RIM has finally corrected the Tablet PlayBook, BBM and native e-mail coming in September

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BlackBerry PlayBook is impressive at first glance. Pick it up, quickly scroll through apps and jump over the Internet. It all works as it should. But then you know you cannot connect to your e-mail; BlackBerry must be connected via the BlackBerry. This connection also allows the BBM, calendar and address book, but the update is due next month will finally bake several key functions in the PlayBook.

Most of the reviews and assessments of the RIM BlackBerry started a little PlayBook too early. E-mail is one of the major functions of each pill on green earth, but pretty hard at PlayBook, even if his target audience business rely heavily on this particular form of communication. The good news is that the fix is on its way, but it may be too late.

PlayBook sought to find a plane in a market dominated by iPad tablet, partly because early negative reviews, but rim should have seen this coming. Launching a product before it is fully developed and then rely on the updates that you got originally PlayBook on a weekly basis, do not give rise to trust.

Email and BBM update is expected to begin next month. Source Bloomberg RIM can run so-called Android player so far this year, which would allow PlayBook to run Android applications. These opportunities to revive the PlayBook and spur the sudden demand? Probably not, but at least RIM sticking to improve its platform and caring owners. This is something HP don't know anything about.

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Life and career of Steve jobs, crazy Taiwanese shape tween

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It can be argued that the crazy (and certainly crazy fast) animators on Taiwan in the next MEDIA animation are at it again. After processing more than at the top of animated summary for everything from Ceglia vs. Facebook history Antennagate, they did what they do best with a signal that almost all of our minds right now: the life and career of Steve jobs.

But don't worry: while it is simply absurd, as most of their animations, they tend to keep things mostly respectful. Low it goes when they, together with an indication of the birth of the Mac and things get a bit ... literal. After that, it is a challenge to death and the lightsaber wielding all the way down.

Once you have finished with your video, be sure to rinse the encomium yesterday posted its own John Biggs off kitsch.

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In an effort to be Dropbox music, Mecanto launches affordable streaming and storage services

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If you're a fan of cloud-based music boxes, this is a good time to be alive. Back in March, Amazon somewhat surprising beat Apple and Google storage and streaming music from their "Cloud drive" and "Cloud player". Google and Apple have since begun to cloud music victims (or their Beta), and all three continue to improve and evolve as time marches on.

As a lover of music, it's great to see cloud music storage and streaming services, move forward in tandem, even if we must all recognize that our own personal bookmark. Because, frankly, more competition in this space, the better. That is why you should pay attention to the new startup, which enters the stage left: Mecanto. Yes, today, a new service cloudy music includes Arena, promising Unlimited Music streaming and storage of the listeners around the world is not to put a dent in your wallet. (TC 1000 Mecanto offers readers free 6 months subscription. Huzzah! See below for more information.)

On the basis of the Tel Aviv Mecanto hitting scenes this week to support cloud music player and storage service, easy to set up and all the things the user wants from their trusty neighborhood music locker: unlimited storage and streaming, the ability to automatically sync your iTunes library and PC folders with your account (with multiple computers), global accessibility, playlist editing, video, easy overview and cross platform functionality. Also doesn't hurt that users can find Mecanto on the Internet or go mobile iOS, Android, Windows Mobile and Symbian.

MeCanto Mobile interface is very stylish and enables users to easily listen to the songs and albums or create playlists. Stream songs over 3 G or WiFi and users can listen to any song they want without having to worry about how much space the song took on a phone. Here's to you, clouds.

This sounds like a great start, right? Of course, but with names like Amazon, Google, Apple, Spotify and numerous other staring down Mecanto definitely has uphill climb ahead. In doing so, accessibility is a strong selling point for the service of Israeli music. Look at your competitors: Spotify unlimited "and" premium cost $ 60 per year and $ 120 per year, respectively, iCloud comes in at around $ 25 a year, Amazon Cloud drive and cloud player is worth at least $ 20 per year (unlimited storage may be limited time offer).

Google, on the other hand is currently free of charge, but there is little likelihood that it will stay that way for long. For comparison, at $ 20 per year, is an attractive alternative to large Mecanto players, especially as it offers worldwide access, cross platform integration, and instantly uploads — suite, which its competitors only offer to pieces.

