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While still in his teens, Billy Nicholls recorded one of the more sought-after rarities of British psychedelic pop, "Would You Believe." Nicholls was one of the most Beach Boys-influenced British singer/songwriters, and "Would You Believe" often recalled the Pet Sounds/SMiLE period in its melodic construction and ornate production. The album understandably betrayed greater traces of late-'60s British psychedelia than the Beach Boys' efforts did, and it would be foolish to put Nicholls on the same level as Brian Wilson, as "Would You Believe" ultimately displayed more promise than pure genius. Nonetheless, that promise was considerable, and it is a shame that the album was essentially unreleased after it was finished in 1968 (although a few dozen promotional copies went out). This short-circuited Nicholls' career, and although he did some recording in later years, he's mostly known by mainstream rock fans (if at all) for his peripheral role in some group and individual member projects by the Who. Nicholls was only 16 in 1966 when he worked up the nerve to ask George Harrison for help in getting his songs heard and recorded. After some demos for Beatles publisher Dick James, Nicholls came to the attention of Rolling Stones manager Andrew Oldham, then starting his progressive but short-lived Immediate label. Nicholls was hired as a staff songwriter for Immediate, and wrote songs for fellow Immediate act Del Shannon; the Nicholls compositions "Led Along, " "Cut and Come Again, " and "Friendly with You, " none of which were on Nicholls' own album, were all recorded by Shannon in February 1967. Nicholls soon became a recording artist for the label as well, putting out the "Would You Believe"/"Daytime Girl" single in January 1968. This was a collision of Los Angeles sunshine pop and Swinging London, as was the album of material that Nicholls cut. Nicholls' vocals were spruced up with plenty of vocal harmonies and orchestral-depth layers of guitars and keyboards, with contributions from members of the Small Faces, future Humble Pie drummer Jerry Shirley, and top session musicians like Nicky Hopkins, John Paul Jones, and Big Jim Sullivan. Although the prodigy's record was planned for an April 1968 release, it was -- for still-foggy reasons -- withheld, with the exception of some copies sent to radio stations and reviewers. Immediate was always in tenuous financial shape (despite big hits by the Small Faces), and Nicholls was not the only artist to suffer from the non-release or poor promotion of material cut for the label. However, perhaps no other Immediate musician was shafted as badly, as Nicholls' career never seemed to get off the ground after the album's cancellation, although he did some uncredited backing vocals for the Small Faces' Ogden's Nut Gone Flake. Nicholls did finally release a solo album, Love Songs, in 1974, and was part of White Horse, which did an album in 1977; another Nicholls solo album, Under One Banner, came out in 1990. However, Nicholls is most recognized for some work with the Who. He co-wrote, played, and sang on "Forever's No Time at All" on Pete Townshend's debut solo album, Who Came First. He wrote singles for Roger Daltrey and Leo Sayer and did some backing vocals on the Who's Who Are You album, as well as the Tommy film soundtrack. In the post- Keith Moon years he did some work as the Who's musical director. The Would You Believe album, which sold for astronomical prices on the collectors' market due to its rarity, was finally reissued on CD in 1999. ~ Richie Unterberger
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Stewart wore a strapless red Balmain dress covered in studs and safety pins with black high heels.
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March 7, 2014
As a sign of how WWE views their feud, Christian and Sheamus were removed from the Hulu version of Monday Night Raw this week. The belief is that management wanted to give the two veteran performers a spot at Wrestlemania 30, so they were paired together in a program. Fans in Chicago totally turned on the two during their match.
March 4, 2014
While it has not been officially confirmed yet, it appears that WWE is leaning towards doing a match between Christian and Sheamus at Wrestlemania 30. Management definitely wanted Sheamus on the card, as they still view him as a high priority within the company. There was a strong push to give Christian a spot on the card, as this might be his last one.
February 28, 2014
As predicted by many, Randy Orton walked away from Elimination Chamber 2014 with the WWE Championship. Sheamus, Christian and Antonio Cesaro were the first eliminated. Bray Wyatt, Luke Harper and Erick Rowan helped to eliminate John Cena. Finally, Kane attacked Daniel Bryan, which enabled Orton to pick up the victory and earn his spot in the main event next month.
February 23, 2014
Rumors coming out of WWE was that management had initially planned on surprising the fans by having Brock Lesnar, who is not scheduled to return until Monday Night Raw, show up at Elimination Chamber 2014 and replacing Christian in the main event. However, those plans may have been scrapped because Kane accidentally leaked the story to the media.
February 23, 2014
There are rumors floating around right now that Christian could retire after Elimination Chamber 2014. Some believe that WWE could use his real life retirement to sell the brutality of the steel cage match itself. The company has been planting seeds over the last few weeks by emphasizing the "one last match" theme with Christian.
February 20, 2014
During a recent interview, Edge was asked who he would want to do a match with if he were to make a comeback with WWE, and the former heavyweight champion was quick to mention his childhood friend Christian. Unfortunately for fans, though, that will not be happening, as his doctors have advised him from ever making a return.
February 19, 2014
In order to promote the upcoming Elimination Chamber 2014 pay per view, Christian and Sheamus will be facing one another in the main event at the Smackdown taping later on today in Colorado Springs. The idea is to make Christian look a little bit stronger, so he should be booked well during the segment.
February 18, 2014
The feeling within the company is that Christian will be leaving WWE after his current contract expires. He is already 40 years of age, and his recent string of injuries have taken quite a toll on him. There is also the belief that his biggest push is behind him. He has also seen his good friend Edge finding life after wrestling as well.
February 13, 2014
Since he showed up on Monday Night Raw with a black eye, there were some minor speculations as to what happened to Christian. However, it appears that the blemish was simply a result of an accident that took place during a match at a WWE live event over the weekend. The former world champion is not expected to miss any time.
February 12, 2014
Through Twitter, Trish Stratus revealed that her son finally got to meet Mickie James, whom she referred to as an aunt. She also posted this picture of the two former WWE divas and the baby.
March 10, 2014
Through Instagram, Santino Marella posted this really hot picture of his girlfriend, a woman named Anna. The WWE star noted that he misses her quite often when he is on the road.
