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Samsung Acquires Sony’s LCD Business Unit For $939 Million

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It’s bad news for all those people who are planning to buy Sony LCD TV or those who have purchased Sony LCD TV  just because of value-worth of Sony brand. Today, Samsung has announced that it has agreed to buyout stake in Sony LCD. This buyout will help Samsung to enhance and expand its LCD division. The Korean electronic gadgets maker will pay $939 million in cash to Sony to pouch its LCD arm. This buyout will also help Samsung to maintain the lead in LCD TV market as Sony holds significant market in LCD segment and stayed tough nut to crack for Samsung in past.

“Under the agreement, Samsung will acquire all of Sony’s shares of S-LCD Corporation, the two companies’ LCD panel manufacturing joint venture, making S-LCD a wholly owned subsidiary of Samsung,” as said by Samsung Electronics.

However, this move has taken shape as Sony is on its way to restructure its TV business which has been making loss since last seven years. The deal will definitely benefit Sony Corp. which is planning to bring revolution in Television industry by introducing “Four Screen Strategy TV” in future. This television will bridge the gap of network services between Sony products like tablets, personal computers, mobile phones and TVs.

This has resulted in appreciated share price by 1.60 percent of Sony Corp. in Japan Trade Exchange after the announcement.

Interestingly, After this buyout Samsung has become the world largest maker of TVs and Flat screen panels. This shows that buyout has benefited both the companies in a positive manner and future growth is reflecting directly.

Although, this deal might be painful for Sony LCD TV fans since many of the customers prefer Sony LCD TV above other brands. The major reason could be the quality and features provided by Sony Corp. which is far ahead of other LCD TV brands.

The deal has resulted as the New Year gift for both of the companies. One hand Sony got benefited by selling a pie of its loss running business and on other hand Samsung tops the Television industry. Also, this deal will definitely help Sony to sit on cash pile that will help it in restructuring its management and regaining its market position, lost in last seven years.

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Samsung Galaxy S and Galaxy Tab Would Not Get ICS (Android 4.0) Update !

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Abhishek Singh
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It’s really a bad news for Samsung Galaxy S phone and Galaxy Tab owners that they wouldn’t be partaking in Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) updates. Recently, Samsung has announced Galaxy lineups that would be upgraded to Android 4.0 in early 2012. Unfortunately, on December 22, Samsung has revealed on its website that no Android ICS would be coming to Galaxy S and Galaxy Tab due to TouchWiz issues.

TouchWiz is a touch interface developed by Samsung Electronics with their partners and used in Galaxy S and Galaxy Tab. The TouchWiz isn’t available for licensing to any external parties as its available exclusively for Samsung’s sophisticated feature phones.

The company’s blog has clearly stated that the Galaxy S as well as the 7 inch Galaxy Tab will not get any ICS upgrades. Samsung has explained that Google’s mobile platform – Android – is unable to provide the satisfactory experiences especially with TouchWiz, Samsung Widgets, Video calls and other functions accompanied by both the Galaxy Tab and the Galaxy S. A device needs necessary RAM and ROM to run the new OS properly and that’s why, there’s no room for the ICS.

Even, It will not be that easy for users to sell out their Samsung Galaxy S – a less than a year old device they bought by paying a huge price. But, if the matter concerns with ICS update then they might think to get rid off. The way, to customize the previous OS of Galaxy S with latest Android 4.0 ICS, is somewhat risky and might screw up the future validity and guarantee. The user might be able to customize the OS, if they would successfully black-out TouchWiz from the picture. Only Then, Galaxy S might be totally capable of running Ice Cream Sandwich without too many annoyances. The video (below) is available which might be helpful to customize the setup of the Galaxy S:

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdXmokfLK9s

However, so far it is not very clear why Samsung doesn’t want to update the Galaxy S while the company wants to promote its TouchWiz. The main – but the only – roadblock towards ICS upgrade in Galaxy S is the unsupported version of TouchWiz platform. However, I just can’t buy this as a strong logic behind such surrender for a company like Samsung which has got a excellent control over the mobile OS through its own Bada OS.

