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Groupon Unveils Deal Personalization

Apri — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:33:55 +0000

Local deal goliath Groupon is unveiling a major new feature now: deal personalization, offering the site the ability to send you the deals it assumes you will be most interested in. Before now, Groupon has always provided one or two deals per city per day to its users. That is still going to be right, but with a twist:

the site will be sending different deals to users based on criteria like their gender, buying history, and their interests. The change may sound fairly minor, but it will likely have a big impact on Groupon’s bottom line.

Groupon’s easiness has no doubt authorized to its success, but this is one case where it has some very good arguments for announcing a few extra options: personalization will assist the site fend off the 500 clones that are gunning for it, it will allow Groupon to provide an unlimited number of deals, and the site can now provide deals from businesses located outside of large cities. Local personalization is rolling out to six cities for now (Chicago, Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco, San Jose, and Seattle), with the rest on the way.

CEO Andrew Mason tells that one argument why there are so many Groupon clones is that the site only has not been able to contain all of the businesses looking to supply a local deal, leading the businesses to convert a rival. Deal personalization changes this, because Groupon can now share multiple deals in the same city on a given day. Where Groupon was previously restricted to one deal (and possibly a second so-called “side deal”) per day, it can now supply as many deals as it has eager businesses. Once again, to users, this wound not be quickly apparent. When you register you will be asked for your zip code and gender, and Groupon will also permit you to specify if there are any particular kinds of deals you are interested in. But there’s a good opportunity most people will have no idea that they are accepting a different deal than their neighbors — they will still accept their daily deal in their inbox, and there wound not be a button to see the dozen other deals that may be available in that city. Deals will be shared based on a personalization algorithm (Mason said they rented someone from Netflix to build it).

Of course, that could announce a problem: you may ask a friend if they have gotten in on the latest Groupon, only to discover that you have both got different coupons. To remedy this, Mason says that you will still be able to send any Groupons you are accept to your friends.

In addition to consenting for an unlimited number of deals, the new system provides Groupon more flexibility behind the scenes. First, it can permit corporations to stagger their deals, proposing it multiple times over the course of a few months to distinct buckets of users.

It also permits the site to propose deals to businesses from smaller cities. Groupon has historically only offered proposes to businesses in major metropolitan areas — San Francisco, New York, etc. But sufficient of users who might signature for San Francisco deals live in a suburb, like Palo Alto. Now Groupon can recognize which users live in those suburbs based on their zip codes, and dispatch them deals from businesses in Palo Alto. This is going to be section of a broader trend for the site, which is ranging from

“What’s your city?” to “What’s your zip code?”

And all of this has one other nice side achieve: the deals landing in your inbox should be more principal to what you are actually interested in.

SanDisk Unveiled The Tiny Cruzer Blade

Benny — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 07:45:24 +0000

Memory manufacturer SanDisk has just unleashed its new USB flash drive line, touted as the smallest USB flash drive that the company has ever made.

The new USB flash drive is called the SanDisk Cruzer Blade. This new Cruzer Blade line has weight about the same as a U.S. penny, and is approximately as small as standard paper clip. So fitting it into your pocket or pants isn’t going to give you any inconvenience.

The Cruzer Blade is really small, but it is really not the smallest flash drive ever — Engadget tells that the manufacturer was keen to stress that this is by no means the smallest Flash drive ever; just the smallest that the company has ever made.

The Cruzer Blade is now heading to the US and Canada market with sizes come in four modelss: 2GB, 4GB, 8GB, as well as 16GB. According to the maker, a 4GB Cruzer Blade is capable of saving up to 1,000 songs, 1,200 high-res images, or 8 hours of 768kb/s movie. Prices start at $14.99 with the most expensive model coming in at $77.99.

64GB SD Card is Really Needed Now

Google Apps For Government

Phil — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:17:36 +0000

While many consumers and jobs out there savoring Google’s religious services, the search engine giant hasn’t forgotten about the Government sector, as the company has just announced its Google Apps for Governance, which granting to them, is the first cloud computing app suite to have the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) credential, making it easier for offices or groups to pass judgment and espouse Google Apps. To further check that governance’s will have assurance therein production, Google plans to have Gmail and Google Calendar information’s for this service segregated into information centers that have been appropriated only for authorities users in the continental US.

