Monday, January 2, 2012

Everpix – All Your Photos in Cloud, Organized and Accessible from Anywhere

Everpix lets you have all your photos in the cloud, automagically uploaded, organized and curated. Setting up Everpix once will automatically, and continuously, import all your photos to the cloud, where they can be accessed in one place: anytime, anywhere. View, rediscover, and share your best photos all in one place, effortlessly. It is currently available for Macand iOS.
Using a small utility that runs on your computer, Everpix lets you connect to your local photo stores, online services like Facebook, Flickr, Picasa and Instagram, and even to the photos sent to you in Gmail.
All Your Photos, In The Cloud
You have thousands of photos spread out across various devices and web services: your computer, phone, Facebook, Flickr, Instagram, etc.
Curate Your Photos With One Click
Photos are about capturing memories, but organizing them and finding the best ones can bea real chore.
Everpix automatically organizes your photos by moments, and resolves any duplicates you may have in your collection. You don’t have to organize a thing.
Assisted-Curation feature is able to recognize photos that are out-of-focus, or improperly exposed, and hide them for you. We can also examine series of photos of the same scene and pick the best one.
Super Simple Photo Sharing
Photo sharing is complicated: you have to configure complex share settings, understanding privacy settings, wait for photos to upload… the list goes on and on.
With Everpix, all your photos are private until you decide to share them, and once you do, it’s literally one click to get the job done.
Everpix is the best way to publish your photos to Facebook and Twitter, as well as send photos via email attachments. Select the photos you want toshare, click publish, and you’re done. It’s that easy.
Get Started
To get started, you install a utility that places an icon in the Mac’s menu bar. Initially, the syncing may slow your computer down a bit as it uploads your entire photo library. For that reason, it mightbe a good idea to get the upload started before bed so it doesn’t interrupt your work.
Clicking the Menu Bar icon will take you to the Everpix website, where you can configure the various services you want to connect to, as well as point it to which folders on your desktop contain photos you want to sync online.
For those of you with complicated folder-within-a-folder systems for organizing photos on your computer, you may be a bit disappointed to find that with Everpix you can’t choose to upload only a selection of folders or files. You must either globally enable or disable your entire Pictures folder (or optionally, your Documents and Desktop, too).
By default, all your photos are private and will always remain private unless you specify otherwise. From the Everpix website, you can choose to enable additional online photo-sharingservices, all of which connect using OAuth or, in Facebook’s case, Facebook Connect.
The best feature of all is Everpix’s simple privacy settings. As noted above, all photos are private bydefault, but with one click, you can change that. With a toggle switch at the top of the page, an album (or select photos in an album) can be made accessible via a provided URL which you can share with Facebook, Twitter or via email

Android OS Tops the Smartphone Market with 46.9 Percent Share


the smartphone market with 46.9 percent marketshare. For the three-month period ending in November, the Android OS garnered up 3.1 percentage points of market share from the prior three-month period.
Apple maintained its No. 2 position, growing 1.4 percentage points to 28.7 percent of the smartphone market. BlackBerry maker Research In Motion ranked third, with 16.6 percent share, followed by Microsoft (5.2 percent) and Symbian (1.5 percent).
The report found 91.4 million people in the U.S. owned smartphones during the three months ending in November, up 8 percent from the preceding three-month period, and 234 million Americans aged 13 and older used mobile devices.
Device manufacturer Samsung ranked as the top OEM, with 25.6 percent of U.S. mobile subscribers (up 0.3 percentage points), followed by LG, with 20.5 percent share, and Motorola, with 13.7 percent share. Apple strengthened its position in fourth place, with 11.2 percent share of total mobile subscribers (up 1.4 percentage points), while RIM rounded out the top five, with 6.5 percent share.
In November, 72.6 percent of U.S. mobile subscribers used text messaging on their mobile devices, up 2.1 percentage points, the study found. Downloaded applications were used by 44.9 percent of subscribers (up 3.3 percentage points), while browsers were used by 44.4 percent (up 2.3 percentage points). Accessing of social-networking sites like Facebook or Twitter or blogs increased 2.1 percentage points to 33 percent of mobile subscribers. Playing mobile games was done by 29.7 percent of the mobile audience (up 1.2 percentage points), while 21.7 percent listened to music on their phones (up 1.0 percentage points).
The study measured key trends in theU.S. mobile phone industry during the three-month average period ending November 2011. The study surveyed more than 30,000 U.S. mobile subscribers and found Samsung to be the top handset manufacturer overall with 25.6 percent market share.
Mobile users are just adding to the steady growthof social-networking sites, a recent comScore study targeting the prominence of social-networking sites found. Facebook remains the undisputed leader in the U.S. social-networking market, with 166 million unique visitors in November. The average user spent 6.6 hours per person engaged on the site during the month, an increase of 37 percent in the past year. Meanwhile, LinkedIn and microblogging site Twitter have been jockeying over the past several months for the No. 2 spot in audience size. In November, Twitter eked out the second position, with 35.4 million unique visitors, just slightly ahead of LinkedIn, with 35 million. Myspace currently owns the No. 4 position, with 25 million visitors, but the report notes it has seen a steady decline in audience over the past two years.

