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Report: Windows to leapfrog Apple in smartphone market by 2015
Apr 1st
The smartphone market is expected to see increased competition during the next several years, with major manufacturers leapfrogging each other for greater pieces of market share.
According to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, the smartphone market will grow by nearly 50 percent during 2011, as more companies adopt the devices for greater mobility management.
While multiple recent reports pronounce Android to be the king of the smartphone market for years to come, IDC's analysis found that Windows Phone devices will see significant growth during the next several years.
During 2011, IDC predicts that the Android operating system will lead all OS with a 39.5 percent market share, with Nokia's Symbian OS taking 20.9 percent. Apple's iOS will be third with 15.7 percent, followed by Research In Motion's BlackBerry OS with 14.9 percent and Windows Mobile with 5.5 percent. However, Nokia's partnership with Microsoft, using the Windows Phone, will fuel the manufacturer's market from 2011 through 2015, achieving a compound annual growth rate of 67.1 percent during those years.
IDC predicts that by 2015, the Nokia-Microsoft partnership will produce the second largest market share at 20.9 percent, behind only Android, whose share will grow to 45.4 percent. Apple's iOS will remain third with 15.3 percent, followed by the BlackBerry OS with 13.7 percent. With Nokia all but abandoning the Symbian OS, its CAGR between 2011 and 2015 will be a 65 percent loss, resulting in a 0.2 percent market share in 2015.
"Nokia's recent announcement to shift from Symbian to Windows Phone will have significant implications for the smartphone market going forward," said Ramon Llamas, a senior research analyst in IDC's mobile devices technology and trends team. "Up until the launch of Windows Phone 7 last year, Microsoft has steadily lost market share while other operating systems have brought forth new and appealing experiences. The new alliance brings together Nokia's hardware capabilities and Windows Phone's differentiated platform. We expect the first devices to launch in 2012. By 2015, IDC expects Windows Phone to be number 2 operating system worldwide behind Android."
An intriguing variable in the projections is AT&T's recent rumored acquisition of T-Mobile, which would combine the second- and fourth-largest providers in the U.S. The merger might have a possible affect on both providers' users and the types of smartphones being sold.
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Nokia files further complaint against Apple alleging major patent infringement
Mar 30th
[March 30, 2011]
Nokia files further complaint against Apple alleging major patent infringement
(Canadian Press DataFile Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) HELSINKI, Finland _ Nokia is suing Apple in the United States for allegedly infringing patents in "virtually all" of its mobile phones, portable music players, tablets and computers, the Finnish company said Tuesday.
The complaint, filed with United States International Trade Commission, ITC, is the latest in a string of lawsuits by Nokia and comes as the world's largest handset maker struggles to keep up with smartphone rivals like Apple.
Nokia said the seven patents in the new complaint relate to its "pioneering innovations" that Apple allegedly is using "to create key features in its products, including in multitasking operating systems, data synchronization, positioning, call quality and the use of Bluetooth accessories." Last week, the ITC found no violation in an earlier complaint. Nokia said it "is waiting to see the full details of the ruling before deciding on the next steps in that case." Last year, Nokia Corp. also sued Apple Inc. in Britain, Germany and the Netherlands for allegedly infringing its patents with technology used in the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.
Those followed earlier lawsuits by Nokia claiming that a broad swath of Apple products violate its patents. Apple had earlier responded with its own infringement claims against Nokia.
"Our latest ITC filing means we now have 46 Nokia patents in suit against Apple, many filed more than 10 years before Apple made its first iPhone," said Paul Melin, vice-president of intellectual property at Nokia.
"Nokia is a leading innovator in technologies needed to build great mobile products and Apple must stop building its products using Nokia's proprietary innovation." Nokia said that in the past two decades it has invested some C43 billion in research and development to build "one of the wireless industry's strongest and broadest IPR portfolios," which includes more than 10,000 patent families.
The legal disputes, which generally don't stop products reaching markets, come amid increasing competition in the fast-growing smartphone market. Tech companies are scrambling to win over the growing number of consumers buying handsets that come with email, Web surfing, cameras, videos and scores of apps for checking the weather, updating Facebook and other tasks.
Nokia has been struggling against stiff competition, especially from the iPhone and RIM's Blackberry.
In addition to the two ITC complaints, Nokia said it has filed cases on the same patents and others in Delaware, and has further cases proceeding in Mannheim, Dusseldorf and the Federal Patent Court in Germany, the UK High Court in London and the District Court of the Hague in the Netherlands. Some of them will come to trial in the next few months.
Nokia stock closed almost unchanged at C6.17 ($8.68) on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
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Nokia Loses Round One to Apple in Patent Wars
Mar 26th
Finnish mobile phone market leader Nokia has come out on the losing end in some if its patent infringement battles with the American PC giant, Apple.
Acting as arbitrator in the clash of the titans, a judge from the US International Trade Commission ruled in favour of Apple in five of the patent wars, and determined that Apple did not commit any intellectual property infringements against Nokia.
Judge James Gildea of the ITC did not outline the basis for his decision. The six-member commission may still overturn this ruling, which will be probed later this year.
Nokia still has not received any details about the decision, and Communications Manager Päivi Tallqvist says the company will decide on a future course of action after it has this information.
In 2009 Nokia filed several patent infringement cases against Apple based on the development of its wireless handsets. In its turn, Apple counter sued, claiming that Nokia had infringed on patents related to the iPhone.
The International Trade Commission hears many patent cases and can bar the import of devices found to be infringing another company's patents.
From www.yle.fi
Rejected By Apple, Radiation App Targets Jailbreakers
Mar 24th
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Tawkon, a company that makes an app of the same name that purports to let users "see the level of radiation they are exposed to from their mobile phone," has released its app on Cydia, an online app store for jailbroken iPhones, because Apple would not accept it.
"[W]hen Steve Jobs personally closed the front door with a curt two-word email stating: 'No Interest,' we were left with no alternative but to climb through the Cydia window to let iPhone users see and lower their exposure to cellphone radiation," declared Tawkon CEO Gil Friedlander in a blog post.
Apple's reason for rejecting the Takwon app, said Amit Lubovsky, Tawkon co-founder and CTO in a phone interview, was that it used private APIs. An Apple representative the company had been dealing with had been pushing for the Apple to make those APIs public, Lubovsky said, but then the issues with the iPhone 4′s antenna surfaced last year. When Tawkon published a video showing that holding the iPhone 4 in a certain way could affect its signal strength, Apple became less interested in helping Tawkon.
"We assume they didn't want to deal with anything to do with radiation due to this issue," said Lubovsky.
Asked about the usefulness of the Tawkon app, John Sedat, professor emeritus in the department of biochemistry and biophysics at UCSF in San Francisco, said he would be suspicious about the app in the absence of more detailed technical information about how it works.
"One has to be very specific about what wavelength one is measuring," he said.
Effective measurement of environmental radiation, he suggested, would require dedicated external hardware. The Tawkon app doesn't measure radiation through a radiation sensor — Geiger counters are not included in mobile phone hardware, though the idea is being explored by researchers. Rather, the app attempts to measure radiation exposure based on SAR data obtained through phone model testing, the phone's proximity to the user, the user's proximity to cell towers and other environmental factors.
Lubovsky says the app measures actual phone radiation output using test models. "Each device launched with Tawkon to the market is being calibrated prior to the launch on a SAR machine," he wrote in an e-mail.
Yet, the app, the company says in its legal disclaimer, "is not standard measurement equipment and therefore provides imperfect accuracy with respect to its results and indications. Furthermore, the Software's output shall serve for reference purpose only and does not replace an accurate and professional examination."
Lubovsky says that RIM had asked his company to add the disclaimer as a condition for inclusion in its BlackBerry app store. "I'm sure about the accuracy of the software," he said. And he points to UCLA epidemiology professor Leeka Kheifets as an expert who has endorsed his company's approach.
But if one accepts the utility of the app as a way to measure radiation, it's far from clear that exposure to cell phone radiation matters. Ionizing radiation, like x-rays, can harm people at high enough intensity But that's not what cell phones emit. "Microwave cell phone radiation is non-ionizing," explained Sedat.
The data about non-ionizing radiation is inconclusive, which is to say that most reputable studies have found that cell phone radiation has no significant effect on human health. A few studies, however, suggest otherwise or demonstrate effects on animals. Sedat characterized the situation as "a can of worms." The consensus among scientists seems to be that being prudent and trying to minimize cell phone radiation exposure is probably worthwhile. But no one's really sure.
