To make the chip faster, IBM has turned to a more advanced manufacturing process, increased the clock speed and added more cache memory, but perhaps the biggest change heralded by the Power8 cannot be found in the specifications.
After years of restricting Power processors to its servers, IBM is throwing open the gates and will be licensing Power8 to third-party chip and component makers.
IBM has moved away from some proprietary board-level technologies with Power8, and has included a connector so third-party graphics processors and other components can be easily linked to the chip.IBM recently announced it would open up the Power chip intellectual property and license it to third parties including Google.women shoes manufacturer The IP is being opened up as part of a development alliance called OpenPower Consortium, and one of the members is Nvidia, which is expected to develop a graphics processor that connects to the Power8 processor. Tyan is building a server based on the Power8 chip.
The previous Power7 chip was perhaps best known for its place in the Watson supercomputer, which famously competed against humans on the U.S. TV quiz show "Jeopardy" -- and won.
Watson also found use in areas like health care and the financial sector. Beyond IBM's traditional market of Unix servers, the Power8 chip is also designed for areas like cloud and big data."Big data is something that is driving ," said Jeff Stuecheli, chief nest architect of IBM Power Systems in the Systems and Technology Development Group. "You have big data, you need big performance."The Power8 chip will support up to 1TB of DRAM in initial server configurations and will offer 230GB per second of sustained memory bandwidth, Stuecheli said.
The external components will be connected via the CAPI port. The CAPI port interfaces with the PCI-Express slot for external components such as GPUs or FPGAs to communicate with the chip.The chip is made using the 22-nanometer process. Power8 has a large cache memory, including 512KB of cache per core, 96MB of on-chip shared L3 and 128MB off-chip L4 cache. The L4 cache was removed in Power7, but it comes back with Power8. Each processor core will also support eight threads, giving the chip the ability to run 96 threads simultaneously.IBM wants to share the Power8 technology with a larger ecosystem, and is also working on an open software stack for the processor, Steucheli said. A lot of the tools will help develop high-performance applications.
"This industry-first solution enables VMware virtualized data centers to benefit from flash-level performance while retaining network accessibility and fault tolerance using our 40GbE NIC interconnection to handle the server-to-server enterprise storage loads," said Motti Beck, Director of Enterprise Market Development for Mellanox Technologies. "We are very pleased to extend our collaboration with OCZ enabling virtualized environments to benefit from highly available, low latency SAN-less deployments."
"The combination of on-host flash with our VXL Software enables lower TCO in the software-defined data center by increasing VM density and server utilization," said Dr. Allon Cohen, Vice President of Software and Solutions for OCZ Technology. "Our collaboration with Mellanox to enable lower latency and increased bandwidth connectivity between servers enables these environments to enjoy the TCO and performance gain improvements while retaining all of the benefits of a SAN-less, software-defined deployment without compromises or limitations."
The Mellanox ConnectX-3 EN 40/56GbE NIC delivers high-bandwidth and industry-leading Ethernet connectivity for performance-driven server and storage applications in enterprise data centers, High Performance Computing (HPC) and embedded environments. Its low power and application acceleration for converged I/O infrastructures eliminate the need for multiple Ethernet connections to the server while maximizing server and storage performance throughput. This results in reduced operating costs and network complexity.
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2013年8月26日星期一
2013年8月22日星期四
I felt an intense pressure to dress well
"That girl needs some new clothes," says one boy in my grade to another, without realizing I can hear. "Some very new clothes," his friend agrees. I am in sixth grade and my father has been dead for one year. As always, I am wearing hand-me-downs: an oversized purple top, matching patchwork-print leggings and basketball sneakers. I'm about as interested in sixth grade boys as I am in fashion. Middle school is weird; it's like all of a sudden I'm supposed to start wearing bras and makeup and shoes that aren't basketball sneakers.
Two years later, I have grown eight inches and hips. I have glasses, braces, a report card of straight As,wholesale fashion shoes and all of the poise of Cosmo Kramer. It is at the end of the school year at my confirmation party that I have my first Cinderella moment. I am wearing a lilac silk sheath dress and shimmery pink lipstick with my hair done up in a French twist. My usual high-waters are nowhere in sight. I feel beautiful and it shows. The prettiest girl in school tells me I look like Barbie and my longtime crush asks me to dance. For the first time, I experienced the transformative effect of the right clothes.
My hometown of White Plains, New York, is a Manhattan suburb that Forbes once ranked as the third most expensive city in America. My father used to say that we weren't rich, but we were rich in love. After he died, my mother and I fought often, especially about money. I wanted a clothing allowance and she wouldn't give me one. Most of my classmates were well-off and well-dressed; I resented our frugal lifestyle. By the start of high school, I was earning enough money from babysitting to buy all of my own clothes. The newly-opened Westchester Mall became my favorite place to go with friends and escape from my house.
Once I got to college, my shopping habit became difficult to maintain. The people around me seemed carefree with deep-pocketed parents and I felt like could never keep up. I couldn't afford to go on spring break or a wardrobe of cute going-out clothes on my student-worker salary. I felt cheated but also lost. I was supposed to pick a major, a path, an identity, but all I wanted to do was go shopping. During my senior year, I started charging purchases here and there, figuring that after I started working, I could pay off my credit card.
A few months later, I started my first job in Manhattan as a financial news editor. I decided that I wanted to write for a fashion magazine, but I needed money and health insurance and could not afford to hold out for my dream job. I was happy to be earning a living, but frustrated and feeling stuck. I felt that my father would have been most proud of me in a business or legal career. I tried to cure my bad days with Marc Jacobs dresses and Chanel makeup.
As a Manhattanite, I felt an intense pressure to dress well, and my bills skyrocketed. A starting salary of $42,000 doesn't go far on 5th Avenue, so I used credit cards to make up the difference between what I could afford and what I wanted. I stuck to the sale racks at first, because no one loves a bargain more than I do, but sometimes I saw a bag or dress I liked on Gossip Girl and just couldn't say no. If I was the only girl willing to stimulate the economy during a recession, so be it. I started a fashion blog about shopping in Manhattan. I'm not sure if the blog fueled the shopping or the shopping fueled the blog, but both felt like my only escape. Celebrity style and my latest purchases were all I wanted to talk about. I kept thinking that one day, I would have a better, higher-paying job and I will be able to pay all of my bills and finally focus on having the life I want. But that day never came.
The credit counselor pulled my credit report and was quiet for a long time. I didn't breathe. In order to be eligible for a payment plan, he said, I would need to bring in an additional $700 per month. "Otherwise, you're looking at a bankruptcy," he said.
The word hung in the air. I tried to envision myself facing a judge in court and, more terrifying, telling my mother what I had done. I couldn't bear to move back home or to give away the cat I rescued. That would mean I had failed. I had dreamed of living in New York for years and I there was no way I was going to leave now. If I was going to live on a small salary in America's most expensive city, I would have to make some serious changes.
Gone too are the days of dropping $60 on beauty products every time I hit the drugstore. I started clipping coupons from the Sunday paper and shopping around for the best prices on groceries, food for my cat and cleaning supplies. I applied to a few part-time jobs, but since I already worked late nights, it was too difficult to find anyone who needed part-time help only in the mornings. I was secretly glad about this because my day job exhausts me, but getting turned down by a gym and multiple thrift stores is a new low.
Click on their website www.beralleshoes.com for more information.
Two years later, I have grown eight inches and hips. I have glasses, braces, a report card of straight As,wholesale fashion shoes and all of the poise of Cosmo Kramer. It is at the end of the school year at my confirmation party that I have my first Cinderella moment. I am wearing a lilac silk sheath dress and shimmery pink lipstick with my hair done up in a French twist. My usual high-waters are nowhere in sight. I feel beautiful and it shows. The prettiest girl in school tells me I look like Barbie and my longtime crush asks me to dance. For the first time, I experienced the transformative effect of the right clothes.
My hometown of White Plains, New York, is a Manhattan suburb that Forbes once ranked as the third most expensive city in America. My father used to say that we weren't rich, but we were rich in love. After he died, my mother and I fought often, especially about money. I wanted a clothing allowance and she wouldn't give me one. Most of my classmates were well-off and well-dressed; I resented our frugal lifestyle. By the start of high school, I was earning enough money from babysitting to buy all of my own clothes. The newly-opened Westchester Mall became my favorite place to go with friends and escape from my house.
Once I got to college, my shopping habit became difficult to maintain. The people around me seemed carefree with deep-pocketed parents and I felt like could never keep up. I couldn't afford to go on spring break or a wardrobe of cute going-out clothes on my student-worker salary. I felt cheated but also lost. I was supposed to pick a major, a path, an identity, but all I wanted to do was go shopping. During my senior year, I started charging purchases here and there, figuring that after I started working, I could pay off my credit card.
A few months later, I started my first job in Manhattan as a financial news editor. I decided that I wanted to write for a fashion magazine, but I needed money and health insurance and could not afford to hold out for my dream job. I was happy to be earning a living, but frustrated and feeling stuck. I felt that my father would have been most proud of me in a business or legal career. I tried to cure my bad days with Marc Jacobs dresses and Chanel makeup.
As a Manhattanite, I felt an intense pressure to dress well, and my bills skyrocketed. A starting salary of $42,000 doesn't go far on 5th Avenue, so I used credit cards to make up the difference between what I could afford and what I wanted. I stuck to the sale racks at first, because no one loves a bargain more than I do, but sometimes I saw a bag or dress I liked on Gossip Girl and just couldn't say no. If I was the only girl willing to stimulate the economy during a recession, so be it. I started a fashion blog about shopping in Manhattan. I'm not sure if the blog fueled the shopping or the shopping fueled the blog, but both felt like my only escape. Celebrity style and my latest purchases were all I wanted to talk about. I kept thinking that one day, I would have a better, higher-paying job and I will be able to pay all of my bills and finally focus on having the life I want. But that day never came.
The credit counselor pulled my credit report and was quiet for a long time. I didn't breathe. In order to be eligible for a payment plan, he said, I would need to bring in an additional $700 per month. "Otherwise, you're looking at a bankruptcy," he said.
The word hung in the air. I tried to envision myself facing a judge in court and, more terrifying, telling my mother what I had done. I couldn't bear to move back home or to give away the cat I rescued. That would mean I had failed. I had dreamed of living in New York for years and I there was no way I was going to leave now. If I was going to live on a small salary in America's most expensive city, I would have to make some serious changes.
Gone too are the days of dropping $60 on beauty products every time I hit the drugstore. I started clipping coupons from the Sunday paper and shopping around for the best prices on groceries, food for my cat and cleaning supplies. I applied to a few part-time jobs, but since I already worked late nights, it was too difficult to find anyone who needed part-time help only in the mornings. I was secretly glad about this because my day job exhausts me, but getting turned down by a gym and multiple thrift stores is a new low.
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2013年8月20日星期二
The prosecutor stated the teens discussed
That’s how Chief Deputy Prosecutor, Vicki Becker kicked off the trial in her opening statement. She went on to detail how the day progressed, painting a vivid picture for everyone in the courthouse of what the defendants were doing before they broke into the home.
“Five individuals” the prosecutor explained, “came together and they were just hanging on the porch of Jose Quiroz.” Quiroz lives directly across the street from 1919 Frances, the home hit by the break-in. The prosecutor stated the teens discussed ‘robbing’ the guy across the street and planned how it was going to happen.
“Robbery” later became a term of contention referenced by Blake Layman’s attorney, Mark Doty. According to Doty, “robbery” incorrectly implies that the teens intentionally applied force to take possessions from Rodney Scott, the homeowner at 1919 Frances, as opposed to burglarizing a supposedly empty home.
Prosecution continued establishing the scene by explaining how one of the five perpetrators, Levi Sparks, stayed behind with a cell phone to look out in case something might happen. Then, the prosecutor said the remaining teens knocked on the door of Scott’s home before going around back to an area that was “a little more secluded” for the break-in.
“It was at that point,” said the prosecutor, “that Danzele Johnson used significant effort—he was a big guy” and kicked in the back door and an interior door of Scott’s home. Leading the way Johnson and the three others went inside and proceeded to rummage through Scott’s possessions. Referencing Jose Quiroz’s testimony before and during his plea agreement, the prosecutor told the courtroom the defendants actively searched and tore through the rooms and drawers “because Mr. Scott was old school” and kept his money inside his house.
As the four intruders were downstairs, Scott awakened from a nap, “felt a ‘boom’ and it startled him.’” When Scott heard a second loud noise, the prosecutor stated he grabbed not just his cell phone but a hand gun as well.
“It wasn’t his first thought, but it was enough to provoke him to get his handgun,” explained the prosecutor. She said it isn’t one of Scott’s “fond” possessions but rather a “what if” possession.
The details of what happened next, we may never fully know explained the prosecutor. Scott said he loudly made his way down the stairs, armed with a pistol, and saw two individuals standing in the doorway to his spare bedroom, one in his kitchen and another in front of him. She said that at that point in time all Scott remembers is firing his gun.
“We will not know how Danzele Johnson was struck with a bullet right above his sternum,” Becker added.
The prosecution went on to state how Johnson was one of the two individuals standing in the doorway, and once shots were fired the two made their way into a closet with Jose Quiroz.
“While they were in that closet they were hiding as Rodney Scott was holding them at gunpoint as he called police…no other shots were fired,” Becker claimed.wholesale fashion shoes It was then, prosecution argued, that Sparks came over to aid his friends. Becker stated Quiroz dialed the cell phone that was left behind with Sparks while he was inside the closet, and asked Sparks to create a distraction.
Sparks saw Scott inside the home with a gun and took off, stated the prosecutor. After calling police, she noted how Scott recognized Quiroz as his neighbor from across the street. Quiroz denied the familiarity and, in a “desperate attempt” to get out of there, the prosecutor explained that he knocked over an entertainment center and dove through a window into the alleyway.
Witness statements from later on in the trial covered the chase and arrest of Quiroz in greater detail, and the prosecution refocused its attention on wrapping up its account of the day’s events.
“When you break into somebody’s home, you violate their sanctity and security,” the prosecutor added before turning over to the defense.
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“Five individuals” the prosecutor explained, “came together and they were just hanging on the porch of Jose Quiroz.” Quiroz lives directly across the street from 1919 Frances, the home hit by the break-in. The prosecutor stated the teens discussed ‘robbing’ the guy across the street and planned how it was going to happen.
“Robbery” later became a term of contention referenced by Blake Layman’s attorney, Mark Doty. According to Doty, “robbery” incorrectly implies that the teens intentionally applied force to take possessions from Rodney Scott, the homeowner at 1919 Frances, as opposed to burglarizing a supposedly empty home.
Prosecution continued establishing the scene by explaining how one of the five perpetrators, Levi Sparks, stayed behind with a cell phone to look out in case something might happen. Then, the prosecutor said the remaining teens knocked on the door of Scott’s home before going around back to an area that was “a little more secluded” for the break-in.
“It was at that point,” said the prosecutor, “that Danzele Johnson used significant effort—he was a big guy” and kicked in the back door and an interior door of Scott’s home. Leading the way Johnson and the three others went inside and proceeded to rummage through Scott’s possessions. Referencing Jose Quiroz’s testimony before and during his plea agreement, the prosecutor told the courtroom the defendants actively searched and tore through the rooms and drawers “because Mr. Scott was old school” and kept his money inside his house.
As the four intruders were downstairs, Scott awakened from a nap, “felt a ‘boom’ and it startled him.’” When Scott heard a second loud noise, the prosecutor stated he grabbed not just his cell phone but a hand gun as well.
“It wasn’t his first thought, but it was enough to provoke him to get his handgun,” explained the prosecutor. She said it isn’t one of Scott’s “fond” possessions but rather a “what if” possession.
The details of what happened next, we may never fully know explained the prosecutor. Scott said he loudly made his way down the stairs, armed with a pistol, and saw two individuals standing in the doorway to his spare bedroom, one in his kitchen and another in front of him. She said that at that point in time all Scott remembers is firing his gun.
“We will not know how Danzele Johnson was struck with a bullet right above his sternum,” Becker added.
The prosecution went on to state how Johnson was one of the two individuals standing in the doorway, and once shots were fired the two made their way into a closet with Jose Quiroz.
“While they were in that closet they were hiding as Rodney Scott was holding them at gunpoint as he called police…no other shots were fired,” Becker claimed.wholesale fashion shoes It was then, prosecution argued, that Sparks came over to aid his friends. Becker stated Quiroz dialed the cell phone that was left behind with Sparks while he was inside the closet, and asked Sparks to create a distraction.
Sparks saw Scott inside the home with a gun and took off, stated the prosecutor. After calling police, she noted how Scott recognized Quiroz as his neighbor from across the street. Quiroz denied the familiarity and, in a “desperate attempt” to get out of there, the prosecutor explained that he knocked over an entertainment center and dove through a window into the alleyway.
