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Android is getting the majority of its traction from the North American region while the iPhone is more global in nature, according to a new report from the soon-to-be-owned-by-Google mobile advertising company, AdMob. Of course, that’s due to change soon given that Google claims some 100,000 Android-based phones are being activated every day on 59 carriers in 48 countries.

The “devices shipped can be very different from the installed user base on a platform,” notes AdMob. It uses Apple as an example, pointing to how Cupertino “does not break out how many of the 85 million iPhone OS units are no longer in use, what the overlap is between iPhone and iPod touch users.” Well you could say the same for Android devices. I already have three Android-based phones I no longer use.

And that is precisely why I like AdMob’s “unique devices” approach.

AdMob says that in the U.S. in April there were 10.7 million iPhone devices compared to 8.7 million Android devices. Add in the iPod touch, and the gap between the platforms increases to 2:1 in the US and 3.5:1 globally. Nearly 75 percent of Android devices are used in North America, compared to 49 percent of iPhone OS devices.

According to AdMob, in April HTC accounted for the second-largest smartphone traffic in the U.S. after Apple, with 18.9 percent of the total traffic share vs. iPhone’s 38 percent. On a worldwide basis, HTC accounted for 10 percent of traffic, though Apple leads there with a 41 percent share.

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A new Mercy for Animals investigation reveals unbelievable cruelty at a dairy farm in Ohio.

After viewing the footage, Dr. Bernard Rollin, distinguished professor of animal science at Colorado State University, stated: “This is probably the most gratuitous, sustained, sadistic animal abuse I have ever seen. The video depicts calculated, deliberate cruelty, based not on momentary rage but on taking pleasure through causing pain to cows and calves who are defenseless.”

Link.

In an interview with ABC News “Nightline” Jesse James admitted everything about cheating Sandra Bullock and he said childhood abuse made him to cheat on her with number of other women.

Biker Jesse said, he grew up with shame and fear and the way his mind rationalized, he said ‘Well, you know, I might as well do whatever I can to like run her off cause she is going to find out what I am anyway and leave me anyway.’”

He said, he is the reason for damaging his marriage and it’s all him, and he said he did it because he never felt good for anyone. He also said, he is more messed up than anyone else right now and it was like peeling onion. He found out new truth about him everyday, he said he cried so much in rehab than he has in his whole life. And everything he said about his life and childhood is truth and it is not a BS.

Jesse says, he still has the hopes that he and Sandra will reconcile. He said he doesn’t want to go through all these things which he is facing right now. And he hopes people realize that he is a human and he made a mistake for which he is sorry.

Related posts:

1. Jesse James and Sandra Bullock Split because of Michelle “Bombshell” McGee
2. L.A home of Jesse James for Sale
3. Jesse Realized his Mistake

Lindsay Lohan has a SCRAM (Secure Continuous Remote Alcohol Monitoring) bracelet on her hands now which is worth $1500 but Lindsay has it for free. Court ordered Lindsay to wear this bracelet all the time which will make her stay away from booze.

21 year old Lindsay is a party girl, she is famous for late night partying and her expensive lifestyle. But Judge Marsha Revel changed her lifestyle by ordering no alcohol, weekly drug tests and regular alcohol classes. For violating the probation, failing to appear in front of judge and missing her weekly classes, she could be in jail for more than 180 days.

Alcohol monitoring device was issued to stop her from her usual lifestyle, the device has a breathe analyzer technology. This whole incident when Lindsay crashed her car after a night of long partying and drinking in 2007. Lindsay has been wearing this device for the second time now. Director of her next movie “I Know Who Killed Me” was concerned about the shooting schedule which may interfere with her alcohol classes.

Let’s hope this program will change her life and her attitude as well.

