While Apple is busy with iOS 6 maps, Google Maps goes underwater with panoramic images

While Apple is trying hard to fix the issues with Apple Maps in iOS 6 to point out correctly the places on the earth's surface, Google is taking users the depths of the oceans with its first underwater panoramic images in Google Maps.

"With these vibrant and stunning photos you don’t have to be a scuba diver—or even know how to swim—to explore and experience six of the ocean’s most incredible living coral reefs. Now, anyone can become the next virtual Jacques Cousteau and dive with sea turtles, fish and manta rays in Australia, the Philippines and Hawaii," Brian McClendon, VP of Google Maps and Earth posted on Google's Lat-Long blog.

Google has partnered with The Catlin Seaview Survey to make the images available using Google Maps' Street View feature.

The Catlin Seaview Survey used the the SVII, a specially designed underwater camera, to capture the images.

Google's ocean collection includes six underwater spots, including coral reefs in Australia, the Philippines and Hawaii.

The full collection of google panormic images in google maps is available here

Explore the ocean with google maps

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IOS 6-makes your life a lot better

Since the release of IOS 6.0 everyone is criticizing Apple that IOS 6 feels like a downgrade,not an upgrade.
But majority of this review is based on its MAPS service,because apple has stopped using Google Maps as its default mapping service and uses its own MAPS app.

But if users forget their poor mapping service and can get along without google maps,IOS 6 is something that could actually makes your life easier and simpler

Your Hands will receive more rest now

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 If you have to do something or want to check something on Iphone,then in the previous version you have to tap on the touchscreen and goto that particular application.
But in this latest IOS 6,You will be able to do more actually without using your hands.It could be whether your are searching for movie showtime,sports scores,restaurants bookings and even posting to major social networking sites likes twitter and facebook.and thanks to this Apple's New updated and intelligent SIRI is at your back and will assist you in every call

It will never takes you to wrong path

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SIRI is also now integrated to your Maps Service that means it acts like light shines in dark.
Oh,you take a wrong turn?its ok SIRI will guide you to right path.This IOS will give you turn by turn directions with traffic updates.

It will give you more rest and peace whenever you wanted

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Is someone calling you while you are relaxing?your Iphone wont tell you untill you do not want to know.
This feature is Do not Disturb.It lets you to listen incoming calls from your favorites and it will remain silent for other calls and it wont alert you untill the do not disturb feature is turned off.

In this they also provide another option which is repeated calls in Do not disturb menu,which when enabled,a second call from the same person will not be silenced.

Easier to Interact with the largest social network

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 you want to share something on facebook without actually opening it,then you do not need to worry apple made it too easy so that you can feel the warmth of facebook :p

facebook has been fully integrated with the IOS,that means you can share photos,videos,locations and brag about a high score in game without opening facebook application.
for this you need to sign in to facebook only once and you will be off and sharing.

Now you can also never miss friends birthday and get together,because facebook events are directly integrated into calendar and the facebook profile information of your friend is also integrated with your iphone contact,so whenever they update their profile information,it will automatically update on your Iphone.

The like button is also now part of itunes and app store,so you can like music,movies and apps

Your wallet is now less bulky and light in weight

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your boarding passes,cinema tickets,vouchers,loyality cards and more in one place.With the new application passbook,instead of carrying all these cards and vouchers  you just scan their bar code and makes your wallet lighter and less bulkier.

the major advantage of passbook is that it is time and location based,so passes and tickets show on your lock screeen when and where you need them-so just swipe and get your pass

 

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Amazon unveils the release date of HTC WINDOW PHONE 8X

Everyone was surprised to see when the microsoft made spectacular updates to Window Phone 8 and with the great deadly combination of HTC and Nokia Hardware,this Operating system forces every tech-analyst to take in-depth analysis of it.

The phone we are talking about is HTC Window Phone 8X which is expected to come out in early november.But it is very hard for users to wait for this much of time as they had other options in the market.

