End of July, PlayBook Available in Indonesia

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Kompas.com web page at Blackberry Playbook Tablet launch event at the Ballroom of the Ritz-Carlton, Pacific Place, Jakarta, Thursday (07/07/2011).

JAKARTA, One more tablet devices that will enliven the Indonesia market, Playbook BlackBerry from Research In Motion (RIM). Tablet, which was launched in Jakarta on Thursday (07/07/2011), it will be available starting in July 2011.

BlackBerry Playbook will be available in three types, each with a capacity of 16 GB, 32 GB and 64 GB with the price of 499 dollars, 599 dollars and 699 U.S. dollars.

- Hastings Singh

"BlackBerry Playbook will be available in three types each with a capacity of 16 GB, 32 GB and 64 GB with the price of 499, 599, and 699 U.S. dollars," Hastings said Singh, Director of Distribution for Asia Pacific Research In Motion, in the Ritz Ballroom Carlton Pacific Place, Jakarta.

Planned, PlayBook available starting July 16, 2011.He said very excited to bring BlackBerry Playbook in Indonesia. It could not be separated from the popular BlackBerry device in Indonesia today. Not only to meet the needs of communication, its presence is also to encourage the growth of creative economy in Indonesia. One of them through the development of a variety of local applications.

"I am very pleased with the progress developer in Indonesia," Hastings said Singh. Along with the availability of the BlackBerry Playbook, there had been a readily accessible local applications, among others, two applications of the compass, each Compass Editors' Choice for BlackBerry Playbook and Kompas.com for BlackBerry Playbook.

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Samsung accusations which Tracing Apple

WASHINGTON, KOMPAS.com - Samsung Electronics Co. rebluffing Apple Inc. related charges of patent infringement. Appleaccused of plagiarizing from Samsung's technological innovationsused in Apple's peripheral products such as iPhone and iPad.Previously, Samsung also bring an action against Apple in the U.S.International Trade Commission in Washington on June 28, 2011related to the same problem.

"Apple has a lot of innovation plagiarized Samsung for their devices," said a lawyer from Suwon, corporate attorney based inSouth Korea in the registration of a case in federal court inDelaware.

Samsung also supplied memory chips to Apple, had sued Apple in Seoul, Tokyo, San Francisco, Mannheim, and Germany. Applealso has a pending legal case in South Korea.

Apple also reply to these claims by protesting to the Samsung thatthe Galaxy had plagiarized Samsung's iPhone and iPad. Touch screen, zooming, scrolling and selecting menu on the Samsungwas accused of copying Apple.

"They seem to have a lot of talks to resolve the issue. They mustget a license agreement on this issue," said Seo Won Seokanalyst at NH Investment & Securities Co.. in Seoul.

Patent feud in the mobile device industry is not a rare thing.Previously Nokia and Apple have agreed to end all feuds about thepatent and Apple are willing to pay for licensing the technology-dominated Nokia in their products. (Cash / Rizki Caturini)

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9 Reasons to Switch from Facebook Google Plus

KOMPAS.com - Can Google + (Plus Google) steals a user of Facebook? Yes. There are several good reasons to switch from Facebook to Google +, ranging from the easy to use data privacy.

The question "Can Google + beat Facebook?". The real question may not be too precise. This is not about one site against another site. Google + bigger than that. The reason why Google calls "Google Project +" + is that Google will become a central part of Google's overall identity. It will reshape the company.

So the more appropriate question is "Can Google beat Facebook?" If it is placed like that, the contest appears to be much more balanced.

Of course Facebook has a great beginning, but there are some good reasons for people to seriously leave Facebook for Google +. There are at least nine reasons as cited kompasianer, Oscar, from PCWorld.

1. Integration with Google services

Owned the largest portion of Google to attract people use Google + is integration. This means that Google will build Google + features and equipment to almost all its online services ranging from documents to video search. + Google already integrated into almost all Google products.

This allows you to monitor all events Google + (message, updates, etc.) when sharing content with friends without leaving the Google service you're using. Millions of people use the free Google services (Gmail, Documents, Search, etc..), And the attachment of these services with Google + might be easy for someone to leave Facebook.

2. Management better friendships

Google's true that the concept of "circles" or Circle more in line with the way we are friends in real life. We have many kind friends, and we interact and communicate with them in different ways.Facebook Groups feature allows you to form a special group of friends, but compared to that done on Google +, it seems impractical. Besides, Facebook is still a new feature groups (additional), while the Circle is the cornerstone of Google's platform +.

3. Better mobile applications

If you are a user of Android, you can tell that get content from your phone to a social platform easier, cleaner, more functionality with Google's mobile + applications. These applications had been steady, but Google will still seek and find ways to make the Android you become a member of the body of your + Google social platform. Google hopes to use its Android user base as large as a part against Facebook, that its mobile application though looks pretty but a bit clunky to use.