March 10, 2014
While they have both been in the business for a very long time, AJ Styles and Joey Styles have never met before. Through Twitter, the former ECW commentator posted this picture of the two o them together at a convention in New York City this weekend. Joey also joked that AJ was his southern cousin.
March 9, 2014
For her birthday, Sarita decided to hit up Chicago and visit her good friend Tara. The two former TNA Knockouts spent quite a few days together hanging out. Sarita stayed with Tara during the trip. This picture of the two of them was taken at the restaurant owned by Tara.
March 8, 2014
If you are a wrestling fan and anywhere near Sun City, you might want to pick up a copy of Red magazine soon, as Maxine poses topless on the cover of the latest edition. The former WWE diva is going by her real name of Karlee Perez.
March 8, 2014
A picture of Matt Hardy and Shane Helms posting with the legendary Rock and Roll Express, a former NWA team featuring Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson.
March 7, 2014
While she is no longer on television on a regular basis, Torrie Wilson has stayed committed to fitness. The former WWE diva is staying quite in shape by doing some hiking. In this picture, you can still see her amazing body, as she is hiking through the snow and mountains.
March 7, 2014
Apparently, there is a new fad in fashion called the monokini, which is a single version of the bikini. Still rather sexy, but then again everything is going to look amazing when it is attached to the body of Kelly Kelly. In this picture, the former WWE diva poses seductively in the outfit while leaning on some rocks.
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Since he was allowed to be a part of a world famous wrestling family growing up, Tyson Kidd has gotten the chance to live out a dream that a lot of fans can only imagine. In this picture, he is spotted hanging out with Bret Hart and Ric Flair backstage at the WWE NXT event last week.
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CARP Institutional Assessment in a Post-2008 Transition Scenario : Reforms for the Agrarian Justice System
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Android 2.2 supports tethering, and one of the "traditional" advantages of Android as a platform is the ease with which it allows tethering. While T-Mobile has a history of being rather tether-friendly, the news has dropped that the G2 may be unable to tether at launch. This is based off of an internal memo leaked to T-Mo News.
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February demand growth was down significantly from the revised 8.4% and 8.7% expansion recorded in January for passenger and cargo traffic respectively. The political unrest in the Middle East and North Africa during February is estimated to have cut international traffic by about 1%. As such it is responsible almost entirely for the slippage in passenger demand growth.
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our tongues with songs of joy.
Then it was said among the nations,
'The Lord has done great things for them.'
3The Lord has done great things for us,
and we are filled with joy.
4Restore our fortunes, #4Or Bring back our captivesLord,
like streams in the Negev.
5Those who sow with tears
will reap with songs of joy.
6Those who go out weeping,
carrying seed to sow,
will return with songs of joy,
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vanginney, they look beautiful a very cool color.
The colored machines are pretty, especially the blue Stitchmaster.
Everyone else,
I had 5 Featherweights when this quest to find the machine to get painted purple. I've sold 4 of the machines that weren't getting enough use; 2 featherweights,a black 301 and Pfaff 2040 all have new very happy owners.
The machine that got painted had no clear coat and very little decals, in some areas along the front edge the paint was down to bare metal. Yet she sewed very smoothly and has a beautiful stitch.
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They look amazing indeed! Great job. ...I have to say, I just discovered the joys of using Isopropyl Alcohol on that hardened oil... breaks it down really easily. Got the tip from following the Necchi cleaning instructions from the Yahoo group pages. It has CHANGED MY LIFE
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"The 1950's Continentals" {bernina 640-2 favorit} {phoenix 283F} {necchi supernova automatica} {necchi BU treadle} {pfaff 238 industrial zigzag machine} {pfaff 1147 tipmatic 80's push-button wonder}
"The Oriental" {juki HZL-11 domestic} {Japanese "Bride" clone} A couture dressmaker by trade & new to quilting
Sharon I just love your purple Featherweight. He did a nice job on it.
This is my first treadle and I am very excited and happy to have her - have not had a chance to sit and play yet but looking forward to learning. Its a Davis - I think a VF2.
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2014-03-15 09:10:00+0100 - Research shows well performing kids are more likely to come from homes that have parents that are interested and engaged in education , but times have changed and it's not always that easy to help kids with their homework these days , Do you have any ideas how we can better support our kids at school these days ?
Give us a call after 7 am this morning 1300 801 222 to discuss2014-03-14 21:26:35+0100 - Happy Friday Far North Queensland! Have a great weekend. We hope we're in store for some more beautiful sunset skies.
2014-03-14 07:07:18+0100 - How do you feel about exposing your children to news about the Morcombe case?
Child psychologist Michael Carr-Gregg has some pointers about how much news kids should be seeing: http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2014/03/14/3963441.htm?site=northqld
Protecting children from the news
With news of the Morcombe case on front pages around the country, how much information should children be seeing?2014-03-14 05:55:07+0100 - Jason Van't Padje is a talented young photographer in Cairns. He's written a guest post about his approach to photography for the ABC Open site. His advice is this - to keep things (lighting, subject matter, equipment and environment) simple.
Photography: keeping it simple
I love photography. I don't have a lot of equipment but it doesn't stop me from taking photos I'm really proud of.2014-03-14 05:41:33+0100 - Pioneer Cemetery - the grave history of Cairns: http://www.abc.net.au/local/photos/2014/03/13/3962795.htm?site=farnorth
2014-03-14 02:42:15+0100 - Making news this morning: Difficulties with new cyclone update requirements, transport links on the agenda at two meetings in Mareeba and the Taipans holding on to finals hopes as they prepare to take on Melbourne.
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ABC Far North uploads content to soundcloud from all of our radio programs as well as content for online. Check out our sets for Breakfast, Morn...2014-03-13 23:07:40+0100 - 30c Showers clearing. Council launches inaugural Cairns Film Festival. Top prize: the Palm Door... #wakeupwithkier
2014-03-13 23:02:41+0100 - I think we might be up for a sunset treat!