Witness statements from later on in the trial covered the chase and arrest of Quiroz in greater detail, and the prosecution refocused its attention on wrapping up its account of the day’s events.
“When you break into somebody’s home, you violate their sanctity and security,” the prosecutor added before turning over to the defense.
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2013年8月18日星期日
Things seem to be moving online
Why are they doing this? I have no idea - it makes no sense to me.
Well, that isn't entirely true. I asked TVNZ why they had scheduled
Orange so late; their reasoning was that it was part of a push toward
on-demand content, which makes a little sense. Online viewing has become
a big part of what TVNZ does, and the success of online shows like
local comedy Auckland Daze and teen drama The Carrie Diaries has made it
a much more viable distribution method.
A recent example would be Scandal, the Kerry Washington-led drama written by Shonda Rhimes (of Grey's Anatomy fame); TVNZ has been showing a new episode each week through their on-demand portal, while promoting it through traditional broadcast channels. As a result, it's the second-most-popular show on the site.
The focus on on-demand isn't a mere excuse either. TVNZ have poured money into developing mobile apps for Apple and Samsung devices. I actually watched the third and fourth episodes of Scandal on my phone. It was fun trying it out, though I don't know how often I might go back to my mobile phone for a telly fix. The screen is too small.
There is a danger, though, that TVNZ could just be alienating viewers by scheduling a show like Orange Is the New Black at the ungodly time of 11.40pm, or launching a critical darling like Scandal (which picked up an Emmy nomination for Washington) through online outlets.
Let's face it: faith in broadcast networks is at an all-time low. Online content might be more popular than ever, but the overwhelming majority of viewers are still watching channels through traditional methods (albeit time-shifted in many cases). Does it really make sense to annoy the overwhelming majority of your viewers by scheduling at such an unsuitable time a show that they've been reading about for months? Or holding back a show so it can sit on a website?
Heck, I'm technologically capable of finding shows, and even I'm annoyed that Scandal is sitting on a website. If TVNZ has the show, why wouldn't they just play the damn show on a channel somewhere? Why make us wait even longer?
This isn't just a TVNZ thing. Mediaworks had a play with online-only fast-tracking by playing the first ever episode of New Girl on the Four website for a week before it aired (a marketing ploy adopted from US network Fox), and some SoHo shows have been available online ahead of their launch date.
Things seem to be moving online more and more often; even Orange Is the New Black lives exclusively online in most parts of the world, thanks to the emergence of Netflix. I believe that, eventually, online will be the only place to find good television (if not all television).
But I also think it's a bit soon to be abandoning traditional viewers entirely. On-demand is a shiny new toy, but we're still in the early-adoption phase. A better wholesale fashion shoes between the old and the new needs to be found.
Union Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma will meet US Trade Representative Michael Froman this week to discuss India’s concerns related to additional visa restrictions on IT professionals, increased cases of visa rejections and expiry of duty-free benefit scheme for its exporters.
While the US is likely to raise concerns over ‘lax’ implementation of India’s intellectual property laws, Sharma will be on a stronger wicket this time as the Obama administration is itself facing questions for overturning telecom giant Samsung’s patent rights recently.
Sharma and Froman are scheduled to meet on the sidelines of the ASEAN Economic Community Council Meeting in Brunei beginning Monday.
“We have raised the issue of visa restrictions earlier. But things continue to be bad for our IT professionals. The Minister will discuss these in addition to problems related to expiry of the duty-free export scheme,” a Commerce Department official told Business Line.
The US has, over the past two years, made it difficult for Indian IT companies such as Wipro, Infosys and TCS to carry out its work in the US. Under tough visa norms, not only have fees been increased several-fold for companies that have more than 50 per cent non-American employees, the Immigration Bill being debated by the US Congress could also impose steep fines on US-based Indian IT companies.
“Although IT body Nasscom has received assurances from various quarters that the Bill is being diluted and harmful provisions targeting Indian companies would be deleted, the Minister would also like to get the same assurance from the USTR,” the official said.
Read the full story at wwww.beralleshoes.com!
A recent example would be Scandal, the Kerry Washington-led drama written by Shonda Rhimes (of Grey's Anatomy fame); TVNZ has been showing a new episode each week through their on-demand portal, while promoting it through traditional broadcast channels. As a result, it's the second-most-popular show on the site.
The focus on on-demand isn't a mere excuse either. TVNZ have poured money into developing mobile apps for Apple and Samsung devices. I actually watched the third and fourth episodes of Scandal on my phone. It was fun trying it out, though I don't know how often I might go back to my mobile phone for a telly fix. The screen is too small.
There is a danger, though, that TVNZ could just be alienating viewers by scheduling a show like Orange Is the New Black at the ungodly time of 11.40pm, or launching a critical darling like Scandal (which picked up an Emmy nomination for Washington) through online outlets.
Let's face it: faith in broadcast networks is at an all-time low. Online content might be more popular than ever, but the overwhelming majority of viewers are still watching channels through traditional methods (albeit time-shifted in many cases). Does it really make sense to annoy the overwhelming majority of your viewers by scheduling at such an unsuitable time a show that they've been reading about for months? Or holding back a show so it can sit on a website?
Heck, I'm technologically capable of finding shows, and even I'm annoyed that Scandal is sitting on a website. If TVNZ has the show, why wouldn't they just play the damn show on a channel somewhere? Why make us wait even longer?
This isn't just a TVNZ thing. Mediaworks had a play with online-only fast-tracking by playing the first ever episode of New Girl on the Four website for a week before it aired (a marketing ploy adopted from US network Fox), and some SoHo shows have been available online ahead of their launch date.
Things seem to be moving online more and more often; even Orange Is the New Black lives exclusively online in most parts of the world, thanks to the emergence of Netflix. I believe that, eventually, online will be the only place to find good television (if not all television).
But I also think it's a bit soon to be abandoning traditional viewers entirely. On-demand is a shiny new toy, but we're still in the early-adoption phase. A better wholesale fashion shoes between the old and the new needs to be found.
Union Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma will meet US Trade Representative Michael Froman this week to discuss India’s concerns related to additional visa restrictions on IT professionals, increased cases of visa rejections and expiry of duty-free benefit scheme for its exporters.
While the US is likely to raise concerns over ‘lax’ implementation of India’s intellectual property laws, Sharma will be on a stronger wicket this time as the Obama administration is itself facing questions for overturning telecom giant Samsung’s patent rights recently.
Sharma and Froman are scheduled to meet on the sidelines of the ASEAN Economic Community Council Meeting in Brunei beginning Monday.
“We have raised the issue of visa restrictions earlier. But things continue to be bad for our IT professionals. The Minister will discuss these in addition to problems related to expiry of the duty-free export scheme,” a Commerce Department official told Business Line.
The US has, over the past two years, made it difficult for Indian IT companies such as Wipro, Infosys and TCS to carry out its work in the US. Under tough visa norms, not only have fees been increased several-fold for companies that have more than 50 per cent non-American employees, the Immigration Bill being debated by the US Congress could also impose steep fines on US-based Indian IT companies.
“Although IT body Nasscom has received assurances from various quarters that the Bill is being diluted and harmful provisions targeting Indian companies would be deleted, the Minister would also like to get the same assurance from the USTR,” the official said.
Read the full story at wwww.beralleshoes.com!
2013年8月13日星期二
The news comes after multiple reports of iPhone
Now it's been confirmed the trade-in plan will be valid in the UK, Australia and Canada in addition to the US and China.
In the UK, a on-genuine charger can be exchanged for a genuine charger, although it will cost ￡8 to make the swap. A genuine Apple iPhone charger usually costs ￡15.
You can get a replacement charger per device you own (your device's srial number will be entered into the system) at the discounted rate and the offer lasts until October 18.
The news comes after multiple reports of iPhone owners being electrocuted by their charging iPhones.
This started with a 23-year-old flight attendant in China being killed by the shock from her charging iPhone after she answered it following a shower. Subsequently a 30-year-old man went into a coma after being zapped by his iPhone and most recently a woman in Australia also suffered an iPhone electrical shock which put her in hospital,wholesale fashion shoes though her injuries were the least severe of the three so far.
Investigations by Apple and local authorities have suggested that each incident was the result of the use of an unofficial third party charger, so Apple is taking action to try to prevent further injury to its customers.
As well as putting up guide pages on its websites showing what to look for to determine whether a charger is official or not, Apple has now announced its exchange program, starting from August 16 and running until October 18.
Under the scheme, users with unofficial chargers can go to an Apple Store or certified Apple service provider and trade their potentially dodgy unit for a shiny new Apple branded version at a cut price of $10 (￡6.51). After having your iPhone’s serial number validated you can get the reduced price for one charging cable for each of your iPhones, iPads or iPods.
Is Apple overreacting? Perhaps, but it’s also understandable given modern litigation culture that the company should want to minimise such incidents. It’s also bad for its PR and product image if people keep getting shocked by the devices even if it’s not actually Apple’s fault.
The increase in iPhone injury incidents is also being paralleled in rival products from Samsung, with multiple reports of Samsung Galaxy devices overheating and ‘exploding’.
A woman in Switzerland sustained extensive burns to her leg when a Samsung Galaxy S3 battery went supernova in her jeans pocket. Most recently a Samsung Galaxy S4 owner in China claimed his whole house burnt down when his device burst into flame.
Several of these incidents are believed to have been caused by third party battery packs.
It’s difficult to think of a way Apple, Samsung and other key mobile players could deal with the production of dodgy third party chargers and batteries, particularly as the majority will be being made in China, somewhere where the production of cheap, copycat clone products is very much the norm.
While in some cases there must remain an element of personal responsibility on the part of the buyer,it’s also likely true that in plenty of cases the cheap clone chargers are being pedalled as the real deal and the customers are understandably oblivious.
Click on their website www.beralleshoes.com for more information.
In the UK, a on-genuine charger can be exchanged for a genuine charger, although it will cost ￡8 to make the swap. A genuine Apple iPhone charger usually costs ￡15.
You can get a replacement charger per device you own (your device's srial number will be entered into the system) at the discounted rate and the offer lasts until October 18.
The news comes after multiple reports of iPhone owners being electrocuted by their charging iPhones.
This started with a 23-year-old flight attendant in China being killed by the shock from her charging iPhone after she answered it following a shower. Subsequently a 30-year-old man went into a coma after being zapped by his iPhone and most recently a woman in Australia also suffered an iPhone electrical shock which put her in hospital,wholesale fashion shoes though her injuries were the least severe of the three so far.
Investigations by Apple and local authorities have suggested that each incident was the result of the use of an unofficial third party charger, so Apple is taking action to try to prevent further injury to its customers.
As well as putting up guide pages on its websites showing what to look for to determine whether a charger is official or not, Apple has now announced its exchange program, starting from August 16 and running until October 18.
Under the scheme, users with unofficial chargers can go to an Apple Store or certified Apple service provider and trade their potentially dodgy unit for a shiny new Apple branded version at a cut price of $10 (￡6.51). After having your iPhone’s serial number validated you can get the reduced price for one charging cable for each of your iPhones, iPads or iPods.
Is Apple overreacting? Perhaps, but it’s also understandable given modern litigation culture that the company should want to minimise such incidents. It’s also bad for its PR and product image if people keep getting shocked by the devices even if it’s not actually Apple’s fault.
The increase in iPhone injury incidents is also being paralleled in rival products from Samsung, with multiple reports of Samsung Galaxy devices overheating and ‘exploding’.
A woman in Switzerland sustained extensive burns to her leg when a Samsung Galaxy S3 battery went supernova in her jeans pocket. Most recently a Samsung Galaxy S4 owner in China claimed his whole house burnt down when his device burst into flame.
Several of these incidents are believed to have been caused by third party battery packs.
It’s difficult to think of a way Apple, Samsung and other key mobile players could deal with the production of dodgy third party chargers and batteries, particularly as the majority will be being made in China, somewhere where the production of cheap, copycat clone products is very much the norm.
While in some cases there must remain an element of personal responsibility on the part of the buyer,it’s also likely true that in plenty of cases the cheap clone chargers are being pedalled as the real deal and the customers are understandably oblivious.
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2013年8月11日星期日
The companies have wielded an array of patents
The ruling could put pressure on the Obama administration, which only a few days earlier took the unusual step of vetoing an ITC ruling in favor of Samsung that would have barred the sale of some older Apple iPhones and iPads.
The administration will now have 60 days to decide whether to let the Samsung ban take effect. The impression of favoring domestic over foreign companies could raise trade tensions with Samsung's home country of South Korea.
Samsung, while expressing disappointment with the ruling, said the order won't hurt the availability of its products—an apparent reference to design changes made to remove infringing features from its smartphones and tablets.
"We have already taken measures to ensure that all of our products will continue to be available in the United States," a Samsung spokesman said.
Specific Samsung products affected by the ITC order weren't spelled out, though an earlier ruling by an agency judge pointed to older products that include the Galaxy S II smartphone and Galaxy 10.1 tablet. The order potentially could have an impact beyond older Samsung devices that Apple challenged at the time.
Friday's ruling is another setback to Samsung in its global patent battles with Apple. Earlier Friday, Samsung appeared to have a difficult time during an appeals court hearing in another patent fight between the two companies.
Legal experts say the Apple and Samsung cases are based on different kinds of patents that would justify different conclusions by the administration.
The ITC found that Samsung infringed on parts of one Apple patent that covers elements of swiping a finger across the display of a device, a key feature of nearly all smartphones and tablets. It also cited parts of another patent related to headphone jacks.
The ITC decision isn't a complete victory for Apple. The trade body rejected some claims made by Apple and absolved Samsung from infringing on patents associated with the most basic design of the iPhone.
In trying to persuade the ITC not to impose a ban, Samsung and partner Google Inc.—whose Android software is used by Samsung—warned of potential dire consequences for consumers and competition in the mobile market. Samsung, for example, argued that the ruling could cause widespread shortages of mobile phones, particularly among smaller U.S. carriers, "that would take many months to rectify."
But Samsung also has been working on adapting products so they would no longer infringe on Apple patents, a process known as designing or working around an order.
The ITC said Friday that its ban doesn't apply to the "adjudicated design around products" found not to infringe on claims of the two patents.
Apple and Samsung have been tangling in courts around the globe over patents since 2011. Tensions began building after Apple shook up the mobile-device market in 2007 with the iPhone and Samsung followed up with competing products.
The companies have wielded an array of patents against each other. For the most part, wholesale fashion shoes Apple has chosen to sue Samsung over patents covering the aesthetics or particular software features of its mobile devices. As part of its findings, the ITC overturned an administrative judge's earlier finding that Samsung infringed on a potentially important Apple patent on the shape of the iPhone.
"We are disappointed that the ITC has issued an exclusion order based on two of Apple's patents," said Adam Yates, the Samsung spokesman. "However, Apple has been stopped from trying to use its overbroad design patents to achieve a monopoly on rectangles and rounded corners."
Apple expressed satisfaction with the ruling. "With today's decision, the ITC has joined courts around the world in Japan, Korea, Germany, Netherlands and California by standing up for innovation and rejecting Samsung's blatant copying of Apple's products," a company spokeswoman said. "Protecting real innovation is what the patent system should be about."
Last week's veto by the Obama administration was the first of an ITC order in more than 25 years.
U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman made the decision based on policy concerns about companies obtaining product bans based on patents that cover technology used in industrywide standards. A spokeswoman for Mr. Froman said the trade representative would "begin a thorough interagency review process."
Friday's case doesn't raise the same issue about so-called standard-essential patents, but it still may raise political and trade sensitivities for the Obama administration. After last week's veto, the South Korean government said it would be closely watching the ITC's ruling Friday.
But Lyle Vander Schaaf, a specialist in ITC matters at the law firm Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione, predicted the order against Samsung won't be vetoed because of the different legal issues involved.
Read the full story at wwww.beralleshoes.com!
The administration will now have 60 days to decide whether to let the Samsung ban take effect. The impression of favoring domestic over foreign companies could raise trade tensions with Samsung's home country of South Korea.
Samsung, while expressing disappointment with the ruling, said the order won't hurt the availability of its products—an apparent reference to design changes made to remove infringing features from its smartphones and tablets.
"We have already taken measures to ensure that all of our products will continue to be available in the United States," a Samsung spokesman said.
Specific Samsung products affected by the ITC order weren't spelled out, though an earlier ruling by an agency judge pointed to older products that include the Galaxy S II smartphone and Galaxy 10.1 tablet. The order potentially could have an impact beyond older Samsung devices that Apple challenged at the time.
Friday's ruling is another setback to Samsung in its global patent battles with Apple. Earlier Friday, Samsung appeared to have a difficult time during an appeals court hearing in another patent fight between the two companies.
Legal experts say the Apple and Samsung cases are based on different kinds of patents that would justify different conclusions by the administration.
