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Back in August 2011 when Google first revealed its plan to buy Motorola Mobility, it promised the acquisition would "supercharge the entire Android ecosystem". And close to two years later, Motorola is on the brink of unveiling its new flagship smartphone, the Moto X: is it a concrete attempt to deliver on that promise, or something else entirely?
The company has touted the Moto X as the first smartphone "designed, engineered and assembled" in the US (although this doesn't mention where the components are being made). Motorola argues that this can give it an advantage over its rivals by bringing engineers and designers together to innovate faster (Apple's iPhone is, of course, "Designed by Apple in California, Assembled in China", as the back of every device tells you).
Motorola also claims the Moto X will be the "first smartphone that you can design yourself" although this is thought to mean that buyers can choose colours and engravings rather than have any say over the internals. Motorola said by the end of the summer it expects to have more than 2000 new employees in Fort Worth, Texas working on its new hero device.
The Moto X will be formally unveiled at an event in New York later this week, but already Google has been trying to build momentum by drip feeding out some details ? and Google's executive chairman Eric Schmidt using the phone at an event.
At the D11 conference in May, Motorola chief executive Dennis Woodside also gave an overview of some the features of the new device.
"Motorola has always been really good at managing the power on the device. Motorola's also been really good at managing ultra low-power sensors, the gyroscope and the accelerometer and keeping those on all the time so that the device knows different use states: it knows that it's in my pocket right now, it knows when I take it out of my pocket that I might want to do something ? I might want to take a picture. It anticipates my needs," he said.
"Imagine you are in the car the device will know whether its on or off that it's travelling at 60 miles an hour and it's going to act differently so you can interact with it safely."
Google announced its plan to buy Motorola Mobility for $12.5bn back in August 2011 (the deal closed in May 2012), with the search giant's CEO, Larry Page, claiming that the acquisition would "supercharge the Android ecosystem" and enhance competition in mobile computing.
At the time, Google was keen to reassure other handset makers that the Google-created Android operating system would remain open. Andy Rubin, senior vice president of mobile at Google, said: "Our vision for Android is unchanged and Google remains firmly committed to Android as an open platform and a vibrant open source community. We will continue to work with all of our valued Android partners to develop and distribute innovative Android-powered devices."
But, for all the executive emphasis on the handset business, most industry watchers saw the deal being mostly about getting hold of Motorola's mobile technology patent portfolio (including 17,000 patents and 7,500 patent applications) to help Google secure Android against a number of legal spats, with the mobile handset business essentially just a bonus.
Since the acquisition Google has sold off Motorola's set-top box unit and manufacturing facilities, and has seemed underwhelmed by the hardware roadmap it had bought?? any fear of upsetting other Android licencees appears to have been overstated, thanks to Motorola's lack of headline- or sales-generating devices.
In March, Google chief financial officer Patrick Pichette said Google had inherited an 18-month legacy product pipeline which it had to "drain" before it can launch anything "wow" or up to the standard expected for Google products.
And it looks like Motorola is in need of wow: according to figures from ComScore, in May this year Motorola was the brand of choice for just 7.8 percent of US smartphone subscribers, down from 8.4 percent in February, and down from 12 percent back in May 2012 when the Google acquisition closed. In contrast, Apple has 39.2 percent of the market, and Samsung 23 percent ? market share made up mostly of Android devices.
In light of that, it's hard to see why Google would want (via Motorola) to build its own mobile hardware. While Microsoft was forced to step in and build its own hardware in the shape of the Surface tablet because it was frustrated by the lack of innovation from its partners, the Android ecosystem is vibrant and Samsung (in particular) is delivering plenty of excitement with its Galaxy S4.
So why is Google putting effort into the Moto X when Android is doing quite nicely without it?
According to Tony Cripps, principal analyst for devices and platforms at researchers Ovum, while Android is the market leader at the moment, having Motorola on side gives Google a hedge against any of its other handset partners choosing another operating system.
"While Android remains a strategically important piece of the Google offering they will look to protect that as much as they can, and if driving that through their own inhouse hardware company is an option they will do it."
It may seem a distant threat given Samsung's success with Android devices, but who wants all their eggs in one basket? While Samsung, which accounts for almost half of all Android handsets sold, is doing very nicely from Google's operating system, it still makes sense to guard against a defection: the mobile industry has seen high-profile switches before, and Samsung has been flirting with rival OS Tizen. An Android rejection may not happen soon, but Google isn't about to let itself be taken by surprise.