Related posts:

1. Lindsay Lohan’s New Ankle Bracelet: Breathalyzer Technology
2. New Conditions on Lindsay Lohan
3. Lindsay Lohan’s Ankle Bracelet Monitors Alcohol

Don’t worry so much about not understanding that headline. We don’t blame you. The Dalvik Virtual Machine is a behind-the-scenes tool that most of you never see, let alone need to worry about. Same goes for the Just-in-Time compiler — aka the JIT. But those two things are among the main reasons Android 2.2 — Froyo — is leaps and bounds faster than than its predecessors. (Check out our own benchmarking tests if you need proof.)

Google’s Dan Bornstein recently took to the Android Developers Blog to explain more about Dalvik and Jit. And he turns it into plain English far better than I could:

We added a Just In Time (JIT) compiler to the Dalvik VM. The JIT is a software component which takes application code, analyzes it, and actively translates it into a form that runs faster, doing so while the application continues to run. If you want to learn more about the design of the Dalvik JIT, please watch the excellent talk from Google I/O 2010 given by my colleagues Bill Buzbee and Ben Cheng, which should be posted to YouTube very soon.

To be clear, the differences aren’t always dramatic, nor do they apply uniformly to all applications. Code that is written to run the CPU all-out can now do more in the same amount of time (running faster), and code that is written to be rate-limited can get its work done using less time and less of the CPU (using less battery). On the performance front in particular, we have seen realistic improvements of 2x to 5x for CPU-bound code, compared to the previous version of the Dalvik VM. This is equivalent to about 4x to 10x faster than a more traditional interpreter implementation.

OK, I take it back. I understood parts of that. But I especially understood the part where Dan explain that things run "4x to 10x faster." There’s no interpretation needed there. And on top of the speed increases, the JIT is light on RAM, too. It’s a win-win. Check out Dan’s entire post for the whole nitty-gritty on the JIT and why you’ll love it. [Android Developers Blog]

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Yes, this is true! Giant retail store Wal-Mart reduced the price of iPhone 3G on Tuesday with the intention of clearing the shelves so that it can create a place for new models from Apple. Believe it or not Wal-Mart started selling 16 gigabyte iPhone 3G smartphones for just $97 with two year service contracts from AT&T.

Senior category director for wireless in Wal-Mart said, they are going to reduce the price of smartphones so that the customers can grab these new savings as soon as possible. The price for which the smartphones are being sold at Wal-Mart is $102 cheaper than from an Apple store and both the stores ask you to sign a two year contract on phone with AT&T.

Apple is coming up with the new model iPhone 4G and that is the reason why Wal-Mart is trying to clear the shelves. People are now thinking, whether to buy 3G from Wal-Mart or they should wait for the new model which is going to be in stores from July?

The question is, is it a good deal? Bad buy? Or wait for next one?

Related posts:

1. Apple Launching New iPhone? iPhone Sale On List Price Begins
2. June 7 Marked, iPhone 3GS Prices Slashed As Apple Gears Up For iPhone 4G
3. Higher Taxes Result iPad Being 25% Expensive In European Market

While some of the earliest contenders to the iPad’s throne seem like they won’t be contending at all (the HP Slate, Microsoft’s Courier), other major personal electronics players are stepping forward to challenge Apple on the tablet front. Including Dell, who recently unveiled the Streak, an Android-based touchscreen device.

But there are number of things off about the Dell Streak. First, it’s quite a small device. With a screen only half the size of the iPad’s, and only slightly bigger than most modern smartphones at 5-inches, it seems somewhat awkwardly sized. Second, it can act as a smartphone, making calls, texting, etc. It doesn’t really blur the line between smartphone and tablet so much as sit completely on the smartphone side of said line.

While both the Streak and the iPad run operating systems designed originally for smartphones, the iPad clearly isn’t one. It’s too large to comfortably hold up to your face, and, more importantly, it lacks the internals and software necessary to process phone calls. The iPad’s role in the digital ecosystem may not be entirely clear, but it knows what it isn’t, and that’s a phone.

The Dell Streak is a phone, whatever its marketing department may want you to believe. And that may be its strongest aspect in terms of going toe to toe with the iPad, in that it only does so in a broad sense, fighting generally for consumer electronic dollars without really encroaching on the super-specific niche Apple has carved out.

