eBay founder and carving: launch local news websites

SAN FRANCISCO April 22, eBay founder and Chairman of the Board recently introduced in Hawaii, local news service Site Civilbeat.com, users can explore the site and the community closely related problems. The site will take a paid subscription model, and requires users to log real name, does not allow anonymous comments.

Omidyar plans to charge users a subscription fee 19.99 U.S. dollars per month, if the model can be successful, would mean Omidyar completed newspapers and other media has been failing to do things - the reader is content pay and profit through the local news.

The site is also subject to a set of "special pages", the reader can find relevant information on that page link, the whole incident and all kinds of background information.

Traditional online news sites pages are filled with anonymous comments published by users of various offensive foul languages, Civil Beat does not allow anonymous comments, and the user must log real names.

University of Hawaii Professor Gerald Kato pointed out that communication, the major sites hope to attract users who subscribe to the newspaper, as this group is usually more mature, affluent and better educated. But these user reviews are often a result of site layout, "crazy" comments and lose interest. Therefore, through not allow anonymous comments; can provide better services to these users, in order to attract their pay.

Omidyar decided two years ago to provide a new network service, specialized coverage of local affairs, including state, city, education, real estate and financial aspects of the news.

He said yesterday: "To press to find a new way to better link with ordinary citizens, it is very important, I think this is exactly what the industry is lacking. Journalism difficulties can not get away, no time to re- invention business model. And as a new company, we are able to do this, make the news once again become a central issue of concern. "

Omidyar also pointed out that different with the newspaper, his site is not printing; transportation, marketing teams and burden, and a paid subscription model will force his team to focus more on user and community feedback. He said traditional news organizations are "based on advertising", so publishers often focus only on the interests of advertisers, the neglect of community benefit. He said: "I think this is more direct business model will not only help the company, also is where the future of the industry news site."

Daylight iPhone 4G official renderings released

Apple wanted to release before the strictly conservative in the new generation iPhone in secret, where expected to make a person called Gizmodo smashed wherever he goes, this is also furious Jobs; its secretive, not as revealed to the world, today released the foreign media on the fourth generation of Apple iPhone's official renderings, and also announced some new handsets parameters:

1.Screen resolution to 960 × 460 pixels.
2.Using the same with the iPad Micro-SIM card, it is not known by what means the standard SIM card adapter.
3.Increase the front camera to facilitate video calls.
4.Upgrading the main pixel camera, and joined the LED fill light.
5.Almost the same weight, an increase of the ratio of previous generation 3 g.
6.With the latest OS4.0 system to support multi-mission operations.
7.Enhance the battery capacity than the previous generation of 16%.
8.Body at the top to add a MIC, effectively enhance call quality.
9.Equipment used in the iPad A4 processor, built-in PowerVR SGX53 graphics engine, support for 720p high-definition video.
10.Separate volume controls.
11.Apple patents back with the "exotic glass" material, has good appearance, wear, scratch, enhance the signal reception and so on.
12.Side of the border for the metal material.

Facebook shows the virtual currency Facebook Credits

SAN FRANCISCO April 22, Facebook product marketing manager Deb Liu shows the future of the official virtual currency Facebook Credits and introduced the upcoming new Facebook features.

One new feature is called App2user Credits, users do not need this feature to pay by credit card are able to obtain Credits. Deb Liu cited three examples: 1. Users can access credit card reward programs Facebook Credits; 2. The second example concerned with Plastic Jungle, allowing users to sell unwanted gift cards for Facebook Credits; 3. User Shopping payment platform such as the use TrialPay to get Facebook Credits.

Deb Liu said the Facebook for adults who want to be able to use to build a platform, and hinted that there are many other ways to get Credits. App2user Credits feature is expected to be launched in June this year.

Facebook's Other plans include: Facebook will not Credits paid training users develop habits, Facebook will also foster inactive users, to enable them to interact with the platform again. Facebook will also provide large-scale Credits discounts, such as the use of Credit, Facebook developers Qizhe concessions. In addition, Facebook will also provide "automatic top-up" function, when a user account value is less than 5; it will automatically recharge their account 50 dollar.