Facebook has taken the wraps off upcoming features at the social media platform, including the ability to include audio content from Spotify, and video content from Netflix. (Sept. 22)
Continue reading …Joy Behar Asks McGinniss If He Has ‘Death Wish’ for Writing Book About Palins
September 22, 2011 No Comment
While CNN gave two tough interviews to Palin-bashing author Joe McGinniss, HLN's Joy Behar joked around with him on her Wednesday show. She referenced his newest tome on Sarah Palin and her family, full of nasty gossip and rumors, and jokingly asked “What, do you have a death wish, Joe?” In the previous segment, Behar had made fun of Rush Limbaugh's past drug abuse in her interview with Levi Johnston. “Your mother was selling Oxycontin?” she asked Johnston. “What's she – what's up with that? Does she know Rush Limbaugh?” Not finished with her fun, the HLN host had a laugh over McGinniss' creepy move into the house next door to the Palins. “Could you see Russia from that house?” Behar joked. In the interview, McGinniss charged Palin as a “blatant racist and a “religious extremist,” but Behar challenged only the latter accusation, remarking that Palin was barely a churchgoer – according to Levi Johnston, whom she used to fact-check McGinniss' book in the previous interview. Behar did press McGinniss over his radical stories against Palin and her family – but while treating him as a respectable reporter, not the author of a book filled with gossip and rumors. She also gave credence to the fringe conspiracy theory peddled by the Daily Beast, that prominent Republican figures are “Dominionists” and are pushing to end the separation of church and state in America. When McGinniss accused Palin of belonging to such a sect, Behar asked “how is she any different from, say, Rick Perry?” The “Rogue” author absurdly claimed that the media gave Palin a pass in 2008, saying that “the mainstream media paid no attention to her background, nobody did any homework on her in 2008, running for vice president.” Behar made no attempt to challenge his assumption, instead attempting to explain it. “Well, the media likes sort of a star. She's kind of a star.” [Video below. Click here for audio.]
Continue reading …Cellular South renamed C Spire Wireless, becomes Puff Daddy of regional carriers
September 22, 2011 No Comment
We were expecting something big to come out of Cellular South this coming Monday, but we definitely didn’t anticipate the company going all Ditty Dirty Money on us. Letting the cat out of the bag a few days early, the regional carrier is re-branding itself as C Spire. The name is apparently inspired by the company’s dedication to customized wireless services, and will become official Monday with a new website: cspire.com. The new service includes an app recommendation program, known as Scout, a rewards program called Percs, “social media integration,” and customer service initiatives known as Pulse and Circle. This new name also ushers “personalized plans” with “infinite data,” which C Spire’s CEO points out is actually unlimited, with no nights-and-weekends-style restrictions — except when it comes to streaming data (which will carry its own unique charges). Developing… Cellular South renamed C Spire Wireless, becomes Puff Daddy of regional carriers originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 22 Sep 2011 16:04:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Type: CE Title: Apple iPod touch 8 GB (4th Generation) NEWEST MODEL See all customer reviews Amazon.com Product Description: See friends while you talk to them with FaceTime. Shoot, edit, and share stunning HD video. Play games against friends, or unknown foes, with the new Game Center. And do it all on the Retina display–the highest-resolution screen on any mobile device. It makes graphics and text look even more amazing. The new iPod touch. It’s state-of-the-art fun. Introducing the new iPod touch. Now with FaceTime, Retina display, HD video recording, and Game Center. Click to enlarge. Advanced engineering at play. Pioneering technology built into iPod touch is how you’re able to flick, tap, and pinch. It’s what makes a racing game feel so real. It’s why you’re able to see a friend crack up at your jokes from across the globe. And it’s the reason iPod touch is the most incredible iPod you’ll ever own. Looks can be amazing. iPod touch has an all-new design that makes it the thinnest, lightest, most amazing iPod touch ever. Holding one is all the proof you need. With its curved design, iPod touch is now a mere 7.2 millimeters thin. Its engineered-glass front and stainless steel back feel sleek and smooth in your hand. Turn it on, and you’re instantly blown away by the brilliant Retina display. iPod touch is the perfect combination of stunning design and revolutionary technology–brilliant from the outside in. Retina display. A blast from the future. There are lots