Android Phone Apps and Review: March 2014

EA Tetris HD 0 00 26 SIGNED anna belle Free HD Game Download

Tetris HD by Electronic Arts is one of the most popular games on mobile phones. We started with the game played and loved by over 60 million players

Worms HD Signed for Symbian 3 Anna Belle S60v5 Free HD Game Download

The original, award-winning, turn-based strategy game.Head into battle with classic weapons like the Banana Bomb. Fight on multiple skill levels, from Easy to Insane. Funny dialogue and amazing animation will definitely keep you worming back for more explosive fun.

Its for Symbian^3 but it works on some S60v5 Phones...Vivaz, Satio...

Music Player Widget v4 0 Symbian Belle Unsigned Free Widget Download

Music Player Widget v4.0 : More an interpretation of the widget player: what has been done on the previous (affected only compact)
• added a window to display the playing track
• glare back gradient and transparency,

Music Player Widget v4.0

Ponsel Asiafone AF 909

hp Touch Screen | ponsel Touch Screen | ponsel Touch Screen murah | asiafone terbaru

Satu lagi merek produk handphone keluaran Cina, namanya Asiafone. AsiaFone AF-909 merupakan ponsel layar sentuh dengan harga murah, hanya 500 ribuan. Apa saja spesifikasi yang ada di AsiaFone AF-909 ini:

- Dual GSM standby to keep you stay in touch
- Capture and Record your special moment with 2 MP Camera
- 3.5 inch full touch screen LCD
- Get the update with our built in TV & FM Radio
- Enjoy full favourite movie with our powerfull build in King Movie Player & video player
- More storage capacity with external memory slot
- Available in color : Black and White

Fitur-fitur AsiaFonce AF-909

- TV
Fitur TV yang jernih dan halus yang tertanam dalam asiafone menjadikan informasi dan hiburan semakin mudah di akses dimanapun dan kapanpun.

- Touch Screen
Layar sentuh mempermudah untuk menjangkau fitur-fitur menarik pada Asiafone mobile, Layar sentuh yang responsif juga mempercepat proses pengambilan keputusan.

- Layar 3.5 Inch
Nikmati kejernihan dan warna 3.5 Inch yang luar biasa. Layar Asiafone mobile memberikan kualitas gambar luar biasa yang dirancang untuk membuat email, video, situs Web, dan gambar menjadi lebih hidup.

- Dual Sim Card
Selalu terhubung dengan Dua kartu sim dalam satu handphone asiafone sangat cocok bagi Anda yang selalu mobile.

- Game Angry Birds
Lontarkan burung-burungnya dan tingkatkan terus score game Angry Birds yang lucu dan sedang populer ini di HP Asiafone mu.

- Game TalkTom AF-909
Aplikasi Game TalkTom Asiafone AF-909 yang lucu

- Modem
Fitur modem eksternal yang tertanam pada asiafone membuat Koneksi internet kamu lebih cepat sehingga sangat mudah untuk langsung online menggunakan komputer atau laptop

- FM Radio
Dapatkan berita dan lagu up to date melalui saluran radio kesayangan Anda hanya dengan beberapa langkah mudah dari asiafone mobile

- Facebook dan Twitter
Kata-kata mutiara yang menggugah. Kata orang bijak. Lagu bagus yang baru saja Anda dengar dan mengetahuinya. Biarkan teman Anda - bahkan seluruh dunia! - mengetahuinya melalui Twitter™ dan Facebook™.

- Hiburan
Akses musik dan video di manapun. Anda tidak akan kehabisan memori dengan kemampuan kartu microSD yang dapat diganti. Anda bahkan dapat meng-upload foto dan video ke situs jaringan sosial favorit atau mengirimnya melalui email langsung dari Asiafone mobile.

- Java
Dengan segala kemudahan dan kelengkapan java yang tertanam dalam asiafone mobile semakin memudahkan Anda untuk beraktifitas

- Bluetooth
Teknologi nirkabel Bluetooth™ tidak hanya membebaskan gerak tangan – perangkat Anda pun bisa berkomunikasi tanpa kabel, hingga sejarak 10 meter.

- King Movie Player
Tonton film DVD atau CD Anda dari HP Asiafone dengan King Movie Player, dan nikmati hasil film yang berkualitas.

Force sensing technology Microsoft adds twist

Microsoft Research is expecting not, as its already working towards integrating force-sensing technology that will enable gestures to twist on-screen imagery without crafting UMPCs out of flexible material. Essentially, the gurus behind the idea feel that implementing said tech would "turn an otherwise passive component that just holds the device together into an active input surface."

In the future, its likely that auditory cues would enable users to know when theyve applied enough pressure to cause a change, and of course, they expect it to work hand-in-hand with existing human-computer interfaces. Yeah, who needs keypads these days, anyway? Share your comments....

Source- http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/19/microsoft-adds-twist-to-handhelds-with-force-sensing-technology/

Windows XP Sometimes Faster Than Vista SP1

Windows XP is faster than the new Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) in completing common consumer and business tasks on PCs coming out of sleep mode, but the differences are slight.