Lubovsky insists his company's app provides a valuable service. "Tawkon believes in giving users the ability to 'see' exposure to radiation for the first time…", he wrote. "In addition, Tawkon provides practical real-time suggestions how to reduce exposure to radiation – like telling the user to go back to where they were, change the orientation of their phone (vertical / horizontal and vice versa), activate bluetooth, and other suggestions. Users can also monitor their own stats to see how much non-ionizing radiation exposure they avoided by heeding Tawkon prompts over the last call, day, week, month and six months."
To the extent that the Tawkon app, which is available for Android phones as well as BlackBerry devices and iPhones, makes users aware of radiation as an issue and encourages them to take ownership of decisions affecting their health, that's probably a good thing.
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Apple iPhone Ranks the Most Satisfying for The User
Mar 20th
Apple iPhone Ranks the Most Satisfying for The User
The report released by JD Power and Associates cliams that the users served by the social media are more satisfied with the smartphones . Among all the smartphones, iPhone is the most satisfying for the users while Sanyo the most satisfying traditional mobilephone manufacturer.
The report also signifies that the average price of the traditional mobilephones has fallen to 73 dollars and the users are downloading the applications more and more. While the users of recently- purchased traditional mobilephones or smartphones are more satisfied.
In the report of JD Power, Apple has ranked the first in "smartphone manufacturer satisfaction" for 5 successive times, and 795 points this time. Apple products get high points mainly in operation, operating system, function and appearance design. While MOTO and HTC rank the second and the third with 763 and 762 points respectively.
Among all traditional mobilephone manufacturers, Sanyo ranks the first with 715 points. Sanyo's products has advantages mainly in three aspects, including appearance design, battery performance and operation. While LG and Sumsung ranks the second and the third with 711 points and 703 points respectively.
Other study results are:
-The average sales price is still falling, 73 dollars in 2011 equally, lower than 81 dollars in 2009.
- 46% users report that they have got free phones while enjoying the mobile service, the proportion sets the historic record.
- The service time of the mobilephones affect the user's satisfaction. If the service time of one mobilephone is lower than one year, the user will be more satisfied with such a phone. The new mobilephones will provide more functions and services and they have higher quality compared with the old ones.
-2/3 users express they have downloaded games or social network application to the phones.
- More than a half of the phone users say they have downloaded travel software such as maps and whether application. However, 53% users express they have downloaded entertainment applications.
The average satisfaction of the users who enter the social network by smartphones are 783 points, 22 points higher than that of the smartphone users. At present, more than half of the smartphone users enter social network by phones.
From www.phbeta.com
What would Apple's future be without Steve Jobs?
Feb 27th
Apple Inc. has pulled off a string of runaway hits from the iPhone to the iPad that revolutionized every industry it touched. It has become the world's second-most-valuable company, worth more than $300 billion.
But when shareholders met Wednesday at the company's Cupertino, Calif., headquarters, the buzz was not about Apple's next sleek new gadget or soaring profits. Much of the talk was about Chief Executive Steve Jobs and what Apple would do without him.
The secretive Apple has been reluctant to talk publicly about Jobs' battle with a rare form of pancreatic cancer and a liver transplant. But the uncertainty shrouding his latest leave of absence has unsettled investors and rankled corporate governance experts, who say the company's fortunes are inextricably linked to Jobs.
Investors voted down a resolution Wednesday that would have forced Apple's board to disclose its succession plans. And yet, they are waiting anxiously to see if Jobs shows up for Apple's annual developers conference in June to introduce the latest iPhone.
But what if Jobs does not take the stage to utter his signature "one more thing" line?
"Everyone knows that he might not return," said one former executive, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to preserve his relationship with Apple. "The company is prepared for all eventualities."
Many analysts are putting their faith in Apple's momentum. "Apple is a well-oiled machine," said Tim Bajarin of research firm Creative Strategies Inc.
Analysts and former Apple executives say its current crop of blockbuster products — and its plans for future updates and products, which are kept tightly under wraps, with only a small group privy to the details — could fuel the company's growth for several years even in fast-moving, hotly competitive markets where product cycles are measured in months.
Apple's troops have been trained to "think like Steve" even when he's not there. Many of the company's best ideas came from its ranks, not from Jobs, who turns 56 on Thursday.
No one is more versed in how Jobs thinks than the top executives that he hand-picked. Highly skilled in their respective disciplines, they include Tim Cook, who received high marks for running the company during Jobs' absences, and Jonathan Ive, widely considered one of the most talented industrial designers in the world. Ron Johnson, who oversees 317 Apple stores, has helped the company create one of the world's most profitable chains. Eddy Cue, Apple's vice president of Internet services, is behind the soaring success of the iTunes and App stores.
They all, in Jobs' words, work together "to make a little dent in the universe."
"This is a really strong team that hasn't gotten a lot of time in the sun. They have been standing under the tall tree of Steve Jobs," the former Apple executive said. "Steve has been the face of the company, so people have the impression that there is nothing else there. They are wrong."
But there are those who say that without Jobs, Apple will have to "think different," in the words of its iconic advertising campaign. Perhaps more than any other chief executive in America, Jobs has made himself indispensable to his company. He commands a workforce of 50,000 with a tight grip, taking part in nearly every decision and earning credit for Apple's historic run.
Cook, widely believed to be the most likely candidate to permanently replace Jobs as chief executive, has never run the company without Jobs' input. And by some accounts, Apple lost some of its creative tension while Jobs was gone during two previous leaves.
None of the executives has been trained to straddle both operations and design or to fill Jobs' shoes as the product visionary who can anticipate the wishes of consumers like a high-tech psychic. For years, important decisions at Apple have been made during weekly strategy sessions with the 10-member executive team that Jobs oversees.
Without Jobs, "what's missing is Steve's natural-born instincts," Apple's former chief talent officer Dan Walker said. "He's such an iconic thinker and leader."
People who have logged time at Apple say it's possible that over time the company will morph into more of a solid industry player like Hewlett-Packard Co. than the radical force that has reshaped the music, movie and mobile phone industries.
"Without him, the innovation will slow, regardless of all the great people there," a former high-ranking Apple employee said.
"When Apple does something, the whole world innovates. Who's going to do that now? That's not going to continue. I don't care what anyone says. How could it? How can you replace Steve? The reality is, you can't."
Apple isn't the first company to be dominated by a charismatic visionary with a perfectionist streak. Consider Walt Disney Co. after the loss of its namesake founder, Ford Motor Co. after Henry Ford or Wal-Mart Stores Inc. after Sam Walton. Disney slumped for two decades before Michael Eisner revived it. Ford reached its peak in the 1950s, a decade after Henry Ford's death. On the other hand, Wal-Mart, which Walton built into the world's largest retailer, continued to expand after his death in 1992.
Whether a business thrives depends on whether it has figured out how to make the values and vision of its leader part of the company's culture.
"I think it's hard for a very simple reason: Most founders believe that they are immortal, even though they're not," said Jeffrey Pfeffer, a professor at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business. "Most boards are so over-awed by the founder that they're not willing to push that individual."
Jobs is likely to call the shots about when and how he leaves Apple, just as he has in the past. Jobs did not disclose to investors his 2004 cancer surgery or his 2009 liver transplant until after they occurred, creating tension between his right to privacy and investors' right to know about his health.
Another former executive said Jobs had planned this transition as meticulously as anything else.
"Apple is not going to fall apart," the former executive said. "Steve would never let that happen. He would never leave his company in someone's hands who was not a visionary."
From www.goerie.com
Nokia, Microsoft in pact to rival Apple, Google
Feb 11th
HELSINKI – Technology titans Nokia and Microsoft are combining forces to make smart phones that might challenge rivals like Apple and Google and revive their own fortunes in a market they have struggled to keep up with.
Nokia Corp., the world's largest maker of mobile phones, said Friday it plans to use Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Phone software as the main platform for its smart phones in an effort to pull market share away from Apple's iPhone and Android, Google's software for phones and tablets.
The move marks a major strategy shift for Nokia, which has previously equipped devices with its own software. Analysts said the deal was a bigger win for Microsoft than Nokia, whose CEO Stephen Elop in a leaked memo this week compared his company to a burning oil platform with "more than one explosion … fueling a blazing fire around us."
Nokia said the partnership would "deliver an ecosystem with unrivaled global reach and scale." However, it warned that the new strategy would also bring "significant uncertainties," and said it expects profit margins to be hit by strong competition from rivals.
Nokia's share price plunged 9 percent to euro7.43 ($10.11) in afternoon trading in Helsinki.
Elop, a Canadian national, joined Nokia from a senior executive position at Microsoft last year. The first non-Finn to lead Nokia, he is under intense pressure to reverse the company's market share losses to North American and Asian competitors.
