Tuesday, October 23, 2012

iPad mini 'mini' only in size not in price

Apple inc. launched a 7.9-inch iPad mini that is as thin as a pencil and as light as a pad of paper, Apple threw itself into the market for smaller tablets currently ruled by its rivals.
Its price is higher than expected.Its much higher than Amazon.com Inc.'s Kindle Fire HD or Google Inc.'s Nexus 7. The iPad mini starts at $329.

AUTUMN PASQUALE



New Jersey
A teenage boy lured a 12-year-old girl into his house under the guise of getting parts for her treasured bicycle and then, with his older brother, killed her, police said Tuesday. The girl's disappearance had sparked a frantic search by residents of her small town until a tip from the boys' mother led police to her body, stuffed into a home recycling bin.
The boys, ages 15 and 17, were charged with murdering Autumn Pasquale, who disappeared while riding her BMX bike Saturday, a little more than a week before what would have been her 13th birthday.
Both brothers were charged with counts including first-degree murder, body disposal and tampering with evidence. The 15-year-old was also charged with luring.

iPad mini

Apple Inc. is expected to make its biggest product move on Tuesday since introducing the iPad two years ago, launching a smaller, cheaper tablet into a market to give competition to Amazon's Kindle and Google's Nexus 7 .
Apple has invited for an event taking place on October 23 and the event will be live streamed on Apple TV.It states "we've got a little more to show you" -it refers to the iPad mini most probably.
It is speculated that tablet will come in 8GB, 16GB, 32GB and 64GB versions, with the option of Wi-Fi only and 3G/4G.
It is expected that Apple's new tablet will fall between 7 inches and 8 inches in size.Its price will be crucial to its success.

Iron Man 3




Iron Man 3 is an upcoming American superhero film featuring the Marvel Comics character Iron Man, produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures.


"Iron Man 3" pits billionaire, playboy, philanthropist Tony Stark/Iron Man against an enemy whose reach knows no bounds. When Stark finds his personal world destroyed at his enemy's hands, he embarks on a harrowing quest to find those responsible. This journey, at every turn, will test his mettle. With his back against the wall, Stark is left to survive by his own devices, relying on his ingenuity and instincts to protect those closest to him. As he fights his way back, Stark discovers the answer to the question that has secretly haunted him: does the man make the suit or does the suit make the man?"

Iron Man 3" hits theatres on May 3, 2013 and stars Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce, Rebecca Hall, Stephanie Szostak, James Badge Dale, Jon Favreau and Ben Kingsley. The film is directed by Shane Black, who directed Downey Jr. in "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang". Black also co-wrote the script with Drew Pearce.

Google:Past,Present & Future

In present time 'Google' is one of the most common words we encounter in our daily life.This word has influenced our way of thinking,our life style and point of view in a permanent manner.Now we can just google anything :)
In this post I'm updating you with some facts behind this phenomenon.What is Google? Who founded it? and when? where?
'GOOGLE' word is a modified form of word 'GOOGOL'which stands for hundered zeroes after 1.
Google.Inc is an american multinational corporation which provides Internet-related products and services, including internet search, cloud computing, software and advertising technologies.
Advertising revenues from AdWords generate almost all of the company's profits.
The company was founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin in 1996 while both attended Stanford University. Together, Brin and Page own about 16 percent of the company's stake.
Google was first incorporated as a privately held company on September 4, 1998, and its initial public offering followed on August 19, 2004.
The company's mission statement from the outset was "to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful"
The company's unofficial slogan is "Don't be evil".
In 2006, the company moved to its current headquarters in Mountain View, California.
Google leads the development of the Android mobile operating system and the Google Chrome OS browser found on specialized netbooks called Chromebooks.
Google has also become a hardware company with its cooperation with major electronics manufacturers on its high-end Nexus series of devices and its acquisition of Motorola Mobility .
Google has also undertaken the construction of fiber-optic infrastructure in Kansas City as part of the Google Fiber broadband Internet service project.
Google has been estimated to run over one million servers in data centers around the world,and process over one billion search requests and about twenty-four petabytes of user-generated data every day.
As of October 2012 Alexa listed the main U.S.-focused google.com site as the Internet's second most visited website, and numerous international Google sites as being in the top hundred, as well as several other Google-owned sites such as YouTube and Blogger.
Google ranks number two in the BrandZ brand equity database.
The number of monthly unique visitors to Google surpassed 1 billion for the first time in May 2012.