::::11 Tips for Getting the Most Out of Gmail's New Interface::::

<h4><img src=&quot;http://9.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/11-tips-for-getting-the-most-out-of-gmails-new-interface/Display%20Density.png&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;1. Display Density&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; /></h4><p>An easy fix, head to your Settings button and select a display density. 'Compact' makes your inbox shrink down to a tidy, manageable list.</p><p>New Gmail launched to all users on April 23, and a lot people are still getting used to the new look. If you don&rsquo;t have the time or energy to investigate at all the new features, try some of our tips and tricks above.</p> <p>We&rsquo;ve highlighted 11 Gmail options that will help you adjust to the new design. Some are cosmetic, while others improve efficiency. Either way, these tips will have you Gmail-fluent in no time. </p> <p>Are you happy with new Gmail? Cast your vote in the following poll, and share your Gmail tips and tricks in the comments below.</p><p> What Do You Think About the Gmail Redesign?</p>

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::::How to Maximize Your Facebook Engagement::::

<img src=&quot;http://7.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/facebook-mobile-app-600.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;facebook-mobile-app-600&quot; width=&quot;275&quot; height=&quot;171&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; /><p>If you have a Facebook page, you likely know how important it is to get likes and comments. Without those, your EdgeRank suffers, and your posts are seen by fewer fans in the future. Facebook has already admitted that the average Facebook page only reaches about 17% of its fans. Since less than 1 to 2% of fans go back to your page, EdgeRank and newsfeed visibility are critical.</p> <p>When you get a new fan, you have the opportunity to keep them engaged. If you don&rsquo;t, they&rsquo;ll simply stop reading your posts. Here are some of the things you should keep in mind as you determine how best to engage your Facebook customers.</p> <h2>Which Days are Your Fans Most Responsive?</h2> You need to maximize likes and comments to be visible to fans. Part of getting better engagement results is knowing which days of the week your fans are most and least responsive. This is different for every company and industry. Knowing the best day of the week for all Facebook pages won&rsquo;t help you with your brand. So even if the best overall day is Tuesday, your company&rsquo;s best day might be Sunday.<p>For example, recent research indicated that the most responsive day for high-fashion brand pages is Wednesday, while the most responsive day for outdoor clothing brand pages is Thursday. Why should brands care? Well, even if you post every day, your greatest focus should go to those days when followers are most responsive. So, if your best day is on the weekend, make sure you have that covered.</p> <p>It also turns out that the best days of the week to post on Facebook are not always the same days brands create the most posts. Sometimes it&rsquo;s a Sunday, and maybe no one is working. It appears that the amount a brand posts is not based on their most responsive days, but perhaps just on convenience or coincidence.</p> <h2>Case Study: Chanel</h2> When you compare individual companies, you see that the days they do the most posts are not the same days that they get the most likes and comments per post. For example, see the following charts:<p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Here is when Chanel posts the most (average posts per day over 90 days):<br /> <img class=&quot;aligncenter size-full wp-image-1072935&quot; src=&quot;http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Facebook_Page_Data_Shows_Some_Brands_Aren.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; title=&quot;Facebook_Page_Data_Shows_Some_Brands_Aren&quot; width=&quot;610&quot; height=&quot;380&quot; /></p> <p>And here is when their fans are the most responsive (likes + comments per post):<br /> <img class=&quot;aligncenter size-full wp-image-1072937&quot; src=&quot;http://4.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/g2.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; title=&quot;g2&quot; width=&quot;610&quot; height=&quot;380&quot; /></p> <p>Chanel&rsquo;s fans are most responsive on Saturdays, but it&rsquo;s their second-to-least posted on day of the week. Most likely, their social media person isn&rsquo;t working that day, and they&rsquo;re not scheduling posts for that day. Without realizing it, they&rsquo;re missing out on a lot of likes and comments, which of course hurts their Edgerank and lowers their fan page&rsquo;s post visibility.</p> <p>This highlights that you shouldn&rsquo;t post most when it&rsquo;s convenient for you, but when your fans are most responsive.&nbsp;</p> <h2>How to Maximize the Most Engaging Days</h2> <p>If you want to figure out this data for your page, here are the steps:</p> <ul> <li>1. Go to your Facebook page insights and click on likes.</li> <li>2. Click on export data. Choose post level data, then select at least a two-month range so you have a good sample.</li> <li>3. Save it and open it in Excel.</li> <li>4. There&rsquo;s not a quick way in Excel to group dates by day of week, but with a bit of manual work, you can find the average lifetime of engaged users per post, per day of the week.</li> </ul> <p>The only shortcoming here is that the data is limited by how good and engaging your posts have been. It&rsquo;s better to look at 10 to 20 brand pages per industry. You will have to manually look at hundreds of posts, or find a way to scrape that data. Then you can find the average likes and comments per post, per day of the week across an entire industry.</p> <p>If one of your competitors is doing a much better job at getting likes and comments, you might want to follow their lead. It could be, in part, the days of the week they post, and also the type and quality of content.</p>

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::::Yahoo's Five Counter-Counterclaims Against Facebook. #1: Throw Out Retaliatory Patents::::

<div class=&quot;custm_img_blk&quot;><img src=&quot;http://www.techgig.com/files/photo_1335581153_temp.png&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; /></div><p>Today Yahoo hit Facebook with five big counter-counterclaims designed to invalidate the patents cited in the social network's infringement countersuit. If the court concurs, Facebook&nbsp;could be left wide-open in settlement negotiations, and might have to pay Yahoo a hefty sum of cash and/or stock. Specifically, the old web portal&nbsp;claims&nbsp;that after it sued for patent infringement, Facebook bought patents&nbsp;'for purposes of retaliation'. </p><p>Therefore they don't meet the U.S. Patent Office's 'Duty of Disclosure, Candor, and Good Faith'&nbsp;and should be thrown out of Facebook's countersuit against Yahoo. Yahoo also claims Facebook broke their agreement to inform each other of IP issues, couldn't legally know if Yahoo was violating its patents, and that several of Facebook's new patents were illegally filed. Finally, Yahoo filed two more advertising patent infringement claims against Facebook that look to be quite incriminating. Here's breakdown of the five claims and how they'll influence the outcome of the case.</p>

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::::Apple TV set chatter heats up with rumored content talks::::

