Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Mark Twain
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910),[1] better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist. He is most noted for his novels, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876), and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885), the latter often called "the Great American Novel."
Twain grew up in Hannibal, Missouri, which would later provide the setting for Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer. He apprenticed with a printer. He also worked as a typesetter and contributed articles to his older brother Orion's newspaper. After toiling as a printer in various cities, he became a master riverboat pilot on the Mississippi River, before heading west to join Orion. He was a failure at gold mining, so he next turned to journalism. While a reporter, he wrote a humorous story, The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, which became very popular and brought nationwide attention. His travelogues were also well-received. Twain had found his calling.
He achieved great success as a writer and public speaker. His wit and satire earned praise from critics and peers, and he was a friend to presidents, artists, industrialists, and European royalty.
He lacked financial acumen, and, though he made a great deal of money from his writings and lectures, he squandered it on various ventures, in particular the Paige Compositor, and was forced to declare bankruptcy. With the help of Henry Huttleston Rogers he eventually overcame his financial troubles. Twain worked hard to ensure that all of his creditors were paid in full, even though his bankruptcy had relieved him of the legal responsibility.
Twain was born during a visit by Halley's Comet, and he predicted that he would "go out with it" as well. He died the day following the comet's subsequent return. He was lauded as the "greatest American humorist of his age,"[2] and William Faulkner called Twain "the father of American literature."[3]
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Twain grew up in Hannibal, Missouri, which would later provide the setting for Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer. He apprenticed with a printer. He also worked as a typesetter and contributed articles to his older brother Orion's newspaper. After toiling as a printer in various cities, he became a master riverboat pilot on the Mississippi River, before heading west to join Orion. He was a failure at gold mining, so he next turned to journalism. While a reporter, he wrote a humorous story, The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, which became very popular and brought nationwide attention. His travelogues were also well-received. Twain had found his calling.
He achieved great success as a writer and public speaker. His wit and satire earned praise from critics and peers, and he was a friend to presidents, artists, industrialists, and European royalty.
He lacked financial acumen, and, though he made a great deal of money from his writings and lectures, he squandered it on various ventures, in particular the Paige Compositor, and was forced to declare bankruptcy. With the help of Henry Huttleston Rogers he eventually overcame his financial troubles. Twain worked hard to ensure that all of his creditors were paid in full, even though his bankruptcy had relieved him of the legal responsibility.
Twain was born during a visit by Halley's Comet, and he predicted that he would "go out with it" as well. He died the day following the comet's subsequent return. He was lauded as the "greatest American humorist of his age,"[2] and William Faulkner called Twain "the father of American literature."[3]
Source : Wikipedia
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Yahoo! Koprol integrates with BlackBerry Messenger 6
Indonesia’s first location-based social networking site Yahoo! Koprol on Monday announced its integration with the latest version of Blackberry Messenger 6 (BBM6), enhancing users’ mobile social experience.
The integration will enable users to leverage the latest features of both Koprol and BBM6 and have a seamless experience across both platforms.
“BBM6 integration was the right strategy for Yahoo!. Now, Indonesians can have a great social experience across multiple platforms and enjoy the flexibility of connecting with their contacts via one of the largest mobile social networks,” Yahoo! Indonesia country manager Pontus Sonnerstedt said Monday in a press statement received by The Jakarta Post.
Yahoo! Koprol co-founder Satya Witoelar added that Yahoo! Koprol was part of the user experience in finding friends in real life.
“The availability of Yahoo! Koprol on BBM6 enables easy check-ins, and allows users to find other Koprollers profile information, consolidate content on popular topics and local social events and even
rewards users for being social,” Satya said.
One of the features of the integration is the chatting functionality, in which users can chat in real-time with other Koprol users via a BBM6 API by simply downloading the latest version of Koprol.
Within the Koprol Blackberry interface, users will also be able to view and follow other users who are nearby and instantly initiate a chat with them without needing a Blackberry PIN. (swd)
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Sunday, November 20, 2011
Google opens music store to US, challenge to Apple
Google unveiled its much-anticipated digital music store Wednesday as
it opened a new front in its battle with Apple to provide services over
mobile devices.
For the first time, Google Inc. will sell songs on the Android Market, its online store for apps, movies and books. The service is available over the next few days to customers in the U.S., but it aims to roll it out eventually to some 200 million Android users globally.
Some songs are free, while others were priced at 69 cents, 99 cents and $1.29 - the same prices as on Apple's iTunes. Artists whose work is available right away include Adele, Jay-Z and Pearl Jam. The store will feature dozens of free tracks from artists like Coldplay, Rolling Stones and Busta Rhymes.
Google is offering 13 million tracks for sale, from three of the four major recording companies - Vivendi SA's Universal Music, EMI Group Ltd. and Sony Music Entertainment - and a host of independent labels. Warner Music Group was the major recording company left out. Warner spokespeople did not respond to requests for comment.
Google is allowing sharing of purchased songs over its social network, Google Plus. Friends will be able to listen to one another's songs once for free.
Once someone buys a song, it can be downloaded and is automatically uploaded for free into an online locker. The song can then be streamed over computer and mobile phone browsers, including the Safari browser, which comes on Apple Inc. devices such as the iPad. People who download the Google music app on devices running Android 2.2 and higher can stream stored songs or download them for offline playback within the app.
Google's director of digital content for Android, Jamie Rosenberg, took a dig at Apple's online song storage service, iTunes Match, which costs $25 a year. Google's cloud storage service is free for up to 20,000 songs.
"Other cloud music services think you have to pay to listen to music you already own. We don't," he said.
