An Unbelievable Picture of Eight Lightning Bolts Striking San Francisco at the Same Time (Updating) [Image Cache]

A hellacious storm rocked San Francisco last night which meant howlin' winds, pourin' rain, boomin' thunder and an ungodly amount of strikin' lightning. In this picture, we see all four towers of San Francisco's Bay Bridge being struck with lightning... at the same time. Mother Nature, you are a scary mama. More »


chip kelly billy cundiff super bowl tickets superbowl birmingham news lee evans lee evans

Wavii (for iPhone) (beta)

A new mobile app called Wavii scours content online based on interests you select and summarizes it into a news feed for you. But it's too focused on celebrities and company-specific news to really make a splash in the aggregation app space. It also isn't nearly as graceful or innovative as a couple of apps that do nearly the same thing only better. Chief among these is Flipboard (free, 4 stars), one of the most beautifully designed apps I've ever seen, and our Editors' Choice among apps for browsing curated content. StumbleUpon's iPhone app (4 stars, free) equally earned our Editors' Choice award and differs from Flipboard in that it's more about exploring new content from the depths of the Web, than browsing posts and articles from the blogs and media outlets you love (which is what Flipboard does best).

Wavii's app tries to nail a new concept by not just aggregating news, bus also summarizing it and removing duplicate (that is, very similar) items from your list, but it doesn't hit a real stride in this early attempt. Worse, it loads very slowly and doesn't make clear to users exactly how it works and how their actions influence the app's results.

Features
You have to log in with Facebook. There isn't an option to sign up using only an email address, which I sorely lament. I don't appreciate having to give Facebook more advertising data about me simply to use some other service, and it is the number one reason I'll delete the app and revoke the permission from Facebook the moment I'm done reviewing the product for PCMag.

Upon initial launch, Wavii suggested some topics for me to follow: Acquisitions, Apple, Justin Bieber, Facebook, European Union, Kim Kardashian, and a number of other celebrities, politicians, and companies. While a few general topics surfaced in this list?Acquisitions, EU, Travel Announcements, Arrests, Interviews?I wasn't fully satisfied with the celeb- and brand-heavy selection.

In the section called Main Feed, Wavii delivers headlines and summaries of news stories on the topics that you've selected. A tag at the top of each item indicates its classification if it isn't apparent in the headline. For example, a news item with Food and Drug Administration in the headline clearly came from me ticking my interest in Food and Drug Administration announcements, but Wavii helped me out by putting the "Movie Trailer" tag above a YouTube video named "LOL (2012 film)."

Some items contained a quote below the headline, which gave me a better idea of the story's content. If "Interview: Danny Bilson interviewed for Ripten" leaves you asking, "Who?" then the quote goes a long way to clarify: "THQ CEO Danny Bilson has related in an interview some of the thoughts ?"

Each item in the Main Feed also features a feedback icon. Press it, and five emoticons appear. Unfortunately, it's not clear what these icons do. What's the difference between the blue happy face and the gray one? What happens if I press the angry face? Some Wavii users will unfold the details of the app by using it, I'm sure, but I like to know what my actions mean, especially for an app that is connected to Facebook and thus capable of feeding all my actions into an advertising manager's spreadsheet. Furthermore, I also want to know how my actions will affect the app's decisions regarding what content it will feed me next. I still rue the day I gave five stars to Big Momma's House 2 in my Netflix account.

Other options in the app lets you "Discover" new recommended topics, although I found the selection here to be just as paltry as the first one I perused. The list consisted almost entirely of pharmaceutical companies.

You can diver further into any story by seeing other sources that reported on the same material?perhaps the most useful feature, but replicates more or less what Google News provides?as well as the original source. When you pick a story and see more details about it, Wavii also offers you the option of "following" the people, media outlets, companies, or topics related to that story. This feature seemed to work well for me, until I checked out my profile, where you can see the number of topics and people you're following. After selecting to "follow" both Richard Branson and Squawk Box, I noticed they turned up in my profile as "topics" I follow rather than people. My hunch is that Wavii needs to do more usability testing to see that not all its naming conventions and functionality make total sense to a new user.

Wave Farewell
The new news aggregating app Wavii has a long way to go before it can compete with the likes of Flipboard, Twitter, or even StumbleUpon. Twitter has an air of excitement. It's incredibly fast-paced, and you never know what might happen. Flipboard excels as the number one app for browsing news and media, curating high quality content for you and displaying it exceptionally well. And for exploring the Web, no app does it better than StumbleUpon. Wavii has yet to make its mark.