Indian government Announced $35 tablet

Benny — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 08:15:31 +0000

India may have one of the cheapest automobiles in the world, and they’re going to break new record with a new tablet device which will definitely make those who are on very tight budget delight.

Don’t be surprised if you hear that the new tablet will set you back for only Rs 1,500 (around $ 30) price point. In fact, the $35 price tag is not the final price, India is expecting that final price of the new tablets could be as little as Rs 500 ($ 10)- with government subsidy.

There are no details on its specifications as at press time, but so far the new tablets has been confirmed to offer 2GB of memory capacity, built-in Wi-Fi connectivity, an USB connection, and a low power processor which relies on only 2 Watts of power.

At that low price, it is not surprising that the new tablet will be powered by Google Android operating system although there is no confirmation about it has been announced just yet. The new tablet PC is designed special for students, and planned to be available to students in 2011.

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Yahoo Begins Testing Bing in Just Over a Month

Apri — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 08:36:16 +0000

Yahoo search users may immediately start looking outcomes served by Bing (Bing). Pursuant to Yahoo’s Vice President Search Product Operations Kartik Ramakrishnan, the corporation has

“started testing organic (also referred to as algorithmic) and paid search listings from Microsoft for up to 25 percent of Yahoo! Search traffic in the U.S.”

As Yahoo exhibits in the above screenshot, that implies that users that are part of the test will look outcomes from Bing inside Yahoo’s common interface. In despite of the impending changes, Yahoo has proceeded to add features and make design changes, and the corporation shows that it will proceed to do so post-integration.

With testing now afoot, it would assume then that Yahoo and Microsoft’s plans for integration following their large-scale search and advertising joining – signed back in July 2009 – are on track. When regulators agreed the deal back in February, Microsoft and Yahoo showed that they planned to have search and advertising integration finished by the end of 2010.

Today, Ramakrishnan claims that,

“we anticipate that our U.S. and Canada organic search listings in both desktop and mobile experiences will be fully powered by the Microsoft platform beginning in the August/September timeframe, and paid search in October.”

Google Font Directory Got a Preview Tool

Benny — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 06:30:00 +0000

At Google I/O conference 2010, Google announced its new Fonts API and online directory. The API lets webmasters to use any of the free fonts owned by Google on their websites.

And today, the repository got a new feature, the ability to preview and modify the font you’d like to use with the Google Font Preview tool.

Typography has been one of the annoying spots of web development for a lot of years ago. While the rest of the web technologies were advanced and improved, webmasters were stuck using the ordinary and standard fonts as two decades ago.

Thankfully, in recent years, things have eventually began moving forward, and webmasters could use more ‘eccentric’ fonts for their website with the assurance that most of their visitors would be able to really see them. But this leads to another problems, there are very less places where we can get access to those fonts, even paid ones.

Google’s Font Directory will not settle the matter at all, there are only 18 fonts available for now, but it’s a great step forward. All of the fonts are rolled out under an open source license and webmasters can easily get the embed code for their website.

Now, we can check out how the text on our website will exactly look like with the font we chose. More importantly, we can modify the finer aspects of the font from the preview page. We can customize things like the its size, insert shadows and transformations like Uppercase, Underline and many more. We can also set the spacing between letters, words and lines. In conclusion, there are a lot of options to gain exactly what you’re really looking for and all of this doesn’t need of fiddling with any code.

All Microsoft Workers to get Windows Phone 7 Handset

Apri — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 07:27:24 +0000

Microsoft is in a delivering mood. Just last month they took out hundreds of Xbox 360s to E3 attendees — moreover sent one to the TechCrunch office for no particular excuse. Now they are going to be delivering away Windows Phone 7 handsets to every Microsoft worker, if we are to assure what we read on Twitter.