The ITC found that Samsung infringed on parts of one Apple patent that covers elements of swiping a finger across the display of a device, a key feature of nearly all smartphones and tablets. It also cited parts of another patent related to headphone jacks.
The ITC decision isn't a complete victory for Apple. The trade body rejected some claims made by Apple and absolved Samsung from infringing on patents associated with the most basic design of the iPhone.
In trying to persuade the ITC not to impose a ban, Samsung and partner Google Inc.—whose Android software is used by Samsung—warned of potential dire consequences for consumers and competition in the mobile market. Samsung, for example, argued that the ruling could cause widespread shortages of mobile phones, particularly among smaller U.S. carriers, "that would take many months to rectify."
But Samsung also has been working on adapting products so they would no longer infringe on Apple patents, a process known as designing or working around an order.
The ITC said Friday that its ban doesn't apply to the "adjudicated design around products" found not to infringe on claims of the two patents.
Apple and Samsung have been tangling in courts around the globe over patents since 2011. Tensions began building after Apple shook up the mobile-device market in 2007 with the iPhone and Samsung followed up with competing products.
The companies have wielded an array of patents against each other. For the most part, wholesale fashion shoes Apple has chosen to sue Samsung over patents covering the aesthetics or particular software features of its mobile devices. As part of its findings, the ITC overturned an administrative judge's earlier finding that Samsung infringed on a potentially important Apple patent on the shape of the iPhone.
"We are disappointed that the ITC has issued an exclusion order based on two of Apple's patents," said Adam Yates, the Samsung spokesman. "However, Apple has been stopped from trying to use its overbroad design patents to achieve a monopoly on rectangles and rounded corners."
Apple expressed satisfaction with the ruling. "With today's decision, the ITC has joined courts around the world in Japan, Korea, Germany, Netherlands and California by standing up for innovation and rejecting Samsung's blatant copying of Apple's products," a company spokeswoman said. "Protecting real innovation is what the patent system should be about."
Last week's veto by the Obama administration was the first of an ITC order in more than 25 years.
U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman made the decision based on policy concerns about companies obtaining product bans based on patents that cover technology used in industrywide standards. A spokeswoman for Mr. Froman said the trade representative would "begin a thorough interagency review process."
Friday's case doesn't raise the same issue about so-called standard-essential patents, but it still may raise political and trade sensitivities for the Obama administration. After last week's veto, the South Korean government said it would be closely watching the ITC's ruling Friday.
But Lyle Vander Schaaf, a specialist in ITC matters at the law firm Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione, predicted the order against Samsung won't be vetoed because of the different legal issues involved.
Read the full story at wwww.beralleshoes.com!
2013年8月8日星期四
while not turning on the full processor
Take the Moto X. On paper, the specs are fairly mid-range. The 4.7-inch, 720p AMOLED display would have been high-end a year ago, but now it falls behind the 5-inch 1080p screens we've seen from others. But it does allow Motorola to offer a smaller phone, and many people like that. The 1.7GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro was similarly high-end a year ago, but has since been supplanted by more powerful processors, even within the Snapdragon family. Motorola chose to supplement this in its "X8" chipset, which adds two digital signal processors (DSPs), one for "contextual processing" to handle sensors, and another for voice processing.
And rather than just offering the standard selection of two or three colors, Motorola introduced its Moto Maker program in which you can customize the colors of the front and back covers, choose an accent cover for buttons, and add a unique signature. It sounds like the difference between ordering a car and just driving one off from the showroom. For now, this will only be available on the AT&T version, but it's certainly different.
Perhaps more impressive are the software features, some of which take advantage of that new chipset.
To take a picture, you don't have to unlock the phone or even click a special button. Instead, you can just twist your phone in a particular way and the camera app opens. The rest of the phone remains locked so there isn't a security issue. When you pick up the phone, it shows a minimal display with the time and some basic information, while not turning on the full processor.
It's also constantly listening, so you can say "OK Google Now" and the phone will immediately start processing your request, assuming, of course, it has Internet connectivity and can understand what you are asking for. Again, this is easier than unlocking the phone and looking for the app.
The LG G2 has much better specs. It has a 5.2-inch IPS LCD display with a 1,920-by-1,080 resolution and a dual-controller touch panel that allows the display to be thinner,women shoes manufacturer with a bezel that is only 0.1 inches (2.65mm) wide. It says the display uses lower power graphics RAM and has more subpixels than OLED displays, which typically use some form of Samsung's PenTile technology for subpixels, and thus it looks better close up. A 5.2-inch display with a small bezel gives it a width of 2.7 inches, which LG says is the largest a typical person can navigate with one hand.
The G2 has a battery that fits around the available space behind the screen in a new fashion, allowing more capacity in the same space. In both of these areas, it looks like LG is taking advantage of being part of a family of companies including one that makes displays (LG Display) and one that makes batteries (LG Chem), much the way that Samsung has used its expertise in OLED displays, memory, and in some cases processors to define its phones. In addition, this will be the first worldwide phone to use the latest Qualcomm processor, the 2.3GHz Snapdragon 800, which supports LTE-Advanced with channel aggregation. I'm sure that's going to be in many other devices but for now, LG gets bragging rights.
What really stood out was the emphasis on usability features. LG uses the slogan "Learning from you" and LG Mobile CEO Jong-seok Park stood up to say, "technology without empathy can no longer be considered innovation."
The biggest change in the design is that all of the buttons have been removed from the side of the phone, replaced by a single rear key. This button sits about where you would normally place your index finger on the back of the phone and serves as a power button, volume control, and camera trigger. LG says removing the button from the side makes you less likely to drop the phone. It's a little change, but certainly interesting.
Click on their website www.beralleshoes.com for more information.
And rather than just offering the standard selection of two or three colors, Motorola introduced its Moto Maker program in which you can customize the colors of the front and back covers, choose an accent cover for buttons, and add a unique signature. It sounds like the difference between ordering a car and just driving one off from the showroom. For now, this will only be available on the AT&T version, but it's certainly different.
Perhaps more impressive are the software features, some of which take advantage of that new chipset.
To take a picture, you don't have to unlock the phone or even click a special button. Instead, you can just twist your phone in a particular way and the camera app opens. The rest of the phone remains locked so there isn't a security issue. When you pick up the phone, it shows a minimal display with the time and some basic information, while not turning on the full processor.
It's also constantly listening, so you can say "OK Google Now" and the phone will immediately start processing your request, assuming, of course, it has Internet connectivity and can understand what you are asking for. Again, this is easier than unlocking the phone and looking for the app.
The LG G2 has much better specs. It has a 5.2-inch IPS LCD display with a 1,920-by-1,080 resolution and a dual-controller touch panel that allows the display to be thinner,women shoes manufacturer with a bezel that is only 0.1 inches (2.65mm) wide. It says the display uses lower power graphics RAM and has more subpixels than OLED displays, which typically use some form of Samsung's PenTile technology for subpixels, and thus it looks better close up. A 5.2-inch display with a small bezel gives it a width of 2.7 inches, which LG says is the largest a typical person can navigate with one hand.
The G2 has a battery that fits around the available space behind the screen in a new fashion, allowing more capacity in the same space. In both of these areas, it looks like LG is taking advantage of being part of a family of companies including one that makes displays (LG Display) and one that makes batteries (LG Chem), much the way that Samsung has used its expertise in OLED displays, memory, and in some cases processors to define its phones. In addition, this will be the first worldwide phone to use the latest Qualcomm processor, the 2.3GHz Snapdragon 800, which supports LTE-Advanced with channel aggregation. I'm sure that's going to be in many other devices but for now, LG gets bragging rights.
What really stood out was the emphasis on usability features. LG uses the slogan "Learning from you" and LG Mobile CEO Jong-seok Park stood up to say, "technology without empathy can no longer be considered innovation."
The biggest change in the design is that all of the buttons have been removed from the side of the phone, replaced by a single rear key. This button sits about where you would normally place your index finger on the back of the phone and serves as a power button, volume control, and camera trigger. LG says removing the button from the side makes you less likely to drop the phone. It's a little change, but certainly interesting.
Click on their website www.beralleshoes.com for more information.
2013年8月6日星期二
If you turn on the Assist feature
An unfamiliar phone alarm noise interrupted a comedy show in Huntington Beach on Monday night, said Allison Sciulla, a 24-year-old writer and stand-up comic, who performed at the show.
The blare interrupted the routine of another comic speaking on stage, Sciulla recalled, causing the comic to turn toward the guilty audience member and ask: “What kind of ringtone is that? Do you have a tiny ambulance in your pocket?"
California issued an Amber Alert to cell phones across the state on Monday night — and in some cases early Tuesday — causing many devices to beep and buzz.
The man in the audience, looking embarrassed, said he had no idea what the sound was, Sciulla said.
“People laughed when he called it out because we didn’t really know what was going on,” she said.
Sciulla had also received the message, which notified Californians of the license number for a suspect believed to have abducted two missing children in San Diego.
She thinks such messages are important and excused the audience member's mishap.
“You get a free pass. Someone’s in trouble,” she said.
The alerts woke up some people as they tried to sleep Monday night.
Renae Bowman, 25, of Granada Hills, says she received the alert 12 times overnight. Even after turning her Samsung Galaxy to vibrate, the vibrating noise continued to disturb her sleep.
“If I only get it once, I think it’s an amazing idea,” said Bowman, noting that the alerts could have included more information. “I don’t want to have it over and over and over again.”
Florida resident Karina Motes, 32, heard the sound when her plane landed at LAX airport and she turned on her phone.
The noise was alarming to hear on a plane, she said.
“I think everybody is already jumpy on an airplane,” she said. “A couple of people might have heard it and maybe even become a little disconcerted.”
Her husband, Bart, also received three messages at once, "like bam, bam, bam," he said, but his were silenced.
Waiting in the LAX airport for his next flight toward home, he received seven more.
"The system maybe needs to be refined a little bit," Bart said, but he noted that once his initial annoyance subsided, he found the message helpful.
While you’re online, you can also order color-matched cases and earbuds, specify the wallpaper you want or request an engraved message for the back. For now, only AT&T offers the color choices. Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile will offer only black or white until later this year.
You get your customized phone within four days, courtesy of Feature 2: it’s assembled right here in these United States. The components are still made in Asia, but they’re put together in Texas — you can lose less sleep worrying about underpaid Chinese workers.
Feature 3 is the most useful: touchless mode. As with Siri on the iPhone, you can command the phone to dial a number, send a text, open an app, set your alarm, look up a fact on the Web, and so on.
But unlike Siri, you don’t hold down a button to speak. The phone is always listening, even when it’s in your car’s cup holder.
It works remarkably well, as long as you precede your command with the salutation, “O.K., Google Now.” Without ever taking your eyes off the road, you can say, “O.K., Google Now. Give me directions to the Empire State Building.” Or, “O.K., Google Now. Remind me at 8 p.m. to give the dog his pill.” Or, “O.K., Google Now. Make an appointment for Thursday at noon with Bob.”
This truly inspired idea is a leap forward in both safety and convenience. It owes its success to a special chip that does nothing but listen all day long. It does, however, come with fine print.
For example, you have to train the phone to recognize your voice. In a silent room, you have to say “O.K., Google Now” exactly the same way three times.
If you’ve password-protected your phone, this feature loses much of its power. It won’t execute most commands until you first pick it up and unlock it. So much for touchless.
And Android’s voice commands are still no match for Siri. The phone recognizes the basics, like “Wake me at 7:30 a.m,” “Open Angry Birds,” “What’s Google’s stock price?” and “Check the forecast for Memphis on Friday.”
Unlike Siri, though, it can’t speak answers to queries about movies, sports and restaurants. It doesn’t recognize “Read my new text messages,” “Add pickles to my grocery list” or “Tweet, ‘I just saw a double rainbow.’ ” Android just doesn’t have the smarts.
Or the personality. Try saying “Tell me a joke” or “Do you believe in love?” or “Open the pod bay doors, Hal” to Siri; you’ll get hilarious replies. By comparison, the Moto X feels lobotomized.
But the Moto X does come with superb situational awareness.If you turn on the Assist feature, the phone changes modes according to the time and place: Driving, Meeting and Sleeping.
In Driving mode, the phone detects that you’re in motion. It starts reading new text messages aloud, routing calls to the speakerphone and, if you like, responding to calls with an automatic text message: “I’m driving and will get back to you soon.”
In Meeting mode, the phone knows when you’re in a meeting or at a show by consulting your calendar. During those hours, the phone mutes itself and can respond with a text message. (“In a meeting. I’ll get back to you soon.”) Smart little software!
Sleeping mode, as the name implies, mutes the phone during bedtime hours that you specify. (In Meeting and Sleeping modes, you can choose to make exceptions for Favorites and when a caller urgently redials.)
Feature 4: Motorola observed that many people wake their phones many times a day just to check the time or missed messages. The Moto X displays this information briefly — the time and an icon for a missed event — every time you move it. You don’t have to press a button; just pull it from your pocket or lift it from the desk. The company says that there’s practically no penalty to the battery life (which is about the same as its rivals: you have to charge it every night).
If that screen shows an icon, you can hold down your finger on it to view the details. Or swipe upward to open the corresponding app to reply. Sadly, this feature shows you only one notification — the most recent.
Feature 5: You can fire up the Camera app by twitching your wrist a couple of times, as though trying to dislodge a mosquito; it works whether the phone is on or off. Within two seconds, you’re ready to take a shot by tapping anywhere on the screen.
That’s wonderful,women shoes manufacturer and so is the streamlined app itself. But the camera leaves something to be desired. It does a ridiculous amount of focus hunting, so you get blurriness sometimes, and the videos are a bit soft.
It’s nice that Motorola is focused on polishing up a few innovative features that you’ll really use; this isn’t the Samsung Galaxy S4, weighed down by a bunch of unreliable gimmickware. It’s nice that the phone has a splash-resistant coating. It’s also nice that, because this is a Google phone, you’ll be able to upgrade it promptly to new Android versions as they come along. That’s often untrue of the Android phones from other companies.
Read the full story at wwww.beralleshoes.com!
The blare interrupted the routine of another comic speaking on stage, Sciulla recalled, causing the comic to turn toward the guilty audience member and ask: “What kind of ringtone is that? Do you have a tiny ambulance in your pocket?"
California issued an Amber Alert to cell phones across the state on Monday night — and in some cases early Tuesday — causing many devices to beep and buzz.
The man in the audience, looking embarrassed, said he had no idea what the sound was, Sciulla said.
“People laughed when he called it out because we didn’t really know what was going on,” she said.
Sciulla had also received the message, which notified Californians of the license number for a suspect believed to have abducted two missing children in San Diego.
She thinks such messages are important and excused the audience member's mishap.
“You get a free pass. Someone’s in trouble,” she said.
The alerts woke up some people as they tried to sleep Monday night.
Renae Bowman, 25, of Granada Hills, says she received the alert 12 times overnight. Even after turning her Samsung Galaxy to vibrate, the vibrating noise continued to disturb her sleep.
“If I only get it once, I think it’s an amazing idea,” said Bowman, noting that the alerts could have included more information. “I don’t want to have it over and over and over again.”
Florida resident Karina Motes, 32, heard the sound when her plane landed at LAX airport and she turned on her phone.
The noise was alarming to hear on a plane, she said.
“I think everybody is already jumpy on an airplane,” she said. “A couple of people might have heard it and maybe even become a little disconcerted.”
Her husband, Bart, also received three messages at once, "like bam, bam, bam," he said, but his were silenced.
Waiting in the LAX airport for his next flight toward home, he received seven more.
"The system maybe needs to be refined a little bit," Bart said, but he noted that once his initial annoyance subsided, he found the message helpful.
While you’re online, you can also order color-matched cases and earbuds, specify the wallpaper you want or request an engraved message for the back. For now, only AT&T offers the color choices. Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile will offer only black or white until later this year.
You get your customized phone within four days, courtesy of Feature 2: it’s assembled right here in these United States. The components are still made in Asia, but they’re put together in Texas — you can lose less sleep worrying about underpaid Chinese workers.
Feature 3 is the most useful: touchless mode. As with Siri on the iPhone, you can command the phone to dial a number, send a text, open an app, set your alarm, look up a fact on the Web, and so on.
But unlike Siri, you don’t hold down a button to speak. The phone is always listening, even when it’s in your car’s cup holder.
It works remarkably well, as long as you precede your command with the salutation, “O.K., Google Now.” Without ever taking your eyes off the road, you can say, “O.K., Google Now. Give me directions to the Empire State Building.” Or, “O.K., Google Now. Remind me at 8 p.m. to give the dog his pill.” Or, “O.K., Google Now. Make an appointment for Thursday at noon with Bob.”
This truly inspired idea is a leap forward in both safety and convenience. It owes its success to a special chip that does nothing but listen all day long. It does, however, come with fine print.
