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Mobile Miscellany: week of March 25th, 2013
If you do not have enough new mobile during the week, do not worry, as we open the pipe on the hard core of truth. This week, an unknown T-Mobile phone with Snapdragon 800 inmates lit landmarks, Sony was frustrated on the lock screen and Rogers made ??44 new promises without saying much. These stories and more await you after the break. Then buy the ticket and take the ride to explore everything that is happening in the mobile world this week of March 25, 2013.
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Jaguar brings track ready XKR-S GT to New York
Looking to be very serious about competing with the likes of BMW M series, takes the new Jaguar XKR-S GT Viewer follow. Tagged as "XK road-going/track finally ready" the big cat released the new kitten to the New York Auto Show this week is not enough all the bits and aerodynamic spoiler. .. Continue reading Jaguar XKR brings track ready GT-S in New York
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Earthy delights: the Tribewanted movement comes to Italy
last Tribewanted sustainable tourism project is a community farm in rural Andalusia - where you can mud
not expect to find yourself in a construction site during the holidays, but I like it. The only nod to the health and safety seems to be a quick "peep-peep" of the shovel, and balancing a piece of oak wood in place. Refresh after work in the form of a huge pot white wine, drinking small glasses with muddy hands. My coworkers are Italian happy to stop every few minutes to chat, and some curious dogs and horses get to have a closer look. And the view: the Umbrian hills around us, gently gleaming in the spring sunshine
We build it will be a tool shed and parlor in one of the fields around Monestevole, a village in the 15th century on a hill in the center of Italy. I underestimated the degree of satisfaction, it would be to build something, mostly by hand, that literally rises from the earth. The spacers are made of wood from nearby forests, straw insulation, foundations are made of small stone slabs found in another area and the walls are made of earth, clay loaded, picked it up, and painted smoothed by hand. The wall is only four meters high when the wine came out and slows down the work.
Monestevole was run as an agriturismo occasionally by their owners Valeria and Alessio, who bought it as a wreck in 1990 and has been restored, but last week was reopened in association with the company Tribewanted sustainable tourism, and we are their first customers.
This is the third project Tribewanted. When the company launched in 2006, has attracted a lot of media attention, including a BBC series. The idea was to build an online community for paying members - the "tribe" - which would create a sustainable tourism project in Fiji
was hailed as a revolution in the tourism, but the lack of funds, difficulties in engaging people online in the long term, and meant that the local government asking the company to pay much a new lease in advance of Fiji project was completed in 2011 (the funding model has changed to a monthly subscription of € 10, which gives "tribe" members preferential rates and a voice in decisions and provides destinations on a fixed income).
Meanwhile, the company has created a similar site on a beach in Sierra Leone, and now here in Italy, which is a bit of a change - less distance, less adventurous, and less obvious social impact.
"We wanted to do a project in a more developed," said Ben Keene, Tribewanted co-founder, who was peeling potatoes in the kitchen while I'm sitting lazily with a glass of wine.
"The model we are trying to build, what has not changed is the following: how can we make the most of a cultural heritage and embrace the future of use of energy, water, waste, and run. "
one of the other guests, Kate, who works in marketing in London and was established in Sierra Leone Tribewanted. This journey, he says, changed his life. "I left after two weeks and I do not think I've never felt better in the world." So, my expectations are high. The 47 acre site is only half an hour from Perugia airport, 10 minutes from the beautiful town of Umbertide but feels remote. The main house, a beautiful stone building surrounded by rosemary bushes, was once a watchtower for Monestevole castle on the other side of the mountain. Life goes on here everything you should have for centuries - the cow is milked in the morning, the pigs are reared (I spend a lot of time looking at small 10 piglets follow their mother around), you make bread, olives , wine ferments. The people who work here come for lunch and dinner and we sat in the large wooden tables. My room is part of a first floor apartment, with a four-poster bed and a view of the valley from every window. It is tempting to take refuge here, next to the fireplace in the living room, but that would mean missing out on what is happening on the ground floor - probably a game husky briscola
So, it is not perfect - yet - but it is supposed to be an ongoing project, led by the community with the participation of Monestevole Tribewanted members. To see grow is illuminating in itself -. Now I know how to build an adobe house, if necessary, and I am tempted to return when you finally put wind more poignant, it sounds clich?, like Parmesan, it is how these people live their lives - in a neighboring community, with nature and the seasons. Tribewanted performs a curious type of subversion is a very modern society, which owes its existence to the Internet and social networks and crowdfunding, but takes people to a place with signal phone small and intermittent Wi-Fi free and do not forget to get your hands dirty and eat together and live in a very simple can be good. At least for a few days. 
