AppBrain Stream: Facebook for apps

AppBrain is famous Android app sharing market and it has started a brand new feature called “Streams”, which makes your apps have a social life on the internet. AppBrain previously had a listing of apps installed on your phone which you could manually share with your friends. But now with these social streams you can see that what new apps your friends are trying out or what apps they have liked. The interface takes form of very much like Facebook where you see updates from your friends and their “App activity”. Moreover instead of status updates you get the option to “Share an app..” to manually update your stream to tell friends about some cool app or share your mini views on it. Your installs or status updates will appear on home screen of connected friends. Appbrain...

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HTC Sensation XL: Titan on Android OS

The HTC Sensation XL phone brings HTC Titan’s huge footprint with Android on top. If you have read about HTC Titan then specs don’t vary that much from it. It has same huge 4.7″ across screen, 480×800 pixel display, 16gb storage, 8mp camera with dual flash, 720p video capture, nearly same weight of 162 grams and the same single core 1.5 GHz Scorpion processor. The main differences: It runs Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) with HTC Sense UI 3.5 and comes with Beats audio. There are things that are disappointing in this XL version e.g. you would expect new models to shift to dual core processors but HTC is sticking with bigger screen than more horsepower. Moreover with such a big screen, one would expect a resolution of 1280×720 which Samsung is boosting but HTC Sensation XL sticks...

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Nuance buys Swype for $100 million

Nuance communication is well known for their excellent speech recognition software: Dragon Naturally speaking; but what most people don’t know is that they also have lots of “keyboard” projects. They own the T9 typing style, they have their own Android Flex T9 keyboard, they previously bought Shapewriter which was main Swype competitor but now they have even bought Swype for $100 million. Hey! if you can’t beat them, just buy them out, right? Its apparent that Nuance wants to be the only major gun in the competition of keyboards for mobile devices. It is being rumored that iPhone 4S will also purchase license from Nuance to bring the Swype to its phone officially. I think after this step, Nuance next target would be to make Dragon Naturally speaking app for smartphones. Apple...

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200 Ribu iPhone 4S Terjual dalam 12 Jam

200 Ribu iPhone 4S Terjual dalam 12 Jam Jakarta - Terhitung, lebih dari 200.000 iPhone 4S terjual oleh AT&T dalam kurun waktu 12 jam. Dikatakan oleh raksasa telekomunikasi Amerika Serikat ini, total permintaan tersebut sungguh luar biasa.iPhone 4S diluncurkan pada Selasa waktu setempat dan menjadi jawaban atas penantian pecinta iPhone setelah menunggu selama lebih dari 15 bulan. Dilaporkan, perusahaan telekomunikasi Amerika AT&T, Verizon Wireless dan Sprint sudah memulai pemesanan online pada hari Jumat lalu.Meski angka...

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RIM Caplok Perusahaan Software NewBay

RIM Caplok Perusahaan Software NewBay Jakarta - Research in Motion (RIM) baru saja melakukan pembelian sebuah perusahaan layanan konten berbasis cloud yang berlokasi di Irlandia. Pembelian ini dikabarkan untuk mengejar ketertinggalan RIM dengan para pesaingnya dalam hal penawaran konten.NewBay-perusahaan yang dibeli RIM-mengembangkan software untuk dipakai di ponsel maupun komputer. Dengan software ini, pengguna dimungkinkan untuk menciptakan dan berbagi konten digital seperti foto, video hingga pengudpatean situs jejaring.Sejumlah...

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Pemakaman Jobs Tenang dan Tertutup

Pemakaman Jobs Tenang dan Tertutup Jakarta - Soal kehidupan pribadinya mendiang Steve Jobs memang selalu tertutup. Wajar saja jika pemakamannya pun digelar dalam acara yang tenang dan tertutup. Seperti dikutip detikINET dari Wall Street Journal, Sabtu (8/10/2011), sumber yang tak disebutkan namanya mengatakan bahwa pemakaman Jobs digelar pada Jumat, 7 Oktober 2011 waktu setempat. Upacara pemakaman hanya dihadiri oleh keluarga terdekat Jobs. Tak disebutkan juga lokasi acara tersebut dan metode pemakaman apa yang dilakukan. Pendiri...