The performance tests, conducted by Principled Technologies Inc. on Microsofts behalf, showed that the older XP operating system remained faster than Vista SP1 in 61% of the operations grouped in a consumer test suite, and faster than Vista SP1 in 46% of the operations in the business-oriented head-to-head.

The results were from time trials held on identical PCs after theyd come out of standby, a power-saving feature in Windows. Vista, like other operating systems, including Apple Inc.s Mac OS X, calls the same mode "sleep."

However, when the same tests were run after a cold boot -- with the PCs power turned on, the OS booted and the scripts run after two minutes -- Vista SP1 came out on top in 74% of the tested consumer functions, and 66% of the business operations.

Differences Were Small
But no matter which operating system came out on top, the differences were small in virtually every case, said Principled Technologies. The total difference between XP and Vista SP1 in the 31 consumer tasks, for instance, was less than 5 seconds; of the 64 chores in the business scenario, 60 sported a difference of under half a second.

"Overall, Windows Vista SP1 and Windows XP performed comparably on most test operations," Principled Technologies concluded in its report.

The tests were run on four systems -- two notebooks, two desktops -- from Dell Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co. and Toshiba Corp.

A fifth system, another HP desktop, was omitted from the aggregate results because it, "produced unacceptably high variability in its test results," according to Principled. Interestingly, that system showed XP was faster than Vista SP1 in more chores than any of the other test machines. In the consumer test set, for example, XP was faster than Vista SP1 in 74% of the operations immediately after a reboot of the discarded HP.

Windows XP performed much poorer on the dropped HP in the business tests; it was faster than Vista SP1 only 31% of the time, lower than the average of the other four PCs. But when it came out of standby, XP beat Vista SP1 in 53% of the business-oriented jobs, a higher percentage than the other machines.

That, among other things, touched some nerves. Several users commenting on Microsofts official Vista blog -- where mention was made of the tests -- took exception to Principleds conclusion that Vista SP1 and XP produced comparable results.

"Hard to believe when every other review site on the planet shows pretty much hands down [Vista] is slower on similar hardware," said a user identified as Ceinach. "I didnt even think this was a point of argument anymore. This statement is fairly stunning.... Its like Microsoft is claiming the earth is still flat."

Computerworlds own tests, for instance, showed that file copying -- a function Microsoft has said it spent considerable effort improving in SP1 -- remained much slower on Vista than on Windows XP.

SP1 Doesnt Give Much of a Boost
Principled Technologies also put Vista SP1 up against the pre-service pack version of the operating system. When armed with SP1, PCs finished 87% of the consumer chores faster than plain Vista, and wrapped up more of the business operations faster as well. But the speed improvements were meager, said Principled. Most of the business tests were completed just fractions of a second faster by Vista SP1 than by Vista.

"Overall, Windows Vista SP1 was more responsive than Windows Vista on most comparisons," the report stated. "Performance differences between the two operating systems were typically less than a quarter second."

Source- http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,142952-c,windows/article.html

Ponsel Samsung Galaxy W i8150

Samsung Galaxy W i8150 - 1.7 GB - Hitam. Samsung Galaxy W merupakan seri varian Galaxy lainnya yang berbasis Android 2.3 Gingerbread dengan dukungan prosesor single core 1.4GHz. Hadir dengan layar sentuh berukuran 3.7", Samsung Galaxy W memiliki segala yang dibutuhkan untuk tetap terhubung secara sosial dan terhibur dengan konten kaya multimedia.

Desain Ramping & Modern: Dengan layar sentuh 3.7" resolusi 480 x 800 piksel memberikan tampilan yang jelas akan grafis, permainan, teks serta video. Desain yang ramping dan melengkung memberikan kepuasan visual dan juga nyaman dalam genggaman dan saku Anda.

Performa Mengagumkan: Dibekali prosesor single core 1.4 GHz, handphone ini memberikan kemudahan bagi Anda dalam melakukan multitasking. Samsung Galaxy W memberikan kinerja yang lebih cepat, lebih baik dan lebih bertenaga!

Fitur Social Hub: Dengan fitur khusus Samsung Social Hub, memungkinkan Anda untuk mengintegrasikan dan memiliki akses ke email, instant messaging, dan akun jaringan sosial secara real-time melalui satu portal dengan lebih mudah.

Konten Multimedia: Samsung Galaxy W siap untuk menemani kegiatan Anda. Abadikan momen berharga Anda dengan kamera utama 5 MP dan kamera sekunder VGA. Tak hanya itu, dengan fitur radio fm dan jack audio universal 3.5 mm nikmati alunan musik dengan headset favorit Anda. Anda juga tak perlu khawatir untuk tersesat karena handphone ini juga sudah dibekali dengan teknologi GPS.

Fitur Game Hub: Fitur ini memungkinkan Anda untuk mendownload mobile games dan games jejaring sosial. Dengan sensor akselometer dan giroskop, permainan yang membutuhkan pergerakan yang dinamis akan lebih mengasyikkan.

Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync: Anda dapat mensinkronisasi PIM dengan Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync untuk tetap up-to-date dengan email, kontak, kalender dan pekerjaan Anda.

Konektivitas Tanpa Batas: Samsung Galaxy S menghadirkan konektivitas tanpa batas bagi kehidupan mobile Anda. Kies Air memungkinkan Anda untuk mengelola data mobile, sinkronisasi account email dan berbagi playlist di antara PC / Mac, ponsel dan tablet tanpa kabel yang merepotkan. Tak hanya itu, handphone ini juga telah dilengkapi Bluetooth dan WiFi.

Android 2.3 Gingerbread: Samsung Galaxy Note didukung dengan sistem operasi Andorid 2.3 yang memberikan Anda pengalaman mobile yang mengasyikkan dengan lebih dari 250.000 aplikasi di Google Play. Anda nantinya juga dapat mengupgrade ke versi terbaru.

Spesifikasi dari Samsung Galaxy W i8150 - 1.7 GB - Hitam

SKU	SA848EL28JHFALID
Model	Handphone Touch Screen
Ukuran (L x W x H cm)	11.55 x 5.98 x 1.15 cm
Berat (kg)	0.114
Warna	Hitam
Tipe	i8150
Ukuran Layar (in)	3.7
RAM	512
Kapasitas Penyimpanan	32
Kecepatan CPU	1.40
Megapiksel	5.0
Sistem Operasi	Android
Fitur	GSM, FM Player, Music Player, Primary Camera, Email, Touchscreen, GPS, QWERTY, Secondary Camera, SD Card, Li-Ion, MP3, Internet Ready
Garansi produk	1 Tahun Garansi (Spare-part dan Servis)
Input	USB
Output	3.5mm jack, USB
Koneksi Nirkabel	Bluetooth, WiFi, EDGE, 3G
Kamera Belakang	5 MP
Kamera Depan	VGA
Resolusi Layar	480 x 800
Tipe Baterai	Li-Ion
Kapasitas Baterai	1500 mAh
Fitur Kamera Lainnya	Self Shot,
Tipe Layar	TFT Capaci
Kedalaman Warna	16 juta warna
Versi Sistem Operasi	Android OS v2.3.5
SIM	Single GSM
Kapasitas Penyimpanan	1.7 GB
Kecepatan Processor	1.4 GHz
Waktu Bicara	Hingga 17 jam 50 menit (2G) /
Waktu Siaga	Hingga 570 jam (2G) / Hingga 4

Harganya September 2012 sekitar RP 2.549.000

Samsung MyShot II

It will also be the first Cricket phone to offer MyHomeScreen, which provides customers with a fully personalized home screen with widgets to quickly access their account information, favorite Internet content including news, weather, sports, social networking, and shop for downloads. "Samsung MyShot 2 provides Cricket customers with high end features at a value price," said Jeff Toig, vice president of product marketing for Cricket.

"This device provides an all in one solution with customized quick access to Internet content, a camera and music player. It is ideal for a customer who wants all of the features and functionality of a more expensive phone, without the high price tag." Cricket MyHomeScreen will be available on select future handsets.

Widget Fish Aquarium

Good morning, Everyone! The following item is a beautiful aquarium widget. Rather calming view, isnt it? Enjoy!

Acer Aspire Ethos Notebook Debut 8943G 5943G HD Series

Acer Aspire Ethos Notebook - 8943G & 5943G HD Series

Acers revealed its new series "Aspire Ethos Notebooks" i.e. 18.4-inch 8943G sports a 1920 x 1080 resolution and a true 5.1 surround sound setup. Processor options range all the way up to the quad-core Core i7-820QM, which offers 8MB of built-in cache and a 1.73GHz clock speed that cranks all the way to 3.06GHz when required. Awesome! :)

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850 graphics and up to 1.28TB of storage (2x 640GB). The 5943G is a scaled down version, offering as it does 1366 x 768 resolution across a 15.6-inch display, a 2.1 internal speakers, and a merely adequate 640GB storage maximum. A 4,800mAh battery, which is a particularly a "desktop replacement."

Will update you with the pricing and the availability of the set.

Hands on with Japans Fujifilms 3D Digital Camera

The famous Japanese company Fujifilm recently Launchs its handy 3D digital camera that one can use to make 3D pictures and movie clips and watch them without wearing any special glasses. The Japanese company called its device FinePix REAL 3D W1. It includes a evolutionary system that features two lenses. According to Fujifilm, the images from the two lenses mix to create a 3D image of video. The images and movies can be viewed on the back screen of the camera or on a large monitor. Fujifilm plans to launch a 3D photo printing service.

In early August Fujifilms 3D digital camera will hit Japanese stores and will be available for 60,000 yen which is near about $ 640. The digital camera will be marketed overseas later in August.

Samsung DuoCam SC D6550

Even in this third generation, the DuoCams camera and camcorder designs each lack the consistency youd expect from a dual function device. While the menus are attractive and well laid out for both modes, they look and feel very different. The camcorder uses a colorful text based, vertically scrolling menu, while the cameras menus are icon based and scroll horizontally.

