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Chemistry Archive: Questions from August 19, 2011
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tdurow3 askedThe experiment involves growing zinc oxide nano-structures by a chemical solution method. The soluti... Show more
The experiment involves growing zinc oxide nano-structures by a chemical solution method. The solution is 800mL of water with 10miliMoles each of zinc nitrate hexahydrate and hexamethylenetetramine (HMTA) powders dissolved at 90 degrees Celsius. The measured pH is approximately 7. If one were to add 0.7 M ammonium hydroxide to the solution to reach a target pH of somewhere between 10 and 12, how much it would be added if a certain amount moles (maybe 5 miliMoles) of of the ammonium hydroxide is needed. My hope is that by adding the ammonium hydroxide, the zinc powder will further react with the hydroxide giving more of the desired ZnO nano-structures.• Show less
I have tried calculating the volume of the required ammonium hydroxide using an ICE table but I am unsure if one would treat this a titration problem or just use a simple acid base reaction where the hydroxide is dissolved in water. NH4OH <------> NH3 + 2H2O with Kb for ammonium hydroxide being 1.8 E - 5.
So far, I have come up with a final solution pH of 9.1 and a volume of 14.2mL of ammonium hydroxide to be added. This seems highly improbable to effect a change in a neutral 800mL solution of water.
In addition, I have calculated the molarity of ammonium hydroxide using weight percentage, density, and molecular weight, so I am unsure if the molarity is correct. The details of the weak base are
Ammonium Hydroxide, for analysis, 28-30 wt% solution of NH3 in water
Molecular weight : 35.05
Density: 0.910
bp = 38
I would greatly appreciate you help.0 answers
Anonymous askedConsider the following rea... Show more
Zumdahl Chemistry Seventh Edition, Chapter 17: Thermodynamics
Question 74:
Consider the following reaction:
H2O (g) + Cl2O (g) (yields) 2HOCl (g) K(298) = .090
For Cl2O (g),
(delta)Gf = 97.9 kJ/mol
(delta)Hf = 80.3 kJ/mol
S = 266.1 J/K x mol
a. Calculate (delta)G for the reaction using the equation (delta)G = -RT ln(K)
b. Use bond energy values (Table 8.4) to estimate (delta)H for the reaction.
c. Use the results from parts a and b to estimate (delta)S for the reaction.
d. Estimate (delta)Hf and S for HOCl (g)
e. Estimate the value of K at 500. K
f. Calculate (delta)G at 25 C when P(H2O) = 18 torr, P(Cl2O) = 2.0 torr, and P(HOCl) = .10 torr
I have already checked, and this problem has not been answered in the textbook section. I need help with all of these parts.• Show less0 answers
Anonymous askedQuestion 84: Liquid water at 25 C is introdu... Show moreZumdahl Chemistry 7th Edition
Chapter 17: Thermodynamics
Question 84: Liquid water at 25 C is introduced into an evacuated, insulated vessel. Identify the signs of the following thermodynamic functions for the process that occurs:
(delta)H, (delta)S, (delta)T(water), (delta)S(surr), (delta)S(univ). • Show less0 answers
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Anonymous askedHas a standard cell p... Show more
An electrochemical cell that uses the reaction
Ti^3+ + 2Cr^2+ -> Ti^1+ + 2Cr^3+
Has a standard cell potential of
E¢ªcell = +1.19V
Determine the E¢ªred(reduction)• Show less1 answer
Anonymous askedA beaker containing 20mL of a 0.200 M solution of methylamine (CH3NH2) is titrated with hydrochloric... Show moreA beaker containing 20mL of a 0.200 M solution of methylamine (CH3NH2) is titrated with hydrochloric acid (HCl, 0.200 M). Find the pH when the following quantities of HCl solution have been added.
a) 0 ml
b) 15ml
c) 20ml
For part a I got x=0.00213, part b x=3.03*10^-11 and part c x=2.27*10^-11
These don't seem to be correct, any help working through this? Thanks! • Show less1 answer
Anonymous askedb)... Show moreFor the reaction 4HCl (g) + O2 (g) ----> 2Cl2 (g) + 2H2) (g) at 298 K
a) find delta S of the system
b) Find delta S of the surroundings
c) Find delta S of the universe
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Anonymous askedCu +2 (aq) + 2e^-1 and the cathode reac... Show moreA voltaic cell is built using the anode reaction Cu (s) ---> Cu +2 (aq) + 2e^-1 and the cathode reaction Fe+3 (aq) + 1e^-1 ---> Fe+2 (aq).
If [Cu+2] = 0.50M, [Fe+2] = 0.10 M and [Fe+3] = 0.20 M, what will the Ecell be? • Show less1 answer
Anonymous askedPapaverine hydrochloride (C20H21NO4HCl) is a weak acid. It is used in medicine as a muscle relaxant.... Show morePapaverine hydrochloride (C20H21NO4HCl) is a weak acid. It is used in medicine as a muscle relaxant. A 0.205 M solution of papaverine hydrochloride has a pH = 3.31.
Find the Ka of papaverine hydrochloride.
I'm getting Ka = 4.98 * 10^-4 but not sure it's right. Help? • Show less1 answer
Anonymous askedAn excess of silver bromide (AgBr) is stirre... Show moreFind the concentration of silver in aqueous solution if:
An excess of silver bromide (AgBr) is stirred into a beaker of water, and enough thiosulfate ion (s2O3 -2) is added to make the solution 1M in thiosulfate.
I'm getting x=5.35X10^-13 but seems to be off. • Show less1 answer
Anonymous askedFind delta G if the concentrations of chemical species are... Show moreConsider the dissociation of HBrO in water
Find delta G if the concentrations of chemical species are fixed at
[HBrO] = 0.20 M • Show less1 answer
Anonymous askedTI+1 (aq) + 2Cr +3 (aq) has Ecell... Show more
A voltaic cell that uses the reaction TI +3 (aq) + Cr+2 (aq) ---> TI+1 (aq) + 2Cr +3 (aq) has Ecell = +1.19V under standard conditions.
Find E for the reduction of TI +3 (aq) to TI+1 (aq)• Show less1 answer
Anonymous asked2NO2 (g), Kc = 0.21 at 100 degrees C. At a point during the reacti... Show more
For the reaction N2O4 (g) <-----> 2NO2 (g), Kc = 0.21 at 100 degrees C. At a point during the reaction, [N2)4] = 0.12M and [NO2]=0.55M. Is the reaction progressing toward the products, reactants, or at equilibrium. Justify your answer with a relevant calculation.• Show less2 answers
Anonymous askedAn excess of solid nickel hydroxide (Ni(OH)2) is added to a flask of water. Find [Ni+2] at equilibri... Show more
An excess of solid nickel hydroxide (Ni(OH)2) is added to a flask of water. Find [Ni+2] at equilibrium and find pH at equilibrium.• Show less1 answer
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Anonymous askedCalcium (Ca+2) and Magnesium (Mg+2) ions are both present in seawater [Ca+2] = 0.011M and Mg+2 = 0.0... Show moreCalcium (Ca+2) and Magnesium (Mg+2) ions are both present in seawater [Ca+2] = 0.011M and Mg+2 = 0.059 M.