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VOTE: Star Wars vs. Warcraft

By Todd KenreckTwo major massively multiplayer online games are about clash swords and sabers. Michael Pachter spoke with Todd Kenreck about whether Bioware can maintain the momentum of their new MMO.aYou can follow game editor Todd Kenreck on Twitter and on Facebook.a{"contentId":"8214545","totalVotes":"23"} Who will come out on top? aMore Star Wars newsa  Killing Star Wars, one Ewok at a time Build your own Star Wars trilogy 'Star Wars: The Old Republic' video channel Check out player vs. player in 'Star Wars: The Old Republic'  a Results with 2 short comments Total of 23 votes .vine-m.m-content_question_SlowPollThread .threadGrid.header .hcol1 .notVoted37198 {height:0px;}.vine-m.m-content_question_SlowPollThread .threadGrid.header .hcol1 .yesVoted37198 {height:100px;}.vine-m.m-content_question_SlowPollThread...

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Ingin Jadi Raja , Epson Rilis 22 Proyektor

Ingin Jadi 'Raja', Epson Rilis 22 Proyektor Denpasar - Epson memperkenalkan jajaran produk proyektor terbaru untuk pasar Indonesia. Tidak tanggung-tanggung, 22 model proyektor baru sekaligus dihadirkan vendor asal Jepang tersebut."Kami menargetkan jadi perusahaan penyedia solusi proyektor nomor satu di Indonesia. Kami pun meluncurkan 22 model sekaligus untuk menjangkau semua segmen konsumen," ucap Hirasaki Michiya, Presiden Direktur Epson Indonesia dalam rangkain press tour Epson di Bali, 7 - 8 Oktober 2011.Berdasarkan data dari...

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Sprint Details Agressive High-Speed LTE Roadmap

Sprint Nextel briefed investors Friday concerning the carrier's aggressive plans to begin operating a new high-speed wireless LTE network in selected markets across the United States beginning in mid-2012. The supporting architecture is designed to accommodate all the traffic from the carrier's 3G , 4G and Direct Connect customers on new multimode base stations being built by partners Samsung, Alcatel Lucent and Ericsson. "We have a single network architecture that we are taking advantage of to deliver all [wireless] capabilities to our customers on a single, flexible platform," said Sprint Senior Vice President Bob...

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Report: Steve Jobs funeral held Friday

AppleaApple's home page, as it has been since Steve Jobs' death was announced Wednesday. aBy Suzanne ChoneyThe funeral of Steve Jobs was planned for Friday, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. The newspaper cited "a person familiar with the matter," who described the funeral as a small and private gathering.aJobs died Wednesday after a long battle with a rare form of pancreatic cancer, and much of the world has continued to mourn the loss of Apple's co-founder, leaving flowers, apples with one bite out of them, notes and cards of sympathy at the company's stores around the world.aApple's website home page continues to show a black-and-white photo of Jobs. Apple is also offering an email address — rememberingsteve@apple.com — for those who want to share their "thoughts, memories...

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2.5 million tweets on Steve Jobs in 12 hours after death

SysomosaWhere 2.5 million tweets about Steve Jobs originatedaBy Athima ChansanchaiSuch was the outpouring of grief and gratitude following the announcement of Steve Jobs' death that even Twitter was overwhelmed, with an estimated 2.5 million tweets about him populating social media in the 12 hours after the news broke.aSysomos, which produces software that monitors and analyzes social media, kept track of the tweets in the hours after Jobs' death on Wednesday, and showed how it snowballed into an avalanche of messages about him.aWhen Sysomos' Sheldon Levine first began tracking the activity, at 8:30 p.m. (ET) Wednesday, he used the company's software to find that nearly a quarter of a million tweets had already gone out about Jobs' demise, which broke about an hour earlier.aLevine tracked...

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Alokasikan Rp 5 Miliar, Pendidikan ICT Jadi Prioritas XL

Alokasikan Rp 5 Miliar, Pendidikan ICT Jadi Prioritas XL Jakarta - Pendidikan berbasis teknologi komunikasi informasi (ICT) menjadi prioritas utama XL Axiata dalam program corporate social responsibility (CSR)-nya. Dari dana Rp 10 mililar-Rp 12 miliar yang dialokasikan, 40% di antaranya disiapkan khusus untuk pendidikan ICT ini.Demikian dipaparkan Febriati Nadira, Head of Corporate Communication XL, seusai pengumuman pemenang program Indonesia Berprestasi Award (IBA) 2011 yang diselenggarakan operator seluler itu. "Pendidikan...

