla]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<category>Technology</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Company: GowallaLocation: Austin, TexasFounded: 2009Founders: Josh Williams, Scott RaymondFunding: $10.4 millionEmployees: 25Not many people can say that the weather was their main inspiration for launching a startup, but thata4a4s exactly what happened to Gowalla cofounder and chief executive Josh Williams. After experiencing some rolling fog in South Lake Tahoe, Williams snapped a photo with his iPhone and called his dad. He found himself wishing he could capture that moment, share it with friends, and save it to the Web somewhere. A few weeks later, Williams and cofounder Scott Raymond, now Gowalla&amp;'s CTO, had a working prototype that was the beginnings of one of the leading location-based services today. We caught up with Williams to talk more about how hea4a4s trying to change the way people think about location.Why did you start the companyMy cofounder Scott and I were coming off of building a successful cult-hit social game on Facebook, but we wanted to build something bigger and more ambitious. I drew up some sketches based on my South Lake Tahoe experience, emailed them to Scott, and a couple weeks later we had a working prototype. We&amp;'ve been running ever since.Whata4a4s the coolest place you checked into recentlyIguazu Falls in Argentina.When did you realize it was working Oddly, the moment I realized, &amp;''Wow, this is out of my hands,&amp;'' was a Saturday morning back in May. I launched Gowalla to find that the top &amp;''Hot Spot&amp;'' was an event called Eeyore&amp;'s Birthday Party. Nearly 100 people had checked in at this random hippie event that I had no idea existed, posting photos and generally having a great time.What&amp;'s next for the location-based industry and servicesLocation is transitioning from &amp;''feature&amp;'' status into a core pillar of the Web a4&quot; especially the mobile Web. In as few as 18 months, it will be difficult to imagine services that are at least not in some way augmented by location.Where are you checking in nextThe Guinness Storehouse in Dublin, Ireland. Then the Ericsson Globe in Stockholm, Sweden. Stockholm is home to some of the most active spots on Gowalla.VentureBeat recently interviewed Gowalla cofounder and CTO Scott Raymond on the launch of Facebook Places, a check-in service that he believes Gowalla can build on rather than compete with:VentureBeat&amp;'s Local Heroes series is sponsored by Adobe and is also available as an Adobe Acrobat X Pro portfolio. Check out the portfolio to read the entire series and get additional content.Next Story: Local Hero: Keith Lee, Booyah Previous Story: Local Hero: Sam Altman, LooptPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: Local Heroes, location based servicesCompanies: GowallaPeople: Josh Williams, Scott Raymond          Tags: Local Heroes, location based servicesCompanies: GowallaPeople: Josh Williams, Scott RaymondCody 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.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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