Anatel aprova edital de licitação do 4G no Brasil. A Anatel divulgou no início da noite que o Conselho Diretor aprovou o edital de licitação da frequência de 2,5 GHz, aquela que será usada para a oferta de internet móvel de quarta geração. Da mesma forma, a agência aprovou o edital que coloca a frequência de 450 MHz para uso da telefonia móvel em regiões rurais. Marcada para o início de junho, a licitação prevê inicialmente que a frequência de 450 MHz seja leiloada, tendo como critério o menor preço para o consumidor final. Caso a licitação da frequência seja positiva, os 2,5 GHz entram num leilão à parte. Em caso negativo, a Anatel planeja leiloar tanto os 450 MHz como os 2,5 Ghz simultaneamente numa segunda rodada.
Slide apresentado pela Anatel As operadoras que vencerem a licitação da frequência de 4G terão alguns compromissos importantes pela frente. Todas as capitais de estados e os municípios com mais de 500 mil habitantes entram na obrigatoriedade de ter 4G até maio de 2014. O que é 4G? Why CEOs Should Allow Facebook in the Workplace [INFOGRAPHIC] Is Google+ the No. 3 Social Network? Depends How You Measure It. In the course of announcing a facelift for Google+ on Wednesday, Google dropped a notable status update: The social network now has 170 million users. The company's post claims that "more than 170 million people have upgraded to Google+," a figure that almost doubles the figure that Google threw out for Google+ in January. Assuming the self-reported figure is true, that means that G+ is now the third-largest U.S. -based social network in the world. To be sure, G+ is still miles behind Facebook's 850 million users and Twitter's 500 million, but it appears to be comfortably ahead of LinkedIn's 150 million, though LinkedIn's figures are from February and have likely increased since then.
(A LinkedIn rep declined comment on the company's current user base size.) So, does that mean that Google+ is now the number three social network? Not necessarily. Google+ CEO Larry Page claimed in a state-of-Google letter last week that the network had 100 million "active" users. Size Matters in Social Business Adoption. Social Business Social business research and more recent thought leadership explore the challenges and opportunities presented by social media. More in this series Already a member?
Sign in Not a member? Sign up today Member Free 5 free articles per month, $6.95/article thereafter, free newsletter. Subscribe $75/Year Unlimited digital content, quarterly magazine, free newsletter, entire archive. Sign me up In the recent survey on social business that MIT Sloan Management Review conducted in collaboration with Deloitte, respondents were asked whether social business was unimportant, somewhat unimportant, neutral, somewhat important, or important to their business. Clearly, size matters. How can social tools generate more revenue? Read the Full Article. Nokia: 2 million Lumia Windows Phones sold in last quarter. Nokia revealed on April 11 that it sold 2 million Windows Phone Lumia devices worldwide in the first quarter of 2012.
Is that promising or alarming? It's not good enough to boost Nokia's results, as company officials acknowledged on April 11, when it lowered estimates for its first financial quarter from "around break even" to negative three percent. Nokia officials called the results for its devices and services first quarter "disappointing. " Company officials are expecting operating margins for the second quarter to be similar or below the first quarter. Nokia is set to announce its Q1 earnings on April 19, the same day Microsoft is reporting its Q3 fiscal 2012 earnings.
Update: Here is more on Nokia's warning today from ZDNet's Larry Dignan. Nokia launched its U.S. comeback flagship device, the Lumia 900 Windows Phone on AT&T, on April 9. Market share for Windows Phone has dropped in recent months, according to market watchers. Microsoft can't afford to give up in smartphones. Instagram: From Zero to $1 Billion in 17 Months [INFOGRAPHIC] When Instagram launched its first app in October 2010, it did not strike most people as the kind of startup that would be acquired for $1 billion.
