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Steve Jobs Action Figure Is Eerily Realistic [PICS]

iklash — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 01:44:39 +0000

A toy company has set up a promotional page to tout the launch of its Steve Jobs action figure, showing the tech visionary in a signature black turtle neck, circular rimless glasses and blue jeans.

The 12-inch figurine from In Icons -– which will sell for $99, before shipping — will go on sale in the U.S. in February. The site said it is selling the action figure “to honor the American icon and great visionary Steve Jobs.”

The figurine is extremely detailed and more realistic than other models we’ve seen of the former Apple CEO in the past — he’s even wearing a wedding ring.

It also comes with a pair of black socks, a chair, a backdrop that says “One More Thing” and two apples — one with a bite. iPhone not included.

Will you buy a Steve Jobs action figure? Is it too soon for companies to monetize items based on Jobs?

(text/image: mashable.com)

LG’s 55-inch ‘world’s largest’ OLED HDTV panel is official, coming to CES 2012

iklash — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 10:27:31 +0000

LG‘s upcoming OLED TV panel measures 55 inches and comes with a contrast ratio of over 100,000:1, the company has announced.

The panel is also just 5 mm thin and has a color gamut that is “wider” than that produced by LCD panels. All of these characteristics make it a candidate for bringing OLED TV technology to the masses in a market that’s still dominated by LCDs.

“Although OLED technology is seen as the future of TV display, the technology has been limited to smaller display sizes and by high costs, until now. LG Display’s 55-inch OLED TV panel has overcome these barriers,” said Sang Beom Han, CEO and Executive Vice President of LG Display.

Of course, we’ll hear more of this panel at the next CES, along with those WiDi-supporting CINEMA 3D Smart TVs LG has announced earlier this month.

[via mashable]

BBC moves towards HTML5 for websites, tells Flash it’ll still be friends

iklash — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 02:36:21 +0000

Even the British occasionally have to change with the times. Following a study stating that 80 percent of all web video is now compatible with HTML5, the BBC has formally adopted the standard for videos on the desktop and mobile versions of its website. The full roll-out across BBC.com follows a pilot program in which the broadcaster tested HTML5 on the the Health section of the site. According to Electronista, the BBC has been working with HTML5 delivery systems throughout 2011 to build its iPlayer apps for the iOS. In other news, the BBC has just texted Flash and said it’s totally open to staying friends and meeting up for coffee sometime.

(via: geekgossips.com)

Ultra-High Definition Displays Coming to Macs

iklash — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 03:18:01 +0000

Screenshots of Mac OS X 10.7.3 developer builds have revealed what we already suspected: ultra-high definition Macs are coming. This Get Info window capture reveals a HIDPI (Hi-Dots-Per-Inch) mode checkbox that may come in the next update of Apple’s desktop OS.

The checkbox would open any application using the special high definition screen mode needed to support new hardware. Instead of using low resolution interface elements, Mac OS X would use assets with double the pixel resolution of the current ones. This means that, if you are using new Retina-like displays, the relative resolution will double, making everything twice as sharp while retaining the same absolute size in the screen.

This supports the rumor that a new 15″ MacBook may have a 2880 x 1800-pixel screen early next year. The option box has disappeared from the last Mac OS X developer build, version 11D36.

Like always, take all rumors with a grain of salt. Nobody knows for sure when these ultra-high definition may come. [MacRumors]

(Text & Image source: gizmodo.com)

Top Five iPhone 4S Problems, Issues and Complaints

ashish.utd — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 05:26:24 +0000

The iPhone 4S may be Apple’s next mobile masterpiece, but as with any technology things aren’t always perfect when a new product is introduced into the wild. Several reports from users have pointed to a variety of problems with the iPhone 4S, although most of these should be resolved over time. It’s the early adopters that take the brunt of launch week issues.

Some would say it’s a fair price to pay for getting the latest and greatest iPhone before anyone else. Regardless, Apple sold four million iPhone 4S units in the first weekend. Those who are waiting for the dust to settle might be interested in exactly what problems 4S owners are experiencing and how long they will linger. Here are the top 5 problems, issues and complaints revolving around the iPhone 4S launch.

1. Activation process delayed

Thanks to iOS 5, the activation process no longer requires a computer. This is convenient, except when millions of customers across the country are trying to activate their iPhone 4S on the same day. Many users had activations that were pending or were told directly that “iPhone activations are unavailable at this time.” The servers were simply overloaded, in a repeat of issues that have plagued previous launch days. If you haven’t already picked up your iPhone 4S, you’re unlikely to experience this problem going forward.

