Facebook goes ‘Places’
August 23, 2010
News worldwide — Facebook’s 500 million-plus users will soon be able to track friends’ whereabouts across the United States, as the world’s largest Internet social network adds technology to increasingly tie its virtual world to everyday life.
The new “Places” feature — which begins rolling out on Wednesday to some users and goes nationwide within weeks — is touted as a tool to help users share where they are, figure out who is in the vicinity, and check out happenings and services within the same locale.
The addition of so-called location services to Facebook — a move that industry observers have speculated about for months — opens new revenue opportunities for the company, but also presents it with delicate privacy challenges.
“Places” will be accessible via an Apple iPhone app that Facebook designed from Thursday, or from the social network’s own mobile version on touchscreen smartphones.
“This is not about broadcasting your location to the world, it’s about sharing where you are with your friends,” said Michael Sharon, product manager for “Places.”
Users will be able to declare their whereabouts whenever they want, thereby opening themselves up potentially to offers, suggestions or advertisements about nearby businesses. Facebook on Wednesday said it had no immediate plans however to pursue such money-making opportunities.
Users can “check in” from their smartphones, broadcasting their location — anywhere from a restaurant to a park — to their own Facebook friends. Their whereabouts are then flashed through the network’s popular status updates.
Users can look up the locations of friends who are similarly “checked in” — either via updates or on a separate Web page — or tag friends who happen to physically be with them, thus declaring where they are.
But with privacy in mind, Facebook will allow users to block “Places” functions as part of a comprehensive set of privacy controls and other safeguards.
The new services could help Facebook grab a bigger piece of a local advertising market driven by small businesses like restaurants and stores. The vast size of that market — estimated in the tens of billions of dollars a year in the United States alone — has attracted online companies like Google and Yelp.
The feature could let Facebook eventually target users with ads based on their location, or offer special coupons when a user nears a certain business, supplementing the $700 million to $800 million that Facebook generated in revenue last year, according to people familiar with the matter.
Location services like Foursquare, Gowalla and Loopt, which allow consumers to use their cell phones to keep track of their friends whereabouts and earn rewards for frequenting brick-and-mortar businesses, have caught on among technology aficionados.
Foursquare and Gowalla executives popped up onstage alongside Facebook on Wednesday, saying they will team up with the social network and tailor their own services to work alongside its “Places” feature.
Foursquare, one of the fastest-growing location services, has amassed 2.7 million users since its March 2009 launch and raised $20 million in venture capital funding in June. Facebook and Yahoo both unsuccessfully sought to acquire Foursquare earlier this year, according to media reports.
Whether location services appeal to the mainstream audience on Facebook however remains to be seen, particularly given the concerns many people may have about a service that reveals their physical location.
Privacy has been a persistently thorny issue for social networking companies, which must balance users’ concerns about how much of their personal information is made public with the need to generate revenue by sharing information about users with advertisers.
In May, Facebook introduced tools to give users more control over what personal information is shared on its service, following criticism from many privacy advocates.
Google Buzz, a microblogging service for broadcasting short messages to friends and contacts, was faulted for lax privacy settings as soon as it launched in January, a stumble from which the service never recovered, say analysts.
“They want to make sure they’ve done their homework, because privacy does become a concern right out of the gate,” said Michael Gartenberg, a partner at consulting and analyst firm Altimeter Group. “They don’t’ want to introduce this and then have to come back and fix it.”
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New Facebook feature raises more privacy concerns
August 21, 2010
News worldwide —
Based on comments on account sites and Facebook’s official blog, abounding users arise afraid about Facebook Places, the social-networking site’s fresh area feature.
It’s not bright whether users’ abortive reactions axis from aloofness apropos or aloof abashing about the site’s Places feature, which allows users to “check in” at restaurants, confined and added acquisition spots. But it may be a acceptable affair for Facebook that the armpit has no “dislike” button.
“People, use accepted sense. Foursquare and geolocation applications alone access the adventitious of agitated crimes and theft,” wrote a commenter on CNN.com. “If I advertise online that I am on vacation, I’m appealing abiding that leaves my abode vulnerable.”
A user on Facebook’s blog wrote, “I’m agitated that this was enabled by absence — abnormally for bodies who are victims of stalking and harassment, it could be potentially alarming if their area was advertisement to the world. Please change it so that this affection (especially the adeptness of your accompany to announce your location) is angry off.”