"Nokia is at a critical juncture, where significant change is necessary and inevitable in our journey forward," Elop said. He added the company was aiming at "regaining our smart phone leadership, reinforcing our mobile device platform and realizing our investments in the future."
Speaking later to analysts in London, he declined to say when Nokia would introduce a new device running on Windows Phone. But he said Nokia won't bury its own Symbian operating system or the new Meego platform that it is currently developing.
The Symbian technology is being used in 200 million phones with 150 million more expected on the market, Elop said.
Android surpassed Symbian to become the world's No. 1 smart phone software in the fourth quarter of last year, according to the Canalys research firm.
Microsoft CEO Steven Ballmer said the partnership would give the team "more innovation, greater global reach and scale."
"We need to, and we will, collaborate closely on development … so we can really align and drive the future revolution of the mobile phone," he said.
The key challenge will be to come up with devices of a quality level and hip factor that helps position Windows Phone as an attractive alternative to iPhone or Android.
Windows Phone 7, which was launched last year, still has a lot of catching up to do in terms of both the number of users and the number of "apps" available for the phones.
Nokia said its expertise in developing new software with Microsoft will be "on top of the platform in areas such as imaging, where Nokia is a market leader." Its map services will be a core part of the new device as will Microsoft's Bing search engine, Nokia said.
Neil Mawston of London-based Strategy Analytics said Microsoft was the big winner in the partnership, by teaming up with the biggest mobile hardware vendor in the world.
"In terms of expanding their distribution reach, this is a huge win for Microsoft," he said.
For Nokia the deal leaves uncertainty about what will happen to its current Symbian operating platform. Mawston said he expects it to be phased out within two years and "completely, or at least mostly, replaced by Windows Phone."
Although Nokia still is the mobile industry's biggest handset maker, its market share has plummeted from a high of 41 percent in 2008 to 31 percent in the last quarter of 2010.
It has also lost its innovative edge in the fiercely competitive top-end sector and is virtually invisible – with a 3 percent share – in the world's largest smart phone market, North America.
Apples' iPhone has set the standard for today's smart phones and Research In Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerrys have become the favorite of the corporate set. More recently, Google Inc.'s Android software has emerged as the choice for phone makers that want to challenge the iPhone.
"Today, developers, operators and consumers want compelling mobile products, which include not only the device, but the software, services, applications and customer support that make a great experience," Elop said.
He warned of further layoffs and restructuring, saying Nokia must "improve the speed and nimbleness and agility of the organization … by taking significant steps in how we operate." He gave no details.
The company said it will announce a new leadership team and organizational structure "with a clear focus on speed, results and accountability."
Nokia, which claims 1.3 billion daily users of its devices, said it hopes the "broad, strategic partnership" with Microsoft will lead to capturing the next billion users to join the Internet
From www.newsnet5.com
Nokia, Microsoft in pact to rival Apple, Google
Feb 11th
Technology titans Nokia and Microsoft are joining forces to make smart phones in a push to challenge rivals like Apple and Google, hoping to revive their own fortunes in a market they have struggled to keep up with.
Nokia Corp., the world's largest cell phone maker, said Friday it will use Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Phone software as the main platform for its smart phones in an effort to recover lost share from Apple's iPhone and Android, Google's software for phones and tablets.
The move marks a major strategy shift for Nokia, which has previously equipped devices with its own open-share software. Analysts said the deal was a bigger win for Microsoft than Nokia, whose CEO Stephen Elop in a leaked memo this week compared his company to a burning oil platform with "more than one explosion … fueling a blazing fire around us."
Nokia share price plummeted 14 percent to (EURO)7.00 ($9.52) in late trading in Helsinki.
The partnership will "deliver an ecosystem with unrivaled global reach and scale," Nokia said, but warned that it would also bring "significant uncertainties" and it expects profit margins to be hit by strong competition from rivals.
Elop, a Canadian national, joined Nokia from a senior executive position at Microsoft last year. The first non-Finn to lead Nokia, he is under intense pressure to reverse the company's market share losses to North American and Asian competitors.
"Nokia is at a critical juncture, where significant change is necessary and inevitable," Elop said. He added the company was aiming at "regaining our smart phone leadership, reinforcing our mobile device platform and realizing our investments in the future."
Elop warned of major restructuring which would result in more global layoffs, saying Nokia must "improve the speed and nimbleness and agility of the organization," but gave no details.
Nokia is still the biggest handset maker but its market share has tumbled from 41 percent in 2008 to 31 percent at the end of 2010.
It has also lost its innovative edge in the fiercely competitive top-end sector and is virtually invisible – with a 3 percent share – in the world's largest smart phone market, North America.
Apples' iPhone has set the standard for today's smart phones and Research In Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerrys have become the favorite of the corporate set. More recently, Google Inc.'s Android software has emerged as the choice for phone makers that want to challenge the iPhone.
Speaking to analysts in London, Elop declined to say when Nokia would introduce a new device running on Windows Phone. But he said Nokia won't bury its own Symbian operating system or the new MeeGo platform that it is currently developing.
More than 200 million phones, with 150 million more expected on the market, use Symbian technology, seen by some developers as clumsy and dated. At the end of last year it was surpassed by Android as the world's No. 1 smart phone software, according to the Canalys research firm.
Microsoft CEO Steven Ballmer said the new partnership with Nokia would give them "more innovation (and) greater global reach." The two companies will "collaborate closely on development … so we can really align and drive the future revolution of the mobile phone," he said.
A key challenge will be to produce quality devices with a hip factor that helps position Windows Phone as an attractive alternative to iPhone or Android. in a market where image plays a central role.
Windows Phone 7, launched last year, has a lot of catching up to do both in the number of users and "apps" available for the phones.
Nokia said its input in the partnership will include areas "such as imaging, where Nokia is a market leader" and map services, while the new device will use Microsoft's Bing search engine.
Neil Mawston from Strategy Analytics in London said Microsoft would benefit more from the partnership.
"In terms of expanding their distribution reach, this is a huge win for Microsoft," he said.
For Nokia the deal leaves uncertainty about Symbian, which Mawston said he expects to be phased out within two years and "completely, or at least mostly, replaced by Windows Phone."
Elop said Nokia will announce a new leadership team and organizational structure "with a clear focus on speed, results and accountability," sending shivers of unease through Finland which prides itself on a company that grew from making paper and gum boots into a global high-tech leader.
Elop acknowledged the layoffs would also hit Finnish units, where most of Nokia's research is carried out, but said there were no plans to move company headquarters from Finland.
Several hundred workers at Nokia's Tampere unit in southern Finland left work early on Friday, in a demonstration of concern about their future.
"They are worried. They want the information (about possible layoffs) as soon as possible, but I don't think it even exists yet," said Kari Kiila, a union representative at the Tampere plant.
Nokia, which claims 1.3 billion daily users of its devices, said it hopes the partnership with Microsoft will lead to capturing the next billion users to join the Internet in developing growth markets.
Jyrki Ali-Yrkko, from the Research Institute of the Finnish Economy, said the partnership was "surprising."
"The strengths will be in Microsoft's strong position in various corporate solutions and server solutions, but its weakness is that Microsoft perhaps doesn't have a broad, user-oriented group of developers like those around Android or Apple," Ali-Yrkko said.
The Espoo-based company, near Helsinki, employs 132,500 people – 7 percent more than a year ago.
From seattletimes.nwsource.com
Apple iPhone Sales Increase as Android Soars in Smartphone Market
Feb 9th
Apple iPhone Sales Increase as Android Soars in Smartphone Market 0 comments Gartner reports worldwide Android smartphone sales rose almost 900% in 2010 as market share for the iPhone remained stagnant and Symbian fell hard
Worldwide sales of mobile phones reached a staggering 1.6 billion in 2010, according to a new Gartner report issued today, Wednesday 9th February. Year-on-year sales climbed 31.8%, fuelled by the growing success of smartphones which accounted for almost one-fifth of all mobile phones sold last year.
Android Invasion Continues with Symbian Ready to Fall
The biggest story of 2010 was the ongoing success of Google's Android OS for smartphones, which accelerated to an 888% rise from 2009 to claim sales of over 67 million and a 22.7% worldwide market share of all smartphone sales. The Symbian OS from Nokia is now in its sights and Android is already on its way to being number one as it overtook sales of Symbian smartphones in the fourth quarter of 2010. This is also backed up by data from research firm Canalys whose own report issued at the end of January predicted Android to continue growing at least twice as fast as the smartphone market itself.
Despite an increase of over 30 million sales in 2010, market share for Symbian fell almost 7% to 37.6% as Nokia continued to struggle in the smartphone market. This share slid down further to just 32.6% in the fourth quarter of last year as Android outpaced the ailing OS in a greater range of devices from manufacturers like HTC, Motorola and Samsung.
