Royal wedding breaks records Internet with live streaming (AFP)

London (AFP) - royal of Britain broken marriage records for live streaming on Friday, the Internet companies said, causing some Web sites to falter under the strain that hundreds of millions watched online.

The marriage of Prince William to Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, has been streamed live on the British Royal family YouTube channel - the first royal wedding to be covered in manner.

Internet society Livestream, which is in partnership with the Associated Press, CBS, and the Press Association, said that the event has its own records, with more than 330 000 concurrent viewers at any given time.

"We anticipate the final analytics to show at least two million unique viewers throughout the service on livestream.com for the full ceremony," said a spokesman.

Akamai, a carrier of important traffic, has been handling almost three million simultaneous viewers, beating his record of 1.6 million simultaneous live streams in the World Cup last year.

The BBC Web site, which was also showing coverage live, had trouble in the strain Friday morning, flashing intermittently a message error at the ceremony, saying that the site is "abnormal traffic."

"We know some technical problems with BBC Online because of the sheer weight of traffic, which can cause the site to be slower than normal in some cases," said a spokesman.

Top 10 topics oriented of twitter Twitter, nine were related to the royal wedding. They ranged from the tweetgift # RoyalWedding and # proudtobebritish to the words "they have embraced".

"Royal wedding coverage" and "Kate Middleton wedding dress" were the hottest two searches on Google, including the famous logo on the home page devoted to marriage royal and mapped the route of the Royal procession in 3D.

Google "doodle", a cartoon of the Abbey of Westminster featured with the couple of fairy tale of riding in a horse-drawn carriage and linked to a page of results of research on the royal wedding.

However fears that world media event - should reach two billion viewers in the world and many of them online - could "break" Internet has proved unfounded.

The royals have used the web extensively in the build up to April 29 to update the public on the arrangements for the day, with channels on Facebook, YouTube and Flickr as well as the official website of Royal Weddingwww.officialroyalwedding2011.org.

Representatives of the Palace hosted a live multimedia blog on the royal website, where visitors could congratulate the couple in a book of marriage in line and make donations to the charity Royal Wedding Fund.

Sony Hirai to brief on PlayStation Hack Sunday (PC World)

Sony is expected to provide its detailed update even more Sunday on a hack that hit the PlayStation Network and a number of personal credit card information and status of up to 77 million customers.

Kaz Hirai, Director of the division of Sony game, talking to journalists in Tokyo and provide the findings of an investigation into the hack of its online gaming service, says Sony. Hirai will also detail measures of security for the system of the PlayStation Network and plan for the restoration of service.

The PlayStation Network, which acts as an e-commerce and platform games online for PlayStation 3, is unavailable for more than a week. Sony he was offline after an attack on the system of the discovery took place.

Main avenue of Sony of communications with its clients to date have been messages on its regional Web sites. But many questions still to be determined.

The main of them is the size of a data leakage that took place. Sony said client has been lost, but his way clear if it affects all 77 millions of customers of a subset of them. The status of customer credit card numbers is also uncertain. Sony has already said he had not found evidence of a theft of card numbers, but it advises users to still be on the look out for suspicious transactions.

Slow apparent Sony taking the system offline and inform customers is also in the spotlight. The company said it is aware of an intrusion on April 19, but the network has not been withdrawn until a day later. It is two additional days until Sony acknowledged he had been hit by an attack, and only 26 April did she notify customers that their information has been stolen.

The press conference will be the first observations of the public of the Hirai on the hack and the blackout. He appeared before journalists in Tokyo Tuesday to present prototypes of future tablet of Sony PCs, but it did not address the problems of the PlayStation Network.

White IPhone 4 is thicker than black model (PC World)

After 10 months of delay, the white iPhone 4 arrived, and to look at it is that it is not only towards the end, but also thicker than black brother. The difference is very small, 0.2 mm to be more precise, but it is enough to give headaches to some users who would find that their cases would not take on the iPhone white 4.

Ryan Cash, who posted photos of the two models of comparison on his blog, first noticed the difference of thickness between the white and black iPhone 4. He is not measuring devices, but the difference is noticeable to the naked eye. Then, the blog of TiPb has taken measures and elucidate the mystery: in effect, the white iPhone 4 is thicker than that of the black of 0.2 mm.

The difference, by about 9.3 mm thick black iPhone 9.5 mm from the white model, it is not the steel frame of the device, but on the part of white glass in front of the aircraft. Apple does not list any difference thick on its website between black and white iPhone 4.

Apple has not explained why the white iPhone 4 is thicker, but this might have something to do with why the device was delayed for 10 months. In an interview with this week, Apple CEO Steve Jobs and Senior VP Phil Schiller, said White coloration of the white iPhone caused problems with the model, manufacturing, therefore the extra thickness may be a result of this process.

Those who do not use a case for their white iPhone 4 should have no problem with the additional thickness. But the situation is slightly more complex if you want to use a case, as most of them is designed for FIR comfortably on the 9.3 mm black iPhone 4. Initial tests indicate cases bumper will that Apple and most of the cases that are subject to depth step to insert still white iPhone plus thick 4, but if you plan to buy a case for your white iPhone brilliant new 4It is best to check if it fits first.

White IPhone 4 slightly thicker than black models buyers, beware (Yahoo! News)

4 Apple white IPhone is finally available, but the saga surrounding the device just does not seem to want to end. blanch the iconic smartphone, it seems that apple strengthened it slightly. Apparently, they have thicker plastic and possibly borders glass, which wraps the valuable bowels of the phone. There is a hardly perceptible difference and is only apparent when compared directly with the black model, but it's enough to make a few iPhone 4 cases unusable.

According to tech blog MacRumors, many cases that they tested correspond well on both old and new models, but one of their players was not as lucky. A particular case, a type of cursor covering which are generally designed to be super well adjusted, simply could not be made to adapt to the fair device.

Apple made no announcement about changes of dimension for her newly bleached gadget, focusing on the new "beautiful" game of colours of the phone instead. But if some cases iPhone 4 proved to be poorly adjusted on the new model, we are convinced that the case manufacturers would be more that happy to sell you another. And this story brings another question thus: why on earth would you pay go from iPhone 4 to, a pale iPhone 4, well, just to cover the functionality of the new device with a case mark?

 

Network users PlayStation reports fraud by credit card (PC World)

Sony PlayStation Network users report fraud on their credit cards – any flight booked a Germany for their purchases in Japanese grocery stores.

On Thursday, a reported security firm hackers are offering for sale, what they claim are stolen details of credit card NHP, despite the fact that Sony is adamant that the data has been encrypted and therefore unusable. Sony also said there was "no evidence that credit card data has been taken."

During this time, Congress got involved, with the House energy and Commerce Committee send a list of questions to the President of Sony Kazuo Hirai (PDF link to the letter) and requiring responses by May 6. In addition, the NextGov Web site claims the Homeland Security Department helps Sony with its investigation.

It is difficult to argue that credit card fraud is nothing other than a simple coincidence. NHP boasts 77 million users around the world and are not all will be recorded details of the map on the free service. However, to give an idea of the scale, 77 million people is more than the population of the France and the Belgium combined, or one quarter of the population of the United States.

In other words, a large percentage of the PSN users are likely to be hit by fraud each day through unrelated causes, and it is easy to pin the blame on Sony.

Although it is said that the details of map only 2.2 million are for sale, there is no indication that the 77 million users would be affected. Therefore the any PSN user who has submitted the details of the credit card feels probably shortly after.

A user with a credit card is only used for transactions of NHPS could provide a more rigorous proof, and Ars Technica claims to have found such an individual. One of its readers is an American Express card "found in a drawer in my house in case of emergency", but he has used to register for NHPS. He was compromised last weekend, the claims, although reader, in this case American Express detected fraudulent transactions.

The big question is whether if the pirates did not decipher credit card details. If they had full access to the software that runs NHP, then it is possible that they could use the same mechanism is typically used to decrypt the details of the map. Alternatively, encryption can be low and easily cracked.

The second major question relates to the question of whether the hackers have very important CVV code needs to make transactions on the Internet. Sony to so-called first in its FAQ that it requests the codes never but since amended answer to say that he is not seeking the codes but they are not stored in their database.

However, we don't know yet how long the hackers had control of the network. It is possible that they could have eavesdropped on transactions, while the network was operating and assembled for the occasion the CVS codes and even credit card details themselves. Which could explain why only a small number of credit card details is offered for sale.

In any event, each PSN user must contact their credit card company to ask what to do, with the best plan is to request a new card.

Powerful app in Fitness shows Apple patent for iPhone (Mashable)

Apple filed a patent for an application of Center of Fitness with social media components that might be able to bring a variety of fitness-tracking features as an icon. The United States Patent and Trademark Office published Thursday Apple patent. The app would include an extensive back-end for fitness centers interact with their customers and front end that will reside on the iPhone, help users to keep track of their training sessions and find potential partners for training via social networks.

