Select Android & IOS, Seesmic Leave BlackBerry

BlackBerry made ​​by Research In Motion (RIM) abandoned one of its developers. He was Seesmic, social networking applications developers are quite popular.

In its official statement, Seesmic revealed that it will stop supporting the BlackBerry platform. Ironically, Seesmic clearly stated that his decision to leave the BlackBerry because want to focus more on working on the Android platform, IOS, and Windows 7 Phone.

"Effective June 30, Seesmic will discontinue support for the BlackBerry because of this focus for the development of the more popular mobile platforms: Android, IOS, and Windows 7 Phone," wrote Seesmic, in his blog that quoted from Mobileburn, Tuesday (21/06/2011 ).

Do not know what happened, whether Seesmic considers that the BlackBerry does not have a brilliant future for application developers. Or this decision not only because of the Seesmic application behavior in the realm of the Blackberry.

But certainly this becomes less encouraging news for RIM is losing one of its allies in providing applications that run on BlackBerry devices.

iBamboo, Environmentally Friendly Speaker for iPhone 4

What happens if the caliber of sophisticated gadgets iPhone 4 collaborated with a piece of bamboo? The result is a gadget with loudspeakers that are environmentally friendly and unique.

This is to be achieved iBamboo. Man-made device named Anatoliy Omelchenko is indeed somewhat creative. He was able to mix and match technologies that are embedded in the iPhone 4 with the natural beauty of bamboo to create a beautiful sound.

Omelchenko claimed to make 100% pure iBamboo of the many plants found in the Earth Indonesia. But with makeup and diligence possessed, he was able to make the device an elegant and pleasing to the eye.

In a video demo on Mactrast seen that iBamboo can work well. The voice that came out of the holes on both sides can be fairly loud.

One thing is for sure, iBamboo very environmentally friendly. Users do not need to be bothered with cables that dangle or be looking for an outlet to use it. Staying put the iPhone 4 in the top of the hole that has been provided, and the speakers made ​​from bamboo was immediately in action.

Omelchenko added iBamboo a natural appearance can also make this device serves as a display in the living room. While a set price is USD 25.

Farmville speculate maker PopCap Games

Familiar with the game of Bejeweled? Pembesutnya, Pop Cap Games, is reportedly in the process of acquisition with a value of over USD 1 billion.

Citing more than one source, TechCrunch reports the company is known by the title game vs. Plants. Zombies is definitely acquired. But who will buy it? Informant did not know for sure.

Yet another informant who had bought it mengataka Zynga. Social gaming giant is said to have long been interested with PopCap Games. Electronics Art (EA) also mentioned. But considering EA is not a strong player in the realm of social gaming, many predicted that a strong candidate Zynga annexationist PopCap games. It is quoted from Cnet, on Thursday (06/23/2011).

PopCap did have great potential to attract companies Zynga classmates. Bejeweled, one of the game terpopulernya, has sold more than 50 million copies since its release in 2000. The latest, Bejeweled 3 is present in the PC in December, is expected to be visited on other platforms later this year.

Meanwhile, a spokesman for PopCap who questioned refused memebrikan confirm or comment on this report. "We do not comment on rumors and speculation," he said.

Traffic Visits Google Reach 1 Billion a month

Google attracted more than one billion unique visitors in May last. According to ComScore, this is the first time an Internet company reach that number.

Traffic to Google reportedly increased 8.4 percent from a year ago to make this achievement. Apart from Google, comScore data in May also puts Microsoft sites ranked second with 905 million unique visitors, an increase of 1 percent.

Facebook, which was originally estimated to be in the order of 1 or 2, it was in third position with 714 million, up 30 percent. Yahoo is at number 4 with 689 million unique visitors, traffic rose 10.8 percent. And the closing sequence Wikimedia five most popular sites with 411 million unique visitors.

Reported by the Wall Street Journal and quoted on Thursday (23/06/2011), ComScore began monitoring traffic to Google in 2006. At that time, Google reportedly has a number of 496 million unique visitors per month.

Microsoft and MSN when it became the most frequently visited sites with 536 million unique visitors each month. But in subsequent years, the game has changed. Google's rapidly expanding its brand launched Gmail, acquired YouTube and introduce the Android platform.

But more important than the number of unique visitors is the amount of time spent on a website. This area is still topped by Facebook. Last month, ComScore said the average person spends 250 billion minutes on Facebook, two-thirds longer than the time spent visiting social networking sites a year ago.