Some comments announce that users may not acquire how the Places feature, which Facebook apparent Wednesday night, absolutely works. The affection won’t acknowledge users’ locations afterwards their above-mentioned approval, for example.
“Do some of you bodies apperceive how to read? It’s not activity to automatically acquaint bodies area you are UNLESS YOU ‘CHECK IN’,” wrote a CNN.com commenter.
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Such abashing is not fresh to Facebook’s association of 500 actor members.
It seems every time Facebook adds a fresh feature, it takes bodies some time to acquire it and feel adequate with it, said Justin Smith, architect of the blog Inside Facebook.
“It’s a cultural thing,” he said. “People charge to ascertain what types of things are adapted to allotment about their friends. … Aloof like added features, I apprehend there will be a acquirements action area [users] ascertain what they’re absolutely adequate with.”
Three months afterwards Facebook anchored aloofness controls in acknowledgment to criticism about how users’ admonition was actuality aggregate online, the armpit already afresh faces anxiety about privacy.
In a statement, the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California accepted Facebook for demography the aloofness of its users into application back drafting Places. But the ACLU affiliate complained that while Facebook will accord users the advantage to affectation their “check-ins” to “friends only,” it hasn’t provided an advantage for users to opt out of the affection entirely.
Rainey Reitman, a backer for the Aloofness Rights Clearinghouse, told CNN that bodies may not apprehend “the problems associated with geotagging” — abacus bounded identification abstracts to online letters or photos — until it affects them personally.
“We acclaim that if you’re activity to use any affectionate of area character amusing network, that you don’t acquaint bodies area you live. Don’t tag your own home,” she said. “If you at atomic accumulate your home somewhat private, you won’t be sending an accessible allurement to burglars.”
The aforementioned admonition applies to bodies administration and tagging pictures on Facebook, she added.
Marc Rotenberg, controlling administrator of the Electronic Aloofness Admonition Center, said the affair with Facebook Places is not so abundant with the affection itself as the way it’s actuality alien — a affect some commenters additionally accept shared.
Facebook should leave it up to users to accredit the affection if they appetite to analysis in at places instead of authoritative the bodies who don’t appetite to use it accept to acclimatize their aloofness settings, Rotenberg told CNN.
“It’s affectionate of arbitrary to people,” he said. “It’s a little bit like saying, ‘We’re not abiding if you’re happy, but this is how it is.’ ”
In its blog post, Facebook claims its Places affection will never acquaint bodies area you are if you don’t accept to acquaint them.
One CNN.com user appropriate that bodies could use the Facebook Places affection to accumulate tabs on the abode of their spouses and partners.
“This will advice to accumulate clue of your [significant] other… Babe area are you? I’m at work. Prove it, analysis in!” the commenter wrote.
At atomic one commenter on Facebook’s blog was annoyed of bodies bitching about the armpit and offered a simple solution.
“OMG abdicate accusatory about privacy. If u don’t [want] bodies alive about you again don’t use Facebook,” the user wrote.
Motorola Droid X
July 2, 2010
Motorola has created fairly the influence on the market because of their Droid phones as well as admirers have been lingering with waiting for the spanking new mobile phone from this maker. In favor of the entire Motorola customers there are willing info Motorola as well as Verizon Wireless have at last designed their spanking new mobile phone, Droid X, authorized so let’s check out what Motorola has to present to us by means of this phone, report by tech news.
By tech news, Droid X, is as well termed as Droid Shadow or else Droid Extreme, is associated with smooth black design as well as having wonderful hardware specs. Droid X is making use of TI OMAP3630 45nm processor that is making run at 1 GHz. Latest Motorola is making use of 4.3-inch touch screen presentation that plays part including 854×480 pixel resolution. Not like the various different phones Motorola Droid X is associated with 8-megapixel camera. Talk about cam, it presents auto focus, double LED flash in addition to if you wish to modify your images, you can enjoy image editing tools incorporated. Pro video, this gadget can capture 720p HD video as well as it contains HDMI output fixed in. Droid X is associated with 8 GB internal space that can be without trouble made large through microSD card slots. This cell phone presents WiFi as well as Bluetooth connection, it has incorporated WiFi mobile hotspot purpose, and moreover it is associated with Swype keypad, reported by news reporters on tech news.
Hope you’ll going to enjoy the latest gadget by Motorola.
Droid X virtual keyboard on Android 2.1
July 1, 2010
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news, Motorola Droid X is without doubt amongst the most excellent appearing phones out there on the marketplace aside from grand hardware features this phone is associated with a number of appealing features. Amongst those characteristics that customers feel affection for is the multi touch virtual key pad.