The Amazon UK page says that the phone will be launched on november 8,It means no other windows phone manufacturer will not allowed to launch its phone earlier than this date

They also mentioned the cost of sim free variant which is  £531.43, or $863.

meanwhile clove Uk has also published the price of windows phone 8X which seems to be more reasonable and the price is £399 ($648)

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Google Trends after Twitter Trends (GAMING)

                 |Google Trends after Twitter Trends| GAMING

Attention Please Gaming Companies…Gamers are on Google !!!

Google, that Becomes GOD of the Search Engines. However, the tragedy is being blocked by various Governments and Nations like Iran and other middle east nations with respect to exaggeration of Religious thoughts !!! If we leave the negative cons then something that is happening on the Google that is regarding the Trend system that has adopted by the Twitter.

Electronic Arts and Google released a study Monday demonstrating how search can predict the demand for video games, but the method could also support the cycle along the purchase path from release to post launch for other brands.

Google found that search data and clicks can identify and influence 84% of sales during a 10-month launch cycle. Using data from analyses to create a predictive model, the tech company found that games accruing 250,000 clicks in the 10 months surrounding the launch will likely sell between 2 million and 4 million units in the first four months after release.

Gamersare changing their trends and even has started searching for their favorites titles. That may be alarming for the gaming world giants. Some facts and figures are here:-

Google just released a research paper with the grandiose title “Understanding the Modern Gamer,” which looks at search and purchase activity around blockbuster video game titles. 

The conclusion: Gamers are doing more searching than ever related to their favorite games, and they’re doing it over the space of a full year year.

The subtext: Hey video game publishers, maybe you should buy some ads from Google, especially in the months before a game launches.

Google says the data is based on “the hundreds of millions of video game searches” (both desktop and mobile) that occurred around the top 20 selling games of 2010 and 2011. The company found that desktop searches increased 20 percent year-over-year, while mobile searches increased 168 percent.

There’s a lifecycle to a gaming launch, and Google looked at search volume over that period. For 2011 titles, on average, 40 percent of searches took place in the six months before the launch, 28 percent took place in the month before, and 32 percent took place in the three months afterwards.

“Users are planning, researching, and considering their video game purchases a lot earlier (6 months), and continuing to engage with the game – by downloading reviews, discussing game strategies and purchasing extra game features online, for about 4 months after their initial purchase,” 

Regarding those first six months, Google writes, “For marketers, this longer, more engaged research phase is a key moment to influence users’ purchase decisions.” It points approvingly to EA for taking out ads alongside search results and in YouTube to promote its game trailers during this period.

As you can tell from the growth numbers, mobile is an increasingly important part of the equation, now accounting for one in five “purchase-related searches” and one in four “tips-related searches.” That last part makes sense if you imagine someone playing a game on their TV, then looking for hints and walkthroughs on their phones when they get stuck.

And yes, those ads seem to be related to actual sales (which isn’t quite the same as establishing that the ads caused the sales). Google says that 84 percent of game sales were predicted by ad clicks during the 10 months surrounding the launch. For example, if a game’s ads get 250,000 clicks during that period, it will probably sell between 2 and 4 million copies in the first four months.

Conclusion : 

Aside from searches, Google plans to build in game quality, TV investment, online display investment, and social buzz to create a multivariate model for future analysis.

Gamers are researching more online during the six months leading up to the launch to evaluate the titles to purchase. In fact, Google found that 40% of game-related searches occur during this research phase. Video-game-related searches rose 20% on desktops and laptops and 168% on tablets and smartphones during the last year.

They do search for different information as they make their way through the purchase path. The study points to more searches related to publisher-released assets during per-launch, advanced information like tips during the launch and extensions after release.

Up to four months after a product's release, information remains in high demand. Undecided buyers search for reviews, while those who have already purchased research whether to extend their experience by buying downloadable extension content.

Gamers not only leverage mobile as a purchase device, but also as a secondary screen. In fact, one in five who make a purchase search during the launch and 27% of those related to tips during post-launch take place on mobile.

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List of Samsung Devices that will get jelly bean update

Samsung has announced a list of devices that will get jelly bean update in the upcoming months.

