TechNewsDaily Germans are ga-ga for the iPad as demand surges NetworkWorld.com In Europe, each Apple country orders products from the mothership according to their marketing experience and expectations. According to a reliable source, … Apple's German iPad Demand 3.5 Times Higher Than Expected Gizmodo Australia all 51 news articles
Posted in Apple, German, Mobile, Technology, World on 31. Mar, 2010
Die Vorzeichen verdichten sich. Mit dem nächsten großen iPhone Software-Update auf Version 4.0 könnte Apple (endlich) eine Lösung anbieten, die aus dem AppStore geladenen Applikationen, auch im Hintergrund weiter arbeiten zu lassen. Dies berichtet berichtet AppleInsider heute und verweist auf mehrere, mit einer Vorab-Version des Updates vertraute Personen. Demnach sollen sich unter dem iPhone OS 4.0 Weiterlesen…
Posted in Social media, Technology, Twitter, World on 31. Mar, 2010
This post is part of Mashable’s Spark of Genius series, which highlights a unique feature of startups. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here . The series is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. Name: WePay Quick Pitch: WePay makes it easy for groups to collect and manage money online. Genius Idea: Simple tasks like paying the rent each month can turn into a massive headache when you’re dealing with various roommates’ schedules, pay days and issues like, “Who’s going to spring for the stamps this time?” That’s where WePay comes in. This payment product allows users to collect, manage and spend money — all in one, digital place. WePay, which has been in private beta for the last six months, launches tomorrow, at which time you can create an FDIC-insured account that you can then share with people in your club, group, apartment, work place, etc. Once everyone has joined, you can send out electronic bills to the members of your group, which they cay pay either via credit card or their bank accounts. After collecting the money, you can pay your landlord/novelty t-shirt supplier/pizza guy with a WePay VISA prepaid card, paper checks or electronic transfers. It’s free to sign up, but there is a small transaction fee included. Also, make sure you choose a responsible person to head up your group — the creator of the group is in charge of the money and is the sole cardholder on the WePay Visa card. The service also keeps forgetful people on their toes by sending out reminders and alerting the group creator when members have ponied up. In addition, WePay allows you to create more than one group — so you can use the service to plan a much-needed group jaunt to somewhere sunny, as well as a work dinner. We here at Mashable are into any services that make our hectic lives easier — especially with the first looming on the horizon. Rent day is no April Fool’s! Sponsored by Microsoft BizSpark BizSpark is a startup program that gives you three-year access to the latest Microsoft development tools, as well as connecting you to a nationwide network of investors and incubators. There are no upfront costs, so if your business is privately owned, less than three years old, and generates less than U.S.$1 million in annual revenue, you can sign up today . Entrepreneurs can take advantage of the Azure Services platform for their website hosting and storage needs. Microsoft recently announced the “new CloudApp()” contest – use the Azure Services Platform for hosting your .NET or PHP app, and you could be the lucky winner of a USD 5000* ( please see website for official rules and guidelines ).” For more social media coverage, follow Mashable Social Media on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook
Posted in Android, Mobile, Technology, USA, World on 31. Mar, 2010
When it comes to converting and synchronizing media with Android phones, nobody does it better than doubleTwist . For nearly a year now the “iTunes for Android” solution has made it easy for users to back up and sync pictures, video, music, and more. Today sees doubleTwist adding Android Market functionality to the application. The app lets users browse through and search for Android apps in rather clean and clutter-free interface. Each result brings up descriptions, comments, and QR codes that can be scanned with your handset. Yes, we know it’s a lot like Cyrket, AppBrain, and Androlib. We’re hearing , though, that a future version will add the ability to download apps over the air, without QR codes. We’ve integrated the Android Market into doubleTwist to help users search, browse and discover new apps. The launch of the doubleTwist Android Market finally brings Android on an equal footing with the iPhone by enabling users to discover apps and view ratings and comments without being limited by the small screen real estate of their phone. With the Android Market integration doubleTwist ties together apps, music, photos, videos and podcasts for Android users. – doubleTwist If you’d like to check out the app search capability for the Android Market, you can head to apps.doubletwist.com and get started. If podcasts are your thing, you can also try out their podcasts.doubletwist.com as well. Might We Suggest… Dropbox Android App Coming Soon! Dropbox just announced that a Dropbox Android App is coming very, very soon. From the looks of the screenshots, it all seem true. This is the app I’ve been waiting for since I bought my first Andro…