When aqueous sodium hydroxide (NaOH) is gradually added to the seawater, calcium hydroxide (Ca(OH)2) and magnesium hydroxide (Mg(OH)2) precipitate from the solution at different pH values.
a) what is the first compound that precipitates as the pH goes up?
b) when the second compound begins to precipitate, what is the concentration of the first compound?
Please help! I'm getting stuck. • Show less1 answer
Anonymous askedGiven a stock solution of glucose (2 M), dihydrogen sodium phosphate (0.1 M) and arginine (50 mM), h... More »1 answer
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Anonymous askedThe reaction of t-butyl bromide (CH3)3CBr with water to make t-butyl alcohol (CH3)3COH proceeds acco... Show moreThe reaction of t-butyl bromide (CH3)3CBr with water to make t-butyl alcohol (CH3)3COH proceeds according to the following steps:
(CH3)3CBr ----> (CH3)3C+1 + Br^-1 (slow)
(CH3)3C+1 + H2O ----> (CH3)3COH2+1 (fast)
(CH3)3COH2+1 ----> H+1 + (CH3)3COH (fast)
a) write the rate law for the reaction
b) are intermediates present? if so, identify them.
c) are catalysts present? if so, identify them
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Anonymous askedMolecular weights can be determined by freezing point depression measurements. A 6.0 g sample of a c... Show moreMolecular weights can be determined by freezing point depression measurements. A 6.0 g sample of a compound whose empirical formula is (CH2)x is dissolved in 200 g of benzene. The freezing point of the solution is 1.83 C below that of pure benzene. The molal freezing point constant for benzene is 5.12 C/m. determine
a. The molecular weight of the compound.
b. The correct molecular formula of the compound.
c. Suggest a possible structure using your answer from b above. (hint: use the freezing point depression formula from any general chemistry textbook.)
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Anonymous askedRank the following compounds in order of decreasing boiling point:
sodium bromide ( ), carbon dioxid... Show moreRank the following compounds in order of decreasing boiling point:
sodium bromide ( ), carbon dioxide ( ), fluoromethane ( ) • Show less1 answer


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Physicians Formula • Matte Collection Quad Eye Shadow in Canyon Classic • Eye Shadow
(126 reviews)
|Average Rating.
|Would buy this product again.
*TOP REVIEWER* hayleyelwick on 8/13/2014 11:13:00 AM more reviews by hayleyelwick
Age: 18 & Under Skin: Acne-prone, Fair, Warm Hair: Blond, Straight, Medium Eyes: Green
((these dupe discoveries are NOT mine, they are from this girls video---->
, I just wanted to pass them along to you! Please watch her video!!!))
Upper left = MAC Omega
Upper right = MAC Vanilla
I own a TON of PF eyeshadows, and these are some of my favorites! They are SOO good!! I never knew they contained dupes to MAC shadows, as I only own about 3 of MAC's, haha, but as soon as I found out, I was really excited. Knowing you have dupes of higher end shadows opens up many doors for looks, because so many tutorials contain high end makeup.
As far as the quality of these go, I am in love. They are so buttery and soft, and they blend like a dream. These are all matte, and I don't own any matte from MAC so I can't compare the consistency, but to Makeupgeek shadows, they are on par! Anything that is on par with MUG is good for me!
Like I said, the dupe discovery is not mine, so please watch the video I linked if you are interested in the details!! :)
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laurasmom on 7/29/2014 10:45:00 AM more reviews by laurasmom
Age: 44-55 Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Neutral Hair: Red, Straight, Fine Eyes: Hazel
I purchased this recently off Ebay because I watched a review on YouTube. I've been using more matte neutrals lately so I was excited to try this quad. I must say that the lightest shade is just amazing. It is probably the most pigmented matte highlight shade that I have and that is saying a lot. These shadows are not at all powdery and they apply like a dream. I am going to see about getting the other quads in this collection but they are very hard to find, especially the nude one. I highly recommend this quad.
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*TOP REVIEWER* jenglund on 5/12/2014 10:03:00 PM more reviews by jenglund
Age: 30-35 Skin: Acne-prone, Fair, Cool Hair: Blond, Wavy, Medium Eyes: Green
Surprisingly good. Velvety smooth. Goes on like butter. Colors are great for a daytime "I'm not wearing any makeup, I swear" work look. Lasts all day and then some. No smudging. Doesn't smear everywhere. Bendable. Doesn't crease up when I get oily throughout the day like most drugstore shadows do...and I pack quite a bit on.
Sorry I waited so long to try! Only thing is, I have trouble distinguishing the two brown shades in the pan...they look identical, but on the skin one is slightly lighter.
Overall, excellent and classic. Great for enhancing natural shape of the eye without screaming for attention. Will repurchase...if it ever runs out!
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*TOP REVIEWER* Rsanzio on 11/23/2013 7:00:00 PM more reviews by Rsanzio
Age: 44-55 Skin: Normal, Fair-Medium, Cool Hair: Blond, Straight, Fine Eyes: Blue
I've been using this for years and don't think there is any other drugstore shadow that can compare to it.
Strong pigment, smooth texture, great colors. I have the same quad shadow in other colors but this is by far my favorite. The dark brown is fine enough textured and dark enough to double as eyeliner and eyebrow powder.
If you are having trouble with it staying, try an eyeshadow base that won't crease like foundation will. I use Benefit Stay.
Having sat in many professional makeup chairs, most makeup artists will tell you that nobody over the age of 22 should use a sparkled shadow, especially in the era of HD. It highlights the texture of your skin and makes everyone look much older.
I recently saw the uber gorgeous Olivia Wilde in a Revlon ad with glimmer shadow and even on her you could see texture. I can't imagine why anyone involved with that shoot thought it was flattering. Stylist FAIL.
PF quad is the perfect matte. I recently ordered the new Urban Decay matte nakeds just to try it but it will have to be awfully good to beat out the tried and true PF.
The only reason it doesn't get a 5 is because you have to leave room for Chanel. But for the price point it is an excellent product.
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shortii53 on 11/18/2013 9:17:00 AM more reviews by shortii53
Age: 30-35 Skin: Dry, Fair, Neutral Hair: Brown, Straight, Fine Eyes: Blue
I wasn't sure how I'd feel about this quad but I wanted to try it anyway. Glad I did. I'm not too old to have wrinkly eyelids yet but I find some shadows make it appear that i do. So I decided it was time for me to try matte shadow though I usually am attracted to shimmer. I love this pallete. The colors are basic neutrals that I use all the time and they are pigmented enough. They are matte and apply smoothly. I use a sponge tip appplicator as I read on hear sometimes the shades apply sheer with a brush. Very flattering and subtle. Great for work or with a dramatic lip. Definitely reccommend. The grey is nice and the browns are flattering though they are both very similar, I do wish one was a deeper brown shade.
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*TOP REVIEWER* RustGospel on 11/4/2013 6:40:00 PM more reviews by RustGospel
Age: 19-24 Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Cool Hair: Black, Curly, Fine Eyes: Brown
Though I've only had this quad a few days, I'm reviewing it now because ultimately I plan on returning it as soon as I can.