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There is a component-like together on software, which allows fitness centres are beginning their interaction with potential customers by offering a "free pass" and sent "news, updates, daily promotions and daily activities.""," according to the patent application described on PatentlyApple.com.

In addition to benefit from the fitness centres, users would be able to find potential partners for training, building on the data they input and profile of their social networking accounts information. The app could also draw a user against the other, based on the competition while motivating users to stick with their fitness plans.

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Based on the experience of Apple Nike + app would connect with smart exercise apparatus, held of accurate records of training achievements, and then matching those against the objectives of the user. The patent application, Apple specified to the collection of data fitness via the two devices connected physical exercise and wireless by Bluetooth or Wi - Fi of coupling.

While many of these functions is already available through applications and websites, if Apple decides to create this app, it will likely be to encapsulate all of these different functions in a seamlessly integrated user experience.

Let us know in the comments if you think it's an original idea which was to be released or if you think Apple is copying several applications that already exist.

Sony No.2 Hirai brief media Sunday on data theft (Reuters)

TOKYO (Reuters) - No.2 Kazuo Hirai of Sony Corp will be brief media Sunday on a breach of enormous security of its PlayStation Network, the first time that an Executive of the Japanese electronics giant will publicly address case, which could trigger global legal action.

Hirai, online to succeed CEO Howard Stringer, a press conference in Tokyo at 2: 00 pm (1 pm EDT) on the investigation of Sony of the case, its information management system and the timetable for resuming servicesthe company said in a press release Saturday.

On Tuesday, Sony warned that hackers had stolen the names, addresses and possibly details of credit card accounts of users of 77 million of its network of online video game, which produces 500 millions of dollars in annual revenues.

The disclosure of one of the biggest ever online data infiltration came on Tuesday, a week after Sony shut down the network. Frameworks makes no mention of the crisis hours earlier that day when they launched its first Tablet PC.

The delay has prompted anger among online users, although the company said that it was due to a judicial inquiry.

It could lead to legal action in the world and represent a challenge for Hirai, Stringer said is in pole position to succeed him.

In the United States, attorneys general, which act as consumer advocates, have begun to investigate the matter or examine with staff in several States, while the U.S. such as the Federal Trade Commission regulators can become more involved.

Mary Bono Mack, President of the Chamber of representatives on energy and Commerce Committee, Friday sent a letter to Hirai, who is also the President of Sony Computer Entertainment America, asking why the disclosure has been delayed.

In Britain, a Government watchdog has launched an investigation into the incident.

Sony has been thinking up a potential successor to Stringer, who has been vague about his plans for the next fiscal year which begins in April 2012.

Hirai, who was promoted in March at the Executive Deputy President of Sony, used for network products and services division the company including Sony game companies.

Shares of Sony was a success on Thursday, fell nearly 5 percent in Tokyo. The stock exchange was closed Friday, a national holiday.

Sony said it had encrypted all credit card numbers, which would make it extremely difficult for hackers to access these data. But criminals may use other personal information which are not encrypted to run scams.

Give the meaning of Streaming Media Options (PC World)

Hulu more began yesterday on the Xbox 360, and HBO has launched its app HBO go for iPhone and iPad. It is faster to the point where something you can look at the traditional cable or satellite TV can also be viewed via streaming from the Internet, but for now the options can be a little confusing and intimidating.

Between services such as NetFlix and Hulu Plus and the range of streaming for content of sites, specific channel and apps such as ABC, CBS and HBO it seems that you can get almost all of your Visual Entertainment streamed on the Internet and abandon any traditional cable and satellite TV. But choose carefully because no single media streaming option has everything.

I currently have AT & T Uverse for my television home entertainment. The ultimate package uverse has to offer - the U450 pay astronomical sums of money (as almost $120 per month). For my $120, I get about 370 channels to choose from, including 50 channels or so premium. Granted, many of these 370 channels are just HD duplicate channels of standard definition, and most of the premium channel options are just variations of Starz, Showtime, HBO and Cinemax.

When it comes down to it, it is probably really less than 300 unique channels. But, you know how many strings I use on a monthly basis? I do not know with certainty, but I would say that it is less than 10.

I could save me a ton of money by ditching cable and just using the streaming options, right? Well, yes - except that I have first know what services need to see the shows and films, streaming I want, and some of the shows I love may not available to all that could make me regret waive my former cable TV.

Netflix seems to be everywhere and emerged as the leader of de facto streaming media. You can watch Netflix content on practically anything decoders units as Apple TV, to TVs that are enabled by the Internet to mobile devices such as an iPhone or iPad, such as the Xbox 360 or Nintendo Wii game consoles.

Netflix service starts at only $7.99 / month and allows access to a massive library of film and TV show content. But Netflix does not offer content this season and it was avoided by some networks HBO and Showtime original as content.

Enter more Hulu. Where Netflix is the King of films and television show legacy streaming, Hulu more fills the void of current TV content. With more than Hulu, I can still watch that my favorite programs like The Office. The catch is that I cannot watch it until the next day, it is broadcast on television, though.

I have a problem with the fact that I must pay a subscription and yet always monitor commericials. In contrast, the "free commercial" pay channels such as HBO and Showtime actually display advertisements more it seems - they are just all for their own content. There is also a problem with the fact that, although Fox is supported on more than Hulu, American Idol episodes are not available, and CBS does not play with Hulu than all if no Big Bang theory.

So, now I have $7.99 per month will Netflix to watch movies and another $7.99 is Hulu more so I can look at current performances, but still, I do not see American Idol, the Big Bang theory or current original HBO content as a game of Thrones.

The HBO app go lets me see current HBO content, but only if I am a subscriber to the traditional HBO network, which means that I must keep my cable TV subscription in order to obtain access to streaming HBO content. And, there is an app of film for iOS which provides content CBS - 60 Minutes and Hawaii Five-O - but still has no Big Bang theory.

I am certain that I could save a ton of money by abandoning my subscription Uverse and just using streaming media. But, I do not with my former cable trying to guess what service or application to use to get the film or show I want or not completely miss on some content. I just pick up the remote control and that is all.

Still, I could cut the package Uverse database to subscribe to HBO, then subscribe to Netflix and Hulu Plus and have access to the vast majority of what I want to look for less than half of what I pay now.

Charges iPhone Apps for April 29: Buncee Mom, gather on HD, wine Guy on request! (Appolicious)

Be prepared for the mother's day with fresh App today, Buncee Mom leader for iPad. The app is free and allows you to create virtual cards for mother's day by using your own photos and its multiple themes. Keep reading for details and downloading of the application, with a few other cool offers.

In honour of mother's day, Buncee released a free version of its map-making iPad app that allows users to combine photographs and text on custom origins. Buncee Mom comes with many themes of mother's day to allow you to speak for the holidays, and you can export that you only create an eCard.

Buncee Mom comes with 25 different custom backgrounds and allows you to save your cards in your role of camera, or share it on Facebook, Twitter or Tumblr. You can also print your creations preferred to use as high resolution images.

Many users were accustomed to having Groupon in their pockets on their iPhonse, but with the exit together on HD, iPad users enjoy the same privilege. Grouping on files of many features, such as the ability to find deals in your area and display only available for users to gather on daily deals. It is all the functionality that you get on the Groupon Web site, but on your mobile device.

Best film together on iOS is that, rather than having to print physical coupons, you can really get ready to scan coupons on your device screen. Just bring your iPad and you will never feel an another coupon.

There are a lot of wine-picking apps in the App Store, but they generally use databases to give you recommendations for different wines, pairing with food, and bottles are considered better than others. These applications do not have, it is that Guy at the request of wine! offers - the ability to establish a connection to a real person to give you recommendations on wine on request.

The only big disadvantage to wine Guy is that it requires a real wine guy, and obviously it cannot always be of service. Other than wine Guy offers advice in real time almost as if by instant message, helping you get the inside scoop and impress friends, dates, and trading partners.

Quarterly Profit Falls from Microsoft under Apple for the first time in 20 years (Mashable)

Microsoft has reported a quarterly profit that is smaller than Apple for the first time in 20 years, as the iPad ate sales of portable computers. Income net of Microsoft for the quarter was $ 5.2 billion compared to Apple $ 5.99 billion. According to Bloomberg, it is the first time in 20 years that the Apple quarterly earnings overshadowed Microsoft. The milestone comes after Apple Microsoft in market capitalization last year.

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Pat Becker, Jr., Director of Becker Capital Management, said that there was "no doubt" that the iPad is cannibalizing sales of laptops, against Microsoft. Along these lines, in its segment of Windows fell to 4.4% to $ 4.5 billion, which is "in line with trends in PC", according to a statement of the company. Microsoft is banking on Windows 8, which is likely to appear as beta this summer and hit 2012 mass market, to boost consumer PC sales.

Fortunately for Microsoft, other divisions of the company are better. Revenue for the company's Business Division increased 21% per year over year. "The company performs a refresh and upgrade and Microsoft the summer horseback riding this wave, Becker said. Also, the Entertainment Division & devices has increased its income 60%-year with the successful introduction of Kinect for Xbox 360 and continued strong sales for Xbox 360.

