TECHNOLOGY
Facebook Adds Location-Sharing Feature
Aug 19th
Facebook on Wednesday threw the switch on a new feature that lets US members of the social networking service share their whereabouts with friends while on the move.Facebook Places marks the firm’s hotly anticipated first step into “location-based” services that have been catching on with people who own smartphones equipped with satellite position tracking capabilities.“Starting More >
Facebook for Muslims Launched
May 30th
Resourceful IT experts in Pakistan have launched their own version of the social networking site Facebook after the real thing was blocked for showing ‘blasphemous’ images of the Prophet Mohammed.
MillatFacebook, meaning Nation Facebook in Urdu, was launched on Wednesday and has already attracted some 8,000 users.
Omar Zaheer Meer, one of the six web developers, said More >
Samsung Pelopori Televisi 3D
Apr 16th
Demam televisi tiga dimensi (3D) sampai juga di tanah air tak lama setelah diluncurkan pertama kali di AS, Maret 2010 lalu. Perusahaan-perusahaan produsen televisi pun berlomba-lomba menghadirkan televisi 3D kepada konsumen dengan pilihan fiotur dan harga yang beragam.
Samsung menjadi perusahaan pertama yang memboyong televisi 3D ke pasar Indonesia. Jajaran televisi More >
Opera Mini Diunduh 1 Juta iPhone dalam Sehari
Apr 16th
Kehadiran Opera Mini di App Store Apple ternyata mendapat sambutan positif para pengguna iPhone. Bagaimana tidak dalam sehari sejak tersedia telah diunduh lebih dari satu juta perangkat iPhone di seluruh dunia.
Opera Software mengklaim total 1.023.380 perangkat iPhone telah mengunduh Opera Mini dalam 24 jam sejak tersedia. Opera Mini tersedia gratis More >
Kin, “Smartphone” Pertama Gunakan Cip Nvidia Tegra
Apr 14th
Tak hanya dengan konsep baru, kehadiran smartphone Kin rancangan Microsoft dan Sharp juga meletakkan peta baru persaingan cip smartphone. Pasalnya, Kin One dan Kin Two adalah jajaran ponsel pertama yang menggunakan cip Tegra buatan Nvidia.
Tegra sudah diperkenalkan hampir dua tahun dan banyak digunakan di perangkat genggam, termasuk Zune HD, music More >
Beceem and Motorola pairing WiMAX and LTE on one chip
Feb 24th
Beceem Communications, the leading provider of 4G chips, and Motorola announced today that both companies are working together to pair Motorola’s advanced 4G WiMAX infrastructure with Beceem’s upcoming BCS500 4G chip.
The BCS500 4G chip supports WiMAX 16e and 16m as well as UE Class 4 LTE capabilities in both the TDD and FDD configurations, including More >
Is Apple Displaying a “Puritan” Double Standard?
Feb 24th
Apple has dominated tech headlines this week, as the company has created quite an uproar by unexpectedly removing over 5,000 apps from its App Store. The apps removed have been deemed “too sexy”, but much of said uproar has been more about Apple’s definition of sexy, and its double standard. Apps containing women in bikinis More >
Samsung, Sony Ericsson roll out new smartphones
Feb 21st
Samsung Electronics and Sony Ericsson unveiled their new top smartphone models on Sunday, both hoping to improve their positions in the more lucrative part of the phone market.
Samsung, the world No 2 handset maker, unveiled its flagship smartphone model Wave — using a new touch screen technology and the first phone to use its bada More >
LG Arena comes to AT&T
Feb 20th
AT&T and LG Electronics MobileComm U.S.A., Inc., today announced the LG ARENA™ will be available online at www.wireless.att.com beginning February 26 and in AT&T stores nationwide March 7. Just over a half-inch thin with brushed and polished metal accents, the LG ARENA gives customers easy and quick access to a world of entertainment and multimedia More >
Currently Outstanding, iPad Many Find It
Feb 13th
Although iPad not yet released in Indonesia, the public response to the “tablets” made the newly launched Apple in San Francisco, USA, Wednesday (27/1/2010) it was pretty good. At least that’s what a sales staff iBox, Apple authorized resellers, Ary, as found in the office iBox, Kuningan, Jakarta, Friday (29/1/2010). According to Ary, since the More >
Motorola Outlines Plan to Split Into Two Companies
Feb 13th
Motorolla confirmed on Thursday that it planned to reorganize into two independent companies by the first quarter of 2011, with its mobile handset unit and its television set-top box division being combined and spun off as a separate publicly traded company.
The announced split is meant to finally divide Motorola into smaller, more focused operations, pulling More >
Google Agrees to Buy ‘Social Search’ Service
Feb 13th
Google has agreed to acquire Aardvark, a San Francisco-based start-up that taps a user’s social network to find someone who can answer their questions, according to representatives of the companies.
The service, which was founded by former Google employees, is sometimes described as a form of “social search.” It was the subject of a column by More >
This Notebook Real 3D Vision First From Asus
Feb 11th
Is he has been waiting for devoted gamers who play games, including 3D games, anywhere, which is a Real 3D notebook. By Asus, G51J dimensionless 37.5 x26, 5×34, 3 ~ 40.6 cm were seen strong and solid with the black casing is a white streak in the middle.
If 3D gaming or 3D movies like Avatar More >
Google Buzz is New Social Networking
Feb 10th
According circulating leaked a day earlier, the internet giant, Google, finally officially introduced a social networking service with Google’s name Buzz. This service is not independent, but directly integrates with Gmail service started Tuesday (9/2/2010) and will gradually be available for Gmail users around the world.
So, for Gmail users, get ready just to try without More >
3 “Setting” Your Facebook Secure
Feb 10th
In December 2009 Facebook made a change privacy rules that invite users controversy. Networking site that had more closed now wants to compete with other sites more open, like Twitter. In December 2009 when you really pay attention and maintain your personal settings when the recommendations come up for Facebook settings, maybe you are safe. More >
