Android and Samsung Mastered the US. Market

Android operating system made by Google remains the number one choice as the basis for smart phones in the United States until the end of 2011. The Samsung became the best-selling mobile phone brands.

Approximately 46.9 percent of smart phones in the U.S. using the Android operating system. That figure is up 3.1 percent over the previous three months, according to data released by comScore. The second rank is occupied by the iOS from Apple with 28.7 percent, up 1.4 percent. While RIM, BlackBerry maker, in third position with 16.6 percent, down 3.1 percent.

Completing the top five any Microsoft Windows Phone with 5.2 percent, down 0.5 percent, and the Symbian operating system ranked fifth with 1.5 percent, down 0.3 percent.

Android and iOS dominance is expected to continue in 2012. According to statistical data Flurry, after Christmas, there is increasing 353 percent smart phone for activation.

While on a 1 to 20 December 2011, the average activation of Android phones and iPhones around 1.5 million units per day, the week of Christmas and New Year holiday surged to 6.8 million units.

Meanwhile, the final version of Android aka Ice Cream Sandwiches start commercialized in the United States on December 15, 2011. Samsung Galaxy Nexus becomes first phone to use that version.

The high public interest against the Android-based smart phones to make some other vendors planning to release phones that support the Ice Cream Sandwich.

Meanwhile, from all kinds of phones are sold throughout 2011, including smart phones, Samsung's market share in the United States with a value of 25.6 percent, up 0.3 percent.

Interestingly, LG and Motorola turned out to master the second and third position as the best selling mobile phones in Uncle Sam's country. So, where Apple's position?

According to comScore, Apple is ranked fourth with 11.2 percent market share, up 1.4 percent. BlackBerry from RIM in fifth with 6.5 percent, down 0.6 percent.

In the last month, Samsung has stated they managed to sell more than 300 million mobile phone units in 2011 worldwide. This is a new sales record for the Samsung.

The most frequently used features of this phone is a feature to send SMS, which is about 72.6 percent, as comScore poll conducted against 30 thousand respondents.

Downloading applications is also an activity that is high enough, ie as much as 44.9 percent of respondents claimed to download various applications. As for surfing in cyberspace as much as 44.4 percent. *** [PCMAG | CNET | FIRMAN | KORAN TEMPO 3752]

Latest Photo Editing Program

The researchers from University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign led by David Forsyth are developing an application that can insert pictures in another photo and look realtstis.

To generate such a level, this new software first to engineer a three-dimensional (3D) and pictures taken. A user asked to select the source of light in the picture so that an algorithm can create more 3D geometry and lighting a picture and insert an artificial object into his new environment.

This graphics program then adds shadows and highlights to the object before it is converted back into 2D. Light level object then analyzed and adjusted to the conditions in the image before it is inserted.

Photo editing programs that currently exist can only insert 2D objects without considering the lighting and the perspective of artificial objects and photographs. "People can quickly detect the photo hoax because we can accurately place inconsistency lighting in a photograph," says team member Kevin Karsch, as reported by Newscientist.

The researchers hope the new program is beneficial in manipulate data by adding the historical artifacts at the old photos. The new program is also useful for interior design because it allows the pendekorasi take one photo in one room and virtual experiments with different furniture. The creative work is presented at Siggraph Asia, a special conference computer graphics and interactive techniques, on December,12-15 in Hong Kong. *** [SRI | NEWSCIENTIST | PIKIRAN RAKYAT 22122011]

Anonymous in Action Again

Anonymous hacker group hijacked the data belonging to Stratfor, a consulting firm political, economic, and military based in Austin, Texas, United States.

Stratfor is less popular. But, if you know who his clients, you'll understand why this group of hackers targeting the company.

The company clients are Apple Inc. holds the data of the United States Air Force for the Miami Police Department. Anonymous claims to have stolen data on more than 4,000 credit card numbers, passwords, and home address.

According to the group's hackers, data theft done so that they could use the victims money to contribute to Christmas. Several victims who claim to have asked for confirmation of suspicious transactions on their credit card accounts.