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Despite these figures, Microsoft seems to feel the heat from Apple and Google among others, as demonstrated by a salary increase of the enterprise-wide account held last week, according to the Financial Times.

The daily Deals Bandwagon dissected [computer graphics] (Mashable)

Each contractor and his dog provides a service handles daily these days. Good slightly more original of the newly launched Facebook system Groupon Deals platform, deals have taken the step in the landscape of web startup. Each of them may have courtesy of MBA online, here a cheat sheet how four of the most popular daily deals sites and services - LivingSocial, Groupon, focuses on Facebook and Google offer - work, including how much money these companies are and how many users.

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Deals from Facebook and Google provides are the two most recent competitors in this already crowded field. Although these programs come from two more big names and the most powerful companies in the Internet ecosystem, we have not yet enough data on these specific characteristics to really judge how well they will perform in the real worldwhere GroupOn and its ilk pure-play are already fairly well established.

Take a look of eye to the information presented below and in the comments, let us know if you think that the tech behemoths will overwrite the startups focused on transactions or if you think the startups have staying power - or perhaps deals every day are not a sum game zero and there is room for all These companies make a profit.

Controversial combat renamed App "KG combat" back in the Android Market (PC Magazine)

The controversial fight, "Dog Wars" app, "Combat KG" was renamed and is back in the Android market.

Created by the developer of games Kage, "Combat KG" lets you "feed, water, train and your virtual dog-fight against other players." It caused quite a stir among groups of animals with human society and the American society for the prevention of cruelty to animals urging Google to remove the application more early this week.

"Android should abandon"Dog Wars"of its online marketplace and join the national movement to save the dogs of this violent practice," said Humane Society President Wayne Pacelle. "Because"Dog Wars' actually players gives on the manner of a dog using methods which are the standard in organized combat, this game the condition can be a ground of virtual training for aspiring dogfighters." His calendar and message are all wrong. ?

Perhaps the most famous build the former, Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick also spoke out against the game.

"I have just learned the hard way this fight is a street without end," he said Monday in reference to its passage from 20 months in federal prison for a conviction of combat. "" "". Now I'm on the right side of this issue, and I think it is important to send the smart message for children and not glorify this form of cruelty to animals, even in an Android application. ?

The note of game manufacturers that it is "just a game" and its listed as "maturity."

"We have heard of the thoughts of many lovers of dog and animal of our app and first of all, as long as dog owners and dog lovers ourselves, we want to thank you for your thoughts and for the work that many of you are for our canine friends"reads the page in the application"" on the Android market. "We tolerate violence against animals or humans, and we are confident in the ability of humanity to make the distinction between a rudimentary game and the consequences of real life".

Google said the app was "deleted based on a complaint of infringement of trade mark", but the company refused to comment further on this subject.

What Sony did consumers after NHP nightmare? (PC World)

What responsibility Sony has Playstation Network for $ 77 million customers who discovered this week - days after the fact - that their personal data, account information online and credit card information was stolen by identity thieves?

"When I see something like that, I want to shout," said expert Florida identity theft Denise Richardson. "It's like a gold mine of information."

Position of Sony businesses generally respond by affected users offer a year of free credit monitoring - something any consumer has the right to the already United States. "For me, it's nothing," Richardson said. "" "". "Thieves are sitting back laughing that."

Sophisticated data thieves exceeded stolen credit cards and use personal information such as dates of birth and home address to open bank accounts, to obtain medical services or collect others unemployment checks. The fact that many Sony 77 million compromised accounts to include adolescents and young adults it worse, she said, because they know perhaps not that their data was compromised for years, the potential liability of cumulative Sony.

"What happens depends on how much damage comes," predicted Richardson. "It is will cost Sony billion, is my guess."

Unfortunately, it is people to cancel credit cards, change passwords, and watch their email and other communications with care and perhaps think twice about type in trains of personal info on every Web site he seeks. If you are looking for try our Hack of NHPS survival guide.

Sony, explains data thieves may have collected numbers card credit and expiry dates with the user names, physical and email addresses, handle NHP and password online, Date of birth and purchase history and password tips.

If Yes, they know your mother maiden name, favorite musician and what elementary school you attended. And they know your password, so if you are the kind of person who uses the same password again and again, you could be in a series of nasty surprises in the coming months.

But no worries, the giant consumer electronics said today ' hui - the three-digit security code found on the back of your credit card was not included into the breach!

"That", expert on the law of the computer said Mike Godwin, "is like the lowest defence never."

Adding a second code to three figures with a 16-digit credit card number "relying on security practices that are a couple of old decades", said Godwin, who was the first advocate of staff at the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Assuming that it is enough to wave off the coast of thieves info is symptomatic of a larger issue: "the whole system is broken."

Sony will have to admit that he violated the trust of its customers and "early Earth", said Godwin. "They have to reorganize their complete system of private life and the paper not only in their error."

Following the rupture, Sony is facing multiple legal and regulatory challenges. Godwin adds, "extremely comprehensive governmental action would actually help", although Sony worldwide customer complicates the possibility that regulatory measures could do no good.

T - Mobile Paris $ 1,000 the Galaxy S 4 G is faster than iPhone (digital trends)

Live in Seattle and have an iPhone? If you answered Yes to both, you are eligible to participate in the challenge of speed of Seattle's T-Mobile. This weekend the carrier is encouraging devout iOS to bring their phones in participating stores in the race for the Galaxy S 4 G smartphone. If you download information faster on your iPhone, you win and you get more than Apple fanboy cred: T-Mobile will give you $ 1,000.

Unless they know something, it is not, ratings are not for the iPhone users. Verizon and Apple iPhone both operate on 3 G networks. The side-by-side comparison will show the phones to download files, and the Galaxy S 4 G will be the likely winner: the new Android phone is capable of 21 MB/s downloads. IPhone 4 maximum 7.2 MB/s downloads. It is not much to see through the extremely thin veil of T-Mobile plan-get in the store, showing the phone, speak of 4 G service. More fun at the stroke of advertising that anything else is that T-Mobile directly disputes what could be his future home, because AT & T is in acquisition of the network…or at least try.

To enter, all you need to do is show up at one of the 10 participating stores, be 18 years of age, bring your iPhone and do not forget to disable your Wi - Fi. If you are iPhone bests the Galaxy S 4 G on two of the three tests, the sum of $1000 is yours. Here is a list of participating retailers T-Mobile:

Downtown SeattleFactoria Village (formerly of the Loehmann Plaza) Bellevue SquareRedmond city CenterAurora Ave. n. 135th St.45th & Pierre WayNW 85th St. & 15 Avenue city way NE & NE 125thBothell NWLake & St.Northgate 208th, MallLet, we know if you are brave enough to put your iPhone through humiliation.

Smartphone boom lifts telephone market in the first quarter (Reuters)

HELSINKI (Reuters) - demand for smartphones has given new impetus to volumes of market of global cellular phone in January-March and makes iPhone vendor Apple Inc. a rare winner the market research firms said Friday.

IDC has experienced growth in January-March by 20 per cent market, also helped strong gains by small suppliers as the manufacturers of telephone plus large three - Nokia Oyj, Samsung Electronics Co Ltd and LG Electronics Inc. - lost market share.

Apple iPhone sales has more than doubled since last year, supported by strong sales on Verizon Wireless and carrier additional also treats rises to 5% of market share.

"The iPhone sold once more particularly well developed economic regions of the world, such as North America and Western Europe," said IDC.

Apple is now within striking distance of LG, which had a 6.6 per cent market share in the quarter. Nokia share fell to 29% from 35% a year ago while Samsung has slipped to 19 percent, said IDC.

BlackBerry-maker Research in Motion Ltd. has benefited from the rise of the smartphone in the quarter, winning market share, but warned late Thursday its quarterly sales miss earlier forecasts.

Canadian group is in a transition period, because it revamped its product range and launches its first Tablet PC.

Separately, Strategy Analytics estimated combined shipments increased by 17% a year, he led by smartphone surging demand in the mature regions and models more and more popular with multiple SIM cards in emerging markets.

"In the first quarter of 2011 has been marked by supply chain disruptions related to the tragedy of earthquake by the constraints of the current soft component and the Japan in areas such as touch screens""memory and cameras,", said Neil Mawston, analyst at the analytical strategy.

Mawston said component shortage would continue at least the next six to nine months, causing higher prices of inputs, but the operational challenges or limited volumes of this would be minor for most manufacturers.

AppRadio: The car ideal iPhone experience? (Mashable)

A Pioneer design his AppRadio in the car to come to look like the iPhone? Looking at the screen mockup above, it is difficult to say otherwise - and the company is not denying him or the other.

If icons on the capacitive touch model 6. 1-inch may resemble those on the iOS interface, the AppRadio doesn't have a system of exploitation for the Apple smartphone. However, Pioneer argues that it is exactly "as the iOS experience" with the iPhone perfectly mixed in the procedure, according to CrunchGear.

