A year later, Facebook Killing of places ...To put a location around the world

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It was almost exactly a year ago Facebook began places, their location on the basis of a proposal. Read the press at the time, you would have thought that it was going to be killer Foursquare, Loopt, Gowalla strangler beheader, etc. Nevermind that Facebook, in partnership with all of them to begin with, these guys have been made.

Fast forward to today: immodestly recently raised a large round of funding, evaluating them for $ 600 million. And Facebook is killing off their seats.

To be clear, Facebook is not ducking out-of-the-game location. In fact, we can say that they doubled down on it. But they are moving away from the game played the "registration". As a result, jobs, kill and replaced with a new "Number" field set forth Jason, along with greater privacy changes today.

Reading through Facebook's post at the location changes, it was not clear what these changes are designed for concept when you return. But this page appears to make it a bit more clearly. As I read it, refunds will remain part of the product, but they will no longer highlight. It seems that there is hope that the people abandon thinking location with regard to "return" and instead to think about it in terms of marking your location at what ever it is you're doing is exchanging thoughts, post a picture, etc.

As a new page layout, the Facebook now considers the use of location in three key areas:

Share where you beenShare you nowShare where are you going to

Past. At the present time. Future.

This is smart, because this is something that none of the other services the location really nailed yet. And now, when a seat is given to each activity to Facebook (although it can easily be turned off), and not only on mobile — many people are going to use it. Location as a layer context must get a great update.

All this is smart from location-based advertising strategy. This is more data and more powerful signals. What I will not even clearly is what this means for Facebook, location-based services. Launched along with seats in the last year, it would seem that this never took off. And Facebook does not mention it today. I reached them clarified.

Video on the page location information details like location tagging would work. By default, facebook.com, apparently at the city level, and there is a secondary location button to add the actual place (which is then inserted into your status message). You can also add space for photos, you've already posted.

The video also points out that mobile devices will continue to back button, but the functionality will be different. This obviously will only exist as part of status updates and will no more big blue "check in" button that inserts your registration in the other thread returns (and again, there is no more space to the area itself). Instead, once you choose a place, it will simply be tacked to the end of your status message.

Seat Exchange will also be more direct and simplified privacy changes Facebook today outlined them.

Update: here's what Facebook talking to deal-registration:

After someone tags where they are on Facebook, they will be directed to the news feed. If the site offers registration of the transaction, the transaction will be displayed under the title History News channel. You can then click on the name of the transaction and then the claim will be accepted.

Below find a diagram of how it will now work.

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Source: IPhone 5 will really be dual-mode CDMA/GSM phone world

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The upcoming iPhone 5 will almost certainly be a phone that supports multiple networks, namely: CDMA (such as Verizon or Sprint in the United States of America), as well as GSM (used in AT&T and T-Mobile in the United States).

The rumors before, and even at one point half confirms Verizon Executive, but nothing like some good old evidence from the field to make the rumor in near certainty.

Recently I was approached by some of the most popular applications on the iOS today, who asked not offered solid evidence supporting the above claim and name.

According to this person and journals using the application, I was sent to the tiny number of people recently registered for one of their applications from a single, new Apple device that clearly dual-mode – meaning that it supports the CDMA and GSM.

The logs show that application briefly tested a handful of people use and almost certainly the iPhone 5, it is clear that running iOS 5, sporting two separate sets of mobile network codes (MNC)/mobile country code (MCC). These codes can be used to identify the mobile operators.

Of course some registrations for your application that the developer has also asked not to call – it was flown from the new Apple device, using the MCC MNC codes with Verizon and AT&T.

The first iPhone was released on June 29, 2007, exclusively in the AT&T network GSM phone in the United States. 10 February 2011, the CDMA version of iPhone 4 to Verizon made its debut.

Now that Apple food carriers (and their respective networks), it makes all the sense in the world to combine in one device, turning it into a "world phone" or "global phone", as would say cool kids support CDMA and GSM.

In addition, rumors have been circulating since last year, Qualcomm will replace Intel as the main provider of Smartphone iPhone 5. In particular, Qualcomm is already supplying basic CDMA version of iPhone 4, but not the original GSM device.

Apple made the phone of the world "will be good news for consumers, especially in countries where some carriers use CDMA (United States, India, Japan, Argentina, Brazil and more). In particular, travelling abroad with a phone that only supports CDMA, is a major pain in the ass.

With the iPhone dual-mode 5 users can easily navigate between the two networks.

If all the above checks – and all signs point to Yes, mostly because – this would soon be unveiled iPhone 5 LTE device probably won't be possible disappointment to some, who still does not exclude the possibility of 4 G iPhone, despite mounting evidence of this phone is coming out this year.

It is expected that the 5th generation iPhone worldwide will be released in Q3 2011, inline with the release of iOS 5, the next generation of Apple's operating system.

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The Snackers become cord cutters; Change the TV world as we know it

Editor's Note: this is a guest post was written by Frank Barbieri, SVP of new platforms to YuMe. You can follow him @ frankba

Every five years over the past two decades, introducing the connection to the Internet to a new type of device creates a boom in disruptive companies. Most of these rods, computers and mobile phones, game consoles and now tablets — clearly a success. Other (remember network computer?) were ill-timed.

Now manufacturers and growing ecosystem of partners to support them, are betting big that consumers finally ready to accept connections to the Internet in their most cherished basis technology, living room, television. Players from Samsung, Sony and the so-called connected TV (CTV) market to the masses and you'll see a big push this holiday season. There are already more than 14 million KT in North America and about 65 per cent of television sets sold in 2012 will KT.