of reasons you won’t want to take your eyes off the new iPod touch. The 960-by-640 backlit LCD display, for one. It packs 326 pixels per inch, making it the highest-resolution iPod screen ever. To achieve this, Apple engineers developed pixels so small–a mere 78 micrometers across–that the human eye can’t distinguish individual pixels. Even though you can’t see them, you’ll definitely notice the difference. Text is remarkably sharp, and graphics are incredibly vivid. Apple A4 processor. More power to you. The Apple A4 chip is behind, or rather underneath, all the fun you can have on iPod touch. Apple engineers designed the A4 chip to be a remarkably powerful yet remarkably power-efficient mobile processor. With it, iPod touch can easily perform complex jobs such as multitasking, editing video, and placing FaceTime calls. All while maximizing battery life. And fun. Gyro + Accelerometer. Smooth moves. iPod touch just learned some new moves. It now includes a built-in three-axis gyroscope. When paired with the accelerometer, the gyro makes iPod touch capable of advanced motion sensing such as user acceleration, full 3D attitude, and rotation rate. Translation: more motion gestures and greater precision for an even better gaming experience. Two cameras. Double the fun. iPod touch captures video with two built-in cameras. It shoots amazing HD 720p video from the back camera. And with its advanced backside illumination sensor, it captures beautiful footage even in low-light settings. All while the built-in microphone records conversations, music, or any audio at the same time. And on the front of the iPod touch, the built-in camera is perfect for making FaceTime calls and shooting self-portraits. It’s surprising how much fun can fit into something so small. Multi-Touch. Control at your fingertips. When you put your finger on the iPod touch, how does it just start doing what you want it to do? It’s a chain reaction, really. The Multi-Touch display layers a protective shield over a capacitive panel that senses your touch using electrical fields. It then transmits that information to the Retina display below it. So you can glide through albums with Cover Flow, flick through photos and enlarge them with a pinch, zoom in and out on a section of a web page, and control game elements precisely. FaceTime comes to iPod touch. Don’t just say hello. Smile. Tap for a more instant instant message. Take “LOL” to the next level and actually see friends laughing out loud. Or bring “XOXO” to life when you blow someone a kiss from miles away. FaceTime on iPod touch makes it possible. FaceTime works right out of the box–just enter your Apple ID and email address. Or create a new email account just for FaceTime. Using FaceTime is as easy as it gets. Say you want to start a video call with your best friend over Wi-Fi. Just tap the FaceTime app and find her entry to start the call. An invitation pops up on her iPod touch or iPhone 4 screen asking if she wants to join you. When she accepts, FaceTime begins. It’s all perfectly seamless. And it works in both portrait and landscape. See how much fun you can have. See friends while you talk with FaceTime, or play games against friends or unknown foes with Game Center. Two cameras make either side its fun side. iPod touch has two built-in cameras, one on the front above the display and one on the back. The front camera has been tuned for FaceTime. It has just the right field of view and focal length to focus on your face at arm’s length. So it always presents you in the best possible light. Which is particularly handy when you’re talking to someone who’s more than just a friend. The back camera. See and share. So your roommate had to work late and couldn’t make it to the concert. You can share the encore with a FaceTime call. As the band takes the stage and starts playing one of her all-time favorite songs, just tap a button. And before the lead singer can belt out his first note, iPod touch switches to the back camera and to the sure-to-be-legendary performance. Another tap switches to the front camera and to you. Simple, fast, and fun. HD video recording comes to iPod touch. Ready, and action. Built-in editing gives video a fun-tuning. No need to wait until you’re back at your computer to edit video. With basic editing built into iPod touch, you can get right down to business. Just drag to select start and end points on a filmstrip. Keep only the parts of the video you want, and turn it into something you and your friends will watch again and again. Make mini blockbusters in just a few taps with iMovie on iPod touch. Say you’re on an amazing road trip, and you want to create a video postcard of everything you’ve seen and done. Just use the iMovie app–pick it up in the App Store for just $4.99. Built for iPod touch, iMovie lets you combine and edit video clips, give them that extra something with dynamic themes and