<div class=&quot;custm_img_blk&quot;><img src=&quot;http://www.techgig.com/files/photo_1335581583_temp.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; /></div><p style=&quot;margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-font-smoothing: subpixel-antialiased; border-width: 0px; padding: 0px&quot;>Apple is once again said to be talking up a TV set when trying to ink deals with content providers.</p><p style=&quot;margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-font-smoothing: subpixel-antialiased; border-width: 0px; padding: 0px&quot;>The latest target is said to be&nbsp;<span style=&quot;border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; cursor: pointer&quot;>Epix</span>, a joint venture of Paramount, Lionsgate and MGM. According to<span style=&quot;border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; cursor: pointer&quot;>Reuters</span>, the movie channel has been in talks with Apple to bring its content to Apple's digital stores.</p><p style=&quot;margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-font-smoothing: subpixel-antialiased; border-width: 0px; padding: 0px&quot;>The interesting tidbit, Reuters says, is that Apple's been pitching a deal that would bring the content beyond its $99 set top box, and to &quot;upcoming devices that stream content.&quot; That could be Apple's TV set, a product that hasn't been announced, but is largely expected to be sometime this year, Reuters suggests.</p><p style=&quot;margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-font-smoothing: subpixel-antialiased; border-width: 0px; padding: 0px&quot;>An Apple spokesman declined to comment, saying the report was &quot;speculation.&quot;</p><p style=&quot;margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-font-smoothing: subpixel-antialiased; border-width: 0px; padding: 0px&quot;>Epix is already available on a wide variety of devices, including Apple's&nbsp;<span style=&quot;border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; cursor: pointer&quot;>iPhone</span>,&nbsp;<span style=&quot;border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; cursor: pointer&quot;>iPod Touch</span>&nbsp;and<span style=&quot;border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; cursor: pointer&quot;>iPad</span>, but like HBO GO -- and unlike Hulu Plus and Netflix -- it requires authentication from a supporting service provider. I.e., a user has to already subscribe to a cable or satellite channel.</p><p style=&quot;margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-font-smoothing: subpixel-antialiased; border-width: 0px; padding: 0px&quot;>In August, 2010 Epix and Netflix&nbsp;<span style=&quot;border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; cursor: pointer&quot;>reached a multiyear deal</span>&nbsp;that would bring Epix content to Netflix 90 days after it first appeared on pay TV and on demand channels. Reuters notes that that deal, which Netflix pays $200 million a year for, is up in September.</p><p style=&quot;margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-font-smoothing: subpixel-antialiased; border-width: 0px; padding: 0px&quot;>Apple is expected to make full use of its existing content deals, while possibly introducing new ones that would give would-be cord cutters a way to ditch their existing cable service to watch TV programming. Some analysts have even suggested Apple will&nbsp;<span style=&quot;border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; cursor: pointer&quot;>offer a pay-by-channel model</span>.</p>

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::::GiftCardsIndia.in records topline revenue of Rs 5 crore in first year of operations::::

<img src=&quot;http://www.indiadigitalreview.com/sites/default/files/GCIlogo.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; width=&quot;238&quot; height=&quot;125&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; /><br /><p>Ecommerce service provider SociaLinked, which had&nbsp;<span style=&quot;outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial&quot;>launchedGiftCardsIndia.in</span>&nbsp;as an online aggregator of gift vouchers and certificates in India in February 2011, has said that the portal has recorded topline revenue of 1 Million USD (Rs 5 crore) in the first year of operations with 60,000 cards sold. The company also claims that the portal now sells 160 brands on the network.</p><p style=&quot;outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0.6em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px&quot;>Besides this, in the first year, the company also launched a white label solution where corporates can have employee dedicated gift card shop and avail them at a discount. The company has also roped in Malur Narayan who is a VP at TCS and their top man for business development globally to its Board of Advisors. Narayan joins Sankarson Banerjee former CEO of FutureBazaar.com and current CTO of IIFL, Virendra Chhatbar former CFO Future Bazaar.</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

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::::Samsung overtakes Nokia as world's top handset vendor::::

<div class=&quot;custm_img_blk&quot;><img src=&quot;http://www.techgig.com/files/photo_1335580221_temp.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; /></div><p>South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co (<span>005930.KS</span>) overtook Nokia (<span>NOK1V.HE</span>) as the world's top handset maker for the first time in the first quarter, ending the Finnish firm's 14-year reign, a report by research firm Strategy Analytics showed on Friday.</p><p style=&quot;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px&quot;>Samsung sold 93.5 million handsets in the first quarter, taking 25.4 percent of the global mobile phone market, Strategy Analytics said.</p><p style=&quot;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px&quot;>Nokia sold 82.7 million phones and had 22.5 percent of the market, followed by Apple's (<span>AAPL.O</span>) 9.5 percent.</p>

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::::Infosys wage freeze has to do with high bench they have::::

<div class=&quot;custm_img_blk&quot;><img src=&quot;http://www.techgig.com/files/photo_1335579758_temp.png&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; /></div><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>Viju&nbsp;</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>George</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>, Executive Director, JPMorgan, in a chat shares his views on IT earnings.&nbsp;</span><br /><br />All four large companies have declared their numbers. There is a huge disparity between what&nbsp;TCS&nbsp;has guided, whatInfosys&nbsp;has admitted, how&nbsp;Wipro&nbsp;has shared future outlook versus what HCL has guided.<br /><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>That is correct. The results point to a mixed picture as far as the health of near-term demand in the&nbsp;</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>IT sector</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>&nbsp;is concerned. This is not surprising. In terms of industry growth slowing down from 11% to 14%, there will be polarisation in performance within the largecap sector.&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>So companies like TCS, Cognizant, etc., should go well ahead of 15%. Hence, by definition, other companies would come well below that. In times of slowing growth, polarisation of performance in largecaps is much more than 04-08.&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>Certain companies are facing structural issues as well; we can particularly highlight Infosys here. They have a fairly ambitious agenda to get things back on track. It is a mix of both these factors at play.&nbsp;</span><br /><br />The quarterly performance in the outlook commentary from managements has been a bit confusing. Which side are you on? Is the demand environment bleak as Infosys' management points out or is it showing signs of improvement as TCS is indicating? How would you peg the big four now?<br /><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>The demand environment is better today than three to six months back. Data points in the US are easing. This will transalate the lag into better returns for those focused on winning market share. Infosys has company-specific issues. They are just blaming the environment for the things that are impacting them at the company-specific level.&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>It goes back to who is winning market share in the current environment. Clearly, if you have to win market share, you are winning it against your peers as opposed to 04 to 08.&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>I would not say this is the last thing on the matter. Early May,&nbsp;</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>Cognizant</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>&nbsp;will declare its earnings and they should give a sense of the direction the IT sector is going. My sense is things will be alright. Demand is certainly better today than three to six months back, but only some companies are gaining market share at their peers' expense.&nbsp;</span><br /><br />What is the pecking order for you considering you have been the first one to point out structural issues faced by Infy?<br /><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>The pecking order would be TCS, Wipro,&nbsp;</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>HCL Tech</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>&nbsp;and Infosys. Let me take you through the upsides we are looking at. We are looking at a barely 10% upside in TCS, considering the stock has moved up. But it is the stock to hold on to. Investors do not have much confidence in Infosys getting its act together. So, TCS remains a stock to go to.&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>From a differentiated performance, despite not an enthusing Q1 FY13 guidance, we can give the benefit to Wipro. We think it is a one off and the company can gets it act together starting Q2 FY13. Therefore, from an upside potential perspective, Wipro can give you anywhere between 15% and 20% in a year.&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>HCL has been a good performer. They are winning market share, not just against Indian competitors but also against global counterparts like&nbsp;</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>IBM</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>&nbsp;and&nbsp;</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>Accenture</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>. We should see a 10% to 12% there. The real laggard is Infosys. Unless, it can get its issues back together and resolve them meaningfully, even meeting the 8% to 10% guidance on an organic basis looks difficult.&nbsp;</span><br /><br />What are the chances of Infosys getting their mojo back? They have a utilisation rate of 70%. If the demand environment picks up, they could surprise you on the upside because they are still hiring.<br /><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>There are two ways to look at it. Utilisation is low because the company has not been able to generate demand. Since utilisation is low, I am in a position to capitalise on demand when it comes -- this is not a fair argument.&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>The fact remains that you should be in a position to capitalise on demand. Today, Infosys' ability to generate or capitalise on demand is certainly much weaker than a year ago. In that sense, you are making an error trying to hire and keeping utilisation low.&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>This limits your ability to give wage increases. So I suspect that Infosys' decision to not give wage increases and to freeze&nbsp;</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>wage hikes</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>&nbsp;has to do with a very high bench that they have. If you are unable to generate demand, low utilisation can be a problem for you.</span>