After reading that, I suppose it might be a bit redundant to imply or even out right state that I am disappointed but...folks, I'm really disappointed in Canyon Classics. This quad had been on my list for a few months now but I had been hesitant about purchasing it due to my own reservations about PF products in general (see my review for their Eye Booster Pen if you're curious) and because I figured that it'd be wiser to simply save up to purchase the Sonia Kashuk Eye On Neutral palette which is filled with an array of both cool and warm-toned matte neutral colors.
What attracted me to this quad is that it is, first off, easy to locate. PF products are in most major retailers so basically if you throw a rock, you'll hit a drugstore that carries them. It beats driving around endlessly hunting something...especially if you're like me and you don't know how to drive at all! Secondly, the price wasn't too bad. Thirdly, and definitely most importantly, I lusted after Canyon Classics because I wear nothing but mattes and I was looking for a good, relatively subtle but still noticeable cool-toned brown to accentuate my crease. Warm browns tend to look quite red and unnatural on my skin tone, particularly around the eyes. I thought that I'd hit the jackpot because Canyon Classics has two of my aforementioned dreamy browns. No bueno.
Basically, my main gripe with this quad is that it isn't pigmented really at all. The light cream shade is alright. It's a nice highlight since it isn't stark white but is relatively unremarkable other than that.The grey shade is admittedly quite pleasant for use in my eyebrows but not amazing enough to salvage my opinion on the quad. It is surely the most pigmented of the four shadows in the set though. The browns...oh boy...well, I HATE THEM. They are nearly completely void of any pigmentation AT ALL. I took this especially hard because I bought this quad specifically for them. When layered over a flesh tone matte shade both of the browns must be built up to even slightly make themselves known. Building them up results in an over all sort of muddy appearance, like you had on a great brown shadow that broke down on your eyelids hours ago and is waiting to be washed off at the end of the day. Ugh!
What's sad is, I like the texture of these quite a bit. Really, I do. They are definitely creamy in texture (although a little dusty too because they're soft) and easy to pick up on a brush but all of this is rather irrelevant when the colors themselves are not very pigmented.
People seem to really love this quad but sadly I am not one of them. Reading others' reviews makes me wonder if the quad they're reviewing and the one that I bought are even the same product because my experience has been totally contrary to majority of the glowing reviews posted here. Try it for yourself- but keep the receipt just in case.
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*TOP REVIEWER* kahou79 on 10/28/2013 11:10:00 PM more reviews by kahou79
Age: 30-35 Skin: Dry, Fair, Warm Hair: Brown Eyes: Brown
I have all three of the PF matte quads and this is my favorite of the three. It's a little more dramatic on me than the other three but still looks natural and fresh. It is more cool-toned with the crease shade being dark grey but I can see it working on almost everyone. So pretty and I highly recommend!!!
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jspnx on 9/24/2013 6:39:00 PM more reviews by jspnx
Age: 36-43 Skin: Dry, Fair-Medium, Warm Hair: Brunette, Wavy, Fine Eyes: Hazel
I don't get the love that this quad gets. I had it for years and didn't replace it. The two brown shades were indistinguishable from each other and looked okay on my skin, but were nothing special. The grayish shade looked like dirt on my face. And the highlight shade didn't show up on my skin. I'm glad it works for so many people, just wanted to add a differing viewpoint.
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NotYourKindofPeople on 7/7/2013 8:43:00 PM more reviews by NotYourKindofPeople
Age: 30-35 Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Warm Hair: Blond Eyes: Green
I bought this quad after hearing several YouTubers raving about it. This is probably my most exciting find so far this year.
The formula: These are 100% matte shades. They are smooth, and easy to blend. They kick up a little powder when you stick your brush in, but in my experience all matte eye shadows do this. These shades are not chalky in the least. They are nicely pigmented, and build to opaque color. Over primer (NARS) this quad wears all day like iron.
The colors: These are lovely cool/neutral shades. They can create a nice natural day look, and a smokey night look. The two "brow" shades look similar in the pan, but they are noticeably different on the eye. These are cooler shades, but I think they complement my warm skin tone well. They seem to brighten my face, even my SO commented on my makeup when wearing this.
The price: With a MSRP of $6.50 these are a STEAL! Physician's Formula goes on sale quite frequently for 40% off at Walgreens, CVS, and Ulta. Add some Extra Bucks, coupons, or points, and you can get this for a few bucks (I paid $2.77)
The bottom line: These shadows are amazing. They may be the best mattes I have used. They perform as well if not better than my Urban Decay Naked Basics. I plan to purchase the other two matte quads when I find them.
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*TOP REVIEWER* Hothead on 5/19/2013 9:26:00 PM more reviews by Hothead
Age: 44-55 Skin: Normal, Fair, Warm Hair: Brown, Straight, Medium Eyes: Hazel
Seriously matte and natural/nude shades. Go with every day and everywhere look.
Have used these for years and will continue to repurchase. The plastic casing is not luxe, but for the price, who really cares. The texture and pigmentation of the colors is almost perfect -- right up there with HE eyeshadows.
don't hesistate.. try these and you will have a great solution to every day eye colors.
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Zach Bryon ends his journey with a routine checkup after a liver transplant.
Seventeen year-old Zachary Bryon and his family ended their three week cross-country tour Monday, July 7, 2008, with a stop at Hopkins Children's and a visit with Director of the Pediatric Liver Center Kathy Schwarz, M.D. Local news crews were on hand to document the family's last leg of a journey chronicled by national media.
The clinic appointment was an anniversary of sorts. Born with a genetic liver disease, diagnosed by Schwarz, Zach spent most of the first years of his life at Hopkins Children's, undergoing a successful liver transplant there in June of 1991. Since his high school graduation this spring, Zach and his North Carolina family have traveled the country to promote organ donation and transplantation awareness. They kept a blog along the way.
In 1991, Zach received a portion of liver from a child killed in a car accident. Meeting his donor's family in the Midwest during the trip stood out for the teenager, who for nine years now has been free of medicine related to the transplant and leads a full and healthy life. "I realized the magnitude of what had happened to me and to them," says Zach, now contemplating a career in microbiology. "I'm so grateful. I would not have survived otherwise."
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Reopening after a gap of six years, the revamped gallery of the Tanjore and Mysore schools of paintings at National Museum has many high points
There is still a long way to go but all that debate about reinventing our museums as spaces of deeper engagement seems to have induced some change. At National Museum, a slick new website that is far more interactive than the earlier version, a newly launched volunteer guide programme called 'Path Pradarshak', and the renovated gallery of Tanjore and Mysore schools of paintings are perhaps part of the transformation that our museums are in urgent need of. It is after a gap of six long years that the treasure trove of Tanjore and Mysore schools of paintings has been re-revealed to visitors.
The gallery was closed for renovation, and paintings were undergoing restoration work, informs Vijay Kumar Mathur, Curator, Lecturing and Education, National Museum. "But now the gallery is back with 88 paintings, new additions to the collection, improved captions, lighting and display and text panels. There is no fixed timeline needed to overhaul a gallery. We just felt that the display had become dated and needed a new lease of life. The old system of lighting was damaging the work but with LED lighting the experience of viewing will be enhanced," says Mathur, who has spearheaded the renovation programme of the gallery and is now working towards the overhauling of the decorative arts section. "The total number of miniature paintings at National Museum is 17,000, making it one of the largest collections of miniature paintings. Tanjore and Mysore paintings specifically constitute 150 paintings, out of which 88 paintings are exhibited in the revamped space which prior to closure exhibited 50 paintings."