In addition, users are free for the first time Mecanto month service at the end of which they can pay $ 20 for a whole year or breaking it down into $ 2 monthly. To start using, users can download a small application for desktop computers, which will then download and synchronize all the music automatically. Bing, Bada boom Bada boom probable cause. The best part: to accelerate the process of downloading Mecanto's, this means that users can access their music almost instantly, even before the download is complete. Students may obtain direct access to their music, or they can choose to upload your files to slower bandwidth savings without having to worry about delays.

Not wanting to be anti-social at the age of Facebook music service also offers a social function, including the possibility of adding a video to YouTube account and playback, as well as the ability to share these YouTube clips on Facebook and Twitter, Last.fm scrobbling tracks Exchange current track for social networking, bidirectional synchronization and intelligent categorization tracks. As for the support files? Mecanto works with MP3, M4A, WMA, OGG, FLAC and a big part of their language.

Mecanto in the so-called "three screens and a cloud" platform really is an excellent alternative to the big names in space, and a "Dropbox for music" is not an analogy unfair. Course design isn't quite up to par with some of the other, but its availability, worldwide access and cross platform functionality can simply give Mecanto feet, it has to be taken seriously in a crowded with familiar names space.

So far run raised $ 2 million in funding from private angels, but you can be sure that the startup will seek more cash as he begins to scale and rolls out around the world.

Israeli music locker is definitely worth a look, especially under the auspices of the monthly demo and the fact that the first 1000 readers to TechCrunch, which here will receive free testing within six months of service. I mean, who doesn't love music deal? Check this.

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Like Quora more thinks about mobile devices, they drop a PIN on the spot

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Some of the most interesting and relevant content on Quora linked from their seats. So far, however, not much done to Quora concentrate these data using the location. Today they start.

A new feature going live soon will allow users to specify location information by topic. For example, if the theme of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, now you can drag and drop a PIN to indicate where on the map. This place will display each time you view the topic. And the map can be set to show satellite or terrain view (they're using Google Maps). You can also enter specific addresses.

This may not sound like a big deal, but it most likely indicates where Quora thinks about heading to the location itself. The company noted that, as more people use the service from their mobile phones, location-based questions and answers are becoming increasingly important. This is something that other startups as Hipster, were built around.

Location more generally also allows Quora link topics together in a new way. For example, if you are considering a trip somewhere, you could look at interesting information around the area you're headed, than might otherwise have surfaced on the overall query.

It looks like Facebook is not only taking place more seriously.

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DoughMain raises $ 5 million for Gamified financial education platform for kids

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DoughMain, launch, which brings together family coordination and financial education in simple, real and gamified platform, has announced that it raised $ 5 million seed funding for a number of private Angel investors. Round of funding is used to support the production and release of DoughMain.com, as well as contribute to the development of DoughMain in mobile applications.

But what exactly is DoughMain all about? DoughMain President and Chief Executive Officer Kenneth Damato said that run goal is simple: she wants to give families across the country, a simple solution that allows them to coordinate the activities of households and, in doing so, expose their children to important financial management skills.

DoughMain assaults the household, offering users an integrated family services as a chore calendar Tracker and benefits (or compensation) instrument, as well as three initial age relevant gaming sites to make American families operate like clockwork and give children a fun and useful tool to help them learn (in a sense, age-appropriate) retain, use and dispose of the money.

Launch of the so-called "family coordination platform allows parents to customize DoughMain platform so that it acts as a secure, personalized micro network for his family. Within this network, family members can view each of their own responsibility, that efforts should continue to be provided, for example, as well as the whole family. (Presumably so that they can error their younger brothers and sisters until they fulfil their responsibilities and learn how to balance their checkbooks.)

Parents can control the amount of information you can gain access to their children, whether it is possible to create calendar entries or to show that a particular chore was completed. Because the platform are updated in real time, parents can reward them obedient children to achieve them, with "DoughPoints", run the virtual currency, or by enhancing their benefits through a rigid, the American currency. specify that the chore is complete. Because the information is updated in real time, parents may

At the top of their family coordination platform for startup offers options for financial education, which is neatly integrated with worries and financial experience that their children to navigate within the interaction with the platform. Platform offers developed teacher content through secure gaming platforms like TheFunVault.com, a Flash game that teaches basic money management lessons for children aged 5-9, or SandDollarCity.com, a multiplayer virtual world where children aged 8-12 to manage the family candy stops, or, finally, the IRuleMoney.com, a site that as the financial content and contests for teens.

