American manufacturer Chrysler announced the appointment of Beth Ann Bayus, former Internal and Product Communications executive, as head of Internal Branding. She will report to Gualberto Ranieri, Communications vice president for the group.
Bayus, which holds a bachelor’s degree in Public Relations from Bowling Green State University and a master’s degree in Communications from Wayne State University, will be responsible for communications strategy for all internal stakeholders… (read more)
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Israel is the next contestant in the Cash-for-Clunkers game, but playing it a bit differently than national counterparts: Israel’s intentions appear to be solely for the purpose of getting older cars off the roads. Run jointly by the transportation and environmental protection ministries, the program will hand over 3,000 New Israel Shekels (NIS) ($810 U.S.) to anyone who turns in a car more than 20 years old.
The program imposes no obligation to buy a new car – just hand over the old car and walk away with the cash. With 100 million NIS devoted to the cause and five years allotted in which to spend it, Israel is ready to take 33,333 beaters off its byways. Hat tip to Karin
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Representatives from Apple have visited executives for Los Angeles’ Cedars-Sinai Medical Center “three or four times” to talk about the Apple tablet’s potential for medical professionals at Cedars-Sinai, according to entrepreneur Jason Wilk.
Wilk, the founder of a startup company backed by the Y-Combinator incubator group, wrote on his blog that “My Dad plays golf with Cedas-Sanai hospital execs, who say they have been getting frequent visits from Apple about a new device in the last 6 weeks.”
In a phone call, Wilk said the number of visits was “three or four” and that his second-hand information suggested Apple wasn’t yet trying to close a sale, but rather probing for possible uses for the new device, which is almost certainly the tablet computer Apple plans to debut on January 27th.
It would be oversimplification to interpret the visits as proof that Apple plans to focus on medical professionals, rather than home consumers, as the tablet’s primary market.
Instead, the question is: Can Apple succeed where PC makers have failed?
We’ve been told for years that medical professionals were the guaranteed-to-succeed market for tablets. Bill Gates raved about his in 2006. But tablets like the Dell Latitude XT2 XFR, pictured above, have stiffed again and again, in part because of their ungainly laptop-with-a-backwards-facing-display design.
Wilk notes that the $2,000 Motion Computing C5 is one of the few successful devices on the clinician market, thanks to its one-piece, easily-carried form and lab-smock-white casing. A new generation of slimmer, cheaper tablets — analysts estimate Apple’s will list for $1,000 — might finally make sense for doctors and nurses to carry instead of a clipboard.
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Some wanted to call the Jelfin ball-shaped mouse a crapgadget, but that was until they wrapped their hands around the spherical mouse. We aren’t saying the Jelfin is the best mouse in the world or that it makes you forget about your mouse-woes — that’s if you’ve even ever had them — but the gel covered ball is comfortable. At first it was a bit odd to navigate our MacBook Pro 13’s desktop with a ball in hand, but we got the hang of it. But while we like the feel of the buttons, which are differentated with raised gel lines, they don’t have enough give and we had to press too hard to double click. We also aren’t thrilled that its got a long white USB cord, either. Chances are you’ll be better suited by a Logitech for real productivity, but we did enjoy using a ball as a mouse more than we ever could have imagined.
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We don’t normally get adrenalized with LCD monitors, but when they get a dash of that DisplayLink magic then it’s another story. Enter the Sideline Cinq — a 10.1-inch, 1024 x 600 vibrant LCD (with SD card reader) that needs just one USB cable for both data and power, plus it’s kosher with both Windows and Mac. Sure, the Cinq looks bulky, but at 15.6 ounces you’d likely need some serious lottery luck for it to cause any damage. There’s also a stand to avoid the attachment’s sticky tape mess on your machine — you can go landscape or portrait. The only grumble we have is that it needs a non-glossy option. $249 and the Cinq’s yours in Q3, or $199 if you pre-order from Sideline’s site. Now, how about three of these for some hardcore flight-sim sessions?
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Now this is one place that combines two of my passions games and booze! Ludia’s Bar has definitely lived up to be the awesome meet-up place that it is. The networking hub from Dragon Quest IX
Así es, los últimos rumores indican que Adrían Campos está en conversaciones con diferentes inversores para vender el equipo antes de que de comienzo el primer Gran Premio de la nueva temporada. Incluso se afirma que la venta se podría cerrar esta próxima semana.
Por otra parte, la intención de Campos es la de vender solo parte del equipo, para intentar conseguir el dinero necesario para competir, sin perder la titularidad del mismo, no se descarta la posibilidad que lo vendiera entero.
El propio Adrían Campos ha realizado la siguiente declaración: “No es ningún secreto que no tenemos el dinero. Si podemos encontrar a un buen inversor, podríamos vender parte del equipo. Pero si fuera necesario, podríamos venderlo entero, aunque se tendrían que cumplir unas condiciones”.
Si los rumores son correctos, se estarían llevando a cabo diversas negociaciones con Tony Teixeira, jefe de la A1GP.
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The Wireless Power Consortium aims to create a wireless charging standard by mid-year, allowing interoperability between the various wireless charging solution OEMs.