"We were all like, 'what's the big deal? It's just photos and filters," Brian Blau, a Research Director with the Consumer Technology and Markets Group at Gartner, tells Mashable. But in retrospect, he adds, "There's something to be said around that simplicity. " The app had almost 200,000 users within the first week. By February, it had 1.75 million users, and three months later that number had jumped to 4 million. Nokia warns on H1 phone business loss. Springpad Works Like Pinterest, But Smarter. Smart notebook Springpad is morphing into a smart Pinterest. The app is launching a redesign Wednesday that lets users make notebooks public, follow other users' public notebooks and "spring" specific items to their own notebooks. Since launching about three years ago, Springpad has registered 3 million users for its list-enhancing service.
It uses more than 150 services' APIs to automatically add actionable information to lists. In a list of movies, for instance, it might add movie showtimes, reviews and DVD release dates. "If you're saving something to remember, you probably want to do something at some point," Springpad co-founder Jeff Janer tells Mashable about the company's original premise. Now it's breaking from its focus on personal lists to apply that same actionable information concept to social ones. Not all Springpad notebooks are public, and it's easy to invite co-creators to both private and public projects. Springpad is also launching free iOS and Android apps. INTERVIEW: Kinect boss Kudo Tsunoda. Kinect Star Wars finally arrived on shelves earlier this week, standing as a flagship for the new generation of Xbox 360’s motion controlled titles. MCV speaks to Microsoft’s Master Yoda of Kinect, Kudo Tsunoda, about why the game is a major boon for the device and how far the technology can go… How will the power of the Star Wars brand drive Kinect’s appeal to a mass audience?
That wasn’t necessarily the goal for this project. From the beginning, when we were brainstorming what type of experiences we most wanted to build with Kinect, Star Wars was always at the top of our list. Lots of us are huge fans. I remember playing as a Jedi in my living room when I was young, wielding my paper towel holder lightsaber – but when you’re doing that with a controller, it just doesn’t make you feel like a Jedi. The biggest reason for doing this game is that Kinect makes you feel like a Jedi better than other video games or any other kind of medium. This was one of the first titles announced for Kinect. This Developer Hacked Together Google's Project Glass with Existing Parts. Google’s Project Glass video went viral last week. The clip shows life for someone wearing spectacles with an AR display that shows messages, location and alerts. As most of us noted, it is a mock-up of what could happen and that’s all sci-fi right?
Nope. As reported on SlashGear, an AR developer in Oxford has worked up a little version of Google Glass for himself. Will Powell was so inspired by Google’s video that he ran up a set of AR glasses and posted a video showing what it looks like. The unit is a combination of Vuzix glasses, HD webcams and a mic headset with with a custom-coded Adobe Air application. As the kit appears to already exist and the data is readily available (Powell pulls his weather report from Yahoo! For the naysayers who want to believe that Powell’s video is a compound of special effects, the video carries this statement at the end, “All video is recorded in real time and is undoctored.”
See also: 5 ways that Google’s AR glasses could change our world. Can Microsoft Come Back? Dan Lyons’s Month Without Apple and Google. The iPhone was stowed, the Google Docs left unopened—Dan Lyons spent 30 days using nothing but Microsoft products to see whether the company could win consumers like him back. And they could pull it off, he says. Could Microsoft ever be cool again? The company has been out of it for so long that a comeback is hard to imagine. But by some miracle this seems to be happening, and people are starting to take notice.
“Suddenly Microsoft is the Hippest Tech Company Around,” says the Atlantic Wire in an article that claims recent stumbles by Apple (China labor woes) and Google (privacy concerns) make Microsoft seem like nice guys by comparison. In an experiment I called “Month of Microsoft,” I’ve spent the past four weeks using nothing but Microsoft products—Windows computers, Windows phones, Xbox, Bing, Internet Explorer—instead of my usual lineup of Apple and Google products. The verdict? All this has to happen seamlessly. So far, no tech company can deliver this. Kinect is amazing. Google Video Shows Its Vision for Smart Glasses 'Making Things See' can teach you how to hack the Kinect. Microsoft selects 11 Kinect Accelerator startups for future app development. Video: Microsoft Kinect powers augmented-reality magic show. Journey Becomes Fastest-Selling PlayStation Download Ever | Game|Life. The chill, exploration-heavy Journey broke sales records on PlayStation Network.Image courtesy Sony Somewhere in a dark alley, Nathan Drake and Sackboy must be conspiring against an up-and-coming PlayStation 3 mascot: the mute, robed wanderer from Journey, which is now PlayStation Network’s fastest-selling game in Europe and the U.S.