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Merayakan Bermain: Saatnya Kembali Bermain

Merayakan Bermain: Saatnya Kembali Bermain Jakarta - Artikel ini adalah bagian kedua dari rangkaian seri artikel: Merayakan Bermain. Artikel sebelumnya membahas potensi besar dari industri game dan bisa dibaca pada tautan berikut. Pada artikel kali ini kita akan membahas aspek positif dari aktivitas bermain yang kita definisikan sebagai sebuah aktivitas yang dilakukan secara sukarela (tanpa paksaan), memiliki suatu objektif tertentu, didukung oleh suatu peraturan yang telah ditentukan dan diketahui sebelumnya, serta memiliki...

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Siluet Steve Jobs Berpulang Ngehits di Internet

Siluet 'Steve Jobs Berpulang' Ngehits di Internet Jakarta - Sebuah desain minimalis yang dibuat untuk mengenang kepergian Steve Jobs menjadi hits di internet. Desain berikut mencerminkan kedukaan mendalam ditinggalkan sosok legendaris teknologi tersebut.Adalah seorang pelajar bernama Jonathan Mak (19) dari Hong Kong yang membesut desain yang menyentuh perasaan ini. Dalam karyanya, Mak memanfaatkan logo Apple berwarna putih dan menempatkan sosok Jobs dalam wujud siluet di 'gigitan'nya.Sontak, desain berlatar belakang warna hitam...

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Minim Anggaran, Game Seru pun Kandas

Minim Anggaran, Game Seru pun Kandas Jakarta - Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, sejatinya merupakan salah satu game paling menarik untuk konsol game. Namun karena minimnya anggaran, game ini pun akhirnya tenggelam.Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, sebuah game action adventure garapan Ninja Theory yang mengangkat kisah mitologi China. Game ini pun sempat mendapatkan skor tinggi di beberapa situs pengamat game, sebelum tenggelam dan akhirnya diabaikan para gamer."Tak cukup hanya membuat game bagus, tapi juga harus dibarengi dengan informasi...

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Polisi & Kominfo Koordinasi Usut Pencurian Pulsa

Polisi & Kominfo Koordinasi Usut Pencurian Pulsa Jakarta - Polda Metro Jaya akan berkoordinasi dengan Kementerian Komunikasi dan Informatika (Kominfo) terkait pencurian pulsa oleh content provider. Polisi meminta Kominfo selaku ahli untuk mendalami kasus penyedotan pulsa ilegal ini."Kita akan berkoordinasi dengan Kominfo terkait hal ini. Karena mereka kan ahlinya di bidang IT," kata Direktur Reskrimsus Polda Metro Jaya Kombes Sufyan Syarief kepada wartawan, Jumat (7/10/2011).Polda juga menggandeng Kominfo sebagai lembaga...

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Jepang Rancang Robot Pencuci Rambut

Jepang Rancang Robot Pencuci Rambut Tokyo - Jepang merancang sebuah robot yang ditujukan untuk membantu kalangan lanjut usia dan mereka yang menderita cacat. Kemampuan robot berikut adalah membantu seseorang mencuci rambutnya alias keramas.Adalah perusahaan elektronik Panasonic yang berada di balik pembuatan robot ini. Ia diklaim bisa menggantikan layanan yang diberikan manusia tanpa mengurangi kualitasnya.Kekuatan robot ini terdapat di ke-24 jari-jarinya yang berteknologi tinggi untuk melakukan keramas. Waktu yang dibutuhkan...

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Sony Seeks Full Control over Sony Ericsson

Sony reportedly is pursuing a deal to acquire total ownership and control of its mobile -device joint venture with Ericsson. Citing people familiar with the matter, The Wall Street Journal said Thursday that Sony intended to acquire full ownership of Sony Ericsson "to save on costs and better synchronize development of mobile devices." An Ericsson buyout could potentially help Sony to achieve superior integration of wireless technology for which Ericsson holds key patents with Sony's other mobile products -- such as portable gaming machines, media tablets, e-readers and notebooks. Industry analysts value the deal...