More iPhone App Reviews:
??? Wavii (for iPhone) (beta)
??? Hunger Games: Girl On Fire (for iPhone)
??? Waze (for iPhone)
??? Temple Run (for Android)
??? HP ePrint Home & Biz v. 4.1 (for iPhone)
?? more

the scream stephen colbert new madrid fault rihanna and chris brown affirmative action helicon zac efron and taylor swift

Smoking, Drinking, Gambling, and Long Repetitive Walks: Killing Time on an Old-Time Ocean Liner [Titanic 100]

There wasn't exactly high-speed Internet and streaming video aboard luxury ocean liners like the Titanic, yet these ships were stocked with amenities to keep passengers occupied during transatlantic voyages that typically lasted about 5-9 days. More »


los angeles clippers charlize theron telenav telenav wade phillips wade phillips time person of the year

Monkeys Can Read (Kinda) [Science]

You may think that the only thing separating some of your friends from monkeys is their ability to at least read. Time for a rethink: new research shows that baboons are capable of learning how to tell the difference between real and fictional English words. More »


republican debate tonight tinker tailor soldier spy rich forever rick ross project runway all stars elin nordegren tangled ever after kansas state

Nintendo puts 3DS in the Louvre, France remains generally indifferent

Image
Sharing a birthplace with Arséne Wenger, Jean-Paul Satre and Jules Verne, the Louvre is France's most prized national treasure. In partnership with Nintendo, the museum finally replaced those cumbersome handheld guides with 3DS units a fortnight after the anticipated March launch. The consoles will provide a variety of tours, offering detailed lectures around the entire museum, or the Cliff's Notes edition for the lazy connoisseur. Shigeru Miyamoto popped up to demonstrate that you can examine HD snaps and 3D images of the sculptures on show, just in case looking up and seeing it in the flesh stone would be too traumatic.

Continue reading Nintendo puts 3DS in the Louvre, France remains generally indifferent

Nintendo puts 3DS in the Louvre, France remains generally indifferent originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 12 Apr 2012 13:43:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink The Register  |   | Email this | Comments

albert haynesworth banana republic apple store academy barnes and noble nook 12 days of christmas a christmas carol

The Tech Industry Takeaway From The Apple E-Book Lawsuit [TCTV]

gavelThe United States Department of Justice's antitrust lawsuit filed yesterday against Apple and five major book publishers for allegedly colluding and price-fixing e-books is still reverbing throughout the tech industry -- after all, pretty much anything having to do with Apple these days is going to attract attention, and a major antitrust lawsuit is never something to be taken lightly. With the strong book publishing angle here, however, this is obviously not a tech-only story. And beyond the well-reported details around what brought the lawsuit on and what the allegations exactly are, it's still a bit unclear what this all means for the technology industry at large. So it was great to have Gary Reback join us on TechCrunch TV to provide some larger perspective on the situation. An alum of Yale (where he worked as a computer programmer to help pay his undergraduate tuition bills) and Stanford Law, Reback has spent the past three decades working as an attorney specializing in all things antitrust -- perhaps most famously by helping to lead the United States case against Microsoft in the 1990s.

meet the press steelers vs broncos chris herren jay z patsy cline pierre thomas beyonce gives birth