It is planned that the mobile version of DoughMain will be released in September that would allow families to stay in touch and coordinate on-the-go. For more check DoughMain homes here.

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Pandora posts record revenue of $ 67 m in the first quarter as a public company

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In the first quarter as a public company music streaming service Pandora posted record revenue in Q2 2012 year. For the second quarter of fiscal year 2012, total revenue was 67 million dollars, 117% year-over-year growth. For the second quarter of fiscal 2012, on the basis of GAAP net loss per share was $ (0.04). Non-GAAP earnings per common share was completely $ 0.02.

In terms of net income loss of $ 1.8 million Pandora took over the quarter. But Pandora's Q2 ad revenue amounted to $58,3 million, 118 percent year-over-year growth. Subscription and other income amounted to $ 8.7 million, 112% year-over-year growth.

The company showed that total listener hours approximately 1.8 billion quarter growth of 125 per cent, compared to approximately 800 million during the same quarter a year ago. Approximate percentage of total United States radio to listen to at the end of the second fiscal quarter amounted to 3.6%, 1.8% from a year earlier. According to the Pandora Services had 37 million active users in July.

In the release, Joe Kennedy, President of & CEO of Pandora said this in his speech: "Pandora radio Personalization — and enthusiastic consumers have become much better experience ...At the same time, advertisers continue their adoption of Pandora's multi-platform ad decisions that led to our 6 consecutive quarters of triple-digit year-over-year revenue growth. In addition to the continued high rates of income growth web Pandora mobile advertising revenue for the first time included about half of all ad revenue as we pave the way for the nascent but rapidly growing market for mobile advertising. Pandora continues to grow our market share of United States radio as we radically transform one of the latest forms of traditional media. "

Proceeds to call Kennedy says that mobile represents 70 per cent use Pandora. And mobile now accounts for half of the company's ad revenue. As we reported at the time of Pandora's IPO, mobile, as it contributes significantly to Pandora in the company's growth.

Another area of growth, said Kennedy, is the placement of Pandora in your car. The company already has a number of deals, including one with Ford Motor Company.

Kennedy also said that Spotify is not really a threat to its business and use. There wasn't any effects from digital music services, in the past few months, "says Kennedy. "We are focused on the radio".

Pandora predicts Q3 revenue range of $ 72.5 million to $69,5 million (representing year-over-year growth between 84% and 92% respectively) and annual income in the range of $ 270 million to $ 275 million (representing year-over-year growth between 96% and 100%, respectively).

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Freestyle AQUOS: Sharp Japan rolls out 4 portable, wireless, ultra-slim LCD TVs

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Sharp Japan updated their line of AQUOS LCD TVs in the AQUOS series of so-called F5 freestyle [JP]. Four TVs in this series, sized at 20/32/40 and 60 inches are a few general points of sale: they are very thin, light (one of them is the "portable") and the network.

60-inch flagship model (pictured above and below) comes with UV2A Panel with full HD resolution, led backlight, contrast ratio, 000000, 000000 1: 1, viewing angle of 176-degre, 2x10W speakers, HDMI interface, two USB ports (connecting external hard drives is possible) and Ethernet. It weighs 21 kg and 2.1 cm thin part (3.5 cm thickness).

32 and 40-inch models share basic characteristics, but it is much easier (8.5 and 5.5 kg, respectively), which has prompted Sharp choose the term "freestyle" series (the company says they can be moved and installed anywhere).

As 32-inch AQUOS 20-inch model only offers a 1366 × 780 resolution. Small TV series based on the model of sharp, revealed earlier this year and weighs 2.5 kg. For an additional $ 80 you can associate users to hook it he really portable (see below).

All models have in common — IEEE 802.11 n/IEEE 802.11 Wi-Fi and a wireless device, such as for Sharp AQUOS Blu-ray players or smartphones and various services video on demand, and YouTube.

Sharp plans to start selling its new TVs in Japan next month (prices: $4,930 for the largest model, $ 1,950 for 40-incher, $ 1430 32-inch model and $1040 for the little one).

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