Cube, Game To Make The Users Of Google Maps Get Smart

admin / May 14, 2012 / No comments

Google finally launched a game called “Cube”, last weekend. Cube is actually created to help users understand the digital map service Google Maps.

Cube games can be played by visiting www.playmapscube.com, using the latest version of the browser.

In the game, you will be offered to explore the popular cities of the world. Visitors will be faced with the cube (cube) and blue balls. Each side of the cubic filled with buildings of three-dimensional shape, which indeed looks like a digital map Google Maps.

While the ball, likened to an object that must be visited several sites in the cubic. You have to direct the ball to the right across the street and soon arrived at the destination location has been determined.

Cube has an edutainment concept. Besides entertaining, Cube also helps a person understand how to use Google Maps.

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May 18, Facebook Start Selling Prime Shares

admin / May 13, 2012 / No comments

Puzzle when Facebook Inc. will go public eventually revealed. The Wall Street Journal newspaper said the social networking site that will make its first sale of shares on 18 May.

Facebook will start a roadshow on Monday (7/5) next week. A source revealed, the company’s largest social networking site in the world will meet a number of institutional investors who are interested in their stock.

Wall Street Journal reported, founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg will attend several meetings with these investors. Facebook itself reluctant to respond to leaks from these sources.

As reported, Facebook reached target fund of 5 billion U.S. dollars in this IPO. Thus, the valuation company based in Menlo Park, California has reached 100 billion U.S. dollars.

Facebook’s financial performance in the first quarter of this year fell. Net income decreased by 12% due to higher spending to 205 million U.S. dollars. Facebook own revenue jumped by 45% to 1.06 billion U.S. dollars.

As of March 31, Facebook has 901 million users. This figure is up from the previous year of 845 million.

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Ikea Camera Can Do 40 Times “Snap”

admin / May 12, 2012 / No comments

Digital camera technology is becoming increasingly developed. But digital cameras are more environmentally friendly because it is only made of cardboard.

Is a furniture company from Sweden, Ikea is producing digital cameras of the cardboard material. Almost all parts of the camera because it uses cardboard material to support environmentally friendly technologies.

Initially digital camera is part of an environmentally friendly campaign organized around the company. In addition, digital cameras are aimed at making furniture buyers who want to take pictures of furniture purchased, and then divided the Ikea website.

Knappa was designed by Swedish designer Jesper Kouthoofd. This camera uses two AA batteries and there is a direct USB connection that can be used to transfer images.

Although the digital format and users can shoot as much, but Knappa only be used to photograph as many as 40 objects. More than that, the camera is not usable and should be discarded.

However, because the camera only uses environmentally friendly materials are cardboard, then to recycle it too easy, just like regular recycling bin.

To obtain it, Ikea will distribute them for free on selected furniture stores in partnership with Ikea worldwide.

The tendency of companies to use environmentally friendly technology has actually been done by several leading companies. One of them is Asus.

Taiwanese vendors are developing green laptop called Ecobook with laptop cover from bamboo and recycled plastic materials to use in it. Coated cardboard computer component that is not painted or sprayed.

Another example is Samsung which makes the smartphone Samsung Blue Earth. Overall the phone is using a plastic material such as plastic bottle material. On the back, there are solar panels for battery charging.

Ikea itself has launched an environmentally friendly technology program since last year. Previously, Ikea has released a solar project for one of its stores in California. This panel is claimed to provide the same amount of energy for 64 homes a year.

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Megaupload Founder’s Mercy and Properties Were Returned

admin / May 11, 2012 / No comments

Dotcom Kim, founder of the property was seized Megaupload because of the alleged cases of piracy, now get back his property.

As quoted by Arstechnica, assets seized in February 2012 was returned to Kim because of foreclosure conducted court stated

Kim received a cash return of 614 thousand U.S. dollars and Mercedes-Benz G55AMG worth 250 thousand dollars of his own license plate reads “POLICE”.

Kim also receive a living allowance amounting to 16 thousand dollars per month plus government bonds amounting to 8.19 million U.S. dollars.

His wife, Mona, who had just given birth will also get medical costs, coupled with the return of the Mona’s car, the Toyota Vellfire worth 49 thousand dollars.

Since the beginning of April, Kim even has the right to his mansion, which contained a swimming pool and a full internet. Kim is now also able to access the internet at his house.

Kim told Radio New Zealand that it uses the limited freedom to record the album “dance music” and make money from the album was to pay his legal costs.

However, beyond the good news about the return of confiscated property, Kim is still tripping the political conflict in New Zealand.

On Monday (4/30/2012), New Zealand Herald newspaper reported that Kim claims to have donated 41 thousand dollars to John Banks, chairman of the New Zealand political party, ACT, and the minister of small business and regulatory reform.

The funds were sent during the campaign period in 2010 the mayor of Auckland.

Kim told the newspaper that John Banks demanded payment is divided into two payments, so as not to be tracked. Each instalment as much as 25 thousand dollar New Zealand.

However, in a statement on his website, John Banks even said that the majority of funding is not Kim Dotcom, but unnamed sources (anonymous).

New Zealand Prime Minister, John Key, a coalition with ACT Party said that he believed John Banks and asked the police to immediately investigate all matters that could potentially cause errors.

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S Nexian Extreme NX-899: Dual SIM Android Smartphone with Large Display and High Resolution Camera

admin / May 10, 2012 / No comments

Looking for an Android phone Dual SIM Card at the cheapest price local? S Nexian Exteme NX-A899 may be an attractive option. The Extreme is equipped with ARMv6 CPU 634.06 MHz and PowerVR SGX 531 GPU, 512 MB RAM, 256 MB Internal Memory, 5MP camera, Android Gingerbread OS and 4-inch multitouch screen and a host of other interesting applications.

For users who have more than one SIM card and want an Android-based phone made by a local vendor at the cheapest prices, then one of the best options on Nexian Extreme.

Android mobile phone Dual SIM Card Local Fares S Nexian NX-A899Selain Extreme equipped with a media type capacitive touch screen interaction is quite a relief, this phone is also reliable in terms of media documentation. Just look at the camera lens is located dipunggung 5MP phone comes with autofocus and LED Flash. Not to forget also a secondary camera that functions as a video call.

Although the video call feature for some people is not important because of the high cost of the call, but just in case, it could not hurt. Who knows some day you long-distance relationship with him … So if wish to come all of a sudden, you can activate the video call feature and certainly looks the idol of the heart can be viewed in real time through a 4 inch screen which is owned Nexian Extreme.

Not difficult is finding Android-based phone with dual SIM card support at this time. In addition to local vendors, there are several series of Android phones are released by the two cards branded vendor, call Galaxy Ace Duos Samsung i589, Samsung Galaxy Pro Duos Y or LG P698 Optimus Dual Net. Read more

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