I recently found two great YouTube videos presenting interesting statistics as well as future predictions about mobile technology and mobile media.
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Kizoa – Slideshow Maker, Free Online Slideshows, Edit Photos
Sophia – Free Social Teaching and Learning Network focused solely on education
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Pixelpipe – Publish photos, video, audio, text and files on over 100 online destinations.
“Publish photos, video, audio, text and files on over 100 online destinations “
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IDC Forecasts Worldwide Smartphone Market to Grow by Nearly 50% in 2011
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I gave a presentation “Creating an Online Course Based on E-Learning 2.0 Concepts” at the 2011 TxDLA 14th Annual Confernce in San Antonio, Texas last week. I want to take the opportunity to share my presentation here with my blog subscribers. This presentation provided an overview of e-learning 2.0 concepts and described the process of designing, developing, and teaching an online course based on e-learning 2.0 concepts. Also, lessons learned and students’ feedback regarding their opinions and experiences on taking my online courses based on e-learning 2.0 concepts were discussed in the presentation. Below is an online version of my presentation at the 2011 TxDLA Conference. Please feel free to provide suggestions and comments. Thanks.
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I came across two excellent presentations delivered by Stephanie Rieger in Dallas and London recently. These presentations provide very good overview of the current development and future trend of mobile devices.
Beyond the mobile web
It’s about people, not devices…
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WordPress for BlackBerry version 1.4.6.1 has been released to BlackBerry App World.
WordPress for BlackBerry 1.4.6.1 is a security update that also improves the communication layer within the app. To store your credentials, the app is now using a completely different, strongly encrypted storage model. Due to these changes, we’ve held back on developing new features in this release to make sure the transition to the new storage model is as smooth as possible. While the app should transfer your credentials to the new storage model, you might be forced to re-add your blogs/sites when updating. (Draft posts will not be erased, so once you have re-added a blog the old drafts should become visible again.)
Other changes include:
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It looks BGR has raided the PowerPoint presentations at RIM, this time providing us with a render of the BlackBerry Torch 2 along with specs. The most notable improvement is the processor bump to 1.2GHz. So, when is coming out. It’s looking like Q3 on AT&T Wireless. That’s a long time in mobile, a long time. We’ll keep our fingers crossed.
via BGR
There appears to be a new king of the hill when it comes to BlackBerry devices and that’s the BlackBerry Dakota. Photos have leaked out and it appears similar in many ways to the BlackBerry Bold. The BlackBerry Dakota will reportedly bring HD video recording, 3G Mobile Hotspot, magnetometer, NFC (Near Field Communications) and more.
Here are the specs:
No word on pricing, but one could assume that AT&T will get this first.
via BGR
Here at CES and the Playbook just got official on Sprint 4G. Unfortunately, we’re looking at a summer release, but at least on the books now. Full press release after the break.
New 4G Tablet to Deliver Unmatched Power and Web Performance – Available Exclusively from Sprint this Summer
Las Vegas, NV – CES 2011 – Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM) and Sprint (NYSE: S) today announced plans to launch a new BlackBerry® PlayBook™ tablet model featuring connectivity to the blazingly fast Sprint 4G network. The BlackBerry 4G PlayBook™ will be the first BlackBerry PlayBook model to include wide area wireless connectivity, featuring Sprint 4G to give customers download speeds up to 10 times faster than 3G1. This new 4G model is expected to be available from Sprint in the summer.
The BlackBerry 4G PlayBook is a professional-grade tablet that’s set to redefine the possibilities of mobile computing, giving users an ultra-portable design with industry leading performance, uncompromised web browsing, true multitasking and HD multimedia, as well as advanced security features and out-of-the-box enterprise support. Together, the BlackBerry 4G PlayBook and the Sprint 4G network will provide a high performance platform that will enable a mobile services revolution for both application developers and customers.
“RIM believes a significant portion of the tablet market will want a higher performing, multitasking, professional-grade tablet and that is why we chose to design the BlackBerry PlayBook for premium performance with a powerful dual-core processor and multitasking OS. Together with Sprint, we are now building on that performance advantage with 4G and providing an unparalleled mobile experience for users,” said Mike Lazaridis, President and Co-CEO at Research In Motion.
