Showing posts with label Syria. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Syria. Show all posts

Saturday, December 1, 2012

Google And Twitter Team Up Again To Give A Voice To Syrians Without Internet - plus my very own links overview

What's been going on in the realm of tech? Who are we checking out?

In our first little group, why don't we take a look at the websites discussing Firehose (band) and Twitter, Inc.:
- Court Temporarily Protects PeopleBrowsr Access To Twitter Firehose, Twitter Says It Will 'Vigorously Defend' Itself from techcrunch.com
- PeopleBrowsr Takes Twitter to Court over Firehose from www.searchenginejournal.com

Syria and Twitter, Inc. seemed to come up rather a lot too:
- Google And Twitter Team Up Again To Give A Voice To Syrians Without Internet from www.webpronews.com
- Nationwide Internet Blackout Underway in Syria from techland.time.com
- Syria Shuts Down Internet In Midst Of Uprising, Mobile Services And Land Lines Partially Down from techcrunch.com

Did you see all the talk about Google and European Union? Here are the most interesting bits:
- Is Bing Right About People Getting "Scroogled" By Google? - "This week, Bing launched an attack campaign against Google, called "Don't Get Scroogled"" - said www.webpronews.com
- Microsoft Claims Google 'Scroogled' Shoppers, But Uses Similar Pay-To-Play Tactics - www.huffingtonpost.com
- UK's House Of Lords Summons Facebook And Google To Talk Convergence And Media Power - techcrunch.com

What else? Well, IPad and Apple Inc. were in the media a fair bit:
- After 3.5M Downloads Of Its iPhone App, Etsy Finally Goes To The iPad - "But its brand strength online - and perhaps the fact that design-led mobile apps like Pinterest and Fab have been a big hit with consumers - have helped Etsy pick up a strong following anyway, with 3.5 million downloads to date, and 1 in 3 visitors shopping on Etsy from mobile devices over the recent Thanksgiving weekend (normal figures, it says, are 1 in 4 visitors).Now it is looking to capitalize on that with a newiPad app" - said techcrunch.com
- iPhone 5, iPad Mini, 4th-Gen iPad Get Release Dates For China - www.webpronews.com













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Friday, November 30, 2012

Nationwide Internet Blackout Underway in Syria - plus my links synopsis

Which companies have been shaking things up in the world of tech? Let's see.

In our first little group, let's have a look at the websites discussing Google and Federal Trade Commission:
- Microsoft Claims Google 'Scroogled' Shoppers, But Uses Similar Pay-To-Play Tactics from www.huffingtonpost.com
- Google Webmaster Tools Security [Status Update] from www.searchenginejournal.com
- Google Loves This Third Party Instant Street View Search App, Will They Buy It? from techcrunch.com





Syria has been receiving a lot of press as well:
- Nationwide Internet Blackout Underway in Syria from techland.time.com
- Syria Shuts Down Internet In Midst Of Uprising, Mobile Services And Land Lines Partially Down from techcrunch.com

The next topics I'll be covering are IOS and Apple Inc..
- Decisions, Decisions Android (operating system) iOS, Windows 8 or HTML5? - "The last month has introduced much new food for thought if you are trying to decide which mobile platform to build on first:Thirty days ago, you were probably thinking to start with iOS, not just because of the launch of the IPad Mini but also the preponderance of Apps in iTunesThen Microsoft launched Windows 8 (and the Surface), driving a full-court press to get developers to build apps for the Windows StoreA few days later, IDC came out with the latest numbers, showing Android was crushing everyone, with a 75% market share of new phones sold in Q3.As a result, some declared that iOS was going the way of the Dodo-until last week, when iOS (especially the iPad) crushed the competition in online purposes purchases on Black Friday. It has definitely been an eventful pre-Holiday Season in mobile.Which Platform To Build On First?" - said technorati.com
- Millennial: Apple Still Leads Samsung In Overall Impressions, But Android Dominates iOS With 52% Share - techcrunch.com
- Google Updates Chrome For Android And iOS - www.webpronews.com

To end we should take a quick look at Windows 8 and Microsoft Corporation.
- NPD: U.S. Windows Device Sales Down 21% On Last Year; Windows 8 Tablet Sales "Almost Non-Existent" - "Microsoft earlier this week made a point of noting that there have been 40 million downloads of Windows 8 since it launched a month ago, putting it ahead of where Windows 7 was at the same point in its sales cycle" - said techcrunch.com











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Sunday, July 8, 2012

Amazon Planning To Build An iPhone Competitor? - and my own links summary

The field of technology seldom stands still. Let's see which organizations have been in the news.

In our first little bunch, let's take a look at the websites taking about iPad and Market share:
- Time to Admit It: A Smaller iPad Would Spell Doom for Everyone Else from techland.time.com
- iPad Mini: 10 Features It Must Have If It Sees the Light of Day from www.eweek.com
- Report: Apple Inc. Developing A Thinner And Cooler 9.7-inch Retina-Equipped iPad For A Q4 Release from techcrunch.com



Amazon.com has been receiving a lot of press as well:
- Amazon Planning To Build An iPhone Competitor? from www.webpronews.com
- Amazon Developing Android Smartphone [REPORT] from mashable.com



Facebook and Silicon Valley were mentioned a good deal too:
- Yahoo! Facebook Strike Patent Truce, Ad Alliance - "SAN FRANCISCO -- Facebook and Yahoo have agreed to settle a months-long patent dispute, averting a potentially expensive battle over the technology running two of the Internet's most popular destinations" - said www.huffingtonpost.com
- Yahoo Implies It Can Still Shake Down Facebook For Patent Money. Bloody Unlikely - techcrunch.com
- Yahoo, Facebook Drop Patent Litigation, Launch New Strategic Alliance - www.eweek.com

Let's finish up by finding out about Syria and People's Republic of China
- Syria Sanctions Proposed By United States, European And Arab States - "This citizen journalism image provided by Kafarsouseh Revolt, taken on Sunday, July 1, 2012, purports to show Syrians raising their hands as they chant slogans during a demonstration in Kafar Souseh, Damascus, Syria" - said www.huffingtonpost.com
- WikiLeaks Starts Releasing 2.4 Million Emails Linked to Syrian Government - www.eweek.com

Source: mashable.com


Source: mashable.com






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