Nokia also struggled in the worldwide mobile phone market as a whole. Despite a modest sales increase that kept it well ahead of its nearest rivals with more than a quarter of all mobile phone sales, its market share actually fell 7.5% as Symbian continued to lose out to more capable operating systems in the growing smartphone market.
Apple iPhone Sales Almost Double but Market Share Stagnant
Expansion into new countries and availability on more networks helped Apple increase sales of the iPhone by 87.2% to over 46 million, putting it less than a million units behind RIM and its BlackBerry brand. However, its focus on the high-end rather than the mass market meant that its share of the smartphone market only moved from 14.4% in 2009 to 15.7% last year.
Apple will likely still be pleased with their rising market share though, especially against BlackBerry smartphones which are available at a lower cost. Market share for the iPhone is set to increase further in 2011 as it becomes available on Verizon Wireless in the US and a new model is released. But RIM will be fighting to stay ahead of its rival and hoping that the release of the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet will create a halo effect that will push its smartphone sales up as well.
Microsoft Slides After Windows Phone 7 Launch
Despite launching its new smartphone OS in October, market share for Microsoft plummeted to just 4.2% as a result of almost three million fewer sales. This will come as a disappointment to Microsoft whose Windows Phone 7 OS has been generally well received and is supported by major manufacturers such as HTC and Samsung.
With overall sales of almost 300 million, the smartphone market continues to soar as more and more devices are introduced and their capabilities become increasingly enticing to consumers and businesses. But a report from Gartner in October also warned that there could be a significant impact on sales of high-end smartphones as a result of the growing number of seven-inch tablets so this remains a highly volatile market.
From www.suite101.com
Apple Behind Push for micro USB Charging Standard
Feb 1st
Apple Behind Push for micro USB Charging Standard
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The International Electronics Commission, IEC, has recently announced that micro USB will be the universal mobile phone charging standard used. The surprise here is that Apple, known for pushing its own standards, is throwing its support behind the micro USB charging push.
Having a common charging standard will be beneficial for the environment as the same charger can be used as a user upgrades between different phones. Rather than dumping an old charger in a landfill, old chargers can be re-used or passed on and can find new purpose. According to the IEC:
"We all have drawers full of chargers that became obsolete as soon as we buy a new phone. Today, we have a truly operational global standard that will allow the industry to end this waste and significantly reduce environmental impact. This is something millions of consumers have been waiting for. I am proud that the IEC has managed to get the best possible technical solution in record time to the market."
While the move is ecologically sound, it goes against Apple's current business strategy of charging a licensing fee for its proprietary dock connectors. Third-party accessory makers who want to enter the iPhone, iPod, or iPad ecosystem would have to pay Apple a royalty for utilizing the dock connector in products such as speakers and docks.
However, the move to have a universal micro USB standard may not preempt Apple from continuing to deploy products with a dock connector. Apple may add micro USB as a charging solution, but may still utilize its dock connector to connect to third-party accessories like speakers and docks. That will allow users to more easily find chargers while on the road, but still allow Apple to profit from and provide a rich third-party hardware ecosystem that integrates with its mobile device.
Recent news of Apple backing the micro USB charging solution may help lend credibility to rumors of a second-generation iPad supporting a micro USB port.
Via: IntoMobile
Filed Under: Mobile
Tags: Apple, charger, connector, dock connector, ipad, iphone, iPod, micro-USB, universal charger, USB
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The Foundation for Criminal Justice is pleased to publish its 2014 Annual Report.
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The Foundation for Criminal Justice held its 2015 awards dinner on July 24, 2015, on Privacy in the Digital Age: Freedom, the Fourth Amendment, and the Future. The Fourth Amendment is the starting place in the work to protect privacy and individual liberty.
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The FCJ supports myriad activities to reform local, state, and federal indigent defense systems. The FCJ embraces the fundamental concept that counsel must be provided to all accused persons at any court appearance at which a guilty plea to any crime may be entered or at which liberty is at risk. This goal remains elusive throughout much of the country.
In the wake of the severe cuts to the provision of indigent defense services during sequestration in 2013, the FCJ provided critical funding to NACDL's Federal Indigent Defense Task Force to examine the federal indigent defense system. The task force's mission included an assessment of the level of independence afforded to the Defender Services Office and consideration of whether reforms are necessary to ensure adherence to the ABA's Ten Principles of a Public Defense Delivery System. After extensive research and more than 130 interviews with key stakeholders, the Task Force identified several significant, persistent deficiencies in the system. This report explores those concerns and offers seven recommendations to assure a robust federal indigent defense system.
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Overcriminalization is a dangerous trend that the FCJ is working to reverse. The problem is compounded by a system that unduly imbues prosecutors with an excessively disproportionate array of tools, including unbridled charging authority, mandatory minimum sentences, and largely unreviewable discretion to control the flow of information to the defense.
In courtrooms across the nation, accused persons are convicted without ever having seen information that was favorable to their defense. The frequency with which this occurs and the role it plays in wrongful convictions prompted With FCJ support, NACDL and the VERITAS Initiative to undertake an unprecedented study of Brady claims litigated in federal courts over a five-year period. The Study asked: What role does judicial review play in the disclosure of favorable information to accused? The results revealed a troubling answer—the judiciary is impeding fair disclosure in criminal cases and, in doing so, encouraging prosecutors to disclose as little favorable information as possible.
Federal, state, and local law enforcement arrest some 14 million people annual, and it is estimated that nearly 70 million adults have criminal records. There are at least 45,000 collateral consequences of arrest or conviction. This vast array of legal restrictions, generalized discrimination, and social stigma have become more severe, more public, and more frequently permanent. The FCJ and NACDL are undertaking efforts to rein in this worrisome trend.
With more than 65 million people in America having some form of a criminal record, the universality and import of the problem this nonpartisan report tackles is tremendous. With critical support from the FCJ, NACDL's Task Force on the Restoration of Rights and Status After Conviction held hearings all over the country, featuring testimony from more than 150 witnesses from every corner of the criminal justice system, as part of the research leading to this report. Included among the witnesses were those who have faced unfair, irrational, and often life-altering barriers arising from a brush with the criminal law. Many of their stories are captured in the report. And many more are available in the complete transcripts of the Task Force's hearings. With more than one in four adults in the United States having some form of a criminal record, and more than 2.2 million people currently behind bars in the United States, more than any other nation in the world, the vast impact of the problem of collateral consequences and legal barriers to reentry is undeniable.
As the nation is constantly reminded, racial and ethnic disparities permeate America's criminal justice system. the FCJ supports projects designed to constructively address these disparities.
The Foundation for Criminal Justice sponsored Criminal justice in the 21st Century: Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparity in the Criminal Justice System in partnership with NACDL and other partners. This groundbreaking project brought together leading experts from all corners of the criminal justice system over two conferences to identify effective and practical solutions to end racial and ethnic criminal justice disparities. Articles from the two conferences appeared in The New York University Journal of Legislation & Public Policy and in a series of articles published in The Champion, in addition to a three-part podcast series.
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It's summer in Southern California and that means plenty of time off for sports, sports and did we mention sports?
But did you know that the Dodgers and Angels aren't the only game in town this time of year?
There are plenty of local pro and amateur teams, tournaments and events that present fan-friendly, affordable and over-the-top excitement throughout the summer. Plus it's a great way to support local teams and events right here in our own community.
Here are just a few of the sporting teams, tournaments and events happening locally this summer:
LA Kiss
What: LA Kiss are in the Western Division of the National Conference of the Arena Football League (AFL). They're owned by Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley of the band Kiss.
Where: Honda Center, Anaheim, CA
When: Regular season runs from March to end of July
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LA Blues SC
What: LA Blues is a semi-pro women's soccer team in the USL W-League
Where: StubHub Center, 18400 S. Avalon Blvd, Carson, CA and Occidental College, 1600 Campus Rd., Los Angeles, CA
When: Regular season runs from May to mid-July
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OC Blues
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Where: UCI Anteater Stadium, 903 W. Peltason, Irvine, CA
When: Regular season runs from March to early August
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Where: Huntington Beach Pier, Huntington Beach, CA
When: July 26 to August 3, 2014
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The Economic Club of Phoenix presents Dan Burns, Chief Executive Officer, Athlete's Performance, and John Stobo, Managing Partner, ABS Capital, on November 19, 2013 at the Hyatt Regency Scottsdale at Gainey Ranch. Networking session is available prior to final registration at 11:45 a.m. This luncheon is open to the general public for $75 per person and advance registration is required. To reserve your seat visit our website at http://econclubphx.org or telephone 480-727-0596.
