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What is in Store for you?….from Apple iPad Mini !!!!!

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Here’s Everything You Need To Know About The iPad Mini Before Tomorrow’s Announcement

The iPad Mini Could Be More Expensive Than You Think

Everyone’s gearing up for Apple’s iPad Mini event tomorrow.
Given all the rumors swirling around, we thought we’d gather up what we consider to be the most realistic.
They won’t stay rumors for long, however. We’ll learn all the gritty details tomorrow.
In the meantime…
Expect to pay around $329

We’re seeing reports that Apple will market the iPad Mini as a more premium device, and this rumored price tag reflects that.
It might not have the high-resolution Retina display
In order to keep the device lightweight, affordable, and easier on the battery, Apple is expected to forgo the Retina display used in its other iOS devices. That means the iPad Mini’s resolution will be more like the iPad 2’s.
What will it be called?

Apple blogger John Gruber suggests the device will be called one of three names: iPad Mini, iPad Air, or just iPad.
It will maintain the iPad’s aspect ratio
If this is the case, it will be a huge relief to developers. If it maintains the same aspect ratio, developers won’t have to rework their apps to teach them how to behave in a new aspect ratio, as they had to with the introduction of the iPhone 5.
It’ll have a huge battery

Some spy shots uncovered by MacRumors reveal that the inside of the iPad Mini is predominantly taken up by the battery. All things considered, it should last a long time on a single charge.
When can you buy it?

The word from 9to5Mac is that the device will be for sale on November 2.

It will come in two colors

Leaked SKU numbers show that the device will come in two colors. If history’s any indicator, they’ll be black and white.

Will it have the new Lightning port?

All signs point to yes. If the iPhone 5 and new iPod Touch are any indicator, Apple seems to be transitioning all its devices to the new Lightning connector.

source:::::businessinsider.com
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Is iPad Mini the Right Tablet for You ?

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Apple has got a little more to show you?

Why an iPad Mini might be the right tablet for you
by Tony Bradley in PC World

So, rumor has it that Apple will host an event on the imminent horizon—give or take two weeks—to announce a smaller iPad model. The “Apple iPad Mini” as it’s been dubbed by the rumor mill, is expected to be a 7 or 8-inch sibling of the iPad, designed to compete with smaller tablet rivals like the Google Nexus 7, or the Amazon Kindle Fire HD.

There’s never a shortage of gossip and rumors when it comes to mysterious new Apple products, but there does seem to come a point where the speculation reaches critical mass and it seems more likely than not that there’s truth behind it. Assuming an iPad Mini is, in fact, impending, it will probably be a game changer.

Rumor has it that iOS might soon have three sizes to choose from.
Despite initial claims that the iPad is strictly a “media consumption device” not suited for business, the tablet continues to be widely adopted for business use across a variety of industries. Reports earlier this year indicated that 94 percent of the Fortune 500, and 70 percent of the Global 500 corporations were already testing or deploying the Apple tablet.

The sheer volume of quality apps has helped drive the dominance of the iPad, and the dominance of the iPad has helped drive interest from developers to create quality iOS apps. It’s a self-feeding circle that has resulted in apps to perform virtually any business function you can think of.

Since the launch of the iPhone, and the original iPad, iOS integration with Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync has evolved significantly. IT admins can exert a great deal of control over iOS devices through Exchange ActiveSync policies.

The reason that an iPad Mini could be a game changer is that it is expected to cost $250 or $300 tops. Other 7-inch tablets are available in the $200 to $250 range, so it makes sense that an iPad Mini would be around $250 in order to be competitive. As great as the iPad is, businesses are going to be inclined to get those same features and capabilities at half the cost if the iPad Mini pricing estimates are accurate.

For businesses that are already deploying iPhones and iPads, or allowing employees to use their own iOS devices in a BYOD (bring your own device) scenario, an iPad Mini will make perfect sense. The iOS platform, the apps, and the culture will all be consistent with what everyone is already used to.

Businesses that are more Android-oriented, or using Windows Phone or BlackBerry devices may need to look more closely at the potential value of an iPad Mini, and weigh the features and capabilities against Android equivalents, or the upcoming barrage of Windows 8 tablets like the Microsoft Surface.

Granted, this is all pure speculation. Why? Well, because officially there’s no such thing as an iPad Mini, and nobody really has any clue what the features and capabilities of such a device will be if it does exist. As of right now, all we have are “leaked” images and information that might be fake, and hints of a possible Apple press event that was originally rumored to be this week, but pushed back to next week when no invitations arrived to confirm the first rumor.