Presently, Samsung’s own operating System—Bada—is far behind the race and the company has incredibly marked success in the smartphone segment with Android. However, Google’s plan to introduce its own Smartphone and Tablet next year might have given the indication to Samsung to focus on its own hardware and software segments too.

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How Companies Are Managing Their Online Reputation ? [Infographic]

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Prayiush
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From advertising the products to discount offers, online industry plays an important role in managing company profile. In last one decade online advertisements have become the backbone for the growth of an organization. Before launching a product in the market, companies like to evaluate customers’ pre-launch reviews and for this they use online media by publishing the features of upcoming products. This has helped companies a lot in improving their products and its features. Even, companies are aggressively using online social media to interact with their customers and potential buyers directly. A recent Infographic, by kbsd, highlights that how online industry can help in managing reputation of the companies.

I think online industry has helped companies a lot in managing their profile. In last few years it has proved to be a one of the most successful way for advertisement as well as dealing with the consumers directly.

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“Siri Turns Serial Killer”: Another Thrilling Ad In Apple’s Campaign [VIDEO]

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Abhishek Singh
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“Siri” is a voice recognition personal assistance app of iPhone 4S that interacts naturally with the users. It has been acclaimed throughout the world and is being considered as the best voice recognition apps ever. As holiday season is just going to start, Apple doesn’t want to leave any dearth in its ads campaign. That’s why, the company has added an thrilling ad called “Siri turns Serial Killer” in its campaign, which seems like horror spoof movie.

It’s really humorous to interact with Siri, especially when anyone enquires for something like nearest ATM or Hotel. Frequently it provides satisfactory answers but sometimes it replies beyond the expectation while one is asking the question like:

Q: Who is your daddy?

Sri:  You are. Can we get back to work now?

Q: Take a photo

Siri: I’m not much of a photographer.

Q: Tell me a joke.

Siri: I can’t. I always forget the punch-line.

There are some more questions where Siri is unable to answer properly and replies ridiculously. However, the ‘Horror serial Kill ad’ concept first came in the mind of an Austin-based—Rooster Teeth Production. The idea behind the concept is quite obvious; if Siri would answer like such silly way especially in spooky scenario, definitely, it would consequence adverse. The production imagined that what will happen when Siri turns bad and become responsible for a series of death.

The video demonstrates the reverse outcome of ‘bad Siri’:

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KGSi0AoJYs

The upshot is very attention-grabbing and experience like a two-minute spoof movie trailer. The video begins with Christmas tree because the company has targeted a large shipment of its iPad and iPhone integrated with Siri in this Christmas season.

The video showcases the gathering of family members around the Christmas tree. they all exchange the gifts among each other. Interestingly, everyone receives a brand new iPhone 4S and everyone excites to interact with Siri.

One family member asks to Siri, “What’s the meaning of life?”

Siri replies: “Life has no meaning.”

The climax continues to severe while moving towards the end and finally terrifying the heart of viewers.

Amazingly, in past two decades, Apple has become renowned advertiser in the market and has made great penetration among the creative individuals. The Apple’s commercial ads campaign started in 1984 with the “Super Bowl Commercial”. In 1990’s “Think different” campiagn was followed by the aggressive campaign started with “iPod people” in 2000.

Undoubtedly, Apple has become a leading global brand known for its iPod, iMac, iPhone, and iTunes. The expenditures by Apple on its ads are increasing tremendously year-by-year. The company spent $338 million in 2006, $467 million in 2007 and $486 million in 2008, but it’s astounding to learn that the company has spent whooping $1.3 billion over the last three years.

It’s the reality that Apple is bullish towards its ads campaign, and in this segment the company believes in “investing more, gain more”. Through this ad, company wants to make users aware – who definitely believe that Siri isn’t the best voice recognition app. I think this ad might boost the Apple’s market shipment of iPad and iPad in the Christmas holidays.

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Blackberry Launches P’9981 For Christmas In UK : Features Futuristic Porsche Design.