However the dates are not announced for the devices

The list Includes

1) Galaxy Tab 2.7.0
2)Galaxy Tab 2 10.1
3)Galaxy Note 10.1
4)Galaxy S II 
5)Galaxy Note
6)Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus
7)Galaxy S Advance
8)Galaxy S II LTE
9)Galaxy Music
10)Galaxy Chat
11)Galaxy Ace 2
12)Galaxy Beam
13)Galaxy Ace Plus
14)Galaxy Mini II
15)Galaxy S Duos

But Tech analysts believes that's upcoming months could be next year,because they believe that samsung wont release their jelly bean update unless their major devices like S III (LTE) and NOTE II will be released and gets its sale quota.

By seeing this above list,many users tweeted on twitter why GALAXY TABLET 10.1 NOT INCLUDED?

Many users believes that GALAXY R and GALAXY Wcould also gets JB update but they all were shocked that GALAXY R and GALAXY W is not included in the list whose configuration and specification is better than most of devices in the list. 

But Samsung Galaxy S III starts to get jelly bean update in EUROPE

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Nokia Lumia 510, Windows Mobile Phone 7.8

Nokia Lumia 510 | After introduce Nokia Lumia 920 and lumia 820 that using windows phone 8 operating system. Infact NOkia look ready to release other new mobile phone. That suggested ready to get in segmen low-end from Nokia Lumia 510

The plan, this smartphone will come with the operating system Windows Phone 7.5 or 7.8. The device Lumia 510 is a smartphone with specs lower than Lumia 610. Nokia Lumia 510 pick feature 4-inch screen WVGA resolution, 800 MHz Scorpion processor Qualcomm MSM7227A. RAM installed there, allegedly, has a capacity of 256 MB and the camera used has a resolution of 5 megapixels.


Nokia Lumia 510. Microsoft and its partners are likely to continue pushing phones based on Windows Phone 7.5 and 7.8 to the low-end market segment with a specification that is not too well. Investigate a investigate, it turns out that the smartphone has received certification from the Directorate General of Post and Telecommunication.

Happy Birthday for Android | Fourth Birthday

Happy Birthday for Android | Google will celebrate the 4th year for Android. In relatively short time, more than 500 million Android devices have been activated worldwide.

With 1.3 million new Android devices activated each day. Android also managed to become the most dominant mobile operating system, with a global market share of 68 per cent or four times larger than Apple's market share, according to data from IDC's second quarter. The two most popular mobile operating systems have a combined market share of 85 percent.

The first version of this operating system, Android 1.0, was released on 23 September 2008. Subsequent versions, which brings improvements and new features were added, followed, namely:

-Android 1.1 (Februari 2009),
-Android 1.5 "Cupcake" (30 April 2009),
-Android 1.6 "Donut" (1 September 2009),
-Android 2.0/2.1 "Eclair" (26 Oktober 2009),
-Android 2.2 "Froyo" (20 Mei 2010),
-Android 2.3 "Gingerbread" (6 Desember 2010),
-Android 3.0 "Honeycomb" (22 Februari 2011),
-Android 4.0 "Ice Cream Sandwich" (19 Oktober 2011), dan
-Android 4.1 "Jelly Bean" (27 Juni 2012).

Happy Birthday for Android. Android history can be traced back to well before the time of its first appearance, at a time when Rich Miner, Andy Rubin, Nick Sears, and Chris White co-founded a company called Android in October 2003, nearly nine years ago.

Android then joined Google, when the Internet giant bought the company for 50 million dollars in August 2005.

The first Android phone released to the market is the HTC Dream, which is known as the T-Mobile G1 in the U.S. market. Although relatively slow even for that time, the phone is equipped with a processor speed of 384 MHz and a slide-out QWERTY keyboard is successfully sold 1 million units in April 2009.

Today, the most advanced Android devices such as the LG Optimus M and the Samsung Galaxy Note II, each of which has been reinforced with quad-core processor, Qualcomm, Snapdragon and Samsung Exynos.

Along with iOS, Android has become the most popular mobile operating system in the world. Unless Microsoft managed to take a large enough portion of the Windows Phone 8 start later this year, the trend is likely to continue. (Teknokompas)