Source: http://the-gadgeteer.com/2013/08/04/carry-your-cards-cash-and-iphone-in-one-place-with-the-iwallie/
Monday, August 5, 2013
Carry your cards, cash and iPhone in one place with the iWallie
Ever just want to leave the wallet or purse at home, but don’t want to carry around your credit cards loose in your pocket? Most people who have a cell phone carries their phone along with them, so why not have a case that allows you to combine the cards and the phone? There are […]
Sunday, August 4, 2013
How Twitter trolls bullies mar social outings
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Source: www.asiapacificstar.com --- Saturday, August 03, 2013
Twitter is the chirping chatterbox of the internet, trolls are its dark underground denizens. The collision of the two is driving a debate in Britain about the scale of online hatred and the limits ... ...
Source: http://www.asiapacificstar.com/index.php/sid/216220348/scat/d805653303cbbba8
Saturday, August 3, 2013
Microsoft: Xbox One will work with external video capture devices
If you buy an Xbox One and don't want to depend or use the game console's built in game recording and editing features, Microsoft has confirmed that the hardware will also support a way to attach and use an external video capture device.
Polygon reports that, according to a statement from Microsoft Game Studios Vice President Phil Spencer, external video capture products will work on the Xbox One "exactly like it works today" on the current Xbox 360 console." There will apparently be at least one limitation, however: The devices won't be able to capture video on the console that uses the High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection system. However, if you just want to capture a cool gameplay moment on the capture device, Spencer says, "you're fine."
A few weeks ago at Comic-Con, Microsoft confirmed that the Xbox One will automatically record and store the last five minutes of gameplay from a play session, which can then be quickly uploaded to a number of social media accounts. The Upload Studio feature will include some editing features for those clips, including placing custom skins in the video and even the ability to record voice overs for those clips.
Source: Polygon | Image via Microsoft
Source: http://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-xbox-one-will-work-with-external-video-capture-devices
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Friday, August 2, 2013
Five fall focuses for Florida football
Tyler Murphy should have a chance to work with the first-team offense with starting quarterback Jeff Driskel sidelined for the first two weeks of fall camp.
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Published: Wednesday, July 31, 2013 at 4:00 p.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, July 31, 2013 at 2:32 p.m.
While the rest of campus continues to slumber through the final weeks of summer, it's back to the practice field for the Florida football team, which opens preseason camp Friday.
As is usual with any preseason camp, questions and themes abound for UF with the start of the season now just a month away.
Here are five things the Gators need to get done on the practice field between now and the Aug. 31 opener against Toledo:
1. Groom the No. 2 QB
Before Jeff Driskel ended up on the operating table earlier this week for appendectomy surgery, the No. 1 camp goal at QB probably was to get the No. 2 quarterback (probably junior Tyler Murphy) ready to play just in case he's needed at some point in the season. Now, the goal may be to get the No. 2 guy not just ready to play, but ready to start. Driskel's unexpected surgery could sideline him for the first two weeks of camp, and further illustrates just how fragile (and scary) the situation is at quarterback. Murphy has not thrown a pass in a college game. The other two scholarship players on the roster are a redshirt freshman (Skyler Mornhinweg) and a true freshman (Max Staver). This is going to be a crucial camp at the quarterback position, especially in the first two weeks, when the coaches must get Murphy (or someone else) not just ready to step in, but lead the offense.
2. Settle the situation at linebacker
With starting middle linebacker Antonio Morrison suspended for the first two games of the season, the Gators are going to have to do a little scrambling (and maybe experimenting) at the linebacker positions. The most logical scenario is for Mike Taylor to move from weakside linebacker to the middle, but that could leave a true freshman (Daniel McMillian) to start at the weakside. Another possibility is moving Taylor to the middle, switching Darrin Kitchens from the strongside to the weakside and making Neiron Ball or Ronald Powell the starter on the strongside. The coaches have planned all along to play Powell at the Buck position and outside linebacker. This may be the opportunity to establish Powell as a starter at outside linebacker, which would give the Gators a chance to have Powell and Dante Fowler Jr. on the field at the same time. The bottom line is the coaches are going to have to determine the best combination in camp and go with it.
3. Find a second safety
One of the biggest question marks on defense is at the safety positions, where the Gators must replace last year's starters, Matt Elam and Josh Evans. Cody Riggs, a former starter at cornerback, appears a lock to nail down one of the starting roles. The other appears to be very much up in the air heading into camp. The competition for the other starting job should be fierce between Jabari Gorman, Valdez Showers, Marcus Maye (and maybe even highly rated true freshman Marcell Harris). The leading candidate may be Maye, a redshirt freshman who was a scout-team standout last fall who has received an endorsement from Elam. Maye appears to have some of the same playmaking potential that made Elam a valuable player on defense last season.