Virtual typing pads might be from time to time tough to make use of for the reason that you can just make use of one button at the time in addition to this is the most important cause why people have a preference for multitouch virtual key pad which the Motorola Droid X does contain. It’s very much simpler as well as faster to make use of multitouch keyboard for the reason that you can push as well as hold shift key if you desire to make use of uppercase letters. It looks additional usual in addition to it’s fairly close to the normal keyboard. The entire Android OS customers will be pleased to perceive sound that Motorola Droid X virtual key pad is obtainable for Android phones also, reported by news reporters on tech news.
Since you are acquainted with, there are many Android gadgets out there on the marketplace that are making use of normal virtual key pad, in addition to since use of typical keyboard is able to be unhurried at the times it appears as Android cutomers will agree to this latest keyboard in little span of time. Unhappily, multitouch key pad is at this point in time accessible just on Android 2.1 gadgets.
Microsoft previewed Internet Explorer 9 better than Chrome and Firefox?
June 29, 2010
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As you
are acquainted with web browser competition is yet replacing it as well as to the degree that we can view it it’s not moving to bring to a conclusion in the near future. At one place, we have Microsoft as well as their Internet Explorer whereas at the other part there are Firefox, Chrome as well as akin browsers. If you considered that Firefox as well as Chrome has achieved victory of the war you’re gravely incorrect for the reason that Microsoft is striving hard on their spanking new browser, reported by news reporters on tech news.
By tech news, there’s no requirement to remark that Internet Explorer has mislaid scores of users above the years. Thus, to reestablish its previous audience Microsoft has flaunted one more new appraisal of their spanking new browser. At the time of the preview Microsoft demonstrated DirectX established 2D as well as video working speed of HTML 5 content as a result we got a number of striking outcomes for example scores of fish swimming at the inner part of our browser at 60 fps.
As indicated by news reporters on tech news, good thing is the Internet Explorer is making use of your GPU to submit those stuffs in addition to it’s the opening browser that carries that out. Because of GPU use we are able to at present get pleasure from in HTML 5 picture functions for example zoom, scrolling, vector graphics and so forth. Good point is that this demo worked just right on the IE 9 whereas various other browsers had a little problem with it, for the reasont that they were making use of CPU power for submitting. Pro notebook customers, they will need to have proper GPU so as to get pleasure from IE 9 to the greatest degree.
Topio Dio: World’s opening barkeeper robot
June 25, 2010
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by tech news, Robots are gradually having position in our verves no matters we opt for it or not.
Up to the present moment, we have viewed lots of robots, a numberof them will play part in space stations, whereas various different will assist us carry weighty things. A number of robots are able to plain stuffs for example walking as well as running whereas various other are able to do complictaed things for example playing the violin.
We will need to mean that robots will turn out to be a big part of our verve a day, in addition to this latest robot is here to make it sure. This latest robot is 125 cm in height as well as its mass is 45 kg. Apart from that, it is associated with 28 joints, three wheels, incorporated camera feeler in addition to with WiFi compatibility. As a result what sort of part this robot can play? By info from tech news, this robot plays part like a barkeeper in addition to it will pour as well as serve you your wanted drink. We have observed lots of distinct robots on the contrary this is the opening one that is able to offer drinks. There aren’t various information in relation to this robot in addition to the just point that we are acquainted with is that is termed as Topio Dio in addition to it derives from Vietnam. We are not familiar with the actual functionality of the robot on the contrary we are confirmed that Topio Dio isn’t relatively low in cost, as a result if you like your robotic barkeeper you better initiate keeping cash, reported by news reporters on tech news.
Regarded as a whole, Topio Dio appears istriking for the reason that he’s the just robotic barkeeper on the globe. Possibly Topio Dio will get the position of real barkeepers some day, on the contrary yet if it appears cool owing to its shades Topio Dio won’t be capable of chew the fat with you, anyway not for the present.
Latest Xbox 360 Slim With Overheating Mode
June 24, 2010
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Latest Xbox
won’t have infame Red Ring of Death on the contrary in its place it has red dot or else red eye seeing that a number of people call it. Red eye doesn’t need to admit that hardware mis functionality has taken place on the contrary it tends that something is amiss, news reporters reported on tech news.
Towrads back in the past days Red Ring of Death was a thing that you didn’t won’t to view on your Xbox 360 Slim. Red Ring of Death would get your power click in addition to your Xbox 360 would turn ou to be completely unusable. Just key for Red Ring of Death was to get a latest Xbox 360, or else fix it by yourself otherwise by keeping it to the workshop, news reporters informed on tech news.