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Boot up: how Samsung won, Windows Blue's cues, iPad forecasts, and more
more Google starts sending purchases, IDC expects the tablet to beat desktop computers, the problem with spreadsheets, and more
A burst of 10 links for you to chew, as selected by the team of technologyHow
Samsung became the world's largest maker of smartphones No.1 Businessweek >>
In 1995, Lee was shocked to learn that cell phones that gave New Year's gifts were considered inoperable. Directed subordinates to assemble a stack of 150,000 units in an area outside the plant in Gumi. Over 2,000 staff together around the stack. Then he caught fire. When the flames have died down, bulldozers razed what remained. "If you continue to make poor quality products like these," said Lee Keon Hyok remembers the president said: ". I'll go back and do the same thing"
The lesson stuck. In May 2012, three weeks before the new Galaxy S III was to be delivered, a customer of Samsung said the company, which covers the back of the smartphone seemed cheaper than demonstration models shows customers before. "He was right," said DJ Lee, marketing director of Samsung Mobile. "Grain was not as good in the newer models." There were 100,000 caps in the lower cellar design and expeditions mounted devices waiting in airports. This time, there would be no fire - all 100,000 caps, as well as units in airports, have been discarded and replaced
A must read.
Hal BerensonWindows blue
buzz >> Hal (Im) Perfect Vision
Windows
blue is also the first place where Microsoft could really react to feedback from the developer, consumption and progress version. Approximately what we have today on the market has been elected to concrete drying time of the Developer Preview was released.
"Windows Blue" is the codename for the next updates to Windows 8. Berenson is a former Microsoft manager, so he knows whereof he speaks. If you want to understand the development process of Windows, the message read.
Apple iPad shipments of mini cut 2q13 >> Digitimes
The decrease can be as high as 20% per month in April, according to sources, and may continue to decrease slightly in the quarter to total shipments of mini iPad for as low as 10 million units during the quarter.
Court
Applejust as it is to adjust reserves for mini iPad next generation, which should be launched in the third quarter, the sources added. However, sources also said that Apple is cutting due to increased competition from several 7-inch tablet with Android.
Apple recently adjusted estimates
shipping for the iPad and iPad Products Mini in 2013 to 33 million and 55 million, respectively, according to sources.
only 88m? After sending 65.7m in 2012? When IDC predicts that shipments of 190 million tablets this year (see below)? Only 46% of the tablet market as a whole? Disaster.
Calling all residents of San Francisco Bay Area: help test our new location, same day delivery services Google Commerce Blog >>
Today we begin a new experience, Google Shopping Express. A local delivery service, we hope, will be possible for you to get the items you order online the same day, and at low cost. It is incredibly early days and if the service is only available for a small number of people in the Bay Area.
As a tester, you can shop online, in one place, at stores like Target, Walgreens, Staples, American Eagle and Toys "R" Us / Babies "R" Us - so that various shops such as Blue Bottle Coffee in San Francisco and the Bay Area Palo Alto Sport and Toy & Nob Hill Foods Raley, and get your items delivered the same day. So hopefully no more trips across town for shopping simple.
Your
paris please if it will be successful, many succeed, fail or create a tremendous sense of wrong Google when things go wrong. We added the start date to our growing list of Google services. (Thanks @ modelportfolio2003 for the pointer.)
world market smart, connected devices deliveries crossed one dollars in 2012, Apple is close to Samsung in the fourth quarter IDC >>
specifically examine the results for the fourth quarter of 2012 (4q12), the combined shipments of desktops, laptops, tablets and smartphones was almost 378m and incomes were over $ 168 million . In terms of market share, Apple significantly reduced the gap with the market leader in the area of ??Samsung, as the combination of the Apple iPhone 5 and iPad Mini Apple led to a share of 20.3% the transport unit prior Samsung 21.2%. On a revenue basis in the fourth quarter, Apple still dominates with a share of 30.7% compared to 20.4% of Samsung.