Painted in bottle green, the section boasts design elements that are congruous to the Tanjore and Mysore styles of painting. The restored life-size painting depicting the scene of the coronation ceremony of Rama at Ayodhya is a new addition to the lot and is placed in a groove in the wall. The elaborate caption describing the painting reads "The coronation of Rama at Ayodhya: Maratha Period, Tanjore style, cloth painted on wood". Further detailing the scene it explains, "Rama with Sita seated on throne after his coronation ceremony accompanied by Lakshman, Bharata, Shatrughana, Hanuman and sages. He ruled for justice, truthfulness." Mathur says that they realised short captions barely mentioning the title of the work weren't enough, particularly for foreign visitors, and hence they went in for more detailed notes. An exhaustive booklet, and an elaborate text panel right at the entrance also work in the same direction.
Wooden walls erected within the section demarcate Vaishnavism from Shaivism. The enclosure created by the wooden walls comprises a series of Navneeta Krishna paintings. "Girija and Sita Kalyanam" is another beautiful addition to the space. Newly restored work rendered in the Mysore style is divided into two scenes — showing the marriage ceremony of Shiva and Parvati, and Sita and Rama. The artist had created this unique work (paper on cloth) at the end of the 18 Century.
Amongst the clutch of miniature art traditions, the Tanjore School has its own special place. Richly bejewelled, the surface bears religious iconography mainly drawn from Vaishnavism and Shaivism. The colour palette is bright, features are delicate, and they are mostly portraits. Missing earlier, now through a series of six paintings the process of executing a Tanjore style of painting is also revealed. Taking the sample of a parrot seated on a hand, it shows different stages of its making — from making a sketch with pencil to fixing the semi-precious stones and glass stones using the glue called 'chin-hallu' on to the surface to the execution of relief work.
Two new lithographs — the tomb of Haider Ali, Sultan of Mysore (company style, mid-19 Century), and the Brihadeeshwara temple, a centre of music, architecture and arts in Tanjore — portraits of Maratha ruler Serfoji II, who ruled Tanjore for 55 years, and a series of Baramasa poetry depicting different months are other highlights of the gallery.
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G-Unit leader 50 Cent is following through on his 37th birthday by releasing the long-awaited Five (Murder By Numbers) album without a price tag today (July 6).
Fif officially dropped his latest music project online Friday through ThisIs50.
Following months of talk surrounding 50 Cent's new album, it's finally here: 5 (Murder By Numbers). The project was initially thought to be the hip-hop star's fifth studio album. But a day before it's scheduled release on July 3rd, he decided to release it for free three days later (July 6), on his 37th birthday. Fif also announced that his official LP would come in November, and will be titled Street King Immortal. 5 is a 10-track, self-released digital album, boasting production from Focus, Hit-Boy, Trax, and Havoc. (Baller Status)
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"Try to avoid negative people today.my birthday is the day after tomorrow. I'm celebrating already :o)," he tweeted July 4th.
"I'm listening to album 5 this joint banging. I'm giving it away as a birthday present to my self cool right?" (50 Cent's Twitter)
In addition to celebrating the album's release, today also marks Fif's 37th birthday.
We all know how it goes: "Go, shawty. It's your birthday. We gonna party like it's your birthday…" Well, today actually is the one and only 50 Cent's big day. The multitalented rapper, actor, entrepreneur and record producer turns 37, and we can only guess he'll be doing some Bacardi sippin' (and much, much more). (E! Online)
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Intel has revealed an update to its CPU roadmap and some things have changed in 2015 and beyond. Let's start with the Broadwell 14nm architecture. The first processors based on this technology are starting to show up in razor thin laptops and ultra-fast tablets. Intel should add ultra-expensive, as the first SKUs cost an arm and leg.
However, the Core M is excellent performer considering its 4.5W TDP envelope and this is the first time that Intel has made such as energy efficient Core processor. There will be some machines based on Core M vPro for business users and they should be available right now, depending on the market.
It almost feels like Intel launched Broadwell 14nm products just to please investors, as we don't see too many people spending $999 or more on an ultra-thin notebook. It is reminiscent of the Ultrabook push, at least for now. Intel claims that there are 70 hybrids and two-in-one designs on the market right now. We will have to look into this number as it looks quite optimistic to us. We have to trust what Intel's SVP Kirk Skaugen, the leader of the chipmaker's PC group, is telling investors.
Intel has mentioned the 5th generation Core architecture and future notebooks and 2-in-1 PCs slated to launch next spring. This is a rather wide definition as spring starts in late March and ends in late June, so an educated guess would be mid- to late-Q2 2015, with rollouts at Computex 2015. Intel continues the tradition of launching Core i3, Core i5 and Core i7 processors for customers and two processors for business users, namely Core i5 vPro and Core i7 vPro products. We suspect that Intel will call them Core I 5000 generation.
It looks like Braswell, the next generation Atom core, has been delayed. Intel now tells its investors that there will be a Braswell-based core coming branded as Pentium and Celeron in the second half of 2015. On some roadmaps leaked earlier this year Braswell was originally supposed to come in Q4 2014, then it got pushed to Q1 2015 and now probably even further. This means Bay Trail will have to last much longer than intended.
The new Skylake 14nm is going to end up as the sixth generation Core, so we would not be surprised to see them branded as the Core i7 6000 series. We are not sure how will Intel plans to have two generations coexisting in the same market at the same time, but the good news for desktop lovers is that Skylake will come to desktops and bring DDR4 to mainstream users.
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Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced two much-needed boosts to its fledgling Zocalo productivity platform, making the service mobile and allowing for file capacities of up to 5TB.
The service, which is designed to do what Drive does for Google and what Office 365 does for software rental, has gained mobile apps for the first time as Zocalo appears on the Google Play store and Apple App Store.
Amazon also mentions availability on the Kindle store, but we're not sure about that bit. We assume it means the Amazon App Store for Fire tablet users.
The AWS blog says that the apps allow the user to "work offline, make comments, and securely share documents while you are in the air or on the go."
A second announcement brings Zocalo into line with the AWS S3 storage on which it is built. Users will receive an update to their Zocalo sync client which will enable file capacities up to 5TB, the same maximum allowed by the Amazon S3 cloud.
To facilitate this, multi-part uploads will allow users to carry on an upload from where it was after a break, deliberate or accidental.
Zocalo was launched in July as the fight for enterprise storage productivity hots up. The service can be trialled for 30 days free of charge, offering 200GB each for up to 50 users.
Rival services from companies including the aforementioned Microsoft and Google, as well as Dropbox and Box, coupled with aggressive price cuts across the sector, have led to burgeoning wars for the hearts and minds of IT managers as Microsoft's Office monopoly begins to wane.
Is World Of Warcraft On The Rise?