Dell’s Streak seems like the punchline to an old joke about the iPad: It’s like the iPad except it fits in your pocket, has a camera and makes phone calls. And it stands a chance of competing with the device in terms of sales, but not with the iPhone, the next revision of which will undoubtedly blow it out of the water. But saying you’re making an iPhone killer is so passé at this point, and it’s a claim many smartphone makers have found themselves regretting. Pitting the Streak against the iPad instead avoids both of those pitfalls.

Bottom line, it may be a clever marketing maneuver, but it isn’t a tablet. I doubt very much the Streak will be leeching any customers away from Apple’s devices, be they tablets or the next generation iPhone. Dell’s effort makes the mistake of trying to be everything to everybody and missing the mark entirely. A larger tablet dubbed the Looking Glass seems to be in the cards for the near future from Dell, though, so we’ll see if it learns any lessons for that effort.

Related GigaOM Pro Research: Can Anyone Compete With the iPad?

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Mention the word "platoon" during a light
conversation with a fantasy owner and the mood will instantly darken. Not even a
sudden topic change to Erin Andrews’ erotic bedroom dance could rectify the
moment.

Outside possibly "Sizemore" there is no word that elicits
more disgustful feelings in the virtual game’s vocabulary. After all, timeshare
players like Andres Torres(notes), Marcus Thames(notes) and Xavier Nady(notes) – though useful in "only"
formats – aren’t exactly stimulating to the common mixed leaguer.

However, Cincinnati’s
Jonny Gomes(notes) is challenging the widely accepted stigma.

Thus far, the colorful veteran has amassed attention-grabbing
totals. Over 130 at-bats, he’s tallied a .285-6-27-23-1 line, an output which checks
in at No. 39 among outfielders according to Baseball Monster well ahead of
notable names Matt Holliday(notes), Carlos Lee(notes), Adam Lind(notes) and teammate Jay Bruce(notes).

Since he was schooled at the Dave Kingman Academy of Free
Swinging (28.3 K%), a BA regression back to the career norm (.244 BA) should be
expected. He likely won’t finish north of .280. The missing "h" in
his first name says it all.

But Gomes’ muscle is very real.

Because he’s equipped with a strong, uppercut swing (0.52
GB/FB ratio) he could flirt with 30 homers playing half his games in the Great
American Bandbox. His increase in outside contact rate, aggressive plate approach
and RBI-friendly spots in Dusty Baker’s order support the forecast. If he
maintains his current pace, he will finish shy of the projected long-ball ceiling,
but 21 homers, 97 RBI and 82 runs are nothing to scoff at. That’s production
similar to what popular commodities Ryan Ludwick(notes) and Brad Hawpe(notes) achieved last
season. In this Jose Bautista(notes)-crazed season, anything is possible.

Despite routine days off, the 29-year-old credits feeling
locked in for the sudden surge. From MLB.com:

"I’m seeing the ball pretty good," Gomes said.
"It’s still early and Laynce Nix(notes) and I have been platooning. So, our
at-bats are kind of low right now and our average is going to fluctuate with a
few hits here and there. But I’m just seeing the ball and working pretty hard
with our hitting coach Brook Jacoby, who’s a real good fit for me and he knows
my swing pretty well and I’ve been working hard with him."

After being hindered by injury and inconsistency while in Tampa, it’s no surprise
Gomes has finally blossomed at a different address. The man, who’s cheated
death twice and possibly a third time after he exuberantly slammed Bud Light
from Dioner Navarro’s presumably tainted cup when the Rays clinched the AL pennant in ’08, is amazingly resilient.

On a team loaded with a number of statistical marvels (Joey
Votto(notes), Brandon Phillips(notes) and Scott Rolen(notes)) and hyped youngsters (Bruce and Drew
Stubbs(notes)), it’s understandable why the 17-percent owned outfielder is still doing
backstrokes in many free agent pools. However, for owners who can see past the
split situation, he could be a deep league difference maker. And a key reason why
Mr. Redlegs might bust a stitch come October.