4. Easier to find things to be divided

Spark features Google + is one more important thing that distinguishes it from Facebook. Spark is where Google leverage its search engine to do something that can not be done is to give Facebook users an instant flow of information relevant to share with friends. Because Facebook does not have a search engine, users must leave the site looking for data that can be divided or waiting for their friends to share it with them. The question "how do I look for something to be shared" directly answered by Spark.

5. You can retrieve your data

Facebook is known less reliable handling personal data. Suppose you were forced to make certain parts of your personal data appear to the public, and it is very difficult to permanently delete your Facebook profile. On the other hand, Google makes it possible for you to retrieve all the data you place on Google + and left. This is done through the Google + called "Data Liberation".With just a few clicks you can download data from your Picasa Web Albums, Google Profile, Google + stream, Buzz and contacts.

6. Label better photographs

When viewing images on Google + you can label the name of the people in it like on Facebook. You make a small square around their faces, then type in their name in the box below or choose one of the guessed name Google +. But there is a big difference in where Google takes the privacy aspects of the label image. When you label someone, there will be a record like this "Adding a label it should tell people that you label it. They can be related photos and albums". On the other hand, Facebook does not make an effort to warn people that they have been labeled (perhaps only in a photograph that is not good) and give them a direct opportunity to remove (remove) label.

Google has also decided to slightly embarrassed to use facial recognition software, which now use Facebook to automatically identify people in photos are uploaded to the album the user.

7. Features a solid group chat

Google + has a feature that beat up in the affairs of the chat. Easy to create a special group video chat using the Google + Hangouts features, and create a special group for the chat seems to be something natural and fun to do in social networking. A similar case was conducted by Huddle mobile application that allows users Android launch group text chat. Facebook does not offer this device.

8. Dividing the content more secure

Prompts privacy has long been asking the social networking site to allow the user to specify the level of privacy of any content that is shared, rather than using a list of initial settings that determine all the shared content. Google seems to hear the request, and build these capabilities into Google +. For example, if I share an article or upload images from camera, Google + gives me the option circle of friends where I want to share content. + it is Google's advantage.

9. Google better care of your personal data

Running a social networking, it's all about responsibility to take care of users' personal information. Facebook is a fast moving young company that has been proven cavalier in its movement, is less concerned about the privacy of user data, and easily accessible to others. On the other hand, Google is a much more mature company that looks much more reliable than Facebook.The most part, Google has been operating under the slogan "Do not Be Evil".

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Nancy Grace says 'the devil is dancing' at Casey Anthony verdict

source :http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2011/07/nancy-grace-says-the-devil-is-dancing-at-casey-anthony-verdict.html

Nancy Grace has never hidden her feelings about the Caylee Anthony murder case, and the HLN host didn't hold back Tuesday when the 2-year-old's mother was acquitted of her murder.

Grace, a trained lawyer who'd derisively dubbed the defendant, Casey Anthony, "tot mom," said Caylee's "death has gone unavenged" and that "tot mom's lies seem to have worked."

Grace, via her prime-time talk show, has been covering the case extensively for the past three years, since the toddler was initially reported missing in summer 2008. Her attention helped take it from a local case to a national spectacle, and Grace became somewhat of an expert on the investigation, appearing on other HLN shows, sister network CNN and sparring with legal analysts like Dan Abrams on ABC News.

The network, with Grace leading the charge, kept expanding its coverage of the murder investigation, the arrest of Casey Anthony and the trial, which just ended its five-week run. It was practically all-Casey-all-the-time for the last month, with record-breaking ratings as a result.

Grace said Tuesday that "there's no way this is a verdict that speaks the truth," appearing stunned moments after the jury decision. "But this is our jury system."

As she's done all along, Grace tugged at heartstrings by reminding viewers that an angelic child had been murdered, with her body found "15 houses from where tot mom put her head on a pillow each night... Little Caylee, thrown away like she was trash."

She criticized the defense celebrations and said "the devil is dancing" at the case's conclusion.

In televised comments shortly after the verdict, one of the defense attorneys slammed what he called the media's rush to judgment, not naming Grace but pointedly saying some anchors and talking heads crossed a line and convicted Casey Anthony long before trial. He said he hoped they learned a lesson from the acquittal. (Casey Anthony was convicted of four misdemeanors for lying to police during the investigation.)

Bryce Nelson, journalism professor at USC's Annenberg School, said there is a difference between talk show hosts and news professionals, though viewers may not always make the distinction.

TV personalities like Grace, who clearly pick sides, have "a lot to answer for" when the verdict goes the opposite way, he said. Will they learn from it, as Casey Anthony's defense lawyer said?

"It might cause more people to think about how they report the news, or we can at least hope so," Nelson said. "But unfortunately it won't last for long. The rewards for sensationalism are all too great."

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