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TVOvermind Lost Fans Fume Over V Promos Film.com The much-hyped return of V drew middling ratings Tuesday and lots of criticism Wednesday for a misguided marketing gimmick by ABC. … ABC Aggravates 'Lost' Fans With 'V' Countdown Clock TVOvermind Tik Tok: V Countdown Clock During Lost Infuriates Everyone Movieline (blog) Did ABC's V Countdown Clock Fail? Seattle Post Intelligencer TheWrap
Posted in Apple, Social media, Technology, Twitter, World on 31. Mar, 2010
Encoding.com announced today that it now supports HTTP Streaming for both the iPhone and the iPad . For years, different companies have offered publishers and developers the ability to serve content at variable bit rates. That means that when you’re watching a video on your phone or on Hulu , the quality of the video stream adapts to your Internet connection. If you have a solid connection, you can view very high quality video in real-time. However, if your connection isn’t as a strong, you can still watch the stream without interruptions — the quality will just be lower. Live video publishers often use adaptive streaming, but it can be useful for pre-recorded material as well. It also saves content providers money because it only pushes out what your connection can handle. Last June, Apple announced that it was going to bring adaptive streaming to the iPhone 3.0 and to Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. What makes Apple’s approach more unique, however, is that it can stream adaptive content over an HTTP server. Not only can video be streamed off of standard Apache web servers (far cheaper to do), but it also lacks the issues with proxies or firewalls that the UDP-based systems like RTP and RTSP face. Apple’s Developer Library has posted this diagram that shows how HTTP Live Streaming works. What Encoding.com Does HTTP Streaming gives publishers more options regarding content delivery. AT&T has a history of rejecting applications that serve video that doesn’t include a lower bitrate option. While you can use a Mac or PC to encode your video files in formats suitable for HTTP streaming and then upload the files and the playlist file to your CDN or web server, this is inefficient if you deal with a large volume of video. As we’ve discussed before, Encoding.com is a company that offers a SaaS-based encoding service for publishers and content creators. You upload your video file to Encoding.com and tell them what format you want it encoded in. They use their cloud-based server grid to do the processing and transfer it either to your CDN of choice or to your web server. You can then tell your website or your iPhone app where to grab the video in a user-friendly format. Encoding.com has long supported standard .h264 video for the iPhone but now it can do HTTP Live Streaming as well. Furthermore, you can also opt to do HTTP Streaming for the iPad, which means that the data served will be in the right aspect ratio and adjusted to the right video size for the device. HTTP Streaming is a good option for publishers or developers that are thinking about adding video into applications, but don’t want either full video files built-in (which takes up space) or to risk rejection from the App Store because they don’t have the option to downgrade their video stream. For more Apple coverage, follow Mashable Apple on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook Tags: encoding.com , http live streaming , ipad , iphone
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Posted in Marketing, Social media, Technology, Twitter, USA, World on 31. Mar, 2010
Online Social Media (blog) Jaymunda expands Social Media programs to strengthen their Online Marketing … WebWire (press release) Social Media sites like Facebook, Twitter , MySpace, LinkedIn and others also account for 11 percent of all worldwide Internet usage. … A tweet a day keeps the wrinkles away Arab News Social Media On The Radar For Advisors National Underwriter Life and Health Insurance News How Can SMBs Get Set Up In Social Media? Small Business Trends Trading Markets (press release)
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