For example, you have to train the phone to recognize your voice. In a silent room, you have to say “O.K., Google Now” exactly the same way three times.
If you’ve password-protected your phone, this feature loses much of its power. It won’t execute most commands until you first pick it up and unlock it. So much for touchless.
And Android’s voice commands are still no match for Siri. The phone recognizes the basics, like “Wake me at 7:30 a.m,” “Open Angry Birds,” “What’s Google’s stock price?” and “Check the forecast for Memphis on Friday.”
Unlike Siri, though, it can’t speak answers to queries about movies, sports and restaurants. It doesn’t recognize “Read my new text messages,” “Add pickles to my grocery list” or “Tweet, ‘I just saw a double rainbow.’ ” Android just doesn’t have the smarts.
Or the personality. Try saying “Tell me a joke” or “Do you believe in love?” or “Open the pod bay doors, Hal” to Siri; you’ll get hilarious replies. By comparison, the Moto X feels lobotomized.
But the Moto X does come with superb situational awareness.If you turn on the Assist feature, the phone changes modes according to the time and place: Driving, Meeting and Sleeping.
In Driving mode, the phone detects that you’re in motion. It starts reading new text messages aloud, routing calls to the speakerphone and, if you like, responding to calls with an automatic text message: “I’m driving and will get back to you soon.”
In Meeting mode, the phone knows when you’re in a meeting or at a show by consulting your calendar. During those hours, the phone mutes itself and can respond with a text message. (“In a meeting. I’ll get back to you soon.”) Smart little software!
Sleeping mode, as the name implies, mutes the phone during bedtime hours that you specify. (In Meeting and Sleeping modes, you can choose to make exceptions for Favorites and when a caller urgently redials.)
Feature 4: Motorola observed that many people wake their phones many times a day just to check the time or missed messages. The Moto X displays this information briefly — the time and an icon for a missed event — every time you move it. You don’t have to press a button; just pull it from your pocket or lift it from the desk. The company says that there’s practically no penalty to the battery life (which is about the same as its rivals: you have to charge it every night).
If that screen shows an icon, you can hold down your finger on it to view the details. Or swipe upward to open the corresponding app to reply. Sadly, this feature shows you only one notification — the most recent.
Feature 5: You can fire up the Camera app by twitching your wrist a couple of times, as though trying to dislodge a mosquito; it works whether the phone is on or off. Within two seconds, you’re ready to take a shot by tapping anywhere on the screen.
That’s wonderful,women shoes manufacturer and so is the streamlined app itself. But the camera leaves something to be desired. It does a ridiculous amount of focus hunting, so you get blurriness sometimes, and the videos are a bit soft.
It’s nice that Motorola is focused on polishing up a few innovative features that you’ll really use; this isn’t the Samsung Galaxy S4, weighed down by a bunch of unreliable gimmickware. It’s nice that the phone has a splash-resistant coating. It’s also nice that, because this is a Google phone, you’ll be able to upgrade it promptly to new Android versions as they come along. That’s often untrue of the Android phones from other companies.
Read the full story at wwww.beralleshoes.com!
2013年8月4日星期日
This is business and these are contracts
exing questions continue to swirl around the fate of the largest forest restoration project in history, but news of the reopening of a two shuttered power plants in Snowflake have boosted the hopes of advocates.
Supporters of forest restoration hailed the announcement this week that a company controlled by Arizona State Sen. Bob Worsley will reopen the 24-megawatt Snowflake Power Plant, which will provide a market for small trees and restore about 100 jobs to the hard-pressed rural White Mountains community.
Worsley said he would also reopen an adjacent 80-megawatt coal-fired plant, after converting it to natural gas or installing pollution control equipment.
However, an adjacent, shuttered recycled paper mill will be dismantled by its Canadian owners.
The opening of the 24-megawatt power plant will provide a local market for the millions of tons of small-diameter trees that must be harvested to restore Northern Arizona’s sapling-choked forests.
“This is very good news,” said Cathie Schmidlin, a Forest Service spokesperson.
spokesperson. “There will be material going to this plant” from the Four Forest Restoration Initiative (4FRI).
Worsley said he has 10-year agreements with Arizona Public Service and the Salt River Project to buy power generated by burning wood in the Snowflake plant. Not only will the harvest of those pine thickets provide energy, but the thinning will remove enough trees to increase runoff — restoring streams and ultimately putting more water in SRP’s reservoirs along the Salt and Verde rivers.
Worsley said local investors put up $12 million to restart the two energy-producing plants and buy 7,000 acres nearby to serve as a landfill for the ash produced. The move should immediately restore 35 jobs in the wood-burning power plant and create another 65 jobs for crews to thin the surrounding forest.
Previously, the struggling White Mountain Stewardship Project provided wood to the operation. That project relied on a Forest Service subsidy of about $800 per acre and federal budget constraints sharply limited the amount of forest thinned. However, buffer zones created by that thinning project essentially saved Alpine and Springerville from the Wallow Fire. The thinned areas forced a racing crown fire to drop to the ground, where fire crews stopped it.
However, reopening at least one of the Snowflake facilities still doesn’t solve the problems facing the massive 4FRI project, tangled in a dispute about whether the Forest Service picked the wrong contractor.
The U.S. Forest Service continues to contemplate a request to transfer the contract to thin 300,000 acres from Pioneer Forest Products to a still-unnamed other company. Ultimately, the project will encompass some 2 million acres on the Tonto, Coconino, Kaibab and Apache-Sitgreaves Forests.
Gila County Supervisor Tommie Martin said a long delay on a contract transfer that winds up with another flawed business plan puts the future of the county at risk.
She noted that Northern Gila County generates 65 to 75 percent of the economic activity in the county, but remains “100 percent vulnerable to wildfire. We’re talking about people’s homes,wholesale fashion shoes which are their nest eggs. Not only will it bankrupt the county were it to burn, but it will bankrupt a whole lot of people at the same time. This is not some esoteric argument — the value of our homes is at stake. Even if your house doesn’t burn — and the forest burns around it — you’ve lost major assessed value.”
Critics initially greeted the news of a contract transfer with optimism, but for some that hope waned as details emerged.
Martin played a key role in developing the 4FRI consensus. She said she feared the new contractor will stick with Pioneer’s controversial plan based on using small trees and brush to make finger-jointed furniture and either diesel or jet fuel. She cited a recent presentation to the 4FRI stakeholders by one of Pioneer’s partners — a European firm called Concord Blue. The company claims it can make $2-a-gallon jet fuel from wood chips, which Martin characterized as “horsefeathers.”
Speaking for the Forest Service’s regional contracting office, Schmidlin said federal contracting rules require the Forest Service to negotiate for the contract transfer privately and preclude release of Pioneer’s business plan — or the identity of the company Pioneer wants to transfer the contract to.
“This is business and these are contracts,” she said. “What we do is guided by federal acquisition regulations and I don’t believe that regulation allows for public comments. We must make the decision in terms of what is in the best interests of the government. I recognize there’s a lot of interest in this and there are a lot of people interested in seeing this moving forward so we can see these forests thinned.”
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Supporters of forest restoration hailed the announcement this week that a company controlled by Arizona State Sen. Bob Worsley will reopen the 24-megawatt Snowflake Power Plant, which will provide a market for small trees and restore about 100 jobs to the hard-pressed rural White Mountains community.
Worsley said he would also reopen an adjacent 80-megawatt coal-fired plant, after converting it to natural gas or installing pollution control equipment.
However, an adjacent, shuttered recycled paper mill will be dismantled by its Canadian owners.
The opening of the 24-megawatt power plant will provide a local market for the millions of tons of small-diameter trees that must be harvested to restore Northern Arizona’s sapling-choked forests.
“This is very good news,” said Cathie Schmidlin, a Forest Service spokesperson.
spokesperson. “There will be material going to this plant” from the Four Forest Restoration Initiative (4FRI).
Worsley said he has 10-year agreements with Arizona Public Service and the Salt River Project to buy power generated by burning wood in the Snowflake plant. Not only will the harvest of those pine thickets provide energy, but the thinning will remove enough trees to increase runoff — restoring streams and ultimately putting more water in SRP’s reservoirs along the Salt and Verde rivers.
Worsley said local investors put up $12 million to restart the two energy-producing plants and buy 7,000 acres nearby to serve as a landfill for the ash produced. The move should immediately restore 35 jobs in the wood-burning power plant and create another 65 jobs for crews to thin the surrounding forest.
Previously, the struggling White Mountain Stewardship Project provided wood to the operation. That project relied on a Forest Service subsidy of about $800 per acre and federal budget constraints sharply limited the amount of forest thinned. However, buffer zones created by that thinning project essentially saved Alpine and Springerville from the Wallow Fire. The thinned areas forced a racing crown fire to drop to the ground, where fire crews stopped it.
However, reopening at least one of the Snowflake facilities still doesn’t solve the problems facing the massive 4FRI project, tangled in a dispute about whether the Forest Service picked the wrong contractor.
The U.S. Forest Service continues to contemplate a request to transfer the contract to thin 300,000 acres from Pioneer Forest Products to a still-unnamed other company. Ultimately, the project will encompass some 2 million acres on the Tonto, Coconino, Kaibab and Apache-Sitgreaves Forests.
Gila County Supervisor Tommie Martin said a long delay on a contract transfer that winds up with another flawed business plan puts the future of the county at risk.
She noted that Northern Gila County generates 65 to 75 percent of the economic activity in the county, but remains “100 percent vulnerable to wildfire. We’re talking about people’s homes,wholesale fashion shoes which are their nest eggs. Not only will it bankrupt the county were it to burn, but it will bankrupt a whole lot of people at the same time. This is not some esoteric argument — the value of our homes is at stake. Even if your house doesn’t burn — and the forest burns around it — you’ve lost major assessed value.”
Critics initially greeted the news of a contract transfer with optimism, but for some that hope waned as details emerged.
Martin played a key role in developing the 4FRI consensus. She said she feared the new contractor will stick with Pioneer’s controversial plan based on using small trees and brush to make finger-jointed furniture and either diesel or jet fuel. She cited a recent presentation to the 4FRI stakeholders by one of Pioneer’s partners — a European firm called Concord Blue. The company claims it can make $2-a-gallon jet fuel from wood chips, which Martin characterized as “horsefeathers.”
Speaking for the Forest Service’s regional contracting office, Schmidlin said federal contracting rules require the Forest Service to negotiate for the contract transfer privately and preclude release of Pioneer’s business plan — or the identity of the company Pioneer wants to transfer the contract to.
“This is business and these are contracts,” she said. “What we do is guided by federal acquisition regulations and I don’t believe that regulation allows for public comments. We must make the decision in terms of what is in the best interests of the government. I recognize there’s a lot of interest in this and there are a lot of people interested in seeing this moving forward so we can see these forests thinned.”
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2013年8月1日星期四
RootMetrics has no network bias
RootMetrics. AT&T noted that RootMetrics awarded it best overall
call, text and data performance in several markets when it claimed the
title of “nation’s most reliable” network in a press release that drew
response from Verizon. “Reliable” looks good on a network even if it can
leave consumers scratching their heads.
But as RootMetrics CEO Bill Moore pointed out, the rigorous tests his company runs on the nation’s wireless networks are first and foremost in the public interest.
“We’re out to represent the consumer. It’s all about consumer advocacy,” Moore said. “Everything we look at is from that consumer perspective.”
That means that all the data RootMetrics generates from its testing is provided for free to consumers. And it’s a lot of data, coming in the form of reports (for each market and in summation) and coverage maps. It’s all available online or via free mobile applications for iOS and Android.
RootMetrics just completed the first half of its year, covering 125 of the top markets in the U.S., a geographic segment home to 177 million wireless consumers. RootMetrics takes an off-the-shelf Android device—whichever benchmarks as the best for each network, that in most cases was a Samsung Galaxy device—and tests the voice, text and data service of each network in all conceivable locations, times and conditions.
“When we go out and do our direct testing, we do it on a level playing field for all the carriers,” Moore said.
RootMetrics time-syncs the tests as well to make sure the four big carriers are all being tested simultaneously. Running the same tests in the same place at the same time on the same device on all four carriers is the big distinction that sest RootMetrics apart from other network testers, Moore said. He added that running the call, text and data test on the same device is important for RootMetrics because that’s exactly how consumers use their devices.
When the testing is finished, the reports are made and the maps are updated and RootMetrics begins the next six-month cycle of testing, hitting the same 125 markets again. But first, RootMetrics hands out awards for call, text, data and best overall in each market. Not too surprisingly, AT&T and Verizon trounced Sprint and T-Mobile in RootMetrics newest reports. Still, Moore is careful to reiterate that RootMetrics has no network bias.
“All of our methodology is transparent in our reports. We are not only a consumer advocate, if you will, we are fiercely independent,” Moore said. “No one tells us how to do our methodology. We get it validated and we have PhD statisticians on staff on ensure we do this with high statistical integrity. And we’re very transparent about what we do.”
Moore added that RootMetrics is much more comprehensive than the “woefully inadequate” tests performed by its competitors. He was equally skeptical about the lofty claims of reliability some carriers throw around.
“There’s a lot of claims out there right now about what reliability is,” Moore said. “And we think there’s a small amount of definition about what [reliability] means or no definition at all.”
Moore said RootMetrics aims to shore up the ambiguity by soon publishing a set of standards defining network reliability. RootMetrics’ definition of reliability will be based on its own findings as well as consumer input.
“We’re going to make very clear what we think is not very clear as a standard in a consumer’s mind,” Moore said.
their first new flagship product since partnering with Google last year. Moto X will be assembled in America at a new plant in Texas and will try to muscle into a hyper-competitive mobile market dominated by Apple and Samsung. One of the key selling points for the Moto X is customization. Buyers can select from more than 2000 combinations of exterior case colors, wholesale fashion shoes,wood covers, even special wallpaper and inscriptions. Motorola also partnered with Sol Republic to create a line of Moto X accessories like headphones, speakers, cases and docks. The Moto X runs on Android and features technology like enhanced touchless voice controls, active displays, and a quick camera capture mode triggered by a flick of the wrist. The starting price of the Moto X is $199 with a two year contract and will be available in the U.S. starting in late August or early September.
A $60 million research ship funded by a Google executive is setting sail from San Francisco to study a so-called "dead zone" in the Pacific Ocean and other mysteries of the sea. The San Francisco Chronicle reports the 272-foot vessel called Falkor was scheduled to leave port Thursday. The ship carries an unmanned submarine that will travel deep into the ocean off Vancouver Island to study an area where all sea life dies each year from a periodic lack of oxygen. And scientists working aboard the Falkor are treated to amenities not found on the usual research ship: a sauna and down-filled bunks among them. The Falkor is funded by the Schmidt Ocean Science Institute, which was co-founded by Google executive Eric Schmidt and his wife, Wendy.
Netflix is introducing a long-awaited feature that will make it easier for the Internet video service to track and analyze the viewing habits of people sharing the same $8-per-month account. The tool coming out Thursday can splinter a single Netflix account into up to five different profiles at no additional charge. The Los Gatos, Calif., company is hoping its 37.6 million worldwide subscribers will use the profiles feature because it will help Netflix's recommendation system gain a better understanding of the different tastes of viewers using the same account. The feature initially will only be available on Netflix Inc.'s own website and several other viewing outlets, including the iPad, iPhone, Apple TV, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Apple TV and some smart TV models.
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But as RootMetrics CEO Bill Moore pointed out, the rigorous tests his company runs on the nation’s wireless networks are first and foremost in the public interest.
“We’re out to represent the consumer. It’s all about consumer advocacy,” Moore said. “Everything we look at is from that consumer perspective.”
That means that all the data RootMetrics generates from its testing is provided for free to consumers. And it’s a lot of data, coming in the form of reports (for each market and in summation) and coverage maps. It’s all available online or via free mobile applications for iOS and Android.
RootMetrics just completed the first half of its year, covering 125 of the top markets in the U.S., a geographic segment home to 177 million wireless consumers. RootMetrics takes an off-the-shelf Android device—whichever benchmarks as the best for each network, that in most cases was a Samsung Galaxy device—and tests the voice, text and data service of each network in all conceivable locations, times and conditions.
“When we go out and do our direct testing, we do it on a level playing field for all the carriers,” Moore said.
RootMetrics time-syncs the tests as well to make sure the four big carriers are all being tested simultaneously. Running the same tests in the same place at the same time on the same device on all four carriers is the big distinction that sest RootMetrics apart from other network testers, Moore said. He added that running the call, text and data test on the same device is important for RootMetrics because that’s exactly how consumers use their devices.
When the testing is finished, the reports are made and the maps are updated and RootMetrics begins the next six-month cycle of testing, hitting the same 125 markets again. But first, RootMetrics hands out awards for call, text, data and best overall in each market. Not too surprisingly, AT&T and Verizon trounced Sprint and T-Mobile in RootMetrics newest reports. Still, Moore is careful to reiterate that RootMetrics has no network bias.