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::::Apple launches iPad in India at Rs 30,500::::

<div class=&quot;custm_img_blk&quot;><img src=&quot;http://www.techgig.com/files/photo_1335579601_temp.png&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; width=&quot;200&quot; height=&quot;105&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; /></div><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>Apple's new iPad</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>, with a price tag of Rs 30,500-Rs 50,900, hit the Indian market Friday.&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>The&nbsp;</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>tablet</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>&nbsp;features a new&nbsp;</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>retina display</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>, Apple's new A5X chip with quad-core graphics and a 5 megapixel iSight camera and 1080pHD video.&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>The PC maker said it had slashed by almost 20 per cent the price of iPad 2, which was launched in India last year, to Rs 24,500.&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>The new&nbsp;</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>iPads</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>&nbsp;are available in black and white colours. While the 16GB model&nbsp;</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>wi-fi</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>&nbsp;models are available for Rs 30,500, the 32GB model costs Rs 36,500 and 64GB model Rs 42,500, the company said in a statement.&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>The iPad Wi-Fi, 4G tablets are available for Rs 38,900 for the 16GB model, Rs 44,900 for the 32GB model and Rs 50,900 for the 64GB model.&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>iPad 2</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>&nbsp;whose prices have been slashed are available for Rs.24,500 for the 16 GB Wi-Fi model instead of Rs 29,500 and Rs 32,900 for the 16 GB Wi-Fi + 3G model instead of earlier pricing of Rs 34,500.</span>

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::::Google offers 15,000 3D 'photo tours'::::

<img src=&quot;http://www.techgig.com/files/photo_1335580079_temp.png&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;Image&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; />&nbsp;<span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>Google has created 15,000 free 'photo tours' of world landmarks, which create a '3D' scene from tourist photographs.&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>Google has 'built'&nbsp;</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>3D panoramas</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>&nbsp;of each scene by using public photographs from its Picasa's photo-sharing website.&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>The application enables the user Landmarks to 'fly around' Rome's Trevi Fountain, Half Dome in America's Yosemite and St Mark's Basilica in Venice.&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>&quot;Every year, millions of people pack their bags and head to far-off places to enjoy sites and cultures different from their own. With today's introduction of photo tours, a feature of&nbsp;</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>Google Maps</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>&nbsp;that guides you through a 3D photo scene, we're all one step closer,&quot; The Daily Mail quoted a Google statement, as saying.&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>The 15,000 tours can be accessed directly from Google's Map service&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>&quot;They can be initiated from Google Maps in two ways. First, when you search for a place, such as Trevi Fountain, the results in the left panel will indicate if there is a&nbsp;</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>photo tour</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>&nbsp;available: click either the thumbnail image or the link to start the tour. Alternatively, if you're browsing the map and click on the label for a particular landmark, the info window that appears will indicate if a photo tour is available,&quot; a company statement added.&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>The tours use Google Maps with&nbsp;</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>WebGL</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>, a software that only works in browsers such as Firefox, Chrome and Safari.</span>

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::::Intel India to mentor 7,000 girls::::

<img src=&quot;http://www.techgig.com/files/photo_1335579877_temp.png&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;Image&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; />Intel India<span style=&quot;color: #3f3f3f; font-family: georgia; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left&quot;>&nbsp;will mentor up to 7,000 girls through its&nbsp;</span>Technology and Entrepreneurship Program<span style=&quot;color: #3f3f3f; font-family: georgia; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left&quot;>&nbsp;launched recently in the Capital, says Shelly Esque, vice president at Intel, global director of the company's corporate affairs group and president, Intel Foundation.&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><span style=&quot;color: #3f3f3f; font-family: georgia; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left&quot;>The programme will be conducted across 50 schools in and around Delhi.&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><span style=&quot;color: #3f3f3f; font-family: georgia; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left&quot;>&quot;We felt girls and&nbsp;</span>women<span style=&quot;color: #3f3f3f; font-family: georgia; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left&quot;>&nbsp;were under-represented in technology careers and usage, which is why we initiated this programme,&quot; she says. The children would benefit from the programme by discovering their entrepreneurial potential, enhancing the spirit of innovation, creativity and decision-making.&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><span style=&quot;color: #3f3f3f; font-family: georgia; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left&quot;>It will also help develop financial and economic literacy and help create an independent identity for the girls, she adds.&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><span style=&quot;color: #3f3f3f; font-family: georgia; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left&quot;>Intel India has already received around 15 business plans from about 35-40 girl children so far.&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><span style=&quot;color: #3f3f3f; font-family: georgia; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left&quot;>The company has also started an Easy Steps programme, aimed at providing technological literacy to adults and youth across the country. It has tied up with organisations such as Pratham, Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan and the Ministry of Youth for this programme, though which nearly 75,000 people have already been trained.&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><span style=&quot;color: #3f3f3f; font-family: georgia; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left&quot;>Intel invests about $100 million globally in corporate social responsibility programmes focused on areas such as&nbsp;</span>education<span style=&quot;color: #3f3f3f; font-family: georgia; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left&quot;>, environmental sustainability, community and global relations efforts.</span>

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::::Pre-launch Windows 8 usage doubles that of OS X Mountain Lion::::

<img src=&quot;http://www-bgr-com.vimg.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Windows_chart.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;Windows_chart&quot; width=&quot;420&quot; height=&quot;267&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; /><p>Since Microsoft released its Windows 8 Consumer Preview in February, millions of users have downloaded the software giant&rsquo;s latest operating system, which looks to carefully blend its existing mobile and desktop experiences into one. According to research from ad network Chitika, the Windows 8 CP adoption rate in the U.S. and Canada has doubled that of OS X Mountain Lion, Apple&rsquo;s upcoming operating system. </p><p>Of course Microsoft&rsquo;s Windows 8 preview is publicly available for free while Apple&rsquo;s Mountain Lion preview is available only to those with paid developer accounts. Chitika&rsquo;s research was conducted from April 13th to April 19th and it analyzed hundreds of millions of impressions across the Chitika ad network.</p><p> The Consumer Preview makes up .1% of all Windows traffic and exhibits traffic levels more than three times the peak level that the Windows 8 Developer Preview produced. The increased level of activity is a good sign for Microsoft, which will reportedly complete work on Windows 8 this summer. According to rumors, the first wave of PCs and tablets powered by the new platform are slated to launch in October.</p>

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::::Apple is 10 years behind Microsoft on security, expert says::::

<img src=&quot;http://www-bgr-com.vimg.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/apple-logo-sign-virus-mac.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;apple-logo-sign-virus-mac&quot; width=&quot;200&quot; height=&quot;105&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; /><p>Apple may be the most valuable company in the world, but when it comes to security, the Cupertino-based company doesn&rsquo;t hold a candle to Microsoft.</p><p>Kaspersky Lab co-founder and chief executive&nbsp;Eugene Kaspersky on Wednesday told CBR that Apple is a decade behind Microsoft in terms of computer security.&nbsp;&rdquo;I think they are ten years behind Microsoft in terms of security,&rdquo; Kaspersky said. &ldquo;For many years I&rsquo;ve been saying that from a security point of view there is no big difference between Mac and Windows. It&rsquo;s always been possible to develop Mac malware, but [Flashback] was a bit different. For example it was asking questions about being installed on the system and, using vulnerabilities, it was able to get to the user mode without any alarms.&rdquo; </p><p>More than 600,000 Macs were infected by the Flashback trojan virus before it was discovered earlier this month and the exploit it used to infect OS X PCs was patched. &ldquo;Apple&nbsp;will understand very soon that they have the same problems Microsoft had ten or 12 years ago,&rdquo; Kaspersky said.&nbsp;&rdquo;They will have to make changes in terms of the cycle of updates and so on and will be forced to invest more into their security audits for the software.&rdquo;</p>