Another monster month similar to May (.343-4-15-14-1) and
the Garden Gomes won’t remain beneath the surface much longer.

Fearless Forecast (rest of season): 313 at-bats, .258 BA, 17 HR, 58 RBI, 50 R, 4 SB 

Discount Den
Quality commodity owned
in fewer than 30 percent of Yahoo! leagues.

Eric Hinske(notes), Atl, 1B/3B/OF
(seven-percent owned): Due to his multi-positional eligibility, the
well-traveled commodity is a contortionist of sorts. To deep leaguers,
considerable flexibility is invaluable. Earning regular time in left due to
Melky Cabrera’s(notes) mundane play; he’s hit .391 with four homers 12 RBI and nine
runs this month. The veteran has an unsustainable .423 BABIP, which means the
.300 BA won’t last long. However, his power is legit. Recall in ’08, he clubbed
20 homers in just 381 at-bats with the Rays. Owners searching for a short-term
fix at CI or OF should give the 32-year-old an audition.

Ooh Stream Weaver…
Widely available plug
n’ play starter heading into the weekend.

P.J. Walters(notes), StL (5/27
at SD, one-percent owned): For those who think boxing a mutant kangaroo
is a riskless gamble, the recently recalled prospect is immediately acquirable.
Prior to being recalled, the 25-year-old finesse righty dominated PCL opponents.
In 18.2 innings with Triple-A Memphis
he totaled an impressive 0.48 ERA, 0.66 WHIP and 11.38 K/9 over three starts.
Similar to LA’s John Ely(notes), Walters doesn’t possess overpowering stuff. Instead,
he relies heavily on offspeed junk – his change rates as one of the
organization’s best – to miss bats and coax weak contact.  Because Dave Duncan could turn water into
wine and based on San Diego’s
offensive shortcomings (.243 team BA, 4.2 runs/game), the rookie is a
roll-of-the-dice start which could pay a handsome profit. 

Middle Relief Magic
ERA/WHIP savior,
potential saves/wins vulture.

Joaquin Benoit(notes), TB
(one-percent owned): Storming back with a vengeance after going under the knife to
repair a torn rotator cuff in January ’09, the reliever has shined as a Ray.
Working in high leverage situations, he has punched out 14 in nine innings with
just two walks. Dan Wheeler(notes) and Grant Balfour’s(notes) struggles as setup men
in the recent past has left a bitter taste in Joe Maddon’s mouth, opening
the door for Benoit. Though his GB/FB ratio is a bit sky-heavy (0.44) and 7.1
line-drive rate will inflate, the former starter’s increased fastball velocity
and effective change are certainly attractive. Toss Nelson Cruz’s(notes) body double
a flotation device in 12-team and deeper leagues. 

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Is the new Prince of Persia movie racist? Almost certainly not, but that’s the accusation being levied by independent film maker Jehanzeb Dar, saying that the part of The Prince “really needed to go to someone who’s Persian.” So, rather than try to find someone of Persian (or at the very least, Middle Eastern) descent, the film’s producers instead went with a well-known Hollywood actor. Is there anything wrong with that, really?

Let’s think this out a bit. Prince of Persia tells the story of Prince, a fine young man who hails from Persia. My guess is that the average American doesn’t know that Persia = Iran. If they did, we’d be hearing the likes of Sean Hannity and Glenn Beck railing on and on about how the movie glorifies Iranian civilization, and Real Americans obviously hate everything Iranian. (I’ve never met someone from Iran, but I’m sure they’re nice people.) Anyhow, Dar also said:

It’s not only insulting to Persians, it’s also insulting to white people. It’s saying white people can’t enjoy movies unless the protagonist is white.

Dar’s way over-thinking this. I’m sure the film’s producers were merely thinking, “We need to find a male actor who’s reasonably well-known to the American movie-goer. Quick, intern, go through this list of actors and see who’s available for two months sometime in the next six months. We’ll go with whoever the hell answers our phone calls.” I guess Jake Gyllenhaal, the actor who plays Prince, wasn’t busy.