transitions, add music and photos, and share your finished movies with the world. Make a movie. Starring you. The next time you venture out on, say, an amazing hike, don’t just tell your friends about it. Show them. In addition to the high-definition camera on the back, iPod touch has a VGA-quality camera on the front–above the display–that lets you see yourself on the display while you record. It’s perfect for turning the camera on yourself. No more guessing if you’re in the frame or accidentally cropping yourself out altogether. So get ready for your close-up. Shoot what you want. Share where you want. Ever find yourself in the middle of typing an email when you see something that words just can’t describe? Just launch the camera and record on the fly. Then upload your HD movie directly to YouTube. Or select some video from the Camera Roll and attach it to a new email message, ready to send. Posting to your Facebook page or blog is also just a tap away. And you can easily sync all the video you shoot on iPod touch back to your Mac or PC. Point and shoot. An awesome view. A decked-out cupcake. Your dog looking unbearably cute. If you want to take a quick photo to upload to your Facebook page, either camera on iPod touch can also capture stills. Just tap on the screen to adjust exposure. Then post to Facebook and let the comments begin. The new Game Center app on iPod touch lets you expand your social gaming network–exponentially. Game Center. Way more than two can play that game. Gamers rejoice. Game Center is here. The new Game Center app on iPod touch lets you expand your social gaming network. Exponentially. All anyone needs to play is an iPod touch or iPhone running iOS 4.1. With iOS 4.1, you’ll see a Game Center app on your Home screen. Just tap it and sign in with your Apple ID, and you’re good to go. You can create a different nickname that will be visible to friends and the gaming community. You can also assign several email addresses to the Game Center app, making it easy for more friends to find you. Download any games you see by tapping links in Game Center. Games can be started right in the Game Center app. And the best part: Once you sign in to Game Center, you’re always connected. Until you decide to sign out. Friends. Soon to be opponents. Bring your friends along for the ride. Or match. Or mission. Once you’re signed in to the Game Center app, you can invite someone by sending a friend request using their nickname or email address. Your friends show up in a separate Friends list in the Game Center app. Tap on a friend’s name, and you can see what games they’ve been playing. You can also check out pending friend requests you receive, and add as you see fit. Leaderboards and achievements. Score some bragging rights. Take a look at leaderboards and see how your score ranks against your friends, as well as all players of each game. You can also compare game achievements with your friends. Check out leaderboards and achievements in the Game Center app and in each individual game app. Let the smack talk begin. Meet your match. Say you want to get a multiplayer game going. Auto-match will prioritize your friends if they happen to be looking for an auto-match, too. Otherwise, it will set you up with a soon-to-be-friend from anywhere around the world. You can also choose to invite friends and have auto-match fill the number of players needed for a game. Music. Let your fingers do the rocking. Cover Flow. A work of album art. What a song does for your ears, Cover Flow on iPod touch does for your eyes and fingers. Turn iPod touch on its side and glide through your music by album art with the flick of your finger. Tap an album cover to flip it over and display a track list. Tap again to start the music. Genius playlists. From one great song comes an even greater playlist. Say you’re listening to a song you really love and want to hear other tracks that go great with it. Genius uses that song to find other songs in your library and makes a Genius playlist for you. Listen to the playlist right away, save it for later, or even refresh it and give it another go. Count on Genius to create a playlist you wouldn’t have thought of yourself. Genius Mixes. The ultimate mix-master. Genius acts as your personal DJ. All you do is sync iPod touch to iTunes, and Genius automatically searches your library to find songs that sound great together. Then it creates multiple mixes you’ll love. These mixes are like channels programmed entirely with your music. It’s a great way to rediscover songs you haven’t heard in forever–and some you even forgot you had. Let your fingers do the rocking. Shake to Shuffle. And rock ‘n’ roll with it. Shake things up a bit. Musically speaking, that is. The next time you’re listening to your tunes, turn on Shake to Shuffle, then give iPod touch a shake to shuffle to a different song in your music library. It’s just