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Lov Mishra
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Blackberry yesterday launched its P’9981 Porsche Design Edition smart phone in UK. The crispy looks of The Blackberry Porsche Design P’9981 is an outcome of the joint venture of Blackberry and Porsche Design. Though the looks are futuristic but the typical Blackberry fans will digest the design or not, is still a big question. Blackberry had already introduced the device in Dubai at a splendid launch event. If you are in UK , a Blackberry fan and want to have your hands on the new Blackberry Porsche Design P’9981, then you can grap it for a cool £1275 price at the world-renowned Harrods department store in Knightsbridge, London.

Blackberry Porsche Design P’9981 features 2.8″ TFT capacitive touchscreen having 640×480 pixels resolution. Its 11.3 mm thick and weighs merely 155 gms. This blackberry phone is powered with 1.2 GHz Single Core processor, 768 MB RAM and Qualcomm MSM8655 chipset, all set to deliver extreme performance. It will be running on Blackberry OS 7, has 8 GB of internal memory and supports MicroSD card upto 32 GB. It features a 5 MP camera with Auto-Focus , LED Flash, 720p video recording, Geo-tagging and face detection. Lets hope this special edition smartphone and the joint venture with Porsche Design may help Blackberry to overcome the present company’s crysis.

 

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Is New Asus Transformer Prime Better Than Apple iPad 2 ?

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Abhishek Singh
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The Tablet revolution initiated after iPad’s prologue in the market at beginning of this year. Currently, Apple’s iPad 2 has made a tremendous achievement in the segment competing with number of others Tablets line up including Samsung Galaxy Tab, Motorola Xoom and recently launched Asus Transformer Prime and the Droid Xyboard 10.1. Apparently, Asus has launched its latest Tablet Transformer Prime in market in order to defy iPad 2.

It’s quite clear that the invasion of Google in mobile operating system has jeopardize Apple as Android has clinched a large market share and growing at the cost of Apple’s iOS. Addition to this, Android market place has make nuisance for Apple’s apps store and, to make it more interesting, Google has announced to follow Apple strategy by manufacturing its own tablet and Smartphone next year.

Asus has recently launched its Android based “Transformer Prime” Tablet; however, toy maker “Hasbro” has claimed against Asus in court for the trademark violation.

Hasbro is very aggressive about their trademark and its Chief Legal Officer—Barbara Finigan—said “The specific actions we are taking today against Asus underscores yet again Hasbro’s willingness to pursue companies who misappropriate our intellectual property for their own financial gain. The Transformers property is an incredibly popular global brand which enjoys tremendous fan support and interest around the world.”

Really, Asus’s Transformer Prime is an attractive Tablet having just 1.3 pounds weight and thinner and lighter than the iPad 2. Its design and finish are eye-catching and uses multi-pin cable for charging. The below video demonstrates how Transformer Prime looks like:

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sk7t5ux8xPE

The Transformer Prime would be more fruitful to those who are interested to play games on their Tablets. It is powered by Nvidia Tegra 3 quad-core microprocessor which would suit especially to game fans. The graphics of the Prime Tablet are just 10.1-inch that seems little spectacular but outstanding for playing a game.

Off course, playing a game on the tablet requires battery power, but users need not to worry as the tablet has fabulous wake up capacity. A user can work several hours without any interruption with web browsing, e-mail, movie watch and more. In addition to these, the external keyboard has its own fantastic battery life of 6 hrs, an SD expansion-card slot and a USB port.

The Transformer Prime comes in two different Wi-Fi models—32 GB of storage and 64 GB of storage. The price is kept is very compatible to iPad models, 32 GB storage would cost $500 while 64 GB storage model will cost $600.

After reviewing all the features, it’s quite obvious that the Transformer Prime has been designed keeping the great expectations of gamers. However, Its 10.1-inch graphics doesn’t seem to be more effective compare to iPad and it’s less stunning in activity like web browsing. As far as the question of price, it’s more expensive than its another rivals like Kindle Fire and Galaxy Tab.

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Top Acquisitions Of Social Media Industry In 2011

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Prayiush
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This year has resulted as the golden year in social media history. Social networking sites – Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Foursquare etc. – have grown exponentially. Their revenue as well as user base have appreciated above market expectation. Also, number of acquisition took place this year is comparatively higher than last year. Various small social media companies have either been acquired or merged into big companies.