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Connect iPhone to the AppRadio using an Apple dock connector cable, and it will use cell connection of the iPhone, as well as of all his contacts and music. Apps Pioneer will include Pandora, iHeartRadio, some unspecified social media apps - and probably many others if Apple allows society with impunity.

The material has all the accoutrements takes account an automotive head-end unit high-end as Bluetooth connectivity, GPS, a camera mirror port and a card slot microSD which additional apps can be added to the radio.

Our take: It is closer to our dream car stereo. What we would really like to see, is the technology that GM referred when I recently visited the company in Detroit. GM goal: as soon as you are sitting in the car, your smartphone communicates with the car, wireless downloading of contacts, music and all other data automatically.

But our dream car stereo would go a little further, with a screen that duplicates all what is on the screen of the iPhone. To do this, Apple should participate more actively in the car.

There is another issue: this kind of Infotainment in the car is so distracting, it can cause far more accidents.

Network LTE 4 G of Verizon goes down for the count (Yahoo! News)

A major failure of the 4 G of Verizon network raises questions about the stability of the new technology LTE for the carrier for the first time. Last night, the LTE network outages were reported across the country, and LTE remains today. Some reports note that 4 G-capable phones like the HTC lightning are still able to jump on the Verizon less fast 3 G network, but 3 G is not available for some subscribers.

Verizon can benefit not first place as the number one U.S. carrier much longer, but the company is still widely seen in a positive - especially when light stacked against rival AT & T. If the carrier can obtain online network soon, his reputation will probably bounce back quickly, but a prolonged outage could be bad news for the relatively flawless image of the company.

LTE is a form of 4 G, the so-called "next generation" of mobile network technology. While the term has generated much controversy, as Verizon LTE 4 G networks are capable of speeds of data globally those possible with 3 G.

 

Sony to boost Production of Blu - ray disc in late may (PC World)

Sony plans for the production of curriculum vitae of Blu - ray and other optical discs in a factory devastated North of the Japan in late may, he said Thursday.

Sendai Technology Center in Tagajo city company is the only plant Sony always offline after a powerful earthquake and tsunami struck East of the Japan on March 11. Many factories of decision-makers key electronics were interrupted after the earthquake, but few have been directly affected by the tsunami as Sony plant.

It was flooded about 1.5 metre of water, mud and debris that caused damage to the first floor of the building. A visit to the factory in late March found workers compensation in the mud and crushed the cars of the installation. This work has continued and now Sony is anticipating the restarting of certain operations.

The plant is in principle Sony production base for professional video cassettes, blank Blu - ray discs, and other multimedia products and production stop caused a pinch on the supply of certain products of media professionals as portable HDCAM video cassettes for the television cameras.

While the production of optical discs will begin in late may, the production of tapes, such as those for the television cameras, is not likely to resume until end of July.

Sony has stated that his intention to move the production of other products and components already manufactured in Tagajo other factories to speed up the resumption of their production.

Sony also said it intends to help regional recovery efforts and will consider providing premises vacant offices with local businesses and assign staff to assist with the work of local support.

The top 10 Royal Wedding Twitter trends [chart] (Mashable)

Most of the viewers depended on their TVs to watch the images of the Royal marriage. But the event was also big and sweeping themes trends in the major search engines and social networks online, bat of livestreaming records. As expected, the large number of viewers turned to Twitter Friday morning to share the reactions that they watched the show on their televisions and other devices. At the time that the ceremony began at 6 p.m. et, all 10 subjects oriented around the world on Twitter were related to the Royal Wedding.

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We always expect an official number of Twitter, which is probably the land until next week. But NBC has kindly shared the figures following, obtained via the Trendrr social monitoring tool, with us:

Tweet volume was heavier in London, New York, Toronto, New South Wales, Paris and Sao Paulo, in that order.Sentiment was essentially positive (58%). 24% of tweets registered as neutral, and 18% were negative.64% of tweets came from women, compared with 36% of men.Any reference to the hashtag # RoyalWedding has exceeded 1 million by mid-ceremony.42% of all tweets related to the Royal marriage came from Twitter.com. 39% came from mobile devices.High tweetgift include # royalwedding, # rw2011 (formally the Royal Wedding hashtag), # royalwedding!, # rw11 and # bodareal ("# royalwedding" in Spanish) E! "s livestream proved among the links to the most tweeted, followed by coverage of The Telegraph of the marriage, a Flickr album with pictures of cake and The Today Show, Trendrr Tumblr found.

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Influencers top included @ world, @ eonline and CNN news anchor @ andersoncooper, according the Klout.

That trend has also shared a list of the top ten themes of trends for the week prior to the event (Saturday-11: 30 pm et, Friday 4/29). While most of the terms were fairly simple, there are a few surprises - not less, which is "qilf" and the large number of comparisons between the flange and Grace Kelly.

Prince William and Kate Middleton. Also, the name of a TV movie shown throughout the week.Royal hashtag marriage and also a promoted Twitter TrendBrits asserting their national prideDesigner of dressSite of marriage of Kate Middleton post-Royal wedding reception and "the Kiss" users tweeted simultaneously to William and Kate first kiss to Buckingham Palace.Users think the dress that Kate Middleton bore a resemblance to Grace Kelly
wedding dress.

Samsung launches a patent counterattack against Apple (Reuters)

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics filed its own U.S. lawsuit against Apple, accusing the iPad manufacturer infringed 10 patents in an escalation of the conflict on the Tablet and mobile technology.

Latest legal move comes after that Apple sued Samsung earlier this month, claiming the line of the Galaxy of Samsung mobile phones and tablets "slavishly" iPhone and iPad copies.

Apple and Samsung are part of a larger web of dispute between phone manufacturers and the software companies holding the patents used in smartphones and tablets, as rival to aggressively precipitated in a market in which started Apple with the iPhone and iPad.

Samsung is one of the manufacturers more strong growth in smartphone and has emerged as a competitor stronger Apple on the booming market of the tablet with models in three dimensions, but it remains a second remote in space.

The Samsung Galaxy products use the Google's Android operating system, which is in direct competition with Apple mobile software.

Last year, primarily for the semiconductor, Apple was second largest client of Samsung. Claims of the manufacturer of the iPhone against Samsung concentrate on design features of the Galaxy, such as the appearance of the icons of the screen.

The complaint filed by Samsung Wednesday before a Federal Court in California following the proceedings against Apple in Germany, the Japan and South Korea last week.

Apple has copied many innovations from Samsung, according to further U.S. of Samsung. For example, one of the Samsung patents accuses Apple of violating implies the ability for mobile phones display time, the trial.

"As users travel across time zones, the capacity of a mobile device to update to the local time is important for meetings and follow-up appointments," the trial "said."

A spokesman for Apple Thursday referred to a previous statement of the company, which has accused Samsung of "blatant copy."

The case in Court of District, Northern District of California is Samsung Electronics Co Ltd and Samsung Telecommunications America LLC v. Apple Inc., 11-2079.

YouTube founders toeloop in and buy Delicious of Yahoo (PC World)

Delicious, the pioneer of Web 2.0, and social bookmarking service goes live in in a new Internet company managed by the founders of YouTube Chad Hurley and Steve Chen.

Delicious, whose future had been in question since Yahoo announced its intention to divest itself of the latter, will be part of the Avos, a new company Hurley and Chen launched.

The founders of YouTube provide make Delicious "easier and more fun" as well as sharpen its ability to help users manage overload information, Avos and Yahoo said Wednesday.

Delicious, founded in 2003 by Joshua Schachter, who participates is no longer with it, helped open the way to the era of Web 2.0 applications online, with Flickr which Yahoo has also acquired and others.

Delicious users allows you to save, share, tag and annotate the links of the Web site, offering an approach new generation, in the PC-based cloud traditional storage of bookmarks in Web browsers locally.

Yahoo acquired in 2005 and indicated last year that he sought buyers for the social bookmarking service having decided that it did not correspond to the current strategy of the company.

There will be a period of transition for Delicious as it moves into its new home, but the bookmarks will be maintained. Delicious users will get a chance to open new accounts with Avos.

YouTube founders ready for "delicious" Act then (AP)

SAN FRANCISCO - YouTube founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen Cook another Internet company. This time, its ingredients include Delicious content sharing service.

The creators of the video site most popular world acquired Delicious of Yahoo Inc., which has decided to end of the year last to close or sell the service. The financial terms of the agreement announced Wednesday that have not been disclosed.

Delicious will be part of the Avos, a startup Internet that Hurley and Chen were put in place near San Mateo office, where they began to YouTube in 2005. They sold YouTube to Google Inc. for 1.76 billion in 2006.

AVOS said he is working on ways to help people navigate through the torrent of information cascade of Internet services. How it intends to do so is a mystery. AVOS did not respond to requests for an interview.

"We see this problem in the world of the video, but also cut across all types of media information-intensive," Chen said in a statement.

Delicious apparently will evolve into something slightly different as Avos continues its mission.

"We see a tremendous opportunity to simplify how users save and share content, that they discover that anywhere on the Web," Hurley said in a statement.

