Facebook owner, Zuckerberg has said previously that they were looking to rise further, but at the valuation of only $15b. However, right now the have succeeded to increase nearly $10b and they are still saying that their profits are on the rise and don’t want it right now. The issue was again discussed in the interview, but again there was an evasive answer.

Milner, the owner of Digital Sky Technologies, has appeared as quite a colorful character in the interview. He was the first Russian who did an American MBA in 1992. He had some investment banking jobs offers in the US, but the preferred to return his country to make the most of the developing free markets.

Milner owned Digital Sky Technology has also made investment in Mail.ru that is considered Russian Yahoo and the company also has stake in Vkontakte.ru that has emerged as the biggest social networking site in Russia with more than 34m users. There is a great similarity between Facebook and Vkontakte.

Facebook owner Mark Zuckerberg says about the investment that many people are asking about the details and about our platform strategy, as they want to know the way system is evolving in a more open and clearer way.

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Well, with this new Sky News app, iPhone users will be able to get breaking news with their videos and text images. There have been given seven different categories that also include a well-known strange section in which you would find dazzling reports on loads of topics and could enjoy things like Great Cat Video.

However, ‘Your report’ button is really the USP of this new app and with this button citizen journalists will be able to offer their content to the channel, but don’t be pleased anymore, as you would get nothing for it.

According to Sky, media Exec Produce, James Weeks, “We are happy that the video capabilities of this new app for iPod and iPhone have come up as another first to Sky New Viewers.”

“This app has taken considerable time for development and we are quite sure that iPhone users will find it quite up to the mark and the same way which Sky News viewers and web users could expect.

“We hope that iPhone users will send us loads of news and pictures and that will prove quite effective to boost our reputation as the first bringer of the breaking news, no matter where you are.”

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Well, it appears to be a lot more polished than ever before, but it has been designed just like their previous the N810. No name has been given to it, but internally it’s being referred as Rover, Maemo Flagship and the N900. Well, here m going to refer it as the N900 in this post, but it is possible that it may not get the same name.

When it comes to style, you will find the N900 quite similar to the Nokia N97, but it houses a 3.5” touchscreen with a slide out QWERTY keyboard and many other similar features. But you would definitely find some difference, as its screen doesn’t tilt up and it has considerably higher resolution. Another change that you will notice is missing of the navi-keys, as they have not been featured that are available in the N97.

Features and specs

• It has 59.7x111x18.2mm measurement with 180g of weight
• The given 3.5” (WVGA) touchscreen is of 800×480 resolution
• It features a 5mp camera with autofocus, dual flash slide cover
• The processor is of OMAP3430 500/600 Mhz
• It has 32 GB internal storage that can be expanded up to 48GB with external memory.
• English, French, Italian, Russian, Scandinavian variants of the keyboards
• HSDPA, Wi-Fi
• Things packed in the box include headset, battery, connectivity capable, microUSB adaptor, Video-out cable and cleaning cloth.

Software features:

• The device is going to run on Maemo 5 that will allow you to run your all favorite apps simultaneously
• You can open tasks as well as view unread messages with its Live Dashboard
• It has Firefox 3 web browser with Flash 9.4 support.
• It supports VoIP as well as cellular voice
• You can access IMs and SMS from one view
• There is built-in automatic software update
• Support for image tagging and geo-tagging

Well, viewing all that specs and features, you will definitely be drooling and if not you must visit your doctor to have a check for your salivary glands. Many seem worry about its availability, but you need not to be worried anymore as we have also got some of its details and it’s expected to be hitting the shelves in many parts of the world within next two to three months. However, according to some other sources, the device will have to see some more delays for its launch.

Well, these are the details that we have gathered out that Nokia coming tablet so far, but considering your anticipation, we will provide you some more details ahead so stay tuned.

Source: mobilecrunch

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A large number of kids look for computer games, websites and videos on the internet and the web browser which has been named as KIDO’Z will help kids to find these items in a safe, colorful and friendly interface.

Kids who want to make the most of the new web browser need to have Adobe Air, as Kido’Z can be installed just with few clicks and to set a free account and it requires something more than just username and password.

The interface is quite similar to a TV that has colorful icons to switch between different websites, videos, channels and other games. You will find lots of pages for pre selected content in which every item has been presented in recognizable, but colorful thumbnails.

If your kids want to return to their favorite videos, games and other preferred stuff, they can easily do so with the given Favorite button and they need not to search through all the given pages once again.

There is also a Parental Control page in it that has been protected with a password. So, it’s quite easier for you to add new videos and block the stuff that you reckon inappropriate.

Source: PCWorld

1) Canon HF11

Canon HF11 can’t be called an awesomely beautiful device, and even many may find it somewhat ugly and squat, but the thing that really makes it impressively charming is its lightweight. There is 32GB flash drive, so you can easily shoot for three hours with nice quality setting and if you do not find this storage enough, you can increase it up to 64GB with the help of an SD card.  Autofocus and the 1920×1080 full-HD video are also quite awesome. The thing that makes it really ideal for sports events and other school activities is its quick 24mbps data save rate.

There are Final Cut and Adobe Premiere which support its AVCHD video compression and also removes those hassles that make editing quite nagging.

2) Sony HDR-SR10

The HDR-SR10 from Sony is a nice choice for all those who are on budget and who is there that is not on budget in these recession stricken days, it means it’s the best choice for all with its affordable price, nice quality images, exceptional features and awesome storage. There is a 40GB hard drive that allows you to have five hours of recording.

Aside from all its glaring nice features, the thing that really makes it exceptional is its ease of use and shooting becomes a really thrilling experience with its 2.7” LCD touchscreen, Carl Zeiss lens and zooming options.