With each platform changes to try to grab a share of the transfer fee, which inevitably comes when consumers change their habits are both new and established companies. North America TV advertising is certainly no exception as many companies, the old and the new line up to try to grab their share of the advertising annual holiday that $ 62 billion.

Although some preparation to date, the incumbents have a very difficult time, cannibalizing existing revenue streams for cultivation, but nevertheless to reach maturity, new sources of income. We've seen it all from books for brokerages. And worldwide TV, we see it on display with the recent stuttering Hulu, pioneering the archetype, catching arrows at them back on once the obligation of partners as they boldly move forward.

That is the nature of distribution, when business advantage hinges mainly on the pricing and bundling and carefully limited access, not on real consumers showed desire and behavior.

Technology has always been in the side of consumers, especially in the field of view television. You may not remember now, but broadcasters brutally fought of the arrival of cable in the 1970s and although it is now seems absurd, he has created hundreds of billions of revenue, the Studio struggled against the arrival of the DVD in the late 1990s. The beginning of the title are a handful of b movies released by Warner Brothers in connection with Toshiba. This was all Toshiba can be obtained at the time.

We can see another violation today. With the new wave of CTV application content can dispel pricing and access the benefits of cable television. Imagine downloading the application directly from the programme, TNT, Turner rather than pay the cable company to access the contents of the Turner. Content providers are already, or soon will have the tools to their audience directly on the big screen. Turner can pocket 100% of any subscription fees and advertising revenue rather than to share with a partner distribution.

The traditional distribution of players, but not banking on the fact that the new television distribution will look much the old distribution of television. They are expanding their services include on-demand viewing and hoping that things will continue as before with consumers, content bundles.

But what if it isn't, it goes down? What if both mobile phones and PCS to consumers choose to snack on content delivered directly to their content providers, effectively removing the pricing, bundling and advantage of traditional distribution of cable and satellite television. In this world power delivery and advertising insertions, changes directly to content providers and device manufactures direct online business ecosystem of partners that they surround themselves with in this case Internet advertising businesses have a distinct advantage over traditional distribution businesses, as they are already on the market pumping billions of video ads through existing devices such as computers, mobile phones and tablets.

Of course the distribution of staff as Comcast can do IP set-top box connection consumers use to access content directly, loose or a la carte, but it undermines their existing revenue models around cable pricing. Industry calls on the people who run the end of the cable to get their content directly from the content of the company, "cord cutters" in a recent Morgan Stanley report concluded that cable companies will have to double charges for Internet access from the so-called "cord cutters" to compensate for lost revenue on packages of cable television.

There are changes brewing. Years in this business and witness the booms and busts have taught all of us to be careful of the absolutist rhetoric, opens at the end of any particular distribution channels. Consumers have demonstrated a remarkable opportunity to expand their appetites, and new consumption habits prove largely additive, not cannibalism (except my poor printing of friends, of course). So be suspect of those who argues that all programming or advertising will be fully implemented in a certain way. But the numbers are so huge and so large that even 10 percent swing in consumer viewing habits, cable and satellite TV connection and cord scissors would represent a shift in the $ 6.2 (b) advertising costs. It seems to me, is a script is prepared.

Sources include market analysis, GFK, Piper Jaffray and Deutsche Bank.

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Hello World: Israel is Out-Classing in civil disobedience

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Within four weeks after social protests began in Israel that have killed hundreds, dozens of women were raped, children tortured and countless areas were looted. Authorities imposed a full lock-down on all cellular networks. Was blocked access to Facebook and Twitter. Little information is in or out.

With the exception of the absolute, do the opposite.

Social protests in Israel started 4 weeks ago from a national Outcry over the soaring prices of basics such as cottage cheese. They then quickly into a full-scale national movement in the simple act of the time an unknown young woman. Act? A tent in Tel-Aviv Rothschild Boulevard to protest high apartment rents.

One tent was the heart and soul of the movement, whose main gripe is that the middle class is the seriousness of the imbalance of budget spending. "People demand social justice" is the key to sing.

Protests are local scattered throughout Israel, using hundreds of hundreds of thousands. Big name musicians voluntarily heading the protests. Barricades and PA systems, all free of charge. People talk about the traffic at each Cafe each lunch business at each meeting, each family dinner.

There have been several skirmishes with the law. Although the small stuff ... For example, small groups of demonstrators were arrested by police for blocking roads and were released without charge within one day.

Small Potato side, it's been four weeks and no violent acts of barbaric, non-discriminatory, we have seen in the Middle East and even in the UK. No shots. Looted stores. No form of communication has been closed. In fact, have not only the Israeli police and army did not take any role except for the protection of the protests themselves, they were even welcomed, literally hundreds of thousands for their efforts.

While in the neighbouring countries ' regimes of the opposition, in Israel we have complete freedom of speech to criticize our politicians and leaders. As I am typing this on the TV version of Israel SNL makes a parody skit of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for mishandling the situation (they have a red t-shirt with Che Guevara on it). YouTube mashups featuring PM soundbites? Is posted below for your convenience. Professional-level video advertising protests? Also posted below.

Sorry Sherwin, there is no need in your movements and retweeting it, the people of Israel are doing a-OK. Really take a look:

The basis of the movement certainly was Facebook, through the pages and events, and of course Twitter via hashtag # j14. The revolution needed site, right? The Right.

At the moment there is no guessing what people will change the next rise up and demand political and social. The world is not what it used to be before Tahrir. Although I wonder how many of these future movements of civil disobedience will be modeled on Israel, where technology and love has surpassed the violence.

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