Transcend Copy Protection SD / microSD Memory Cards Launched


Transcend announced the launch of its new Copy Protection SD/microSD Memory Cards. By recording data in a CDROM style partition, Copy Protection SD/microSD cards ensure the safety of valuable intellectual property against unauthorized copy, modification, and deletion.
Guaranteed Protection: Exclusive ideas, creations, and artistic work are priceless assets, and essential to future business success. Including such materials in marketing campaigns requires an effective data management strategy to not only allow users to view the given content but also avoid possible duplication. As a result, Copy Protection SD/microSD memory cards guarantee protection of important media by storing audio and video files in a read-only partition, in a manner similar to a CD.
Maximum Defense: Pre-loading memory cards at the point of manufacture ensures data cannot be copied or deleted, removing the effect of sophisticated cracking tools and even reformatting. Moreover, the inability to write new data offers an extra level of security against a loaded virus, which may destroy files and spread infection to other computers. For ease of use, Transcend’s Copy Protection SD/microSD cards have been comprehensively tested for compatibility with most platforms, regardless of the host device software and hardware settings.
Customized Solutions: For added promotional value, Copy Protection SD/microSD cards can be adapted to provide partially protected and partially free areas, allowing users to save and modify files in the free space as per a normal memory card. This functional aspect generates regular viewing of marketing material, helping to build lifetime customer value and enhance the whole user experience.
Copy Protection SD cards are available by request in 2GB-64GB capacities. Copy Protection microSD cards are available by request in 2GB-16GB capacities. All are backed by Transcend’s limited lifetime warranty.

1 Million Samsung Galaxy Note Devices Shipped Worldwide in 2 Months


Samsung Galaxy to rule the world??? After the huge success og Galaxy S2 around the world, Galaxy Note adds to the list of successful phones from Samsung. Just two months after the world wide release of Samsung Galaxy Note phones, company announced that it has shipped more than one million units of Note worldwide.
Samsung noted in a press release that sales of Galaxy Note are on the rise in Europe and Asia , particularly in France, Germany, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
Samsung Galaxy Note and S2 are expecting a Ice Cream Sandwich Android 4.0) update in early 2012 .
Samsung Galaxy Note is powered by 1.4GHz dual core processor and runs on Android 2.3 ( Gingerbread ) Operating System. It is one of the slimmest mobile phone with 9.65 mm thick . The mobile comes with 5.3 inches touch screen from the HD Super AMOLED display with resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels . Another great feature is added its 8.0 mega pixels of camera with LED flash , Auto Focus and Digital Zoom . The camera can record full HD 1080P videos at 24fps. Samsung Galaxy Note is available in India at a price of Rs. 32500.
“The rapid global sales of Galaxy Note are notable since it is creating a new market for something between smartphone and tablet PC,” the company said. “The speed of the global sales is expected to accelerate further next year when it will be available in the US.”
“One million global shipping of Galaxy Note means it has well positioned itself as a market creator,” Samsung said. “Samsung will continuously strengthen its leadership in the global smartphone market as well as create new markets with innovative devices.”

Insert Profile Photos as Emoticons in Facebook Chat – Facebook Easter Egg


In this New Year Season, it is not Google who come up with an easter egg, but Facebook following the pathof Google gives a surprise Easter Eggs to its users. This Facebook easter egg lets users add profile photos in their Facebook chat messages.
To see this, all the Facebook users need to do is put the [[username]] into the chat message, send it and they will see the text replaced with the profile image. Though the image appears is quitesmall like an emoticon, but it’s cool.
How to send profile pictures in Facebook Chat :
1. Go to any profile page that you want to use as an emoticon in your Facebook chat.
2. Take a look at the URL. You will find the username or profile ID at the end of the URL. Forinstance, if you will go to my profile, the URL appear will be: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=109042787027351. However insome cases, you will find the name instead of an ID number such as http://www.facebook.com/xyz
3. Put the name or number in double brackets like[[109042787027351]] in case of the first URL, and [[xyz]] for the second URL
4. Enter the same into your Facebook Chat. When you will send it, the bracketed number or letters will replaced with the profile image.
Now stop playing with ‘ Do a Barrel Roll ‘ and ‘Let it Snow’ easter Eggs from Google and it is time forFacebook easter eggs. Surprise your friends by sending them their profile picture in chat.