another way iPod touch keeps your music feeling fresh. iTunes. That’s entertainment. Feed your iPod touch songs and music videos from your iTunes library on your computer. Or buy and download new music on your iPod touch when you access iTunes over Wi-Fi. Songs you purchase on iPod touch transfer to your Mac or PC the next time you connect iPod touch to your computer. And now with iTunes Ping, you can follow friends to find out what music they’re listening to, buying, and recommending. Or catch up with your favorite artists and see if they’re playing near you. Bluetooth. No strings attached. iPod touch includes support for Bluetooth wireless technology. So you can pair wireless stereo headphones with it. Keep your iPod in your bag or charging on your desk across the room and still listen to your music. Movies + TV shows. Take the show, or movie, on the road. The big screen. On the small screen. With iPod touch, movie nights can happen anytime of day, anywhere you are. Carry hours of video with you and watch them on the amazing 3.5-inch color widescreen Retina display. Shop the iTunes Store and choose from thousands of movies, TV shows, and video podcasts to fill your iPod touch. From Hollywood blockbusters to indie favorites, there’s something for everyone. Download and watch movies with a few taps. Prefer TV shows? Get a single episode or an entire season’s worth all at once. With iPod touch, you can travel far and widescreen. Control how you watch. While watching your video, tap the display to bring up onscreen controls. You can play or pause, view by chapter, and adjust the volume. Or use the volume controls on the left side of the iPod touch. Want to switch between widescreen and full screen? Simply tap the display twice. It’s just like your TV remote. Except you never have to fight over it. iTunes. Keep yourself entertained. Need some entertainment for your next flight or road trip? With iTunes on your iPod touch and a Wi-Fi connection, you can buy movies and TV shows on the fly. You can also rent shows for just $0.99 an episode, in case you’re not sure if one is a keeper. And of course, you can also purchase movies and TV shows on your Mac or PC, then sync them to your iPod touch. Popcorn not included. Visit your favorite websites. All you need is your iPod touch and Wi-Fi. Available as a free download, iBooks is an amazing eBook reader and a great place to buy books. And plenty more … App Store Download apps directly to iPod touch. (Click here to jump down the page and learn all about apps.) iTunes Create an iTunes Store account and shop over Wi-Fi anytime. iBooks Available as a free download, iBooks is an amazing eBook reader and a great place to buy books. iMovie Edit video, add themes and music, and share your movies. Available in the App Store for just $4.99. Mail Send email and view attachments from your Gmail, MobileMe, or other email account. Safari Web Browser Visit your favorite websites. All you need is your iPod touch and Wi-Fi. Photos Take your photos with you. Share them in an email. Make your favorite your wallpaper. Home Screen Customize the arrangement of your apps across multiple Home screens in iTunes. Voice Control Control music playback on iPod touch using spoken commands. Maps Find restaurants, concert venues, or any place you need to go, and see how to get there with Maps. YouTube Watch the latest viral video sensation and access your favorite videos. Nike + iPod Achieve your fitness goals with built-in Nike + iPod support on iPod touch. Voice Memos Record notes, random thoughts, a friend’s impersonation, or any audio you want. Accessibility iPod touch comes with screen-reading technology and other accessibility features. App Store Shop the App Store and discover over 75,000 apps that let you do even more with your iPod touch. Browse apps in categories from games to lifestyle, social networking to education, and more. Discover apps in categories from games to lifestyle, social networking to education, and more. The built-in Wi-Fi capability in iPod touch gives you access to the iTunes Store anywhere, anytime. Browse Apps Shop the App Store a number of ways. Tap Featured and get a list of new apps and to see what’s hot. Peruse by category. Check out the Top 25 apps. Or if you know exactly what app you’re looking for, find it by doing a quick search. Kindle App Have Kindle at your fingertips with this application: Kindle: Read Kindle books on your iPhone or iPod touch Genius Recommendations for Apps There are tens of thousands of apps in the App Store, with more added every day. A new feature of iPod touch makes finding cool new apps even easier. It’s Genius for apps, and it works just like Genius for your music. Tap the Genius icon and get recommendations for apps that you might like based on apps you and others have downloaded. Download Apps When you find an app you want, buy and download it wirelessly to your