So, maybe there will soon be an Apple iPad Mini. Maybe there won’t. If there is, though, I think it’s safe to assume it will have a seismic impact on the 7-inch tablet market. More importantly, if the price is right and the capabilities are remotely similar to those of the larger iPad, the iPad Mini could be an ideal device for business use.

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Meet an Indian Who Said NO to Google!!!!

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Entrepreneurs around the world share many common characteristics. But one who challenges the conventional way goes on to be called Jobs, Branson, Zuckerberg and so on. One such in the making is Vineet Devaiah who with his immense level of confidence refused an acquisition offer made by the search giant Google, a company which every entrepreneur today craves for being acquired by. It was at the time when his company was skating on thin ice, with a potential which Google noticed and a bank account with less than a thousand dollars.

In today’s startup ecosystem, where an entrepreneur looks to build a successful company so that he can sell it to a big player and make a billion dollar exit, there is a lot to learn from Devaiah. Let’s take an inspirational walk into Devaiah’s journey, which he told to VentureBeat.

A Teenager’s Entrepreneurial Stint

Hailing from Bangalore, Vineet Devaiah came from a middle class family.

He got access to a high-end computer from the Indian Government’s Antarctic Study Centre which had a lot of data related to weather. He spent most of his time there and built an application with which he was able to predict weather. It was a great boon to farmers of India. Soon the entire farming industry started using it and realizing its potential, Infosys bought it for a million dollars. At that time he didn’t know how much a million dollars was. For him, it was just another number.

The Dilemma and the Birth of “TeliportMe”

Soon after Devaiah’s father lost his life because of cancer. Heartbroken, he decided to devote his time curing this disease instead of developing technology. After a year he lost his patience in doing research and thought to go back to technology, become very rich and use that money to fund a cancer research instead.

Devaiah, then teamed up with his friend Abhinav Asthana and took a vision to build the next General Electric, a huge enterprise with R&D labs cooking up the next versions of technological future. The duo was fascinated with the concept of Teleporting and planned their business in that particular direction. The idea was to experience any kind of environment sitting anywhere through augmented reality. One could sit in his living room and experience Paris. This vision gave birth to the company “TeliportMe”.

They developed their first product called Phototour which was a collection of 3 billion geotagged images from the Internet. Since, it had privacy issues, the next step was an Android app called 360. This application lets users take 360-degree panoramas. It was actually a public-sourced Google Street View.

Refusing Google’s Offer

Impressed by the TeliportMe’s vision and concept, Google made an acquisition offer. It was a great milestone for Devaiah, but he decided to turn it down in pursuit of achieving more such milestones in the future. No, this was not a decision to make, considering that the company had less than a thousand dollars left in its bank account. This decision also ensured that TeliportMe would now compete with Google.

Devaiah expressed his views as, “We feel like Google is a million steps ahead of us in data, technology, money. They could crush us, but Google is paying for Street View, and we’ve crowdsourced our data.”

First Step towards Achieving the Dream

Devaiah then started looking for investment. He applied in an accelerator program called 500 Startups. His application got accepted which was the first for an Indian startup. It gave TeliportMe an excellent access to U.S. funds and influencers it wouldn’t have had otherwise.

Early this year, TeliportMe launched the 360 android app which recently hit its million-user mark. Devaiah said, “People are taking panoramas mostly when they’re out and about, exploring a new area, or on a trip — exactly the kinds of user cases our team wants.”

Devaiah now plans to grow the team in India. He has already decided who the first two or three people would be. He believes that TeliportMe is just a small step towards his dream of actualizing the amusing concept of Teleporting.

Source:::: silicon net

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Is It Right Time?….a Question for Apple!!!!

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Does Apple Really Know What Time It Is?

Does Apple really know what time it is?

When iOS 6 was released last month, astute railroad buffs and timepiece aficionados alike couldn’t help but notice the spartan yet elegant design of the clock app Apple was now featuring in its iPad. The clock interface, as the Gadgetmac blog pointed out, was a dead ringer for the award-winning design seen in railway stations throughout Switzerland.

Only one problem: apparently Apple had not received permission from Swiss railway operator SBB to use its trademark design.

It seemed a particularly egregious move for a company notorious for going after others who rip off its own copyrighted and patented designs, a fact not lost on Samsung which recently got its own clock cleaned in federal court by Apple’s legal gunslingers.

After SBB threatened legal action against Apple, it now appears the two companies have patched things up.

“For the use of the clockface on certain Apple devices such as iPads and iPhones, the parties have negotiated an arrangement that enables Apple to use the SBB station clock under a license agreement,’’ said SBB, which holds the trademark for the 1944 design by Zurich-born engineer Hans Hilfiker.