The still camera lens has an automatic, built in cover, while the camera lens uses a separate, tethered lens cap. Most of the options for both still and video shooting are controlled using the menus and a small joystick mounted on the left side of the camera. There are a few additional buttons for functions such as activating the color slow shutter mode, deleting stills, and controlling tape playback.

A still camera style mode dial for selecting shooting modes when using the still camera functions sits at the top rear of the camera.

The zoom, start or stop, and still photo buttons are well placed for one handed operation, though those with large fingers may find that the mode dial makes pressing the still button somewhat difficult.

The LCD boasts a Manual Focus button, as well as a small rocker switch for adjusting focus. This works well and offers reasonably good precision, though fine adjustments are more difficult than theyd be with a focus wheel.

Both the memory card slot and the tape door are on the bottom of the SC-D6550, so youll need to remove the camera from the tripod to swap recording media.

The Samsung DuoCam SC-D6550s resolution lies in the middle of the range for similarly priced competitors. Behind the 10X optical zoom lens used for video is a 1/6 inch, 680.000 pixel CCD. The still camera lens features a 3X zoom (with a focal range equivalent to 38mm to 114mm on a 35mm camera) and is paired with a 5 megapixel sensor. The SC-D6550 offers a wide range of shooting modes for both video and still photos, from the one touch EasyQ button that puts all the cameras settings on automatic to completely manual control.

In camcorder mode, you can set both shutter speed and exposure. When shooting stills, you can choose aperture priority, shutter priority, or full manual control. Still aperture range is now f/2.8 through f/11, a marked improvement over the still camera in the SC-D6040. Manual focus is available in both modes as well.

Alienware M17x

The 17 inch widescreen, which is usually a sight to behold on a gaming laptop, is one of the M17xs weaker points. While the intense brightness levels (backed by two CCFL lamps) and awe inspiring 1.920 by 1.200 resolution are top notch, the screen itself has the characteristics of a mirror. The glare is magnified because the entire screen including the surrounding black borders is covered in glass. Half the time I was trying not to take notice of my reflection.

Changing the black Alienware background and minimizing surrounding light sources should help reduce glare. Its a departure from the boxy look of gaming laptops like the Falcon Northwest Fragbook DRX and Gateway P-7808u FX Edition, as the M17xs front side slopes downward at 45 degrees. Likewise, the back of the unit has a reverse slope, giving the entire frame a weird rhomboid look. The shape of the system is accentuated by an all metallic ensemble.

Gaming systems like the Sager NP8662 use a brushed aluminum lid, with plastics making up its base the M17x is completely covered in metals, and is more elegant than any other gaming laptop Ive reviewed, though not impervious to the scratches and smudges that are all too common on plastic frames. Youd be hard pressed to find any exposed screws on its underside (Alienware M17x has them tucked away neatly). Its a heavy system, too, because of the heavy metals.

Alienware M17x tips the scales at 12.5 pounds, about half a pound heavier than the monstrous Fragbook DRX (12 lbs). In fact, its one of the heaviest gaming laptops, outweighing even the P-7808u (8.9 lbs) and the Asus G71G-Q1 (9.1 lbs). Every vent, button, and key is implanted with LED lighting. The illuminated keyboard and the LED lining around the touch-pad are in plain sight and leap out at you. Upon closer inspection, youll notice that the power button, the feather touch keys, and its signature alien head logo are also illuminated.

Even more brilliant is that each of these pieces can be coordinated with up to 20 different colors. The keyboard and adjacent numeric keypad themselves are separated into four quadrants, each of which can be infused with a different color. All of this is done through Alienwares Command Center a software interface that lets you control the lighting effects, among other system settings. The full size keyboard and the textured touch-pad are engineered to perfection, though the mouse buttons shouldve been less resistant.

Romanitc Digale on Valentines

Digale by David Bisbal

MP3 Download: Dígale

I wish you all a blissfully romantic Valentines Day with this romantic music and video. I love the instruments I hear, especially the guitar(s) and the strings/violins. The couple are so serene as bride and groom. Both endings are splendid! Yet, I love the smile that increases on his face when he sees her arriving, and that they are so delighted to be together. The scenery is lovely and the hawk and horses are beautiful, too. David Bisbals voice is exquisite; love it!!

Thank-you for being with me, here, on this blog. I hope you all (yall) enjoy this video and music. Ive included two Digale widgets, below. The first widget is a pink heart with the Digale lyrics scrolling in Spanish. The second widget is red and features the same YouTube Digale video Ive included on this post, with the Digale lyrics scrolling in Spanish. The English lyrics, below, are from Lyrics Translate.com. Additionally, Ive included two playlists of love/heart/romantic music for you all to enjoy, in my sidebar. I love you all with the love of Christ. Have a Happy Valentines Day!