2. Siri personal assistant can’t connect to servers

Apple heralded the arrival of Siri as one of the main iPhone 4S exclusives, a product that will forever change how we interact with mobile devices. One of the keys to Siri’s intelligence is its link to remote servers that help process large volumes of voice data from users. It’s no surprise that with millions of iPhone 4S users looking to try the service that Siri’s servers are also being taxed to the limit. Apple considers Siri to be in a beta phase, however they are sure to ramp up capacity as more iPhone 4S owners come online. There’s no doubt these hiccups are temporary.

3. Slow cellular data download speeds

Sprint has already been accused of not being able to handle the data demands of iPhone 4S users on its network, and the company has already responded with a public statement denying this is the case. Since Sprint is the latest carrier to join the iPhone fray, they are bound to have some issues early on, much like Verizon and AT&T experienced. Again, getting the iPhone 4 and 4S on the Sprint network will be a learning experience for their engineers, and over time service will improve.

Another issue is the fact that US carriers have not deployed technology to take full advantage of the improved HSDPA download speeds on the iPhone 4S. Sprint and Verizon are CDMA networks using different technology altogether. Although in theory AT&T should be capable of offering HSDPA speeds up to the advertised 14.4 Mbps, the reality is that their network is engineered to provide 1.7 Mbps during typical usage. Although T-Mobile is currently building a faster HSDPA network, the iPhone 4S is not compatible with these frequencies. This means that for the time being the iPhone 4S will only provide faster download speeds in Europe and Asia.

4. Shorter than expected battery life

The jump to a faster processor in the iPhone 4S and more intense computation required for features of iOS 5 will tend to drain batteries quicker. Standby times on the latest model have even been advertised as 100 hours less than on the iPhone 4. Although this sounds ominous, this leaves another 200 hours of standby time remaining, and voice calling battery life has actually been improved. Still, some users are reporting surprising battery drain over short periods of time. Before you rush to Apple for a warranty exchange, they will probably recommend a complete restore to factory settings. There are tricks you can try to extend your iPhone battery life, but if you’re still concerned Apple can determine whether or not the battery in your iPhone 4S is defective. Overall, reports indicate the iPhone 4S has slightly shorter battery life than the iPhone 4.

5. App incompatibilities with iOS 5

Some apps have been reported to crash when running on iOS 5. Developers have to keep up with Apple and multiple firmware updates all of the time. Apps need to run properly on multiple iPhone models running different versions of iOS with different hardware. Most of the time these requirements are invisible to the user, but every once in a while an app misses the boat. If the application is worth installing you can be sure that the developer will step up and correct the problems in a future release, making the app fully compatible with iOS 5 on the iPhone 4S. If you already paid for an app you can always redownload or install updates for free.

Apple releases Safari 5.1.2

iklash — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 01:21:43 +0000

Apple today released Safari 5.1.2 which contains various improvements, including fixes that:

• Improve stability
• Address issues that could cause hangs and excessive memory usage
• Address issues that could cause webpages to flash white
• Allow PDFs to be displayed within web content

Safari 5.1.2 is available via Software Update.

OhoDomain announce Dashain offer in its various products.

iklash — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 05:31:06 +0000

OhoDomain is a website which has been selling domains and web hosting products since the last few years and now has successfully registered 300+ users and 300+ different hosting and domain products.

Backed by its good support and partnership with global reseller, plus the power of paying in Nepalese currency through eSewa, OhoDomain now announces that it is going to offer new discounted rates on domain.

Now registering a domain will cost Nrs. 749.99 only and when you transfer a domain to OhoDomain.com, it will cost you only Nrs.699.99 and you will get a one year renewal in the included price.So basically this means you will be renewing your domains at Nrs. 699.99 only.

Furthermore , OhoDomain is planning to announce Mulit-Domain hosting panel.That means now you can host unlimited domains in a single hosting package without any compromise on domains, email accounts, bandwidth or webspace. A single package will take care of all your hosting needs.And OhoDomain is also planning to announce .com.au and .net.au registration from Nepal.Now you can reach even farther and expand your business with international site.