“All of our methodology is transparent in our reports. We are not only a consumer advocate, if you will, we are fiercely independent,” Moore said. “No one tells us how to do our methodology. We get it validated and we have PhD statisticians on staff on ensure we do this with high statistical integrity. And we’re very transparent about what we do.”
Moore added that RootMetrics is much more comprehensive than the “woefully inadequate” tests performed by its competitors. He was equally skeptical about the lofty claims of reliability some carriers throw around.
“There’s a lot of claims out there right now about what reliability is,” Moore said. “And we think there’s a small amount of definition about what [reliability] means or no definition at all.”
Moore said RootMetrics aims to shore up the ambiguity by soon publishing a set of standards defining network reliability. RootMetrics’ definition of reliability will be based on its own findings as well as consumer input.
“We’re going to make very clear what we think is not very clear as a standard in a consumer’s mind,” Moore said.
their first new flagship product since partnering with Google last year. Moto X will be assembled in America at a new plant in Texas and will try to muscle into a hyper-competitive mobile market dominated by Apple and Samsung. One of the key selling points for the Moto X is customization. Buyers can select from more than 2000 combinations of exterior case colors, wholesale fashion shoes,wood covers, even special wallpaper and inscriptions. Motorola also partnered with Sol Republic to create a line of Moto X accessories like headphones, speakers, cases and docks. The Moto X runs on Android and features technology like enhanced touchless voice controls, active displays, and a quick camera capture mode triggered by a flick of the wrist. The starting price of the Moto X is $199 with a two year contract and will be available in the U.S. starting in late August or early September.
A $60 million research ship funded by a Google executive is setting sail from San Francisco to study a so-called "dead zone" in the Pacific Ocean and other mysteries of the sea. The San Francisco Chronicle reports the 272-foot vessel called Falkor was scheduled to leave port Thursday. The ship carries an unmanned submarine that will travel deep into the ocean off Vancouver Island to study an area where all sea life dies each year from a periodic lack of oxygen. And scientists working aboard the Falkor are treated to amenities not found on the usual research ship: a sauna and down-filled bunks among them. The Falkor is funded by the Schmidt Ocean Science Institute, which was co-founded by Google executive Eric Schmidt and his wife, Wendy.
Netflix is introducing a long-awaited feature that will make it easier for the Internet video service to track and analyze the viewing habits of people sharing the same $8-per-month account. The tool coming out Thursday can splinter a single Netflix account into up to five different profiles at no additional charge. The Los Gatos, Calif., company is hoping its 37.6 million worldwide subscribers will use the profiles feature because it will help Netflix's recommendation system gain a better understanding of the different tastes of viewers using the same account. The feature initially will only be available on Netflix Inc.'s own website and several other viewing outlets, including the iPad, iPhone, Apple TV, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Apple TV and some smart TV models.
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2013年7月30日星期二
The rise of mid-tier smartphones in Canada
For years, Canadian consumers have been able to buy high-end smartphones at highly subsidized prices. Carriers have been happy to slash hundreds of dollars off the price of a new iPhone from Apple Inc. or Galaxy from Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., as long as the customer agreed to a long-term contract, which allowed the carrier to make more than the amount of the subsidy in fees. If a customer wants out of the contract, a hefty penalty is charged.
But in June, the Canadian Radio-television Telecommunications Commission issued a ruling that lets customers opt out of their contracts after two years without any penalty.wholesale fashion shoes The new rules go into effect in December.
As a result, carriers have less incentive to offer high-end phones at significant discounts – and evidence suggests many Canadians are not willing to pay anything close to the full price for such phones, which can often cost more than $700.
“We see it in other markets too, but in Canada we’re much more price sensitive,” Kaan Yigit, head of Solutions Research Group, said. “People are upgrading or getting second or family units. But people don’t necessarily want to pay significant upfront costs.”
Virtually all the major carriers have indicated the CRTC ruling will have an impact on phone subsidies. In some cases, carriers may choose to hike the up-front cost of buying a high-end phone. Others have chosen to keep the up-front subsidies, but increase the monthly costs.
“We have been offering customers mid-tier devices on two-year contracts for quite some time,” said Patricia Trott of Rogers. “As the industry moves to two-year contracts across all device categories, we expect to see a larger volume of customers migrating to mid-tier devices.”
Telus Corp. announced details of its new “SharePlus” pricing scheme for smartphones on Tuesday. Instead of raising the up-front price of its phones, the carrier is still offering subsidies of up to $500 on some high-end devices. However the cost of paying back those subsidies is now amortized over two years, rather than three, making for higher monthly fees. Customers will pay $55 a month on a two-year contract for unlimited talk and text for a subsidized high-end phone, $45 a month for a low-end phone and $35 a month if they bring their own device.
“Overall, we take our cues from the market and what our customers are demanding when it comes to our device selection,” Telus spokeswoman Donna Ramirez said. “We are committed to offering our customers a wide range of smartphones and tablets to choose from both at the high end, mid and low-end of the spectrum based on their different needs and that’s something that we’ll continue to do despite changes in the industry.”
The rise of mid-tier smartphones in Canada was perhaps inevitable, given the shrinking functionality gap between high-end and low-end devices. During quarterly earnings announcements earlier this month, the smartphone industry’s two biggest players, Samsung and Apple, both indicated that average selling prices are starting to slip, even as both companies continue to sell a healthy number of units. That decline is at least partially due to the fact that lower-priced offerings from both companies are starting to make up a larger portion of overall sales.
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But in June, the Canadian Radio-television Telecommunications Commission issued a ruling that lets customers opt out of their contracts after two years without any penalty.wholesale fashion shoes The new rules go into effect in December.
As a result, carriers have less incentive to offer high-end phones at significant discounts – and evidence suggests many Canadians are not willing to pay anything close to the full price for such phones, which can often cost more than $700.
“We see it in other markets too, but in Canada we’re much more price sensitive,” Kaan Yigit, head of Solutions Research Group, said. “People are upgrading or getting second or family units. But people don’t necessarily want to pay significant upfront costs.”
Virtually all the major carriers have indicated the CRTC ruling will have an impact on phone subsidies. In some cases, carriers may choose to hike the up-front cost of buying a high-end phone. Others have chosen to keep the up-front subsidies, but increase the monthly costs.
“We have been offering customers mid-tier devices on two-year contracts for quite some time,” said Patricia Trott of Rogers. “As the industry moves to two-year contracts across all device categories, we expect to see a larger volume of customers migrating to mid-tier devices.”
Telus Corp. announced details of its new “SharePlus” pricing scheme for smartphones on Tuesday. Instead of raising the up-front price of its phones, the carrier is still offering subsidies of up to $500 on some high-end devices. However the cost of paying back those subsidies is now amortized over two years, rather than three, making for higher monthly fees. Customers will pay $55 a month on a two-year contract for unlimited talk and text for a subsidized high-end phone, $45 a month for a low-end phone and $35 a month if they bring their own device.
“Overall, we take our cues from the market and what our customers are demanding when it comes to our device selection,” Telus spokeswoman Donna Ramirez said. “We are committed to offering our customers a wide range of smartphones and tablets to choose from both at the high end, mid and low-end of the spectrum based on their different needs and that’s something that we’ll continue to do despite changes in the industry.”
The rise of mid-tier smartphones in Canada was perhaps inevitable, given the shrinking functionality gap between high-end and low-end devices. During quarterly earnings announcements earlier this month, the smartphone industry’s two biggest players, Samsung and Apple, both indicated that average selling prices are starting to slip, even as both companies continue to sell a healthy number of units. That decline is at least partially due to the fact that lower-priced offerings from both companies are starting to make up a larger portion of overall sales.
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2013年7月28日星期日
Pressing the Home button upon unlock would
Apple is hedging its bets with the A8 chip set to power next year’s iPhone 6. Longtime partner and recent enemy Samsung is still handling production duties for Apple’s A7 chip set to go into the iPhone 5S this fall, but Apple has found itself increasingly eager to get out from any reliance on Samsung or any arrangement which places revenue in Samsung’s pocket, as relations between the two tech giants continue to deteriorate and the two dissolve into what could charitably be described as frenemies. Apple has already shifted iPhone 6 screen production to Sharp but has been reluctant to pull the plug on the final remaining Samsung component in the iPhone. Which direction Apple goes with the A8 depends on how it’ll impact the iPhone 6 itself.
Apple designs iPhone and iPad microprocessors in house. But lacking factories of its own, Apple must rely on an outside manufacturer to build the chips on its behalf. Samsung was an obvious choice to build those chips as it’s already accustomed to doing such work. But Apple is looking to put a stop to that partnership as of the A8 chip and the iPhone 6 because it considers Samsung to be a counterfeit artist who has been stealing its iPhone and iPad designs and technologies for use in its own Galaxy branded products. Apple has taken Samsung to court worldwide to bring a halt to the copycat products, and succeeded in the majority of nations where it’s taken legal action. But Apple is looking to drop the hammer further by taking all of its manufacturing business away from Samsung. Apple’s quandary is whether it can find another manufacturer who can produce its iPhone 6 chip in a timely and satisfactory manner.
As a last resort Apple could opt to acquire or build its own factories so as to bring A8 processor manufacturing fully in house,women shoes manufacturer cutting Samsung out of the picture while also taking total control over the iPhone 6 manufacturing process. But such a move would be expensive and could take years to full bring up to speed, leaving Apple more pragmatically looking for a new A8 partner for the iPhone 6.
Widespread rumors have the iPhone 6 including a fingerprint sensor embedded into the Home button which will act as an unlock function and also carry website and app passwords of a user’s choice. Pressing the Home button upon unlock would prove the user’s identity and obviate the need to enter passwords for iTunes, Facebook, bank accounts, or any other account information which the user opts to embed into the fingerprint sensor database.
Housing for the iPhone 6 has been rumored to include various materials. Those include a return to the aluminum of the original iPhone 1; sapphire, which has dropped rapidly in price and would be more sturdy than the current Gorilla Glass 3 Apple uses on current iPhones; or the new Gorilla Glass 4 which is said to be both glare proof and antibacterial in nature. None of these rumors have been strongly substantiated.
Apple has already demoed large chunks of the iOS 7 system software and on-screen interface which will power the iPhone 6. It includes changes large and small. Fundamental changes include new app management and a new form of multitasking, while superficial changes include fully redesigned app icons and new cleaner fonts. Apple traditionally holds back at least one major software feature of the new iPhone until it’s ready to launch, and has given no firm indication of what that’ll be with the iPhone 6.
After three iPhone generations in a row which have each used the same styling, Apple is under pressure to deliver a full stylistic redesign for the iPhone 6. During the iOS 7 presentation Apple used the image above to show off new software features, a thin white iPhone-like device with curved sides (see above) which does not resemble any current Apple product. There has been debate as to whether Apple unintentionally outed the styling of the iPhone 6 with this image, or whether it was merely a generic placeholder for presentation purposes.
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Apple designs iPhone and iPad microprocessors in house. But lacking factories of its own, Apple must rely on an outside manufacturer to build the chips on its behalf. Samsung was an obvious choice to build those chips as it’s already accustomed to doing such work. But Apple is looking to put a stop to that partnership as of the A8 chip and the iPhone 6 because it considers Samsung to be a counterfeit artist who has been stealing its iPhone and iPad designs and technologies for use in its own Galaxy branded products. Apple has taken Samsung to court worldwide to bring a halt to the copycat products, and succeeded in the majority of nations where it’s taken legal action. But Apple is looking to drop the hammer further by taking all of its manufacturing business away from Samsung. Apple’s quandary is whether it can find another manufacturer who can produce its iPhone 6 chip in a timely and satisfactory manner.
As a last resort Apple could opt to acquire or build its own factories so as to bring A8 processor manufacturing fully in house,women shoes manufacturer cutting Samsung out of the picture while also taking total control over the iPhone 6 manufacturing process. But such a move would be expensive and could take years to full bring up to speed, leaving Apple more pragmatically looking for a new A8 partner for the iPhone 6.
Widespread rumors have the iPhone 6 including a fingerprint sensor embedded into the Home button which will act as an unlock function and also carry website and app passwords of a user’s choice. Pressing the Home button upon unlock would prove the user’s identity and obviate the need to enter passwords for iTunes, Facebook, bank accounts, or any other account information which the user opts to embed into the fingerprint sensor database.
Housing for the iPhone 6 has been rumored to include various materials. Those include a return to the aluminum of the original iPhone 1; sapphire, which has dropped rapidly in price and would be more sturdy than the current Gorilla Glass 3 Apple uses on current iPhones; or the new Gorilla Glass 4 which is said to be both glare proof and antibacterial in nature. None of these rumors have been strongly substantiated.
Apple has already demoed large chunks of the iOS 7 system software and on-screen interface which will power the iPhone 6. It includes changes large and small. Fundamental changes include new app management and a new form of multitasking, while superficial changes include fully redesigned app icons and new cleaner fonts. Apple traditionally holds back at least one major software feature of the new iPhone until it’s ready to launch, and has given no firm indication of what that’ll be with the iPhone 6.
After three iPhone generations in a row which have each used the same styling, Apple is under pressure to deliver a full stylistic redesign for the iPhone 6. During the iOS 7 presentation Apple used the image above to show off new software features, a thin white iPhone-like device with curved sides (see above) which does not resemble any current Apple product. There has been debate as to whether Apple unintentionally outed the styling of the iPhone 6 with this image, or whether it was merely a generic placeholder for presentation purposes.
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2013年7月24日星期三
The app also allows shooters to video
The Inteliscope is a hardware attachment coupled with a corresponding app on the App Store. The Inteliscope hardware attaches to any Weaver rail on a firearm. For those unfamiliar, the Weaver rail system is found on most guns from major manufacturers, and allows users to easily attach accessories like new optics, laser sights, flashlights,ladies shoes wholesale or other accessories. The entire piece is made with plastic, keeping it lightweight when attached to your firearm or in your case. The piece attaches to any Weaver rail system easily with a simple wingnut in the front to tighten it onto the Weaver rail. The piece is long, and clearly designed with rifle usage in mind more than use on a handgun.
The Inteliscope includes three additional smartphone cases that attach to the main attachment. The current model ships with a case to fit an iPhone 5, iPhone 4/4S, and an fourth-generation iPod Touch. Users will have to remove their existing cases on their device to fit their iPhone or iPod Touch into the Inteliscope case. The case itself is attached to the main piece by plastic tabs that fit into holes on the backside of the device case. Overall, both the smartphone case and main attachment secured easily and quickly to our AR-15, making it easy to swap in and out when at the range. The inclusion of three different cases ensures that any modern iPhone user should be able to use the Inteliscope.
The Inteliscope app is the ultimate shooter’s eye candy. The app uses your iPhone’s camera as your new optics, and gives the ultimate heads-up display to you. Using the iPhone’s GPS sensor, the Inteliscope app displays wind direction and speed, latitude and longitude, compass heading, date and time, and a targeting reticule. The accelerometer ensures that your stance is level before pulling the trigger, and the phone allows users to pick the distance to their target as well as the zoom up to 5X.
The app also allows shooters to video their marksmanship while shooting. Pressing the video button will record your shooting seamlessly. A Loadout option allows shooters to enter their firearm model, and the number of rounds they have. There’s also a Sight In Mode for, as the name implies, sighting in. Since the iPhone will be off center from the barrel with the Inteliscope, Sight In mode is crucial to compensate or else you may find yourself a few inches off bull.
Overall, the Inteliscope is a wonderful idea, and anyone who can combine my love for phones with one of my favorite relaxing activities surely gets credit in my book. However, there are some flaws to the Inteliscope that will drive any shooter nuts.
With any firearm, the purpose of sights is to be able to increase your accuracy beyond what the naked eye can see. The Inteliscope would do a great job of this if it could stay on the weapon. The piece that attaches to the rail itself held steady enough, however, the iPhone 5 and iPhone 4S used for reviewing the Inteliscope broke away and fell off the weapon after each shot fired. A .223 projectile is certainly going to have some kickback, but it isn’t the strongest caliber in town. However, after each round fired on the Smith & Wesson M&P AR-15, the phone and its special case would become dislodged from the Inteliscope bracket and fall to the floor. Thankfully I was at an outdoor area and the iPhone fell onto grass, but if that had been a concrete firing range, things could’ve gotten ugly fast.
It appears the small plastic tabs that fit into the rear of the iPhone case don’t have enough grip to distribute the force of each round firing. Inteliscope was probably gunning for (no pun intended) lightweight when deciding to use plastic, but there’s a reason most gun parts are made with metal or at minimum polycarbonate. It’s hard to recommend the Inteliscope for any high-caliber weapon. It may be able to withstand your .22 rifle, but even then we would caution shooters to be mindful of their fragile iPhone.