We freshly got our hands on a WP7 unit and put up our in-depth imprints of Microsoft’s new mobile OS, and our decision is careful optimism. But moreover if it were the hottest thing we had ever seen, Microsoft would just be in a pickle when it arrives to finding these things out there. Providing away something like 90,000 phones ought to assist with that.

I find for a fact now that I am going to be looking these around Seattle — there is not room to swing a cat in this city without delivering a Microsoft worker a mouthful of hair. This little act of munificence (maybe costing MS somewhere around $2-4 million, depending on costs) also serves as a sort of beta program, I am certain — if they purpose on rolling this thing out in one piece, testing at scale is extremely important.

Really, it is uncertain when these handsets will create it into the hands of Microsoft’s myriad workers (nine myriad, to be precise), but the whispered October release date getting closer every day, so I’d guess soon. Feel free to comment or hit the tip line if you are at MS and find more.

Microsoft Announced Kinect Price And Xbox 360 4GB

Benny — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 07:18:49 +0000

The price tag of Microsoft’s Kinect motion-sensing controller is already widely known to be $149.99, and today Microsoft has just officially announced that its Kinect motion-sensing controller will be listed priced at $149.99, and shipping will begin on November.

Aside of announcing Kinect price, Microsoft also announced a new Xbox 360 4GB console that will boast a shiny new design, built-in 802.11n WiFi, 4GB of internal flash memory, touch-sensitive buttons as well as a black matte finish. The new Xbox 360 is planned to be available at August 3rd for $199.99.

The new Xbox 360 console could also be purchased along with a Kinect sensor and Kinect Adventures game. It has a price tag of $299.99, and due out “this holiday”. Despite you’ll be able to save on a few dollars and get the console itself for $200 if you so wish.

Full press release :

New Xbox 360, Kinect Sensor and “Kinect Adventures” – Get All Your Controller-Free Entertainment in One Complete Package

Microsoft announces pricing for Kinect and a new Xbox 360 4GB console.

REDMOND, Wash. – July 20, 2010 – Microsoft Corp. today announced an all-in-one opportunity to jump into the controller-free fun of Kinect this holiday: the all-new Xbox 360 4GB console, the revolutionary Kinect sensor and “Kinect Adventures” packaged together for $299.99 (U.S. ERP). With “Kinect Adventures,” players will make their way through 20 adventures, navigating roaring rapids and ducking and dodging through mountaintop obstacle courses and other exotic locations – no controller, wand or balance board required. In addition, existing Xbox 360 console owners can purchase the Kinect sensor with “Kinect Adventures” for $149.99 (U.S. ERP). The sensor, which will work with each of the 40 million Xbox 360 consoles currently in households worldwide,1 is uniquely able to track your full body movements, respond to your voice and deliver a multiplayer experience right out of the box.

In addition, the new Xbox 360 4GB console, which begins shipping on Aug. 3 in the U.S., will be available for $199.99 (U.S. ERP). With a sleek new design, the Xbox 360 4GB console looks great and includes built-in Wi-Fi N, 4GB of internal flash memory, touch-sensitive buttons and a black matte finish.2

“Kinect for Xbox 360 offers tremendous entertainment value for the whole family,” said Dennis Durkin, Xbox 360 chief operating officer. “With full body, voice and the ability to play games with your friends right out of the box, Kinect is the most unique, complete and affordable way for everyone to enjoy controller-free fun and entertainment.”

With more than 15 games available at launch, living rooms will become fitness rooms, dance clubs and sports stadiums. Kinect games, including “Kinectimals,” “Kinect Sports,” “Kinect Joy Ride” and MTV Games’ and Harmonix’s “Dance Central” will retail for $49.99 (U.S. ERP). In addition to games, Kinect changes the way you experience entertainment by putting your favorite movies, TV programs, music and live sports from ESPN all in one place. Begin a movie by simply saying, “Xbox, play,” or browse through a music list with the wave of a hand. Kinect also creates new ways for friends and family to have fun together. With Video Kinect,3 share a smile with friends and family, as you open a window into living rooms around the world.