2014-03-13 07:57:45+0100 - An 87-year-old Far North Queensland man has been forced to stand down as a volunteer with the Cardwell Bush Telegraph Museum because of insurance concerns. Do you think this is fair? What age do you think volunteers should have to retire?2014-03-12 23:37:06+0100
- Making news this morning: Far North doctors standing firm on contracts, a Cape community loses confidence in the State Government's economic development push and a bid to allow more horses on Cassowary Coast beaches.
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ABC Far North uploads content to soundcloud from all of our radio programs as well as content for online. Check out our sets for Breakfast, Morn...2014-03-12 22:55:24+0100 - Chris from Crystal Brook, Gordonvale says his rain gauge has had 14mm since 9am yesterday.
- These little Whimbrels seen along the flats off the Cairns esplanade are getting ready to head off on a 7,000km journey to Siberia - any day now.
2014-03-12 06:26:15+0100 - The Hong Kong billionaire behind a massive resort proposal in far north Queensland has indicated he will dump it if the State Government doesn't allow the existing casino licence to be split over two sites. Read more: http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2014/03/10/3960420.htm?site=farnorth
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2014-03-12 03:00:01+0100 - 29c Showers. State Member calls for height restrictions to be lifted in Cairns CBD. Meanwhile, presenter calls for height restrictions to be lifted in ABC studio. #wakeupwithkier
2014-03-12 02:15:51+0100 - Doctors are remaining tight-lipped about a meeting with senior Queensland Health staff over proposed work contracts. http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2014/03/11/3961108.htm?site=farnorth
2014-03-12 00:25:01+0100 - LIKE this post to keep up to date with all the latest FNQ weather and warnings throughout the day.
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More information from BOM: http://www.bom.gov.au/qld/warnings/2014-03-11 23:31:51+0100 - Making news this morning: The State Government puts the future development of a Cape York bauxite resource on hold, the Queensland Police Union welcomes Malu Sara decision and two tropical lows dump rain on the Daintree.
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http://www.bom.gov.au/cgi-bin/wrap_fwo.pl?IDQ20041.html2014-03-11 20:38:04+0100 - Cairns local Maria Bianco wasn't sure how to process her son's reaction to his cancer diagnosis. He dealt with the news by making jokes and being frank with his friends. 19 years later she can laugh about some of the incidents she describes in her ABC Open 'Cringe' blog. Well worth a read.
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His hand reaches up to the back of his head. His latest party trick on New Year's Eve.2014-03-11 08:35:30+0100 - Cairns' sunsets were fairly spectacular over the weekend.
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Hughenden was a very different place in 1982. The town had four busy pubs, hundreds of shearers and a booming nightlife. Amidst the hustle and bustle, a young backpacker named Tony Jones disappeared never to be seen again.
Flinders mayor Greg Jones shares his memories about that time in Hughenden's history.
ABC around the traps2014-03-11 03:25:29+0100- Our antiques experts are on the radio. Nick Watling & Fran Heriot are taking your calls on 1300 801 222. What's this mystery object? Post your guesses.
2014-03-11 01:21:31+0100 - Meet the man who's a golden gun: http://www.abc.net.au/local/videos/2014/03/10/3960406.htm
If gold was worth nothing, would you still like it?
The man who's a golden gun
Before there were big rigs, explosives and buckets of coal, there were miners who wandered through the bush looking for glimmers of gold among the red soil. This type of miner still exists.2014-03-10 23:35:43+0100
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I'm not going to hide it. I like Wal-Mart. And I like Wal-Mart even more now that they've partnered with Seventh Generation. It's a move towards mainstream companies thinking green and about the future of Mother Earth.And when green product are on the shelves of Wal-Mart, they are in the hands of just about everyone.
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Meatless Monday: Carrot Mash with Orange and Mint
As I was driving home from work, I heard a story on NPR with new suggestions for Thanksgiving dishes from The Bitten Word.
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My mom had this rule, "I'll only make chili with month's containing the letter R" because June, July & August were off limits because chili is such a hearty dish.
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Patients considering joint replacement surgery are encouraged to attend a seminar about joint replacement and what to expect before, during and after surgery. Speakers include the program coordinator, a surgeon, physical therapist and anesthesiologist. See Calendar for Hip and Knee Replacement Education programs. (link to Calendar module)
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Percy acquitted himself well in the AHL at the end of 2012-13, delivering a goal and two assists in four games with the Marlies. He's a calm, collected and cerebral defender with untapped offensive upside. He'll never be an offensive stud, but instead a good all-round, top-f...
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Percy missed half of last season with the Mississauga St. Mike's Majors due to a concussion and a knee injury, but was promoted to the AHL Toronto Marlies at season's end any way. It seems peculiar, but the kid excelled in the A. He has another year of junior eligibility, so that's where he'll be this year. However, there are lots of things to like about Percy, particularly his speed, calm and skill. Could he be another Jake Gardiner? Maybe. Keeper leaguers need to take note -- it's not hard to imagine a Percy-Gardiner pairing in several years patrolling the Air Canada Centre.
This guy is as low-maintenance as they come. His own zone play is almost flawless and his skating and first-pass skills are already strong. His weak spot is his point shot but that can be fixed with practice and a pail of pucks. The kid grew up a Leafs fan -- he grew up in nearby Oakville -- so being one of the Buds' first rounders (25th overall) fulfiled a lifelong dream. His stock rose all season long playing for the Mississauga St. Michael's Majors (he was so good on that squad that he finished plus-50) to the point where he eventually earned a spot on the Memorial Cup all-star squad alongside Nathan Beaulieu. He projects as a smart top pairing blueliner who might just give you 30-35 points some day.


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nate_robinson Thanks yall for all the love y'all, thanks for the hate too haters I love y'all too, I thank GOD for everything #wordaapp!-- Nate's Tweet
Earlier in the season, especially when Nate Robinson was given a multi-game time out by Mike D'Antoni, it was apparent that in order for Nate to thrive, he needed to be in a different environment -- a place where management knew how to treat and handle players. Personally, I was promoting a trade for Nate's sake because in New York he was the target of two much hate (like Frank Isola's professional insistence on calling him Lil' Him in Daily News articles) and subjected to far more blame for the Knicks' situation than he deserved no matter how immature he may have seemed. Last night was both Nate's redemption and maturation as an athlete as he got a chance to show off his considerable skills and energy on the big stage as he helped lead the Celtics to the Eastern Conference Championship. Now his next stop is the NBA Finals. Talk about a raggedy team to riches story.