Blizzard is happy and why shouldn't they be as World of Warcraft subscriptions are up. The reason for the increase can be traced to the release of the latest expansion pack which was recently released. The latest WOW expansion pack is called Warlords of Draeno and its release has driven subscriptions to 10 million.
Selling over 3.3 million copies of the Warlords of Draenor on the first day alone, growth has been seen in all major territories since release. The numbers do include those players that are using the 1 month free subscription that comes with the expansion pack. WoW subscriptions had climbed to 7.4 million last quarter after being down.
Of course the release of Warlords of Draenor has not been without its problems. Still Blizzard says that they are working around the clock to address them. Owners have been offered free play time as compensation.
Microsoft Announces Office 365 Video, Streaming Service For The Enterprise
November 21, 2014 by mphillips
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Microsoft unveiled Office 365 Video, a YouTube-like streaming service where enterprises and large organizations can post in-house video content for communication and training.
"Office 365 Video provides organizations with a secure, company-wide destination for posting, sharing and discovering video content," said Mark Kashman, a senior product manager with the Office 365 team, in a blog posting.
Kashman touted Video as a tool for internal communications, citing the examples of new-employee orientation, management messaging and worker training. Employees will also be able to contribute to a "Community" section, though most companies will probably frown on cat antic clips.
The service rolls out over the next few days to companies that have registered for Office 365′s First Release early distribution program, then through early 2015 to others.
Video will be available only to subscribers of Office 365′s plans for enterprises — E1 through E4 — and universities (A2 through A4). It will not be offered to consumer subscribers or firms with small business-oriented plans like Business Essentials, Business and Business Premium.
Kashman also said Office 365 plans for government agencies will get Video at some point, but he did not proffer a timeline.
The other requirement is SharePoint Online, an off-premises component of the enterprise and academic plans, but missing from the increasingly popular Office 365 ProPlus, the rent-not-buy plan used by organizations that have decided to retain their back-end services, like SharePoint and Exchange, on premises.
Although Office 365 Video has elements of consumer streaming services like Google's YouTube, it's strictly an in-house affair: It will be available only to employees, and then only those whom IT administrators have assigned access rights.
Amazon Goes With Intel Zeon Inside
Amazon has become the latest vendor to commission a customized Xeon chip from Intel to meet its exact compute requirements, in this case powering new high-performance C4 virtual machine instances on the AWS cloud computing platform.
Amazon announced at the firm's AWS re:Invent conference in Las Vegas that the latest generation of compute-optimized Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) virtual machine instances offer up to 36 virtual CPUs and 60GB of memory.
"These instances are designed to deliver the highest level of processor performance on EC2. If you've got the workload, we've got the instance," said AWS chief evangelist Jeff Barr, detailing the new instances on the AWS blog.
The instances are powered by a custom version of Intel's latest Xeon E5 v3 processor family, identified by Amazon as the Xeon E5-2666 v3. This runs at a base speed of 2.9GHz, and can achieve clock speeds as high as 3.5GHz with Turbo boost.
Amazon is not the first company to commission a customized processor from Intel. Earlier this year, Oracle unveiled new Sun Server X4-4 and Sun Server X4-8 systems with a custom Xeon E7 v2 processor.
The processor is capable of dynamically switching core count, clock frequency and power consumption without the need for a system level reboot, in order to deliver an elastic compute capability that adapts to the demands of the workload.
However, these are just the vendors that have gone public; Intel claims it is delivering over 35 customized versions of the Intel Xeon E5 v3 processor family to various customers.
This is an area the chipmaker seems to be keen on pursuing, especially with companies like cloud service providers that purchase a great many chips.
"We're really excited to be working with Amazon. Amazon's platform is the landing zone for a lot of new software development and it's really exciting to partner with those guys on a SKU that really meets their needs," said Dave Hill, senior systems engineer in Intel's Datacenter Group.
Also at AWS re:Invent, Amazon announced the Amazon EC2 Container Service, adding support for Docker on its cloud platform.
Currently available as a preview, the EC2 Container Service is designed to make it easy to run and manage distributed applications on AWS using containers.
Customers will be able to start, stop and manage thousands of containers in seconds, scaling from one container to hundreds of thousands across a managed cluster of Amazon EC2 instances, the firm said.
Twitter Exploring Creation Of Additional Mobile Apps To Drive Growth
November 14, 2014 by mphillips
Filed under Around The Net
Twitter Inc is exploring the creation of additional mobile applications beyond its core messaging service and ways of making it easier for newbies to use its service, as it competes with Facebook Inc and other social media for smartphone users.
Chief Executive Dick Costolo said Twitter also planned to speed up the pace of changes to its product and to add more functions to its private messaging service.
"I strongly believe private messaging virality is important to our long term growth," Costolo said, a reference to when online content goes viral or is popularly shared. He noted that some of the new private messaging features would be introduced in the current quarter.
Executives said the company needed to do a better job helping new users understand how to use the service. An upcoming "instant timeline" will quickly provide new users with content without requiring them to search Twitter for individual users to follow.
Twitter, whose main service allows users to broadcast 140-character messages, appeared to be taking a page from rival Facebook, which in recent years has taken the approach of creating individual apps centered on news, for instance, and also recently beefed up its private messaging.
Twitter has been searching for ways to arrest dwindling user engagement and drive growth. It currently counts 284 million users, compared with Facebook's 1.3 billion.
In October, Twitter reported that timeline views per user, a key measure of engagement, slid 7 percent globally in the third quarter.
Yahoo Adds Another Purchase, Acquires BrightRoll
November 13, 2014 by mphillips
Filed under Around The Net
Yahoo has agreed to purchase the video advertising platform BrightRoll for $640 million, in a move that could help to offset declines in its traditional display ad business.
The deal was announced on Tuesday and is one of Yahoo's largest acquisitions since it bought Tumblr last year for just over $1 billion.
Yahoo already runs video ads on properties like Yahoo Screen, but BrightRoll's system gives marketers a way to buy ads in real time across thousands of websites and mobile apps.
"Online video advertising is increasingly fragmented across thousands, if not millions, of sites and mobile apps," the companies said. Advertisers want ways to buy video ads at scale and across many sites in fewer, simpler transactions.
The deal is expected to close by March and will make Yahoo's video advertising platform the largest in the U.S., they said.
Yahoo has struggled to grow its ad business and compete better against Google and Facebook. It may have made some progress lately, reporting in its earnings call last month that its native ads are doing well on mobile.
It's been struggling in the area of traditional display ads on the desktop, however. But it contended Tuesday that video ads are the new display advertising.
"Video is display 2.0," CEO Marissa Mayer said in a post on Tumblr.
"Its what brand advertisers love. Its a format that elegantly and easily transitions from broadcast television to PC to mobile and even to wearables," she said. "This is why video is a key part of our strategy."
It can also replace the branded banner ad, according to Mayer.
Digital video advertising is increasing at "an eye-popping rate," eMarketer said recently, although spending on TV ads still outpaces it.
BrightRoll's revenues are expected to exceed $100 million this year, Yahoo said. The company expects to retain its team of roughly 400 employees.