However, few of the acquisitions are such small that even no one would have heard about it. Taking in view of that we are going to highlight the top acquisition which took place in social media industry in 2011.

Here is the list of top acquisitions that took place in social media industry:-

  1. Bantam Live acquired by Constant Contact
  2. Beluga acquired by Facebook
  3. Blue Sky Factory acquired by WhatCounts
  4. Context Optional acquired by Efficient Frontier
  5. DimDim acquired by Salesforce
  6. Flowtown acquired by Demand Force
  7. Geotoko acquired by Hootsuite
  8. Gowalla acquired by Facebook
  9. GroupMe acquired by Skype
  10. Hunch acquired by eBay
  11. Katango acquired by Google
  12. Kosmix acquired by Walmart
  13. Magneto acquired by eBay
  14. Myspace acquired by Specific Media
  15. Next New Networks acquired by Youtube (Google)
  16. OneForty acquired by HubSpot
  17. Performable acquired by HubSpot
  18. PostRank acquired by Google
  19. Radian6 acquired by Salesforce
  20. Rypple acquired by Salesforce
  21. SimpleGeo acquired by Urban Airship
  22. SocialMedia.com acquired by LivingSocial
  23. Sometrics acquired by AMEX
  24. Tagged acquired by Hi5
  25. Tweetdeck acquired by Twitter
  26. Twitterfeed acquired by Bit.ly
  27. Where acquired by eBay
  28. Whrrl  acquired by GroupOn
  29. WuFoo acquired by SurveyMonkey
  30. Zagat acquired by Google
  31. Efficient Frontier acquired by Adobe
  32. Skype  acquired by Microsoft

Above are the acquisitions that took place in 2011. Out of above acquisitions most famous was of Microsoft Skype acquisition and Facebook Gowalla acquisition.

From the list it is quite clear that this year social media titan Facebook was in aggressive mood of acquisition, it has acquired two companies, while Google acquired three companies.  In E-commerce industry eBay acquired two companies, while Salesforce has strengthened its position in “social enterprise arena” by acquiring three companies.

These acquisitions will help conquerors in growing further in future. These acquisitions state that the company’s business are running in momentum and in future this momentum will help users in various ways like job creation, enhanced features, more offers and so many other things.

(Source:- Socialfresh)

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EA launches Real Racing 2 On Android Market : Stunning Graphics And Its Free Too.

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Lov Mishra
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EA recently launched its well-acclaimed racing title, Real Racing 2 on Android Market and is available for free to try. The game is very well designed by EA in terms of both graphics and the gameplay. Real Racing 2 is one of the best racing game titles available on iOS platform and now the gamers on android platform can also have their hands on it. Real Racing 2 features 30 High-performance racing cars, 15 exclusive race tracks and an intensively involving career mode. Those who want a quickie, can play Quick Race Mode for jumping direct into the racing action and knock their opponents off the track. The Gamers will be able to play this adrenaline raising game as a trial but have to upgrade it later as in-app purchase for unlocking all the features completely.

Real Racing 2 will test gamer’s racing capability on 16 racing grids against highly skilled AI. Features 30 highly detailed officially licensed cars like 2010 Ford Shelby Mustang GT500, 2010 Nissan GT-R (R35), 2012 McLaren MP4-12C for gamers to have their hands on. World maps are beautifully detailed and textured features 15 amazing locations with 40 miles of racing experience. Real Racing 2 graphics is powered with Firemint’s astounding Mint3D engine which delivers eye-popping graphics and 5 unique camera angles for serious head to head to racing. Enjoy the video given below to feast your eyes with fabulous graphics of Real Racing 2.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEnYRtbNCO8

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Yahoo Is Considering To Sell Asian Assets To Strengthen US Operations

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Prayiush
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In last one year Yahoo has significantly lost its credibility in front of investors as well as market. By Q3 of this year, revenue had dipped by 5% year over year and its net earning reduced by 26 percent. Taking the view of loosing market credibility and share, company is considering to sell bulk of its valuable holdings in Alibaba Group of China and Yahoo’s Japan back to majority owners. Currently, Yahoo holds near about 40 percent of Alibaba stakes and 35 percent of Yahoo Japan. However, it’s been expected that Yahoo might sell only 25 percent of Alibaba stake which is equivalent to $7.5 billion. If Yahoo go ahead with the apparent plan stake sale then it will fetch near about $12.5 billion (combined) which will help Yahoo in restructuring it loss making business model.