Winklevoss Twins 'Give Up' Against Facebook

Twin brothers Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss decided to end the feud and the fight against Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. They approved the prepayment of Facebook worth $ 65 million.

Winklevoss brothers and classmates during at Harvard University, Divya Narendra this week through their lawyer said he would not appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States (U.S.).

In 2007, the twins Winklevoss claim Zuckerberg stole the idea of ​​making up. Initially, they asked Zuckerberg to complete software code creation of their social networking sites, ConnectU. At that time, both the twins and Zuckerberg are equally enrolled at Harvard University in 2003.

Reported by PC World, Thursday (06/23/2011), the twins said that Zuckerberg and even stole the code and launched Facebook in February 2004.

The lawsuit further Winklevoss brothers deliver them to sign a deal with Facebook, in which they are entitled to a cash USD 20 million and a share of shares USD 45 million, or USD 36 per share.

As Facebook's increasingly rapid growth and increased profits are achieved social networking, Facebook accused the twins are being unfair to this agreement. That is why the appeals court demanded their return because they feel entitled to a larger part.

Laptop Batteries Filled While Typing

Australian scientists find ways to channel the energy we use when typing to provide power for laptops. Thus, the motion carried typing on a laptop will automatically charge the battery energy devices.

It could be possible, using piezoelectricity. This method works the same way as moving the lighter for cigarette or cigar that produces sparks of piezoelectric crystals. Such information is quoted from Mashable, Friday (24/06/2011).

To provide electrical energy for laptop, it takes a sheet made ​​of piezoelectric film that is thinner and developed using nano technology. Layer is very thin films that can cover different parts of the electronic toy and integrated into various types of gadgets.

"The energy generated from piezoelectric method can be integrated into running shoes to download the mobile phone charging. It can also be applied to the laptop to receive energy from the motion of typing," said study co-author, Dr. Madhu Bhaskaran.

He even mentions, Piezoelectric method can also be used to alter blood pressure a source of energy for pacemakers with long battery life.

But this idea is still under development and not yet completely implemented. Scientists are also looking for a way to touch-screen device could get energy from swipe motion carried. Unfortunately, they were not sure when the technology is deployed commercially.

Viewing Phone-Based Marketing Strategies

Advancements in mobile technology has opened up new opportunities in business. The marketing practitioners were advised to take firm steps in developing a strategy and move forward against the clock.

A study of the Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) revealed that the marketing budget for mobile media with the largest percentage increase, 124%, compared with other media.

Jump in the budget is believed to be the size of the mobile market which is believed to be counted five times more than home phones. Other facts are active users of mobile phones exceeds the number of the owner of a toothbrush (5.4 billion vs. 4.2 billion).

According to a survey about mobile lifestyle released by BuzzCity, demand for mobile content is currently the highest in history with digital content most sought-after consumers such as mp3, video, ringtones, games, applications, and also as much as the content of the product information goods and services.

Digital marketing has become mainstream and the presence of traditional web pages are no longer sufficient, especially with the fact the increasing number of consumers who apply to cell phones in their daily lives.

According to recent reports MobileSQUARED'S, Key Developments for Mobile Advertising in 2011, also mentions that a third of the ad agency expects in 2011, 30% of his clients include media campaign cell phone or mobile elements in it.

Based on the facts in the above survey, Dr. KF Lai, CEO of BuzzCity concluded that the phone is a new opportunity for business. The marketing practitioners should take firm steps in developing a strategy and move forward against the clock.

"Media phones have been proven for some merchants and brands in reaching consumers. The future is on mobile trends," said Dr.. Lai, in his statement on Friday (06/24/2011).

For example Dr. Lai include some form of marketing strategies ever undertaken by the leading brands:

a. Interaction with Brand. Adidas took the opportunity of the Cricket World Cup event last season in India by creating mobile applications that provides score updates, wallpapers, wallpapers of cricket stars and information about cricket sports equipment.

b. Customer acquisition. Chevrolet to promote the launch of two new car models in India (Beat and Spark) with the campaign through mobile phones, which recommends mobile users to try a test drive and see more product information after first registering their data on a mobile site.

c. Activity Click for Action. Nike held a 'Support India Campaign' to support the Indian cricket team. The mobile users can click the banner animation that will give them the opportunity to post messages to Team India and also share it on their Facebook profiles.