Jenova Chen, Creative Director of Journey developer thatgamecompany, posted the news on the PlayStation blog today. He writes that the reaction to the game, which Wired magazine covers in its April issue, has been “overwhelming.” Chen also says that the artsy adventure title has “broken sales records, surpassing all first and third-party games” since debuting on March 13. Adding to the game’s meditative quality is composer Austin Wintory’s soundtrack, which Chen says will be available on iTunes and the PlayStation Store on April 10, and which will also see a limited CD release. Wintory also lent his talents to thatgamecompany’s flOw in 2006.
LG's Flexible E-Paper Display Is Coming to Europe in April. LG has announced it has started mass production of its electronic paper display (EPD) product, with a planned launch in Europe next month. LG's EPD is a 6-inch, 1024x768 e-ink plastic screen. It's 0.7mm thick, it weighs 14g, and LG claims it's resistant to scratches and drops from a 1.5 meter height.
Of course, its biggest claim to fame is its flexibility: LG claims the screen allows bending at a range of 40 degrees from its center. "With the world's first plastic EPD, LG Display has once again proven its reputation for leadership and innovation with a product we believe will help greatly popularize the E-Book market," said Sang Duck Yeo, Head of Operations for LG Display's Mobile/OLED division. There is no word on a US release, but LG says the EPD will first be supplied to ODM companies in China, with completed products hitting European shores at the beginning of April. The Future Of Mobile [DECK] Will Kindle's Free Samples Change the Structures of Plots? - Alan Jacobs - Technology. Search-engine optimization reshaped the craft of a good headline. Will Amazon's book promotions have a similar effect on novels? Steffens77/Flickr We all know that people who run websites have a hatful of little tricks intended to give their sites more prominence in searches.
(For an SEO primer, see here.) One of the curious things about SEO optimization is that it works by altering webpages so that they market themselves: that is, instead of creating ads external to the thing advertised, you re-shape the thing itself so that it's easier to find and more interesting and attractive to link-clickers. And if we can do it with webpages, why not with, say, books? Why shouldn't books undergo whatever ongoing tweaking they need to be as successful as possible? Three years ago Steven Johnson wrote a piece for the Wall Street Journal in which he predicted that the writing and publishing of books would come to require something like SEO optimization: End of this sample Kindle book Enjoyed the sample? E-readers or print books - which is greener? Dilemma: When it comes to reading, what's kinder to the environment - an e-reader or books? Of course I'll: Stick with traditional books. Yes, they use paper and ink, but at least I don't need to plug them in.
Trade-off: There are carbon emissions in the production of books too, not to mention the loss of carbon-gobbling trees felled for paper. Then I'll: Use the e-reader; as much as I read, it's bound to be a better choice over the long run. Trade-off: At the rate technology evolves, the e-reader I buy today will probably be obsolete within a few years.
Experts say: The heart of this dilemma is how to compare the ecological impact of printing books with that using an e-reader, and figure out based on your own reading habits which is a greener option. "There's still not a wide consensus on how to measure the carbon impact related to paper," says Darby Hoover, senior resource specialist for the Natural Resources Defense Council. Schumpeter: Now for some good news. Monitor: An open-source robo-surgeon. With New Standard, Wi-Fi Could Become As Widespread As Cellular. In late 2010, Verizon rolled out its 4G LTE network, which offers data speeds 10 times as fast as 3G networks. But as mobile data traffic continues to grow—experts anticipate that it will increase 26-fold in the next three years—it's unlikely that any network will be able to keep up.
Fortunately, something else is set to happen over the next three years: Wi-Fi could become as ubiquitous and easy to access as cellular is now. Wi-Fi is up to 15 times as fast as LTE, but at this point it's an unrealistic substitute for cell service. Connecting is not a standard process. Users need to log into access points individually, enter passwords, and go through other credentialing rigmarole.