Another design flaw is the way the mount attaches to the firearm. While it seems secure enough, the use of plastics again doesn’t give it the same sense of security other sights and optics provide. There’s no real way to lock it in super-tight, and while we weren’t able to test the Inteliscope for long (since the iPhone kept dislodging), one would have to consider how many jolts the piece will take before starting to move.
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The Inteliscope includes three additional smartphone cases that attach to the main attachment. The current model ships with a case to fit an iPhone 5, iPhone 4/4S, and an fourth-generation iPod Touch. Users will have to remove their existing cases on their device to fit their iPhone or iPod Touch into the Inteliscope case. The case itself is attached to the main piece by plastic tabs that fit into holes on the backside of the device case. Overall, both the smartphone case and main attachment secured easily and quickly to our AR-15, making it easy to swap in and out when at the range. The inclusion of three different cases ensures that any modern iPhone user should be able to use the Inteliscope.
The Inteliscope app is the ultimate shooter’s eye candy. The app uses your iPhone’s camera as your new optics, and gives the ultimate heads-up display to you. Using the iPhone’s GPS sensor, the Inteliscope app displays wind direction and speed, latitude and longitude, compass heading, date and time, and a targeting reticule. The accelerometer ensures that your stance is level before pulling the trigger, and the phone allows users to pick the distance to their target as well as the zoom up to 5X.
The app also allows shooters to video their marksmanship while shooting. Pressing the video button will record your shooting seamlessly. A Loadout option allows shooters to enter their firearm model, and the number of rounds they have. There’s also a Sight In Mode for, as the name implies, sighting in. Since the iPhone will be off center from the barrel with the Inteliscope, Sight In mode is crucial to compensate or else you may find yourself a few inches off bull.
Overall, the Inteliscope is a wonderful idea, and anyone who can combine my love for phones with one of my favorite relaxing activities surely gets credit in my book. However, there are some flaws to the Inteliscope that will drive any shooter nuts.
With any firearm, the purpose of sights is to be able to increase your accuracy beyond what the naked eye can see. The Inteliscope would do a great job of this if it could stay on the weapon. The piece that attaches to the rail itself held steady enough, however, the iPhone 5 and iPhone 4S used for reviewing the Inteliscope broke away and fell off the weapon after each shot fired. A .223 projectile is certainly going to have some kickback, but it isn’t the strongest caliber in town. However, after each round fired on the Smith & Wesson M&P AR-15, the phone and its special case would become dislodged from the Inteliscope bracket and fall to the floor. Thankfully I was at an outdoor area and the iPhone fell onto grass, but if that had been a concrete firing range, things could’ve gotten ugly fast.
It appears the small plastic tabs that fit into the rear of the iPhone case don’t have enough grip to distribute the force of each round firing. Inteliscope was probably gunning for (no pun intended) lightweight when deciding to use plastic, but there’s a reason most gun parts are made with metal or at minimum polycarbonate. It’s hard to recommend the Inteliscope for any high-caliber weapon. It may be able to withstand your .22 rifle, but even then we would caution shooters to be mindful of their fragile iPhone.
Another design flaw is the way the mount attaches to the firearm. While it seems secure enough, the use of plastics again doesn’t give it the same sense of security other sights and optics provide. There’s no real way to lock it in super-tight, and while we weren’t able to test the Inteliscope for long (since the iPhone kept dislodging), one would have to consider how many jolts the piece will take before starting to move.
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2013年7月22日星期一
Whereas this sort of device is likely to be of more interest
The augmentation of organic life with artificial technology is a perpetual favourite of both movie-makers and scientists alike, and it's in this field that many people in healthcare are becoming excited.
One of the companies leading the way in this technological field is Cambridge Consultants, a product development company working in the UK and US to create innovative tools to help other firms find new ways to support their work.
Dr Robert Milner (pictured), who is a senior consultant at Cambridge Consultants, discussed the issue at Digitas Health's ThinkDigital 2013 forum last month, which explored how the rise of mobile technology is affecting healthcare and improving patient adherence and outcomes.
Although never quite reaching the realm of science fiction, Dr Milner discussed examples of how low-cost, wireless devices can connect healthcare products with smartphones in very exciting ways. These included the simple but elegant and incredibly useful potential for a pill bottle connected to wireless capabilities to contact a patient's smartphone if they happen to leave the house without taking their medication with them.
But where this technology can truly shine is in chronic diseases, for example in the ability to connect an asthma inhaler with a phone or PC and get data straight from the device and create active patient health records. How this technology can help the huge number of people who suffer from asthma - half of whom are thought to be non-adherent – is still to be seen, although the technology adds a dimension that was previously missing and could bring patients closer to their disease.
This use of data to support better patient outcomes is already being seen in diabetes, according to Dr Milner, where there is a strong community of patients sharing information on how they are handling their own condition. By communicating this data in a public setting, people with diabetes can support other people with the condition and share tips on how to live more healthily and avoid the many side effects.
But the potential for wireless technology in diabetes doesn't stop at information tracking and sharing, and Dr Milner revealed one of Cambridge Consultants' most exciting projects – the artificial pancreas.
Working with the Institute of Metabolic Science (IMS) at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge Consultants is developing an application that will allow a continuous glucose meter to autonomously communicate with a smartphone or tablet via Bluetooth and then link to an insulin pump attached to someone with diabetes.
This would effectively create an artificial pancreas that the company hopes can be worn by people with type 1 diabetes at home without nurse supervision. “It's a really exciting area and it is at the forefront at the adoption of this use of smartphone in the treatment of disease,” Dr Milner told the ThinkDigital audience.
Greater use of the iPhone's ability to connect with devices is likely to increase too, with the addition of Bluetooth Smart to the iPhone 4s. Despite receiving little fanfair as part of the phone's launch,Electricity monitor this technology allows smartphone accessories to go beyond Bluetooth headsets, branching out to activity monitors, including Nike's development of a shoe to track running performance that connects directly with an iPhone app.
Whereas this sort of device is likely to be of more interest to consumers, explained Dr Milner, its potential in healthcare is a spectrum that stretches from fitness monitoring devices to ones more directly related to health, such as weight tracking, all the way through to device/app combinations that can help people diagnosed with a disease manage their condition.
And development in the more clinical end of the spectrum is being accelerated by developments in the consumer side, according to Dr Milner.
“People are seeing things coming out the consumer end of the spectrum and they are expecting that to be available for them as a medical product,” he said.
But there are challenges for the tool-makers behind such 'quantified self' products, with Dr Milner explaining that the regulation of apps is becoming a reality, making it harder for new products to come to market.
The fast pace of mobile technology can also be a hindrance as well as a boon. Phones can come out with a new phone operating every six months, meaning there is a constant need for all tools to update and adapt.
On top of this, few patients ever just have one chronic disease, and co-morbidities pose a major challenge in this area. Going forward, any company considering making an app for diabetes, for example, needs to think about how that app interacts with one for another chronic condition, such as depression or cardiovascular problems.
“How do you make that tech work together in way that's safe?” asked Dr Milner of the ThinkDigital audience. “Those are the areas where there is uncertainty and people are looking at how they can solve it,” he concluded.
Read the full story at www.owon-smart.com!
One of the companies leading the way in this technological field is Cambridge Consultants, a product development company working in the UK and US to create innovative tools to help other firms find new ways to support their work.
Dr Robert Milner (pictured), who is a senior consultant at Cambridge Consultants, discussed the issue at Digitas Health's ThinkDigital 2013 forum last month, which explored how the rise of mobile technology is affecting healthcare and improving patient adherence and outcomes.
Although never quite reaching the realm of science fiction, Dr Milner discussed examples of how low-cost, wireless devices can connect healthcare products with smartphones in very exciting ways. These included the simple but elegant and incredibly useful potential for a pill bottle connected to wireless capabilities to contact a patient's smartphone if they happen to leave the house without taking their medication with them.
But where this technology can truly shine is in chronic diseases, for example in the ability to connect an asthma inhaler with a phone or PC and get data straight from the device and create active patient health records. How this technology can help the huge number of people who suffer from asthma - half of whom are thought to be non-adherent – is still to be seen, although the technology adds a dimension that was previously missing and could bring patients closer to their disease.
This use of data to support better patient outcomes is already being seen in diabetes, according to Dr Milner, where there is a strong community of patients sharing information on how they are handling their own condition. By communicating this data in a public setting, people with diabetes can support other people with the condition and share tips on how to live more healthily and avoid the many side effects.
But the potential for wireless technology in diabetes doesn't stop at information tracking and sharing, and Dr Milner revealed one of Cambridge Consultants' most exciting projects – the artificial pancreas.
Working with the Institute of Metabolic Science (IMS) at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge Consultants is developing an application that will allow a continuous glucose meter to autonomously communicate with a smartphone or tablet via Bluetooth and then link to an insulin pump attached to someone with diabetes.
This would effectively create an artificial pancreas that the company hopes can be worn by people with type 1 diabetes at home without nurse supervision. “It's a really exciting area and it is at the forefront at the adoption of this use of smartphone in the treatment of disease,” Dr Milner told the ThinkDigital audience.
Greater use of the iPhone's ability to connect with devices is likely to increase too, with the addition of Bluetooth Smart to the iPhone 4s. Despite receiving little fanfair as part of the phone's launch,Electricity monitor this technology allows smartphone accessories to go beyond Bluetooth headsets, branching out to activity monitors, including Nike's development of a shoe to track running performance that connects directly with an iPhone app.
Whereas this sort of device is likely to be of more interest to consumers, explained Dr Milner, its potential in healthcare is a spectrum that stretches from fitness monitoring devices to ones more directly related to health, such as weight tracking, all the way through to device/app combinations that can help people diagnosed with a disease manage their condition.
And development in the more clinical end of the spectrum is being accelerated by developments in the consumer side, according to Dr Milner.
“People are seeing things coming out the consumer end of the spectrum and they are expecting that to be available for them as a medical product,” he said.
But there are challenges for the tool-makers behind such 'quantified self' products, with Dr Milner explaining that the regulation of apps is becoming a reality, making it harder for new products to come to market.
The fast pace of mobile technology can also be a hindrance as well as a boon. Phones can come out with a new phone operating every six months, meaning there is a constant need for all tools to update and adapt.
On top of this, few patients ever just have one chronic disease, and co-morbidities pose a major challenge in this area. Going forward, any company considering making an app for diabetes, for example, needs to think about how that app interacts with one for another chronic condition, such as depression or cardiovascular problems.
“How do you make that tech work together in way that's safe?” asked Dr Milner of the ThinkDigital audience. “Those are the areas where there is uncertainty and people are looking at how they can solve it,” he concluded.
Read the full story at www.owon-smart.com!
2013年7月14日星期日
when it signed on to carry the iPhone
The LA Times reports that Verizon Wireless may end up owing $14 billion to Apple. That's because the company must sell $23.5 billion worth of iPhone units this year to meet a commitment it made with Apple back in 2010. To do this, Verizon must double its iPhone sales of last year. Unfortunately, iPhone sales just aren't all that great thanks to larger, zippier Android phones dominating the market.
"It is likely that Apple would be reluctant to simply ignore these commitments, since many other carriers around the world are probably in a similar situation, and a simple amnesty would set an unwanted precedent," Moffett Research said in a report released this week. "It is therefore unrealistic to think that Apple won’t extract some consideration for renegotiating these shortfalls."
Vodafone, the parent company of Verizon Wireless, reported at the end of 2010 that Verizon had $45 billion in purchase commitments over a three-year period. According to Moffett Research,women shoes manufacturer this commitment is likely to Apple, as the Big Red began selling its first iPhone in 2011.
"Few if any other handset suppliers require purchase commitments of this kind, and, again, it is noteworthy that the total commitment was almost zero until Verizon contracted with Apple for the iPhone for the first time," the report stated.
Nomura analyst Stuart Jeffrey is reportedly saying the same thing, that Verizon is going to owe Apple's $23.5 billion this year as part of its agreement to carry the iPhone. But due to slowing sales of Apple's flagship phone, Verizon may not make enough to cover the $23.5 billion bill. The Big Red has likely sold only 7.2 million units in the first half of 2013, and may sell up to 10.8 million units in the second half. That leaves 19 million units unaccounted for.
The kicker is that Verizon must pay for all iPhone units even if they don't actually sell them, and why Verizon is predicted to owe $12 billion to $14 billion.
"We certainly don’t expect that Verizon will have to write a check to Apple for $12 billion or so to make good on its seemingly inevitable shortfall,” Moffett said in its report. "However, it seems likely that Apple will extract at least some consideration for a contract shortfall of this apparent magnitude."
Forbes speculates that Verizon may have jumped the gun when it signed on to carry the iPhone. AT&T's exclusivity had ended, thus allowing Apple to demand stiff commitments in terms of future volumes that in turn wireless carriers had to guarantee. Thus here's this massive commitment Verizon must honor while Samsung and Android eat away at iPhone sales.
That said, should Verizon be left with the tab when consumers aren't eating iPhones like they were in 2011? The Moffett report stated that other wireless carriers around the world may be experiencing iPhone deficits as well. Analysts project that Apple will report a 22 percent decline in net income to $6.87 billion in the third fiscal quarter.
If anything, Verizon may be forced to pay a percentage of what's owed to Apple in order to continue to sell the iPhone in 2014.
The game, by developer WemoLab, stars an eco-warrior pufferfish as it avoids natural predators like tiger sharks. It was launched in May on iPad as a free-to-play but was tweaked and re-released at 0.99 cents in June.
"It's a whimsical underwater, character-driven adventure that makes people smile, " said WemoLab's Ben Miller. "What also makes it stand out is the fact that it's not in set in a magical alien world, it's modeled after real undersea environments." The game was animated by Andy Jones, who worked on the movie Avatar, with ocean science narrated by National Geographic's Dr. Sylvia Earle.
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"It is likely that Apple would be reluctant to simply ignore these commitments, since many other carriers around the world are probably in a similar situation, and a simple amnesty would set an unwanted precedent," Moffett Research said in a report released this week. "It is therefore unrealistic to think that Apple won’t extract some consideration for renegotiating these shortfalls."
Vodafone, the parent company of Verizon Wireless, reported at the end of 2010 that Verizon had $45 billion in purchase commitments over a three-year period. According to Moffett Research,women shoes manufacturer this commitment is likely to Apple, as the Big Red began selling its first iPhone in 2011.
"Few if any other handset suppliers require purchase commitments of this kind, and, again, it is noteworthy that the total commitment was almost zero until Verizon contracted with Apple for the iPhone for the first time," the report stated.
Nomura analyst Stuart Jeffrey is reportedly saying the same thing, that Verizon is going to owe Apple's $23.5 billion this year as part of its agreement to carry the iPhone. But due to slowing sales of Apple's flagship phone, Verizon may not make enough to cover the $23.5 billion bill. The Big Red has likely sold only 7.2 million units in the first half of 2013, and may sell up to 10.8 million units in the second half. That leaves 19 million units unaccounted for.
The kicker is that Verizon must pay for all iPhone units even if they don't actually sell them, and why Verizon is predicted to owe $12 billion to $14 billion.
"We certainly don’t expect that Verizon will have to write a check to Apple for $12 billion or so to make good on its seemingly inevitable shortfall,” Moffett said in its report. "However, it seems likely that Apple will extract at least some consideration for a contract shortfall of this apparent magnitude."
Forbes speculates that Verizon may have jumped the gun when it signed on to carry the iPhone. AT&T's exclusivity had ended, thus allowing Apple to demand stiff commitments in terms of future volumes that in turn wireless carriers had to guarantee. Thus here's this massive commitment Verizon must honor while Samsung and Android eat away at iPhone sales.
That said, should Verizon be left with the tab when consumers aren't eating iPhones like they were in 2011? The Moffett report stated that other wireless carriers around the world may be experiencing iPhone deficits as well. Analysts project that Apple will report a 22 percent decline in net income to $6.87 billion in the third fiscal quarter.
If anything, Verizon may be forced to pay a percentage of what's owed to Apple in order to continue to sell the iPhone in 2014.
The game, by developer WemoLab, stars an eco-warrior pufferfish as it avoids natural predators like tiger sharks. It was launched in May on iPad as a free-to-play but was tweaked and re-released at 0.99 cents in June.
"It's a whimsical underwater, character-driven adventure that makes people smile, " said WemoLab's Ben Miller. "What also makes it stand out is the fact that it's not in set in a magical alien world, it's modeled after real undersea environments." The game was animated by Andy Jones, who worked on the movie Avatar, with ocean science narrated by National Geographic's Dr. Sylvia Earle.
Click on their website www.beralleshoes.com for more information.
2013年7月11日星期四
which includes everyone looking to buy a camera
Since then, the digital-SLR (DSLR) has evolved to become the platform
of choice for many pros and prosumers as developments in digital
photography have also improved with each successive generation, such as
pixel density and sensor size, faster autofocus motors, stabilized
lenses and more advanced signal processing chips, as well as the ability
to shoot video.