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::::StumbleUpon Hits 25 Million Users - And is Gaining 1 Million a Month::::

<img src=&quot;http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/stumbleupon.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;stumbleupon&quot; width=&quot;275&quot; height=&quot;171&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; /><p>StumbleUpon passed the 25 million user mark earlier this week &mdash; that&rsquo;s about one million users every month since it announced it had reached 20 million users in October.&nbsp;</p> <p>The discovery service has existed in some form since 2001. It accepted its first round of funding in 2006, was purchased by eBay in 2007 and became independent again in 2009. </p> <p>At that point, it had about 5.5 million registered users. It&rsquo;s been growing at a lightning rate since, nearly quadrupling its userbase in three years.</p> <p>&ldquo;For all intents and purposes this is a new company since the spin out from eBay,&rdquo; StumbleUpon VP of Business Development and Marketing Marc Leibowitz tells Mashable. &ldquo;Virtually all of the 120 employees we have today have joined since then [when there were about 30 employees].&rdquo; </p> <p>Leibowitz also cites the launch of a web-based service and mobile apps as contributing to StumbleUpon&rsquo;s post-eBay growth. Previously, StumbleUpon had been available solely through a browser extension, and it didn&rsquo;t launch its Android and iOS apps until August 2010 &mdash; fairly late in the mobile game. </p> <p>Today, about 20% of the 1.2 billion Stumbles made per month are made on mobile phones.</p> <p>StumbleUpon is not yet a mainstream social network. Its 25 million users pale in comparison to Twitter&rsquo;s 140 million accounts, Facebook&rsquo;s 901 million users or Tumblr&rsquo;s 53 million blogs. </p> <p>BranchOut, a startup that builds a LinkedIn-style social network on Facebook, recently reached as many users in about two years as StumbleUpon has in 11 years.</p> <p>But at its current growth rate, StumbleUpon could be on its way to some major mainstream recognition.</p> <p>The recommendation engine, by one StatCounter study&rsquo;s measure, is already responsible for referring more traffic to websites than any other social network in the U.S. It has more than 75,000 advertisers. And its users are active &mdash; according to Leibowitz, on average they spend about seven hours every month hitting the Stumble button.</p> <p>Meanwhile, StumbleUpon has been busy building features that already come with mainstream social networks. A redesign in December added brand channels, which are somewhat equivalent to Facebook brand pages in that they create a profile for marketers separate from personal profiles. About 250 organizations have launched free channels since. </p> <p>StumbleUpon also plans to launch an API that helps power third-party products&rsquo; recommendation features. The company also wants to create international versions of its own discovery engine (only 15% of Stumblers are currently based outside of North America). Meanwhile, you can expect to see more social features.</p> <p>&ldquo;I think StumbleUpon is often the source of content that goes viral on other social networks,&rdquo; Leibowitz says. &ldquo;But I don&rsquo;t think we&rsquo;ve done a great job of creating a viral loop. </p> <p>&ldquo;Content is launched into other social networks, but we don&rsquo;t do a particularly good job of capturing the content around that into StumbleUpon.&rdquo;</p>

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::::Not updated your computer anti-virus? Conficker targets Microsoft Windows Operating systems::::

<img src=&quot;http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/photo/12879303.cms&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; hspace=&quot;10&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; /><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>Are you using weak passwords or have not updated your computer&nbsp;</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>anti-virus</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>? Well, there's something to worry about and that threat comes from Conficker, a computer worm that targets&nbsp;</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>Microsoft</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>&nbsp;Windows&nbsp;</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>Operating systems</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>.&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>Microsoft Corp released the Microsoft Security Intelligence Report volume 12 (SIRv12), which found that the</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>Conficker</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>&nbsp;worm was detected about 220 million times worldwide in the past two-and-a-half years, making it one of the biggest ongoing threats to enterprises. The study also revealed the worm continues to spread because of weak or stolen passwords and vulnerabilities for which a security update exists.&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>According to the report, quarterly detections of the Conficker worm have increased by more than 225% since the beginning of 2009. In the fourth quarter of 2011 alone, Conficker was detected on 1.7 million systems worldwide.&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>A whopping 92% of Conficker infections were a result of weak or stolen passwords, and 8% percent of infections exploited vulnerabilities for which a security update exists.&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>&quot;Conficker is one of the biggest security problems we face, yet it is well within our power to defend against,&quot; said Tim Rains, director of Microsoft Trustworthy Computing, in a release. &quot;It is critical that organizations focus on the security fundamentals to help protect against the most common threats.&quot;&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>The report also revealed that many of the threats often referred to as Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) are no more advanced or sophisticated than other types of attacks. In most cases, these attacks leverage known vectors such as exploiting weak or stolen passwords and vulnerabilities for which security updates exist, but their efficacy lies in the persistence and determination in trying different tactics to compromise the target. This is why these types of threats are referred as 'Targeted Attacks performed by Determined Adversaries', rather than APTs.&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>&quot;Labeling cyberthreats as 'advanced' is often times misleading and can divert organizations' attention away from addressing basic security issues, which can prevent more common threats from infiltrating their systems,&quot; Rains said.&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>Microsoft recommends that users adhere to the following security fundamentals to help ensure they are protected:&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>&middot; Use strong passwords and educate employees on their importance.&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>&middot; Keep systems up-to-date by regularly applying available updates for all products.&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>&middot; Use antivirus software from a trusted source.&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>&middot; Invest in newer products with a higher quality of software protection.&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>&middot; Consider the cloud as a business resource.&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>&quot;With organizations being presented with significant amounts of data and reports on cyberthreats, the Microsoft Security Intelligence Report gives us good perspective on recent trends in the global threat landscape,&quot; said Bob Rodger, global head of IT Infrastructure Security at HSBC.&nbsp;</span>

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::::CCI orders formal probe against Google on BharatMatrimony complaint::::

<p><img src=&quot;http://www.indiadigitalreview.com/sites/default/files/Google-consim.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; width=&quot;250&quot; height=&quot;180&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; /></p><p>The Competition Commission of India has taken cognizance of the complaint filed by Consim Info (BharatMatrimony Group) against Google and ordered a formal probe against Google, a person close to developments have told India Digital Review, in condition of anonymity. We are also told that this makes it the first formal probe against Google in India, joining the global noise against the search major.</p><p style=&quot;outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0.6em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px&quot;>In February 2012, Consim Info (BharatMatrimony.com) had&nbsp;<span style=&quot;outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial&quot;>filed</span>&nbsp;a complaint against Google in the Competition Commission of India (CCI), citing discriminatory trade practices related to its Google&rsquo;s AdWords program. Consim had earlier approached the Madras High Court on the same issue in 2009.</p><p style=&quot;outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0.6em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px&quot;>&quot;Google has abused its dominance by engaging in discriminatory and retaliatory practices relating to AdWords. We have requested the Commission to investigate Google's practices and impose remedial measures to protect competition,&quot; BharatMatrimony.com has said in a statement then.</p><p style=&quot;outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0.6em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px&quot;>Meanwhile, we are also told that Consumer Unity &amp; Trust Society (CUTS), a non-profit consumer advocacy group, which had earlier&nbsp;<span style=&quot;outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial&quot;>urged</span>&nbsp;competition watchdog CCI to investigate potential misuse of dominant position by search engine giant Google Inc in the Indian internet space, has been asked to submit a detailed report on the matter and CUTS is in the process of preparing the report.</p><p style=&quot;outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0.6em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px&quot;>According to CUTS, Competition Commission of India (CCI) should ensure that Google does not use its dominance in the search engine/online advertising markets to affect the growth of Indian search and advertising space, as well as related fast growing ecommerce markets like online shopping and travel sites.</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