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After multiple sold out shows in NY, musical pop songwriter Joey Contreras takes on LA for his West Coast concert debut. Featuring songs from his first album, Love Me, Love Me Not, audiences of all ages will be able to relate to the stories and adventures of Joey's emotionally-driven and musically infectious tunes. Joining him will be a handful of exciting talent, including members from the cast of the LA production of the Tony award-winning hit, The Book of Mormon. For more information, check out www.joeycontreras.com.
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T.I. has been involved in his fair share of rap beef. From Lil' Flip to Ludacris to Shawty Lo, Tip has held his own against some pretty serious dudes, but when it comes to the attacks from rookie female MC [artist id="4091183″]Azealia Banks[/artist], the Trouble Man wants no part of it.
Banks took exception when T.I.'s new artist Iggy Azalea landed the 2012 XXL Freshman cover earlier this year. The Harlem rapper had no problem lashing out at Iggy via Twitter, and when Tip defended his new protégé on DJ Drama's radio show in March, Banks fired shots at the King too.
"[Banks] wasn't the only one who felt funny about it. It was a trending topic people felt so funny about it," Iggy told MTV News earlier this month about her inclusion on the Freshman list.
Iggy wasn't chosen to be on XXL's coveted cover by the staff outright, instead she won a people's choice vote held on the magazine's website. The Australian-born rapper beat out 49 other rookie MCs to earn her spot along other notables like French Montana, MGK and Future. "Out of all those people, I had the most fans, it's not my fault. You should've voted for who you wanted because everybody else did and not to be rude, it was me."
T.I., however, hasn't been so diplomatic in his response. "The fact that she's speaking up on me and mine, I didn't even see it," he said about Banks when he appeared on the "Tony Sculfield and the Morning Riot" radio show in Chicago on Monday morning (April 23). "That's a bitch sh–, I'ma man. You ain't got no business addressing me. Get your man to address me, if you got a man, get him to address me and he and I can speak on it."
It doesn't seem like Banks, whose video for her single "212" is fast approaching 12 million views on YouTube, has taken heed. "@tip T.i …. Please shut the f— up about this. Like seriously quit it," she tweeted hours after the Grand Hustle CEO's interview aired.
Banks continued with a full-on Twitter rant. "@tip funny how you have plenty of time to address me but have nothing to say to the dudes who been calling u at as a snitch forever," she wrote. "@tip it's dead… The streets already know what kind of dude you are. Stop making yourself look softer by dragging this out."
She then proceeded to delete all of T.I.'s songs from her iTunes. "LMFAOO every time I delete a t.i. song from my iPad I imagine him dying in some bloody horror film like being eaten by a zombie," she wrote.
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11 months ago I stepped on the scale at a hefty 305 pounds. I knew it was time to change. I started my weight loss journey April 5th 2011. I stand before you now at 178 pounds and working on muscle mass gain now. Along the way I had some VERY unexpected comments, looks etc, here's some of the things I experienced.
My wife constantly telling me to not lose any more weight or I won't look good. My WIFE! I thought of all people in the world she would support my goals. This completely crushed me to hear her say I wouldn't look good if i lost more. I had 40, then 20, then 5 lbs to go.
She eventually had all her coworkers telling me to not shrink anymore. They started telling me to stop. Why?!?! Why can I not lose weight without criticism from others? Why can i not set and achieve a goal without negativity? I did all my weight loss through healthy eating and excersise. I never went balemic or anything stupid like people think I did to lose 130 pounds in 11 months.
I am now happy with my body. I'm wearing size 32 pants and large tee shirts or medium dress shirts. I am down to an easy 9.5 minute mile and lifting heavier than I knew I could.
Why do people tell us to stop? Why are people so against our success? Why are we constantly told to stop when were still overweight and working on it? Why do we get criticized for turning down sweets or unhealthy meals.
How many times have I been told " 1 piece isn't going to kill you." Or "fast food once in a while won't hurt your weight loss". Well you know what, I know my body. I know how I act. If i OK it once ill OK it more than once. I have an addictive personality.
I continue to get slack for going to the gym 5 days a week now. I get told you look so good, you've lost so much. I have new goals. I achieved my weight goal. Nobody is stopping me.
Do you guys get a hard time like this? How do you explain. That its your body to someone ? Is everyone else's journey as heart crushing to have a significant other tell you that "you won't look good to me anymore"?
Now I actually hear complaints that I'm not soft in bed, but all she feels is muscle (butt, shoulders and chest area.)
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Congrats on all your success! My guess is that you and your wife may have had some of these habits together (i.e. eating fast food or splurging.) So to her you may abandoning the lifestyle that you two shared which may possibly feel that you are also abandoning her as well. Not that you should give up your new healthy lifestyle choices but you may want to address those things with her. Many times people bond together with lifestyle choices and now that you have changed she may feel that you are almost betraying her and your joint lifestyle. I am not sure if that makes sense of not. Maybe an idea could be to find things that you two still enjoy together (that aren't about fattening food) to bond over. However I have to be honest that I can understand where your wife is coming from as I tend to like guys that are a little bit larger (like a size 36-38 pant size)and if I had a partner who slimmed down a lot I may have a problem still being as attracted to them. I think the same thing if you have a partner who gains a lot of weight. Hopefully though your connection is stronger than that and the attraction is more about the mental and emotional connection and not all about physical. But congrats again on the transformation and the hard work; you're a rock star!!
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I've had this problem, I've had people say nasty things to me, tell me that I looked better before when I had more curves, I was a fanatic, etc etc.. I think people start to feel threatened, especially the people that are the closest to us. It's not about you. It's obviously bringing up something in your wife, and it's not about you, but how she feels. You would think a significant other would feel proud to have a hot husband or wife but there's more to it than that..
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Oftentimes the reality is not what the other person is saying, but what they aren't saying. Finding the truth will bring understanding. Continue to be healthy and a role model for others in your life. You are doing great!
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It's possible she feels threatened by your new physique? I won't pretend to know what your relationship is like, but my advice would be to try to talk to her about how her comments make you feel, if you haven't already. I know sometimes it's hardest to talk to the ones who are closest to us. I congratulate you on your AMAZING success, and am sure you'll continue on your healthy path as you've already come so very far.
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American Party Politics are cooking up a super sized perfect storm for Election day 2012.
Since all we are hearing from the opposing sides is who and what is not working, it's time to look back to a point in history when our country was working – or at least consuming productively. By that, I mean not accepting as normal the increasing portion sizes and their inherent problems – but by eating/drinking our way back to a healthier America.I think we should start by examining food production BMP: before meat and potatoes took over in the 50's.
I began thinking about parallels between the economy and how we create food, when at the same time Mark Buchanan's Bloomberg.com article entitled Living Cells Show How to Fix the Financial System popped up on my screen. I draw the connection because all foodies ultimately do promote cellular activity.
Though I am not a theoretical physicist, I am a woman of many theories, and I do like to fix things (not just food recipes). Let's explore one by reviewing some general models of food preparation and production. Anyone inspired with input is welcome to comment: Look at other food production parallels, other political parties, and please join in the dialogue!
Can you guess which party is more aligned to bread making and which is more aligned with milking? No puns - or buns - intended here!
The bread making model: Not that we created it in America, but Artisan bread is currently one of our more recent success stories. And who knows what the Settlers coming west would have done without. The yeast (read 'culture') rises, and needs to be punched back down a few times in order to redistribute the 'weight' of the bread so that it can be baked to perfection.
And let's not forget that loafing story of mythic proportions: the breaking of bread, where one loaf distributed returns 40. If you are a believer, the figures speak for themselves. Caleb Warnock has an interesting blog page on yeast for anyone interested in furthering their knowledge base on this subject. He also has given a natural starter yeast away for free, and that says a lot about the bread baking model.
Milk making on the other hand, requires a bit of animal husbandry (could call it slavery), followed by patience. Once 'milked' the solution must sit - (read 'do nothing, count your blessings') then skim off the cream from the top... leaving the rest to be homogenized and pasteurized for consumption by the general populace. Now, you could churn it up a bit, add sugar and flavor and serve it cold - Call it The Ice Cream Party - seems to be working for Ben and Jerry!
Onto the veggie model: My friend Joel Siegfried, Airlines/Airport Examinerand National Desk - News Analysis Examiner thinks the whole victory garden model would suit any Libertarian. Urban vegetable gardens are related to the breakdown of the economic system, says Rebecca Fisher of SupermarketGuru.com. Though she is referring to the recent development of urban gardens in Spain, perhaps we can take advance note, especially since Monterey County's agriculture sector is among the most productive in the world. In fact, for every acre of buildings and pavement in Monterey County there are four acres of strawberries, lettuce, grapes, or other crops. Monterey County produces 59% of our Nation's lettuce! Just think what the new vertical planting space will do to this kind of food production (though that's a much larger subject for further exploration).