Menno Treffers, a Philips executive who is chairman of the consortium said at a group of vendors at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Friday ”If it’s not ready by then, I will eat my hat,"
The consortium has 27 members including Nokia, Research In Motion, Philips, Sanyo, Samsung Electronics, Energizer and Hewlett-Packard, as well as component and wireless-power technology companies such as Texas Instruments and Fulton Innovation.
The standard is for magnetic induction, a contactless technology, and can deliver up to 5 watt. This is enough for small electronics such as smartphones, Bluetooth headsets and MP3 players. A further standard will later be developed for laptops. The coils are small enough to fit in a Bluetooth headset, and devices charge as fast as if connected directly, but with about 70% efficiency.
Compatible products will carry the "Qi" logo, pictured above.
Until it arrives, some vendors won’t release any further products. "We’re done for now until the standard is complete," said Serge Traylor, brand manager for charging and rechargeable systems with Energizer. When the standard is done, Energizer will release a mat for charging as many as two devices, for about $100, and charging sleeves for smartphones, for $30 to $40, he said.
Powermat, who already have a full range on the market, and Apple are however not on board, which may create some difficulty and confusion in the market.
"If we get the standard done, that will give [wireless power] the most market appeal," said Treffers. "Otherwise it will be something that’s nice for geeks and users with specialized needs."
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The 2010 F1 season hasn’t even started, and former world champion Lewis Hamilton already threw the first punch in his quest for his second F1 title. Seen by many as the main favorite to win the world title in 2010, the McLaren driver admitted to the world the satisfaction he had when beating former teammate Fernando Alonso in his very rookie year in the series.
Back in 2007, the Brit was coming to F1 as the new kid on the block and had no plans to play second fiddle to Alonso. In … (read more)
Michael Schumacher seems ready to leave everything behind and focus solely on his return to Formula One racing, according to the recent reports in the German media. His preparation for the 2010 season of F1 has become so important that the 41-year old German decided to sell his kart track to brother Ralf, as he wouldn’t have had the proper time to take care of it throughout the year.
The news was reported by German newspaper Sport Bild, who revealed however that the name of the ka… (read more)
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Depois de cuidado estudo cheguei à conclusão que a mina já não está a ser explorada por aqueles senhores que lá andavam, conhecidos vulgarmente como mineiros.
Ficam aqui algumas fotos, seleccionadas por computador, relativas a uma inspecção feita por mim e pela minha gaja no dia 1 de Janeiro de 2010:
HeatingOil.com (blog)Tobacco Could Be the Next Source of BiofuelHeatingOil.com (blog)That way, biofuel production doesn't compete or conflict with growing crops to eat. Substantial areas are already given over to tobacco cultivation; …
Blazing a different path from Sling or even its own HAVA line, Monsoon’s Volcano is not just an HD placeshifting device — it can play back video from attached storage devices, NAS or PCs, plus internet video from YouTube or CinemaNow. Existing remote DVR and streaming features are joined by sideloading, as it can deliver compressed recordings to compatible mobiles (Android, iPhone, BlackBerry, Symbian, Windows Mobile) over 3G for later offline viewing. Other additions include an OS X client, MPEG-4 support plus plans for downloadable apps like Boxee and an open SDK for developers. Pricing is set at $199 with 4GB of flash memory included or $299 with 250GB HDD. Check out a video of our quick demo of the client running on a Motorola DROID and a press release with all the other details after the break.
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Don’t call it a docking station. Toshiba’s latest Dynadock is classified as a USB port replicator, but what makes this one a wee bit special is the integrated DisplayLink DL-165 chip that enables 1080p content to flow from a USB port and onto a DVI monitor. Put simply, this device acts just like a typical USB docking station, but with minimal bulk; as for inputs, you’ll find four USB 2.0 sockets, a single DVI port, mic in, headphone out, a power port and support for resolutions as high as 1,920 x 1,080. It’s available now in Europe for an undisclosed amount, but who knows if it’ll ever head Stateside.
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As a growth strategy for the telecom industry, focusing investment on mobility and data services while withdrawing it from wireline voice is doomed to fail. The rise of Twitter, Facebook and texting teens does not change the fact that people still depend on voice for the vast majority of their communication needs. And a single phone model for communication makes as much as sense as a single shoe model for footwear.
The future of the telecom industry lies not in mobility or data services but in leveraging voice as the best means of conveying “social energy.” The notion of social energy — aka human connection — was emphasized in John Bowlby’s attachment theory circa 1940 and again in Abraham Maslow’s theory of a hierarchy of needs, from 1943. Bowlby argued that human connection is not optional, while Maslow ranked human connection as No. 3 out of five basic needs motivating human behavior. But while the pursuit of social energy drives the growth of Twitter, Facebook and the as-yet unknown next big thing in communication, it also serves to make even the presently problematic voice industry a multitrillion-dollar global business.
