Wednesday, October 3, 2012

postheadericon Boot up: Samsung's iPhone boost, FTC's $163m scareware win, MPs' lousy maths and more

highly publicized more airtime disappears, the importance of services in smartphones, Apple OpenStreetMap credit cards and more

a quick burst of 9 links for you to chew, as selected by the team of technology

peak Chrome? Browser Google falls like Firefox, Internet Explorer stay flat >> Ars Technica

bit difficult to call it a "crash" where the share of Chrome varied by 1% or less. Most striking are the statistics of the mobile browser you are miles from the line with the installed base. Why?

Atooma IFTTT is an incredibly intelligent and mobile >> TechCrunch

Atooma essentially allows you to configure conditional events ("YES") that automatically trigger simple actions (an "OJ"), based on things like time, location, favorite applications, e- mail (and so on). Therefore, because it is an application context that is aware of its location and the time of day, what makes your smartphone smart.

Here are some examples:

seems rather Tasker (also Android) that allows you to do. IFTTT is "if this, then that" a Web service. Atooma developers say they are working on a version of iOS. Do not hold your breath.

Samsung

advantage of the iPhone comparisons Localytics >>

sales growth SGS3 jumped at the judgment Samsung and Apple to bring iPhone 5. (See graphic).

A possible consequence of this analysis is a part of smartphone users seem less tied to a particular operating system, instead of comparing the whole package of peripheral applications, and mobile networks available before choosing what to buy. This not only creates new opportunities for manufacturers of Android devices, but also new Windows 8 devices.

results FTC 163 million lawsuit against "scareware" marketing FTC >>

At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a federal court imposed a sentence of more than $ 163 million in the last defendant in the FTC against an operation using the computer "scareware" trick consumers into believing that their computers have been infected by malware, then sold the software to "fix" your problem does not exist. The court order also permanently prohibits the defendant, Kristy Ross, from the sale of security software and any other software that interferes with the use of computers for consumers, and any form of deceptive marketing practices.

$ 163 million? The huge failure in every sense.

Apple

Maps OpenStreetMap Foundation >>

OpenStreetMap is mentioned in the credits of Apple, and we found some areas where we think we can see our data use. For example, here in Islamabad ...

Welcome to Apple (or someone else!) Using our map data, and we want them to use it more.

If you have any problems with the cards on the phone, take a look at an application that uses only the current data of OpenStreetMap. In this way, you will know the source. And if you find that the information in your area can be improved or updated, you can improve!

airtime absurdly exaggerated starter officially flop top executives and fleeing Business Insider >>

airtime commissioning with a product that connects random Facebook users in the video chat is a huge failure and highly educated people are fleeing the company, Liz Gannes of All D activity reports


CTO Eric Feng, led by an acquisition in March, is endangered. Co-founder Shawn Fanning is not the current business day.

especially bad news is that because Feng leaves after joining the company in March, fired everyone who worked on the implementation of the previous technology.
BusinessInsider



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