Biden to attack "Romney Rule" on taxes for rich

[ [ [['A picture is worth a thousand words', 5]], 'http://news.yahoo.com/why-facebook-bought-instagram-4-theories-160400376.html', '[Related: Why Facebook bought Instagram: 4 theories]', ' ', '630', ' ', ' ', ], [ [['He was in shock and still strapped to his seat', 9]], 'http://contributor.yahoo.com/join/yahoonews_virginiabeach', '[Did you witness the jet crash? Share your story with Yahoo! News]', ' ', '630', ' ', ' ', ], [ [['A JetBlue flight from New York to Las Vegas', 3]], 'http://yhoo.it/GV9zpj', '[Related: View photos of the JetBlue plane in Amarillo]', ' ', '630', ' ', ' ', ], [ [['Afghan security forces and police killed three', 3]], 'http://yhoo.it/H9BcJE', '[Related: Bales\' wife on his alleged shooting: \'He would not do that\']', ' ', '630', ' ', ' ', ], [ [['the 28-year-old neighborhood watchman who shot and killed', 15]], 'http://news.yahoo.com/photos/white-house-stays-out-of-teen-s-killing-slideshow/', 'Click image to see more photos', 'http://l.yimg.com/cv/ip/ap/default/120411/martinzimmermen.jpg', '630', ' ', 'AP', ], [ [['Titanic', 7]], 'http://news.yahoo.com/titanic-anniversary/', ' ', 'http://l.yimg.com/a/p/us/news/editorial/b/4e/b4e5ad9f00b5dfeeec2226d53e173569.jpeg', '550', ' ', ' ', ], [ [['He was in shock and still strapped to his seat', 6]], 'http://news.yahoo.com/photos/navy-jet-crashes-in-virginia-slideshow/', 'Click image to see more photos', 'http://l.yimg.com/cv/ip/ap/default/120406/jet_ap.jpg', '630', ' ', 'AP', ], [ [['This is as serious of a tornado', 7]], 'http://news.yahoo.com/photos/tornadoes-touch-down-in-texas-slideshow/', 'Click image to see more photos', 'http://l.yimg.com/cv/ip/ap/default/120403/trucksdallas.jpg', '630', ' ', 'Reuters', ], [ [['Oikos University', 8]], 'http://news.yahoo.com/photos/deadly-oakland-university-shooting-slideshow/', 'Click image to see more photos', 'http://l.yimg.com/cv/ip/ap/default/120402/shooting.jpg', '450', ' ', 'REUTERS/Reuters TV/KNTV/Handout', ], [ [['Few thought Santorum would make it this far', 10]], 'http://yhoo.it/I0D5eb', 'Click image to see more photos', 'http://l.yimg.com/a/p/us/news/editorial/d/94/d94312dd12151943f05633f372e64d80.jpeg', '630', ' ', 'Scott Olson/Getty Images', ], [ [['xxxxxxxxxxxx', 11]], 'http://news.yahoo.com/photos/russian-grannies-win-bid-to-sing-at-eurovision-1331223625-slideshow/', 'Click image to see more photos', 'http://l.yimg.com/a/p/us/news/editorial/1/56/156d92f2760dcd3e75bcd649a8b85fcf.jpeg', '500', ' ', 'AP', ] ]

[ [ [[' the 28-year-old neighborhood watchman who shot and killed', 4]], '28924649', '0' ], [ [['because I know God protects me', 14], ['Brian Snow was at a nearby credit union', 5]], '28811216', '0' ], [ [['The state news agency RIA-Novosti quoted Rosaviatsiya', 6]], '28805461', '0' ], [ [['measure all but certain to fail in the face of bipartisan', 4]], '28771014', '0' ], [ [['matter what you do in this case', 5]], '28759848', '0' ], [ [['presume laws are constitutional', 7]], '28747556', '0' ], [ [['has destroyed 15 to 25 houses', 7]], '28744868', '0' ], [ [['short answer is yes', 7]], '28746030', '0' ], [ [['opportunity to tell the real story', 7]], '28731764', '0' ], [ [['entirely respectable way to put off the searing constitutional controversy', 7]], '28723797', '0' ], [ [['point of my campaign is that big ideas matter', 9]], '28712293', '0' ], [ [['As the standoff dragged into a second day', 7]], '28687424', '0' ], [ [['French police stepped up the search', 17]], '28667224', '0' ], [ [['Seeking to elevate his candidacy back to a general', 8]], '28660934', '0' ], [ [['The tragic story of Trayvon Martin', 4]], '28647343', '0' ], [ [['Karzai will get a chance soon to express', 8]], '28630306', '0' ], [ [['powerful storms stretching', 8]], '28493546', '0' ], [ [['basic norm that death is private', 6]], '28413590', '0' ], [ [['songwriter also saw a surge in sales for her debut album', 6]], '28413590', '1', 'Watch music videos from Whitney Houston ', 'on Yahoo! Music', 'http://music.yahoo.com' ], [ [['keyword', 99999999999999999999999]], 'videoID', '1', 'overwrite-pre-description', 'overwrite-link-string', 'overwrite-link-url' ] ]

valley fever project x the lorax metta world peace earthquake fisker karma lorax

Six Stepping Stones to Self Improvement - Busygoat ...