AT&T Decides Against Hi-speed In-flight Internet Service
AT&T Inc has dropped its plans to roll out high-speed Internet service on commercial flights in order to focus on international expansion and video offerings, the company said in a statement on Monday.
Last Friday, the carrier announced a $1.7 billion acquisition of Mexican operator Iusacell, AT&T's second major acquisition this year following a $48.5 billion bid for satellite operator DirecTV.
"After a thorough review of our investment portfolio, the company decided to no longer pursue entry into the in-flight connectivity industry. We are focusing our capital on transformative investments, such as international and video," said Fletcher Cook, a spokesman for AT&T.
In April, AT&T and Honeywell International Inc had announced a partnership to launch a high-speed 4G LTE-based in-flight connectivity service for airlines and passengers in commercial, business and general aviation in the U.S.
The product would have competed with in-flight internet services provider Gogo Inc., whose shares soared 10 percent on the news.
Voice Over LTE Expected For AT&T, Verizon Wireless In 2015
Verizon Communications and AT&T Inc plan on being able to transmit wireless voice calls between the two carriers over high-speed data networks by 2015, both companies announced.
The technology is expected to improve the quality of calls and allow for video calling and voicemail.
The calls would be transmitted using a technology known as Voice over LTE, which repackages voice calls as data and transmits them over carriers' high-speed data networks.
Carriers currently transmit most voice calls on older 2G networks, while data is sent through high-speed 4G networks.
"Interoperability among all VoLTE providers takes connectivity to the next level with HD quality voice and additional features that customers want," Tony Melone, chief technology officer at Verizon, said in a statement.
AT&T and T-Mobile began rolling out Voice over LTE in select cities earlier this year. Verizon announced a nationwide launch in September, but customers cannot yet call subscribers on other networks using the technology.
The technology could also allow customers to purchase devices that are not bound to a particular carrier and can easily be transferred to a different network.
"Customers expect to be able to connect anywhere, anytime – and as LTE technology continues to evolve, it's imperative that we provide a seamless experience between carriers," Krish Prabhu, president, AT&T Labs and AT&T chief technology officer, said in a statement.
For wireless carriers, Voice over LTE will help them to use their network resources more efficiently by allowing them to dump old voice network infrastructure and free up wireless spectrum currently used for voice calls.
Is ATT & Verizon Selling Your Information?
November 5, 2014 by Michael
Filed under Consumer Electronics
Verizon appears to be collecting personal data on its clients and selling it to advertisers. Wired and Forbes have claimed that the two largest mobile phone carriers in the United States, Verizon and AT&T, are adding the tracking number to their subscribers' Internet activity, even when users opt out
Howver the data can be used by any site to build a dossier about a person's behaviour on mobile devices including which apps they use, what sites they visit and for how long. MoPub, acquired by Twitter in 2013, bills itself as the "world's largest mobile ad exchange." It uses Verizon's tag to track and target mobile users for ads, according to instructions for software developers posted on its website. AT&T insists its actions are part of a test. Verizon says it does not sell information about the demographics of people who have opted out.
However it appears Verizon is service, called Precision Market Insights, has become popular among ad tracking companies that specialise in building profiles' of user behaviour and creating customised ads for those users. Companies that buy the Verizon service can ask Verizon for additional information about the people whose unique identifiers they observe. An executive from an ad tracking company Run told an industry trade publication that his outfit was excited about how carrier level ID, lets him track with certainty when a user, who is connected to a given carrier, moves from an app to a mobile Web landing page.
In addition, in a promotional video for Verizon's service, ad executive Chris Smith at Turn, touted "the accuracy of the data," that the company receives from Verizon. Advertisers who don't pay Verizon for additional information still receive the identifier only Verizon changes the identifier to make sure that an outsider can't build a profile. Vodafone, a British telecom, admitted it inserts a similar identifier into some mobile traffic but it was not by default and the outfit did not routinely share information with the websites our customers visit.
ProPublica found a handful of Vodafone identifiers in its logs of website visitors and more than two thirds of AT&T and Verizon visitors to ProPublica's website contained mobile identifiers.
There seems to be no way to opt out either. Google has proposed a new Internet protocol called SPDY that would prevent these types of header injections. Of course, the US telecom companies are lobbying against it and this probably explains why.
Amazon Tops Apple In Tablet Satisfaction Survey
November 4, 2014 by mphillips
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A mere five months after Apple snatched J.D. Power's tablet satisfaction award away from Samsung, it has lost it to up-and-coming Amazon.
Apple's iPad finished in second place in the latest satisfaction survey conducted by J.D. Power and Associates, with a score of 824 out of a possible 1,000. For the first time, Amazon took first place, scoring 827.
Samsung came in at 821 for third, while Asus and Acer filled out the first five, but those stragglers' scores were under the category average.
J.D. Power's satisfaction score included five separate measurements for performance, ease of operation, features, styling and design, and cost, with each accounting for different percentages of the final number. Performance, for example, counted as 28% of the total; cost for 11%.
Apple received high scores in performance and styling and design, while Amazon performed best in ease of operation and cost, said Kirk Parsons, senior director of telecommunications services at J.D. Power.
"Within the tablet segment, there's a balance of cost and value, and for this period, Amazon was at the equilibrium," said Parsons. "For the money, [Amazon tablets] do what buyers need them to do. And the Mayday feature really helped them in ease of operation."
Mayday is a feature on Amazon's higher-end tablets that lets customers video chat with support representatives using the device.
Parsons called out Amazon's Fire HDX, which launched in October 2013 in a 7-in. size and a month later in an 8.9-in. format, for driving the brand's scores. Amazon now sells the 7-in. Fire HDX for $179; the 8.9-in. model starts at $379. "The new Fire HDX did really, really well" in the survey, Parsons noted.
J.D. Power polled nearly 2,700 U.S. tablet owners who had had their current devices for less than a year. The survey period ran from March to August.
The last time J.D. Power published tablet customer satisfaction scores, Amazon placed fourth. Its jump to first was a small surprise, said Parsons. "I figured [Amazon's] scores would improve, but I didn't think they'd take the top spot," he admitted.
Price is increasingly important to satisfaction, said Parson, as costs fall and capabilities climb across the board, making it more difficult for premium-priced tablets like Apple's iPad, to retain their polled positions. On average, tablet customers now spend $345 on their tablets, $48 less than in April 2013, a decline of 12%.
Nintendos's New Healthcare Division To Develop Sleep Tracking Device
October 31, 2014 by mphillips
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Video game maker Nintendo Co Ltd will develop a device to monitor a user's fatigue and map their sleep, Chief Executive Satoru Iwata said on Thursday, the first offering from the company's newly created healthcare division.
The device will be co-created with U.S. firm ResMed Inc, which currently makes products to treat sleep disorders, and will be available in the financial year ending March 2016.
"By using our know-how in gaming… to analyse sleep and fatigue, we can create something fun," Iwata said.
Nintendo, better known for its Mario video game franchise and Wii and Wii U consoles, has said it expects its healthcare division to turn a profit in 2015/2016. The company already offers fitness games on its Wii console, played with a motion sensor controller.
According to an image Iwata shared at a media conference, the device will be about the size of a hand and can be placed on a user's bedside table. It will use microwave transmission sensors to track sleep, with the data collected used to help users cultivate healthy sleeping habits.