Interestingly, few days back Yahoo had signed an undisclosed agreement with Microsoft. Also, independent investors like Silver Lake has bid $16.60 per share for 20 percent of Yahoo shares while TPG offered $17.60 per share few week back. Unfortunately, despite of initial support from board, Yahoo was unable to sell its stake to Silver Lake and TPG. Company was badly criticized by its shareholders as they were worried that sale of stake may dilute their holdings and may not do any value addition by getting in new share holders.

Against the milieu, Yahoo resurrected its talk with Alibaba and Softbank – both of them have submitted their initial proposal to buy Yahoo’s stake in October – three weeks ago. During the negotiation, both the parties agreed to hoist the valuation of the Asian asset and Yahoo clasps on to a small piece of Alibaba ante.

Surprisingly, Yahoo board has not yet dismissed the proposal of Silver Lake and TPG according to some of the sources. After the announcement of Yahoo’s Asian asset sale, its share prices soared by 6 percent. Share price rise directly indicates that Yahoo shareholders are satisfied with its current step to sale Yahoo Asian assets.

Personally, I think Yahoo has taken a significant step to restructure its business which is going through rough patches since last few years. Sales of Asian assets will definitely help Yahoo in strengthening its piggy bank.

Hope, Yahoo should soon come back on track overtaking all hurdles.

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Users Satisfaction From iPad Fades Out: 7 Percent Declined In 6 Months

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Abhishek Singh
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It’s well known that the demand of Apple’s iPad is being tremendously increasing since the device hit the market in early April. Presently, it’s estimated that the shipment of the device might reach 18 million units in Q4. Though, everything is moving towards positive note for the company but the satisfaction among the users has plummeted in last couple of quarters. A new survey from the Software Usability Research Laboratory (SURL) has revealed that the majority of iPad owners (84%) are satisfied with their device which is 7% lower compare to another survey done by by  ChangeWave in April 2011.

The new study was entitled among 52 iPad (original iPad or iPad 2) respondents (26 male, 26 female) owners ranging in age 23-80 over selected 75 items. After rigorous investigation from the firm, 83.65% respondents were found quite satisfied with the iPad. Among them, 62% polled that the iPad is excellent and said that they are quite comfort with it. While 10% rated “best imaginable” and 20% said it’s just good.

The survey firm also asked the question about the location of device usage. The survey has noted that the most common place to use the device by the user is their Living room followed by Bedroom. Kitchen and dining room came after living and bed rooms, the users prevented themselves to use the tablet while they were commuting. Surprisingly, more than 20% were accepted that they were used the device even in their bathroom.

It’s really matter of concern that how many apps, generally, users install on their device. The question is important because of Apple’s dominations in number of apps downloads, followed by Android Apps downloads. Majority of users (33%) used to have 21-40 apps installed while only 17% users were interested to install more than 80 apps.

The survey also focused on the way participants’ use the device. 21% of users preferred to carry their iPad every time, while 52% of participants accepted that they use to carry the device when travelling, but only 17% said that they carry out in their work.

The survey also reveals that more than 80% of hourly or daily frequency of activity by the participants on web browsing while approx 70% of their effort goes to email and 60% on news reading.

Astoundingly, more than 80% accepted that they never created any Music and documents for the school, while 70% accepted that they never took picture or videos, or chatted on their iPad.

Obviously, it’s very interesting to know the behavior of the participants with their iPad usage. Overall, Apple always remains conscious about their customers’ interest and the trends. The study might be helpful for the company to design its upcoming iPad to fulfill the customers’ expectations.

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Aakash Tablet Delivery Delayed Again: DataWind Commits For Next Year

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Dazeinfo
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World’s cheapest Tablet dream is fading again. This time DataWind has disturbed people by announcing the delay delivery of Aakash Tablet to buyers who booked it online in last week. The online booking of Aakash tablet was trigged by the company on 15 December with a promise of 7 days delivery. However, just in 5 days, Datawind had to suspend online booking of Aakash claiming ‘out-of-stock’ position. Now, company has announced that people, who make the online booking of Aakash, should expect the deliver in January 2012 but denied to state any reason behind such delay.