Intel Cedar Trail Processor Announced – Available in Early 2012


Intel announced its latest mobile Intel Atom processor-based platform for netbooks and intelligent system designs in healthcare settings and retail solutions. Formerly codenamed “ Cedar Trail ” the platform delivers new features that boost performance and batterylife in affordable, small, compact, on-the-go devices.
The 32 nm Cedar Trail Atom processors, which arecarrying the sequence numbers N2600 and N2800 in commercial products, will be available in early 2012 in computers offered by Acer, Asus, HP, Lenovo, Samsung, and Toshiba.
Technologies like Intel WiDi and Intel Wireless Music are now integrated to allow people to easily share content with other devices while providing an instant internet connection and fast resume from standby mode.
Intel claims that Cedar Trail netbooks will achieve up to 10 hours of battery life and consume up to 20 percent less power than its predecessor. The graphics chipset GMA 3600/3650 promises twice the performance of the previous generation platform. New features include WiDi and Wireless Music, which are now integrated in the product.
The N2600 arrives with core frequency of 1.6 to 1.86 GHz and a TDP of less than 3.5 watts. The N2800 features clock speeds of 1.86 to 2.13 GHz and a TDP of less than 6.5 watts. However, Intel did not announce two variants that are already listed in its technical documents, the 1.7 GHz N2650 and the 2.0 GHz N2850

Classpad Low Cost Desi Tablet : Price Rangesfrom Rs 7,500 – 14,000

Soon comes an era of low cost tablets in India. Post the release of Aakash Tabet and Ubislate 7+ , Delhi-based Classteacher Learning Systems, an education solution provider, has developed a new tablet, Classpad . The Classpad, priced in the range of Rs 7,500-14,000 , comes in three models: Classpad 7, Classpad 8 and Classpad 10.
CLasspad Tablet which is boast to have more than 6 hours of battery life will be available for public in 2012 which they can buy online. Government’s own Aakash tablet have only one and half hours of battery life.
Considered to be the developed version of the Aakash tablet, the Classpad boasts of features such as touch screen , better battery life, 1.3 Ghz processing speed and a built-in memory of 4 Gb , which can also be expandable to 8 Gb . The device is also equipped with artificial intelligence and is built on the Android platform.
Its developer, the Classteacher Learning Systems plans to take the device to the market through two business routes, the Trolley model and ‘one tablet per child’ (OTPC) model.
In the Trolley model, the device can be used on a shared manner by paying Rs 100 per child, whereas in ‘one tablet per child’ (OTPC) model , the parents have to pay for the device.

Enter Text by Sliding Finger over Virtual Touch-Screen Keyboard – SlideIT


SlideIT provides a revolutionary new way to enter text on touchscreen devices. Just slide your finger along the letters, and watch it type your message! It is one of the best text entrysolutions for touch screen phones. SlideIT keyboard is an excellent tool for entering text, replacing your touchscreen keyboard. SlideIT keyboard enables users to dramatically improve writing speed with practically no learning curve.
Instead of entering text by tapping on the keyboard letters, SlideIT keyboard eases texting by sliding a finger along the keyboard letters, while the words “magically” appear on the screen. SlideIT is available for Android , Symbian and Windows Mobile devices.
SlideIt provides 5 Efficient Modes for Entering Text. SlideIT is the only available solution which supports the following modes for entering text
Tapping : Start tapping a word while SlideIT’s powerful prediction engine produces a choice of predicted texts for your selection.
Sliding : Get the desired word by sliding your finger along the keyboard.
Predictive Sliding : Get the desired word by slidingyour finger along the keyboard – no need to complete the sliding (excellent for long words).
Tapping and Sliding : Tap and Slide together! Change the entry mode at any time.
Mixed Tapping & Sliding : Mix tapping and sliding – even on the same word! Start with tapping and continue sliding (or vice-versa). Prediction is available – there is no need to complete the tapping or sliding.
Download SlideIT for Android ($5.99)
http://www.mobiletextinput.com/Download/android/ANDROID_MARKET/
Download SlideIT for Symbian (€3.00)
http://www.mobiletextinput.com/Download/symbian_os/Ovi_Store/
Download SlideIT for Windows Mobile (It is completely free)
http://www.mobiletextinput.com/Download/Windows_Mobile/Download