Indeed, Google is well known for playing the long game when it comes to technology, which means the success or failure of one handset is less relevant ? as Larry Page said when the Motorola acquisition closed: "It's a well known fact that people tend to overestimate the impact technology will have in the short term, but underestimate its significance in the longer term. Many users coming online today may never use a desktop machine, and the impact of that transition will be profound."
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President Obama has hinted that he will not nominate Ben Bernanke to another term as chairman of the Federal Reserve. Janet Yellen appears to be the experts' front-runner.
Janet Yellen, vice chairwoman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve (r.), chats at the International Monetary Conference in Shanghai last month. She could be on President Obama's short list to be the next Fed chief.
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EnlargeBen Bernanke hasn?t announced his own retirement, but the race to succeed him as Federal Reserve chairman has suddenly become very public ? complete with dueling opinion articles, White House leaks, and senators angling to say who they?d like in the job.
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The latest straw in the wind: Economists in a new survey say they?d like to see the post filled by Janet Yellen, the woman who currently serves as Fed vice chair.
She?s viewed as having a similar policy stance to Mr. Bernanke, and perhaps even more willing to place a high priority on economic growth rather than worry about inflation.
The speculation comes after news reports that President Obama?s short list for nomination also features Larry Summers, a long-time economic official in the Democratic administrations of both Mr. Obama and Bill Clinton.
Obama has hinted strongly that he won?t be nominating Bernanke ? who will have served eight years guiding interest rates and monetary policy when his term expires early in 2014.
In an interview published over the weekend, Obama said he?s looking at "some extraordinary candidates" and will announce his pick "over the next several months."
Two new surveys of economists suggest considerable backing for Ms. Yellen.
A CNBC survey of a few dozen economists, investment traders, and market strategists showed both a preference for Yellen and an expectation that Obama will choose her.
In the July poll, 70 percent of respondents said they expect Obama to tap Yellen for the job, and 25 percent expect the nod to go to Mr. Summers. When asked who the president should nominate, views were even starker: 50 percent said Yellen and only 2.5 percent favored Summers.
Bernanke himself and conservative economist John Taylor of Stanford University outscored Summers in the survey.
Summers has a reputation as intellectually brilliant, but with an abrasive personality that may not be well suited to the consensus-building task of leading the Fed?s policy committee.
He has differentiated himself from Yellen and Bernanke, in recent comments, by raising questions about whether the Fed?s current ?quantitative easing? has been effective. (This ?QE? policy involves buying assets such as Treasury bonds in a bid to keep long-term interest rates low and rev up economic growth.)
Another new survey of economists, by USA Today, found 32 expecting Yellen to be Obama?s pick and four expecting Summers, who was Obama?s first-term economic-policy guru and President Clinton's Treasury secretary.
In a weekend interview in The New York Times, Obama said he wants a Fed leader who will work ?in service of the lives of ordinary Americans getting better," and not just focus on tame inflation and stable markets.
?Let's make sure that we're growing the economy,? Obama said.
Yellen and Summers aren?t the only ones around with credentials to be considered for the Fed post, but for now the debate is centering on them.
Whoever he picks, Obama must get his nominee through the Senate confirmation process.
Last week, some Democratic senators wrote a letter to Obama in praise of Yellen. By contrast, some Republicans could object to her as not concerned enough about the risk of inflation to the economy.
In an opinion piece published Monday in The Wall Street Journal, former Fed official Alan Blinder of Princeton University praised Yellen?s monetary touch. He said she helped engineer a ?perfect soft landing? for the economy in 1996 ? so that the Fed?s inflation-fighting boosts in interest rates didn?t go too far and cause a recession.
?If that sounds easy, it?s not,? Mr. Blinder said.
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from The BRICS Post:
A parallel $2.3 billion 770 km oil pipeline is set to be operational in September this year.
South-East Asia Crude Oil Pipeline Co Ltd and South-East Asia Gas Pipeline Co Ltd were established to operate the gas and oil pipelines.
China, India, Myanmar and South Korea have investments in the two companies.
Indian companies, OVL and GAIL have announced $1.33 billion of investment in the China-Myanmar gas pipeline project.