However, the introduction of the smartphone has exposed a huge weakness in the DSLR's armor, and that is convenience and size in a world that has prized mobility over everything else.
While there will always almost certainly be a niche market for professional grade cameras for specific applications and works of significant artistic merit, the DSLR's bread and butter market — the consumer, the prosumer, and photography enthusiast — no longer needs or even wants to carry these beasts around anymore.
They already carry powerful smartphones that are increasingly adopting more advanced camera technology, originally pioneered in the DSLR.
We obviously have a very passionate group of hardcore photography enthusiasts who have made it known that under no uncertain terms that they'll only let go of their DSLR when it is pried out of their cold, dead hands. While I took the unpopular side of this argument in the Great Debate, you can also include me in this crowd of DSLR adherents as well.
However, in a debate, one of us has to take an opposing or unpopular viewpoint. In the context of this discussion, thinking about the evolution of the photography equipment industry — as a former employee and continuing loyal customer of Canon — I examined it from the perspective of industry maturation, the DSLR's relevancy in current market conditions, current customer use cases, and also whether or not smartphones have been and still are a disruptive influence on that market.
My conclusion is that the health of the DSLR and dedicated prosumer camera market is analogous to the "post-PC" situation that the computer industry is experiencing. We are now, like it or not, in the "post-DSLR" age of digital photography.
While the DSLR or similar interchangeable lens and body systems will always be the camera of choice for true professionals, it really is no longer needed for the balance of its original target market, which includes everyone looking to buy a camera. The same could be said of the powerful desktop PC workstation and "homebrews" where tablets and ultrabooks are eating away the balance of PC market share.
Yes, many amateur photographers used to buy SLRs. But how many of them really bought a full complement of lenses, external flash accessories, etcetera, or even used these to their full capabilities?
I think we can all agree that not many did and many still do not, where a smartphone like an iPhone 5, a Lumia 920 or a Samsung Galaxy S4 will do far more than an adequate job at a substantially lower price point. And consumers with stressed wallets have now wholly realized this.
One thing we have to understand about the DSLR is that it was designed in an age where film was still the prevalent photography technology. As such, unless we are talking about the latest mirrorless camera bodies,ladies shoes wholesale it retains significant baggage from the film-based SLR design, and that is the use of a mirror and a pentaprism to reproduce the image coming through the lens into an optical viewfinder.
They also still use electro-mechanical shutters which do wear out over time and need periodic replacement. However, mechanical shutters for the most part are still technically superior to their electronic counterparts. (Although this gap is closing quickly and it is expected that there will be pro or prosumer digital cameras available in 2014 with purely electronic shutter systems which is what smartphones currently use.) And there will also be smartphones with mechanical shutters as well.
Additional negatives are the bulkiness, lack of mobility and diminished stealthiness in candid or impromptu situations and obviously cost of entry compared to a smartphone. You also often don't have the ability to share directly with photo sharing services in the field without special accessories and laptop or 4G tethered smartphone in tow. And, there are also the time and money investments required to do post-processing of the shots in software packages like Aperture and Photoshop.
There is also the issue of your substantial investment in things like lenses designed for a specific camera system not being interoperable with another vendor's camera system — should you decide for whatever reason to switch manufacturer allegiance. There is also the possibility of your lens system being orphaned when your pro camera manufacturer makes major revisions to its body designs and you want to upgrade just your body, as the value of your lenses and other accessories typically far exceed that of the body.
Click on their website www.beralleshoes.com for more information.
However, the introduction of the smartphone has exposed a huge weakness in the DSLR's armor, and that is convenience and size in a world that has prized mobility over everything else.
While there will always almost certainly be a niche market for professional grade cameras for specific applications and works of significant artistic merit, the DSLR's bread and butter market — the consumer, the prosumer, and photography enthusiast — no longer needs or even wants to carry these beasts around anymore.
They already carry powerful smartphones that are increasingly adopting more advanced camera technology, originally pioneered in the DSLR.
We obviously have a very passionate group of hardcore photography enthusiasts who have made it known that under no uncertain terms that they'll only let go of their DSLR when it is pried out of their cold, dead hands. While I took the unpopular side of this argument in the Great Debate, you can also include me in this crowd of DSLR adherents as well.
However, in a debate, one of us has to take an opposing or unpopular viewpoint. In the context of this discussion, thinking about the evolution of the photography equipment industry — as a former employee and continuing loyal customer of Canon — I examined it from the perspective of industry maturation, the DSLR's relevancy in current market conditions, current customer use cases, and also whether or not smartphones have been and still are a disruptive influence on that market.
My conclusion is that the health of the DSLR and dedicated prosumer camera market is analogous to the "post-PC" situation that the computer industry is experiencing. We are now, like it or not, in the "post-DSLR" age of digital photography.
While the DSLR or similar interchangeable lens and body systems will always be the camera of choice for true professionals, it really is no longer needed for the balance of its original target market, which includes everyone looking to buy a camera. The same could be said of the powerful desktop PC workstation and "homebrews" where tablets and ultrabooks are eating away the balance of PC market share.
Yes, many amateur photographers used to buy SLRs. But how many of them really bought a full complement of lenses, external flash accessories, etcetera, or even used these to their full capabilities?
I think we can all agree that not many did and many still do not, where a smartphone like an iPhone 5, a Lumia 920 or a Samsung Galaxy S4 will do far more than an adequate job at a substantially lower price point. And consumers with stressed wallets have now wholly realized this.
One thing we have to understand about the DSLR is that it was designed in an age where film was still the prevalent photography technology. As such, unless we are talking about the latest mirrorless camera bodies,ladies shoes wholesale it retains significant baggage from the film-based SLR design, and that is the use of a mirror and a pentaprism to reproduce the image coming through the lens into an optical viewfinder.
They also still use electro-mechanical shutters which do wear out over time and need periodic replacement. However, mechanical shutters for the most part are still technically superior to their electronic counterparts. (Although this gap is closing quickly and it is expected that there will be pro or prosumer digital cameras available in 2014 with purely electronic shutter systems which is what smartphones currently use.) And there will also be smartphones with mechanical shutters as well.
Additional negatives are the bulkiness, lack of mobility and diminished stealthiness in candid or impromptu situations and obviously cost of entry compared to a smartphone. You also often don't have the ability to share directly with photo sharing services in the field without special accessories and laptop or 4G tethered smartphone in tow. And, there are also the time and money investments required to do post-processing of the shots in software packages like Aperture and Photoshop.
There is also the issue of your substantial investment in things like lenses designed for a specific camera system not being interoperable with another vendor's camera system — should you decide for whatever reason to switch manufacturer allegiance. There is also the possibility of your lens system being orphaned when your pro camera manufacturer makes major revisions to its body designs and you want to upgrade just your body, as the value of your lenses and other accessories typically far exceed that of the body.
Click on their website www.beralleshoes.com for more information.
2013年7月9日星期二
while simplifying management and deployment
VPS hosting company The Host Group enters the top tier of providers
with a combination of reliable performance and unqualified value. With a
commitment to cutting edge technologies and expansion into markets
around the world, The Host Group is setting new service standards in the
hosting industry.
An experienced provider of un-managed virtual private server (VPS) hosting, announced today that it is expanding operations and offering its premium services to clients around the world. VPS hosting is the preferred hosting option for most businesses: combining the power and control of dedicated server hosting with the attractive pricing of shared hosting. This compromise offers the best in value and performance.
The heart of The Host Group’s operations is located in Fredericksburg Virginia with a hosting center that is well respected in the industry.
The Host Group has expanded its service to encompass the entire world. According to The Host Group CEO Doug Davis, clients in the United States and Canada have quickly embraced the opportunity to have reliable, professional Windows VPS and Linux VPS hosting solutions at affordable prices. “US and Canadian businesses have previously been limited in their choices: only a handful of providers offer dedicated servers, and the pricing has been extremely aggressive,” says Davis. “The Host Group is the first provider to bring them affordable prices and top-tier reliable service, including dedicated servers with virtually unlimited bandwidth.”
The Host Group is positioned to build on its reputation for providing unmatched customer service.
Founded in 1998, The Host Group has steadily earned their reputation as a reliable provider of outstanding Linux VPS and Windows VPS solutions. women shoes manufacturer The company is based in Virginia, but it has expanded several other facilities to provide services for businesses located across the globe.
Dell Cloud Client Computing today announced the release of version 6 of Dell Wyse WSM desktop and application virtualization software. This new release adds server streaming capability to help organizations harness the benefits of virtualization and cloud computing, while simplifying management and deployment processes and helping to reduce costs. By adding on-demand delivery of server OS images to Dell's reliable and secure end-user computing portfolio, Dell Wyse WSM 6 offers another powerful computing alternative that helps organizations quickly stand up new servers where and when needed, and gives employees and students secured access to content regardless of location.
Dell Wyse WSM delivers operating systems and applications separately to stateless, diskless clients on demand, providing a manageable, reliable and scalable PC computing experience from the cloud. Unlike traditional VDI, Dell Wyse WSM enables the desktop OS and applications to execute locally on the client, giving that client the same look, performance, feel and function of a traditional desktop PC, but storing all OS, applications, and data in the datacenter. With no OS residing on the client, management, support and updates, including Windows XP and Windows 7 migrations, are done centrally and take considerably less time than with a traditional distributed environment.
In addition to powerful and secure desktop and application virtualization, Dell Wyse WSM 6 now also enables rapid and efficient server image delivery to physical or virtual machines. This new feature allows for more agile deployment, configuration and management of virtual servers than existing methods - processes that previously took hours are reduced to minutes.
Dell Wyse WSM is designed for large or small customers with demanding user or server management requirements, looking to optimize IT efficiency and cut costs. By reducing hardware needs and administration demands, Dell Wyse WSM helps customers achieve their system reliability, security and compliance goals.
"We have had a very successful beta testing period using Dell Wyse WSM's new features and are looking forward to continuing to work with them," said JP Gagne, president at Baremetalcloud. "Being able to manage and pool together our physical servers as if they were virtual is an entirely new capability in the market and it has the potential to increase IT efficiency by leaps and bounds."
Click on their website www.beralleshoes.com for more information.
An experienced provider of un-managed virtual private server (VPS) hosting, announced today that it is expanding operations and offering its premium services to clients around the world. VPS hosting is the preferred hosting option for most businesses: combining the power and control of dedicated server hosting with the attractive pricing of shared hosting. This compromise offers the best in value and performance.
The heart of The Host Group’s operations is located in Fredericksburg Virginia with a hosting center that is well respected in the industry.
The Host Group has expanded its service to encompass the entire world. According to The Host Group CEO Doug Davis, clients in the United States and Canada have quickly embraced the opportunity to have reliable, professional Windows VPS and Linux VPS hosting solutions at affordable prices. “US and Canadian businesses have previously been limited in their choices: only a handful of providers offer dedicated servers, and the pricing has been extremely aggressive,” says Davis. “The Host Group is the first provider to bring them affordable prices and top-tier reliable service, including dedicated servers with virtually unlimited bandwidth.”
The Host Group is positioned to build on its reputation for providing unmatched customer service.
Founded in 1998, The Host Group has steadily earned their reputation as a reliable provider of outstanding Linux VPS and Windows VPS solutions. women shoes manufacturer The company is based in Virginia, but it has expanded several other facilities to provide services for businesses located across the globe.
Dell Cloud Client Computing today announced the release of version 6 of Dell Wyse WSM desktop and application virtualization software. This new release adds server streaming capability to help organizations harness the benefits of virtualization and cloud computing, while simplifying management and deployment processes and helping to reduce costs. By adding on-demand delivery of server OS images to Dell's reliable and secure end-user computing portfolio, Dell Wyse WSM 6 offers another powerful computing alternative that helps organizations quickly stand up new servers where and when needed, and gives employees and students secured access to content regardless of location.
Dell Wyse WSM delivers operating systems and applications separately to stateless, diskless clients on demand, providing a manageable, reliable and scalable PC computing experience from the cloud. Unlike traditional VDI, Dell Wyse WSM enables the desktop OS and applications to execute locally on the client, giving that client the same look, performance, feel and function of a traditional desktop PC, but storing all OS, applications, and data in the datacenter. With no OS residing on the client, management, support and updates, including Windows XP and Windows 7 migrations, are done centrally and take considerably less time than with a traditional distributed environment.
In addition to powerful and secure desktop and application virtualization, Dell Wyse WSM 6 now also enables rapid and efficient server image delivery to physical or virtual machines. This new feature allows for more agile deployment, configuration and management of virtual servers than existing methods - processes that previously took hours are reduced to minutes.
Dell Wyse WSM is designed for large or small customers with demanding user or server management requirements, looking to optimize IT efficiency and cut costs. By reducing hardware needs and administration demands, Dell Wyse WSM helps customers achieve their system reliability, security and compliance goals.
"We have had a very successful beta testing period using Dell Wyse WSM's new features and are looking forward to continuing to work with them," said JP Gagne, president at Baremetalcloud. "Being able to manage and pool together our physical servers as if they were virtual is an entirely new capability in the market and it has the potential to increase IT efficiency by leaps and bounds."
Click on their website www.beralleshoes.com for more information.
2013年7月7日星期日
When artist Salva Rasool met with jeweller
After a six-hour search on Friday at the residence of film and television actress Sonika Gill for her husband Mitesh Rughani, the Khar police had almost given up their hunt; Rughani, accused of duping a jeweller to the tune of Rs 81 lakh, could not be found anywhere in the flat.
As the police were about to leave, Inspector Chagan Jadhav realised that the toilet too could not be found anywhere in the flat. High drama was to follow at the MHADA flat in Versova after this. The inspector questioned Gill about the missing toilet, but she responded with silence.
Jadhav’s suspicious gaze then fell on a cupboard placed near the kitchen. He asked Gill to open it but she refused to, saying the police would destroy her expensive wardrobe. With the police persisting, she finally opened the cupboard but would not allow the cops to touch anything inside.
As she would not budge, the Khar police asked the Versova police to send in more female staff to deal with Gill. The women police forced Gill to move away from the cupboard while the police searched it. To their surprise they found a door in the back of the cupboard. This led to a passage that in turn led to a toilet where Rughani was found hiding.
This was not all; police found that Rughani had built many secret passages and cavities in his flat where he could hide. Inspector Jadhav of the Khar police said: “We have arrested Rughani in a case of cheating, and jewellery worth Rs 20 lakh has also been recovered. He tried a lot to dodge us and evade arrest but could not succeed.”
According to the police, 38-yearold Rughani, a builder, had married Gill three months ago, and was residing with her in the MHADA apartment in Versova. In March he had taken gold and diamond jewellery worth Rs. 81 lakh from Adi Jewellers of Khar, promising to return it after showing it to his first wife Kinjal Rughani, a co-accused in the case.
The complainant Dilip Ranka, owner of the jewellery store, was at first reluctant to hand over the jewellery, but did so on the insistence of his cousin Praveen Ranka. Rughani later disappeared with the jewellery. Two days ago, Dilip Ranka registered a complaint with the Khar police against Rughani and his wife Kinjal.
The police got to know that Rughani stayed with his third wife Gill and immediately raided her flat. At first, Gill, refused to let cops in. It was after negotiating with her for a long while and after threatening her with arrest that she finally opened the door.
When artist Salva Rasool met with jeweller Aneel Gajaria a few months back, she was sceptical about her paintings being incorporated into jewellery. But Gajaria has been in the jewellery business since the age of 17 and foresaw creative possibilities in Rasool’s work.
“I first wasn’t interested in the project because I couldn’t imagine working on a cloth of two to three inches,” says Rasool, miming with two fingers how tiny the support was. “My paintings are colourful and powerful because I apply vibrant textures on a large canvas.”
But Gajaria insisted on meeting the artist. “When he showed me his creations, I was very impressed and had to take on the challenge,” the 49-year-old artist recalls.
Four years ago, Gajaria got the idea of introducing painting in statement jewellery when he met with local artists during a pilgrimage to Rajasthan. The quality and precision of their paintings, which displayed romantic and devotional Indian scenes, left him awe-struck. He imagined using a miniature canvas of these traditional scenes in necklaces.
“But I knew my clients from the Gulf wouldn’t wear jewellery with human forms,” explains Gajaria, who lived in Dubai as a child and was trained by a Muslim mentor. “So I was looking for an artist who would offer something unique in the field of Islamic art.”
An alumna of Sir JJ School of Art, Rasool has won worldwide appreciation for her modern approach to Arabic calligraphy with an Indian spirit. Her paintings have been displayed from Toronto to Jakarta, including the art hubs of New York, London, Tehran and Mumbai.