Integrated Features
SlideIT successfully integrates multiple features such as sliding, tapping, predictive text, disambiguation, shortcuts and graffiti, offering the user a friendly layout and an intuitive user interface.
Keyboard skins and size: Dark? Light? Big? Small? SlideIT has many different skins with a polished, clear look at any keyboard size and resolution available for download. So everybody can choosea look and size to match their preference.
Predictive Sliding: SlideIT is the only available solution that supports predictive text suggestionswhile sliding. Other applications provide prediction only when tapping.
Accuracy: You don’t have to be accurate – Dasur’s pattern recognition engine provides the precision. SlideIT has the unique ability to recognize a word even when the sliding path is highly distorted. In regular daily use, the SlideIT recognition rate remains very high, even when the user slides quickly and with low accuracy.
Fastest Learning Curve: Feedback indicates that itusually takes a few minutes to get used to the application, and within a few hours, users double and triple their writing speed.
Lightweight Application: SlideIT requires few resources on your touch screen device, using under 2 MB of memory per language (for the dictionary). Dasur’s optimized engine uses minimal CPU and saves on battery power consumption.
Main Features
Skins : Dark? Light? Blue? No matter the way you like your keyboard, we have it. With many skins available for download, you can choose the look that matches you.
Sliding : Sliding mode enables the user to enter words by using a sliding motion. Just slide your finger along the letters… and the words “magically” appear.
On-The-Fly Suggestions : When your finger stops its motion while remaining on the screen, the keyboard will provide suggestions in the keyboard banner
Prediction : SlideIT integrates powerful prediction capabilities. The predictions appear in the keyboard banner, while tapping or sliding, together with on-line and off-line spelling corrections.
Tapping Followed by Sliding : Prefer tapping? Or maybe Sliding? Why not both? You can mix tapping and sliding capabilities in the same word. SlideIT can handle anything.
Long Press for Single Number, Symbol or diacritics letter : Many symbols, numbers and special characters can be reached from the main layout. Just press and hold, and the related symbol will be displayed on the screen.
Multilanguage support : SlideIT has over 40(!) freely available language packs and keyboard layouts for download. Whether you write in Icelandic, Serbian, Catalan or Arabic you can still SlideIT!
Disambiguation : The SlideIT disambiguation facility offers a set of suggestions in the keyboard banner corresponding to the tapped letters or the sliding path.
On\Off line Corrections : Automatic correction of entered text to letters that are close to the ones entered. No need to worry about precision or about stopping on double letters means faster sliding!
Resize Keyboard Height : Want to resize the keyboard height? Just make a long press on the + sign and drag the keyboard up or down.
Shortcuts Options : You can insert whole phrases with just a few letters. Just tap or slide ASAP, LOL or BTW to insert the whole phrase. You can even add your own!
Manage Shortcuts : How to Add, Remove and Modify Shortcuts
ABC mode : ABC mode is like a regular keyboard. No prediction, disambiguation or sliding will be available. Useful for entering URLs, names, passwords and words in CamelCase.
Automatic Capitalization : SlideIT can automaticaly capitilize almost anywhere needed.It will capitilize the first word in a sentence or the word ‘I’.
Automatic space : You can slide word after word without stopping to tap the space between words. You can just slide and slide and slide…
Dictionary customization : SlideIT comes with fully customizable dictionaries. Do you use a word that is not in the dictionary often? Add it! Don’t like the word ‘dictionary’? Remove it!
Don’t Use Character Diacritics : For sending SMS messages without diacritic characters. Diacritics will not display on the editor, as the keyboard replaces them with corresponding non-diacritic letters.
Symbols Layout : SlideIT includes many symbols for you to use at the tap of a few buttons. Currencies, punctuation and many more are easy to reach.
Graffiti : Does the sight of a keyboard make you uneasy? In graffiti mode, you can just draw numbers or symbols on a blank pad. Excellent for entering long numbers.
Speech Recognition : Ever try to write a memo while driving? No need to hunt down the speech app buried deep in your menu. Speech recognition is right on your keyboard.