I don?t think it is a coincidence that most ?successes? are depicted as a series of steps. The rungs on the ladder to success, the steps to the top of an organizational chart, even the steps where athletes are presented awards, with the top step reserved for the gold.

We move from one success in life to the next, and making our way through these steps is a sure way to ?reach the top?.? Motivational speakers, psychologists and philosophers all agree that we need to proceed through these steps before we can live a fulfilled life.

?

One. Develop a positive self image.

You cannot expect anyone to love, respect and help you if you do not love, respect and help yourself. Self image is important, and it doesn?t take money, only time and effort to present the best ?you? to the rest of the world.

?

Two. Develop good relationships with others.

Anyone who is anti-social, fault finding and vindictive will never nurture the relationships with other human beings that are so critical to our own success.? Look for the good in others and work with that good to find common goals.

Three. Set clear, concrete, conceivable goals.

You can?t get to where you are going if you don?t know where you want to go.? Goals exist on all levels, and may change depending on where you are in life. Once you have set the goal to enter a certain college, for example, you will set goals to make the best grades you can in each course. Once you set the goal of getting a certain job, you will set the goal of being the best? fill in the blank in the company.

?

Four. Develop a positive attitude.

We all get discouraged from time to time. The people who succeed are the ones who can overcome discouragement and disappointment and move on. For each disappointing event think: ?This, too, will pass?, and so it is important to realize that each setback is only that, a setback.

?

Five. Work honestly, loyally and steadfastly.

Do work that is worthy of recognition, but do not expect recognition. Give the world, and yourself, the best you have to offer. Do everything you engage in to the best of your ability.

?

Six. Truly desire to achieve your goal of self improvement and success.
Sometimes improving yourself means learning about yourself and your criminal record. Click this link to find simple background check information that can help you learn about your record.If you are doing it because it suits someone else?s view of how your life should be run, it will not come about. You need to have made the decision that you want to be the best that you can be.

If you liked this post, share it with your friends or leave a comment below! :D

jamie lynn spears wisconsin recall election april 4 santa monica college wisconsin primary dallas fort worth airport texas tornados

marg helgenberger censorship wikipedia sopa and pipa bills censoring the internet blackout blackout

Determining The very best Opportunities Of AV Equipment Sales Or ...

Server Monitoring Software

Server Monitoring Software

AV equipment represents among the ideal resources businesses can reap the benefits of when they frequently make use of presentations to encourage consumer sales, enhance enterprise partnerships, and inspire their main employee base. There are plenty of opportunities offered for a business when creating this investment and determining the most effective solutions offered to you are able to assist in saving funds at the same time as growing business prospective. When weighing the opportunities which are accessible to you with this technological investment, it can be extremely advisable to establish whether or not you benefit from AV equipment sales or rentals.

The initial chance that quite a few businesses seek to reap the benefits of when pursuing this technological resource is identified with pursuing AV equipment sales. There are various positive aspects that exist with this technologies such as the opportunities which are offered with usually getting these resources on hand regardless with the environment they?re necessary to be utilized. In addition, your associates or presenters can start to familiarize themselves with this technologies as you make use of it to inspire staff, drive sales, or encourage investment possible. Although this may possibly represent a short-term expense the long-term savings are high when compared with common rentals.

Whilst there are plenty of positive aspects connected using the opportunities that exist with AV equipment sales, it really is also critical to identify the prospective negatives of this investment. Technologies is continually growing so your investment can swiftly grow to be outdated in a extremely brief time period, producing a will need for reinvestment. One more aspect of concern is discovered using the want for repair or maintenance on these resources when your enterprise associates are unfamiliar using the technologies they?re attempting to make use of.

When weighing the opportunities that exist with AV equipment sales, it?s also vital to appear in the pros and cons that may well exist using the prospective of rental equipment. When pursuing the possibilities of rentals the initial benefit that numerous organizations discover is noticed with gaining access to equipment which is prepared to be utilized and can typically be set up on their behalf. Yet another benefit is often getting in a position to invest inside the most up-to-date technologies supplied by the particular rental business which you are working by way of.

The cons which are related using the option to AV equipment sales could be identified inside the high expense that could possibly be generated whenever you frequently demand this rental equipment. Furthermore, any harm that?s completed towards the equipment becomes the responsibility of your corporation which can typically make a must acquire the equipment that has been damaged. Each aspects of audio video sales and rentals have pros and cons that a small business wants to weigh ahead of pursuing any investment chance for their enterprise.