Earthquake – Magnitude 6.8 – SIKKIM, INDIA

iklash — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 14:07:54 +0000

Magnitude 6.8

Date-Time
Sunday, September 18, 2011 at 12:40:48 UTC
Sunday, September 18, 2011 at 06:10:48 PM at epicenter

Location
27.730°N, 88.082°E

Depth
20.7 km (12.9 miles)

Region
SIKKIM, INDIA

Distances
68 km (42 miles) NW of Gangtok, Sikkim, India
119 km (73 miles) NNW of Shiliguri, West Bengal, India
272 km (169 miles) E of KATHMANDU, Nepal
572 km (355 miles) N of Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, India

Location Uncertainty
horizontal +/- 14.4 km (8.9 miles); depth +/- 7.4 km (4.6 miles)

Parameters
NST=258, Nph=258, Dmin=369.6 km, Rmss=1.17 sec, Gp= 29°, M-type=regional moment magnitude (Mw), Version=9

Source
Magnitude: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Location: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

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(via nagariknews.com) देशभरि भुकम्पको ठूलो धक्का अनुभव गरिएको छ। भुकम्प उच्च जोखिम भएका असन र इन्द्र चोकका घरका पर्खाल र झ्याल चर्किए पनि मानवीय क्षति भएको छैन। लैनचौरस्थित वेलायती दूताबासको पर्खाल भत्किँदा ३ जनाको मृत्यु भएको छ। महानगरीय प्रहरी प्रभागका प्रमुख इन्स्पेक्टर दानबहादुर थापाका अनुसार उनीहरुको मनमोहन मेमोरियल अस्पतालमा उपचार हुँदाहुँदै मृत्यु भएको हो। सिक्किम केन्द्रबिन्दु भएको ६.८ रेक्टर स्केलको भुकम्पले पूर्वी पहाडी जिल्लाहरुमा बढी असर पुग्न सक्ने अनुमान गरिए पनि फोन सम्पर्क अवरुद्ध हुँदा विवरण प्राप्त गर्न कठिनाइ भइरहेको छ।

(via twitter) रामेछाप मा ३ घर भत्किदा १ जना घाइते
(via twitter) भूकम्पले काभ्रे मा ६ घर भत्किए

गुगलको सर्भर नेपालमा

iklash — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 13:57:09 +0000

विश्वभरिमा सबैभन्दा बढी चल्ने सर्च इन्जिन गुगलले नेपालमै सर्भर राखेको छ। नेपाल टेलिकमसँग मिलेर गुगलले राखेको यो सर्भर अहिले परीक्षणको क्रममा छ। नेपालमै गुगलको सर्भर सञ्चालनमा आएपछि गुगलको इमेल, सर्च इन्जिन, युटुब पहिलेभन्दा छिटो चलाउन सकिन्छ। ‘परीक्षण सफल भइसकेको, भदौभित्र नेपालबाट गुगल प्रयोगकर्ताहरुले कुनै पनि सेवा लिँदा अमेरिकामा रहेको सर्भरमा पुगिराख्नुपर्दैन,’ टेलिकमका एक उच्च अधिकारीले नागरिकसँग भने।

गुगलको क्यासे सर्भर नेपालमा राखेर सञ्चालन गर्ने प्रविधि सिकाउन अहिले अमेरिकाबाट प्राविधिक यहाँ आएका छन्। क्यासे सर्भर भनेको सहायक सर्भर हो। सहायक सर्भर भए पनि गुगलको मुख्य सर्भरमा रहेका सबै डाटाहरु यहीबाट प्रयोग गर्न सकिन्छ।

गुगलको सर्भर नेपालमै भएपछि अहिले जिमेललगायत गुगलका सर्च साइट, समाचारका लागि अमेरिकासम्म पुग्नुपर्दैन।

यसअघि टेलिकमले अकामाईको सर्भरसमेत नेपालमा राखिसकेको छ। यो सर्भरले गर्दा याहु, माइक्रोसफ्टका सेवाहरु प्रयोग गर्न अमेरिकासम्मको ब्यान्डविथ खपत हुन रोकिएको छ।

नेपालमा सर्भर राख्न लाग्ने खर्च गुगलले नै बेहोरेको छ। टेलिकम घरायसी इन्टरनेट सेवातर्फ सबैभन्दा ठूलो सेवा प्रदायक भएकाले गुगलले सहकार्य गरेको हो। टेलिकमको जावलाखेलस्थित कार्यालयमा गुगलको सर्भर राखिएको छ।