Meanwhile, the official website Stratfor can not be traced and written, "out of service".

"Now this data is not a secret anymore," wrote Anonymous via Twitter. The group claimed the attack on Stratfor's just the beginning of the Christmas attack that will still continue with the sequential list of other victims.

A few hours after plowing and Anonymous announced his actions, name, phone number, e-mail address, home address, and credit card account details have been stolen through an encrypted link via Twitter.

Stratfor Intelligence Vice President Fred Burton said his company was investigating the leak of the data. *** [TELEGRAPH | RINI K | KORAN TEMPO 3747]

Galaxy S II and Note will use the Ice Cream Sandwich

Samsung Electronics officially said they will update the operating system on their two smart phones are the Galaxy S II and Galaxy Note. 

While so far the Galaxy S II and Galaxy Note running under the platform Android 2.3 aka Gingerbread, in the first quarter of 2012, will be replaced into the Android 4.0 or Ice Cream Sandwich. 

As for other devices that will soon follow the Galaxy S II LTE,Galaxy  R, Galaxy Tab 10.1, Tab Galaxy 8.9, Galaxy Tab 7.7, Tab 7.0 and Galaxy Plus. While the Galaxy S is not included in the list. 

Samsung Galaxy S II

Ice Cream Sandwiches are designed and operating system designed specifically for smart phones and tablet computers. 

Samsung Galaxy Note

Currently Samsung smart phones that have adopted is Ice Cream Sandwich Galaxy Nexus. This is a device that uses a third of Google's Android. In addition, the Galaxy is equipped Android Nexus Beam and Near Field Communications (NFC). 

Besides Samsung, HTC also announced it would soon use the operating system Ice Cream Sandwich to their latest smart phones. Similarly, the Motorola Razr Droid, who will use Android version 4.0 is at the beginning of 2012. *** [SLASHGEAR | IQBAL MUHTAROM | KORAN TEMPO 3743]

HTML5 Supported BlackBerry 10

When Steve Jobs refused Flash installed into the iOS-based devices, he argues that HTML5 can do what it can do Flash. Jobs actually a little hesitant going remarks. But at Apple, when it is under pressure to reject Adobe Flash is very strong. Jobs started to follow.

In the end, Jobs and Apple are "win". HTML5, not Flash, is a technology which now dominate and change the look of the virtual world.

Research In Motion, BlackBerry manufacturer, also believes that HTML5 is the future of programming languages. RIM also committed to use it.

In his presentation before the participants BlackBerry DevCon Asia 2011 in Singapore last week (7 December 2011), George Staikos, Vice President, Web Technologies RIM, said that HTML5 is the right choice for modern applications. According Staikos, HTML5 is a bridge for the BlackBerry operating system, namely BlackBerry 6 and 7 as well as BlackBerry 10, which will be launched next year.

So far, RIM loyalty using Flash. However, because the mobile industry trends led to HTML5, RIM is trying to integrate both.

With HTML5, an application can later be run on the BlackBerry Playbook, smart cell phones, cloud computing, and other digital devices.

So, what is HTML5? What is greatness? HTML5 is the latest version of hypertext markup language or programming language. Simply put, HTML5 can be regarded as the code that displays a web-based pages are also for web based applications.

There are three types of codes, namely HTML, which presents the structure of the web; Cascading Style Sheets, which set the display, and JavaScript, which makes all the running.

HTML5 is designed to be able to work and meet the desires of Internet users without requiring additional software, such as a browser plug-ins.

In short, HTML5 can do everything, from animations to applications, from music to movies, and build complex applications. HTML5 is not exclusive. That is, no royalties to be paid for using it. Everyone can wear them.

HTML5 is a platform that can be used on various devices, such as tablet computers, smart phones, netbooks, notebooks, ultrabook, or a smart TV. Throughout the browser used to support HTML5, then there would be no problem. All will work well.