Last night, with Rondo battered and sidelined, Nate Robinson harnessed his abundant energy to turn into an efficient replacement point guard (something many New Yorkers said couldn't be done). In a critial 8 minutes 46 seconds stretch in the second quarter, Robinson scored 13 points, had an assist and a steal, while he played strong defense on Jameer Nelson and Jason Williams. But the stats only tell part of the story about how his on-ball leadership brought great energy to a team of stars and TD Garden.
"My hat's off to him because usually young players, they kind of mentally fall out of it when they don't play. They just go through the motions in practice . . . but he kept his poise. . . . That's him growing up. That's him becoming a man tonight." -- Paul Pierce
"He gave me the confidence when he came into Game 5 . . . that he had bought into our defensive system and that he was able to run a couple sets that we thought would be effective against them, so I had made the decision before the game. I told our staff Nate would play tonight. It was great." -- Doc Rivers
Other Nate Robinson Stories For Your Pleasure:
Robinson Emerges As Star Pupil. Boston.com
Here's To You Mr. Robinson. Boston Herald
Filipino-blooded Nate Robinson steps in for hurt Rondo to spark Celtics to Finals-clinching win. Examiner.com
Robinson Proves Doc's Diagnosis Correct. News Telegram.com
NBA Playoffs, Celtics Magic Game 6: The legend of Nate Robinson grows taller. ProBasketballTalk.com
Nate Robinson compares cultures of Knicks, Celtics. True Hoop/ESPN
Nate May File Grievance To Recover $1Million From Celtics. Rotoworld.com


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The adventures of Charlie Flo and Freedom Train
... for us. With blue to our left and black to our right, we found a gray friendly sky above us, and beautiful scenery around us when we reached the top.
From 10,800 ft up we were able to see Reno, a tiny little city of in the distance. We saw all the mountains around us, all shorter than we stood now. And we saw the massive yet delicate lake Tahoe not far away. We caught our breath, took some pictures and relaxed a bit before pounding our way down the mountain.
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Three Rivers, CA to Topaz Lake, NV
... trip. As an added bonus the route wasn't crowded and I was able to move at a pace faster than 10mph. The route to the pass had me climbing some of the steepest (26-28Degrees) roads I've ever seen. The road had few guard rails or barriers and was full of switchbacks and extreme elevation climbs with steep drop offs the entire way.
Coming down the eastern side of the mountain I was greeted by something unexpected. I started ...
Leaving Yosemite heading to the oasis of Tahoe
... we hope they got out okay.
After the very long drive it was late by the time we got to Lake Tahoe and we could only just see the lake which is huge the town is busy all year as they play on the lake during summer and then ski in winter, we passed some very big houses.
We were looking forward to waking in the morning and seeing the lake.
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Camping is coming to an end
... There were amazing geothermal things, geysers, steam pools and bubbling mud as far as the eye can see. There is also a huge couple of waterfalls and their own personal grand canyon. Through this park we saw bison/buffalo, even stuck in a buffalo jam. Bears - 4 of them, black and grizzly, no yogi though. Knew i should had taken my pick-a-nic basket with me. Just south of here is Grand Teton National Park, where we walked around Jenny ...
Day 31 – We got to the campsite at 4:30 PM?
... circling turkey vultures behind us.
Initially the ride was a continuation of what we'd experienced the day before – high sage desert. But eventually, we entered Inyo National Forest, and the high-elevation ponderosa pine forests that I had been looking forward to for weeks. It was the best-smelling land since the Black Hills! Despite the beauty and the great aroma, this road had us winding our way up and over numerous 7,000' and even ...


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Just a quick post with a not-terribly-good photo of the new bookcase that Mr Litlove has made me. It's in Arts & Crafts style for those of you who like to know such things. I was just very pleased indeed to have such a handsome home for my hardback books. The volumes on top were quite modest, until yesterday's post brought me the shortlist for this year's Booker prize. The Book People are selling all six volumes for £30, or in my case given they had an extra promotion going on the day I ordered, £27. I'd heard reports that the 2013 list was the best in a decade, and whilst that is probably marketing hype, I was happy to go along with it. It's more usual for journalists to knock the books in whatever way they can, and this year's head judge is Robert Macfarlane, who seems to have the Midas touch, so… Oh, who cares about justification, it was just book lust, okay?
Winner and Mini Reviews
And the winner of William Boyd's Waiting for Sunrise is: Ruthiella!
I was very unscientific – I wrote all the names on slips of paper and pulled one out of a bag. I'm terribly impressed by the bloggers who know how to do that random number generator thing, but it is quite beyond me. Ruthiella, if you could email me with your address, I'll pop the book in the post for you.
Well, I struggle along here, still plagued by anxiety but practising, practising ways to live with it. I am as fastidious as a cat over my emotional life, it seems, and I do not appreciate the current state of messiness. But still, I've been reading Harriet Lerner's excellent book, The Dance of Fear, which I warmly recommend to other anxiety sufferers. She suggests we bring as much patience, curiosity and good humour as possible to bear on the situation, and I liked that list of qualities. I'm also reading Susan Cain's Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Won't Stop Talking and finding it almost painful in its accuracy. But I'll review that properly another day. And finally, I'm listening to The Eustace Diamonds by Anthony Trollope, which after a slow start I'm loving. So much plotting and manipulating, so many schemes and intrigues! I think the literature of the 19th century was designed to be listened to.