Digale Lyrics in Spanish

Heart Lyric Scroller Widget: http://www.metrolyrics.com/digale-lyrics-david-bisbal.html#ixzz0ese6Itee

Digale Lyrics in English

my heart couldnt forget
those sad dreamy eyes which i loved
i left her to conqure an illusion
and i lost her face and now i know that she is
everything i was looking for

chorus:
and now im here
looking for her again and
shes not here,she left
maybe you saw her tell her,that i always adored her
and that i never forgot her
that my life is a desert and im dieing out of thirst
and tell her also,that only next to her i can breathe
there is no shine in the stars
and the sun doesnt warm me
and im so alone here,i dont know where she left
please tell her

there were so many moments when i loved her
when i felt her touch and her scent is on my skin
every night i huged her next to me
i i covered her with kisses and beetwen my touches
i drove her crazy

Lyrics translation from: http://lyricstranslate.com
Digale Lyrics in Spanish & English: http://lyricstranslate.com/en/digale-digale.html

Digale Lyrics in Spanish

An easier way to get started with Google Mobile

Posted by Shoaib Makani, Associate Product Marketing Manager, Google mobile team

As weve added more and more products to the Google Mobile lineup, our users have asked for an easier way to learn how to get started with Google on their phones. Weve listened closely to the feedback and are happy to announce the launch of the new mobile.google.com site -- the place to discover what you can do with Google on your phone.

When you go to the site, just select a phone from the list of popular devices and youll get to see the Google products that are available. You can click on a product to get more information and watch a short video.

When youre ready to get started, just enter your mobile number and well send a link directly to your phone so you dont have to type the address. You can also go straight to m.google.com from your phones browser to find out what products are available for your phone and to get started.

If youre in the US, try out the new site at mobile.google.com -- youll be able to get the best from Google on your phone, with less effort than ever. Be sure to visit the new Google Mobile Community group to share feedback and discuss with fellow mobile enthusiasts.

Some small updates!

Were happy to announce weve released some small updates to Google App Engine. Among the more significant changes:

More apps: Want to create more than 3 applications with your App Engine account? Now you can now create up to 10!
Time windows for Dashboard graphs: Zoom in on the data in your dashboard to get a more accurate picture of whats going on. You can zoom in to see graphs for the last 24, 12, and 6 hour periods.
Logs export: You can now use appcfg.py to download your applications logs in plaintext format. Use appcfg.py --help for more information on how to download your logs.
Send email as logged in user: If youre using the users API, you can now send email from the email address of the currently-logged-in user.

Be sure to update your SDK and check the release notes for a full list of changes. Have more changes youd like to see with App Engine? Let us know in our Google Group!

Posted by Paul McDonald, App Engine Team

Windows Phone 7 8 official rollout to start on January 31

We already lost count of all the rumors, confirmations and denials of the Windows Phone 7.8 update. The update itself got so overhyped that we are sure some users will be left disappointed, when it arrives.

Anyway, according to Windows phone Colombia official Facebook page, the Windows Phone 7.8 rollout will begin on January 31.

The date coincides with Microsofts promised Q1 launch, as well as the fact that there are already updated Lumia smartphones with it, ones that are sold updated and even Samsung fans recently learned that the Omnia updates are complete.

We already got our hands on the Lumia 510 officially running on Windows Phone 7.8 and weve extracted the new features we found so far for you.
Resizable Live Tiles
Bluetooth File transfer
Bing Picture for Lockscreen wallpaper
New theme colors
You can set Google as default search provider in Internet Explorer
New boot screen
Updated system and Nokia exclusive apps
Ringtone maker (also available in the Marketplace)
Counters app (also available in the Marketplace)

The full review is already in the works, while you should expect your phone to get the update itself in 10 days.

Thanks, Bhargav Pinni, for the tip!

Source | Via

To 100 million and beyond with Google Maps for mobile

Almost five years ago, we launched Google Maps for mobile to help you get where you needed to go from your phone instead of a paper map. Today, more than 100 million people a month are now using Google Maps for mobile to get from point A to point B, find nearby places, and more.

Over the past five years, Maps for mobile has changed quite a bit, adding more ways to help you explore the world around you. With My Location, you can quickly find where you are on the map with or without GPS. You can put your friends on the map with Latitude. Navigation even turns your phone into a free internet-connected navigation system with voice guidance and Street View imagery.

Google Maps for mobile through the years (click to see larger image).

Lately, we’ve been especially focused on helping you find the right place at the right time. With recent additions such as Place Pages, you can now pick a nearby place by browsing information such as opening hours and review snippets for the places around you. It’s easier than ever to find those places with Search by voice or the new Places icon on Android. With this latest Android version, we’re happy to see that you’re now searching for places almost three times as often, doubling how many Place Pages are seen a day.

Search result page for Java-enabled phones in 2005 (left) and Place Page for Android-powered devices in 2010 (right).

Search experience in 2005 (left) and Places for Android-powered devices in 2010 (right).