However, this is not the first time when company is derailed from its original plan.  Earlier company has been failed to stay by the promise to make Aakash available in retail stores by end of November. With the revised plan, Aakash is expected to hit retail showrooms not before February 2012.

The online booking of Aakash, which started on 15 December, was made open for everyone including students. However, this also came to many as surprise as company earlier promised that students can et the device only through their colleges.

But the failure and fatigue doesn’t end here; As oppose to their promise of 1 Lack delivery to Government, company managed to deliver only 10,000 devices till now.

Now, with repeated shuffle and differ, the whole idea of owning world’s cheapest Tablet is looking shaggy. It is being speculated that manufacturing a tablet in lots at such dirt-cheap cost may has become a daunting task for DataWind, resulting in repeated misalignment from its own plan way.

The online booking of Aakash went viral in just few days which, apparently, company didn’t expect. The overwhelming response made company to suspend the booking on just 5th day of opening the doors. Infact, hundreds of users have complained about non-receipt of the booking ID they were supposed to get after online booing of Aakash.

With al such change and development, the whole situation looks cloudy. This has not only raised the concerns about Aakash but also on the upgraded version of it – UbiSlate 7.

We have tried contacting DataWind on this matter but by this moment we haven’t got any response from then. Also, there is no official dates have been announced by the company to satisfy the bookings already recorded, besides to guess sometime in January next year.

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Android 4.0 ICS Update For Samsung Galaxy S Released By Xda-Developers

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Lov Mishra
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Since the release of Galaxy S, Samsung had given it a quite good support. Samsung released Galaxy S in the market in 2010, running on Android 2.1 Eclair and the journey continued with the several updates like Android 2.2 Froyo update in a very short interval of time and then the Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread update. But with the release of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, Samsung is depriving Galaxy S with its support and hence will not get the official Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update from Samsung. Despite of Samsung’s pathetic behaviour, the well-acclaimed and one of the most anticipated mobile devices from Samsung is embraced by the developers of Xda-Developers community and in a very short period of time they have come up with a very stable, fully functional and blazing fast Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich rom for Galaxy S. Below given video clearly shows that the ICS 4.0 Rom is running well on Galaxy S.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdXmokfLK9s&feature=player_embedded

So, are you people getting excited to update your Galaxy S with the all new Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update, if yes then you people can go and have a look on the walk through given on the below link. The below link will help you with the step-by-step guide for updating your Galaxy S with the Android 4.0 custom rom. But it’s clearly depicted that updating your galaxy S with this custom Android 4.0 ICS rom will void your device warranty and even brick your device if not properly done, so update your phone only if you know what you are doing.

Guide and walk-through to How To Update Galaxy S To Android 4.0

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Internet Users Invest 95 Percent Of Social Media Time Over Facebook

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Prayiush
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Social media titan Facebook engagement rate has increased in an exponential manner throughout the year. It has dominated over its arch rivals Twitter, Google+, LinkedIn and MySpace. Facebook accounts for 95 percent of social networking time on internet in United States. It has been found that on an average 1 out of every 7 minutes U.S online users spends their time in using Facebook . This is mainly due to the large user base and the features which are offered by social media titan Facebook to users.

However, LinkedIn is the most dominant professional networking site in U.S, which is mainly due to U.S job crisis or increasing unemployment rate which has reached to 8.6 percent. Unemployment in U.S. has fallen down from 9 percent to 8.6 percent, and up to some extent, credit goes to LinkedIn and Facebook. While Twitter acts as a backstage player in providing platform to wire services to content producers and distributors.

Personally, I think in last few months social media titan Facebook engagement rate is increased due to addition of new features which are quite attractive and unavailable on other social networking sites. Also, Facebook has proved itself as a best place for job seekers. In last one year it has helped more than 18.4 million users to get job. This is also one of the major reasons behind such a high percent of engagement rate.