Details of agreement were not disclosed.

But one party remains miffed. Mondaine Group, the company that has held the license since 1986 to make clocks and wristwatches for consumers based on the design classic, said it was not involved in the deal Apple made with SBB.

“As an exclusive licensee, we are surprised to hear about the licensing agreement between SBB and Apple,” Ronnie Bernheim, the company’s co-owner, told Reuters, but declined to say whether he would take any further action.

More legal action against Apple? A new agreement, perhaps?

Only time will tell.

source:::::::::silicon beat net news….

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Apple’s Mystery Mini Tablet!!!!

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iPad Mini: What we don’t know

Apple’s mystery mini-tablet hasn’t emerged yet, and there are still plenty of unknowns surrounding it. Here are the biggest unanswered questions.

Scott Stein

 October 12, 2012 1:57 PM PDT

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The so-called “iPad Mini” is the Sasquatch of the gadget world. Rumored for years, the smalleriPad looms ever closer to reality, with rumors of an imminent announcement and release ramping up nearly every day.

The gadget blogosphere, bolstered by a recent flurry of leaked photos and specs, seems to be taking the existence of the iPad Mini as an inevitability. But even assuming that the Mini is real — and that it’s coming soon — there are some key unknowns. Here are the biggest and most important ones.

How much will it cost? There’s a price war going on among cheap tablets. Between theGoogle Nexus 7, the Amazon Kindle Fire HD, and Barnes & Noble’s forthcoming Nook HD tablets, $199 can get you an astonishing amount of power in a 7-inch tablet. Closer to Thanksgiving, we’ll get the 8.9-inch Kindle Fire HD ($299 and up) and 9-inch Nook HD+ for an incredible $269. Meanwhile, the new iPod Touch (think of it as an “iPad Nano”) is $299 with 32GB of storage. And last year’s iPad 2 is $399. That’s a lot of amazing products in the $199-to-$399 price range — where will the iPad Mini fit in?

What is the name? Is it really the iPad Mini? Or would it be, as some are saying, the iPad Air? Or could it be something else?

(Credit: 9to5Mac )

 

What’s the screen resolution? Rumors saythat the iPad Mini won’t have a Retina Display like the 2012 iPad, but does that mean it will have the same 1,024×768-pixel resolution as the iPad 2? On a 7.85-inch display — the rumored iPad Mini screen size — pixel density would be higher than that on the larger iPad 2, even at the same resolution. Or, could the Mini have a new, unique screen resolution?

What’s the storage capacity? The full-size iPad has 16GB, 32GB, and 64GB variants, but a lot of the budget tablet space features 7-inch devices with 16GB or even less, down to 8GB for the entry-level $199 Nexus 7. The logical capacities for a smaller iPad would be 16GB, 32GB, and 64GB, but would that make this newer iPad a more tempting purchase than the existing larger iPad?

(Credit: Instagram user sonnydickson )

 

What gets left out? Will the iPad Mini make any compromises to hit its (presumably lower) price range? No 3G or 4G wireless, perhaps, or maybe a downgraded camera. Maybe the onboard processor remains an A5, instead of an A5X or A6. Or, could the iPad Mini be just as full-featured?

Will there be candy colors? Early photos of what claim to be the iPad Mini show an anodized aluminum design that’s very similar to the new iPod Touch. Those iPods now come in bright colors. Could the new iPad take a similar path? It’s hardly an essential question, but color iPads could add a whole new “stocking stuffer” angle, and lead to accessory options.

Could there be a killer accessory? Much like the Smart Cover for the iPad 2, maybe the newest iPad will have a special case, cover, or clever add-on that makes the product more appealing. Think a next-gen Smart Cover — maybe one with a keyboard.

Stay tuned.

Source:::: C net …
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No Takers for First Ever APPLE Computer in Auction!!!!!

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Source:::: the sun.co.uk net……date oct 9 2012….

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Buyers don’t byte at £80k pricetag for first ever Apple computer

An original Apple computer failed to attract a big enough 'byte' from bidders when it went up for auction in London

Basic … the Apple-1 had with no screen and just 4KB of memory

THOUSANDS queued overnight to buy the latest Apple iPhone5 but an original Apple computer failed to attract a big enough ‘byte’ from bidders when it went up for auction in London today.

An original Apple home computer from the 1970s, with no screen and just 4KB of memory, had been expected to fetch £80,000 when it went under the hammer at Christie’s auction house.

However, even Apple’s most loyal fans decided it wasn’t quite worth that much.