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Toronto School Board Spokesperson Sends Police Out To Hassle One Of Its Critics
to reach silence through intimidation.
Det.-consts. Liska and Lobanets Sergiy Irene, Division 32.
sometimes works very well. At other times, it is totally against-productive. Such is the case of long-term critical Lemaire TDSB (Toronto District School Board), Arnie, who writes the blog Blazingcatfur. A member of the Toronto school board sent the PD Lemaire house after finding something "threat" in a blog post from six weeks of age. (Via)
"We received a knock on the door shortly after 8 am," said Lemaire. "Two police detectives Toronto were identified and asked if they could come to discuss a problem."
Enter
was presented "a copy of my post on teaching children the TDSB the Black Panthers were a link harmless social organization of justice "and specifically" OISE TDSB and need to be purged, or burned to the ground "stinger.
was almost laughable. He thought that everyone understands and figured it was supposed, of course, not literally.
Unlike other cases in which the police responded, before returning a few questions (eg, body searches of a man whose daughter drew a image of a firearm in the classroom, or stop a teenager for three hours in some texts misunderstood Will Smith in a voice message), officers responded to this solved in minutes, finding that Lemaire ridiculous did.
[Lemaire] added, "I assured them that he did not intend to burn the TDSB."
Police said, "have been satisfied with this explanation immediately and assured me that n 'there would be no charge. " 
Police 
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SRT lets the limited edition Viper "Time Attack" out of its cage
Chrysler the new Viper SRT prepared for the production of a few months ago. Is now actively responding to calls for more performance with the Viper TA, a limited edition package on the road, who improves updated track inspiration. .. Read SRT Viper allows limited edition "Time Attack" from his cage
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Amazon Whispercast for Kindle now lets organizations manage mass app distribution on Fire tablets
When Amazon launched its Kindle Whispercast service back in October, it was with the promise that "the bulk distribution App" soon on the tablets of fire. Fast forward to today and that this function is available, which gives companies the ability to push applications purchased from an administrative account all Kindle Fire tablets administered. Yes, that even includes BYOD devices, although users must accept an opt-in order to participate. If your school or business is already involved in the service, no need to take action - the ability to be activated for the moment. But if you want to register, you can do so at the source.
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Video game sidekicks: eight of the best
Super Mario Bros
, divisions, and - this month - Luigi's Mansion 2
not easy being the younger brother of the more famous mascot of the video game. Starting life as a palette swap of ignominious (Luigi Mario was originally only in green and brown), the technology eventually allowed him to emerge as a plumber bigger, thinner, whose shy personality are him the ideal person to investigate haunted houses.