HTML5 continues to grow and keep abreast of existing digital devices. So there is no word is completed for this programming language. Almost all browsers now support HTML5, such as Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Opera, Safari Mobile, and Android.

Firefox is a browser that supports most features in HTML5. This was followed by the Google Chrome and Safari. *** [TECHRADAR | HTML5DEMOS | FIRMAN | KORAN TEMPO 3738]

There's Facial Recognition Feature in Google+

Google+ added new features. Find My Face. This is a facial recognition service to automatically find faces sosiai networking users on the photos uploaded by your friends on Google+.

Find My Face will find your photo on all photos uploaded by your friends. You also can to tag a photo. However, these features are optional. That is, can be enabled or disabled.

Google accidentally frees the user in utilizing the features of Find My Face is to avoid privacy problems. Apparently, social networking giant made ​​this search engine to learn from Facebook, which often gets the question about the confidentiality of the data members.

"It's a good way to build a reputation management," said Google's lawyer, Ben Petrosky. Google says tagged photos will only appear to the people who interact with the user. "You know, there is a relationship of friendship, or if you've been invited to Gmail," Petrosky said.

This feature can be turned off. "The model of your face is removed and the advice tag can not be done," he said. Petrosky said, Google was very careful in introducing this facial recognition feature. *** [FORBES | IQBAL MUHTAROM | KORAN TEMPO 3735]

Microsoft Design Office for the iPad

Microsoft plans to make versions of Office applications iPad. Based on the source quoted by The Daily, Microsoft is actively its Office applications have adapted to be used in the Apple tablet.

Of course there is the calculation of why Microsoft wants to install an Office application on the iPad.

• First, the iPad now controls 80 percent share of the tablet computer market.
• Secondly, there are millions of people worldwide who use Office. That means it can bring in big money for the technology giant based in Redmond, Washington, that.

Currently the Office is a product with the biggest sales for Microsoft. To msnbc.com, which is also owned by Microsoft, a Microsoft spokesman could not give any response.

"We do not have any information to share at this time," he told msnbc.com. Previously Microsoft has provided a number of applications on the iPad, such as Bing, MSN Onit, and MSN OnPoint. For the iPhone, applications that are available is Microsoft Tag, Windows Live Messenger, and Wonderwall.

In addition to preparing the iPad version of Office, the new edition of Office for OS X Lion is expected to be available next year. The current version of Office 2011 desktop package supports the new iOS version and Snow Leopard. *** [MSNBC | IQBAL MUHTAROM | KORAN TEMPO 3722]

Ice Cream Sandwiches for Old Smart Phones

Good news for those of you who have not had time to renew old smart mobile devices. Ice Cream Sandwich is a fourth-generation operating system from a family who recently released Android. This platform is designed to be installed in various types of smart cell phones, especially the type or the latest release.

So far, Android Ice Cream Sandwich was applied to the new smart phone released by Google and Samsung, the Galaxy Nexus. Certainly many new features that were presented which do not possess the Android Gingerbread.

Samsung Galaxy Nexus. (Picture from: http://www.tech2date.com/)

Even so, a bunch of Android application developers have recently demonstrated that most brand new operating system can also be run on old smart phones, such as first-generation Android phone, HTC G1.

What has been done by the developers of these applications is promising. That is, there is the possibility of any operating system version is newer and more sophisticated it can be applied on an old smart phone.

Even so, how effective these operating systems can run on old smart phones depending on the specification itself and the composition of its operating system.

Android Ice Cream Sandwich was launched simultaneously with the launch of Samsung Galaxy Nexus. Some new features brought this operating system, one of which is facial recognition.

Some observers assess the operating system platform Android Ice Cream Sandwich brings major changes in terms of convenience of use for even a novice user. Features that were taken were quite complete.

Because many impressive new features, some members of the XDA Developers forum developers then try to put Android Ice Cream Sandwich on a smart phone was three years old. It worked.

Indeed, many of the limitations experienced while testing. Ice Cream Sandwich is running very slow on the HTC G1 smart phone. Likewise with the touch screen feature, it becomes less responsive.

