Twitter turns seven years old

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TWITTER----1814150The micro-blogging social network, Twitter, turned 7-years-old on Thursday since they originally launched back in 2006.

The first official tweet was sent out by creator Jack Dorsey who sent out a message that could rival Neil Armstrong’s moon-landing quote by saying, “just setting up my twttr.”

According to Twitter’s official blog, it has over 200 million users around the world with 400 million tweets being sent out on a daily basis. Twitter has become a true global town square — a public place to hear the latest news, exchange ideas and connect with people all in real time. Twitter released a video showing how the service has progressed throughout the years, with the hashtag and retweet features going live in 2007, Japan being added in 2008 and other milestones throughout its seven years of service.

The company was also giving its users the opportunity to celebrate today by tweeting out a message with the hashtag #Twitter7.

Source: http://www.dnaindia.com/scitech/report_twitter-turns-seven-years-old_1814147

YouTube touches one billion hits per month mark

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Google’s video sharing site YouTube has said that it has over one billion people watching videos every month.

The milestone announced on Wednesday by the site, which was launched in 2005. YouTube crossed the 1 billion threshold five months after Facebook, Fox News reports.

The vast audience has given YouTube’s owner, Google another lucrative channel for selling online ads beyond its dominant Internet search engine, the report said. Google bought YouTube for 1.76 billion dollars in 2006 when the video site had an estimated 50 million users worldwide, the report added.

Source: http://www.dnaindia.com/scitech/report_youtube-touches-one-billion-hits-per-month-mark_1814286

BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins says iPhone is outdated

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Apple’s iPhone is outdated, according to the chief executive of BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion Ltd.

Thorsten Heins made the comment Thursday on the eve of the much-delayed launch of the new touchscreen BlackBerry in the United States. AT&T begins selling the Z10 touchscreen BlackBerry on Friday, more than six weeks after RIM launched the devices elsewhere.

Heins also said that a new keyboard version of the BlackBerry won’t be released in the U.S. until two or three months from now. He previously said it would be eight to 10 weeks, but now he’s saying it could be delayed an additional two weeks.

Both the touchscreen and keyboard models are part of RIM’s attempt at a comeback after the pioneering brand lost its cachet not long after Apple’s 2007 release of the iPhone.

Heins said a lack of innovation at Apple has left iPhone’s user interface outdated. He noted iPhone users have to go in and out of applications and the device doesn’t allow for multitasking like the new BlackBerry Z10 does.

“It’s still the same,” Heins said of the iPhone. “It is a sequential way to work and that’s not what people want today anymore. They want multitasking.”

RIM’s new software allows users to have multiple applications open like on a desktop, he said, noting that with BlackBerry you don’t have to close an application to check an email.

“We’re changing it for the better because we’re allowing people to peak in the hub,” Heins said.

Source: http://www.indianexpress.com/news/blackberry-ceo-thorsten-heins-says-iphone-is-outdated/1091823/

McAfee Embeds Android Application Control

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It’s not exactly news that Android threats are on the rise and increasingly treacherous — but security solutions will still have to ramp up accordingly, giving solution providers a better ability to stay on their toes when building out mobile security portfolios.

That’s where McAfee Inc. is hoping to make inroads in mobile security markets. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based security arm of Intel Corp. launched its Application Control for Android, touted as the first white-listing security solution embedded on Google’s mobile platform. Like similar solutions, McAfee’s mobile application control solution blocks malicious code from executing on Android-based devices and provides application-layer protection.

The biggest differentiator: The solution is embedded into the operating system, residing in the Android kernel.

“McAfee is the only security technology provider that provides enforceable security from the Android kernel space. As Android kernel has been adopted on core Linux platform, it was a natural ground for us to extend our whitelisting solution capabilities to Android,” said Rishi Bhargava, vice president of product management, Embedded Security, at McAfee. “As Android continues to grow in its adoption, McAfee is committed to making this platform as secure and trusted as other common embedded developer platforms.”

Read More: http://channelnomics.com/2013/03/11/mcafee-embeds-android-application-control/

All India Radio launches Android app, YouTube channels

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All India RadioTo carve a niche for itself on the social media, the All India Radio (AIR) has launched live streaming of its Urdu service, FM Gold on YouTube and an Android based mobile phone application of for its news service.

The services were launched by Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari. Speaking on the occasion, Tewari said the advent of AIR on social media platforms was an important step in enhancing its outreach across the country. With the use of social media, people could now access the content of AIR in any part of the globe, he said. A statement released by the ministry here said that this initiative would also enable the listeners of AIR to access the archives at one click of a button. The statement added that the Android based mobile application has been developed for accessing News stories from the AIR News Network. Tewari said that apart from catering to news and information needs of audiences both domestic and external, this innovative technology would enhance the profile, content and reach of its National and Regional bulletins in Regional Languages in the audio form.

The integration with mobile applications would address the communication needs of the youth and the audience that followed new technologies, the statement said.

Source: http://gadgets.ndtv.com/apps/news/all-india-radio-launches-android-app-youtube-channels-344664