“The ‘Allah’ pendant has been traditionally worn by many Muslims, but this is the first time Islamic art has been made contemporary for fashion and jewellery,” says Gajaria.
Convinced by the jewellery’s potential and appeal, he commissioned five artworks from Rasool last January. To paint on a canvas of 3x2 inches, the artist creates her own tools such as small metal pieces, cut nibs and shaped opposite-ends of brushes, among others. In the coming months, two necklaces will be exhibited at an art show in the US, and three new creations will be unveiled by Gajaria.
Every miniature is customised, signed and certified by Rasool, making each necklace a work of art. The price depends on the precious metal and pearls Gajaria uses,wholesale fashion shoes and each piece is estimated between Rs40,000 and one lakh.
Although most of her work includes Koranic verses or letters of the Arabic alphabet, Rasool’s audience is broad, and her clients are mostly based in the West. The use of earthy colour and abstract elements in her paintings has even appealed to Indian lovers of contemporary art.
In pushing the traditional boundaries of Arabic calligraphy, Rasool aims at reaching out to a cosmopolitan crowd and dispelling misconceptions of Islam through art.
Just back from Toronto where she had her fourth solo show, Rasool is working on her upcoming exhibition in South Africa where her paintings will be displayed at the end of this year. And these neckpieces might also seduce some trendsetting South Africans.
Read the full story at wwww.beralleshoes.com!
As the police were about to leave, Inspector Chagan Jadhav realised that the toilet too could not be found anywhere in the flat. High drama was to follow at the MHADA flat in Versova after this. The inspector questioned Gill about the missing toilet, but she responded with silence.
Jadhav’s suspicious gaze then fell on a cupboard placed near the kitchen. He asked Gill to open it but she refused to, saying the police would destroy her expensive wardrobe. With the police persisting, she finally opened the cupboard but would not allow the cops to touch anything inside.
As she would not budge, the Khar police asked the Versova police to send in more female staff to deal with Gill. The women police forced Gill to move away from the cupboard while the police searched it. To their surprise they found a door in the back of the cupboard. This led to a passage that in turn led to a toilet where Rughani was found hiding.
This was not all; police found that Rughani had built many secret passages and cavities in his flat where he could hide. Inspector Jadhav of the Khar police said: “We have arrested Rughani in a case of cheating, and jewellery worth Rs 20 lakh has also been recovered. He tried a lot to dodge us and evade arrest but could not succeed.”
According to the police, 38-yearold Rughani, a builder, had married Gill three months ago, and was residing with her in the MHADA apartment in Versova. In March he had taken gold and diamond jewellery worth Rs. 81 lakh from Adi Jewellers of Khar, promising to return it after showing it to his first wife Kinjal Rughani, a co-accused in the case.
The complainant Dilip Ranka, owner of the jewellery store, was at first reluctant to hand over the jewellery, but did so on the insistence of his cousin Praveen Ranka. Rughani later disappeared with the jewellery. Two days ago, Dilip Ranka registered a complaint with the Khar police against Rughani and his wife Kinjal.
The police got to know that Rughani stayed with his third wife Gill and immediately raided her flat. At first, Gill, refused to let cops in. It was after negotiating with her for a long while and after threatening her with arrest that she finally opened the door.
When artist Salva Rasool met with jeweller Aneel Gajaria a few months back, she was sceptical about her paintings being incorporated into jewellery. But Gajaria has been in the jewellery business since the age of 17 and foresaw creative possibilities in Rasool’s work.
“I first wasn’t interested in the project because I couldn’t imagine working on a cloth of two to three inches,” says Rasool, miming with two fingers how tiny the support was. “My paintings are colourful and powerful because I apply vibrant textures on a large canvas.”
But Gajaria insisted on meeting the artist. “When he showed me his creations, I was very impressed and had to take on the challenge,” the 49-year-old artist recalls.
Four years ago, Gajaria got the idea of introducing painting in statement jewellery when he met with local artists during a pilgrimage to Rajasthan. The quality and precision of their paintings, which displayed romantic and devotional Indian scenes, left him awe-struck. He imagined using a miniature canvas of these traditional scenes in necklaces.
“But I knew my clients from the Gulf wouldn’t wear jewellery with human forms,” explains Gajaria, who lived in Dubai as a child and was trained by a Muslim mentor. “So I was looking for an artist who would offer something unique in the field of Islamic art.”
An alumna of Sir JJ School of Art, Rasool has won worldwide appreciation for her modern approach to Arabic calligraphy with an Indian spirit. Her paintings have been displayed from Toronto to Jakarta, including the art hubs of New York, London, Tehran and Mumbai.
“The ‘Allah’ pendant has been traditionally worn by many Muslims, but this is the first time Islamic art has been made contemporary for fashion and jewellery,” says Gajaria.
Convinced by the jewellery’s potential and appeal, he commissioned five artworks from Rasool last January. To paint on a canvas of 3x2 inches, the artist creates her own tools such as small metal pieces, cut nibs and shaped opposite-ends of brushes, among others. In the coming months, two necklaces will be exhibited at an art show in the US, and three new creations will be unveiled by Gajaria.
Every miniature is customised, signed and certified by Rasool, making each necklace a work of art. The price depends on the precious metal and pearls Gajaria uses,wholesale fashion shoes and each piece is estimated between Rs40,000 and one lakh.
Although most of her work includes Koranic verses or letters of the Arabic alphabet, Rasool’s audience is broad, and her clients are mostly based in the West. The use of earthy colour and abstract elements in her paintings has even appealed to Indian lovers of contemporary art.
In pushing the traditional boundaries of Arabic calligraphy, Rasool aims at reaching out to a cosmopolitan crowd and dispelling misconceptions of Islam through art.
Just back from Toronto where she had her fourth solo show, Rasool is working on her upcoming exhibition in South Africa where her paintings will be displayed at the end of this year. And these neckpieces might also seduce some trendsetting South Africans.
Read the full story at wwww.beralleshoes.com!
2013年7月4日星期四
There will be several mega events
Sri Lanka’s gem, diamond and
jewellery export sector has recorded an overall growth of more than 50
percent as at end of 2012. Revenue has increased significantly in
comparison to the corresponding year’s figure of Rs.24,459 million in
2011.Therefore, Sri Lanka could be promoted as a gem and jewellery hub
in the region, a senior official said.
The export of gemstones brought in revenue of Rs 1,635 million recording a 39 percent growth while jewellery exports generated revenue of Rs 301 million showing an impressive 121 percent growth. The service cutting industry showed signs of recovery by recording an Rs 26 million income with a 50 percent growth.
“Sri Lanka is exporting gems to several countries which have shown a keen interest in fine quality blue sapphires of large sizes and the prices fetched by unheated sapphires were unprecedented.
Therefore participating for an event like “Singapore International Jewellery Show” for the seventh consecutive year would help to promote our gem and jewellery products internationally” National Gem and Jewellery Authority (NGJA) Director General R.M.Janaka Udaya Kumara Daily News Business. Sri Lanka retains a world market position as a producer of fine quality gems and has some of the greatest varieties of gems in the world.
Therefore, Singapore being the fourth largest importer of Sri Lankan gems has given the country partner status at this exhibition from its inception, which is one of the big opportunities to strengthen trade links, he said.
In the export market promotion programme this year, the NGJA intends to organize “Sri Lankan Pavilions” in a number of international gem and jewellery events including this event “Gem and Jewellery Show Singapore 2013.In this event we got a very spacious pavilion to exhibit our gem and jewellery, he said.
According to Janaka Udaya Kumara ten countries and 200 exhibitors are participating in the event,wholesale fashion shoes which is a good opportunity for Sri Lanka to enhance trade links and promote our gem and jewellery in order to position Sri Lanka as a gem hub in the region. Further, the government has identified the gem and jewellery industry as one of the thrust areas of development, which has given unprecedented incentives to the sector through the last budget, which helps the country to promote itself as a hub in the region in future, he said.
The Director General said with this development they are now in the process of promoting eco friendly mining practices among local gem miners, which was the need of the hour to promote this sector in a more sustainable way.
The U.S.A., Thailand, Hong Kong, Switzerland, Italy, France, India, Malaysia, Singapore, China, Canada and Germany are among the top export destinations for Sri Lankan gems and Jewellery.
Today we are promoting our products in world class trade fairs and exhibitions held in many countries such as the U.S.A., Japan, Hong Kong, Switzerland, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, China, India and France, he said.
There will be several mega events such as the Jewellery Shanghai Show, Hyderabad Jewellery, Pearl and Gem Fair, Hong Kong International Jewellery Show, Malaysia International Jewelex, China International Jewellery Show (Beijing) and China International Gold, Jewllery and Gem Fair (Shanghai) during this year.
Click on their website www.owon-smart.com for more information.
The export of gemstones brought in revenue of Rs 1,635 million recording a 39 percent growth while jewellery exports generated revenue of Rs 301 million showing an impressive 121 percent growth. The service cutting industry showed signs of recovery by recording an Rs 26 million income with a 50 percent growth.
“Sri Lanka is exporting gems to several countries which have shown a keen interest in fine quality blue sapphires of large sizes and the prices fetched by unheated sapphires were unprecedented.
Therefore participating for an event like “Singapore International Jewellery Show” for the seventh consecutive year would help to promote our gem and jewellery products internationally” National Gem and Jewellery Authority (NGJA) Director General R.M.Janaka Udaya Kumara Daily News Business. Sri Lanka retains a world market position as a producer of fine quality gems and has some of the greatest varieties of gems in the world.
Therefore, Singapore being the fourth largest importer of Sri Lankan gems has given the country partner status at this exhibition from its inception, which is one of the big opportunities to strengthen trade links, he said.
In the export market promotion programme this year, the NGJA intends to organize “Sri Lankan Pavilions” in a number of international gem and jewellery events including this event “Gem and Jewellery Show Singapore 2013.In this event we got a very spacious pavilion to exhibit our gem and jewellery, he said.
According to Janaka Udaya Kumara ten countries and 200 exhibitors are participating in the event,wholesale fashion shoes which is a good opportunity for Sri Lanka to enhance trade links and promote our gem and jewellery in order to position Sri Lanka as a gem hub in the region. Further, the government has identified the gem and jewellery industry as one of the thrust areas of development, which has given unprecedented incentives to the sector through the last budget, which helps the country to promote itself as a hub in the region in future, he said.
The Director General said with this development they are now in the process of promoting eco friendly mining practices among local gem miners, which was the need of the hour to promote this sector in a more sustainable way.
The U.S.A., Thailand, Hong Kong, Switzerland, Italy, France, India, Malaysia, Singapore, China, Canada and Germany are among the top export destinations for Sri Lankan gems and Jewellery.
Today we are promoting our products in world class trade fairs and exhibitions held in many countries such as the U.S.A., Japan, Hong Kong, Switzerland, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, China, India and France, he said.
There will be several mega events such as the Jewellery Shanghai Show, Hyderabad Jewellery, Pearl and Gem Fair, Hong Kong International Jewellery Show, Malaysia International Jewelex, China International Jewellery Show (Beijing) and China International Gold, Jewllery and Gem Fair (Shanghai) during this year.
Click on their website www.owon-smart.com for more information.
2013年7月2日星期二
Not ruling out a terror funding angle
MUMBAI A courier consignment of cash, gold and diamond jewellery,
estimated to be worth Rs2 billion was seized here late on Monday by the
National Investigation Agency (NIA) and Income- Tax Department, an
official said.
It is being billed as the biggest operation of its kind and the sources and destinations of the consignment are being probed.
Income-Tax Director General Swatantra Kumar told reporters on Tuesday morning that the consignment, intercepted near the busy Mumbai Central terminus around 9:30pm on Monday, was bound from Mumbai to Ahmedabad and other destinations by the Gujarat Mail train.
It was brought in four trucks carrying around 150 bags chock-full with cash and jewellery, stumping the investigators who suspect a terror angle, a top I-T official requesting anonymity said on Tuesday.
At least 47 people, including personal couriers, locally known as ‘angadiyas’, were detained and 20 were let off after initial questioning by the two agencies on Tuesday.
The operation was carried out following a tip-off received by the NIA at least a week ago.
NIA roped in the I-T Department for help as a huge amount of cash was involved.
Not ruling out a terror funding angle, at least a dozen of those detained are being questioned separately by the NIA.
Counting of the cash and valuation of the jewellery is currently on at the I-T headquarters in Mumbai and the true value of the consignment is expected to be known only within another day or so, the official said.
Swatantra Kumar, while declining to peg a value to the seizure, said that a team of officials is busy counting the seized cash and ascertaining the value of the jewellery which is expected to be known by Wednesday.
Replying to a query on whether a terror angle was suspected, Swatantra Kumar said that whatever is the outcome of the I-T probe, it will be shared with NIA.
Philippa Mannagh, a new resident in Onerahi, said she was impressed with the passion of people living in the community and wanted to bring all the vibrant parts together in one place. And what better place than online and on Facebook.
The Onerahi Community Facebook page has been operating for two months now and is gaining momentum with Onerahi police using the page as a place to help fight crime.
"I kept coming across people with a passion for Onerahi and thought a Facebook page would be great. It's developed faster than I thought," Mrs Mannagh said. "Now there is a real awareness of community and safety. People are sending photos and sharing events - it's awesome. We are getting thousands of hits every week."
Local police constable Aaron Furze has also tapped into the online community in a bid to solve a spate of burglaries in the area.
In a post on the Onerahi Facebook page, Mr Furze said jewellery seemed to be the main item targeted in recent burglaries. Over a two-week period he estimated around 10 home burglaries, particularly in the Ross and Church Sts and Raurimu areas. He advised those following the page to photograph jewellery and keep a description. He also asked people to keep an eye out for suspicious behaviour and report it to police.
Mr Furze was working on establishing an Onerahi Police Facebook page.
Earlier this year the most northern police officer in New Zealand Senior Constable Tracey Knowler set up the first Facebook page in the Northland police district and has found it a great tool.
"Certainly the Far North community has thrown themselves into the Facebook option as a way of communicating with me," she said. "When it comes to local knowledge and finger on the pulse, local people are my greatest asset."
Read the full story at www.agesteeljewelry.com!
It is being billed as the biggest operation of its kind and the sources and destinations of the consignment are being probed.
Income-Tax Director General Swatantra Kumar told reporters on Tuesday morning that the consignment, intercepted near the busy Mumbai Central terminus around 9:30pm on Monday, was bound from Mumbai to Ahmedabad and other destinations by the Gujarat Mail train.
It was brought in four trucks carrying around 150 bags chock-full with cash and jewellery, stumping the investigators who suspect a terror angle, a top I-T official requesting anonymity said on Tuesday.
At least 47 people, including personal couriers, locally known as ‘angadiyas’, were detained and 20 were let off after initial questioning by the two agencies on Tuesday.
The operation was carried out following a tip-off received by the NIA at least a week ago.
NIA roped in the I-T Department for help as a huge amount of cash was involved.
Not ruling out a terror funding angle, at least a dozen of those detained are being questioned separately by the NIA.
Counting of the cash and valuation of the jewellery is currently on at the I-T headquarters in Mumbai and the true value of the consignment is expected to be known only within another day or so, the official said.
Swatantra Kumar, while declining to peg a value to the seizure, said that a team of officials is busy counting the seized cash and ascertaining the value of the jewellery which is expected to be known by Wednesday.
Replying to a query on whether a terror angle was suspected, Swatantra Kumar said that whatever is the outcome of the I-T probe, it will be shared with NIA.
Philippa Mannagh, a new resident in Onerahi, said she was impressed with the passion of people living in the community and wanted to bring all the vibrant parts together in one place. And what better place than online and on Facebook.
The Onerahi Community Facebook page has been operating for two months now and is gaining momentum with Onerahi police using the page as a place to help fight crime.
"I kept coming across people with a passion for Onerahi and thought a Facebook page would be great. It's developed faster than I thought," Mrs Mannagh said. "Now there is a real awareness of community and safety. People are sending photos and sharing events - it's awesome. We are getting thousands of hits every week."
Local police constable Aaron Furze has also tapped into the online community in a bid to solve a spate of burglaries in the area.
In a post on the Onerahi Facebook page, Mr Furze said jewellery seemed to be the main item targeted in recent burglaries. Over a two-week period he estimated around 10 home burglaries, particularly in the Ross and Church Sts and Raurimu areas. He advised those following the page to photograph jewellery and keep a description. He also asked people to keep an eye out for suspicious behaviour and report it to police.
Mr Furze was working on establishing an Onerahi Police Facebook page.
Earlier this year the most northern police officer in New Zealand Senior Constable Tracey Knowler set up the first Facebook page in the Northland police district and has found it a great tool.
"Certainly the Far North community has thrown themselves into the Facebook option as a way of communicating with me," she said. "When it comes to local knowledge and finger on the pulse, local people are my greatest asset."
Read the full story at www.agesteeljewelry.com!
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