Delicious, started in 2003, provides a forum for the sharing of bookmarks information Web "delicious". The service will remain in its current form until July, according to the information displayed Wednesday on the site Web of Delicious. There is no more details on how it might change later.

As he was at YouTube, Hurley is CEO of Avos. He resigned as CEO of YouTube last fall and had put the emphasis on the line of clothing for men, a called Hlaska.

Chen, formerly Director of technology officer of YouTube, leaving YouTube in 2008.

Hurley and Chen mutually meeting while working at PayPal, online payment service which now belonged to eBay. Sale of YouTube to Google makes two rich. Hurley received 735,000 Google shares which were approximately $ 350 million when the agreement was closed in November 2006. Chen obtained the shares of Google 625,000 approximately 300 million at that time.

Yahoo bought Delicious in 2005. The agreement has worked step the way delicious founder Joshua Schachter proposed, and he left the company in 2008.

Yahoo, which is based in Sunnyvale, California, decided to throw Delicious spending reduction strategy adopted by CEO Carol Bartz. Trimming has contributed to increase the earnings of Yahoo, but income remains a funk more than two years after the company has hired Bartz to put in place a turnaround.

Apple vs. Congress: company likely to testify on iPhone Tracking, jobs, said (PC Magazine)

A member of the Congress democratic said Wednesday he was "pleased" by the response of Apple on the iPhone, followed by the question, but he still had questions about the use of these data for targeted ads.

Separately, Apple CEO Steve Jobs told all things d that a representative of the company will be probably attended a May 10 hearing of the Senate on the issue.

Earlier this week, ABR. Edward Markey of Massachusetts is concerned that the location data collected by Apple could be made available to sexual predators. Last week, he sent a letter to jobs asking for more information on tracking iPhone.

This is the data collected by devices running iOS 4. Last week, the researchers said that that information is stored so precarious and accessible to anyone who has stumbled on your iPhone, iPad or the computer with which you synchronized your device iOS. Which prompted concerns that Apple and anyone who watched data could track your comings and goings.

Until now, Apple has remained silent on the issue. In a Q & A posted on its Web site, he said "Apple is followed not the location of your iPhone." Apple has never done and has no intention to ever do so. ?

Apple did, however, admit that he was storing too much data. "The reason that that we discovered that the iPhone stores data so is a bug, and a plan to correct little", said the company. "We do not think that the iPhone has need to store more than seven days of these data".

Apple also said that it will be fixed a bug whereby an iPhone will continue to update its Wi - Fi and cell tower data even if the geocentric services are disabled. The next version of iOS software major will also encrypt the cache on the iPhone.

In addition, the company Apple is working on a database of traffic from crowd "to provide iPhone users an enhanced service for traffic in the coming years", said.

In response, Markey said it is pleased that Apple would encrypt local information, stop back up data synchronization and ditches data after seven days.

"However, the & Q A Apple's raises questions as to the use of the location information for advertising targeted to users of iPhone." I will follow with Apple to get clarification on this issue, "said Markey. Location information are extremely sensitive and must be preserved. By providing these additional controls to consumers, with a daily Apple should help keep predators away. ?

Colleagues Markey of Republicans in the House, at the same time, also asked Apple to learn how he uses the services of geocentric, but have also written to Google, Microsoft, Nokia, Research in Motion and HP for similar information.

Rep. Fred Upton, Chairman of the House energy and Commerce Committee, and representatives Greg Walden, Lee Terry, Mary Bono Mack and Marsha Blackburn, wrote a letter asking how the data are accessible, if it can be transferred, and to what extent a user has control of the dataamong other things. They asked the companies to meet on 9 may at the latest.

In a Q & A posted on its website, said Microsoft "assembles and maintains a database that records the location of certain mobile cell - towers and access points Wi Fi," much like Apple.

Over the Senate, Senator Al Franken and the Judicial Committee of the Senate will hold a hearing on the issue at 10 am on May 10. Representatives from Apple and Google have been invited, and jobs said that apple will probably be there.

"I think that Apple will be testifying," jobs said ATD. "They have asked us to come and we will honor their request, of course."

Jobs also pointed out that the data collected by Apple are "anonymous, crowdsourced information that we collect tens of millions of iPhones out there".

He also said that the hysteria on the issue has more to do with a lack of understanding as a real Big Brother scenario. "As"new technology comes in society that there is a period of adjustment and education, he said.""

U.S. Bancorp launch unit ultra-rich caterer (Reuters)

CHARLOTTE, (Reuters) - U.S. Bancorp (USB). North Carolina(N) plans to launch a new unit for the ultrawealthy in the fourth quarter of offices in Denver and the city of Minneapolis headquarters.

The unit, which will be called ascension Private Capital Management, will focus on the customers at least 25 million dollars in assets to invest. Ascension will participate in a rapid growth but the fragmented market against other banks, brokerages and independent wealth managers and family offices.

"We believe that the time has come," said Mark Jordahl, President of US Bancorp asset management. "There is a competitor who has a dominant position on the market."

Commercial banks have long since the arms of private bank serving the needs of trust and the estate of wealthy clients, but are in expansion of relatively low margin in the quest for a stable source of ready climate not correlated to the widest of income.

U.S. Bancorp plans eventually to run six offices of ascension, in the Midwest, said Michael Cole, Chairman of the unit. Its ultimate goal is to use the 60 advisers and support staff.

Wealth management and values securities services division managed by Jordahl manages approximately $ 60 billion of client assets and powered the $ 50 million of net income in the first quarter. This represents approximately 5% of the total quarterly gains of US Bancorp.

About a third party assets serviced by the division may be classified as coming of ultra-high net of customers, said Jordahl.

Jordahl is the management company fortune growing at the rate of "low double-digit" and did not exclude acquisitions.

"We are open to that, but the cultural adjustment would be very important," said.

S1 and S2 of Sony PlayStation tablets of "" vs the iPad (ContributorNetwork)

For decades, the Sony brand has stood for entertainment. Now that Sony to release its own tablet to compete with the iPad, which he calls the S1 and S2 for the moment, naturally assumes you two things: that there is a reason to buy one instead of an iPad, and that this reason is entertainmentbe it music, movies or video games.

As it turns out, the Sony "PlayStation tablets" will have all three, but they'll likely are poor.

Qriocity killed the cat

Instead of Apple's iTunes for music and video, Sony S1 and S2 tablets will ship with Qriocity, streaming music and video service that Sony launched last year. His "Music Unlimited" service lets you stream "of" millions of pieces on your compatible device, which, at the present time, includes Sony Bravia televisions and consoles games PlayStation 3, as well as Windows PC (not Macs). Its "video On demand" service works the same way and has many big studios names titles.

The problem is that 9.99 Qriocity $ a month service has to compete with iTunes, which may not offer an option of streaming, but allows you to actually keep your music. And there are a lot of music available free streaming, Pandora, Spotify and Last.fm services. Worse still, Qriocity suffers from network extended as of this writing, with Sony PlayStation Network failure. Users personal data were disclosed, and there is no word yet on when the service will be provided online.

Much of his time

Speaking part of the PlayStation Network, "playstation" informal moniker of the "compressed PlayStation" is the other half of its points of sale. If you have the habit of the NHP on a PlayStation Portable or PlayStation 3, you'll probably be disappointed.

First of all, the Android app that you use to connect to the PlayStation Network lets you chat, or buy films or games, or anything. You will use a separate store to buy PlayStation games, and none of the current titles are available. just classic PS such as Crash Bandicoot, and Wild Arms. A handful of exclusive games are available for the PlayStation as the S1 and S2 certified devices, but it comes to games publishers such as Gameloft Android, and unless you have followed the market of the Android games you've probably never heard of them.

Say what you want on the Apple products, but the iPad is great for the games.

Show us the equipment

I did not say anything either S1 or S2 material yet, because nothing excites me. They are two Tegra 2 tablets; They both have wi - fi and 3 G capability; S1 will double cameras, and the S2 will have two screens. That and the S1 being "form of a magazine" where it tapers to a fine, is the most interesting thing, I can say to their topic. And I have no idea the S2 dual screen thing how will play in real life, but it reminds me of the echo of Kyocera.

It is clear

If you are heavily invested in equipment from Sony (PlayStation consoles games, Bravia televisions), it might be good idea a shot to pick up a tablet that will play nicely with them. You can even use its DLNA feature to stream music and video to TVs and loudspeakers compatible.

No one should not expect, however and should just seek an iPad 2 instead - even if they have not invested in other Apple products.

Jared Spurbeck is an avid open-source software, which uses an Android phone and a laptop PC to Ubuntu. He has written on technology and electronics since 2008.

Practices of covers of Steve Jobs a lot of ground in the defence of the location of Apple (Appolicious)

While Steve Jobs would not have to make available for the announcement of the iPhone from Verizon earlier this year, co-founder of Apple (AAPL) and Chief Executive Officer is everywhere defend the practices of the company store data of localization on iOS devices.