3) Canon HF10

The HF10 from Canon is not less than a work of art with its glaring 2.7” LCD and nice looking black casing. It allows you to record on its 16GB internal memory as well as SDHC card to get 1080pix that seems to offer all what you look for in a vibrant, crispy and naturally colored details.

It offers you good manual controls, an impressive photo flash and somewhat disappointing light for video. With all these additions, you wouldn’t find this HF10 as smaller or lighter thing like Panasonic SD and it is also not as elegant as the Sony TG3.

4) Sanyo Xacti HD 1010

None can serve your purpose better than Xacti, if you want to have a HD shoot outside, it has a pistol grip and you definitely need to have a steady hand to get a nice decent shot. It’s an upgrade from well known HD1000 and it shoots complete HD video at 1080p and 30fps.

With its face chaser tech and 10xoptical zoom it can track more than 12 people in one shot.

5) Sony HDR-TG3

HDR-TG3 looks like a nice and solid block of some really valuable metal shaped in a barrel stance. With its machined metal rocker, shiny Carl Zeiss

10x lens, 2.7-inch touchscreen, strong colours and Face Detection features, you will find shooting really an impressive experience to have.

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According to some reports, this new update will enable the web browser to improve browsing speeds even more than 30% and it’s mainly due to the changes which have been made in Google’s V8 JavaScript that the company has been using for quite some time to manage web downloads.

Chrome team leader Drain Fisher highlights the feature of the new version in a video and gives some details about what the new update is going to bring.

These features include a new option for Full Screen Mode, an easy deletion of thumbnails that appeared for most viewed sites and auto-fill availability for filling online forms.

The users will find Google Chrome a lot more stable this time, as more than 300 bugs have been fixed the team that makes the browsing process quite smooth and speedy without lots of hitches.

In the video Fisher has also been heard saying that their number one priority is speed this time and page loading times has been significantly improved with the use of new webkit.

People who are already using Google Chrome will get this update automatically, and those who haven’t tried it yet can download from www.google.com/chrome

Source: techradar

This explicit material has been tactfully hidden in the innocuous clips and it was quite kicking for the censors at Youtube. These innocuous clips include like the footages of Hannah Montana and the Jonus Brothers.

In an interview with BBC, a 4Chan member says that this prank is in return of music that YouTube seems to delete quite frequently.

On the other hand, a YouTube spokesperson says that a considerable amount of this X-rated material has been removed, but the site still requires a proper clean up: “We need some time to remove all the thumbnail images and other such stuff from the site.”

It’s not happening for the first time that 4Chan has created some confusion on the WWW, as it has also rigged the Time 100 online poll to pave a way for Christopher Poole success.

These tricks and 4Chan’s anything goes attitude indicates that it’s a right place to develop internet memes.

Stuff like Lol cats, rickrolling and many others have made their debut on the site and that is quite well known for its anonymous posting which makes it one of the most popular websites of today.

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Acer is quite a renowned name in PC world, but now it is looking to push its share in rapidly growing smartphone market.

Previously, there were rumors that Acer would come up with an Android powered handset in September this year and now these rumors seem to turn into realities and the company has confirmed that the arrival of the phone is due this year.

De Lenquesaing, Acer’s phone unite head says that they will come up with an astounding Android-powered handset that will house some really captivating features and you will find all what you are expecting from popularly growing Android OS.   The option is becoming increasingly popular for public as well as for the companies.

The Google powered mobile operating system has seen some good sales up till now and there are many new phone in pipe line that are expected to come up with that option.

It’s not Acer only that wants to take its share from the growing smartphone market, as many other PC makers and traditional phone makerslike HP, Dell, Lenovo and Asustek have been eyeing on the growing market for quite some time.

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HP

HP has also announced to lay 6,400 more jobs that are nearly 2% of its worldwide 321,000 member staff. Most of these workers will lose their jobs during the next year, as the company is going to shrink its production division. Printers, computers, PCs, toner and ink cartridges and serves are some products that HP is known for.

HP has acquisition of a technology services provider Electronic Data Systems has already caused the layoffs of more than 24,600 jobs. The service was acquired to mount a bigger challenge in front of its competitor IBM Corp.

These quarterly results from HP show they way recession is impacting on different PC makers. According to HP, it moved nearly as much computers in the February-April period as it did a year back, but during this year it got quite less money from them.

There was nearly 19% decrease in the PC segment revenue of the company even though it succeeded to dethrone Dell as the top seller of PCs in the United States.

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However, it’s worth-mentioning that Microsoft hasn’t confirmed anything officially yet. The rumors about the unveiling of the new Xbox 360 3D motion cam have been fuelled by Wall Street Journal reports.

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However, what has emerged until now is that the buyout of Israeli 3D motion-sensing camera technology has been confirmed by the software giant and now its developing a new 3DV system technology to sense images.

However, the moot question is what kind of this Wiii-killer technology really is and how it works?

Some details that have emerged on 3DV website describes the tech in as: “This new revolutionary technology provides in depth info regarding each and every pixel that can be captured from some camera and it does the same with color video,

The technology has been based on TOF (Time of Flight) principle and the information are captured to look at infra-red light pulses to other objects in the scene and sensing for the reflection of the light.

“The given D pixels in some camera sense information related to the given objects in some scene and then they are arranged in layers that offer in-depth information in standard black and white video in which the level of grey seems to correlate with the given distance. There is also a color imaging sensor that offer color data.”

According to the company’s claims in-depth superior imaging in the real time can be performed with this technology that uses no or a little CPU at all.

The details about the Product Evolution of its 3D video cameras have also emerged on its website.

Source: techradar