Trembling in every crack and screaming in fear as you do in the reliability Professor E Gadd to use "pixelporter" stutter tones Italian accents accompany his tribulations as ghosts who seek to unravel the mysteries of physics game, this who enjoy showing that the rooms can not yet reach, hard to find a way to get nervous, skinny and never played by Bob Hoskins in a movie, but Luigi perennial favorite and does the job - he said - is happy accept cash in hand TAILS
Sonic the Hedgehog seriesLYDIA
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Throughout his adventures in the vast snowy Skyrim, you accumulate a number of parasites, as Shadowmere, a horse with eyes like coals, a vampire who is imagined as an actor. But for most who play the game, Lydia provides the first indication that your trip should not always be alone, and you joined, fought with him, was wounded, falls, and then retrieves courageously. She is a woman of few words, and although there Chartier, the most powerful and the most beautiful companions to discover, there is a link that Lydia has to be right next to you in the early hours of training. Later, when the adventurers start thinking about getting married and moving, Lydia is a popular choice of bride who will gladly tie the knot with both male and female. In the land of Skyrim emancipated gay marriage does not raise even an eyebrow. Kazooie
Banjo-Kazooie and more
As an assistant monkey particularly compact, lives and works in Banjo Kazooie Bear backpack (naturally), pick up and throw eggs at once offered to bear the humiliation caustic nasty awkward. She says so openly with other characters, give nicknames many processes still deliberately cruel. Do not stop there: in addition to the egg and start epithet Kazooie can become a dragon breathes fire on enemies, and lay waste to all who stand in the way of the duo. His relationship with Banjo is a good investment schtick fellow general, condescending, and she has a lot of reason to despair her friend and persevering transport device, while helping you every step of the way. Many careful observers see Kazooie as a step forward for the classmate, the closest analogue to what is cartoon crime fighter, Hong Kong damn, whose cat, spot solve all their files
Cortana
Portal and its sequel are made by Valve, creators brilliant and enigmatic classics like Half-Life and Team Fortress 2. The characters of Valve games tend to be anything but standard, so it is unlikely that it takes a completely inanimate companion. Introduced by GlaDOS, Nurse Ratched game as Amnesty International, the Weighted Companion Cube is an object that "will never threatened you, and in fact, can not speak." It is also a very important object in the solution elegant design of many lateral thinking puzzle games. Cubes business but have a haunting presence comforting, forcing GlaDOS to admit that it can actually be a good idea, before placing them in the destruction of several grids snappily titled Aperture Science Material Emancipation or find other methods of total disintegration. Companion Cube is a treaty partner, but with the ability to generate real feelings and strange. GlaDOS This is right: do not say much
Diddy Kong
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California Attorney General Claims Foreign Companies Using 'Pirated' Software Represent Unfair Competition
In this context, it is not surprising that people are looking for new ways to "encourage" foreign users to buy these products at high prices. Already in 2011, Microsoft has written proposal mad to buyers of any product of a foreign company using unauthorized software in the U.S. official. Things went quiet after that, and I thought this idea was abandoned. No luck: judging by the history found @ teirdes, he's back, but in a modified form: Attorney General Kamala Harris of California filed a complaint against two apparel companies in India and China for alleged use of pirated software in the production of cloth for export and to be sold in the state.
You might wonder why the software used by textile companies in India and China have to do with California, the answer according to the Attorney General: The lawsuits allege that clothing manufacturers who have not paid fees for software licenses have a significant cost advantage in the production of low-margin, transportation and sale. This seems like a fairly large extent. After all, the savings from the use of pirated copies is spread over a large number of items, and will probably amount to fractions of a penny each. This difference will be overwhelmed by other factors - for example, the fact that the fixed and variable costs more in India and China are much lower than in California.
But there's a bigger problem here: the attempt to extraterritorial application of U.S. laws. In an excellent analysis of this case points spicy IP:
Software
U.S. companies have the right to sue for copyright infringement against Indian companies in India under the Copyright Act 1957 and exercised this right during the past 10 years years, with a rate High success.If there is a problem with piracy in India, there are laws and there that the Indian courts and can cope. The attempt to impose U.S. laws in India
undermines current comprehensive legal framework seems to work reasonably well. Does America really wants other governments claim that the actions on American soil have violated foreign laws, and must be tried abroad?
For an Indian manufacturer, a New Delhi trial itself can be expensive, but the defense of a suit in California will be at least 20 to 30 times more expensive. It is likely that only the pre-trial expenses exceed the total cost of export. The cheapest option is to buy software licenses, and that is exactly what the Americans say. They hope to create fear among the Indian exporters enough to come to the U.S. software company nearest shopping cart software 
This is exactly how copyright and Working patents trolls. Make the process of treating them as costly and impractical, it is easier and cheaper to pay regardless of whether they are right. However, this is not how government lawyers are supposed to work. Fear 
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Indie Film Distributor Spends Half Her Profits Sending DMCA Takedowns, But Is It Worth It?
Some interesting information was found and reported by Baldaur Regis and AC in the post's comments Mike detailing the work not as cunning accomplice of an industry that has published three commentaries that three different > from the same IP address
The original article in the Wall Street Journal quoted Kathy Wolfe, filmmaker and director of Wolfe Video, who said he spent a surprising amount of fight against piracy money.