"We did not been follow someone," Mr. Jobs said journalist of the New York Times Miguel Helft earlier today. "Never have." "Never will."

Additional jobs of Helft:

"The first thing we always do when a problem is brought to us is we are trying to isolate it and whether it is true," he said. "It took us about a week to investigate and write a response, which is fast enough for something, this complicates technically."

Jobs considered longer with things digital mobilized columnist Ina Fried.

"As a new technology that is in the company there is a period of adjustment and education." We do not, as an industry, is a very good job educating people, I think, to some of the things more subtle going on here. As such, (people) jumped to a lot of wrong conclusions in the last week. I think that the right time to educate people is when there is no problem. I think we we will probably ask how we can make it, as an industry. ?

Other notable news coming out of the public relations today, campaign that began with a Q & A published on location data and later Apple involved interviews with jobs and other senior Apple Phil Schiller and Scott Forstall :

An upcoming software update should fix the current problems of the location.Jobs and co. had no comment about how Google deals with similar concerns on Android.Emplois devices looks forward to testify to Congress next month.

It may perhaps grease Al Franken and other with a white iPhone, which has officially out tomorrow.

EBay first quarter profit rises to 20 per cent (AP)

SAN FRANCISCO - EBay Inc. on Wednesday said its profit in the first quarter increased by 20% on growth invigorated its homonym electronic commerce and fastest site growth to its PayPal payment service.

Income from the business marketplace, which is the largest and includes eBay.com, climbed 12 percent to 1.55 billion p. - well before from growth to a single digit eBay reported in the second half of 2010.

The company is working to improve the buying and selling of experience on eBay.com with cutting fresh list upfront expenses of vendors, improve its search engine and reorganization of its home page.

The company said gross volume of goods, which measure the value of all goods sold on eBay, other than a vehicle, increased by 8% to $ 14.5 billion. Although the roots of eBay are in the area of online auction, more than half of transactions on the site these days are fixed price sales.

In an interview, eBay CEO John Donahoe said that the growth shows consumers as society changes.

For society as a whole, income net in the January-March period was 475,9 million, or 36 cents per share. That compared with European million, or 30 cents per share, in the first quarter of 2010.

Excluding special items, eBay won 47 cents per share - a penny more than analysts surveyed by FactSet expected.

Income increased by 16% to $ 2.5 billion, is essentially consistent with the expectations of the analyst.

Revenues of PayPal, eBay's online payment company, jumped 23 percent to 992.3 million. This enterprise, which includes PayPal and credit in the short term service Bill Me Later, has increased rapidly as merchants and consumers to use it on and off eBay. In the next few years, eBay provides that the income of the unit surpassed that of the unity of the market.

PayPal's total payment volume increased 28% to $ 27.4 billion, and at the end of the quarter, the number of active users has increased from 16% in the year to 97.7 million years.

The mobile market for PayPal and places is growing, also, that consumers use eBay and PayPal Mobile on smartphones computers and compressed. Donahoe reiterates a prediction he made in January, saying: it is expected to goods to be sold in mobile applications eBay.com in 2011, which would be double what eBay seen last year, with a value of $ 4 billion.

Consumers "Is like having, essentially, a store in their pocket," said.

He expects mobile applications of PayPal, during this time, to process payments with a value of 2 billion dollars - double over 750 million they manipulated in 2010.

Based in San Jose eBay also predicts that revenue from its second-quarter could beat Wall Street views: it is for 2.55 billion to $ 2.65 billion, while analysts were waiting 2.52 billion.

EBay has predicted a profit of 36 or 37 cents per share, or 45 or 46 cents excluding items. Analysts expected 46 cents per share, excluding items.

EBay sharing roses 7 cents to $34.10 in after hours trade. The stock had completed a regular exchange up to 95 cents, or 2.9% to $34.03.

Apple: IPhone not followed users will get update (AP)

Apple has denied that the iPhone has a problem of protection of personal information - Wednesday and then promised to fix. The tech giant took a week to respond to a brouhaha about how devices connect the movements of their owners.

Privacy erupted when security researchers said a file found on a PC linked to the iPhone which allowed them to create maps of the movements of the phones up to one year of the last week. Combined with similar questions on smartphone Google Android software, the new conscious left of the protection of personal information smartphone users request the amount of information they surrendering without knowing.

Apple rejected the claims that it was required tabs on its customers, saying that file folders sensitive Wi - Fi and the towers of cell in the area of the iPhone, not the aisles and of their users.

The company implied that the privacy concerns raised by this file are based in part on a misunderstanding. But he also said that a software error was the reason why files are stored in the value of a year of information, and that would fix this issue and others in a few weeks.

"Users are confused, in part because the creators of this new technology (including Apple) have not provided enough education on these issues to date," Apple said in his first full response to the allegations. He had disclosed the nature of the file location in a letter to Congress last summer after a previous round of questions about its practices of the location tracking.

Using data on the phone discover its location, says Apple. They allow the phone to listen to signals from hot spots and the cell towers, which are much stronger than the GPS satellite signals. Wi - Fi signals are not far away, which means that if a phone picks up a signal he admits, it can infer that it is close to the hot point.

Taken together, this means navigation applications, may be the location of the phone more quickly and more precisely whether the telephone relied on only GPS, Apple said.

However, it is still not clear why the files are so detailed that they allow the reconstruction of the movements of the phone.

In his statement of questions and answers by 10 points, Apple did not explain why the files contain "timestamps" that connect a phone to some hot spots and towers of cells at one time. These timestamps are allowing researchers Alasdair Allan and Pete Warden to build maps of animation of the movements of a phone more than a year.

Reeve said he could say, as Apple could use productive location without storage timestamps data. He was pleased that the company apply software patches to protect data.

Marc Rotenberg, Executive Director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, a group of rights of privacy based in Washington, praised the company for making quick changes to the iPhone operating system.

But Larry l. Smith, President of the Institute for crisis management, a public relations company, said that apple should have responded to the concerns last week even if it had not all ready answers.

Questions as "Is my iPhone location followed Apple?" are not entirely unexpected, and Apple should have some sleep statements ready to go, Smith said.

The reaction of Apple is recalling its response, last summer, when Consumer Reports and others reported that the iPhone 4 suffered from signal loss took place in a certain way.

Apple remained quiet for a week after the launch of the phone, and then dismissed, there is a problem material but said it aloud how the iPhone display bars of signal. Two weeks later, it offered free protective case which isolated the antenna, reducing the loss of signal. Still, he denied that the design was faulty. The phone call remained intact.

Apple is not the only technology company respond to the allegations that it tracks customers. Google Inc. has acknowledged last week that phone running its Android software store data location directly on the phones for a short period of users who have chosen to use the GPS services. Said Google was done "to provide a better mobile experience on Android devices".

Apple says iPhone data are kept for a year due to a software error. The company said there was no need to store data for more than seven days, and a software update in the coming weeks will limit the size of the file.

The iPhone will also stop back up the file of the user's computer, a practice that has raised concerns. Computers are much more vulnerable to attempts to remote hacking than mobile phones.

A third planned patch is to encrypt the file, and stop the download data completely to the phones were all "location Services" is disabled, Apple said.

Senator Al Franken, D - Minnesota, President of the judicial Senate Subcommittee on privacy, technology and law, said that there still questions about why Apple did not inform users of what he was doing.

"This raised broader questions of how the locations of mobile devices are followed and shared by companies such as Apple and Google, and whether if federal laws offer adequate protection as technology has advanced," Franken said Wednesday. It provides an on cell phones and privacy hearing next month.

How an iPhone stores its own situation appears to be at most a minor threat to privacy. A snoop would need access to the victim of phone or PC, which usually much store other personal information. Phones contain texts, emails and phone calls lists. PCs contain information such as tax returns, the logs of Web sites visited and passwords.

There is a separate issue of smartphones like iPhone transmitting location wireless enterprise servers. In the Declaration on Wednesday, Apple reiterated that iPhone regularly send their location to Apple, but do so anonymously, so that the company is not able to follow users.

IPhone can also transmit a user location to companies running applications with location-based services, with the consent of the user. Businesses that buy ads through iAds Apple advertising system can also locate users, but only those who approve the specifically an application for locating a particular advertisement.

Apple shares fell 27 cents to $350.15 on Wednesday.

Android surpasses iOS in free apps (Appolicious)

Google hard work meet the ground even iOS operating system Apple (AAPL), quickly work to match the best features of Apple while retaining the different strengths, Android has to offer, as the choice and variety. Now, it seems that at least a point, the oft revered and highly populated iTunes App Store has been exceeded by less strongly controlled counterpart.

According to a history of TechCrunch, Android has now exceeded iOS in the number of free applications available for users. The information comes from the app store analytics firm Distimo, which monitors the numbers app on various platforms. Conclusions of the Distimo put Google's Android market to 134,342 free applications available for download iTunes, on the other hand, features 121,845 apps for free.