And last but certainly one of my favorite models offered for your review from Ray McMakin, a foodie, counselor, and educator. Hailing from Texas and currently informing himself on neuro-nutrition for his counseling work, he recommends we look to the founding fathers who were brewers. "After all, beer making began the farming of crops and devalued the nomadic culture in favor of the love of a brew in a pub."
Ray figures that perhaps here is the birthplace of modern civilization. (at least of politicking) Revere, Jefferson etc., were all brewers... "the drinkers and the dreamers were responsible for creating the foundation of our American culture." Ray calls it passionate rabble-rousing, "The Tea Party? Let's make it a Keg Party and throw all the bums overboard. Let's get the GMO's out of our bread and milk and get back to the patriotic basics."
Now that suits my heritage as well as my desire to get back to our American roots and seeds. One thing we can do is eat and drink our way back to a healthy American economy, we just have to put our money where our mouth should be, not where it is now, because that is definitely not working!
I look forward to continuing this conversation with your input. Please stay tuned.


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Napa Cabbage Salad with Buttermilk Dressing
Adapted from Gourmet, November 2007
The dressing is a simple blend of buttermilk, apple cider vinegar, a touch of mayo, shallots, sugar, salt and pepper but the flavor is anything but. This is my new go-to creamy dressing. I am sure it would equally delicious with some crumbled blue cheese mixed in, if you're into that kind of thing.
The dressing would be really great on an iceberg wedge or romaine hearts salad, or any kind of everything-but-the-kitchen-sink mega mixed bowl. Like your lunch tomorrow.
1/2 cup well-shaken buttermilk
2 tablespoons mayonnaise
2 tablespoons cider vinegar
2 tablespoons minced shallot
1 tablespoon sugar
3 tablespoons finely chopped chives
1 pound Napa cabbage, cored and thinly sliced crosswise (4 cups)
6 radishes, diced
2 celery ribs, thinly sliced diagonally
Whisk together buttermilk, mayonnaise, vinegar, shallot, sugar, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper in a large bowl until sugar has dissolved, then whisk in chives.
Toss cabbage, radishes, and celery with dressing.
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Moraine Park Technical College students got into the spirit of giving this holiday season with several clubs and the Student Senates collecting food, clothing, toys and money for families who are less fortunate.
At Moraine Park's Beaver Dam campus, the Student Senate collected donations from students and staff for the Dodge County Food Pantry and Clothes for Kids. The food pantry received $540 that was raised from ticket sales to a movie day at Roger's Cinema, and Clothes for Kids received clothes, toys and $100. Members of the Electrical Power Distribution Club again volunteered to ring bells for the Salvation Army in Beaver Dam.
The Fond du Lac campus Student Senate and the Salvation Army of Fond du Lac teamed up for a sock drive to help keep feet of all sizes warm this winter. And the Culinary Arts students assisted the Salvation Army by preparing 43 turkeys for the first annual Community Christmas Dinner.
The West Bend campus had a Giving Tree decorated with ornaments that featured items for Moraine Park families in need. More than 30 gifts were provided due to the generosity of numerous fellow Moraine Park students and staff. Both the Chiropractic Technician Club and Wisconsin Marketing and Management Association student groups also helped collect gifts this year.
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Carlsbad's housing crunch has widespread impacts
CARLSBAD, N.M. (AP) — It took five months for John Thurston to find his current job.
The recent Eastern University graduate said he wanted to find a job closer to the geology field he studied in college.
Lucky for him, Morco Geological Services in Carlsbad answered his request.
"My boss told me 'you're hired,'" he said. "Then he said 'Now start looking for a place.'"
Thurston, like so many out-of-state residents, quickly found out just what his supervisor meant. For a month, Thurston spent all his time trying to find somewhere to call home here in the city. And for that month, he called the Stagecoach Motel home, a place that didn't feature many home-like qualities.
"It sucked," he said. "Unfortunately, the only room they had available was a smoking room," he added. "I felt like I was stuck there because it was really hard to find a place."
Thurston is one of many people in the area suffering from a housing shortage. It is not uncommon to find oilfield and commercial trucks lined up at hotels along Canal Street at night. It's a sight that has become more evident as time goes by.
"The population is growing so fast that housing has not caught up," he said. "People are kind of desperate."
A native of Spokane, Wash., Thurston said he came to Carlsbad in September and found out how tough it was to find an affordable place to live.
"The rest of cost of living is so normal but rent is so much more," he said.
Although his company paid for his stay at the motel, he said he attempted to find places in the city to stay for [auth] reasonable prices. He said he filed apartment applications around the city, and he constantly watched a Facebook group advertising places for rent.
He said his stay at the motel was an experience he'd rather not repeat.
"The cleaning ladies were nice," he said. "That was about it."
He finally found his current duplex a month after starting his job. He said his rent of $650 is reasonable, and he's grateful his company helped pay his hotel fees at the Stagecoach.
"It's a good company," he said. "It's a good place. It's good money."
Like Thurston, the city has taken notice of the current housing situation.
Carlsbad's city council recently voted in October to update the city's existing temporary housing ordinance to meet the current population demand.
City Administrator Steve McCutcheon said the existing market in the city is insufficient to match the needs of the current workforce.
"The mayor tasked us to look at this issue," he said. "What drove his concern was that we have a lot of people out here to work but they don't have anywhere to stay."
The city already allows individuals and developers to apply for temporary housing permits with certain guidelines, he said. However, the updated ordinance offers opportunities to attract developers wishing to set up temporary houses units such as mobile home parks and mobile camps, similar to other thriving oil-and-gas-based communities in North Dakota and Midland, Texas.
The ordinance helps "ensure that temporary residents are living in a safe, secure and sanitary environment," the agenda report reads.
According to the report, the regional economy is expected to continue to grow for five to seven years.
Some guidelines requires properties are connected to the city's water and sewer or be completely self-contained, have a minimum 4-foot tall perimeter fence, and be accessible for emergency purposes.
The permit is good for three years and can be renewable in two 1-year spans, McCutcheon said. The permit cannot be renewed after the fifth year, he added.
"Most of the temporary housing units just don't lend themselves to permanent stability," he said.
McCutcheon said the city has avenues to ensure temporary properties are kept up to code.
Since the ordinance update, McCutcheon said the city has received interest from several developers looking to set up shop in the city.
"Carlsbad is open for business," he said.
"Although this may not be a long-term solution, it is definitely an immediate solution," he added.
Over the past couple of days, John Waters and Jeff Campbell of the Carlsbad Department of Development have been at work trying to lure several retail chains to Carlsbad at International Council of Shopping Centers' annual conference in Dallas, Texas.
Waters, executive director for the CDOD, said Carlsbad's numbers are looking good to many investors. Campbell, director of marketing for the CDOD, said Carlsbad's $53,000 median income number posts as the second highest numbers in the state the last four years.
"The revenue stream is high here," Waters said. "People are making good money here."
However, Waters acknowledges that the tight housing market in the city makes it harder to keep revenue within the city limits. Linger effects of the national housing crash of 2008 don't help, he said.
The problem, he says, lies in convincing developers' financiers that Carlsbad has a legitimate market.
"They think that if things are bad there then things are bad everywhere," he said. "They lost a lot of money in 2008. The developers are interested but their banks need a little bit more convincing. They are really hesitant when they invest."
The key, Waters says, is providing more rental properties in the city. Waters said his organization has trying to lure more rental properties and hotels into the area.
There are a few new apartment complexes that Waters said has helped. But it's not enough, he said.
The shortage of rental units has affected other local industries like tourism and retail, which rely on hotel tourists to spend as much time in Carlsbad as they can.
He said the lack of available hotel rooms means tourists often decide to spend their dollars in nearby cities.
"It does abruptly affect the tourism industry," he said. "There's no doubt about it."
He said that the housing ordinance is a positive step in the right direction for the city.
"The city council recognizes that we have to put people into places to stay," he said.
Waters, who said his office gets about one call each day from potential developers, said a lot of developers are giving Carlsbad a thought. He said two of the largest apartment complexes, Avalon and Copperstone, are about to break ground on the second phase of their developments.
"We are the real deal here in Carlsbad," he said. "We are just at the start of our boom. We know we can fill apartments."
"There's two types of towns," he added. "There are towns that are growing. There are towns that are dying. I'm thankful that I'm in a town that is growing"
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In the UK, tipping in restaurants is usually 'discretionary', but it is more discretionary in some places than others. Check your bill. 'Service not included' means just that, and it is usual to offer 10 per cent.