We hope this is just the start of how Google Maps for mobile will continue to evolve and let you explore the world right from your phone. We’re always inspired by how you’re using Maps, and we’d love to hear about a time when you found the nearest mechanic for a flat tire or discovered that hidden gem of a burger joint. If you have a Google story about when Maps for mobile has helped you, please tell us about it. You can also share quick stories on Twitter @googlemobile, and we’ll share our favorite ones. From all of us here on the Google Maps for mobile team, 100 million thank yous for getting your Google Maps to go!

If you’re a business owner, help millions of people find you by claiming your free Place Page available in Google Maps and our most used mobile “app” -- Google Search. Get started at places.google.com/businesses.

Posted by Vic Gundotra, Vice President of Engineering

Zynga buys NaturalMotion for 527 million announces 15 percent job cuts

Zynga Inc will shed 15 percent of its workforce to slash costs and buy mobile game developer NaturalMotion for $527 million to refresh a stalled games pipeline, moves that sent its stock soaring 20 percent in after-hours trading.

Chief Executive Officer Don Mattrick, hired last year, is taking aggressive action to revive a company that developed " Facebook Incs social network, but is now struggling to adapt to the rise of mobile gaming.

Zyngas largest acquisition to date, NaturalMotion is a 12-year-old studio that has created games like "Clumsy Ninja" for Apple Inc mobile devices. NaturalMotion is known for its Euphoria game engine, whose simulation technology has helped create powerful visuals in games like "Grand Theft Auto V".

"NaturalMotion significantly expands our creative pipeline and accelerates our mobile growth," chief operating officer Clive Downie said in an interview. "They are not an acquisition to fill a gap but one to expand our capabilities."

In July, Zynga hired Mattrick, the former head of Microsoft Corps Xbox business, to replace co-founder Mark Pincus as CEO. Mattrick has been busy managing a series of layoffs, cutting costs and reviewing the companys product pipeline.

The San Francisco-based game company said in a statement on Thursday it expects to cut 314 jobs. It also posted a narrower-than expected quarterly loss.

"The missive is kind of the framework of a turnaround," said Mike Hickey, an analyst at the Benchmark Company.

While the managements recent steps show "a ray of optimism", key metrics of user engagement were still weak, Hickey said. Zynga has to prove that it can use NaturalMotions games and talent to deliver titles that are long-lasting hits in a fad-driven mobile game market, he said.

The analyst pointed to the example of "Draw Something", a game Zynga acquired when it bought New York-based studio OMGPOP in 2012 for about $200 million. "Look at Draw Something...that was something that on the surface looked great but quickly evaporated," Hickey said.

Zynga, once among the hottest tech companies with rapid revenue growth from popular Facebook-based games, was caught off guard as the games industry saw a boom in mobile games. The company has renewed its focus on transitioning to smartphones and tablet titles, the increasingly preferred format for casual gamers.

Zyngas core business continued to deteriorate last quarter, but not as quickly Wall Street feared.

For the quarter ended Dec 31, Zyngas revenue fell to $176.4 million from $311.16 million a year prior, compared to analysts average estimate of $141.1 million.

Excluding certain items, it reported a net loss per share of 3 cents, a penny better than forecasts for a 4-cent loss per share, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.

The company forecast first-quarter revenue in the range of $155 million to $165 million, surpassing Wall Streets estimates of $145.6 million.

"The guidance for 2014 was strong...it was in excess of what the Street was looking for and that shows the stabilization and expected re-growth of their business," Benchmark Company analyst Hickey said.

Zyngas shares soared to $4.26 after closing at $3.56 on the Nasdaq.

LG’S OPTIMUS 2X SETS WORLD RECORD

Powerful, Super-quick New LG Handset Recognized by Guinness World Records™ as World’s First Dual-Core Smartphone

LG Optimus 2X smartphone has been confirmed by Guinness World Records™ as the world’s First Mobile Phone to Use a Dual-core Processor. This technological leap gives the LG Optimus 2X a faster, more powerful performance, and robust multimedia entertainment features.

“LG is thrilled to hear that the LG Optimus 2X is officially recognized as the world’s first dual-core smartphone by the prestigious Guinness World Records,” said Mr. Somsak Athisaitrakul, Product Group Head of Mobile Communications, LG Electronics (Thailand). “The LG Optimus 2X is ushering in a new ‘dual-core’ era in the smartphone arena, with unprecedented levels of speed and performance. Combined with other unique features such as content mirroring through HDMI, the LG Optimus 2X is well positioned as a true premium Android smartphone.”

Frank Foley, Senior Vice President of Guinness World Records™, said, “Guinness World Records is proud to announce this new title and congratulates LG Optimus 2X on this achievement in the always fast-paced world of technology.”

LG first announced the LG Optimus 2X in December 2010, and unveiled it for the first time at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January of this year. The phone was launched in the same month in Korea, beating any of its rivals to the market, and has since been launched in other key markets as well.

LG Optimus 2X: Fast and Powerful Dual-Core Smartphone Experience
Developed by graphics processor powerhouse NVIDIA®, the dual-core Tegra 2 system-on-a-chip found in the LG Optimus 2X runs at a clock speed of 1GHz and boasts low power consumption and high performance for playing video and audio. Users can experience faster web browsing and smoother gameplay compared with single-core processors running at the same speed, as well as instantaneous touch response and seamless multitasking between applications.