4. Define Purifoy's role on ?O?
The coaches clearly want starting cornerback Loucheiz Purifoy to have an impact on offense. That's why Purifoy spent the first half of spring practice working exclusively at wide receiver. Now that they have a pretty good idea what he's capable of doing on offense, Will Muschamp and offensive coordinator Brent Pease need to determine how (and how much) they're going to use Purifoy on offense. He's an explosive athlete who could make plays down the field, but that's not going to change the fact he will remain a starting cornerback, something Muschamp has been adamant about. How much time Purifoy spends on offense may be determined by the growth of UF's young wide receivers. If a few of the young guys show they can consistently make plays, Purifoy's role on offense might be limited. If the Gators come out of camp still searching for playmakers at receiver, Purifoy could play a major role on offense.
5. Name the replacement for Sturgis
It's going to be close to impossible to adequately replace Caleb Sturgis, one of the all-time great place-kickers at UF, but someone is going to have to try and fill the role. It's either going to be senior walk-on Brad Phillips or redshirt freshman Austin Hardin. Phillips has limited experience (he made two-of-three field goal attempts in 2011, including a 43-yarder against Georgia), while Hardin has none. The two were basically dead-even at the end of spring practice and will continue their competition in camp. Muschamp has expressed confidence in both kickers. Phillips may have an edge in consistency, but Hardin has a stronger leg and probably a bigger upside. ESPN rated Hardin the No. 1 kicker in the nation coming out of high school in 2011.
Contact Robbie Andreu at 352-374-5022 or andreur@gvillesun.com. Also check out Andreu's blog at Gatorsports.com.
Source: http://www.gatorsports.com/article/20130731/articles/130739909
Facebook shares soar 40% in a week on mobile ad revenue increase
Facebook shares rose above the $38 initial public offering price for the first time since it went public in May 2012 (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Photograph: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
Wall Street likes Facebook again. Shares in the social network today returned to their flotation price for the first time since its disastrous initial public offering (IPO) last year.
Facebook's shares touched above the milestone $38-a-share float price on New York's Nasdaq exchange on Wednesday morning, before slipping down to $36.70.
The shares have soared by more than 40% since last Wednesday, when Facebook reported a massive surge in mobile advertising revenue.
The rapid share price increase values the company, founded by a 20-year-old Mark Zuckerberg in his Harvard dorm room less than a decade ago, at just under $92bn (?60bn) ? about eight times the value of Marks & Spencer (founded 1884).
Zuckerberg's paper fortune has risen by just under $5bn in a week to nearly $17bn, according to the Bloomberg billionaires index.
The 29-year-old ? known for his trademark blue hoodies and desire to maintain a relatively simple life despite his vast wealth ? has jumped from the 75th to 42nd richest person in the world, leapfrogging Microsoft boss Steve Ballmer and Dell founder Michael Dell along the way. Microsoft founder Bill Gates, 57, remains the richest person in the world with a net worth of $72bn. Mexico's Carlos Slim, 73, is $5.5bn behind Gates.
Facebook's shares have not been able to hold above the $38 float price since its 18?May 2012 debut, when Facebook's underwriters were forced to buy stock to stop the stock falling below the issue price. By the end of that month the shares had crashed by more than $10, wiping more than $4bn off the value of Zuckerberg's fortune in less than two weeks. By August, the shares had dropped a further $10 wiping out almost $50bn of the company's market value.
The recovery only really began in earnest last week when Facebook reported a much better-than-expected 53% increase in revenue to $1.8bn in the three months to the end of June.
Wall Street was particularly impressed with the company recording a 51% increase in mobile users to 819m. Previously, analysts had openly mocked Zuckerberg's promise to make the company "mobile first".
"We are investing in mobile, measurement, and product innovation," Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook's chief operating officer, said on a conference call with analysts. "The results we're reporting today demonstrate the early returns on these investments."
David Kirkpatrick, author of The Facebook Effect, a history of the company, said: "Very few people saw the pace at which the entire activity of the planet's internet connectivity was going to move toward mobile. It's clearly under way now."
"They've really done a 180-degree shift toward mobile, even if it was somewhat belatedly," he told Bloomberg.