And range is limited; once logged in, a user can't wander more than a few hundred feet from an indoor router. But such limitations will soon be gone. Wi-Fi's range is also set to increase significantly. Super Wi-Fi field tests are already under way in four U.S. towns. Next up for Apple, it's iTV – the television that will respond when you shout at it | Technology | The Observer. Comments made by Steve Jobs to his biographer have heightened speculation.
Photograph: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Apple is designing a television that you can shout and gesticulate at – and it will understand you. Having revolutionised the music and mobile phone industries with its iPod and iPhone, the company is planning an "iTV" to turn couch surfing into a hi-tech experience. The Japanese firm Sharp has been asked to begin commercial production of Apple TV screens in February, with the sets available in the second half of 2012, according to analyst Peter Misek at the American bank Jefferies. "Other TV manufacturers have begun a scrambling search to identify what iTV will be and do," Misek claimed. "They hope to avoid the fate of other industries and manufacturers who were caught flat-footed by Apple. " Jobs told his biographer: "I'd like to create an integrated television set that is completely easy to use. What sounds like science fiction is already in use by niche products. Computer displays: Pivoting pixels.
Kinect Project Merges Real and Virtual Worlds. Robot builds its own body from sprayable foam - tech - 19 October 2011. The Internet in Africa - still an alien concept. Siri: The Perfect Robot for Our Time - Alexis Madrigal - Technology. Startup Lets You Save and Share Parts of Web Pages. 91 percent of kids play video games, says study.
Dilma sanciona isenção de impostos para tablets. Look, But Don’t Touch | Product Reviews. Wired.com. Meet Eyeborg, the man with a camera eye - Video - Technology. Personal technology: Beyond the PC. BlackBerry service crash affects BBM messaging for millions | Technology. Microsoft employees reveal they’re working on next-generation Xbox. Microsoft Just Made Google TV Look Even Sillier. Kindle Touch won't browse Web over 3G | E-book readers. Xbox Companion App coming to Windows Phone, magically controls Xbox 360. Twitter. Bally Total Fitness introduces gesture-based video technology.
Anúncio do iPhone 4S decepciona e ações da Apple fecham em queda de 0,56% - 04/10/2011. Kinect may act as a parental control body scanner in future. Sonho do iPad brasileiro está em risco, diz Reuters. Microsoft Employees Complaining Online. TNW Gadgets (@tnwgadgets) sur Twitter. Amazon’s Entire New Kindle Family Compared [Image]
Amazon Kindle Fire Available Second Week Of November. Amazon. Amazon's Tablet Is A "Pretty Poor" "Stopgap" That The Kindle Team Didn't Even Work On. Amazon Unveils $199 Kindle Fire Tablet. Amazon's New Tablet | Page 2. Live from Amazon's tablet event in NYC! Yes, Google Drive Is Coming. For Real This Time. Conexão no Brasil é uma das mais lentas do mundo, diz pesquisa. Pando Networks Releases Global Internet Speed Study | Pando Networks. Rumor do dia: seria esse o Google Drive? "Phantom Sensation" Gaming Technology Could Make You Feel The Action.
Forget Apps, Carbyn Has Built A HTML5 OS. 6.5 Million Robots Now Inhabit the Earth. Researchers come up with new way to extend smartphone battery life. Windows 8 Reimagines The Windows Experience | Gadget Lab. Phone Story - Android Market. Google to Iran: Change your password. PrUK23024911. Without Jobs as CEO, Who Speaks for the Arts at Apple? | Epicenter Why Google Should Buy Motorola. Microsoft’s worldwide smartphone market share drops below 2% Ouch! Google TV Returns Outnumber Sales | Gadget Lab. Google To Acquire Motorola Mobility | Epicenter Is Microsoft's next move buying Nokia or RIM? Nah... Did Google Just Turn Motorola Into the New Super-TiVo? | Epicenter
Larry Page Just Made Apple And Microsoft Look Like Fools. Google, Motorola, and Microsoft’s role in one of the strangest tech deals ever.
Strategy Analytics: Apple iOS Captures 61 Percent Share of Global Tablet Shipments in Q2 2011. MyYearbook acquired by Quepasa for $100 million.