Enabling 1080p HD video playback and recording, the LG Optimus 2X also offers a PC-like full browsing experience with HD or Flash content. The device is optimized for easy connection and sharing: content mirroring through HDMI can expand the display through micro HDMI to a full HD display, while DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) enables simple wireless content sharing among the LG Optimus 2X and other digital devices.

Using the content mirroring through HDMI interface with the Gyro sensor, consumers can also play games from the phone directly on a Full HD TV for a more vibrant gaming experience.

The LG Optimus 2X allows for a console-like ultimate gaming experience thanks to its vivid graphics. The phone also packs a front-facing camera, microSD memory expandability, microUSB connectivity, and a 1500mAh battery.

Key Features of the LG OPTIMUS 2X with dual-core processor:
 4.0-inch wide WVGA screen
 8GB memory (up to 32GB supported by slot)
 1,500 mAh battery
 8-megapixel camera for back and 1.3-megapixel camera for front
 Content mirroring through HDMI
 1080p MPEG-4/H.264 Playback and Recording
 Google Voice Search™ , Google Voice Action™, Google Goggles™, Google Shopper™, Google Maps™ available

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An ode to Sharkon

In addition to introducing Compute Engine in GA this week, we launched a new website for Google Cloud Platform and a new set of Cloud Platform logos:

Now, none of this changes anything for you. New logos aren’t going to help you serve more requests-per-second (good news, you can already top 1 million). And they aren’t going to allow you to scale your caching capacity indefinitely or reduce your datastore costs (good news, dedicated memcache in App Engine already does that). And they aren’t going to provide you with an analytics tool that lets you query terabytes of data in seconds (that’s what Big Query is for).

But, they do allow us to reflect on what we have been able to do over the past 5 years with Google Cloud Platform.

In April 2008, when we launched Google App Engine, we introduced the first modern Platform as a Service. In fact, the term barely existed at the time. And, given that we were launching a new product, we needed a new icon. The marketing team decided that what App Engine needed was an engine. And because it was Google, the engine should be in the shape of a ‘G’. So they did what marketers do, and made a bunch of versions of this idea:

There was only one problem: none of the people who had built App Engine actually liked the logo. It didn’t represent the next-generation technology that they were building. In fact, it looked like a combination of a printing press (which Gutenberg first started tinkering with in 1436) and an internal combustion engine (conceived of by Huygens in 1680 and first built by Rivaz in 1807). It didn’t reflect a product that allowed you to deploy an application with one-click, scale it effortlessly to serve millions of users, and fundamentally change how web applications are developed.

So, three of App Engine’s early engineers went back to the whiteboard. Literally. Rafe Kaplan, Alon Levi and Brett Slatkin thought about what the product should look like. And it wasn’t a printing press. And it wasn’t an internal combustion engine. And it wasn’t shaped like a G. These are some of the concepts that Brett sketched on the whiteboard in Building 44 at the Googleplex in Mountain View:

The team was much happier with these; they felt like they were inspiring. And these whiteboard sketches were sent to a graphic designer who came back with three concepts for a final logo:

Well, no one really loved these either. In the words of one member of the App Engine team, “A looks like a fan, B looks like a washing machine, and C looks like a washing machine with fins.” So, to cut a long story short, they did some more revisions, and eventually Google designer Micheal Lopez landed on a logo that everyone (well, most people) loved:

It evoked both the power as well as simplicity of App Engine. To Rafe Kaplan, the new icon looked like a shark, so he called it ‘Sharkon’ - a name that quickly spread among the team.

And, for the past 5 years, Sharkon has been the face of App Engine. It’s found it’s way into many forms - whether made into a plush doll, knit into yarn, painted using acrylics by artist Nan Washare, done in a single brushstroke of calligraphy, poured into latte art, or made into a punch-card reader when we announced on April Fools Day in 2009, that App Engine would be supporting Fortran:

Over these 5 years, a lot else has happened. App Engine has grown to support new runtimes, including Python, Java, Go and PHP. And, we’ve introduced a host of other cloud computing products, including Compute Engine, Cloud Storage, BigQuery and others. Together, this family makes it easy for you to take advantage of the scale, speed, and consistency of Google’s infrastructure. And, these services work great together - so that you can truly take advantage of an integrated Cloud Platform.

The new App Engine logo is designed to fit in alongside the rest of the Cloud Platform family, while still paying homage to Sharkon. These new logos represent the toolkit in your garage. They’re the nuts and bolts with which you can create just about anything. So, pick up any one of them (or all of them) and start building.

Oh, and watch this space. We’ve got more exciting announcements coming up - the kind that go deeper than a logo refresh.