Recording company executives said that, although some of Google's features go beyond what is offered at iTunes - specifically the one free listen for friends, the concessions were worth the benefit of reaching new customers.
"How many people do you know have both an iPhone and an Android device?" said Universal's president of global digital business, Rob Wells. "I encourage any new entrant into the digital music space who is going to help us reach a broad audience and sell legitimate songs."
Mark Piibe, EMI's executive vice president of global business development, said Google's plan to bring legitimately sold music to people in new ways "can only be good for the market as a whole."
Although Google and the recording companies hope sharing of songs helps sell more tunes, some observers were skeptical.
Adam Klein, chief executive of discount digital music store eMusic, said that for his customers, buying music is more a considered, personal decision that is often not influenced by friends' tastes.
"A Google-Plus tie-in will not make it a game changer," he said.
T-Mobile USA, which brought Google's first Android-enabled smartphone to market in 2008, also was a partner in the Google music launch. The cellphone carrier said it would offer other free songs to its customers and soon allow them to pay for music purchases through their phone bill.
Google also appealed to independent artists who release their own music, allowing them to upload songs, biographical information and artwork to the store after paying a one-time $25 fee. Artists would be able to keep 70 percent of all sales.
By launching the store, Google is opening its music service widely. It released the service as an unfinished beta in May to about a million people in the U.S. who requested an invitation and got one. That version of the service, which essentially uploaded your digital songs for online storage and allowed playback on computers and Android devices, proved to be a hit: Testers were streaming music on average 2.5 hours every day.
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For the first time, Google Inc. will sell songs on the Android Market, its online store for apps, movies and books. The service is available over the next few days to customers in the U.S., but it aims to roll it out eventually to some 200 million Android users globally.
Some songs are free, while others were priced at 69 cents, 99 cents and $1.29 - the same prices as on Apple's iTunes. Artists whose work is available right away include Adele, Jay-Z and Pearl Jam. The store will feature dozens of free tracks from artists like Coldplay, Rolling Stones and Busta Rhymes.
Google is offering 13 million tracks for sale, from three of the four major recording companies - Vivendi SA's Universal Music, EMI Group Ltd. and Sony Music Entertainment - and a host of independent labels. Warner Music Group was the major recording company left out. Warner spokespeople did not respond to requests for comment.
Google is allowing sharing of purchased songs over its social network, Google Plus. Friends will be able to listen to one another's songs once for free.
Once someone buys a song, it can be downloaded and is automatically uploaded for free into an online locker. The song can then be streamed over computer and mobile phone browsers, including the Safari browser, which comes on Apple Inc. devices such as the iPad. People who download the Google music app on devices running Android 2.2 and higher can stream stored songs or download them for offline playback within the app.
Google's director of digital content for Android, Jamie Rosenberg, took a dig at Apple's online song storage service, iTunes Match, which costs $25 a year. Google's cloud storage service is free for up to 20,000 songs.
"Other cloud music services think you have to pay to listen to music you already own. We don't," he said.
Recording company executives said that, although some of Google's features go beyond what is offered at iTunes - specifically the one free listen for friends, the concessions were worth the benefit of reaching new customers.
"How many people do you know have both an iPhone and an Android device?" said Universal's president of global digital business, Rob Wells. "I encourage any new entrant into the digital music space who is going to help us reach a broad audience and sell legitimate songs."
Mark Piibe, EMI's executive vice president of global business development, said Google's plan to bring legitimately sold music to people in new ways "can only be good for the market as a whole."
Although Google and the recording companies hope sharing of songs helps sell more tunes, some observers were skeptical.
Adam Klein, chief executive of discount digital music store eMusic, said that for his customers, buying music is more a considered, personal decision that is often not influenced by friends' tastes.
"A Google-Plus tie-in will not make it a game changer," he said.
T-Mobile USA, which brought Google's first Android-enabled smartphone to market in 2008, also was a partner in the Google music launch. The cellphone carrier said it would offer other free songs to its customers and soon allow them to pay for music purchases through their phone bill.
Google also appealed to independent artists who release their own music, allowing them to upload songs, biographical information and artwork to the store after paying a one-time $25 fee. Artists would be able to keep 70 percent of all sales.
By launching the store, Google is opening its music service widely. It released the service as an unfinished beta in May to about a million people in the U.S. who requested an invitation and got one. That version of the service, which essentially uploaded your digital songs for online storage and allowed playback on computers and Android devices, proved to be a hit: Testers were streaming music on average 2.5 hours every day.
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Huawei unveils 3 Android product lines
Honor and Vision both run the latest Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread operating system, while MediaPad is based on Android Honeycomb 3.2 and comes with a 7-inch display.
“This event is part of our move to boost connection with our consumers amid rapid growth in mobile device use,” Huawei Device Indonesia country director Gavin Gu said at the launch in Jakarta.
Gu added that Huawei, known as leading vendor of technology, communication and information solutions, is eyeing a bigger stake in the mobile device industry in Indonesia.
He cited a report from stat company Salingsilang, which highlights the soaring number of Indonesians using microblogging site Twitter, mostly using mobile devices.
The manufacturer so far has released nine devices Indonesia.
Huawei Device Indonesia marketing director Riadi Sugihtani said the newly launched smartphone were meant to “debunk a myth” that gadgets running on Android have a short battery life.
Riadi boasted that his company's smartphones would be able to run up to 16 hours thanks to its state-of-the-art 1930 mAh Li-Ion battery.
There is no word on the pricing of the new devices.
“The devices will be entering the market in coming weeks,” he said. (pdh)
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