I realised there were a few books I'd read in recent weeks that I should review in brief: First off, P. D. James' A Mind to Murder. Adam Dalgliesh is managing to survive the publication party for his latest book of poems when he's called away to investigate a murder at the psychiatric clinic over the road. The office manager, an overbearing spinster with a stiffly starched code of morals, has been found stabbed through the heart. This is a very classic crime novel, in which we are introduced to a selection of suspicious folk connected to the clinic as doctors, nurses and administrators, whilst Dalgleish does his thing with the usual elegance and panache (though he makes a fair few mistakes in this one). I find I read P. D. James for the excellent ordinariness of her prose. She is not a lyric writer, nor a quirky one, nor one with an eye for a felicious turn of phrase. But every sentence is neatly turned and well crafted, the events follow one another with satisfying causality, characters are evoked with precision and insight and the whole zips along on its well-oiled rails with pleasing orderliness. I was surprised to note how old this novel is – first published 1963 – as it doesn't feel it, apart perhaps from a few rather old-fashioned treatments at the clinic. Another advantage of that resolute ordinariness may be this timeless quality.
Martin Davies' The Year After is a very recent publication, although it harks back in time to the end of WW1. It's Christmas, 1919 and Tom Allen has just been demobbed. Uncertain what to do with himself in a mournful London, he accepts an invitation to visit Hannesford Court, the home of the Stansbury family with whom he was very friendly before the war broke out. The Stansbury clan were one of those starry families, rich, sociable, blessed. Tom had fancied himself in love with the oldest daughter, Margot, although he had not been in the charmed circle surrounding the eldest son, Harry. He had been a hanger-on, a marginalized member of the happy-go-lucky group, invited for his reliable good manners. Now, Harry is dead, as is his best friend, Julian, who was Margot's husband. The eldest surviving son, Reggie, a difficult, temperamental young man, is in a convalescent home with horrific injuries. So the Hannesford Court that Tom returns to is, inevitably, not the same as before, even if making valiant attempts to resemble its former glory. This is partly a romance, and partly a mystery story, as Tom tries to find out what happened to a German guest at the Summer Ball before the start of the war. I thought this sounded just the ticket when I picked it up – country house novel, family secrets, hidden crimes – but the elements fail to cohere. It suffers from being not quite enough of anything, and the mystery in particular is a bit limp, given that Tom is returning from the horrors of the First World War against which a small domestic incident pales somewhat. It is quite a nice meditation on the difficulties of picking up life again, after the trauma of the war, and Martin Davies is a very good evocative writer. But it was all a bit meh, alas.
If you want to write a first person narrative, then look no further than Raymond Chandler. The High Window was the first Philip Marlowe novel I read and Chandler is every bit as brilliant as people say. Marlowe is called to the home of Elizabeth Murdock, a bitter and contemptuous old woman who is still trying to call the shots in her wayward family. It turns out that an heirloom has gone missing, a very valuable coin called the Brasher Dubloon, and Mrs Murdock suspects the nightclub-singer wife of her son, a starlet who rejoices in the name of Linda Conquest. This is a very convenient suspicion, as Linda has recently separated from her husband and disappeared, and it suits Mrs Murdock to throw the blame outside the walls of the family fortress. But of course, as soon as Marlowe goes digging, the bodies pile up and the quarry comes ever closer to home. It's not just that the prose is fantastic – and it is – it's what Chandler does with it that's so clever. Every sentence moves the story along, adds to the characterisation of Marlowe, and says something about the action and the time. I loved the way that this supposedly badass private eye is shown to be so tender in his human sympathies by the way he reacts to the people he comes across. There's a fine ethical conscience at work, sifting the bad guys from the unlucky ones. Well, they're called modern classics for a reason, and if there isn't such a term as Golden Age Noir, there ought to be, and Chandler could wear the crown and the sash.
And The Winner Is…
My son has just done the draw for the giveaway copies of Kate Pullinger's Mistress of Nothing and the winners are ds and the Fugitive!
But then I so wished I could send something to everyone, that it occurred to me that I could add my own copy to the giveaway pile – I read very neatly and it still looks like new. So I got my son to pull out another name and that was: Stefanie!
So, I'd be very grateful if you could all email a posting address to me at litlove1 at yahoodotcodotuk.
Congratulations to the winners and I do love doing giveaways – I'll come up with another one soon.
Easter and Prizes
This will be my last post before next Tuesday as this weekend, as well as being Easter, is my mother-in-law's 70th birthday party, an occasion significant enough to warrant a marquee and caterers. My husband's siblings are arriving from Toronto and Brussels (and Sheffield) and about 40 of my mother-in-law's local friends are expected. It will be very nice to catch up with all the family, but given that I am not a party animal, and consider the optimum socializing time to be about an hour and a half, I have to admit to some quiet apprehension. It's not that I don't love my family, only that I have trouble spending more than three hours in any noisy, sociable environment. Still, I have a plan to get me through the party itself. We've started a family news blog for my mother-in-law as a kind of present, and I was going to go round her friends at the party asking what memories they had of the first time they met her. I'll post the responses up on the blog, which might later win me some quiet, relaxing time with a keyboard if I'm lucky. We'll see how it all goes.
I've also got quite a reading project to sneak off with, should a tempting dark corner lure me into it. A little while ago I decided to bite the bullet and join the parents' reading group that convenes at my son's school. The choices for the meeting that takes place a bit later this month are Kate Summerscale's The Suspicions of Mr Whicher, which I received for Christmas and have been looking forward to in any case, and Wilkie Collins' No Name. It was surprising enough that a group should have two books to discuss, not just one. And then No Name arrived in the post yesterday and lo and behold, it is a monster chunkster, weighing in at 741 pages. So altogether, the members had assigned themselves over a thousand pages to read. 'What are the people at your school on?' I asked my son, who replied somewhat drily, 'I'm glad to see they expect as much from the parents as they do the pupils.' Anyway, knowing my time over the weekend would be restricted, I've made it through 169 pages so far, and it is at least a very good story and most enjoyable. British 19th century isn't my favourite era, but Wilkie Collins knows how to reel the reader in and keep the pages turning. Before No Name jumped the queue, I was having a lovely time with Mary S. Lovell's entertaining biography, The Mitford Girls, which was no slim volume itself (529 pages). So when I turn up with both of these it's going to look less like I'm expecting a weekend party than a siege.