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::::Finally, Professional Social Network LinkedIn Gives Users An iPad App::::

<div class=&quot;custm_img_blk&quot;><img src=&quot;http://www.techgig.com/files/photo_1335491699_temp.png&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; /></div><p>Although the iPad has been available for more than two years, LinkedIn has yet to offer its users a native app despite the fact that mobile engagement has been growing at a fast pace for the network. But last August, LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner said that the company is doubling down on its mobile strategy. And the network then debuted new versions of its iPhone and Android apps as well as an HTML5 mobile site.</p><p> In fact, LinkedIn now says 22 percent of its active members have been visiting on mobile devices. And today, LinkedIn is finally launching its native iPad app to the public. As LinkedIn's head of mobile products Joff Redfern explains, the app was built with the user and tablet interface in mind. </p><p>Since the iPad has become a leanback experience, LinkedIn wanted to make sure that the app satisfied iPad users' needs. Via the web, LinkedIn noticed that iPad users were visiting the site mostly in early in the morning, which they call a 'coffee session,' and in the evening, between 7 pm and 11 pm. With this data, the company wanted to build an application that allowed professionals to start the day and end the day with LinkedIn.</p>

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::::Here Are 20 Companies Who Sell Your Data (& How To Stop Them)::::

<div class=&quot;custm_img_blk&quot;><img src=&quot;http://www.techgig.com/files/photo_1335492696_temp.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; width=&quot;250&quot; height=&quot;180&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; /></div><p>Meet the data brokers. There&rsquo;s a whole industry full of companies who make their money buying and selling our personal information. The FTC is working on busting this dark racket wide open, but in the meantime, they&rsquo;re out there. Who are they? Can we stop them? Read on to find out.</p> <p><strong>What Are &ldquo;Data Brokers?&rdquo;</strong></p> <p>Data brokers scrape public information like names, home addresses and purchase histories, credit card activity and other such sensitive tidbits. Then they sell it. There is nothing at all to like about this. At best, they&rsquo;re Spam-as-a-Service companies. At worst, they enable violent criminals.</p> <p>It&rsquo;s mostly marketers who are interested in this information, particularly people who do online targeting. But many of them just sell it to whoever wants it. Here&rsquo;s a horrifying example of what any crazy person with a credit card can do with this information:</p> 'My husband was killed in March 1987. The person who killed him was tried, and convicted in 1992. The defendant went to jail and was released last July after only serving 18 yrs out of a 25-life sentence. The defendant being savvy and enraged at being incarcerated has been using been [been]verified.com to try to find 'me'.' <p>She goes on to write that BeenVerified.com, as well as &ldquo;dozens of other companies,&rdquo; never responded to her attempts to be removed from a database. BeenVerified is one of the most notorious and irresponsible of these companies. Here are many more examples of its sleaziness.</p> <p><strong>The Most-Wanted List</strong></p> <p>There are tons of data broker companies. Here&rsquo;s a selection to give you a sense of the kinds of language these companies use to describe their products, namely <strong>us:</strong></p> <div class=&quot;super-pullquote&quot;><strong>More Data Brokers:</strong> <ul> <li>Intelius</li> <li>Zabasearch</li> <li>Archives</li> <li>PeopleLookup</li> <li>US Search</li> <li>PeopleFinders</li> <li>PeekYou</li> <li>PublicRecordsNow</li> <li>USA People Search</li> <li>Epsilon</li> <li>White Pages</li> <li>MyLife</li> <li>PIPL</li> <li>PeopleSmart</li> </ul> </div><p><strong>Acxiom</strong>- &ldquo;The 21st Century Marketing Funnel&rdquo; - &ldquo;Clean Your List: our data hygiene services start at $25.&rdquo;</p> <p><strong>RapLeaf</strong> - &ldquo;Upload&hellip; your customers&rsquo; emails and instantly get age, gender, and more.&rdquo; - Best part: it asks for your &ldquo;work email address&rdquo; before you can use the free trial service.</p> <p><strong>Spokeo</strong> - &ldquo;Not your grandma&rsquo;s phone book.&rdquo; - Its listed use cases are &ldquo;Find Friends,&rdquo; &ldquo;Find Family,&rdquo; and &ldquo;Identify Unknown Callers and Emails.&rdquo; I wonder what else you could do with it?</p> <p><strong>PrivateEye</strong> - &ldquo;Billions of Records At your fingertips&rdquo; - &ldquo;You don&rsquo;t have to be a member! Just enter as much info as you have about the person you are trying to find and our People Search Engine will do the rest.&rdquo;</p> <p><strong>Radaris</strong> - &ldquo;Radaris is a powerful search engine geared specifically to help people find one another easily despite distance and time.&rdquo;</p> <p>And then there&rsquo;s the infamous <strong>BeenVerified</strong>. Just read the whole disclaimer on the footer of the site:</p> Disclaimer: While we are constantly updating and refining our database and service, we do not represent or warrant that the results provided will be 100% accurate and up to date. BeenVerified is a database of publicly available sources of information aggregated for your convenience. BeenVerified does not provide private investigator services and this information should not be used for employment, tenant screening, or any FCRA related purposes. BeenVerified does not make any representation or warranty as to the character or the integrity of the person, business, or entity that is the subject of any search inquiry processed through our service. None of the above-featured companies either sponsor, endorse, or are in anyway affiliated with BeenVerified. <p>You get the idea.</p> <p><strong>What Can We Do About This?</strong></p> <p>On Monday, the FTC released a detailed report calling for Congress to act to give consumers control over the data these companies gather and sell. Sites are currently not required to delete your data upon request. While the government slowly churns toward possibly someday doing something about this, there are companies out there to help individuals delete these records.</p> <p>SafeShepherd is one such company, which deserves specific mention because it does such a good job of explaining the problem it solves. Its basic service is free, and it will find your info, give you privacy alerts and request removal of basic records. You can also pay for a more thorough cleansing.</p> <p>SafeShepherd stays on top of all the data brokers it can find (including all the ones listed above). On average, it finds customers&rsquo; info on 11 such sites.</p> <p>Keep in mind, these sites don&rsquo;t have to comply with removal requests. But there are way too many data brokers to contact them all yourself, and SafeShepherd will keep trying over and over again.</p> <p>For a lasting solution, we&rsquo;ll need legislation. U.S. citizens who want to require data brokers to delete records on request should contact their representatives.</p>

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::::It's Official: Google Has Lost Control of the Android Tablet Market::::

<img src=&quot;http://www.readwriteweb.com/files/styles/150_150/public/files/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/500px-android-logosvg-300x300.png&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; /><p>This story was originally published in&nbsp;Silicon Alley Insider. More bad news for Google and Android.</p> <p>Amazon's Kindle Fire now has 54.4% of the Android tablet market in the U.S., according to comScore. This means Google has lost control of the Android tablet market to one of its newest mobile rivals after just a few months.</p> <div align=&quot;right&quot;><img src=&quot;http://www.readwriteweb.com/files/bizinsider_amzn.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; /></div> <p>Amazon used the base layer of Android to build its own operating system. Google doesn't have its app store or any of its services on the Kindle Fire.</p> <p>Amazon isn't the last company to do this. Phone makers are planning on forking Android, making it more fragmented and ultimately cutting Google out of the loop.</p> <p>The success of the Kindle Fire is proof that you don't need Google to make a popular Android-based device.</p> <p>Silicon Alley Insider is Business Insider's flagship vertical.</p>