Iwata refused to discuss the company's sales expectations for the new device beyond saying that it may be offered via a subscription service rather than a one-off purchase.
"We only start something new if we think we will be able to create a big market, but as I'm not able to discuss pricing plans and other details today I don't think there's much point in giving a figure for our projected scale," he said.
The device was launched a day after Nintendo reported an unexpected quarterly profit, after hit games gave a boost to sales of its Wii U console.
Will Mobile Games Dominate?
As the market for games has grown and diversified, it's become increasingly important to take any headline figures you might read with a grain of salt. Every time an analyst or a research firm announces that the games business has reached such and such a size, or that monthly revenues compare thusly with previous figures, or that a certain product or company has over- or under-performed projections, their august pronouncement isn't so much an answer as a source of more questions. What exactly are you defining as the "games business"? Which sectors have you included? How did you measure digital revenues? What about IAP? Are your figures global, regional, merely covering the increasingly unrepresentative US market or "global" for a narrow definition of "global" which means "markets we could find data for with a quick Google search, and to hell with the rest of them"? And as for projections, whose projections, arrived at through which logic and with which agenda?
In short: with a very, very few notable exceptions, most of the sector analysis and research conducted on this industry is awful. It's under-informed, narrow and rarely exposes its methodology well enough to understand and account for its flaws. It's also the best thing we've got, unfortunately, which is why sites (including this one) continue to publish this research as it becomes available, although all of it should probably carry a large flashing warning to remind readers that an infant let loose with coloured crayons and some graph paper would probably have a similar margin of error to their data.
Yet this is only when we're talking about data about what's going on right now. Start to project forward, into crystal-ball-gazing questions like "where will the market be in five years", and you're into the realms where the real nonsense starts. Models and figures are pulled out of analyst's backsides with wild abandon. Rationales and factual grounds are nowhere to be found, but incredibly slick charts and graphs abound; it's a little like astrology, except that rather than blathering about Saturn being in Capricorn and whatnot, analysts seek to bamboozle everyone with charts and then deeply, fervently hope that when the time period they're predicting actually arrives nobody will remember how wrong they were.
Even so, when all of the world's analysts start to point in the same direction – the good, the bad and the bluffing – it's worth taking note. That's the context in which the headline figures from research firm Newzoo's latest report are interesting; headline figures which, in a nutshell, suggest that 2015 will be the tipping point at which revenues from mobile game software surpass revenues from console game software.
"What's happened to consoles as mobiles have taken over? Not much, as it happens"
Newzoo, like most research firms focusing on this industry, doesn't provide sufficient detail to back up or verify its sweeping and grandiose claims, because apparently a really pretty graph with a swish background ought to suffice. They would argue, no doubt, that all the juicy detail which would explain their peculiarly high figures is what they charge clients lots of money for, an argument which is entirely true and still leaves them in the position of peddling figures while failing to show their workings. Nevertheless, Newzoo is not alone in its prediction. It's not even a particularly novel prediction, actually; research firms have been pointing at this tipping point for several years, although when exactly the graph lines would intersect has been a subject of some debate. With mobile growth still strong and the next-gen consoles performing excellently but remaining largely constrained within the core market (rather than seeing another Wii-style breakout success story), the lines are converging a little more evenly and the soothsayers are in accord; next year is the year.
So what happens then? Do burning stones rain from an angry sky to smash all our PlayStation 4s? Will a horde of rampant mobile gamers, driven to murderous insanity by Candy Crush Saga, rip the 3DS' from our hands and beat us to death with them? Shall E3 be swallowed by a lake of fire, and every presentation at GDC be replaced by an ominous looping video of Zynga founder Mark Pincus laughing savagely at the audience?
Perhaps rather than stockpiling tinned foods, filling the bath with potable water and tearfully locking away your beloved RPGs and FPS games in a lead-lined safe, it might be instructive to take a look at a market where this transition has already happened. There is, you see, a place where revenues from mobile games overtook revenues from console games several years ago – as early as 2011, according to some figures, although the safe money is on 2012/13 being the tipping point. Now, in this market, mobile games are the unquestioned market leader in revenue.
The market in question is Japan, where a well-developed market for mobile gaming on existing "feature phone" devices was supercharged by the arrival of the smartphone. Now mobile game revenues have soared well clear of console games. Unlike in the 1990s, Japan's mobile phones aren't vastly advanced compared to those overseas – they queue up here for iPhones just like everywhere else, with Apple's devices being by far the dominant player in the smartphone market, so it's not that games they're playing are technologically advanced compared to those in the west. Rather, it's that the market itself was further down the path than the west, with a wider swathe of consumers familiar and comfortable with mobile gaming, F2P models and in-game transactions.
What's happened to consoles as mobiles have taken over? Not much, as it happens. The softness of PS4′s sales in Japan since the stellar launch last spring has been well noted, but it's not a meaningful indicator of an overall problem with the console market; anecdotally, I get the impression that PS4 is extremely desired but still lacks the killer apps which will actually drive Japanese gamers to go out and buy one. Indeed, the line-up of software that appeals to the local market is still weak; a few big titles will shift the needle significantly, just as Mario Kart 8 did for the Wii U (which is now back in a slump awaiting the arrival of Smash Bros; software sells hardware, as ever).
Handhelds, meanwhile, are what you'd expect to suffer most from the triumph of mobile, yet the 3DS is going gangbusters in Japan and the PS Vita is stronger in this market than anywhere else in the world. The rise of mobile to take the crown of most lucrative and expansive market hasn't even impacted the ability of Japanese publishers to launch genuinely massive new franchises on handheld consoles; Yokai Watch may not have made it to the west yet, but if it's half as pervasive over there once it launches, it'll be the biggest new gaming franchise in years.
So the consoles are still pretty healthy, especially the handheld devices. They play to their strengths, for the most part; it's notable that the biggest handheld games around at the moment, games like Smash Bros and Monster Hunter, really wouldn't work on a mobile phone as they rely on accurate, pinpoint controls that couldn't be replicated on a touchscreen to any degree of satisfaction. Other games that work well are those designed for long sessions of play; mobile devices still suffer badly from rapidly draining batteries when playing games, and while a dead battery in your 3DS is a little annoying, a dead battery in your mobile phone is a disaster, meaning few people are willing to put in significant play sessions in GPU-intensive mobile titles.
"If 2015 does see mobile overtaking console worldwide, it may be the best thing to happen to games in years; it won't hurt console, at least not for a long while yet, and it'll allow us to finally turn a corner towards mobile being seen as a platform for everyone"
What's actually more interesting than what's happened to console, though, is what's happened to mobile itself. The mobile game market in Japan is nothing short of fascinating. Ever since its meteoric growth, it's become a hugely expansive market that caters to an enormous range of tastes and demographics, as you'd expect – but the core demographic, the heart of the market for which every company seems to be competing… Well, that's oddly familiar, as it happens.
