03.12.10

Google AdSense targeted Antitrust

The inquiry opened dall’Antitrust Google News expands to AdSense. The Antitrust accuses Google of using too much discretion in determining the fees of advertising sold through its AdSense network

In Italy Antitrust widens the front under the lens that has Google (News) on charges of abuse of dominant position. There is not onlyGoogle News in the crosshairs’ s Antitrust Italian, but also the circuit of advertising online: the Antitrust Authority opens a new chapter to see clearly in the operation of Google Adsense.

The case opened in the summer against Google expands advertising system of the United States search engines, because of anomaliesdetected in the conditions contract set by Google to publishers’ web sites affiliates. AdSense affiliate program that allows owners of websites to sell advertising space by using Google as an intermediary.

Here Antitrust accusations against the AdSense network, “Google would lead to charges of advertising sold through its network at its absolute discretion and without explaining how they are calculated.

The note is clear Antitrust Note: Users of the AdSense program “receive as payment amounts determined by Google from time to time at its absolute discretion and Google assumes no obligation to disclose how that figure is calculated, the payments are calculated solely on the basis of records kept by Google and Google may also change at any time the structure of pricing and / or payments in its sole discretion. “

03.9.10

Apple officially announced that the iPad will be available on April 3 in the U.S., the 3G version at the end of the month

Apple has announced today to the media that the official start of the iPad will be on April 3 for the Wi-Fi model, but only in the U.S. It’s the end of the month when the company will distribute the 3G model in that country, and the rest of the territory intended for international release.

The countries and launch the iPad and in both models (Wi-Fi +3G) are Australia, Canada, Spain, France, Italy, Japan, Switzerland and United Kingdom. Recall that in late April: only the U.S. can enjoy the iPad before that date, as Wi-Fi.

The pre-order will be opened in U.S. on March12, for both models, direct from the Apple store online. On launch day, just have to go to the nearest Apple store to pick it up. The booking process for the other countries has not been specified yet, but it would be logical to think that starts in late March.

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03.8.10

Apple wants to expand the online iTunes store for movies, TV and Music

Apple continues apparently progressing plans to store movies, series and other iTunes content on a specific Apple Cloud. Thus Apple’s customers could not only large amounts of data easily online store, but from different devices such as the iPad call as a stream.

CNET claims to have learned that Apple is in talks with major movie studios to stream in the future using cloud computing from iTunes purchased content on different devices to be able to. In particular, the iPad, with its in comparison to iPhone and iPod Touch much larger screen would offer that.

Without the consent of the copyright holder Apple movies, series and music can not provide per stream. Whether it’s film and television industry with his Apple cloud computing will support plans, is not safe. The influence of Apple in the distribution of content would continue to grow, which is criticized in the industry.

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02.26.10

Save files online for free with Google Docs up to 1GB

Google has expanded its office suite Docs & Spreadsheets is a free online storage for files. Free 1 GB is available, against payment of up to 16 TB.

1GB Online Speicher

Expected was a long time that Google Docs & Spreadsheets will be expanded to an online disk. Now Google has its collection of office programs such donated online storage for files. The online store in Google Docs & Spreadsheets has come to the generosity of the other group, however, unusually small. Only 1 GB is available in the free version available. The e-mail service, Gmail now brings it to a mailbox size of about 7 GB. Other providers of free “online hard drive” offer considerably more space. For additional online storage can be favorably hinzugebucht at a price of 25 cents per GB for Google Docs particularly large quantities. The smallest package with 20 GB costs only $ 5 a year. That’s enough room for 10,000 photos of a 5 megapixel camera, expect from Google. The second smallest package with 80 GB free online storage space in the $ 20. Zahlungswillige users can choose currently between nine packet sizes. 16 TB (1TB = 1,024 GB) are getting for $ 4096 a year. For online store of this magnitude Google will have few rivals. The upload is done via a small dialog box that simple, but is not very comfortable.A new destination folder in the online store must also create one in advance, it can not be only create one if you have checked their files for upload to store already. For 1 GB of free disk space, the comfort is sufficient, but for larger amounts of data that is still not a viable solution.

However, Google provides an API for developers are available, so it sometimes provides a comfortable software for uploading and downloading of files to Google Docs & Spreadsheets will be. By default, Google converts the files of a number of different formats in the Google Docs format. By clicking on the relevant checkbox can be turned off the automatic conversion. Files stored online can be shared with others, and sent by e-mail.

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02.23.10

X10 Nokia touch phone with QWERTY keyboard

The Mobile World Congress is over. Nokia has presented rather little. Besides the new operating system Meego there was really nothing to see.

Even before the show there were already rumors about the first devices with the new Symbian version 3 ^ There was talk of a possible N8, and N87 with 12 megapixel camera and 720p video function. The system made such a device are not.

Directly after the Mass in Barcelona are now pictures and videos surfaced showing the internal information of Nokia have a new Nokia X10. On display is a touch phone with QWERTY keyboard and AMOLED display. The optics of the Nokia phones X10 is reminiscent of the little brother X6. Technically, the phone offers a touch Cortex A8 processor with 600MHz and 256MB RAM. As storage options with 16GB or 32GB versions are provided. Whether a memory card slot on board, you can not see the information.

Because the Nokia Mobile X6 has a microSD slot, it can be assumed that Nokia will also have the larger X10 on such a memory card slot. Also unknown is the resolution of the 3.2-inch AMOLED capacitive screen. Other known features are a 5 megapixel camera with LED flash, UMTS support with HSDPA and HSUPA, WLAN, GPS and an acceleration sensor for convenient display switching.

Somewhat surprisingly, has been re-installed no Snapdragon processor in the Nokia X10. Recently it became known that Nokia has reached agreement with Qualcomm Snapdragon processor on the use of your first touch and mobile phones already announced for this year. When do the new Nokia is X10 and how expensive it will be Nokia’s new smartphone, is still not known.