Source: http://www.theguardian.com/business/2013/jul/31/facebook-shares-soar-advertising-revenue-mobile
Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Pending home sales pull back in June as rates rise
By Paige Gance
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Contracts to purchase previously owned U.S. homes fell in June, retreating from a more than six-year high and suggesting rising mortgage rates were starting to dampen home sales.
The National Association of Realtors said on Monday its Pending Homes Sales Index, based on contracts signed last month, decreased 0.4 percent to 110.9. May's index was revised down to 111.3, the highest since December 2006, from a previously reported 112.3.
Economists polled by Reuters had expected signed contracts, which become sales after a month or two, to fall 1.0 percent.
Compared to last year, contracts were up 10.9 percent.
Stocks and bonds mostly ignored the report, but the dollar trimmed earlier losses against the yen.
The housing market has been a bright spot in the economy, providing a buffer from fiscal austerity in Washington. Existing home sales fell in June, but selling prices hit a five-year high in a sign the housing recovery was still on track. In addition, new home sales rose last month.
However, an index from the Mortgage Bankers Association that measures loan applications for home purchases has declined 10 percent since early May, a sign of the toll higher borrowing costs are starting to take.
"Mortgage interest rates began to rise in May, taking some of the momentum out of contract activity in June," said NAR chief economist Lawrence Yun. "The persistent lack of inventory also is contributing to lower contract signings."
Rates on 30-year fixed rate mortgages have climbed about a full percentage point since early May on expectations the U.S. Federal Reserve may begin scaling back its bond-buying stimulus program as early as September.
"We had such an outsize gain in May and I think what we saw was a good number of people that were trying to beat the punch and pull the trigger on buying that home before mortgage rates rose even further," said Sam Bullard, senior economist at Wells Fargo in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Contracts were up in the West, where they reached the highest level since November 2009, but down in the Midwest and South. The index for the Northeast was unchanged.
(Reporting by Paige Gance; Editing by Andrea Ricci)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/pending-home-sales-pull-back-june-rates-rise-140335504.html
Friday, July 26, 2013
Levitow Family Bestows Academy With Animation Gift | Animation ...
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announces the gift of the Abe and Charlotte Levitow Collection featuring animation art and related production materials documenting the career of animator Abe Levitow. Donated in their parents? honor by the Levitows? three children, Roberta, Judy and Jon, the collection features animation cels, backgrounds, storyboards, graphic art materials and related film prints ? hundreds of items that represent Levitow?s accomplishments as an artist, animator and director for Warner Bros., UPA and MGM, and include his work on features such as Gay Purr-ee (1962) and The Phantom Tollbooth (1970).
The collection will be housed in both the Academy?s Margaret Herrick Library and the Academy Film Archive.
?We are honored that the Levitow family has entrusted the preservation of their father?s legacy to the Academy?s archivists,? said Margaret Herrick Library Director Linda Mehr, ?and you really can?t go wrong when Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck are in the mix, can you??
Levitow began his career at Leon Schlesinger Productions, where he served as a publicity artist and animator on cartoons released through Warner Bros. He worked primarily as a member of the Chuck Jones unit, contributing to many of Jones?s films in the late 1940s and early 1950s, including the Oscar-winning animated short For Scent-imental Reasons (1949). He was elevated to director on several Warner Bros. cartoons before moving on to UPA in the late 1950s, where he served as animation director on the studio?s first feature, 1001 Arabian Nights.
At UPA, Levitow helmed the animated feature Gay Purr-ee, featuring the voices of Judy Garland and Robert Goulet, and Mister Magoo?s Christmas Carol,? the animated musical version of the Charles Dickens tale. Levitow then joined the animation unit at MGM, where he directed a number of the later Tom and Jerry cartoons, including The A-Tom-inable Snowman (1966), Guided Mouse-ille (1967) and Rock ?n? Rodent (1967).
In addition to the more than 500 pieces of original production art, which will join more than 15,000 such items already held by the Margaret Herrick Library, the Levitow Collection includes scripts, sound recordings and other documentation related to Levitow?s work in film, television and commercials. All of the production materials may be accessed by filmmakers, historians, journalists, students and the public at the library, located in the Academy?s Fairbanks Center for Motion Picture Study in Beverly Hills. Many of the pieces in the Levitow Collection are available for viewing online through the Library?s Production Art Database at www.collections.oscars.org/prodart. Additional information about Abe Levitow is also available at: www.abelevitow.com.
For more information about Academy?s holdings, visit www.oscars.org.
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