Those are interesting numbers and Distimo estimated that over half applications on the Android market are available free of charge, while the ratio of free paid apps Apple is more like one in three. Numbers are also broken by store but not by the platform, so the number of total apps in the app store of the GetJar shop, for example, includes BlackBerry and Palm applications and not factor into the Android numbers. Appstore Amazon (AMZN), a market for applications just Android came into force last month, also is not represented in the findings of the Distimo, so it is possible to y apps in both or one of these places are available for Android and users, but are not represented in the total of the free app.

The Android Market is still far behind Apple in the total number of apps, however - breakdown of category of Distimo concludes that it y 333,124 iPhone apps available on iTunes, while Android has 206,143. Apple iPad apps has increased by 12% in March, jumping to 75,755 apps total for the tablet with 34,120 designed for the iPad only - putting the total number of apps iOS available at 367,334. In the Android camp, there is no differentiation between the Tablet PC and phone apps yet.

The Android Market has experienced a considerable growth, thus, increase of 16% in March (compared to 18% for iOS when you combine iPad and iPhone, which was in fact a decrease). And both platforms are advance their most close competitors, Nokia (NOK) Ovi Store (29,920 apps) and Research In Motion (RIMM) World App for BlackBerry (26,771 apps).

Android may be behind iOS in terms of quantity of app store, and free applications are not exactly a qualitative measure either. But what we see is an influx of developers of Google platform as it becomes more and more popular with consumers, and having a broad base of free apps is a big thing for even more people embrace Android. This means more money, more developers and better apps. Google now just must guarantee the security of his store.

Apple provides an update to solve iPhone follow-up question (NewsFactor)

History on the follow-up to the iPhone just die - and perhaps not for some time. In fact, it can trigger only a new wave of combinations of protection of personal information, and could even cause consumers to rethink the geocentric location services like Foursquare and GPS.

Apple is under fire from consumers and lawmakers both on the way in which its iPhone collects data. However, Apple continues to deny that his device is followed real location of the user. Nevertheless, the company is reducing the amount of data the device stores. The company also issued a Q & A of Apple on location data.

"Apple is followed not the location of your iPhone." Apple has never done and has no intention to ever do, the company a. "of mobile users with fast and accurate location information" while preserving their security and privacy raised very complex technical questions that are difficult to communicate in a bite sound.

Apple unlocks the Message

Very meticulously, Apple has taken the time to explain that the iPhone is not logging location of the user. Rather, it maintains a database of Wi - Fi hot spots and the towers of the cell to the current location of the user, some of which may be more than 100 kilometres of the iPhone, to help the device quickly and to calculate with precision its location when requested.

The company explained that calculate the location of a phone just GPS satellite data can take several minutes. The iPhone can reduce this time to a few seconds using Wi - Fi hot spot and the data from cell-tower to quickly find GPS satellites and even triangulate his location with just Wi - Fi point hot and cell-tower GPS data is not availableas in the Interior or in basements.

"" These calculations are performed live on the iPhone with a crowd of point hot data source database and cell-tower Wi - Fi which are generated by tens of millions of iPhone by sending the hotspots of Wi - Fi near geocoded locations and the towers of the cell in an anonymous and encrypted to Apple form "".the company said. Stores Apple plans to issue an update of free software to reduce the amount of data the iPhone, and once that location services are switched off, the phone will be remove hotspot and the cell tower information.

Will be Google, followed by Microsoft?

Apple is proactively on this issue, but it is not just Apple devices that store this type of information. Michael Gartenberg, Gartner analyst, said that all smartphones on the market do the same thing - and so are wireless telecommunications. This is not a new issue, he said. This is how long the information is maintained. Apple is now fixing this issue.

"This highlights the issue of the location and privacy and what types of information phones are sent back." "This is not just phones, it also applications in phones and whether this will cause some type of reaction of consumers against certain types of geocentric services," said Gartenberg.

"A lot of geocentric services is transmission lots of information about you that many consumers may not get account, such as here where you live, where you work, where you play, you associate with, and where spend you money.""," he added. "Who can be a huge value to marketing specialists, but can certainly become a nightmare of the privacy of consumers."

Sony shares fall 5% as Playstation woes threaten (Reuters)

shares of Sony Corp. is dropped Thursday 5 percent as a massive leak of data on its Playstation console users games sparked a global legal review, and threatened to crimp his business.

The United States, several members of Congress seized on the breach, in which hackers stole names, addresses and possibly Sony PlayStation Network users credit card details, in one of the largest Internet security break-ins never.

It is feared that the loyal players of the PlayStation could ditch of Sony, in the wake of the flight data and analysts said that piracy may guide those who wish to buy a video game console to the Xbox from Microsoft Corp..which has its own popular online network.

"I am shocked that my personal information had been consulted by pirates," said user Rich Chiang, Playstation and Xbox, based in Shanghai.

"It is shocking that Sony has been so aggressive in going after people who attacked their products and services, but it was poorly prepared for the consequences of this community of anger", said Chiang, a leader with a Chinese game company.

"It is also disturbing that Sony has taken a week after the failure to fully announce the details of the incident."

Sony PlayStation Network, a service that produces some $ 500 million in annual revenues, provides access to games online, show film and television.

By 0320 GMT (11: 20 a.m. and Wednesday), shares of Sony fell by 4.8% in a broader market up to 1.3%. The shares fell the most since mid-March.

Security experts, said that Sony must take into account the loss of this business - and the deterioration of its brand - when he cuts the cost of dealing with the violation. Other costs include advise customers of the attack and experts to clean up its network.

Larry Ponemon, founder and President of the Institute Ponemon said that the flight could cost Sony more than 1.5 billion, or an average of $20 for each of the 77 million customers whose data was potentially compromised. Office of Poneman specializes in securing information on computer networks.

Sony pulled the plug on the network April 19 after conclusion off-subject of the violation, but he has no mention of the public to attack by hackers up to a week later.

The delay, Sony said was necessary to conduct a forensic investigation, may remind customers overseas on the foot dragging by Toyota which earned constructor leader of the contempt of consumers Japan.

Shares of Sony fell more than 8% this week, with investors nervous about the fall of the episode of data loss.

Army hoping to deploy Mobile App Store in August (PC Magazine)

Soon, the US Army will deploy its own store mobile app. Nicknamed the military market, it has the 17 Android and 16 iPhone apps.

Applications are designed to help soldiers to accomplish tasks related to the army every day, and they were created by the troops themselves during applications for assistance from the army last year. Apps included in the store have a wide range of purposes. There is a guide to training, for the disaster relief application that allows users to create, edit, and search Google Earth maps and another that allows soldiers to connect with the army's command post software to learn where shootings and attacks occur in the bomb.

The market of the army is also intended to encourage the development of new applications. On a forum on the market, the members of the army will be able to discuss potential applications. For example, someone could suggest an application that would help to call a strike of air and on the forum, the soldiers and possible application developers, talking about what could could look like.

Ideally, the army wants that these future applications to be developed in-house, but otherwise, it would open the contract for third-party developers. The idea is that apps would come on the market of the army quickly, at an affordable price.

"He would use a software development process agile, to close with the seller and attempt to quickly turn these applications around", Lt. Col. Gregory Motes, head of Mobile Applications Branch army, says Wired's Danger Room. "The current software development process [in the Army] is a very long and arduous process." This is how we do things. "But app development must be done very quickly."

The military market is not open to the public. It is set to be hosted on the secure server of the Ministry of defence and access requires a user name and password. Finally soldiers may access via a native application too, possibly preloaded on the Android smartphone that the army is currently the point.

There is a challenge, however, when it comes to security. Wired notes that the army has not yet released device for processing data from its secure networks. However, if all the details of the fall in place, the market of the army will launch in August.

The Japan, other countries should become the iPad 2 this week (digital trends)

Apple may not always be enough iPad 2 s to meet the demand of consumers in a market while the company? Launch the iPad 2 in a dozen new markets this week, and revealing plans to put the iPad Wi - Fi version 2 on sale in China from May 6.

The iPad 2 is put on sale at the Japan - Thursday, April 28 announcement is particularly important, because the Japan was originally expected to get the iPad 2 on 25 March, but the launch was delayed by the earthquake catastrophic 9.0 and tsunami resulting March 11. On 29 April will see the iPad 2 launch, Hong Kong, India, Israel, Korea, Macao, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa Turkey and United Arab Emirates United. Suggested pricing is essentially the same as U.S. pricing: $499 for a 16 GB Wi - Fi model only, climbing to $829 for 64 GB 3 G model.

Also, Apple announced the iPad Wi - Fi only version 2 will launch in mainland China, may 6, and that the company plans to announce additional international availability for the device at a later date.