Finally, I conducted the draw for the book giveaway. People came up with completely brilliant suggestions and I was truly sorry I didn't have a prize for everyone. I promise you, if I'd had more doubles of any kind, I'd have given out more prizes. Anyway, there were so many wonderful contenders that I was scrupulously correct in doing the draw (names on scraps of paper from which I chose with eyes shut, no penguins on this occasion) and the winners are: Verbivore, Pete and JB. People, if you could let me know a postal address to which you would like your books sent, by emailing me at litlove1 at yahoo dot co dot uk, that would be splendid.
Have a wonderful, peaceful Easter, my blogging friends, and I'll be back next week with reviews of Francine Prose's Blue Angel and Lloyd Jones' Mister Pip.


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Charles Fletcher Jr. is named group senior vice president and manager
Alion Science and Technology Corp. has hired retired Army Maj. Gen. Charles Fletcher Jr. as group senior vice president and manager of the Strategic Operations Group.
He will lead a business unit supporting the technical and operational needs of customers throughout the Defense Department, delivering expertise in areas that include training, testing and evaluation, logistics and program management, according to an Alion announcement today.
Fletcher joins Alion from the Boeing Corp., where he initially served as director of logistics command and control and later as the director of that company's Advanced Global Services and Support Division.
Fletcher retired from the Army after 34 years of active service. His last position was as the director of operations and plans (J3), U.S. Transportation Command.
Prior to that assignment, he served as the Commanding General at the Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command.
Fletcher is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point and earned a master's degree in Systems Management from the University of Southern California and a Master of Science degree in National Resource Strategy from the National Defense University in Washington D.C.
Alion Science and Technology Corp., of McLean, Va., ranks No. 41 on Washington Technology's 2010 Top 100 list of the largest federal government contractors.
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New uTorrent client speeds up downloads and prevents DDoS attacks
The UTorrent dev team released 3.4 version of the client with a promise that it would change the way uTorrent chooses peers and therefore improves the download speeds and preventing DDOS attacks.
Other than the bug fixes and new features, BitTorrent's Adam Kelly explained how the new system works. He said,"If a BitTorrent client chooses poorly, or if there are malicious actors in the swarm, the connections between clients are not well distributed through the swarm, leading to a large number of hops from node to node. That slows down the ability to each client to pass data on to the next."
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WhatsApp's lack of encryption is the kind that the "NSA would love"
While Facebook might be acquiring WhatsApp for a hefty $16 billion, it looks like the messaging application company might not be too good with encrypting its messages. With over 450 million active users, this becomes quite the user base for government spies, hackers, and more.
WhatsApp's use of secure sockets layer (SSL) encryption is meant to support version 2 of the protocol, which is capable of being hacked into, and monitored by a third-party. The messages being flown back and forth between WhatsApp users can even be manipulated. WhatsApp has failed to use a technique known as certificate pinning, which is designed to block attacks using forged certificates to bypass Web encryption.
Pinning allows an app to work only when communicating with a server using a specific certificate, and because this certificate is hardwired into the app, it will simply reject connections with any other attempts of a false certificate. Security consultancy firm Praetorian, has chimed in, with Paul Jauregui writing: "This is the kind of stuff the NSA would love. It basically allows them-or an attacker-to man-in-the-middle the connection and then downgrade the encryption so they can break it and sniff the traffic. These security issues put WhatsApp user information and communications at risk".
New app makes it easy to edit GoPro on Android phones and tablets
Mobile video editing company muvee recently announced its muvee Action Studio app for Google Android users looking to edit GoPro videos.
The app allows users to enjoy Fast Mode, Automatic Mode, and Pro Mode editing settings to quickly and easily edit videos from their mobile device. Fast Mode edits videos without decoding them, allowing users to trim and splice videos together; Automatic Mode has a unique setting that allows the app to cut videos to music tracks; and Pro Mode allows shots to be refocused, reframed, with a wider selection of editing tools available.
"I was snowboarding in Lake Tahoe with my GoPro and wanted to quickly put some highlight clips together to music and post on YouTube," said Terence Swee, muvee founder and CEO, in a press statement. "I did not want to bring a PC along with all the other equipment I was already lugging. I then realized that there must be a ton of GoPro users who are out mountain biking, diving, surfing or kayaking... in places where you don't want to bring a PC. But we always have our phones with us. I thought: 'I should be able to edit my GoPro videos on my phone immediately!' Now we can."
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WhatsApp experiences 4-hour outage, is back up and running now
The now Facebook-owned WhatsApp has just come back online after a four-hour outage, with the company taking to Twitter of all places to confirm that the outage was indeed happening.
The messaging company posted on Twitter that the service was back online, where it said: "WhatsApp service has been restored. We are so sorry for the downtime...". It is all back up and running now, with "server issues" being blamed on the four-hour downtime of the messaging service.
VLC Player finally gets Windows Store Approval
VideoLAN crew worked on Windows 8, RT and phone app version of VLC player with the help of Kickstarter fundraiser. After a year's time, the group's hardwork paid off as its player has finally received approval, and soon will be listed in Windows app Store.
The VLC player will be released for Windows 8, 8.1 and RT. After the release, the company will be starting to work on the windows mobile version of the app. The BETA version had several audio issues, along with other development issues for the Windows OS.
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Those Angry Birds are in Rio again, download the latest update now
While the Angry Bird craze has mostly come to an end, Rovio is still partnering with big name brands to use its game as a marketing platform. Today the company announced that Angry Birds Rio has been updated to version 2.0 for both Android and iOS to celebrate the upcoming premier of Rio 2, the sequel to Rio, a animated movie from Blue Sky Studios.
With the original Angry Birds Rio seeing millions of downloads, Rovio and Blue Sky Studios teamed up again to create some hype for the April 11th debut of the Rio 2 movie. Unfortunately with the game not as popular as before, I really do not see it gaining as much traction as it did the first time around. I spent many hours playing Angry Birds and Angry Birds Star Wars, but I never could get into Angry Birds Rio. I will most likely download it tonight and spend a few minutes trying it out before bed though.
Google working on an app that would make using public Wi-Fi a breeze
Don't you just hate it when you are out somewhere and you want to connect to a public Wi-Fi network, but you need the login details and all that? It can get annoying when you need your e-mail or Facebook fix.