नेपालमै सर्भर राखेपछि टेलिकमको खर्चसमेत कम हुनेछ। इन्टरनेटमा स्थानीय विषयवस्तुहरु नहुनु र सर्भरसमेत विदेशमै रहँदा इन्टरनेट सेवा प्रदायकले ब्यान्डविथ खर्च बढी तिर्नुपरिरहेको छ। सर्भर नेपालमा राखेपछि एक जिबी ब्यान्डविथ बचत हुँदा टेलिकमको वार्षिक दुईलाख डलर खर्च कम हुन्छ ।

अहिले टेलिकमको अनलिमिटेड इन्टरनेट सेवा प्रयोग गर्ने ग्राहकले फेसबुक, जिमेललगायत साइटहरु साइन इन गरेर बस्दा ब्यान्डविथ खर्च बढेको छ। यही खर्चलाई घटाउन टेलिकमले जिमेलसँग सहकार्य गरेको हो। जिमेलको सर्भर यहीं रहेपछि फेसबुक जस्तै गरी सञ्चालन गरिएको गुगल प्लससमेत छिटो चलाउन सकिन्छ।

‘गुगलको सर्भर यहाँ राखेपछि अहिले इन्टरनेटको ब्यान्डविथ खपत घटेको छ,’ सूचना प्रविधि निर्देशनालयकै अर्का एक अधिकारीले भने। पहिले टेलिकमले लिएको चार जिबी ब्यान्डविथ पूरै प्याक हुने गरेकोमा यही सर्भर राखेपछि एक जिबी खपत कम भएको छ। टेलिकमले गुगलको सर्भर यहीं राख्न सिंगापुरसम्म लिज्डलाइन जोडिएको छ।

पाँच महिनासम्मको निरन्तर प्रयासपछि गुगलले गत साताबाट नेपालमा राखेको क्यास सर्भरको परिक्षण नेपालमै गरेको हो। यसले गर्दा पहिले भन्दा अहिले इन्टरनेट छिटो चल्नु, जिमेल छिटो खुल्न थालेको टेलिकमका अधिकारीहरुले बताएका छन्।

सर्भर नेपालमा राखेपछि गुगलका अधिकारीले नेपालको सूचना प्रविधिबारे यसै साता तीन उच्च तालिमसमेत दिँदैछन्। टेलिकमदेखि लिएर सूचना प्रविधिको क्षेत्रमा कार्यरतलाई ब्यान्डविथ खपत कम गर्ने, सूचना प्रविधिको सुरक्षणका विषयमा गुगलका अधिकारीले प्रशिक्षण दिने छन्।

सन् १९९८ मा स्थापना भएको गुगलले अमेरिकी सेयर बजार नास्डाकमा सूचीकृत कम्पनी हो। सन् २०१० मा यसको आम्दानी २९ अर्ब ३२ करोड डलर थियो। त्यसवर्ष सबै खर्च कटाएर गुगलले ८ अर्ब ५० करोड नाफा गरेको थियो।

इन्टरनेटमा आधारित सर्चिङ, वेव होस्टिङ, समाचार, विज्ञापन, इमेललगायत सेवा सञ्चालन गुगलले गरिरहेको छ। यसको मुख्य कार्यालय अमेरिकाको क्यालिफोर्नियामा छ। गुगलका युट्युब, गुगल भ्वाइस, एड मोबाइललगायत आधा दर्जन सहायक कम्पनीसमेत सञ्चालन गरेको छ।

(text via nagariknews.com)

SMS123Go! to go live

sms123go — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 06:20:05 +0000

Creating an SMS ad.

Watching TV and assuming that your promotions are viewed by millions of users???

People love to multi-task. But, when a message is delivered on your mobile, the one thing that people will concentrate while reading the message is READ the message. So why assume when you can know that your promotions are being delivered on hand.

Comparing the cost of using expensive media and cost as low as of a single message, plus the guarantee rate that people receives the messages, mobile messages certainly has upper hand. Register as an advertising user, enter your promotion, hit save and you are done. Send your promotions to any number and let everyone know about your products or scheme. It is as simple as that. SMS123Go! allows easily control and manage multiple campaigns at once to avoid confusion.

Promote as a COPORATE user.

Build your own business application; use the API service provided by SMS123Go! And send mobile messages from your own applications without the interference of SMS123Go! Plus you get an advertisement free service.

Practically unlimited contact book management is provided. Grow your own Mobile Message Advertising business using our API and reap benefits. We do not ask what kind of business until it complies with our terms and conditions and is according to social norms.