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How Steve Jobs changed travel

By Rebecca Ruiz, Senior editor, msnbc.comThe death of Steve Jobs has prompted countless people on the Internet to share their tributes to the visionary Apple founder and one-time CEO. From personal computing to phones to tablet devices to even Pixar, Jobs' influence has touched many industries and many lives. aThe travel industry is no exception. Many travelers now regularly use travel-related applications built for Apple products, streamlining and simplifying the process of say, riding the subway, consulting a guidebook or translating foreign languages. We'd also be remiss not to mention the convenience of having a phone that doubles as a camera. Now tourists — at least the ones slyly taking photos from their phone — aren't as easily picked out in a crowd. aThe list could go...

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Silly video makers turn serious to honor Steve Jobs

YouTubeaBy Rosa GolijanTaiwan's New Media Animation news crew is known for summarizing significant events in highly satirical videos. But even those folks turned serious in order to honor the memory of recently deceased Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.aThe tribute video — which you can see below — is quite a deviation from NMA's prior Steve Jobs-related material. In prior animations, he has been presented as a Ninja-wannabe who carries deadly throwing stars, a crook who preys on children,  an evil Darth Vader type of character, and so on.aBut this time's different.aThis time NMA's animators created something solemn and honored the Thomas Edison of our generation in their own special way.aRelated stories:a The Internet mourns, celebrates Steve Jobs At Apple's flagship...

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Earth like water found in comet

Researchers have managed to find ice which contains the exact same water composition as that found in the oceans of the earth on the Hartley 2 comet. For years the notion that the oceans of our planet, which formed 8 million years after Earth was formed, came about due to comets that carried ice. While ice is often found in many comets, what makes Hartley 2 so unique is the D/H ratio (of (1.558 ± 0.001) × 10âˆ'4) which proportionate to deuterium in water. Deuterium is a hydrogen atom with an extra neutron in its nucleus. And the ice in comet Hartley 2 contained this exact ratio of deuterium as that found in water on Earth. The comet Hartley 2 comes from the Kuiper belt which is little further away from Pluto. Hartley 2, captured by NASA's EPOXI mission. “We were...

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Fitur Baru dan Perbaikan di Instagram v2.0.1

Fitur Baru dan Perbaikan di Instagram v2.0.1 Jakarta - Sejumlah keluhan dilontarkan oleh para pengguna Instagram setelah update-an terakhir yang mereka rilis beberapa saat lalu. Kini dengan versi terbarunya, yakni Instagram v2.0.1, aplikasi berbagi foto ini sudah melakukan perbaikan serta mengembalikan filter yang sebelumnya 'hilang'.Ya, kini Instagram telah menghadirkan kembali filter bernama "Early Bird" dan "Brannan" yang sempat hilang di versi 2.0. Ditambah, perusahaan ini juga menambahkan fitur geotagging yang memungkinkan...

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RIM’s executives hesitate from investing in own company

RIM’s top executives haven’t purchased any shares in their own company in over a year. Technically speaking, it’s RIM insiders who haven’t reported any share purchases since July 2010 where the company’s stock price has fallen over 60%, according to Bloomberg. Interestingly RIM top execs have sold stock 11 times over that time period. According to Gartner Inc., during the second quarter of this year, RIM’s global market share of smartphones through their BlackBerry brand has dropped down to 12% worldwide, from 19% during the same time last year as people flock to Apple and Google’s Android powered smartphones. “The lack of insider purchases could portend a takeover, since executives cannot legally buy shares if they are in talks over a transaction,” said Richard J. Moroney,...

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Steve Jobs Pancing 10.000 Tweet per Detik

Steve Jobs Pancing 10.000 Tweet per Detik Jakarta - Berpulangnya sang visioner Steve Jobs memancing reaksi online terbesar sepanjang sejarah. Ada 10.000 tweet bermunculan setiap detiknya, mengucapkan belasungkawa dan mengenang sang legenda dunia teknologi. Lima topik yang berkaitan dengan tutup usianya pencipta iPhone dan iPad ini pun menghiasi trending topic, antara lain #RIP Steve Jobs, #ThankYouSteve, #iSad, STAY HUNGRY dan Apple II. Menurut firma monitoring media sosial SR7, reaksi publik di ranah online ini mengalahkan peristiwa...