Well, it looks like the folks over at Google might have a fix for that, in the form of a new app that would "automatically authenticate and connect to its free hotspots inside Starbucks stores or wherever they are available". Google has started this already, moving itself into Starbucks franchises across the United States, replacing AT&T as the official Wi-Fi partner.
Still, logging into a Google hotspot still requires authentication. This new app that Google is working on, would retain your Google account information, logging you in automatically as soon as your phone is near the hotspot. We might not see the app released, ever, but it would be nice of Google to maybe bake this into the next release of Android.
WhatsApp turned down a $10 billion offer from Google
The tech world is still shocked this morning at yesterday's news that Facebook is buying WhatsApp for $16 billion, and now new details have emerged that suggest that Facebook was not the only one looking to buy the worlds largest instant messaging service. A new report from Fortune says that WhatsApp turned down an offer of $10 billion from Google when the offer did not include a seat on Google's board of directors.
The report also says that Facebook's CEO, Mark Zukerberg, made the $16 billion offer to WhatsApp co-founder and CEO Jan Koum on the 9th of February and the pair finalized the deal just five days later. The deal was reportedly sealed on Valentines day, when Koum arrived at the Zuckerberg home and interrupted a dinner between Mark and his wife. After finalizing things over chocolate covered strawberries, Koum walked away with a seat on Facebook's board and a few billion dollars richer.
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Facebook just bought WhatsApp for $16 billion in cash and stock
WhatsApp is the largest messaging service in the world and today the biggest social network in the world took notice. Today Facebook filed a document with the SEC that confirms the massive acquisition which was valued at $16 billion in cash and stock. Facebook says that WhatsApp will remain independent from Facebook and its competing messenger app, and the acquisition is part of Facebook's ongoing plan to connect the world with each other.
Jan Koum, WhatsApp co-founder and CEO, said, "WhatsApp's extremely high user engagement and rapid growth are driven by the simple, powerful and instantaneous messaging capabilities we provide. We're excited and honored to partner with Mark and Facebook as we continue to bring our product to more people around the world."
"WhatsApp is on a path to connect 1 billion people. The services that reach that milestone are all incredibly valuable," said Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook founder and CEO. "I've known Jan for a long time and I'm excited to partner with him and his team to make the world more open and connected."
Apps with Flappy in title now being rejected by Apple and Google
In the wake of Flappy Bird being pulled from the mobile app scene, both Google and Apple have now began to deny entry to any app with the word Flappy in its title from being uploaded to their respective app marketplaces. Both companies made the decision to ban further apps from being uploaded if they had "Flappy" in the title due to the sheer number of clones popping up, many of which featured ad baiting, or even malware.
Unfortunately, many of the apps that made it into the mix before the ban was enacted will be allowed to stay, so it is up to users to report any apps that do not feature a legit game. Apple's has additional reason for banning the "Flappy" clones as well, saying that it has a strict policy against clone apps that "leverage" the success of a popular app. It's been a little more than a week since Flappy Bird creator, Dong Nguyen, pulled the app because it was proving to be too addictive to its users, and with more clones popping up every day, I feel that Apple and Google made the right move here.
Book industry continues to change, with publishers trying to adapt
Purchasing and downloading e-books can evolve from periodic book enjoyment to costly activity, though the changing industry has churned out new unlimited e-book services.
The Scribd e-book service with 100,000+ book titles is $8.99 per month that can be read - and some purchased - though don't expect to see any recent best sellers available. The Oyster e-book service is $9.95 per month and has a simple UI, though doesn't allow users to add or remove items from the reading list without Wi-Fi connection.
The current book industry has struggled in the traditional format, with Borders shuttering years ago, and Barnes & Noble fighting for survival. U.S. book store sales have dropped 22 percent over the past five years, and it seems like it will be difficult to stop the continued bleeding in the future. If consumers don't want an e-book version of a new title, simply buying online from a service such as Amazon provides cheaper prices and fast delivery times.
500px for iOS updated to allow photo upload from iPhone and iPad
Image sharing websites such as Flickr, Imgur, and Photobucket have all grown in popularity over the last year as camera's on mobile devices get better with every revision, but popular photo sharing service 500px has up until now, refused to allow mobile images to be uploaded to its servers. This ban on mobile images is mainly because the website takes pride in offering high-quality images, something many smartphones still lack.
That all changes today! This morning, 500px announced that it has updated its iOS app and now allows the uploading of images from iPhone and iPad devices. The company says that users should not worry about an influx of low-quality images, and instead should remember the way 500px thrives based on its community. The company says that the new upload feature only allows quick uploading of images taken from a stand-alone camera via an SD to iPhone and iPad adapter. This means that images taken with the iPhone and iPad can not be uploaded directly from the app, thus keeping low-quality images out of the system.
No word was given on when this feature may be released on Android, but with the recent influx of Dual USB Drives for PC and Mobile popping up, I am sure it wont take long before the Android version of the app gets updated. As an ex-professional photographer, and someone who still shoots professionally on the side, I feel this is a good choice for 500px. Opening the service up to allow images from mobile devices themselves would simply inundate the system with very few good photos, and would flood it mediocre to poor images.
Microsoft "seriously considering" Android apps on Windows Phone
The Verge is reporting from unnamed sources that Microsoft is "seriously considering" adding support for Android apps to its Windows and Windows Phone operating systems.
Tom Warren, reporting with The Verge, says that the move could see Microsoft position itself better in the market with Android apps, as a "Band-Aid" for its Windows Phone apps, or lack thereof. We've seen this before, with BlackBerry providing compatibility for Android apps on BlackBerry 10 devices.
The one stopping block for Android apps on Windows would be the lack of Google Play Services, so we won't see the same APIs as an "official" Google Android device. We are seeing more and more love for Windows + Android love, but would this be enough?
Flappy Bird was killed because it was too addictive says developer
This morning we are getting some insight into why one of the most popular apps in recent months was abruptly pulled from the market despite it earning its creator more than $50,000 per day. In an interview with Forbes, Flappy Bird creator Dong Ngueyen, said that he made the decision to pull the game from the Apple App Store and Google Play because it has became addictive for so many players.