The Apple-1 personal computer, one of the earliest Apple machines, failed to sell.

The 1976 machine was greeted with a top bid of £32,000 – more than £15,000 shy of its reserve price of £50,000.

The result will surely come as a huge disappointment to the all-conquering brand, which is often mocked for over-charging fans for its products.

The Apple-1 went on sale in July 1976 with a retail price of US$666.66 (roughly £415).

It was originally sold without a casing, power supply, keyboard or monitor, with buyers supplying their own.

 

Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak

Revoltionary … Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak create Apple Computers in the 1970s

 

Auctioneers Christie’s said the Apple-1 machine was produced by the Apple Computer Company in 1976 after being designed and each model hand-built by Steve Wozniak.

His friend Steve Jobs suggested a number of improvements, and handled its sale and marketing. The first Apple-1s were sent to buyers direct from the garage of Jobs’ parents’ house.

To generate enough funds to finance the project, Jobs famously sold his VW and Wozniak his HP-65 calculator.

It was officially discontinued by October 1977, after around 200 units were produced.

It is estimated that less than 50 are still in existence.

The relic was priced at between £50,000 and £80,000 at Christie’s sale of travel, science and natural history in South Kensington.

Speaking before the auction, Christie’s spokeswoman Leonie Pitts described the machine as “historically important.”

She said: “Prior to the Apple-1 only high tech whizz kids had a computer. You had to buy the bits and put it together yourself.”

The computer, boasting a pre-assembled motherboard, revolutionised the industry at a time when computers had to be built after purchase.

In November 2010, an Apple 1 sold at Christie’s in London for £133,250. The computer came with original box, instruction manuals and a signed letter from Mr Jobs, who led Apple until his death last year.

Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4580519/apple-1-failed-to-sell-christies-auction-london.html#ixzz28tUgbTP6

Big Moments of Internet History….

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Source::::Article by:::
Jeremy Proome in MyBroadband net

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A look back at who was the first to mark their territory in the online space

As a relatively “new” medium, the Internet has seen many firsts in the last 20 years.

The first website, first image, first domain name, e-mail, and YouTube video, are all pivotal points in the evolution of the web as we know it.

First website
The first website was built by Tim Berners-Lee at http://info.cern.ch/ while working at CERN, and was put online on 6 August 1991 (it’s no longer live).

The first web page had the address http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/TheProject.html which contained information about the World Wide Web project. It provided an explanation about what the internet was, how to get your own browser, how to set up your own web server, and other details about the World Wide Web project.

That specific page no longer exists but a later copy from 1992 is available on W3C’s site.

First image
The first image ever uploaded to the web was of a promotional shot for Les Horrbles Cernettes.

Les Horrbles Cernettes were a musical/comedy group comprised of assistants and significant others of CERN scientists.

The photo was tweaked with version one of Photoshop, and uploaded by Tim Berners-Lee himself.

The first domain name
The first domain name ever registered on the Internet was “symbolics.com”.

It was registered on March 15, 1985, by the now-defunct computer manufacturer Symbolics.

In 2009, the domain was sold to XF.com Investments for an undisclosed sum.

First e-mail
The first e-mail ever sent is accredited to Ray Tomlinson in 1971.

Tomlinson is also famous for having introduced the use of the “@” symbol in e-mail addresses to separate the name of the user from the name of the user’s machine.

There had been similar electronic mailing systems since the early ‘60s, but these were limited to exchanging messages with users on the same mainframe computer.

First Youtube video
The first YouTube video was uploaded by YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim on April 23, 2005.

It’s called “Me at the zoo” and is a video of him visiting the San Diego Zoo.

It has been viewed more than 8.8 million times and is still available on the site!!!!

iphone 5 from Apple… Bigger , Faster, But……….

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iPhone 5 bigger, faster but lacks ‘wow’ factor

The iPhone 5 on display after its introduction during Apple Inc.'s iPhone media event in San Francisco, California on September 12, 2012. (REUTERS)

The iPhone 5 on display after its introduction during Apple Inc.’s iPhone media event in San Francisco, California on September 12, 2012. (REUTERS)
SAN FRANCISCO: Apple Inc’s new iPhone goes on sale on Friday with a bigger screen and 4G wireless technology, as the company seeks to maintain its edge over rivals such as Samsung Electronics Co Ltd and Google Inc.Full coverage on Apple’s new iPhone

The iPhone 5 met the expectations laid out by gadget geeks and tech analysts ahead of the unveiling on Wednesday, but offered few surprises to give Apple shares, already trading near record highs, another major kick.