That’s all that happened, people.

And another thing, and it’s the reverse of what Dar is saying: why can’t a white person portray an Iranian? Can the audience, which is watching a FAKE SHOW, not handle an actor who doesn’t look like what they think he or she should look like? And why does skin color even matter? Why can’t an actor act? Didn’t men play woman in the time of Shakespeare? What if I, a nerd of Puerto Rican descent (even though I know absolutely nothing about Puerto Rico—I know more about the cultures of World of Warcraft than I do anything about Puerto Rico), wanted to play George Washington in a community theater production of “George Washington Does Some Stuff”? Would the audience not be able to handle that? I’m a great actor, I’ll have you know!

We’re all people, folks. Jake Gyllenhaal has as much right to play Prince as does some guy from Tehran. It’s not like the show’s producers called up a giant lizard to play Prince, then I can see an issue.

Here is a visual representation of the latest stats regarding Android’s traction in the 18 months since debut. Information provided by Google Inc. at Google I/O 2010.

Key figures from the statistics:

• Google rapidly produces updates to the Android platform; often times OEMs and carriers struggle to keep up with software updates for consumer devices. Many factors attribute to this like phone processor limitations or custom user interfaces.
• According to AdMob, Android is first in total Web & App usage in the U.S. and second in smartphone sales behind RIM’s Blackberry.
• More than one billion miles have been navigated with Google Maps Navigation.
• Google experienced a 5x growth in mobile search (from 2008-2010).
• Last month we told you Google was seeing more than 60k daily activations, that number has now jumped over 100k.
• There are 60 compatible devices, 59 carriers, 48 countries, and 21 OEMs supporting Android.
• Android has more than 50,000 Android Apps with more than 180,000 developers.

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Sounds like it’s not just Megabus drivers who need to invest in a GPS. Alphonzo tells Consumerist that his local UPS drivers are evidently unable to locate his house. It sounds like some of his local drivers have no sense of direction whatsoever.

I live in [redacted] SC and my UPS deliveries are like a box of chocolates, I never what I’m going to get! Several times UPS has called me asking for directions to my house or to drop by the UPS to get my package. The first time this was not a problem, but the 10th it had become excessive. One day ill get all of my packages, the next day UPS will call for directions.

Finally I decided to get a mailbox at the UPS store. Unfortunately UPS does not have directions to the UPS store, because they called me twice in one day for directions. At this point I’m fed up. Is there a way to get a PC or MAC with internet access into the hands of a UPS dispatcher so that I can get my packages in a timely manner? I know what Brown can do for me…buy GPS units for all of its drivers.

Maybe that’s the issue. Perhaps some drivers have GPS units or can read a map, and others can’t, and that’s the factor that determines whether or not you get your packages.

BookLover is a $0.99 app for the iPhone for people who love books. It looks at first glance like an iPhone version of Delicious Library, which I’ve never used. You can organize books — complete with book cover art and in some cases a synopsis — on your virtual bookshelf. You can take notes on books you’ve read, or perhaps jot a note reminding you about who you loaned your copy to. You can post your notes directly to your FaceBook wall or email them to a friend. And BookLover can recommend other books for you to read.

I find it hard to justify the use of a dedicated application for making what is essentially a list of things: the built in note taking application on the iPhone works just fine for that purpose, for me. The addition of cover art is neat, and being able to drag-and-drop books on the virtual bookshelf to organize them is handy if you have a large list of books pending to be read. I don’t, which is why the plain old Notes app is fine.

If you’re a bibliophile, give BookLover a shot.

Like astronomy? Like The Guild? Like Fwhil Fwheaton? Then you’ll love this:

This is the latest in a series of pretty funny videos from Spitzer Science Center called IRrelevant Astronomy. They’ve had lots of great folks on them, including Felicia Day, Sean Astin, and Betty White! Awesome.