In other Computers and Technology Server Monitoring Software news:

AFPPC shipments up nearly 2 percent in 1st quarter, hurt by tablet demandWashington PostThe number of personal computers shipped worldwide rose more than expected in the first quarter, but the bump did little to mask the larger challenges for the industry. Gartner Inc. said Wednesday that there were 89 million PCs shipped in the first ?PC shipments up nearly 2 percent in 1st quarterBoston.comGlobal PC Shipments Up In 1Q Despite Disk-Drive ConcernsWall Street Journalall 161 news articles?

Brisbane TimesJack Tramiel, a Pioneer in Computers, Dies at 83Pittsburgh Post GazetteHe decided to buy his own chip supplier, and settled on MOS Technology in Norristown, Pa. An unexpected jewel in the purchase was an MOS engineer, Charles Peddle, who had developed a faster, cheaper computer chip, the 6502 microprocessor.Hard-driving Commodore computer visionary dies at 83Brisbane TimesThe Two-Way : NPRNPRComputer pioneer, Commodore founder Jack Tramiel dies at 83CFOworldExaminer.com?-Geek?-GMA Newsall 207 news articles?

Moneycontrol.comIBM Aims to Sharply Simplify Corporate Data Center TechnologyNew York TimesWithout real progress in making data centers nimble and efficient, more corporate computing chores, analysts say, will be farmed out to the cloud ? remote data centers managed by others, with programs delivered over the Internet. The major technology ?IBM pins hopes on very powerful new systemPoughkeepsie JournalIBM Takes On Oracle, Cisco to Simplify Server Scut WorkBloombergall 175 news articles?

CBS NewsJack Tramiel, hard-driving Commodore computer visionary, dies at 84Washington Post?Commodore was a huge factor in the early days of personal computing,? Paul E. Ceruzzi, a historian of technology at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, wrote in an e-mail. ?The big impact of the Commodore 64 was its ability to play games.Jack Tramiel, a Pioneer in Computers, Dies at 83New York TimesWho is Jack Tramiel? Home computer pioneers legacyCBS NewsCommodore 64 Creator Dies Aged 83Sky NewsWebProNewsall 67 news articles?

FortuneComputings next milestone is "thinking"FortuneFrankly, computer scientists dont really understand how we do it. That isnt stopping them from trying. By Steve Mills, contributor FORTUNE ? Were entering a whole new era of computing. Over the past five decades, weve moved through a series of ?and more?

PNC Engineering Technology Student ShowcasePortageLifePurdue University North Central students in the Construction Engineering and Management Technology, Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology and Mechanical Engineering Technology programs will present a Senior Showcase on April 25 from 5:30 to 8 ?and more?

USA TODAYTech Patents Soar in ValueWall Street JournalBy SHIRA OVIDE And JOHN LETZING The technology patent arms race is heating up-again, as Microsofts purchase of AOLs patents for $1.1 billion shows, Shira Ovide reports on digits. Photo: AP. The technology patent arms race is heating up?again.Technology Patent Wars Heat Up ? Microsoft and AOL Make Billion Dollar Deal all 282 news articles?

Battle of the Brains: Avnet Tech Games Challenge Geekdom, Go GreenCollege TimesBy Alicia Cormie ? College Times ASU computer information systems senior Joshua McCoy will be competing in the upcoming Avnet Tech Games in the Android App programming category. With programmed robots dueling it out on obstacle courses and college ?

Tablet Computers: Post-PC Wonderland or Utopia? ? Interpret, a leading entertainment, media and technology market research firm, today released its Interpretations report, "Tablet Computers: Post-PC Wonderland or Utopia?," which examines ?and more?

Tech Q&A: PC turned into Internet botBellingham HeraldANSWER: Bot software takes over your computer and makes it follow instructions from some scam artist on the Internet. For example, a PC thats been turned into a bot could run a phony phishing website that tricks other people into giving ?and more?


Article # 5bd36ccb199ef7d1dbb4 source: Siu Koscinski is a Server Monitoring Software specialist and she also is an expert in Server Monitoring Software you will be able to enjoy more from them on her website ? April 11, 2012, 5:28 pm
Ref: ytazusyjeqy6yju

lindsay lohan playboy cover shooting at virginia tech shooting at virginia tech harry morgan john lennon death john lennon death c.j. wilson