"Flappy Bird was designed to play in a few minutes when you are relaxed," said Nguyen. "But it happened to become an addictive product. I think it has become a problem. To solve that problem, it's best to take down Flappy Bird. It's gone forever." He went on to say that he could not sleep due to the pressure and the stress that the games success was causing him, and that even though it is gone, the game has given him new found confidence. Unfortunately the decision to pull the game has given profiteers new confidence as well with several knock offs popping up as well as iPhone 5S models with Flappy Bird installed popping up on eBay for tens of thousands of dollars.
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iPhone 5's loaded with Flappy Bird auctioning for $100k on eBay
While Flappy Bird may be gone from the App Store, its still available on thousands of iPhones around the world. With Flappy Birds quick rise in popularity combined with its abrupt end, there is no doubt that there are those who are willing to pay handsomely for a copy of the game they never got to download.
After the game was pulled from both marketplaces yesterday, iPhone's began popping up on eBay with the game installed. Surprisingly many of these phones quickly sold for anywhere between $400 to upwards of $2000, but the biggest surprise came when one phone quickly climbed to $10,000 and continued to rise from there. At the time of this writing, the price is sitting at $99,000 with 74 bids in total and over six days left on its auction clock.
I have bid on some crazy stupid stuff on eBay before, but spending $100,000 on an iPhone to be able to play a simple game that amounts to noting more than a rip-off of a rip-off takes the cake. In my town, $100k will buy you a fairly new 1500 square foot home, with enough left over for an economy-class car. On a side note, if anyone is looking for a slightly used HTC One with Flappy Bird installed, I know where one might be for sale for a cool $98,000.
Flappy Bird flaps away from the Google Play Store, iTunes App Store
We told you it was happening, but now it has happened: Flappy Bird is no longer available through Google and Apple's respective online stores, just days after the game's developer said he'd pull the game.
If you have Flappy Bird installed on your device, you can still play it, but you won't be able to enjoy updates to the game, or download it onto another device unfortunately. Hopefully this hasn't made you too mad, but the hoopla surrounding this little game sure has set the Internet on fire.
Apple says no to Bitcoins, causes people to smash iPhones
Apple has laid down its final judgement on Bitcoins, and things are not looking good for iOS users who dabble in the crypto-currency. Today Apple removed the final Bitcoin wallet app from the App Store. The app was named Blockchain which was not the largest to get removed,but Apple axed it without warning.
This caused a major uproar with iOS users who was using Blockchain as their Bitcoin wallet. The uproar has been so great that one Reddit user, u/round-peg, posted an offer to give a new Nexus 5 to the first five people who smashed their iPhones in rage over the Blockchain app being removed from the app store. As you would expect, smashed iPhone images soon began showing up. Blockchain says that Apple banned Bitcoin wallet apps because they felt that the crypto-currency threatened their own payment system, causing Apple to do what it does best, restrict its users. "The only thing that has changed is that bitcoin has become competitive to Apple's own payment system," said Blockchain.
Final Fantasy VI arrives on iOS a month after coming to Android
Last month we saw Square Enix launch Final Fantasy VI onto the Android platform, and were promised that the game would arrive on iOS soon. Today that day has come. Final Fantasy VI was released to the Apple App Store for download on iPhone and iPad. The game is sure to be met with great fanfare as the Final Fantasy series has a following unlike no other dating all the way back to the original NES system.
Final Fantasy VI on iOS and Android is part of a recent string of re-releases from the series onto mobile platforms. While some have not done well as others, FFVI should do quite well as it is considered one of the better games of the series. Unfortunately, at $15.99 the game does cost more than many are willing to spend on a game where many of its competitors are either free or cost less than a dollar. If you would like to check the game out, head over to the App Store and Google Play links below.
Google Glass app can ID strangers, scan databases to identify them
An app for Google's wearable Glass device, NameTag, is capable of taking pictures of strangers' faces, scanning online databases, and coming back with a match.
Information on that person is then displayed in front of you on your Glass unit, in a very discrete manner. With Glass, you could scan someones face without them knowing, but it isn't just for creeps. It is useful for meetings and social gatherings, where you might not know someone - Glass can take care of it for you, snapping a photo and searching online databases (Facebook and the like). It will then display the information on that person, such as their name, position, company they work for, and so on.
Privacy concerns are there, but there are also cameras on virtually every corner, too.
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SwiftKey sneakily slides onto iOS, in the form of SwiftKey Note
SwiftKey is my default keyboard choice on Android, but with Apple not accepting third-party keyboards on iOS, it makes it hard to enjoy SwiftKey's incredible work on Apple's mobile OS, until now.
SwiftKey has been sneaky, releasing SwiftKey Note onto iOS, a note-taking app that is available for free from the App Store. SwiftKey Note is integrated with Evernote, with SwiftKey's predictive keyboard magic sprinkled on top. The application will predict words as you type them, as well as providing three alternative words in a bar above the keyboard.
The app will continuously learn your typing habits, so that it can make you type your notes much faster. One of the bigger features missing from SwiftKey Note is Flow, but this might all change in the near future - we hope.
Facebook's Graph Search is coming to mobile earlier than expected
Facebook is making lots of news today following its fourth quarter financial statement that was released yesterday. During his call to investors, Mark Zuckerberg, said that the social network will be taking its popular Graph Search feature to the mobile realm "pretty soon."
Graph search is one of my favorite features added to Facebook in 2013, and in fact, I use it several times a day to locate information on friends, industry leaders, and even trends in the technology world. Graph Search has been open to the public for just over a year now, and its move to mobile has been slow, and rightfully slow. Zuckerberg said that indexing more than a trillion connections and status updates is quite complex and takes time to get right.
"Pretty soon, I think, you should expect us to roll out the mobile version of this,"(speaking about Graph Search on mobile) said Zuckerberg. "I think that that's going to be an important step, because most of the usage of Facebook overall is on mobile, so we expect that that's where engagement will really start to come from on Graph Search over time."