In this one, Amy Okuda (Tinkerballa from The Guild) is the actor, and Wil voices the robot as well as a slightly more cheesy (not evil) version of himself. These are great videos, fun to watch, and also edumacational. I highly recommend them. Watch this one through all the way to the end…

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Filed under: Coupe, Performance, Europe, BMW, Racing

Oh yes, kids and kiddies. BMW has just dropped the juicy details on the spanking new M3 GTS. Here’s the skinny: under the hood is a 4.4-liter V8 with 450 horsepower and 324 pound-deet of twist. All that muscle kicks at the rear tires via a seven-speed dual-clutch gearbox and helps the car get to 60 mph in under 4.4 seconds and on to a top speed of 189 mph. BMW’s army of Bavarian engineers managed to slim the car’s weight down to around 3,373 pounds, which should make the already wicked M3 even more devilish on track.

Speaking of tossing the M3 GTS around on track, BMW has fitted the car with a bolted-in roll bar as well as factory mounting points for an additional cage. While the standard three-point belts are par for the course, the race-bred German comes with six-point belts for both front occupants as well. Stopping duties fall on hefty six-piston calipers squeezing on 14.9-inch rotors up front and four-piston blocks out back.

If you want it – and lets face it, we all want it – get ready to shell out a lofty $170,000.

[Source: BMW]

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I was speaking with a woman of considerable savviness in matters of male-female socializing. I wanted to know how to deal with a situation that required tip-toeing the line between candor and deceit. This is the advice she gave me.

ME: So this girl that I think is cute asks me if the girl she saw me with is my girlfriend. I don’t want to say yes and risk blowing my chances out of the water. I don’t want to say no, either, because I know women are more attracted to men when those men are getting love from other women. And a “no” would have been a lie, anyhow. So I was thinking about saying something close to the truth that also leaves the door open for continued flirting and possible future hooking up. Something along the lines of, “Well, we’re going through a rough patch now. Hard to say how it will turn out. We’re discussing a trial separation.”

SMART GIRL: Ugh, no.

ME: Why?

SMART GIRL: Too much explaining. By the time you’re finished with that I’m thinking “Wow, sorry I asked!”

ME: You got something better?

SMART GIRL: Just say, “It’s complicated.”

ME: “It’s complicated.” And that’s it?

SMART GIRL: That’s all you need. When a girl hears “it’s complicated”, she gets inside her head guessing about what you mean. That’s the place you want her to be if you want a shot with her.

ME: What if she follows up by asking me what I mean?

SMART GIRL: She won’t. Most girls understand that “it’s complicated” is code for “don’t ask me any more questions about it”. And you know girls love mystery, so they’re not going to ruin a good mystery by trying to solve it.

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So there you go gentlemen. “It’s complicated.” Commit it to memory and deploy liberally. With some field practice, I’ve discovered that “it’s complicated” can serve as a useful stand-in for all sorts of scenarios you may find yourself in with a girl. It’s a go-to answer for all kinds of questions, not just the ones pertaining to your relationship status.

GIRL: So are you dating anyone right now?

YOU: It’s complicated.

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GIRL: Just how many girls have you been with?

YOU: It’s complicated.

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GIRL: What are you looking for?

YOU: It’s complicated.

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GIRL: Will you buy me a drink?

YOU: It’s complicated.

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GIRL: You’re not going to try to stick it in my ass tonight, are you?

YOU: It’s complicated.

GIRL: *swoon*

Filed under: Game, Girls

Biggest Loser: Couples winner Michael Ventrella — a 30-year-old Chi-Town DJ — credits “old-fashioned hard work” for his weight-loss transformation after dropping 264 lbs., the largest loss in the show’s nine season history! Ventrella, who entered the fitness competition with his mother Maria, pocketed a $250,000 cash prize after kissing victory on Tuesday night’s finale.

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Steve was playing with this app this morning.  Seems to work well.

Ever wish you had an extra display for your computer? There’s an app for that! With Air Display, you can use your iPad as a wireless display for your Mac OS X computer.

via Air Display « Avatron Software.