If you are paying by card, you will often be able to add the tip before entering your PIN number. This is fine, but leaving a cash tip is more likely to circumvent the odd unscrupulous owner and reach the waiting staff.
Some establishments will add a discretionary percentage automatically. You are not obliged to pay this if service has been noticeably poor, and it is perfectly acceptable to ask for it to be removed.
Tipping is also commonplace in hair and beauty salons, and in taxis. Use your discretion, but err on the side of generosity.
In smarter hotels, tipping will be expected. Give a small gratuity (i.e. one or two pounds) to bellboys or porters per piece of luggage if they take your bags to your room. Doormen should be tipped upon checking out if they have helped with taxis or luggage. A banknote may be left in your room for housekeeping. Check whether a service charge is included in your room service bill. If not, add ten per cent at the end of your stay and ask that it be given to the appropriate staff members.
In pubs, don't tip - just offer to buy the barman a drink instead. In bars, where you are seated and drinks are delivered to your table, tip 10 per cent, as you would in restaurants.
Don't use tipping as an excuse to offload a pocketful of coppers and small change.


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According to a post on presidential candidate John Edwards' official blog, the Democrat's Second Life campaign headquarters was trashed, apparently by Republican gamers:
Shortly before midnight (CST) on Monday, February 26, a group of republican Second Life users, some sporting "Bush '08" tags, vandalized the John Edwards Second Life HQ. They plastered the area with Marxist/Lenninist posters and slogans, a feces spewing obsenity, and a photoshopped picture of John in blackface, all the while harrassing visitors with right-wing nonsense and obsenity-laden abuse of Democrats in general and John in particular.
The author of the blog post, identified only as robinrising, was apparently a witness to the incident and provided screen shots and chat logs to SL publisher Linden Lab for possible disciplinary action.


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The New Orleans Saints' injury report continues to look positive. Only tight end David Thomas (concussion), right tackle Zach Strief (knee) and linebacker Will Herring (hamstring) were held out of Wednesday's practice.
Receiver Devery Henderson (calf) returned to practice on a full basis. Linebacker Jonathan Vilma (knee) and linebacker Martez Wilson (shoulder) also fully participated. Herring took the day off after practicing on Thursday.
Payton said Thomas has shown signs of improvement this week, suggesting that he started to turn the corner in his recovery from the lingering concussion systems.


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Sunderland 3 Reading 0
by Stuart Vose
Early goal sets up victory over Royals.
James McClean marked the anniversary of his stunning Sunderland debut with an early goal to set his side on the road to victory over Reading.
McClean first entered the fray in red and white exactly a year previous and he terrorised the Royals from the first whistle.
The Irish winger opened the scoring after just three minutes with his first goal of the season, firing in on the turn after after Adam Johnson's corner was only half-cleared.
McClean's strike was the ideal platform on which Sunderland built an important win.
They went on to double the lead through a sublime back-heel from leading marksman Steven Fletcher just before the half-hour.
Sunderland were grateful to two excellent second-half saves from Simon Mignolet to preserve the clean sheet, but the hosts hit back in decisive fashion as Stephane Sessegnon swept away to slot home a well-taken – and well deserved – third goal in addded time.
And the performance and result will come as a huge boost to Martin O'Neill, who admitted the fixture – Sunderland's game in hand – was "massive" in his pre-match analysis.
O'Neill was able to name star Fletcher in his starting line-up following a one-game absence through injury, and he could barely have written a better start.
Some supporters were barely in their seats when Adam Federici punched Johnson's corner out as far as McClean, who steadied himself before steering a firm low shot back through a pack of players and beyond the keeper's despairing dive.
The midfielder celebrated by sliding on his knees in the direction of his manager while the Stadium of Light roared its approval.
Those roars were nearly intensified just three minutes later when Seb Larsson streaked clear after playing a neat one-two with Fletcher only to see Federici tip his shot behind.
And Johnson, the architect of the opening goal, almost added a second himself when he drove low into the side-netting after Sessegnon's deflected shot looped into his path.
All good for the hosts – but Reading served up a warning shot nine minutes in through defender Alex Pearce, who popped up completely unmarked to turn a clever free-kick past the post.
The chance gave heart to a Reading side who have taken just two points on the road this season, but it was Sunderland creating the bulk of the opportunities with their front four enjoying plenty of room.
Sessegnon deserved a goal purely for the quality of a lightning turn on the edge of the box as he received a ball into feet, whipped beyond a defender and cracked a shot inches wide.
But the second breakthrough the hosts were seeking did eventually arrive just before the half-hour thanks to dual moments of quality from Rose and Fletcher.
The former burst into crossing position down the left and delivered a mouth-watering low ball which Fletcher cheekily back-heeled into the net for his seventh goal of the season.
The Scottish hitman could have rounded out the first half with another goal just before the break, but headed just over under pressure after meeting a Johnson corner six yards out.
Johnson, meanwhile, was forced to withdraw with an injury at the break having been clattered by a heavy challenge from Reading captain Jobi McAnuff.
And the visitors came out fighting at the start of the second period, with only a fine save from Mignolet preventing them from halving the deficit just before the hour.
Nicky Shorey's curling free-kick looked set to find the top corner, but Mignolet flung himself across to touch the ball behind.
But the action was soon back up at the other end as the lively Sessegnon drew a good save from Federici with just over 20 minutes to go, pulling down Fletcher's flick before blasting goalwards.
The excellent Rose was given a standing ovation when he was replaced by David Vaughan shortly afterwards, while Titus Bramble joined the fray after fellow sub Phil Bardsley – Johnson's replacement – pulled up injured.
Sunderland added some defensive steel to their earlier attacking flair as they rode out a late push from Reading, with Mignolet somehow keeping out a point-blank header from Noel Hunt with a fine reaction save.
But the hosts hadn't finished at the other end as they added some extra sheen to the scoreline deep into added time.
A clipped ball forward by Carlos Cuellar sent Sessegnon racing away, and the man from Benin shimmied his way around a sprawling Federici to side-foot the ball into the empty net amidst the roars of an ecstatic home crowd.
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Team Sheet
- Mignolet
- 22
- Yellow Rose (Vaughan)
- 3
- Cuéllar
- 24
- O'Shea
- 16
- Gardner
- 8
- Larsson
- 7
- McClean
- 23
- Johnson (Bardsley)
- 21
- Colback
- 14
- Sessegnon
- 28
- Yellow Fletcher
- 26
- Federici
- 1
- Cummings
- 24
- Pearce
- 5
- Shorey
- 3
- Mariappa Yellow
- 6
- McAnuff
- 11
- Tabb
- 16
- McCleary (Samuel)
- 12
- Leigertwood
- 8
- Le Fondre
- 9
- Hunt
- 10
- Kilgallon
- 12
- Vaughan
- 15
- Campbell
- 9
- Bardsley (Bramble)
- 2
- Wickham
- 10
- Westwood
- 20
- Bramble
- 19
- Obita
- 37
- Taylor
- 41
- Gunter
- 2
- Gunnarsson
- 26
- Harte
- 23
- Samuel
- 44
- Gorkss
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|Free fatty acid-induced beta-cell defects are dependent on uncoupling protein 2 expression
|J. W. Joseph, V. Koshkin, M. C. Saleh, W. I. Sivitz, C. Y. Zhang, B. B. Lowell, Catherine B. Chan, M. B. Wheeler
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|Chronic exposure to elevated free fatty acids (lipotoxicity) induces uncoupling protein (UCP2) in the pancreatic beta-cell, and therefore a causal link between UCP2 and beta-cell defects associated with obesity may exist. Recently, we showed that lipid treatment in vivo and in vitro in UCP2(-/-) mice/islets does not result in any loss in beta-cell glucose sensitivity. We have now assessed the mechanism of maintained beta-cell function in UCP2(-/-) mice by exposing islets to 0.4 mM palmitate for 48 h. Palmitate treatment increased triglyceride concentrations in wild type (WT) but not UCP2(-/-) islets because of higher palmitate oxidation rates in the UCP2(-/-) islets. Dispersed beta-cells from the palmitate-exposed WT islets had reduced glucose-stimulated hyperpolarization of the mitochondrial membrane potential compared with both control WT and palmitate-exposed UCP2(-/-) beta-cells. The glucose-stimulated increases in the ATP/ADP ratio and cytosolic Ca2+ are attenuated in palmitate-treated WT but not UCP2(-/-) beta-cells. Exposure to palmitate reduced glucose-stimulated insulin secretion (GSIS) in WT islets, whereas UCP2(-/-) islets had enhanced GSIS. Overexpression of recombinant UCP2 but not enhanced green fluorescent protein in beta-cells resulted in a loss of glucose-stimulated hyperpolarization of the mitochondrial membrane potential and GSIS similar to that seen in WT islets exposed to palmitate. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are known to increase the activity of UCP2. We showed that ROS levels were elevated in control UCP2(-/-) islets as compared with WT and UCP2(-/-) islets overexpressing UCP2 and that palmitate increased ROS in WT and UCP2(-/-) islets overexpressing UCP2 but not in UCP2(-/-) islets. Thus, UCP2(-/-) islets resisted the toxic effects of palmitate by maintaining glucose-dependent metabolism-secretion coupling. We propose that higher free fatty acid oxidation rates prevent accumulation of triglyceride in UCP2(-/-) islets, such accumulation being a phenomenon associated with lipotoxicity.
