Twitter announced that it has acquired Atebits Company, which is the iPhone application, Tweetie and Mac desktop application developers.
Tweetie's developer Loren Brichter also will join the Twitter team. The application will be renamed as "Twitter for iPhone", and in the next few weeks to become free from the charges 2.99 U.S. dollars to download. Evan Williams, Twitter's chief executive officer Evan Williams in a blog explaining this behavior.
Williams said: "We are very pleased to announce that we have become with the acquisition of Tweetie Atebits agreement. Tweetie will be renamed the Twitter for iPhone, iTunes AppStore within the next few weeks the price of 2.99 U.S. dollars from the current become a free download. Buruiqite our mobile team will be a key member. At present, this team has on the global equipment manufacturers and service providers have a huge impact. "
Twitter also made special mention of the official Twitter iPad application really is coming soon. Williams released a statement today said: "developers, service providers and publishers will be able to make comprehensive use of Twitter iPhone and iPad applications, for customers to create new creative tools and integrated applications."
Less than a week earlier, Twitter's investors and venture capital firm Union Square Ventures partner Fuleidewei Paulson (Fred Wilson) in his blog posted a highly controversial article. Wilson explained in the text, his view is in fact a number of external applications of Twitter applications to fill the existing "loopholes" (such as image sharing, mobile applications, etc.), Twitter should go beyond these applications, focusing on innovative products and "killer application." The blog attracted the attention developers, who fear that if Twitter themselves continue to develop external tools, third-party living space will become increasingly narrow.
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Facebook and Ask will soon surpass the United States fourth largest search engine
SAN FRANCISCO April 11, according to foreign media reported that analysts say, Facebook users rely on a huge amount has surpassed AOL to become the fifth largest U.S. search engine, and is expected within a few months beyond Ask.com , in the top four.
According to an analyze, Facebook a market share of 2.7%, 2.5% higher than America Online. Facebook came in before the difference is Ask.com (3.1%), will be (7.8%), Yahoo (11.3%) and Google (59.7%).
Facebook is expected to be a very short period of time than Ask.com, became the fourth largest search engine. In addition, Facebook has a huge amount of users, which like other search engines do not need a lot of money and this advantage is likely to help than Facebook in the future will be.
On the other hand, except the market outside the main Google search engine share of the total share of only 27%, far below Google's 60%. The remaining 13% share of the possession by a small search engine, which will be the next focus of competition between search engines. At the same time, Apple might enter the search engine market, leading to variable.
In addition, Microsoft is now the major shareholder of Facebook, if Microsoft could buy Facebook, and Facebook's market share to grow, then Microsoft will be expected to represent the U.S. search market, 35% to 40%, which on Google real threat.
Google changes search algorithm for slow loading web page ranking on the list
April 11, according to foreign media reports, Google has announced that will page loading speed as an evaluation factor in search ranking.
Google said it will search web pages loading speed as a standard position, that page loads quickly, in the search results rank higher and vice versa on the list.
Of course, the page loading speed is ranked one of the criteria, will not significantly affect website ranking. Google said it would only less than 1% of the search will be affected by this change.
Business 3G flagship model Blackberry 9650x
Foreign media has exposed a new Blackberry - BlackBerry Tour9650x, phone continues the Tour series of BlackBerry features, while supporting WCDMA and CDMA networks can be global roaming.
BlackBerry 9650x BlackBerry 5.0 operating system will be used, its shape and Tour9630 very similar to the standard QWERTY keyboard, while keeping business style, shape of cell phone does not dull. And most of the new BlackBerry likes, 9650x also through the optical touch pad for navigation.
Verizon BlackBerry 9650x will be customized for sale. However, after rumors of the BlackBerry Tour29650 been listed yet, to judge from the model, this release will be 9650x more lately in the short run should not be liste.
HP Compaq new series of premium
Although Hewlett-Packard HP Compaq business notebook series under category, but actually as an entry-level product applications, this machine is applied to either growth-oriented enterprises or individual market can be. If the previous Compaq products because design and other factors can not enter our discernment, so today I got the HP Compaq new series of engineering prototype, then I think this situation is to be broken.
Let us not rush to see this product an overall appearance of a single A side from the machine design, we can easily see that if less out of this big "Q", perhaps many people imagine it is the upcoming HP Compaq Series, and C from the surface design of the keyboard, this machine is more like Probook range of products owned by the mold. According to reports, Hewlett-Packard Compaq products have been fully updated mold, splash, and splash design is a spectacle, which is very rare above the low market products.
The interfaces concerned, this machine has in addition to conventional interfaces, the largest surprise then joined the HDMI interface is designed as a high-cost business model , HP Compaq new series of models from the application Compared with previous products on a very large upgrade.
320/321 and 15.6-inch Compaq 621 series, before the appearance of cheap feeling abandoned, upgrade to the Probook series of style, and 7200rpm hard drive is used in all specifications. Processor, the forthcoming Compaq products using Intel Celeron and Core 2 Duo processor, up to T6600-level price of four thousand dollars less than the minimum price of 33xx with a media machine price, it should be said is still very cost-effective!
In the high-cost notebook market, it is now the choice is very large, but often can not buy yourself more satisfied with all aspects of a product, even big-name products are generally cost-effective in the case of maintaining the appearance spend too little. HP Compaq new to the author's first impression - Cheap! Whether the appearance of work products, or configure the cost is quite good, responsible, said this product to market, would lead to four thousand notebook market structure of the turbulence, I am very looking forward to this product.
Since this product only works to get prototypes, HP product manager describes the present appearance of this machine has not been fully tested by the color, making today's machines a surface color may also look better. When this machine product listed, make sure everyone shines!
Microsoft Pink mobile phone will release next week
About Microsoft in the April 12 news conference what new products will be released, all current sources have pointed to the long-rumored Microsoft free brand phone Project Pink.
As previously reported, Microsoft will release two new mobile phone Pink, namely Pure and Turtle. Both phones were installed at the Windows CE operating system, primarily designed for young users of many social networking features, not the earlier rumors of the Windows Phone 7, they all slide-up design, which Turtle screen resolution of 320X240, Pure The screen resolution of 480X320.
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