”We are excited to bring this powerful new product to our business customers and consumers who rely on Sprint for industry-leading devices as well as one of the best values in wireless,” said Steve Elfman, president of network operations and wholesale for Sprint. “This tablet is a great example of Sprint’s strong partnership with RIM in continuing to bring customers powerful devices to enhance their mobility. We are confident the BlackBerry 4G PlayBook from Sprint will be one of the most anticipated tablets in 2011.”
In addition to Wi-Fi® support, the BlackBerry 4G PlayBook features a 1 GHz dual-core processor, 1 GB of RAM and the new BlackBerry® Tablet OS. The ultra portable, ultra thin tablet will offer an uncompromised, high-fidelity web experience with support for Adobe® Flash® Player 10.1, Adobe® Mobile AIR® and HTML-5 enabling customers to enjoy all of the sites, games, media and richness of the full Internet, delivered at 4G speeds. Additional details and pricing will be released closer to launch.
Sprint 4G is currently available in 71 markets2 across the country, including Atlanta, San Francisco, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles and New York City. Sprint first launched 4G in Baltimore in September 2008 and continues to build its 4G service for consumers and business users across the country. For more information, visit www.sprint.com/4G.
For more information about the BlackBerry 4G PlayBook, visit www.blackberry.com/playbook or www.sprint.com/4Gplaybook.
Call of Duty: Black Ops has become the most illegally downloaded games globally with a record of four million times download in just a month. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is second most illegally downloaded games as revealed by data collected by analyzing torrent data. It crossed four million mark in 2010.
Though the CoD games are too much pirated, but it has still not affected Activision. The developer’s sale is more than a billion dollar to its loayl console playing gamers. However, the piracy has highly affected the Xbox 360 and Wii consoles.
Below is the list of most illegally downloaded games. It has been compiled by TorrenFreak:
Top 5 Illegal PC Game Downloads in 2010
Call of Duty: Black Ops
Battlefield: Bad Company 2
Mafia 2
Mass Effect 2
Starcraft II
Top 5 Illegal Wii Game Downloads in 2010
Super Mario Galaxy 2
Wii Party
Donkey Kong Country Returns
Kirbys Epic Yarn
Red Steel 2
Top 5 Illegal Xbox 360 Game Downloads in 2010
Dante’s Inferno
Alan Wake
Red Dead Redemption
Halo Reach
Call of Duty: Black Ops
WordPress for BlackBerry version 1.4.4 has been released to BlackBerry App World.
Depending on your region or country, you may not see the latest version in BlackBerry App World yet. However, the new release should be available for download on your device starting today.
1.4.4 adds the following features:
We also squeezed in some bug fixes, including the media uploading issue on the 9800 Torch device:
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This holiday, the most anticipated game is Call of Duty: Black Ops, everyone even remotely attached are saying this. The pre-orders of the game is setting records so far and only four weeks are left for the D-Day. It is set to be released on November 9. According to retailers, the pre-orders of Black Ops are through the roof. It has surpassed the pre-orders of Modern Warfare 2.
Well, the high pre-orders does not mean that the sales will go down after its launch. It will go into the clouds through the roof.
This is the third Call of Duty for developer Treyarch
following Call of Duty: Big Red One of 2005 and Call of Duty: World at War of 2008. Call of Duty: Black Ops is hotly anticipated and it is surely going to send other games running for cover.
Black Ops is available for Xbox 360, PC and PS3. Recently it was also announced by Activision that the game will also be available on Nintendo DS and Nintendo Wii. Added to this, it will also be available in 3D to make the whole experience a real one for gamers.
DLC map paks of Modern Warfare 2 becomes cheaper ahead of the launch of Call of Duty: Black Ops, Novembre 9th. The Xbox Live is hosting promotional offer for the two map packs of Modern Warfare 2. The price has been almost cut to half.
Till now there are two map packs of Modern Warfare 2, the Stimulus map pack and the Resurgence. Each is being available for 15 dollars or 1200 MS Points. Now, the two has been reduced to just 600 MS Points, a Microsoft offer.