“There is not a wow factor because everything you saw today is evolutionary. I do think they did enough to satisfy,” said Michael Yoshikami, chief executive of the wealth management company Destination Wealth Management.

Other industry analysts turned quickly to speculating about what else was in Apple’s product pipeline ahead of the crucial end-year holiday season, especially as the company stayed mum about an oft-rumored TV device or a smaller iPad.

Analysts have forecast sales of 10 million to 12 million of the new iPhones in this month alone.

CEDING A LEAD 

Apple has sold more than 243 million iPhones since 2007, and the device ushered in the current applications ecosystem. But Samsung now leads the smartphone market with a 32.6 percent share followed by Apple with 17 percent, according to market research firm IDC. Both saw shipments rise compared to a year ago, with Samsung riding its flagship Galaxy S III phone.
“We would really like to see the iPad Mini in the product offering for the all important holiday quarter. They still have time,” said Channing Smith, co-manager of the Capital Advisors Growth Fund. “As soon as we see that, we will have more conviction about the stock heading into the final quarter.”

Shares in Apple ended the day up 1.4 percent at $669.79. The latest iPhone comes as Apple faces new competition from Microsoft Corp, which is pushing its Windows Phone 8 operating system as a third alternative to Apple and Google’s Android, the most-used mobile operating system in the world.

 
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Take off of iphone 5 from APPLE….

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SAN FRANCISCO: Not ready for a new iPhone? Don’t worry. Many software features are coming to older iPhones as well.

Apple has said that its iOS 6 software will have more than 200 new features, though some won’t be available on all devices. The new features include an updated mapping service and better integration with Facebook.

On Wednesday, Apple showed off the virtual assistantSiri giving driving directions. Siri will also let you post Facebook status updates you speak out to her.

There’s also an enhancement to email, so you can deem certain people “VIPs” and locate emails from them more easily.

As announced in June, iOS 6 will be a free upgrade for iPhones released since 2009 the 3GS, 4 and 4S models. It will also be available on last year’s and this year’s iPad models and newer iPod Touch devices. The update for older devices will be available starting next Wednesday.

The software will ship with the iPhone 5 out on September 21 in the U.S., Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore and UK. Advance orders will begin this Friday. It will be available in 22 more countries on September 28.

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HANDLE “FACE BOOK ” WITH CARE !!!!!

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Your Facebook Friend Can Harm Your Career, Check How!!

 Facebook can be a very good tool for you to be in contact with your friends’ every day. You can stay in touch with each other even when you are far away from each other. The best part having an account in the Facebook is that, it helps you to get connected with a long time friend who was not in touch from so many years.


In spite of having these many advantages, there might be a same amount of disadvantages that you can face by having a Facebook account. One among those kinds of disadvantages is that, your Facebook friend might harm your career in a very bad way if you are not careful about that and when that happens you might wonder how that could have happened. If you are curious to know in what ways your Facebook friend might harm your career, here are few important ways you need to be careful upon your Facebook account, as reported by Stephen Cook on the Helium website.


 

Many people have the habit of leaving their Facebook profiles without any security. So, this can be an advantage even for your employer because, even if you are not connected with your boss directly on Facebook, they could have all the chances of checking out who your friends are. Profile picture on the Facebook matters a lot, it might be your own profile picture or it can be one of your friend’s profile pictures.





So, be careful while selecting the profile picture or have a look at the profile picture your friends have on their account because inappropriate profile pictures might make the hiring manager or your employer think upon the bad friends circle you have and they would also think that you might be just acting professionally during the time you spend in the office and your are crazy person during the weekends by partying with a bad friends circle. This type of thought has all the chances of harming your career as your boss would have developed a kind of suspicious attitude towards you.





 

 

Apart from the profile pictures, be careful about what your friends post on your wall. If you have accepted your employer as a friend on the Facebook, then they can easily check out what your friends have posted on your wall. Well, then even this will become a matter of trustworthiness when they see some inappropriate things over there.  Even posting unrelated rumors about your personal or professional life by your friends might harm your career in a very big way all together. Posting anything which contains double meaning in it can also harm your career.



Sometimes your friends can tag you in a picture that can look nasty. Apart from looking after what your friends might do on your profile, even you need to be very careful while you post something on your profile. The only thing you need to understand is that, you cannot control your friends in the same way you control yourself. So, have a good thought before accepting any friend request in the future because if your reputation is trashed once, then it can never ever be changed in the future. So, select friends on Facebook who can be trusted upon in the future, with a bit of commonsense and smartness.

source ;;;;;siliconindia news net…. kindly handle face book with care and smartness,,,…

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