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Places to Visit in North Dakota
Be sure to check out these places to visit in North Dakota
An exploration of the many different places to visit in North Dakota will reveal a never-ending collection of historic, cultural, natural, and art-filled attractions and locations. Situated in the Midwest and Western regions of the United States, the land that North Dakota covers makes it the 19th largest state in the U.S. In the west, tourists encounter the Missouri River, while the surrounding hills make perfect snapshots. In the east, the Red River and Red River Valley sustain the agriculture in the region.
While the state capital of Bismarck; Grand Forks; and the largest city of the state (Fargo) are popular places to visit in North Dakota, consider these locations and the selections listed below when planning a trip to this inviting destination:
North Dakota Museum of Art (NDMOA)
When paying a visit to Grand Folks, consider stepping onto the campus of the University of North Dakota to admire the onsite exhibition galleries. Some of the popular displays in the past have included "Lewis and Clark: Rivers, Edens, Empires," and "Bugs and Such." Also, dont forget to stop by the small restaurant and gift shop on the premises.
The Red River Valley region opens up to expose the largest city in North Dakota, where the Fargo Air Museum (aircrafts from World War II) and the Roger Maris Museum (small site with memorabilia and video presentation) have been attracting tourists for years.
Fargo Theatre
Head for downtown Fargo to explore this Art Deco masterpiece that serves as a center for the arts. Built in 1925, the building underwent restoration in order to revamp its historical appeal.
Plains Art Museum
To explore the beauty of fine arts, this downtown Fargo gem possesses a permanent collection of about 3,000 works that include traditional American Indian art and folk art. The talent of Andy Warhol and Salvador Dali are also on display.
As the capital of the state, there is no wonder that Bismarck ranks as one of the most popular places to visit in North Dakota. With a history that dates back to 1872, tourists enjoy exploring the economic center of this location. Here, you will also encounter the North Dakota State Capitol the tallest structure in the city.
Belle Mehus Auditorium Bismarck
This historic building is found in the downtown section of the capital, where all of the performing arts action takes place. The Bismarck-Mandan Symphony Orchestra holds court here, as well as the Sleepy Hollow Summer Theatre, the Shade Tree Players (children's theater), and productions associated with the University of Mary, and Bismarck State College.
In the north central part of the state, Minot is home to the annual North Dakota State Fair, and the Roosevelt Park Zoo, where the first animal to grace this attraction was the American Bison in 1920. Golfers also enjoy hitting the green in Minot, where the Souris Valley Golf Course and Apple Grove Golf Course is quite satisfying.
Dakota Dinosaur Museum Dickinson
This family-friendly attraction in North Dakota offers replicas of the mighty dinosaurs that roamed the Earth millions of years ago. Spread across 13,400 square feet of space, this site is completely manned by volunteers that entertain visitors from May to Labor Day.
Prairie Knights Casino
Head for Fort Yates to test your luck and you will encounter a casino and lodge that provides access to 600 slot machines, craps, blackjack, and many other entertaining pursuits.
Enchanted Highway- Regent
The largest scrap metal sculptures in the world are found scattered about a stretch of highway that measures 32 miles long. The southwestern part of the state is where one of the most intriguing places to visit in North Dakota is situated. Some of the sculptures include The Tin Family (1991); Grasshoppers in the Field (1999); and Fisherman's Dream (2006).
International Peace Garden
Located close to Dunseith, this site is covered with more than 150,000 blooms each year and showcases attractions, such as an 18-foot floral clock display, water fountains, and a peace chapel. The grounds also serve as home to some of the remains of the World Trade Center.
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I have two monitors attached to my Linux machine (one stereo-capable, the other not). I want to set up my system so that I can see the Workspace in stereo on one monitor, and the Project Table on the other. Is this possible?
This is possible, but requires some additional software. If you set the graphics card settings to "separate X screens", you can install xinerama to recombine the two X screens into a single desktop. You must set up xorg.conf with the following options in both screen sections:
Option "Stereo" "3"
Option "AllowDFPStereo" "YES"
and in the extensions section, set
Option "Composite" "Disable"
Make sure that the Workspace is displayed on the stereo monitor, and drag the Project Table to the non-stereo monitor.
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Maternal serumalpha-fetoprotein (MSAFP) screening is a blood test that looks at certain proteins to screen for certain types of birth defects like neural tube defects (such as spina bifida) and Down syndrome in pregnancy. This test is routinely offered to all pregnant women.
A genetic counselor plays an important role in helping expectant mothers and their families understand the difference between a screening and a diagnostic test. MSAFP is a screening test, so further testing may be needed to confirm a diagnosis. If the results from the MSAFP screening are not within the normal range, the genetic counselor can explain what additional testing/procedures (including ultrasound and amniocentesis) may be performed to diagnose the problem and provide support for the parents. Genetic counselors can help families understand the role that MSAFP screening plays in detecting possible birth defects, as well as the risks, benefits and limitations of the additional testing.


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CONCORD, N.C. -- Danica Patrick wasn't optimistic about her chances in Sunday's Coca-Cola 600 before the weekend, and now she will start from the back.
The Stewart-Haas Racing team changed the engine in Patrick's No. 10 Chevrolet after discovering an oil leak 12 laps into Saturday's first practice.
Patrick qualified 24th, one spot ahead of team owner Tony Stewart. Crew chief Tony Gibson said the issue doesn't appear to be one that will impact the other SHR cars or those from Hendrick Motorsports that supplies the engines.
"It could just be an odd-ball deal,'' Gibson said. "We're not really sure.''
Gibson said the move to the back is a big deal even though it's a 600-mile race when there is plenty of time to make up ground.
"For every car you start behind it makes it that much worse on turbulence,'' he said. "It's like adding another tractor trailer in front of you on the highway.''
Gibson said Patrick had made some gains in practice even though the 31-year-old driver wasn't happy with her run in last Saturday's All-Star race at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
"We went out and ran 10-12 laps and right off the bat the car was really good,'' he said. "We came in to make a shock change, she went back out of the garage and we saw some oil dripping. We pulled back in, jacked up the car and couldn't really find anything that looked wrong.
"We thought maybe it was from when we switched over from qualifying to race trim because sometimes a line gets soaked with oil or an o-ring will get nicked. We backed out of the garage and there was still oil coming out.''
Gibson said HMS engineers are stripping the engine down to further diagnose the problem.
"It's a bummer,'' he said. "It's very difficult to pass. It's not good, but that's the hand we've been dealt. We've got to man up and deal with it. We'll do the best we can. It's a long race, so we'll see what happens."


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For a variety of catches, try local piers
Published: Thursday, June 20, 2013 at 1:20 p.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, June 20, 2013 at 1:20 p.m.
For one of the most productive ways to fish in Southeastern North Carolina, there is nothing like a fishing pier.
Most piers allow you to fish from the surf zone to deeper water beyond the waves. With the ability to fish so much area, you have a greater chance of encountering more species. The best advice for the pier is keep it simple, but there are a few rigs and lures you need to be successful. One must-have for the pier is a "Gotcha plug" made by Sea-Striker. These lead and plastic- or metal-bodied lures work great for a large number of the fish, including bluefish, Spanish mackerel, false albacore, Atlantic bonita and others. This lure is used on a medium spinning or conventional combo in the 6-foot-6-inch to 7-foot range with line from 12- to 15-pound test. Other rigs to get: traditional two-hook bottom rig, with a 1- to 3-ounce bank sinker and a Carolina rig with a 1- to 3-ounce egg weight. Hook size may vary depending on the fish you are targeting but should be between size 4 and 2/0.
With these bottom style rigs you will be targeting many species, including spot, croaker, whiting, red and black drum and flounder. Pier staff can recommend the best bait for your area and season. Some of the usual choices are shrimp, bloodworms and cut mullet. Fees and licensing information is available at each individual pier.
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