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::::Sunny Leone will sell mobile phones now::::

<div class=&quot;custm_img_blk&quot;><img src=&quot;http://www.techgig.com/files/photo_1335491274_temp.png&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; /></div><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>India's moral police may soon have a tough task at hand with an unknown, small firm launching what would pass off as India's first phone endorsed by a real-life&nbsp;</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>porn queen</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>.</span><br /><br /><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>Having signed on Canadian porn star of Indian origin&nbsp;</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>Sunny Leone</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>&nbsp;as its brand ambassador,</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>Chaze</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>&nbsp;on Thursday said &quot;the upcoming Bollywood actress&quot; would launch its&nbsp;</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>mobile handsets</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>&nbsp;with &quot;mass appeal&quot;. It even released a picture of Leone as if she were at a press event launching the phones since having her to do that at an actual event in New Delhi may well have been fraught with unforeseen reactions.</span><br /><br /><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>When queried, the PR representatives of Chaze Mobiles, PerceptProfile, revealed the still had been shot during the porn star's &quot;first-ever TVC shoot&quot; for the firm at &quot;exotic locales&quot; of</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>Thailand</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>. The ad will soon be beamed during prime time on Indian television.</span><br /><br /><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>The imagery and association with Leone who is better known as a porn star than as an actress seems to indicate how&nbsp;</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>Chaze Mobiles</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>&nbsp;wants to position its product in an extremely cluttered&nbsp;</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>low-end handsets</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>&nbsp;market. However, steering clear of Leone's controversial past, the company described her simply as a &quot;rising actress&quot;.</span><br /><br /><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>&quot;I am very excited to be associated with such a young and vibrant brand like Chaze. I chose to associate with 'Brand Chaze' because I am really impressed by Chaze's ideology of bringing out mobile technology for the masses and personally feel connected with their vision,&quot; the press release quoted Leone as saying.</span><br /><br /><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>It remains to be seen how the market takes to Leone-endorsed phones. Boosted by a saucy TVC by Leone, Chaze may well gain an upper hand in the segment still dominated by cheap Chinese phones.</span><br /><br /><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>Chaze has launched two entry-level models&nbsp;</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>C123</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>&nbsp;and&nbsp;</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>Jewel; C555</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>&nbsp;which boasts a &quot;big screen and big sound&quot; (sans any specs whatsoever); C234 (a &quot;touch and type&quot;phone) and&nbsp;</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>C99</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>, a &quot;full soft touch&nbsp;</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>multimedia phone</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>&quot;.</span><br /><br /><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>The company claimed its phones will be powered by &quot;avant-garde features&quot; such as dual SIM, auto call recording, answering machine, multimedia, big speakers, and last, but not the least, a spy camera! All models are priced between Rs 1500 and Rs 3500.</span>

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::::Micromax launches A50 Ninja Superfone::::

<div class=&quot;custm_img_blk&quot;><img src=&quot;http://www.techgig.com/files/photo_1335491616_temp.png&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; /></div><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>Micromax Informatics Limited has expanded its Superfone smartphones portfolio in the country with the addition of another budget phone A50 Ninja.&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>A50 runs on&nbsp;</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>Android version 2.3.6</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>(Gingerbread) with a processor speed of 650 MHz .The phone features a 7.9 cms multi-touch capacitive screen. The dual-SIM Micromax A50 sports a 2.0 MP camera.&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>Priced at Rs 4,999,&nbsp;</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>Micromax A50 Ninja</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>&nbsp;comes with an Artificial Intelligence Speech Handset Assistant (AISHA). AISHA is a voice recognition tool through which users can search on&nbsp;</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>Google</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>, view stock market details, know phone status, movie reviews, make calls, read news of desired locations, know horoscopes etc.&nbsp;</span><br /><br />Key specifications<br /><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>*7.9 cm capacitive touch screen&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>*Android 2.3.6&nbsp;</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>Gingerbread</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>*Artificial Intelligence Speech Handset Assistant, AISHA&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>*Dual SIM, 3G&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>*Wi-Fi, GPRS connectivity, Bluetooth&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>*2.0 MP rear camera&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>*Gravity Sensor&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>*Memory storage expandable Up to 32GB by SD card</span>

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::::Firefox 12 released with UAC-less update system on Windows::::

<img src=&quot;http://www.techgig.com/files/photo_1335407508_temp.png&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;Image&quot; width=&quot;250&quot; height=&quot;150&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; /><p style=&quot;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.308em; margin-left: 0px&quot;>Mozilla announced today the availability of Firefox 12, a new version of the popular open source Web browser. The release brings some minor incremental feature improvements, a number of fixes under the hood, and a significant change to the browser&rsquo;s update system on Windows.</p><p style=&quot;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.308em; margin-left: 0px&quot;>Ever since Mozilla transitioned Firefox to a shorter development cycle, the organization has been working tomake browser updates less intrusive&nbsp;and more seamless. The eventual goal is to make updates completely silent, performing them in the background without user intervention.</p><p style=&quot;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.308em; margin-left: 0px&quot;>Mozilla is reportedly on track to deliver&nbsp;silent updates&nbsp;in Firefox 13, the next major version. The Firefox developers have been working to implement some of the underlying technical changes that are needed to support the functionality. One of those changes, which is included in Firefox 12, is a new update system that will be used on Windows.</p><p style=&quot;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.308em; margin-left: 0px&quot;>In order to make updates silent, Mozilla has to first find a way to avoid the intrusive&nbsp;User Access Control&nbsp;(UAC) prompt. The UAC dialog is shown during the update process because the updater needs elevated privileges in order to modify the Firefox program files on the filesystem. The dialog requires user intervention, which makes it an obstacle to seamless updates. The new updater in Firefox 12 on Windows&nbsp;no longer requires the UAC dialog.</p><p style=&quot;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.308em; margin-left: 0px&quot;>There are a number of different approaches that software applications can use to avoid triggering the UAC dialog during updates. Google&rsquo;s Chrome Web browser, for example, installs itself in the user&rsquo;s home directory rather than a destination on the filesystem that would require elevated privileges to modify. Mozilla was reluctant to take that approach for various security reasons, and opted instead to build their updater&nbsp;on top of a service.</p><p style=&quot;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.308em; margin-left: 0px&quot;>A &ldquo;service&rdquo; on Windows is a kind of headless background task. Mozilla&rsquo;s new update service, which is called MozillaMaintenance, has a high enough privilege level to be able to modify the Firefox files without needing a UAC prompt. Mozilla used a special access control entry to configure it so that it can be initiated by unprivileged applications.</p><p style=&quot;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.308em; margin-left: 0px&quot;>This means that the conventional Firefox updater can instruct the service to launch and perform an update without user intervention. When the MozillaMaintenance service is launched with a command to perform an update, it will perform the task and then terminate itself; the service itself doesn&rsquo;t remain in the background when it&rsquo;s not needed. In unusual cases where the service can&rsquo;t be installed, the conventional UAC-dependent updater will continue to be used.</p>

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::::Though risks are minimal, one in five Mac computers found to contain Windows malware::::