At this time since you definitely are acquainted with, Microsoft made public that it won’t be some sort of Red Rings of Death on the latest Xbox 360 S moreover so as to keep from them, creators have taken away the entire red LED by the frontside of the console. Since you might make out, hardware slip-ups are frequently brought out by overheating moreover so as to alert you that overheating has taken place latest Xbox 360 will afford you a alert message earlier than it closes itself with the intention of keeping from damage. It very much plays job akin to Blue Screen of Death that we experience on our PCs, reported from tech news.
Seeing that you can view there’s no Red Ring of Death, on the contrary in its place we are afforded with alert message as well as a blinking power switch if overheating is occured, as a result that’s an advancement, in a mode.
Charge Station Quad for your Move Controller
June 23, 2010
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These days
all the things are concerned with motion control as soon as the talk is about gaming. We don’t have to discuss that Nintendo emerged motion control including the Wii Remote in addition to different corporations are making steps to get motion control to a complete latest stage. Kinect is supposed to be here for the holiday time in addition to we are yet looking for Sony Move controller with expectation. Talking about Sony Move, hpwever it’s not inaugrated yet we have viewed an attractive charger in its favor, reported by news reporters on tech news.
Seeing that you are acquainted with, Sony Move is a latest motion controller pro PlayStation 3 that will provide players a spanking new playing know how. The unwanted thing that can brought to you at the time you’re enjoying play with motion controller is to break it by chance or else to exhaust the supply of batteries. You might bring to your mind that we have viewed the same chargers for the Wii Remote, on the contrary at present it’s Move’s mode. It required a small number of time later than chargers pro Wii Remote have been presented as well as for Sony Move chargers, they have been presented a few months later than the controller itself.
As indicated by tech news reports, the opening charger for Sony Move arrives from the corporation termed as Nyko in addition to it is known as Charge Station Quad. Pro the Charge Station Quad, it can simply recharge four Move or else four direction controllers. Simply as charger pro Wii Remote, this charger isn’t making use of any cables. Moreover, there are LED lights that are flaunting the recharge position of your controllers.
Latest Charge Station Quad is a wonderful gadget that will definitely create your gaming simpler. Charger pairs with PS3 design just right in addition to it is obtainable for pre-bid on Amazon for just $19.99, news reporters reported on tech news.
Lian Li trims desktops with chic PC Cases
June 22, 2010
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People who
are in search of a chic however strong PC chassis including superior linking choices in favor of their desktops may at present have a special selection to depend upon. Lian Li has simply featured latest stylish cases that afford back up to the spanking new SuperSpeed USB 3.0 port, affording customers with additonal linking choices, reported by news reporters on tech news.
Lian Li brings forward the coming-generation USB 3.0 ports on seventeen of its chassis line. Besides this, the case maker has fitted USB 3.0 ports onto fourteen device stuffs. The case string as well encloses USB 3.0 multimedia I/O ports update kits.
“We pride ourselves on giving customers the best quality products money can buy. Quickly incorporating new technological advances into our products is standard operating procedure at Lian Li. Just like with our tool-less installation designs, we are again the leading the way in incorporating SuperSpeed USB 3.0 ports among computer chassis manufacturers,� stated Michael Chen, GM, Lian Li, reported by news reporters on tech news.
A number of the case string are featured with 3.5-inch S-ATA HDD-ROM or else Bezel as well as PCI holder card USB 3.0 hubs or else PCI-E to 2 ports USB 3.0. The complete listing of Lian Li gadgets that back up USB 3.0 contains cases toether with HDD/SSD enclosures, adapter cards as well as update kits.
As indicated by news reporters on tech news that the charges as well as accessibility details of this graceful cases are about to be made public.
iOS 4 is here
June 22, 2010
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The iOS 4 is here. Apple has released the iPhone and ipod iOS 4 update for touch owners. News reporters state that the iPhone 4 will not be available in stores till Thursday; however existing possessors may take benefit of the latest software features coming to the new device starting now.
iOS 4 is a free update. It is also compatible with iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS models, and second- and third-generation iPod touches. Yet, multitasking would just work with the iPhone 3GS and third-generation iPod touch.
The iOS 4 users may find a number of new features in iOS 4 and we will be showing them off over the next few days, as well as highlighting some apps that take benefit of the latest features.