Every time you see a commuter train festooned with ads for a new mobile title, or a lengthy TV commercial promoting the latest smartphone release, or even the huge screens at Shibuya's scramble crossing taken over with a video of a mobile game, they always have something in common. Their visual language, their core mechanisms and their basic appeal is absolutely in tune with core gamers. Mobile's new position on top of the heap has opened the door to games with higher production values and more depth, aimed at the market that has always played the most and paid the most; the core.
The results aren't always appealing; mobile games launch fast and fail fast, and that's fine. When things do work out, though, they create some pretty amazing hits. Puzzle & Dragons, as you probably know by now, was the biggest-grossing game on any platform in 2013 (probably; analyst figures, you know?), and it's also incredibly deep, compelling and fun. Publisher GungHo advertises the game on trains and TV over here with videos showing advanced techniques for building chain combos in the game; just consider that for a moment, a game so successful that your advertising isn't even "here's why this game is great", it's "we know you already play, here's a tip so you can play better", displayed on evening TV across the nation. Puzzle & Dragons is far from being Japan's only "mobile core" hit, though. RPGs have been rapidly rising in prominence on mobile platforms, and now appear to be even more popular than the collect 'em up titles (mostly card battlers) which dominated up until this point; the latest big title is Mistwalker-developed RPG Terra Battle, a game which I'm resigned to installing on my phone this week because literally everyone around me doesn't talk about anything else any more.
In short, the Japanese market may be peculiar by comparison with the rest of the world, but sometimes that's simply because it's still a couple of years ahead of the western market in a few regards. Not in every regard; Japan is a very retrograde nation in terms of certain tech advances (it's worth noting that streaming video services like Netflix are an absolute disaster here, and let's not even talk about online banking), but in gaming, the market if not the technology is a little in advance of most western countries. Japan crossed the line between console-as-number-one and mobile-as-number-one a couple of years ago, and the world did not end. Console and handheld are doing fine; mobile is doing better than fine, and most excitingly of all, the new titles coming to mobile are better than ever, driven by a strong desire to get the most lucrative market in gaming, the core gamers themselves, playing. If 2015 does see mobile overtaking console worldwide, it may be the best thing to happen to games in years; it won't hurt console, at least not for a long while yet, and it'll allow us to finally turn a corner towards mobile being seen as a platform for everyone – core, casual, and everyone in between.
Pandora's Listeners Decline
October 24, 2014 by mphillips
Filed under Consumer Electronics
Pandora Media Inc, owners of the leading Internet radio service, reported a lower-than-expected increase in listeners in the third quarter, sending the company's shares down 6 percent in extended trading on Thursday.
Pandora said it had 76.5 million active listeners as of Sept. 30, an increase of 5.2 percent from a year earlier.
Analysts, on average, had expected 76.7 million, according to market research firm StreetAccount.
Total listener hours rose to 4.99 billion from 3.99 billion, but again fell short of the average estimate of 5.02 billion.
Pandora's profit and revenue both beat market expectations, however, as more people listened to streamed music on their mobile phones.
Mobile revenue increased 52 percent to $188 million, while local advertising revenue rose 118 percent to $41.8 million.
Despite its huge user base, Pandora faces stiff competition from Spotify, Apple Inc's Beats online streaming service, Google Inc, and Amazon.com Inc in the fast-growing music streaming business.
Will Google's Algorithm Change Stop Piracy?
October 22, 2014 by Michael
Filed under Around The Net
Nosey Google has updated its search engine algorithms in an attempt to restrict piracy web sites appearing high in its search rankings.
The update will mean piracy sites are less likely to appear when people search for music, films and other copyrighted content.
The decision to roll out the search changes was announced in a refreshed version of a How Google Fights Piracy report, which was originally published in September 2013.
However, this year's updated report features a couple of developments, including changes to ad formats and an improved DMCA demotion search signal.
The move is likely to be a result of criticism received from the entertainment industry, which has argued that illegal sites should be "demoted" in search results because they enable people to find sites to download media illegally.
The biggest change in the Google search update will be new ad formats in search results on queries related to music and movies that help people find legitimate sources of media.
For example, for the relatively small number of queries for movies that include terms like 'download', 'free', or 'watch', Google has instead begun listing legal services such as Spotify and Netflix in a box at the top of the search results.
"We're also testing other ways of pointing people to legitimate sources of music and movies, including in the right-hand panel on the results page," Google added.
"These results show in the US only, but we plan to continue investing in this area and to expand it internationally."
An improved DMCA demotion signal in Google search is also being rolled out as part of the refresh, which down-ranks sites for which Google has received a large number of valid DMCA notices.
"We've now refined the signal in ways we expect to visibly affect the rankings of some of the most notorious sites. This update will roll out globally starting next week," Google said, adding that it will also be removing more terms from autocomplete, based on DMCA removal notices.
The new measures might be welcomed by the entertainment industry, but are likely to encourage more people to use legal alternatives such as Spotify and Netflix, rather than buying more physical media.


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The Galveston County Sheriff's office is preparing to hand over a capital murder case to prosecutors seeking charges against three people.
The sheriff's office has spent seven years investigating the killing of Bridgette Gearen. She and her daughter, who was two at the time, were staying with friends at a beach house.
The 28-year-old from Orange County and her friends decided to go for a drive on the beach at around midnight on July 15th of 2007. She went outside first, and when her friends followed shortly after, she was gone. Her body was found later that day by the water. Investigators say she was beaten, sexually assaulted and strangled.
The lead investigator, Lieutenant Tommy Hanson says within 30 days, he'll present a case to the Galveston county district attorney. Hanson says the case is against three people accused of taking part in the murder near the shoreline.
Investigators scoured the area around Monkhouse Road following the murder. Hanson says evidence led to the arrest last year of one man he calls a person of interest in the killing. The man is jailed on unrelated charges. Hanson told us the suspect is from Southeast Texas.
He also says his office is seeking charges against two other people for Gearen's murder. He wouldn't says where they are from.
While the victim's family is waiting for closure, many in the Crystal Beach Community are looking for the same thing. Those who live on the Bolivar Peninsula are reacting to the new developments and the crime that is still fresh in the minds of many.
Maryanne Rogers and her husband have lived in Crystal Beach for 38 years. She remembers working at their business Pat's Tires the day in July of 2007 when Bridgette Gearen was found murdered on the beach.
"I believe that it really upset a lot of people because she was a mother and a young professional person and a mother, and that that could happen to someone like that and someone renting a house down here," Rogers says.
A community where people told us murders just don't happen.
"It was a rarity that something like that would happen and it does bring shock to people because they say oh that can't happen here. And I think that it really put a question in a lot of peoples' minds about safety issues on the beach itself," Rogers said.
Although it's been seven years since Gearen's murder, it's still fresh in locals' minds.
"I think just because it's a young girl and it's someone's daughter, and it's a family, and I think that's what makes people want to bring it alive," Rogers said.
At least until they get answers.
"I think that's what was always brought up about that, that there was no closure, people wanted closure to it so that the family could rest," Rogers says.
A family, a community, waiting for a resolution..
"I hope that there is closure to it. Complete closure, and I hope we never see it happen again," Rogers said.
The Bolivar Peninsula Chamber of Commerce has held on to thousands of dollars in reward money over the last seven years hoping someone would come forward with information leading to the arrest and conviction of Gearen's killers.