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$60 Aakash tablet launched in India

The Indian Ministry of Human Development has launched their promised ‘budget’ table, called the ‘Aakash’ tablet, which will be sold for Rs. 2,999 (AED 220/$60). The Indian government, however, will be selling the Aakash tablet to students at a discounted price of Rs. 1,700 ($35). Created by the Canadian firm Datawind, the 7″ Aakash tablet uses a Connexant 366MHz CPU, 256MB of RAM and 2GB of internal storage. There’s a USB slot plus MicroSD card slot as well for extra storage. The screen has a resolution of 800 x 480 pixels with an estimated battery life of 3 hours. Aakash will be running Android 2.2 (Froyo) with WiFi 802.11 a/b/g and internet connectivity via GPRS. Students show the Aakash tablet. Source: AP The actual cost of the Aakash was originally slated to be...

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Jobs, Mahasiswa Drop Out yang Merevolusi Jagat Teknologi

Jobs, Mahasiswa Drop Out yang Merevolusi Jagat Teknologi Jakarta - Steve Jobs adalah mahasiswa gagal. Dia tidak pernah menyelesaikan kuliahnya. Namun meski mengalami masa-masa susah kala memutuskan drop out, Jobs menyatakan keluar dari kuliah adalah salah satu keputusan terbaiknya.Tahun 1972, Jobs masuk kuliah di Reed College di Portland, Oregon. Dia memutuskan drop out setelah baru 6 bulan kuliah. Jobs merasa tidak cocok dan tidak mau menghamburkan uang orang tua untuk ongkos kuliah."Aku secara naif memilih universitas yang ongkosnya...

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Samsung Siap Blokir iPhone 4S

Samsung Siap Blokir iPhone 4S Jakarta - Baru saja diluncurkan, namun iPhone 4S sudah mendapat tantangan berat. Raksasa elektronik asal Korea Selatan, Samsung, berencana memblokir penjualan ponsel tersebut di beberapa negara.Rencana Samsung untuk menghadang penjualan iPhone 4S bukan tanpa alasan. Apple dianggap telah melanggar beberapa paten teknologi WCDMA milik Samsung yang digunakan dalam iPhone 4S."Teknologi yang dilanggar Apple merupakan fitur penting dalam alat komunikasi, dan Apple secara nyata telah melanggar hak kekayaan...

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Apple Loses Heart and Soul as Steve Jobs Passes

One of the world's most legendary technology icons passed away on Wednesday. Steve Jobs, former Apple CEO, died on Oct. 5, less than two months after he handed the reigns of the company he defined to his successor, COO Tim Cook. He was 56. Although Apple did not disclose a cause for Jobs' death, the Apple guru had fought a long battle with cancer. Jobs beat the cancer in 2004, but had a liver transplant in 2009. He took a leave of absence in January before officially resigning in August. "I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple's CEO, I would be the...

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At Apple's flagship store, the beat goes on

Stokes Young / msnbc.com via InstagramaA message on NYC Apple Store's construction-clad exterior: "We're simplifying the Fifth Avenue cube. By using larger, seamless pieces of glass, we're using just 15 panes instead of 90."aBy Stokes Young, msnbc.comaAt Apple's flagship New York City store, it's (almost) business as usual.aWhen customers at the Midtown Manhattan Apple store launch Safari on a demo machine, they see the Apple.com home page — a picture of the company's founder and just these words: "Steve Jobs 1955-2011." Then, almost to a person, they type into the search bar, or click a shortcut, and start browsing the Web. Or click shortcuts to look at product specs and upcoming workshops at the store.aIt's as if they're noting the great innovator's passing, then immediately diving into...

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Apple co-founder Steve Jobs passes away

Visionary leader and Apple co-founder Steve Jobs has passed away at the age of 56. Jobs led a very public battle with cancer for almost a decade, unfortunately to which he finally succumbed to late Wednesday. The unfortunate news was announced by Apple in statement, and also on the company’s website, which now features a tribute to the icon. It was then followed by statements from Tim Cook, his family, and Bill Gates. Tim Cook wrote to his employees: Team, I have some very sad news to share with all of you. Steve passed away earlier today. Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius, and the world has lost an amazing human being. Those of us who have been fortunate enough to know and work with Steve have lost a dear friend and an inspiring mentor. Steve leaves behind a...