-Posted by Benjamin Bechtolsheim, Product Marketing Manager

Announcing Google Shopper for iPhone

(Cross-posted on the Google Merchant Blog)

As we announced last November, millions of people have downloaded Google Shopper for Android to help them shop on the go. Today, we’re excited to let you know that Google Shopper, our popular Android shopping application, is now available for iPhone as a download in the App Store. Google Shopper turns your iPhone into a shopping assistant, so you can:

Learn more about products and read relevant user reviews
Compare prices at online and local stores
Save and share products for later consideration

Let’s say you’re planning a special meal for Valentine’s Day - but you need a cast-iron skillet to get the recipe just right. With Shopper, finding one is easy enough: just type in “cast iron skillet” or say it using Voice Search. Then, from the results, you can choose a specific product that appeals to you. Alternatively, if you were in the store and wanted to see product reviews, you could also scan the barcode of a particular product.

Once you’ve selected a product result, you can compare prices across web retailers, and even find where you can purchase the item nearby, which is especially useful for those of us who are last-minute shoppers. For some retailers, we also provide inventory information so you can see if a particular store branch has the item in stock, has limited availability, or if the item is out of stock and you should head to a different store.

If you’re not sure about making a purchase or are building out a gift list, you can “star” products for future consideration. You can also share items with friends across your social network to let them know about products you love or great deals youve found.

You can download Google Shopper for free in the App Store. Shopper is available for iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4 with iOS 4.0+ in English only for the United States and the UK.

We hope you enjoy shopping with Google Shopper!

Posted by Richard Hung, Senior Product Manager, Google Shopper

Facebook Phone Android mobile phone Facebook Home!

Yes just a day after the mobile phone celebrated its 40th birthday, Facebook wowed us on April 4^th with something new that it hopes will make your Android mobile phone or device even more useful as a Facebook Phone.

Facebook unveiled Home - a new software that is designed to give it more prominence on mobile phones powered by Android, an operating system developed by Google – huh? Yes Facebook seeking prominence on Google’s Android…

Why does it matter?

Because more and more we are now accessing social networks from our mobile devices rather than from desktop computers and because mobile advertising revenues are growing fast, albeit from a low base [add ching-ching here].

It’s the only way Facebook can maintain a robust mobile presence and prevent rivals from siphoning off mobile users – and miss out on a potentially massive source of new revenue.

EMarketer, a research firm, actually reckons Facebook is on track to win 11% of the $13.6 billion likely to be spent around the world on mobile ads this year.

Facebook Phone?

Perhaps over the past few days, you have seen speculation that Facebook was working on a phone of its own, or at least on a mobile operating system to rival Android or Apple’s iOS.

Experts have said that dabbling in hardware at this stage of its development would be a huge risk for Facebook and developing a rival operating system would risk alienating Apple and Google, whose mobile platforms have helped power its advertising growth.

Enter Facebook’s Home

Home, which is a group of Facebook apps, avoids both pitfalls – the risk of losing advertising revenue to competition and the failure on the Facebook phone.

Among other things, it converts a phone’s home screen (and lock screen) to Facebook’s Newsfeed, allowing people to get updates on what their friends are doing without having to launch a dedicated app each time they want news.

A phone using Home will also notify you when your friends are doing something new, as well as alerting you to new data from other apps.

Another feature is a tool called ‘Chat Heads’ that combines Facebook’s message system with a phone’s regular SMS message offering. This means messages pop up on the home screen along with the senders profile picture, which is enclosed in a small circle.

The first phone built to showcase Home, which will be made by HTC with wireless service provided by AT&T, will go on sale in America on April 12th for about $100. Users of some other Android-powered devices made by Samsung and HTC will be able to download the software starting the same day and Facebook says it will roll out Home more broadly later in the year.

But not, it seems, to rival operating systems yet. At the launch of Home, Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s boss, made a point of stressing how “open” Android was and how easy it was to change the look of the operating system without too much work.

Apple is likely to prove a much tougher nut to crack, as it exercises much tighter control over the look and feel of its operating system. Microsoft, which has a close relationship with Facebook, may be the next Home base.

Facebook is convinced that people will want a phone designed around people rather than apps.

Some no doubt will. But previous attempts to produce “Facebook phones”, including the ChaCha from HTC, which allowed people to post photos directly to Facebook with the press of a physical button, have hardly been wildly successful.

And folk are likely to be less than thrilled when Facebook starts pushing ads onto the home screens of their phones, which will inevitably happen given the firm’s track record. So don’t expect Home to be a home run for the social network.

Excepts taken from the economist.

Fun Fact Friday How Xbox One Helps You Play the Way You Want To

We thought today would be a great day for Fun Fact Friday – today, we’ve collected some of our favorite facts on Xbox One, and different ways the system can help you play the way you want to. Of course, a picture is worth many words, so don’t miss this infographic that brings it all to life.

You can buy your games on disc, or download them. Your downloadable games will be available to you on any Xbox One.
You can trade, rent, sell, gift or loan any game disc. It works just like it does today for Xbox 360.
You can purchase a game digitally and start playing while it downloads.
You can play games online or offline – it’s up to you.
You can check your favorite team’s score on Live TV, answer a call with Skype or go to grab snacks while in the midst of battle. With Xbox One – you can suspend and resume gameplay instantly.

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