And although President Obama suffers the same mediocre voice quality in conversations with world leaders as teens planning their social agenda do, even a standard telephone call represents the next best thing to being there relative to text or non real-time options. The question is not whether existing uses of the telephone might benefit from voice quality improvements, which, by definition, consist of only those activities one can accomplish in spite of the limitations. The question is whether the implementation of high-definition voice and other changes might make the telephone useful in contexts that presently require getting together in person. Orange’s announced plans to offer HD voice in 2010 as a competitive tool against O2 in the UK will provide an opportunity to put this question to the test.
Indeed, the notion of social energy provides a ready road map for telco innovation. To that end, FWD, where I am CEO, has launched a VoIP trial dubbed Nova which leverages HD (G.722)-capable SIP end points to create the communication equivalent of a web site. Indeed, the declining demand for voice services make clear the need to create more compelling voice offers, but the notion of a telephone company without voice is like a music industry without music.
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There’s quite a drought plaguing the Wii and DS games this week, but the Weekend Warrior is packed full of everything else. Let’s see here: a stolen and pawned Wii, 22 Wiis for serial killers, a nearly
hitting the wall: Chart of the Day – … For some perspective, today’s chart illustrates the percent increase in the number of jobs for every decade since the 1940s (the data goes back to 1939). …
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great unemployment charts: The Sick Old Man of the Americas – Casey’s Daily Dispatch
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this is interesting – Q&A: Pimco’s Bill Gross Sees 2010 as Year of Reckoning – By John Curran – TIME.com
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Investment Outlook – Bill Gross – Let’s Get Fisical – PIMCO
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Exercises In Supreme Hypocrisy: Bill Gross Edition – Submitted by Tyler Durden – In a pathological example of nearly clinical hypocrisy, PIMCO’s Bill Gross yesterday dedicated 4 meandering essay pages full of polemical ramblings to the characterization of America’s sad political and financial hybrid reality. Yet the billionaire’s saddest message is precisely the self-deluded aggrandizement that Gross decries yet willfully takes advantage of every single day. – Zero Hedge
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Global Boom Builds for Epic Bust: Peter Boone and Simon Johnson – There are three main lessons to be learned from the past year. First, we’ve built a dangerous financial system in Europe and the U.S., and 2009 made it more dangerous. – has other 2 and more thoughts – Bloomberg
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The Keynesian Multiplier: Less Effective with Each New Stimulus Package – Kimball Corson – There is a small war going on between liberal and conservative economists about whether government stimulus packages increase or do not materially affect basic levels of economic activity. Liberals think they stimulate economic growth a lot; conservative economists disagree. I think both camps are wrong and that the Keynesian multiplier becomes lower and lower and more and more transitory in its impact for each successive stimulus program adopted during a recession. … – Seeking Alpha
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Peter Schiff: A Hell of a Decade – In its recent look back on the first ten years of the century, Time Magazine proclaimed the period to be “the decade from hell.” … Under no circumstances could the past ten years be described as “the decade from hell.” In fact, in terms of economic good fortune, the period shares parallels with the Roaring Twenties. I would describe this as a decade of sin that paved the way to hell. … – more thoughts at Euro Pacific
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has list – S&P’s Top 10 Worries for 2010 – To counterbalance an otherwise optimistic outlook for 2010, S&P’s Market, Credit, and Risk Strategies Group has issued a list of “10 Concerns You Probably Think You Don’t Need To Worry About In 2010 (And Therefore Should Be Worried About).” The independent MCRS team is concerned about what one might call “stag-deflation.” … – Research Recap
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has lists – BlackRock’s Crystal Ball into 2010 and the Next Decade – By Dian L. Chu –
BlackRock, Inc. (BLK) Vice Chairman Bob Doll has been putting out annual predictions for 15 years. Doll, who helps oversee about $3.2 trillion at BlackRock, the world’s biggest asset manager, just released his ten predictions for 2010 and for the next ten year. Eleven of the twelve predictions he made for 2009 were right. Below are Highlights of his latest market forecasts. – Economic Forecasts & Opinions
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When Will China Be Larger than the U.S. Economy? – Bill Conerly – I got this question twice this week, once from an interest reader and once after a speech. I expect China’s economy to be larger than ours within the next decade, most likely around 2018. Here’s a picture of the two economies: … – Businomics Blog
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2010 Forecast: The Year of Uncertainty – … regarding the repeal of Bush Tax Cuts – … My contention is that if such a tax increase is enacted all at once, the economy will at a minimum dip back into a nasty recession. … But I have to be willing to change my mind if The Great Experiment proves me wrong. But if you think unemployment is high now, you will really not like what happens if we dip back into recession. It could go a lot higher. They are truly risking a great deal if they decide to pursue this experiment. Thus, I am faced with a great deal of uncertainty as I look into the future with my forecasts … – John Mauldin’s Weekly E-Letter
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Although the entire testing in the off-season has been scheduled by the International Automobile Federation (FIA) only on European soil, the Formula One teams are now discussing the possibility of testing their 2010 challengers in Bahrain also.
According to the Gulf Daily News, the Sakhir track’s boss Martin Whitaker admitted that discussions are already taking place in order to secure the F1 teams a couple of days of testing, prior to the season opener in mid-March.
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