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Bill Gates Bicara Soal Steve Jobs

Bill Gates Bicara Soal Steve Jobs Jakarta - Microsoft dan Apple boleh saja memiliki persaingan yang sengit di industri IT. Namun hubungan bos keduanya, Bill Gates dan Steve Jobs, bisa dibilang akur-akur saja. Bahkan Gates mengaku beruntung sempat mengenal Jobs.Gates pun merasakan duka yang mendalam lantaran kepergian teman sekaligus kompetitornya tersebut. "Bagi mereka beruntung dapat bekerja sama dengannya (Steve Jobs-red.), itu merupakan kebanggaan yang luar biasa," tukas Gates, dikutip detikINET dari Reuters, Kamis (6/10/2011)."Saya...

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Pendiri Apple Steve Jobs Meninggal Dunia

Pendiri Apple Steve Jobs Meninggal Dunia Jakarta - Kabar mengejutkan datang sehari setelah Apple merilis iPhone 4S. Salah satu pendiri Apple Inc, Steve Jobs, dilaporkan telah meninggal dunia.Dikutip detikINET dari Washington Post, Kamis (6/10/2011), kabar ini langsung datang dari Apple."Kami sangat berduka untuk mengabarkan bahwa Steve Jobs telah meninggal dunia hari ini," demikian bunyi pengumuman resmi Apple.Sosok yang bernama lengkap Steven P. Jobs ini merupakan seorang visioner yang disanjung lantaran mampu menghadirkan gadget...

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Google Earth hits 1 billion downloads

GoogleaDouble-click to enlarge.aBy Suzanne ChoneySix years ago, Google Earth came to life as a rich, visual program that brought the world to us in a whole different way than we'd ever known, putting satellite imagery we wanted to see it, right on our computer desktops. Wednesday, the free program — now on our phones and tablets, as well as computers — reached 1 billion downloads.a"We’re proud of our one billion milestone, but we’re even more amazed at the way people have used Google Earth to explore the world," wrote Google Earth and Maps vice president of engineering, Brian McClendon, on Google's LatLong blog.aAt Google's new OneWorldManyStories website, the company has collected stories from people worldwide about how they have used Google Earth "to follow their dreams, discover new...

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Twitter users reacts to iPhone 4S announcement

AppleaBy Rosa GolijanOn Tuesday Apple held its "Let's talk iPhone" event and unveiled the latest generation of its popular smartphone line, the iPhone 4S. And — like most other Apple product announcements — this news triggered a flood of reactions on Twitter. Here are some of the highlights.aOne of the key complaints seen during Apple's event revolved around the company's decision to come out with a marginally upgraded iPhone 4S instead of a fully redesigned iPhone 5. This reminded some folks of another entity's habit of introducing slightly redesigned product after slightly redesigned product:aTwitteraOne Twitter user suggests that it's not the physical design that matters though:aTwitteraAnd TechCrunch writer Alexia Tsotsis suggests that there's a good reason for the...

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Telkom Batal Caplok Operator Telko Kamboja

Telkom Batal Caplok Operator Telko Kamboja Jakarta - Telkom memastikan mundur dalam rencana akuisisi perusahaan telekomunikasi asal Kamboja, CamGSM. Selanjutnya, perseroan fokus pada pengembangan bisnis domestik, baik organik ataupun unorganik.Demikian disampaikan Direktur Keuangan Telkom, Sudiro Asno saat ditemui di Hotel Ritz Calton, SCBD, Jakarta, Rabu (5/10/2011)."CamGSM dipastikan batal. Asumsi yang telah kita lakukan, nggak valid lagi. Kalau lanjutkan (kami) ragu, apa masih seperti yang dulu," jelasnya.Berdasarkan pertimbangan...