Both the map packs add 5 new maps to the MW2 multiplayer mode. Three of the maps are new and two are the remakes of classic ones from the original Modern Warfare that was released in 2007.
The Stimulus map pack adds Bailout, Salvage and Storm, and remakes are Crash and Overgrown.
In the Resurgence map pack, the new ones are Carnival, Fuel and Trailer Park where as the remakes are Vacant and Strike.
Since the release of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 in November 2009, it has not yet seen any fit challenge on Xbox LIVE. This is in fact true. Regularly, almost in every week, the game has been on the top of the chart. The game has proved to be the most played on the service across the world.
The recent listing for the week of September 13th indicates a new challenge for Modern Warfare 2. The challenger is Halo: Reach. It is effortlessly climbing up on the chart and now it is on the third place. It is now the third most played game on Xobx LIVE.
Below is the list of top ten titles of Xbox 360 Top LIVE:
•1 Modern Warfare 2
•2 Halo 3
•3 Halo: Reach
•4 Call of Duty: WaW
•5 Call of Duty 4
•6 Mafia II Playable Demo
•7 GTA IV
•8 Red Dead Redemption
•9 Gears of War 2
•10 FIFA 10
•11 Halo 3: ODST
•12 Battlefield Bad Co. 2
•13 Madden NFL 11
•14 DEAD RISING 2: CASE ZERO
•15 Left 4 Dead 2
•16 Forza Motorsport 3
•17 Monday Night Combat
•18 Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X. 2 – DEMO
•19 Trials HD
•20 FIFA Soccer 11 Demo
WordPress for BlackBerry version 1.4.3 has been released to BlackBerry App World.
Depending on your region or country, you might not see the latest version in the BlackBerry App World, but on your device the latest version 1.4.3 should be available starting now.
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WordPress for BlackBerry version 1.4.1 has been released to BlackBerry App World.
Depending on your region or country, you might not see the latest version in the BlackBerry App World, but on your device you should now already see the latest version 1.4.1.
It was a bug squashing release, including:
The app now supports the following languages:
English
Italian
Finnish [Thanks Apuasi]
French [Thanks Yann Nave]
Indonesian [Thanks Kate of Pixel Insert]
German [Thanks Frank Wessel]
Portuguese (Portugal) [Thanks José Fontainhas]
Japanese [Thanks Nao]
Spanish [Thanks danivloven]
Colombian Spanish [Thanks Blanca Mancilla]
Polish [Thanks waclawjacek]
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Though late, Activision released a single player demo for Modern Warfare 2 on PlayStation Network and Xbox LIVE Marketplace.
With this new demo of the game, gamers will be able to play the most recognized levels in MW2, Cliffhanger.
Players can start playing on a snowy cliff face, they dig out enemies in treacherous conditions, also get spotted and need to race for survival on snow under heavy enemy fire.
Many fans waited for about a year for the arrival of the demo to make up their mind to purchase it or not.
Now, the day has arrived to decide whether to buy it or not.
In 2009 Activision sparked sparked controversy when Modern Warfare 2 was launched. Many believed that the Collector’s Edition of MW2 was the most ridiculous one that has been ever seen for a video game.
But, the Prestige Edition of the game sold out quickly which was priced at $150.
It is natural that consumers talk about their individual wallets. So, for Black Ops also Activision will be bringing back the Prestige Edition.
A leaked information was published on Elder-Geek.com and it indicates that it will feature regular, hardened and also prestige editions. Below are the SKU numbers:
Call of Duty: Black Ops Hardened Edition (PS3) – 047875840225
Call of Duty: Black Ops Hardened Edition (360) – 047875840218
Call of Duty: Black Ops Prestige Edition (PS3) – 047875840249
Call of Duty: Black Ops Prestige Edition (360) – 047875840232
The Hardened Edition of MW2 contained the game, an art book along with a token to download the CoD Classic. All these were packed in a slick-looking steel enclosure.
Modern Warfare 2 Prestige Edition had the aforementioned items along with a pair of night vision goggles. Well, nobody used the goggles though. So, Activision may include something useful this time such as a Zippo lighter or Hello Kitty umbrella.