“I think Kinect is a major leap forward in the gaming experience that will appeal to both mainstream and casual gamers,” said Michael Gartenberg, partner, Altimeter Group, and author of the Engadget Entelligence column.
Starting today, select retailers are taking pre-orders for the Xbox 360 Kinect Console Bundle at $299.99 (U.S. ERP) and Kinect for Xbox 360 at $149.99 (U.S. ERP). Pre-order Kinect or the Xbox 360 Kinect Console Bundle today, and at launch receive a token to download three exclusive game levels for “Kinect Adventures,” the game included with Kinect.4 Those wanting more information or to pre-order now should go to http://www.xbox.com/en-US/hardware/wheretobuy.

About Kinect

Kinect for Xbox 360 brings games and entertainment to life in extraordinary new ways – no controller required. Simple to use and fun to play, Kinect for Xbox 360 allows owners to jump into Kinect-enabled games for any type of play, and the Kinect Hub puts your favorite movies and TV programs, music, live sports, and social networks all in one place. The Kinect sensor recognizes you, responds to your gestures, listens to your voice and works with every Xbox 360 console (175 MB of memory required). More information about Kinect for Xbox 360 can be found at http://www.xbox.com/kinect.

About Xbox 360

Xbox 360 is a premier home entertainment and video game system. This November, with the addition of Kinect, Xbox 360 will forever transform social gaming and entertainment with a whole new way to play – no controller required. Xbox 360 is also home to the best and broadest games as well as the largest on-demand library of music, standard- and high-definition movies, TV shows and digital games, all in one place. The entertainment center of the living room, Xbox 360 blends unbeatable content with the leading social network of 25 million Xbox LIVE members to create a limitless entertainment experience that can be shared at home or across the globe. More information about Xbox 360 can be found online at http://www.xbox.com.

About Microsoft

Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq “MSFT”) is the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential.

1 175 MB of memory required.
2 It also has a one-year limited warranty on the console.
3 Xbox LIVE Gold membership required for Video Kinect.
4 Download tokens included in marked packages at launch, at participating retailers, while supplies last. 80 MB required to download from Xbox LIVE.

For more information, press only:
Natalie Edwards, Edelman (323) 202-1461, natalie.edwards@edelman.com
Kristin Oke, Edelman (206) 268-2265, kristin.oke@edelman.com

Note to editors: For more information, news and perspectives from Microsoft, please visit the Microsoft News Center at http://www.microsoft.com/news. Web links, telephone numbers and titles were correct at time of publication, but may have changed. For additional assistance, journalists and analysts may contact Microsoft’s Rapid Response Team or other appropriate contacts listed at http://www.microsoft.com/news/contactpr.mspx.

Follow Kinect on Facebook as it tours the world, transforming how people experience games and entertainment. Visit http://www.facebook.com/xbox for more info.

New Intel Core i7 970

Phil — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:48:58 +0000

Intel Core i7 970 6-core CPU launched without fanfare. The 3.2 Ghz Core i7 970 microprocessor variety Intel is available in retail for nearly $900 this dawn. The microchip hit the market place quietly, and should be a good fit for involving PC hobbyists who want to build a fast computing device to crunch numbers on things like television compression or 3D offline rendering. With 6-core and multithreading, the Heart i7 970 appears to the operating system like a 12-core central processor.

If you want to build a play system, you might want to stick to the 4-core rendering of the Core i7, as play performance does not always graduated table with the number of cores. In any case, I ‘m sure that you will read hatful of reviews before spending $900.

Droid Incredible Thanks To Unrevoked

Phil — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 14:19:49 +0000

If you think taking root your device to get total access code to your it is a afflictive outgrowth, you ‘re right, as it takes a good deal of attempt in order to reach that. As luck would have it the folks who do such things are getting, smarter, and after the HTC Droid Incredible was taking root, the folks behind Unrevoked determined that it was time for the one-click root system to be available to anybody, which should work even as easily one clicking once. Were you planning to root your HTC Droid Incredible right along, or are you more appealed to the possibly now that it’s fairly simple?.

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