<img src=&quot;http://www-bgr-com.vimg.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/top-win-malware-on-macs.jpeg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;top-win-malware-on-macs&quot; width=&quot;350&quot; height=&quot;200&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; /><p>Security firm Sophos on Tuesday indicated that a surprisingly high level of malware has been found on Mac computers &mdash; the firm&rsquo;s research revealed that one in every five Mac computers is harboring some kind of Windows malware. Of the 100,000 customers sampled through Sophos&rsquo;s antivirus offerings, 20% of users were found to be carrying one or more instances of Windows malware. The firm highlighted that Windows malware on a Mac won&rsquo;t cause any harm, however, unless the computer also runs a Windows partition in addition to OS X. The company&rsquo;s&nbsp;research found that just 2.7% of Macs that installed the company&rsquo;s free anti-virus software were infected by OS X malware. Nearly all of the OS X malware discovered was an iteration&nbsp;of the &ldquo;Flashback&rdquo; trojan called &ldquo;Flshplyr.&rdquo; Sophos said that cybercriminals may find Macs to be targets because&nbsp;OS X users are less likely to be running an anti-virus software, however Macs can get viruses and the right software can keep a user&rsquo;s computer safe. A second pie chart follows below.</p> <img class=&quot;size-full wp-image-136788 aligncenter&quot; src=&quot;http://www-bgr-com.vimg.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/top-mac-malware3.jpeg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; title=&quot;top-mac-malware3&quot; width=&quot;500&quot; height=&quot;315&quot; /> <p>&nbsp;</p> <img src=&quot;http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheBoyGeniusReport/~4/ZavUKaNBp8c&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; />

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::::Pulse announces programmable antenna to enable LTE connectivity in laptops::::

<div class=&quot;custm_img_blk&quot;><img src=&quot;http://www.techgig.com/files/photo_1335408281_temp.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; width=&quot;300&quot; height=&quot;200&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; /></div><p>Pulse Electronics, a provider of electronic components, has introduced a high performance programmable antenna that enables LTE connectivity on mobile-connected laptop computers.&nbsp;</p> <p>The antenna can switch frequencies easily to accommodate both low and high operating bands. With a maximum height of 1mm, this low profile antenna fits the design of ultra thin laptops.</p> <p>Pulse Electronics' new antenna enables four states for low band operation: 700-750MHz (LTE low), 750-790MHz (LTE high), 820-900MHz (GSM850), and 880-960MHz (GSM900) as well as high band operation covering GSM 1800/1900/2100. </p> <p>The switch to change the frequency is on the same flex as the antenna, saving space and maximizing performance. To fit the ergonomic and cosmetic appearance and function of the laptop, the antenna can be implemented to the device display area and adjusted for various display sizes (as long as good grounding to the display shield can be provided). </p> <p>The pattern can be made planar so it fits very thin displays. It is compatible with several antenna manufacturing technologies such as LDS, flex, and sheet metal, and can be adapted for a variety of display sizes and laptop computer configurations.</p>

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::::My inspirations from life - N Nataraj, Global CIO, Hexaware::::

<div class=&quot;custm_img_blk&quot;><img src=&quot;http://www.techgig.com/files/photo_1335407988_temp.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; /></div><p>A fast rising performer, N Nataraj, Global CIO, Hexaware and Head (SVP) IMS Business, Hexaware, has been one of the rare CIOs to leverage IT to create business opportunities for his firm. He incubated the IMS service line within Hexaware and now it contributes approximately 5 percent of revenues in a short span of time. He has also been instrumental in developing Hexaware&rsquo;s private cloud platform, which is now opening the doors for his firm into several businesses. <br /> <br /> As President, CIO KLUB, Bangalore Chapter, and an active and influential CIO among his peers, and winner of several prestigious awards such as the Global CIO award from InformationWeek, there are several important lessons from his career and life, which are inspirational for emerging CIOs and other IT professionals. He shares with InformationWeek's Srikanth RP his key inspirations from life, and the lessons he has learnt from every individual. Here is Nataraj in his own words:</p><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>I am who I am and where I am, because of the decisions I made in this life&rsquo;s journey of 42 years; influenced by my experiences and lessons learnt from those who inspired me, or those I followed (as Twitter describes it, today).</span><br /><br /><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>What you learn in B-school and professional colleges could be subject knowledge or dopes on strategy, planning tools, conceptual/ application oriented understanding on people, financials, markets, technology, etc. Being a learner, what I learn from life, through experiencing the moments &amp; inspirations from people form the school that I choose to never graduate from.</span><br /><br /><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>Inspirations and learning from others be it family, teachers and professors, colleagues at work, friends and many achievers who have been influencers in my life has been the school for me.</span><br /><br /><span style=&quot;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: left&quot; class=&quot;headlines&quot;>My early years</span><br /><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>Born in a lower middle class family, shuttling along with my father across the Delhi &ndash; Haryana belt through my childhood, taught me lessons on hard-work; that there are no shortcuts in life, one has to earn and deserve every bit of what one gets. I saw my father as a standing example of hard-work, discipline, perseverance and commitment.</span><br /><br /><p><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>My elder brother and I didn&rsquo;t have enough of luxuries; to be sent to the best of schools, colleges and formal training in our hobbies; however we were happy &ndash; a complete family of four, each of us unique and strong individuals. Learnings on differences in people thinking and behavior was an early lesson as a growing boy. I decided to be serious with academic and aimed at a successful career; worked hard, scored ranks, qualified for entrance tests of reputed engineering institutes; I believed that my high scores would take me to where I am today, professionally; but life had something else in store; we couldn&rsquo;t afford the fees. I put up my case with a dream reputed institute stating, &lsquo;I am an outstanding student!&rsquo; The response I got was every student here is outstanding. How true! I asked myself, what is my differentiator? I didn&rsquo;t find an answer then.</span>&nbsp;</p>

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::::Can software help Infosys out of financial rut?::::

<div class=&quot;custm_img_blk&quot;><img src=&quot;http://www.techgig.com/files/photo_1335407413_temp.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; width=&quot;300&quot; height=&quot;180&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; /></div><p>Infosys derives only about 6 percent of its almost USD 7 billion in annual revenue from proprietary software products. Its goal is to pump that up to one third of its revenue. The move comes as Infosys's traditional IT services business faces slower growth. To understand how Infosys hopes to get to this new future in software, look at its new software product in one of the industry&rsquo;s hottest markets: digital marketing.</p> <p>Infosys is selling an online, subscription software product called BrandEdge, aimed at helping companies conduct digital marketing campaigns and measure the results. Inofsys is pitching the software to chief marketing officers, whose tech budgets are rising as their work moves increasingly to websites, email, mobile apps, and social networks, and as CMOs do more analytics to measure performance. Gartner analyst Laura McClellan caused a stir early this year by predicting CMOs at high-tech firms would control more tech budget than CIOs by 2017.</p> <p>Infosys is selling the BrandEdge software service in partnership with WPP, one of the world's largest advertising and marketing firms, whose Fabric subsidiary provides marketing management software that's part of this suite. Infosys is selling the software as an online subscription, and it also sells</p>

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::::Google launches Google Drive; upgrades Gmail to 10 GB for all users::::