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Mmm, why am I in charge of this, you ask. That's what I'd like to know. You'd think they'd pick one of the computer nerds from the technical abilities class with the abnormally large heads or, you know, Naoya, but no. You represent the students, they say. They look up to you, they say.
You look up to me my ass.
The teachers are too lazy and Nero nominated you because he gains immense pleasure from your suffering, they don't say. So don't argue with me here. The fates have spoken and they are never wrong. And lose the gum, you look like the maid.
Full name: Sylvia Cauthon
Age: 16
Alice: Taunt pheromone
Alice Type: Somatic
Alice Form: Diffuse
Star Ranking: No star (We can make it one star if you want, but you seem like a sadist xD)
Joined: New
Full name: Maya Shinozaki
Age: 17
Alice: Sound Waves Manipulation
Alice Type: Latent
Alice Form: Unknown
Star Ranking: Double Star
Joined: New
Full name: Lorelai Bay
Age: 17
Alice: Mermaid transformation
Alice Type: Somatic
Alice Form: Unknown
Star Ranking: Double star
Joined: New
Full name: Midna Silvera
Age: 16
Alice: Shadow manipulation and transformation
Alice Type: Dangerous
Alice Form: Limited
Star Ranking: Triple (She wouldn't be a special star after only being in the school for a week. I hope you'll understand. It is likely that she'll become a special star in the course of the RP.)
Joined: New
Full name: Jules Carter
Age: 17
Alice: Linking
Alice Type: Special
Alice Form: Diffuse
Star Ranking: Double star
Joined: Late last year
Full name: Michel De Angelo Robutton
Age: 18
Alice: Artistic Illusion and Creation
Alice Type: Latent
Alice Form: Unknown
Star Ranking: Double Star
Joined: Middle School
Full name: Feris Lilland
Age: 17... We think.
Alice: Mimicry and dopplegangry
Alice Type: Special
Alice Form: Latent
Star Ranking: Triple star
Joined: Age 12
Full name: Alexander Rammis
Age: 17
Alice: Amplification
Alice Type: Special
Alice Form: Diffuse
Star Ranking: Single star
Joined: Elementary school
Full name: Shino Terr
Age: 17
Alice: Animal transformation
Alice Type: Somatic
Alice Form: Intermittent
Star Ranking: Triple star (This is really tricky because the nature of his abilities would make him a three star but sheer laziness might make him a double. Let's just say he's on a rocky pedestal xD)
Joined: Age 10
Full name: Naoya Watanabe
Age: 17
Alice: Clocksmith
Alice Type: Technical
Alice Form: Limited
Star Ranking: Triple (I'm actually thinking he might be Special because he's been in the school so long. It'll depend on his Alice, behaviour and grades though. He seems a "little" weird.)
Joined: Elementary School
Full name: Mitsuki Hisakawa
Age: 17
Alice: Leaching
Alice Type: Dangerous
Alice Form: Limited
Star Ranking: Special Star
Joined: Age 6
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The following are basic skellies, although you may use your own and add more detail :) You don't even have to make a student or teacher. He/she could be something else entirely.
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Student skelly:
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[b]Relationship to the characters: [/b](If relevant. They could just be random students if you want. Otherwise they could be best friends, rivals, love interests, anything your creative minds can think of.)
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[b]Other: [/b]
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AT&T has started its TV ad campaign for the Nokia Lumia 1020 with a commercial that shows how some people could be fooled into thinking shots made from its camera were taken closer than their actual distance from the subject. Today, Microsoft joins in the promotional campaign for the Lumia 1020 smartphone that also puts the focus on its 41 inch PureView camera.
The ad, which was uploaded to the Windows Phone YouTube channel, at first shows people in various locations using their hands to hold ... nothing. The shape of their hands makes it look like they are supposed to be holding a smartphone as they try to take images of the scenery.
It's only at the end where the Nokia Lumia 1020 actually appears magically in the empty hands of those people, with Microsoft proclaiming that this new device is the first smartphone that puts the camera first.
This is the most expensive Windows Phone 8 device that has been released, with AT&T selling the Lumia 1020 for $299.99 with a new two year contract,?so it will be interesting to see if the camera is enough to convince consumers to put down the cash.
Source: Windows Phone on YouTube
Source: http://www.neowin.net/news/microsofts-ad-for-the-lumia-1020-puts-the-camera-first
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