Apple launched the iPad 2 in early March and, until now, has been unable to meet the demand for the device. The company falling short of forecast sales for the iPad 2, in part because of component shortages caused by the Japanese earthquake. Apple has sold nearly 4.7 million iPad 2 tablets in the second financial quarter of 2011, and that was below expectations, Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer noted that the company had "sold each iPad 2 we could." Availability of the sale details of the iPad 2 rare rest and wait times for online orders remain one to two weeks.

eBay Driven profits, revenues increase by payments (PC Magazine)

eBay has continued to register an increasing amount of its revenues from the business of payments as income and profits has strongly increased.

eBay reported income net of 476 million on revenues of 2.55 billion, an increase of 20% and 16%, respectively.

eBay, including PayPal payments business, has increased from 23 per cent of the net income of $ 992 million. Total payment volume totaled 6.02 billion, an increase of 28%.

markets for the eBay kernel segment also grew 12 per cent of the actual income of $ 1.55 billion. Volume of crude goods (GMV) excluding vehicles has increased from 8% to 14 h 50 billion dollars.

"In the first quarter, PayPal has continued to drive strong growth worldwide, eBay has strongly accelerated growth in the United States, and we announced several acquisitions that we believe will enhance our leadership and innovation in trade and payments.". The year is off to a start of fort, "said eBay President and CEO John Donahoe, in a statement.

eBay said that its mobile business was on track to double mobile GMV to eBay to 4 billion in 2011.

eBay expects net revenue in the range of m. $ flood billion for the second quarter, the company said.

The iPad Gets the presidential seal of approval (Appolicious)

President Barack Obama joined the 15-or-so millions of people in the iPad nation. It has recently been photographed carrying the iPad with coverage of smart Apple.

Last month, the President said Jorge Ramos of the Univision that he owns an iPad and pleasant that, of course he has his own computer (would a MacBook Pro).

And it seems the Obama iPad have been able to with a presidential advantage. A CNN photographer says that he saw the President with an iPad in the Oval Office not long after that that he had dinner with Steve Jobs... in February. The iPad 2 was not released until March 11.

It took President tech - savy, a bit long to get on board with the iPad though. Last may in a commencement address at Hampton University, said Obama, "" with iPods and iPads, and Xbox and PlayStation, which no I know how to work, information becomes a distraction, a diversion, a form of entertainment rather than a tool to autonomisationplut?t that the means of emancipation. ""

The history of the Obama with the iPad continued in October, at a gathering in Seattle. Waiting in the audience was Cann Sly, who has Obama to autograph his iPad screen.

Use of the Obama of the iPad makes sense, because it really is a President of the 21st century. It is the first President of the meeting to regularly use email (Bill Clinton sent two e-mails to the Office, George w. Bush sent none) or a smartphone (BlackBerry beloved, specially secure), he tweets (for the supporters of $ 7.5 million) and his Facebook page has more than 19 million fans.

Talk to your browser with the input of speech from Chrome (PC Magazine)

In the 1986 movie Star Trek 4: The Voyage Home, Scotty attempts to use a computer by saying: "Hello, computer". On Wednesday, Google added input speech via HTML and taking command of Scotty on the Web.

The first use of this will be the ability to speak the words to Google Translate, which will then bring them to the screen and then play their return, if you choose. Google Translate will soon add a microphone button, which will trigger the address entry.

Entry of speech via HTML used to be included in the chromium developer versions, but this is the first time it has been included in the stable version. It is only available through Chrome, however.

"Input speech HTML is one of the many new web technologies in the browser to help to make innovative and useful web applications as a possible Google Translate speech feature," Josh Estelle, a Google software engineer, wrote in a blog note. "If you want to see other examples of applications built using the latest technology and largest web in the browser, you can check on more than 200 presentations by web developers on chromeexperiments.com."

Dictation and voice command is not new to the PC; Dragon software, among others, has developed similar technologies for years. But these interfaces on the Web is a relatively new thing. Google, however, offered Word-text on its mobile platforms for years, since before 2008. Voice commands for Android have been added to last summer. Google has contnued to improve its ability to mobile research, including a new "conversation mode" which was added in January.

What Sony did consumers after NHP nightmare? (PC World)

What responsibility Sony has Playstation Network for $ 77 million customers who discovered this week - days after the fact - that their personal data, account information online and credit card information was stolen by identity thieves?
"When I see something like that, I want to shout," said expert Florida identity theft Denise Richardson. "It's like a gold mine of information."
Position of Sony businesses generally respond by affected users offer a year of free credit monitoring - something any consumer has the right to the already United States. "For me, it's nothing," Richardson said. "" "". "Thieves are sitting back laughing that."
Sophisticated data thieves exceeded stolen credit cards and use personal information such as dates of birth and home address to open bank accounts, to obtain medical services or collect others unemployment checks. The fact that many Sony 77 million compromised accounts to include adolescents and young adults it worse, she said, because they know perhaps not that their data was compromised for years, the potential liability of cumulative Sony.
"What happens depends on how much damage comes," predicted Richardson. "It is will cost Sony billion, is my guess."
Unfortunately, it is people to cancel credit cards, change passwords, and watch their email and other communications with care and perhaps think twice about type in trains of personal info on every Web site he seeks. If you are looking for try our Hack of NHPS survival guide.
Sony, explains data thieves may have collected numbers card credit and expiry dates with the user names, physical and email addresses, handle NHP and password online, Date of birth and purchase history and password tips.
If Yes, they know your mother maiden name, favorite musician and what elementary school you attended. And they know your password, so if you are the kind of person who uses the same password again and again, you could be in a series of nasty surprises in the coming months.
But no worries, the giant consumer electronics said today ' hui - the three-digit security code found on the back of your credit card was not included into the breach!
"That", expert on the law of the computer said Mike Godwin, "is like the lowest defence never."
Adding a second code to three figures with a 16-digit credit card number "relying on security practices that are a couple of old decades", said Godwin, who was the first advocate of staff at the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Assuming that it is enough to wave off the coast of thieves info is symptomatic of a larger issue: "the whole system is broken."
Sony will have to admit that he violated the trust of its customers and "early Earth", said Godwin. "They have to reorganize their complete system of private life and the paper not only in their error."
Following the rupture, Sony is facing multiple legal and regulatory challenges. Godwin adds, "extremely comprehensive governmental action would actually help", although Sony worldwide customer complicates the possibility that regulatory measures could do no good.

White Apple 4 Is Coming IPhone - only a year late (NewsFactor)

Finally, Apple has an iPhone white 4. The white model of the popular device will make its way on the market Thursday store Apple line, retail stores, shops and other retailers authorized carrier.
"The white iPhone 4 has arrived and it is beautiful, said Philip Schiller, Apple senior vice president of worldwide product marketing." We appreciate all those who waited patiently while we worked to get all the details right. ?
One year later...
Patiently may be an understatement. It took Apple a year to implement the iPhone white 4. Apple encountered problem after a problem for the production of white iPhone. Although AT & T was supposed to get an exclusive on the white iPhone, customers of Verizon Wireless can also purchase the device. White iPhone 4 can be a way to delay waiting for the iPhone consumers 5, which reports suggest is delayed until the fall.
"Another unicorn dies as white 4 iPhone finally made an appearance," said Michael Gartenberg, Gartner analyst. "What I find fascinating about it is that it is a white iPhone and its introduction is collecting as much attention." Once more he shows that many things that Apple is going to be put under a microscope, analyzed and reported on. ?
White models of the iPhone 4 will be available in more than 20 countries this week. During this time, Apple expands the audience for its iPad 2. The second generation of the tablet will start to sell to Japan Thursday and Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore and eight other countries Friday.
Music rumor service
Everything Apple - or even said to do - is global documents for technology magazines and even traditional media. And there are lots of rumors Apple this week only. One of these rumours is the quest for T-Mobile for its own iPhone.
It remains to see if T-Mobile will get his iPhone 4 before Apple launches iPhone 5, but some observers are suggesting, that it may soon begin offering a white model. And a picture of Photoshopped iPhone 5 leaked earlier this week still has people. The image is based on a committed former sketch Chief Joshua Topolsky saw and posted on his blog.
The image that are circulating the web offers a teardrop design which is thicker at the top than the bottom. The screen is a little higher than 3.7 inches. Some observers are betting that apple will take a page of its laser-manufacturing machinations MacBook and sculpt the device of aluminum.
Mobile devices, Apple is rumored to be preparing to pay the cloud music service. Rumors said Apple initially put implementation service for free, but ends up paying $20 a year to let consumers make what Amazon.com has launched at the end of March. Amazon launched Amazon Cloud Drive, player of cloud Amazon Web and Amazon Cloud Player for Android. But iPhone users have been left without a solution.

We do are not monitoring the location of your iPhone, said Apple (Appolicious)

After only a week of criticism from privacy advocates and the public in General, Apple (AAPL) today released a Q & A on the data location that details how the company manages location on iOS devices data.

The first two points can be read here:

1 Why Apple is followed by the location of my iPhone?

Apple is not tracked the location of your iPhone. Apple has never done and has no intention to ever do so.

2. Then why everyone so fears on this subject?

Provide mobile users with fast and accurate location information while preserving their security and privacy raised very complex technical questions that are difficult to communicate in a quotation. Users are confused, in part because the creators of this new technology (including Apple) have not provided enough education on these issues to date.

Time will tell if this necessary step in public relations facilitates the pressure on Apple (and Google) and clears any misconceptions held by public officials and elected officials.