Hope Facebook grows further and helps users in the entire field of networking.

(Image Source: – Ben Elowitz of Wetpaint.)

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Apple Might Launch ‘Redesigned iPad’ In 2012: Its Time To Change !

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Abhishek Singh
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Undoubtedly, the design and technology of Apple’s iPhone 4S is outstanding and can be considered as one of the best among all smartphones designs. The design has detonated the whole smartphone market in this year. Samsung has been accused by Apple around the world for the copy of its iPhone design in the Galaxy lineup. Now, It’s astounding to learn that Apple is going to redesign its iPhone which is confirmed by senior analyst at PiperJaffray—Gene Munster.

It’s really true; the rumor is buzzing around about the redesign of Apple’s iPhone and iPad. The senior analyst said in his note to investors that Apple hasn’t done any experiment with its hardware design in this year, but it doesn’t mean that the company has seated lethally. The company might redesign its iPhone next year; probably it might be upcoming iPhone 5 which is expected to come in mid of 2012.

Munster has declared that there would be the prospect of two scenarios—Base case and Bull case—in 2013. The Bull case presumes that the company is going to do bullish in 2013. According to Base case prediction, the company would augment its revenue by 18% through the shipment of 142 million units’ iPhones, While “Bull case” might increase the revenue to 35% and expected to sell 162 million iPhone.

Munster stated that the revenue growth is marginal in 2013 that’s only 14% compare to 2011 calendar when the company had marked 56% increment. The analyst also depicts that Apple might release its third generation tablet—iPad 3—next year but also states that company’s iPad 2S might also come. Munster’s calendar demonstrates that the total shipment of iPad is 66 millions in base case while 77.5 million units for Bull case in CY13. The revenue is expected to boost by 11% in base case while 30% in the Bull case.

Currently, the company has launched its iPad 2 in different variations of Wi-Fi and 3G capabilities along with three different capacities of 16 GB, 32 GB and 64 GB. A number of rumors have already speculated about Apple’s high resolution “Retina Display” which might be come next year. Before this, the company might release “iPad 2S” with the same screen resolution as iPad 2 but have the faster processor and Siri.

The company might sell its iPad 2 with the lower cost along with iPad 2S. And also, the company has planned to redesign its MacBook Pro lineup and also expand the MacBook Air with 15-inch screen next year.

The company would continue to sell its iPad 2 next year to contend the low-price tablet in the market. While iPad 2S would definitely be the transitional for iPad 3 to make a proper bridge. It’s quite obvious that the company has always been conscious about its hardware design, and which is its strong point to dominate the market.

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Apple App Store Records 6x More Revenue than Android Market : Distimo Research

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Lov Mishra
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A market research of well-acclaimed mobile application stores has surfaced itself with an amazing fact and figures. The research is done by the famous Distimo and is regarding total revenue, proportion of downloads and availability of games on Android,iOS,Windows Mobile and Blackberry OS. With the invent of monstrous and performance-hungry processors, and powerful yet power-saving GPU’s has given rise to variety of mobile hardware and ultimately this has resulted into the development of power-hungry applications and games for various mobile platforms like iOS, Android etc. Games like Fifa’12, Assassin’s Creed, Infinity Blade II,Grand Theft Auto III,Shadow Gun etc are making huge revenue and pushing the performance of present mobile hardware to their limits. The most amazing fact that surfaced recently was that the Apple App Store is generating six times more revenue than the Android Market. The research is done over the 200 top grossing applications and games. The top revenue generated by Apple iOS directly or indirectly shows the supremacy of its hardware over the other android devices.

The interesting fact about the revenue recorded by these platforms is their in-app purchases or transactions. The in-app purchases like the games featuring online items purchases through it, are gaining heavy interests over the application stores. 50 percent of the revenue of those top 200 applications in iOS platforms comes from these in-app applications and the same figure rises to 65 percent for Android platform. The downloads at Apple’s App Store from the Chinese corner has increased quite well since January 2011 as reported by the research shown below.

The research has shown that Apple still dominates the mobile revenue despite of various competitive drawbacks and its iOS platform is much move favourable for the mobile application developers.

courtesy : www.gsmarena.com

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