Last year, Kathy Wolfe, owner of a small American independent film distribution company, Wolfe Video, found more than 903,000 links to unauthorized versions of films, which are sold worldwide for $ 3.99 per download. She feels she has lost more than $ 3 million in sales in 2012, due to their content stolen first 15 titles. In addition to that, she spent more than $ 30,000 per semester, or about his winnings, only to send notice of withdrawal of their titles.$ 30,000 is a lot to spend fighting
nothing
, let alone something as nebulous as piracy. That he was "half" of their income is even more surprising, with the CA to report an easy path that could double your money.
wait. You mean you could double your profits by just do something? ** This is actually a riot.
Although it is not as simple as that, there is some truth in this assertion. This sparked my curiosity. If someone has spent half of their income dropped connections, must have seen
something
justify the expense. A business does not just throw half of your earnings into a hole unless the hole is even throwing money away. I thought there must be a corresponding increase in sales, and sensitive to that. So I sent Kathy Wolfe to get some details about its efforts to fight against piracy.
'm Tim and I write for Cushing techdirt.com. I was wondering if you might be able to answer some questions about his ongoing fight against piracy. What struck me was the fact that he spends about $ 30,000 / year. send notice of withdrawal. (Via WSJ, and Digital Music News)
Do you see a positive return in terms of increased sales?
While I appreciate your interest in preventing his films are distributed in this so I'm having a hard time believing that these costs generates a return on investment is worth it. I was wondering if you could shed some light on this area.
Is it enough to compensate, up $ 30,000 / year. expenses?
If it does not generate additional sales needed to justify the expense, which is the reason to be continued this effort?
Thanks in advance for any information you can provide. I am trying to set up an article about spending their efforts to fight against piracy, so if there is something you prefer to organize (the exact number of sales, etc.), I can understand. What I really want to know before writing this post is your opinion on this very expensive anti-piracy risks, especially those who have seen the benefits, financial or otherwise, since the search began.
His first reaction was brutal and nothing but informative.
Hi Tim,
I would be happy to discuss with you. Basically, effortless reversal that would be out of business. I have over 100 films to protect.
Kathy
one hand, it said would be happy to discuss. In addition, the phrase sounded like half of the findings was developed and three-quarters closed door. I sent again pressing for more details.
Thanks for responding.
What I wonder is whether this effort has really no effect on the correlation of sales. I guess the debate moves on "rhetoric" at this stage. He spends $ 30,000 / year. in this product. If checked again and spent $ 15,000, you feel sales will be reduced to half of its previous level?
What had noticed before deciding to continue these efforts in the fight against piracy? As you say, without issuing demolition would be out of business, it was obviously a turnover drop quite remarkable. Have you started with less effort and see no improvement, then decided to expand? Or did you put my best (financially) in this effort from the beginning?
Again, I am very curious if there is a significant increase in sales. To get rid of it entirely to bankruptcy takedowns agree with you, but the rear scale to reduce their sales? Never been temporarily reduced effort and no increase or decrease in sales? At this point, Kathy became suspicious and asked me to explain who he was and what he would do with the information (in almost exactly these terms) . So I explained again, break it down further.
What I'm trying to do is get your perspective on this issue. Obviously, you think spending $ 30,000 / year. in the fight against piracy investment.I my worth, assuming you have collected data over the years shows that such expenses bear fruit.
I put together an article on the fight against piracy. I'd like your opinion before writing this post because I actually like to have inside. All I can do now is speculate. I have rarely seen someone out to quote an exact figure on the fight against piracy costs, so this potential is a very interesting article. We have all heard that the big studios spend "millions" fight against piracy, but the numbers rarely provided to the effect that these efforts have on sales. If something is offered, is aggregate equally vague.
I have no interest in overthrowing their efforts. You are the copyright owner and you do what you think is best for your business. However, as a business owner, I have to believe that you set this plan in the years to see the best return on your investment - and these are the numbers I'm interested in.
'also curious as to how they arrived at the "$ 3 million lost" in 2012 due to piracy (such as appointment you the news article digital music efforts), but that is of secondary interest. 
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