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Hadang SMS Sedot Pulsa, Indosat Siapkan Tiga Rencana

Hadang SMS Sedot Pulsa, Indosat Siapkan Tiga Rencana Jakarta - Untuk menghadang fenomena SMS penipuan yang menyedot pulsa pelanggan, operator seluler Indosat telah menyiapkan tiga rencana: jangka pendek, menengah, dan rencana jangka panjang. Seperti apa rencananya?Menurut Djarot Handoko, head of Corporate Communication Indosat, dalam rencana jangka pendeknya, Indosat mengambil lima langkah, yakni:1. Kelanjutan dalam berlangganan ring back tone (RBT) akan didahulukan dengan reminder ke pelanggan dengan info 'How To Unreg'.2. Perubahan...

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iPhone 4S Terancam Samsung & HTC

iPhone 4S Terancam Samsung & HTC Seoul - Vendor ponsel asal Asia dinilai punya peluang bagus mengejar supremasi Apple. Perkenalan iPhone 4S dianggap gagal memuaskan investor dan fans Apple, memberi kesempatan vendor Android meraup pangsa pasar smartphone.Nilai saham Samsung, HTC dan LG naik setelah pengumuman iPhone 4S. Sedangkan nilai saham Apple sedikit jatuh. Trio Asia di atas bisa secara agresif mempromosikan model high end-nya menjelang musim liburan akhir tahun dan menyaingi iPhone."Apple tak lagi memimpin, layanan cloud-nya...

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From 'Doom' to 'Rage,' first-person shooters grow up

id Softwareaid Software pioneered the first-person shooter game genre with "Wolfenstein" and "Doom" 20 years ago. This week, the studio launches its latest first-person shooter "Rage." Will it live up to its ground-breaking predecessors? aBy Winda BenedettiBack in 1994, when the game "Doom" first launched, people were shocked.aThey were shocked by the guns, the blood and the violence. They were shocked by the satanic imagery. They were shocked by the perspective that players were given — it was as if those who played the game were looking at this dark digital world through the game character's very own eyes.aIt was 1994 and the world at large had just been introduced to first-person shooter gaming.a"When you look at it now it's almost kind of silly," says Tim Willits, creative director...

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Yuk, Intip 10 Aplikasi Bawaan PS Vita

Yuk, Intip 10 Aplikasi Bawaan PS Vita Jakarta - Tak lama lagi para gamer sudah bisa mencicipi PlayStation Vita. Hal tersebut diungkapkan langsung oleh Sony dengan memamerkan kemasan penjualan konsol tersebut berikut fitur di dalamnya.Seperti dikutip detikINET dari ign, Rabu (5/10/2011), berikut adalah 10 fitur PlayStation Vita yang akan hadir di saat konsol tersebut dirilis.Welcome ParkSebuah aplikasi khusus yang berisikan pengenalan semua fitur dalam PlayStation Vita. Semua itu dikemas dalam bentuk mini games yang menarik.PartyAplikasi...

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Jepang Buat Casing Ponsel Pengawas Radiasi

Jepang Buat Casing Ponsel Pengawas Radiasi Jakarta - Casing atau penutup smartphone yang bisa memonitor tingkat radiasi menjadi salah satu dari sekian banyak hasil pengembangan teknologi yang menarik perhatian pada perhelatan Ceatec, pameran electronic terbesar di Jepang.Adalah NTT Docomo, operator nomor satu di Jepang yang memamerkan temuannya tersebut. Ketakutan publik atas dampak kebocoran senyawa radioaktif dari pembangkit listrik tenaga nuklir (PLTN) Fukushima menjadi latar belakang mereka mengembangkan teknologi tersebut....

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4 Kekecewaan di iPhone 4S

4 Kekecewaan di iPhone 4S Jakarta - iPhone 4S memang lebih baik dari iPhone 4 di sektor prosesor, kamera sampai teknologi perintah suara canggih. Namun keputusan Apple untuk 'hanya' merilis iPhone 4S adalah kekecewaan besar bagi sejumlah kalangan.Berikut 5 kekecewaan yang mungkin dialami mereka yang sudah menanti lama kedatangan iPhone baru, seperti detikINET kutip dari PCWorld, Rabu (5/10/2011):1. Teknologi dan luas layar tidak berubahiPhone 4S masih mengandalkan teknologi Retina dan bentang layar 3,5 inch, sama persis dengan...

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