iPod touch from anywhere over Wi-Fi, and start using it right away. Update Apps iPod touch tells you whenever an app update is available, so you’ll always have the latest versions of your favorite apps. Read Kindle Books on the iPod touch Read Kindle Books on the iPod touch Read over 700,000 books – no Kindle required. Get the best reading experience available on your iPhone or iPod touch. Access your Kindle books even if you don’t have your Kindle with you. Our Whispersync technology syncs your last page read, notes, bookmarks, and highlights across devices, so you can pick up where you left off. Don’t have a Kindle? Get yours here. Ready to read on your iPod touch? Download our reading app today. Get the best reading experience available on your iPod touch Shop the Kindle Store for over 700,000* Kindle books, including New Releases and 107 of 111 New York Times Best Sellers. Over 550,000 of these books are $9.99 or less, including 73 New York Times Best Sellers. Choose from thousands of free classics, such as Pride and Prejudice or The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes . Get free book samples; read the first chapter free before you decide to buy. Customize your reading experience by choosing the background color, font size, and either portrait or landscape format. Instant dictionary word lookup with 250,000 entries and definitions. Tap and hold a word to view the definition. Use the Google and Wikipedia links to get more information. Search inside the book to find a character, topic, or section you want to revisit. You can also read your Kindle books on your Kindle, Kindle DX, PC, Mac, Android phone, and BlackBerry. Our Whispersync technology syncs your last page read, notes, bookmarks, and highlights across devices, so you can pick up where you left off. What’s in the Box 8 GB iPod touch, earphones, dock connector to USB cable, and quick start guide. Features: 8 GB capacity for about 2,000 songs, 10,000 photos, or 10 hours of video Up to 40 hours of audio playback or 7 hours of video playback on a single charge Support for AAC, Protected AAC (iTunes Store) and other audio formats; H.264, MPEG-4, One-year limited warranty iPod touch has 8 GB capacity for about 2,000 songs, 10,000 photos, or 10 hours of video. IPod touch plays up to 40 hours of audio playback or 7 hours of video playback on a single charge. Motion JPEG video codecs in M4V, MP4, MOV, and AVI formats iPod touch has a 3.5-inch (diagonal) widescreen Multi-Touch display with 960-by-640-pixel resolution (326 pixels per inch). iPod touch has one-year limited warranty. iPod touch supports for AAC, Protected AAC (iTunes Store) and other audio formats, H.264, MPEG-4, and Motion JPEG video codecs in M4V, MP4, MOV, and AVI formats. See the details
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The Secret Diary of Casey Anthony CASEY ANTHONY in hiding? BeYou_Tiful_ says: Troy Davis executed and Casey Anthony in hiding .
Continue reading …Palestine won’t push for an immediate Security Council vote on its push for full UN membership, because it doesn’t appear to have the requisite nine votes—even if the US weren’t promising to veto the move. “We will give some time to the Security Council,” a Palestinian negotiator told reporters,…
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“God have mercy on your souls.” -TROY DAVIS, who was executed by lethal injection in Jackson, Ga., on Sept. 21, 2011, directed his last words to his executioners. (via AP)
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Stop-Motion Short of the Day: The history of Western Civilization as told through the changing hairstyles of women over time. [ buzzfeed .] Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : The Daily What Discovery Date : 21/09/2011 16:42 Number of articles : 4
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announces Spotify and Netflix tie-ins, as competition from Twitter and Google prompt move Facebook has unveiled sweeping changes to its website – including partnerships with major music and film companies – in a bid to transform the world’s biggest social network into a key entertainment hub. Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, on Thursday announced new partnerships with Spotify, Netflix, the Guardian and other media companies as he said that 800 million people worldwide now use the social network. “The last five years of social networking have been about getting people signed up,” Zuckerberg told Facebook’s f8 conference in San Francisco. “Until recently people weren’t sure how long the phenomenon would last. Now social networks are a ubiquitous tool used by billions of people around the world to stay connected every day.” Facebook has in recent months recently ramped up its attempts to attract and keep internet users on the site in the wake of competition from Twitter and a new rival in Google. Facebook is expected to hit the 1 billion user mark within weeks, having doubled the number of active users since February 2010. As part of the changes announced on Thursday, Facebook users will be able to automatically share activity such as viewing, listening and reading in a live “ticker” stream, once they have opted in to the feature. The new stream will be separate from the existing Facebook news feed, although popular items – such as the most frequently played songs among friends – will appear in the column. “We are making it so you can connect to
