Saturday, June 4, 2011

Facebook Launches a Unique Program Giving Users Facebook Credits to Watch Adverts


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Just this Thursday, Facebook has again launched another unique program which, if you look at it, pays general consumers a financial incentive for just visiting ads on the social networking website. Facebook has promised that it will be rewarding its users who will spend time going through certain ads on the site, the reward is promised to be in the shape of Facebook Credits. If you’re not familiar with it already, Facebook Credits is Facebook’s fast-growing program of virtual money, which is redeemed able to primarily buy virtual goods. Just lately the addition of purchasing actual goods on Facebook Deals is also made; Facebook Deals is the latest update of Facebook offering the similar kind of services like Groupon does.
As inspiring as this deal might sound, the incentive is not as big. In the start the maximum a user can get for, for normal amount of ad-views wille be around one credit, which is equivalent to 10 cents real money. So, it is made to sound huge money, but we’re talking small, however, considering it’s totally free, it still counts.

Irritated Iraqis Prepare For a General Boycott against Mobile Phone Operators for Poor Quality and Network Coverage on 21st May


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Adding to the list of large-scale demonstrations in the Middle East organized through internet and social media now irritated Iraqi mobile phone users are also building up their own protest to fight for their rights. The protest begins from a complete boycott of using the Kuwaiti mobile phone operator, Zain. It has been largely accused by the overall users, for its poor mobile phone coverage in entire Iraq, as the group of activists begins their activity through forward emails and Facebook groups. These organizers are convincing the general public to support fighting for their customer rights and instructing them to switch off their phones, as a protest, for one complete day, on 21st of May, 2011.
One of the leaders in the organization, Haidar Sabr, told AFP that "We are demanding to end this one percent of Iraqis' suffering." He went on claiming that the ripples of his protest are also sparking in Lebanon as he alleged that "It sounds like a simple matter but it's an important one when it comes down to it."

Amazon Cloud Player Silently Updated to Stream Music to the Web Interface of All Apple iOS Devices


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Amazon's first to make it to the market, Cloud Player music streaming service, which was released recently and only worked with Android devices, has just been updated mutely. Just this weekend a new upgrade was made without any formal announcement, and it automatically introduced the support for Apple's iOS devices. So now the users who have the Amazon Cloud Drive account, are freely able to also stream their music on any any iOS devices too, which include iPod Touch, iPhone, iPad, etc.
It is noticeable that despite the support, there is no authorized announcement, or any other news, indicating towards an official App for the iOS for the Amazon's Cloud Player. The official app is only for Android smartphone, but still the support comes in a way, where users are able to their stored songs online from the web browser. The long trusted built-in embedded browser of Apple for all iOS devices, Safari, plays the songs easily; both leading technology blogs TechCrunch and Engadget have also claimed that it ‘works like a charm.’

Sony Playstation Network Still Remains Suspended As Rumors Say another Attack on Sony Corp. May Come Sooner

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Sixteen days have passed since the suspension of Sony PlayStation Network, as everyone still remains unaware of any sort of confirmation of its return. As far as the news is confirmed, the company has been dodging the question constantly; from all we know, it could come online today or maybe a week from now. The latest post pushed at the official blog of Sony Playstation still keeps the ambiguity claiming the service would be back ‘sooner.’ However, the reassuring part of this post claimed that the company’s "global network and security teams" are almost in its "final stages" of experiments before they could perhaps implement it.
According to more news, there’s a rumor on the street assert that Sony might just be falling victim to yet another attack number three. Previously, the primary service of Sony; Sony Online Entertainment, the PSN, and Qriocity services were under attack and still remain non-functional. Sony is hoping to make it up to its frustrated users, by offering a yearlong free enrollment in a protection program for the dangerous ‘identity theft’ administered by Debix Inc.

Apple’s Go-To iPad Makers, Foxconn, Attempts to Begin Assembling in Brazil


Foxconn, the Taiwanese company popular for its manufacturing agreement with Apple, for iPads, is planning to begin assembling in Brazil. It has shown its intentions to begin the work by July; however it is still occupied trying to get an agreement with the government regarding the tax breaks along with other incentives to bring the investment in the country. The Brazilian media is projecting the investment plan to be worthy of more than $12 billion, in terms of money. The announcement to suddenly begin its production from within the Brazil was made just last month while the Brazilian President, Dilma Rousseff, was visiting China.
Earlier, Foxconn had planned to begin the assembling of iPads in Brazil from November, however considering the enormous demand for the device in Brazil's itself and analyzing the boosting period of consumer market, it has announced to come as soon as July. Hence, the company hopes to get quicker replies from the government officials as they are hoping to set up so soon. The science and Technology Minister of Brazil, Aloizio Mercadante, reported said that "It's a daring timeline. Whatever is within our reach, we're going to work on making that viable."

Four Customers Get Minor Injuries as Situation in Queues for iPad 2 outside Beijing Apple Store Got Complicated


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According to the local media of China, four people waiting in queue for the iPad 2’s, had to be taken to hospital after a glass door was shattered in result of an almost-riot in the top Apple store in Beijing. The crowds have been rushing, and have become restless to get their hands on the trendy iPad 2 tablet computer in China. The Beijing News reported that consumers have become very agitated, as many even began queuing outside the Apple store since Saturday afternoon after witnessing the presence of a "foreign" Apple employee. It is being also mentioned that this foreign Apple employee broke into the crowd and starting to bully and punish those who were suspiciously jumping the queue jumping.
This action of the foreign employee perhaps was intolerable for the distressed customers, who right after his departure back into the store, began smashing the glass front door. These were not only selective people, but the crowd as a whole reacted to the intervening of the foreign employee, as they even went on struggling with the vigilant security guards who appeared instantly. The guards apparently charged immediately on the anger group which was being created among the public, and took control of the radicalization. The Apple store in Beijing's chic Sanlitun commercial district had to shut down earlier than their routine Saturday time, due to these inhumane acts of customers. For formal remarks on the incident by Apple officials, their phones went unanswered to the AFP. However, it was noticeable, that despite their early shut down, the voice recording on the phone still stated that that the store is open for business.
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