Apakah Google Siapkan Android Versi Virtual Reality?

Setelah merilis Android 5.1 Lollipop, Google tampaknya telah bersiap untuk mengembangkan Android lainnya. Berbeda dari OS Android sebelum ini, OS Android mendatang dikabarkan akan mendukung virtual reality, sebagaimana dikabarkan oleh dua sumber anonim WSJ belum lama ini. Menurut kedua sumber tadi, Google telah membuat kelompok insinyur yang berjumlah belasan hingga puluhan orang untuk mengerjakan proyek tersebut. Android versi virtual reality tersebut nantinya akan didistribusikan secara gratis seperti halnya Android standar. Langkah Google tersebut ditempuh setelah tren virtual reality menanjak akhir-akhir ini, salah satunya dengan telah dibelinya Oculus oleh Facebook seharga 2 miliar dolar. Virtual reality juga telah dikembangkan...

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Bocoran Foto HTC One M9 Plus Terkuak, Apakah Tampil Dengan Tombol Fisik?

Jika bocoran sebelumnya menyajikan dua foto yang diduga warna hitam dari HTC One M9 Plus (yang diharapkan diperkenalkan di MWC 2015 bersama One M9). Nah, bocoran foto kini kembali terkuak, bukan cuma dua tapi empat foto, yang berasal dari sumber yang sama di Tiongkok, kali ini nampak menunjukkan warna silver/gold. Jika foto tersebut memang One M9 Plus, tampak bahwa HTC telah melengkapinya dengan tombol home fisik, jika rumor sebelumnya benar, tombol fisik tersebut mencakup pemindai sidik jari. Selain itu, bagian depan M9 Plus tidak terlihat terlalu berbeda dari One M9, speaker BoomSound, dan tampak terdapat kamera yang cukup besar. Namun, dikatakan bahwa M9 Plus akan mengusung layar Quad HD bukannya panel 1080p seperti yang ditawarkan...

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UK should begin decriminalising drugs, say Richard Branson and Nick Clegg

Virgin founder and deputy prime minister argue that ‘war on drugs’ has failed and urge UK to follow Portuguese example A drug dealer poses with cannabis products as he waits for customers in downtown Lisbon. Photograph: Francisco Seco/AP Patrick Wintour, political editor Tuesday 3 March 2015 17.00 EST Last modified on Tuesday 3 March 2015 19.52 EST Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email Share on LinkedIn Share on Google+ Share on WhatsApp Sir Richard Branson and Nick Clegg are urging the UK to begin decriminalising the use and possession of almost all drugs, following the example of Portugal. The Virgin founder and deputy prime minister are to address a conference...

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The @realmadrid account is the first sports club profile to reach this figure.

Real Madrid have reached 15 million Twitter followers on their account in Spanish @realmadrid. It is the profile belonging to a club or sports institution that has the most worldwide followers, with 600,000 more than the second most popular account and 1,700,000 more than third place.Real Madrid joined Twitter in May 2008. Since then, @realmadrid has tried to provide minute by minute information on the team, strengthening bonds between Spanish speaking Madrid fans throughout the world. Last summer, it became the most popular profile of any sports club and now it is the first to reach 15 million followers.@realmadrid is the first place to announce the starting lineup before each match, as well as providing live coverage of games,...

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Main Street Hub Lands $20M To Bring Social Media Marketing To Small Business

Main Street Hub, a company that helps mom and pop businesses run social media marketing, customer relationship management (CRM) and marketing automation recently announced it has received $20M in debt financing from Silicon Valley Bank. The company has raised a total of $40M. The most recent funding before this announcement was $14M in Series B in January, 2014. It has 6000 subscribers who are paying an average of $350 per month using a tiered pricing model, according to company officials. Most small business owners are swamped just trying to keep their businesses running. They have little time to deal with modern online marketing or monitoring their Yelp page reviews. That’s where Main Street Hub comes in. For a monthly fee,...

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Community Marketing Methods

When aiming your marketing efforts at communities, the first consideration is your niche audience. You want to figure out where they spend their time, what their interests are, and where you can find them. Following are some places to begin your search.Online Communities Since the advent of the internet, online communities have made it easy to connect with other like-minded individuals. Online forums foster conversations on specific topics related to the community at hand. You can find forums on just about everything, from parenting and technology to diet and butterflies.If there’s an interest, there’s a forum. A quick Google search on your topic of interest plus the word “forum” should lead to all kinds of possibilities.Other Community...

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BusinessWorld

The country’s leading business newspaper represents four decades of professional economic journalism.  This tradition of excellence began when BusinessDay first came off the press on February 27, 1967. In its maiden issue, the paper pledged "competent and responsible reporting of the news." The paper expanded its operations in the years that followed to keep in step with the growing business community, eventually makingBusinessDay Southeast Asia’s first business daily. BusinessDay was considered a standard of fairness, credibility and integrity in the journalistic world. The principles behind the paper’s existence were closely guarded by its publisher/president and editor-in-chief Raul L. Locsin. At...

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UK government finances £8.8bn in surplus in January

UK government finances showed a surplus of £8.8bn in January, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has said. It is the highest surplus for seven years and higher than the revised £6.5bn reported for January 2014. A better than expected rise in tax receipts means the government is on course to meet its borrowing target for this year. The surplus means borrowing has fallen to £74bn in the financial year to date, a fall of £6bn compared with last year. The government's borrowing target for the 2015 financial year is £91.3bn. January's public sector finance data traditionally shows a surplus, as it includes tax receipts from those who submit self-assessment forms.  Analysis by Ross Hawkins, BBC political correspondent  Overground,...

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