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Shareholders shocked by plan to raise chief’s pay to £1.5m plus bonuses WPP has stunned its major investors by suggesting that Sir Martin Sorrell, its long-standing chief executive, should be awarded a pay rise of as much as 50% that could take his salary to £1.5m – and push up the potential bonuses he might also receive. The advertising and marketing group, founded by Sorrell and home to names such as JWT and Ogilvy & Mather, has not increased Sorrell’s £1m salary since January 2007 and is now arguing that the chief executive needs a boost in his basic pay to keep pace with his rivals. Jeffrey Rosen, the chairman of the remuneration committee at WPP, has told major shareholders the company wants to increase the size of Sorrell’s bonus potential as well as raising his basic pay. Basic salaries are important for chief executives – and other board directors – because bonuses and potential long-term incentive plans are usually set as a multiple of basic pay. Sorrell, who turned a shell company called Wire & Plastic Products into an empire that also includes media buyers Mediacom, market researchers Kantar and public relations firms Hill & Knowlton and Finsbury, has often ranked high in the Guardian’s executive pay surveys. In 2005 he pocketed £50m of shares after a long-term share scheme – known as a leadership equity acquisition plan or Leap – dating back to 1993 came to fruition. Last year he took home £4.2m after his £1m salary was enhanced by benefits, bonuses and shares. The high-level discussions about increasing Sorrell’s pay are taking place after other top executives at the company were given pay rises last year. The company endured a rebellion on the issue in June when more than 40% of investors failed to back the remuneration report, largely because Mark Read, chief executive of WPP Digital, was handed a 30% rise to take his salary to £425,000. The timing and scale of the pay rise being proposed for Sorrell, who is widely admired for his business acumen and commitment to WPP, has surprised investors. One said: “This is just not the time to be pushing for a pay rise.” Another pointed out that WPP had been preparing the ground after pointing out on a number of occasions that he had not had a rise in his basic salary for 2008, 2009 and 2010. In the latest annual report , WPP explained that Sorrell’s base salary had been due to be reviewed in November 2008 but he had told the compensation committee an increase “would not be appropriate in light of business conditions”. But the annual report added: “As part of the extensive review of the executive directors’ compensation at the end of 2010, the committee considers that an increase in base salary and adjustments to incentive opportunities are appropriate. Consideration of these issues has continued during 2011 and the committee intends to consult share owners before the proposals are finalised.” That consultation is understood to have begun in the summer and is now the subject of hot debate among investors, who admire Sorrell for his drive and ambition in expanding WPP but doubt that the executive is at risk of leaving the group he has founded to go to a rival. He has likened his relationship to WPP as “the closest a man can come to giving birth” and insisted that money is not his driving force. He took a loan against his shares in advertising company Saatchi & Saatchi to enable him to buy WPP and the City began to notice him once he pulled off the takeover of advertising network J Walter Thompson in 1997. He told the Observer in July 2010 : “I think when we did our first high-profile deal, which was JWT, I was definitely the outsider.” A WPP spokesman said: “As we said in our most recent annual report, Sir Martin Sorrell’s base salary has been unchanged since 1 January 2007 and Sir Martin declined a review due in November 2008 because of business conditions at the time. We also said that the compensation committee considered that an increase in base salary and adjustments to incentive opportunities were appropriate and that the committee intended to consult share owners before finalising proposals. “We are going through the very early stages of that process now.” WPP Sir Martin Sorrell Executive pay and bonuses WPP Advertising Jill Treanor guardian.co.uk
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