<div class=&quot;custm_img_blk&quot;><img src=&quot;http://www.techgig.com/files/photo_1335407326_temp.png&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; /></div><p><span style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;>Google has launched&nbsp;</span><span style=&quot;outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; text-align: justify&quot;>Google Drive</span><span style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;>, a cloud storage service where users can upload and access all of their files, including videos, photos, Google Docs, PDFs and beyond. The service is offering new users 5GB of storage for free with upgrades starting at 25GB for $2.49/month, 100GB for $4.99/month or even 1TB for $49.99/month. Google also increased the free storage in Gmail from the existing 7.5 GB to 10 GB to all users.</span></p><p><span style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;>&ldquo;Drive is built to work seamlessly with your overall Google experience. You can attach photos from Drive to posts in Google+, and soon you&rsquo;ll be able to attach stuff from Drive directly to emails in Gmail. Drive is also an open platform, so we&rsquo;re working with many third-party developers so you can do things like send faxes, edit videos and create website mockups directly from Drive. To install these apps, visit the Chrome Web Store&mdash;and look out for even more useful apps in the future,&rdquo; Sundar Pichai, SVP, Chrome and Apps, Google has said in a&nbsp;</span><span style=&quot;outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; text-align: justify&quot;>blogpost</span><span style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;>.</span>&nbsp;</p>

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::::Yahoo India, DataWind enter strategic partnership for pre-loaded Yahoo apps on UbiSlate7+::::

<img src=&quot;http://www.techgig.com/files/photo_1335407706_temp.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; /><div class=&quot;custm_img_blk&quot;>Yahoo India has entered a strategic partnership with&nbsp;<span style=&quot;outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial&quot;>DataWind</span>&nbsp;to enable Yahoo services on its soon to be launched tablet Ubislate7+. As a result of this partnership, the tablet will come preloaded with Yahoo Cricket as the exclusive cricket application along with the popular Yahoo Mail app. The Yahoo India&nbsp;<span style=&quot;outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial&quot;>Homepage</span>&nbsp;will be the default browser landing page for Ubislate7+.</div><p style=&quot;outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0.6em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px&quot;>Ubislate 7+ is an Android based tablet device offering anytime and anywhere internet access via GPRS and WiFi. Priced at an MRP of Rs. 2999, the tablet is the only Android device in the Indian market to offer DataWind&rsquo;s patented UbiSurfer browser. Datawind will also enable data plans for less than Rs.100 for anytime anywhere internet access bringing in a new segment of users who have been left out of the internet age.</p><p style=&quot;outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0.6em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px&quot;>Arun Tadanki, Managing Director, India and Southeast Asia, Yahoo, said, &ldquo;The launch of Ubislate7+ will see a new wave of new-to-net users, using Internet for the very first time. Through this partnership, we will have the opportunity to bring Yahoo!&rsquo;s premium content and communication experience to new internet users in a simple and intuitive way.&rdquo;</p><p style=&quot;outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0.6em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px&quot;>Suneet Singh Tuli, CEO, DataWind, said, &ldquo;Yahoo is a leading global digital media brand with market-leading content and communication services. Through this partnership we look forward to facilitating the use of Yahoo&rsquo;s popular online content by people who have not been touched by the Internet revolution so far.&rdquo;</p>

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::::HomeShop18 to raise $100 million through US listing::::

<img src=&quot;http://www.indiadigitalreview.com/sites/default/files/homeshop18.com-logo.jpg?1335358382&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;Image&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;160&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; /><p><span style=&quot;outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial&quot;>HomeShop18</span>, the ecommerce and TV shopping brand from Network18, is planning to get listed in the US and raise about $100 million,&nbsp;<span style=&quot;outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial&quot;>reports</span>&nbsp;Reuters. The group is in talks with institutional investors, including private equity firms for pre-IPO placement and to take up shares as part of the listing plan.</p><p style=&quot;outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0.6em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px&quot;>HomeShop18 has a current revenue of Rs 750 crore ($142.13 million) and sells everything from mobile phones, laptops and televisions sets to apparel and lifestyle products. It plans to set up warehouses with a size of 1 million square feet and is in the process of carrying out internal evaluations.</p><p style=&quot;outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0.6em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px&quot;>&ldquo;We have ambitions to get listed and are open to it but it is premature to talk about it now. We cannot give any timeframe on that at the moment,&rdquo; Sundeep Malhotra, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, HomeShop18 has said.</p><p style=&quot;outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0.6em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px&quot;>Between 2007 and 2008, HomeShop18 raised $26 million from private equity fund SAIF Partners in two tranches and in 2009 it raised $18.5 million from South Korean home shopping retailer GS Home Shopping.</p><p style=&quot;outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0.6em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px&quot;>&nbsp;&ldquo;We will focus on investments in technology and operational capabilities like a strong and efficient backend&hellip;We are hoping our business will be three times the current size in the very next year,&rdquo; Malhotra said.</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

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::::Facebook claims to have 901m users::::

<img src=&quot;http://www.techgig.com/files/photo_1335407618_temp.png&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;Image&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; /><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>Facebook</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>&nbsp;has said it has 901 million users and is likely that it'll pass the one billion user mark well before the end of this year. The company, which displayed the statistics in its amended S-1 filing , also said that its network receives 3.2 billion comments per day and 300 million new photos daily.&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>The site also claims 125 billion friendships are forged daily. Of the 901 million users, 526 million were described as daily active users in March. Some 488 million people also used</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>Facebook mobile products</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>&nbsp;that month, according to the filing.&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>Facebook, meanwhile, said its first-quarter profit fell 12% as operating costs almost doubled. Net income fell to $205 million in the three months through March this year, the&nbsp;</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>Menlo Park</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>, California-based Facebook said in a regulatory filing. Sales climbed 45%to $1.06 billion, a slowdown from 55% in the December period.&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>Expenses surged to $677 million, reflecting higher costs of helping marketers reach Facebook's growing user base. The company may struggle to reach EMarketer's projection for 2012 sales of $6.1 billion as it awaits the full impact of new tools aimed at wringing more money from advertisers, said Debra Aho Williamson, who helped construct the researcher's estimate.&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>&quot;Facebook has a pretty steep hill to climb to meet the expectations that we set out,&quot; Williamson said.</span>

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::::Apple announces dates of developer conference::::

<div class=&quot;custm_img_blk&quot;><img src=&quot;http://www.techgig.com/files/photo_1335408143_temp.png&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; /></div><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>Apple</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>&nbsp;on Wednesday announced that it will hold its annual Worldwide&nbsp;</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>Developers</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>&nbsp;Conference (WWDC) between June 11 - June 15 in&nbsp;</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>San Francisco</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>. This will be the first year when&nbsp;</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>WWDC</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>&nbsp;will not have Apple's iconic founder Steve Jobs' presence.</span><br /><br /><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>Jobs had made an unexpected appearance at last year's WWDC when he announced the launch of Lion operating system. He passed away on October 5 last year, a day after the current CEO&nbsp;</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>Tim Cook</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>&nbsp;launched&nbsp;</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>iPhone 4S</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>.&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>The delay in announcing WWDC dates this year had led to some unease among the developer and analyst circles.&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>At this year's five-day conference, the focus for developers will be on the future of&nbsp;</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>iOS</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>&nbsp;and OS X, allowing them to build new apps. WWDC will also feature more than 100 technical sessions presented by Apple engineers as well as the popular Apple Design Awards, a showcase of the best</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>apps</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>&nbsp;from the past year.&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>&quot;We have a great WWDC planned this year and can't wait to share the latest news about iOS and&nbsp;</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>OS X Mountain Lion</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>&nbsp;with developers,&quot; said&nbsp;</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>Philip Schiller</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing. &quot;The iOS platform has created an entirely new industry with fantastic opportunities for developers across the country and around the world.&quot;&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>Developers will be able to explore the latest innovations, features and capabilities of iOS and OS X Mountain Lion and learn how to greatly enhance the functionality, performance, quality and design of their apps. Developers can even bring their code to the labs and work with Apple engineers, applying development techniques and best-practices to enhance their apps.</span>

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