HTC G1. (Picture from: http://www.ponseljakarta.com/)

In addition, when running the application, it takes a little longer than the normal operating system. In fact, sometimes the application is not functioning at all.

Other important features, such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and screen rotation, did not function in these older phones. But the other standard features to function properly without any hindrance.

From the results of this small study found that whenever there is the latest operating system, mobile phone vendors will immediately launch a new type of smart phones as well.

Sometimes they say the latest operating system can only run on new smart phones as well. Though this experiment proves that older phones can be installed the latest operating system. *** [TECHJOURNAL | FIRMAN | KORAN TEMPO 3722]

There are "Spies" on Your Mobile Device?

A software accused of acting as spies. He is present in Android, BlackBerry, and iPhone without the user's knowledge.

Is it software? Is it true he was a spy? Here is a summarized explanation of the various sources:

Software that is so the spotlight, especially in the United States, named Carrier IQ. Its existence was revealed by a researcher named Trevor Eckhart.

Initially, Carrier IQ is found in the Android device. Eckhart said the software (software) is spying on all user activity, including any key is pressed and the user typed text.

What is Carrier IQ?
According to official information from the manufacturer, Carrier IQ is the software that collects data usage by the customer so that telecom operators can analyze and make improvements.

Carrier IQ goes on, hidden, and can not be stopped. Unless the device di-unlock/root or jailbreak. In other words: the technical knowledge needed.

What data is tracked?
According to Eckhart, this software to track the location of the device, the button is pressed, web pages visited, when the phone calls made, and other information. (His demontration video on YouTube.)

Carrier IQ maker refused the claim. The official statement that the company shows that they can know whether an SMS successfully delivered or not, but does not record its SMS content. He also knows what applications suck up the battery, but it did not save screenshots.

The data is sent to where?
Video demo shown Eckhart does not display the data transmission. Carrier IQ said the data they collect is sent through encrypted channels.

What devices are using Carrier IQ?

According to the Carrier IQ company's, their software is used in more than 130 million mobile phones in the world. However, they refused to say anything.

Carrier IQ is installed and active as the rights mentioned telecom operators. In the U.S., for example, AT & T acknowledges using this software. Sprint too. However, Verizon said no.

Eckhart called Carrier IQ in HTC, Samsung, Nokia, and BlackBerry.

Research In Motion, maker of the BlackBerry, said that they did not put in the levying of Carrier IQ and do not allow telecom operators to do so. Nokia also said not to use it.

Motorola recognizes that there is software on their devices, but threw the issue to the operator. The same is done Samsung.

HTC says, Carrier IQ is in their devices only when required by a particular telecom operator in the U.S.. HTC is not a partner or a client of Carrier IQ.

IOS developer, Paul Grant, Carrier IQ found in the iPhone. But according to Apple, they are no longer using it since IOS software 5.

Google said it was never put Carrier IQ on the Android. However, they acknowledge that Android is open and the operator or the Android-based device makers can make adjustments.

What's the problem anyway?
In the U.S., Carrier IQ is so large because of privacy issues that allegedly infringed by the software. Some parties even considering a class action lawsuit.

However, some security researchers say, this issue is exaggerated. Tim Wyatt, of Lookout (Android security software), said there were concerns about user data.

However, Wyatt said, having examined more deeply, it appears that Carrier IQ does not transmit data to the operator presses the button. "From what we know, it seems Carrier IQ is not a bad program," said Wyatt.

The only thing scary of Carrier IQ is that it is not known to exist from the user's (hidden) and there is no way for users to turn it off. Users also do not know exactly, what the collected data the software. *** [CNET | WICAKSONO SURYA HIDAYAT | KOMPAS-02122011]

76 Percent of Malware Attack Android

McAfee released a report on the activities of the spread of malicious software or malware on mobile devices.

Report of the third quarter of this year was not much different from the previous quarter, the Android continues to be the main target of attack.

However, things are becoming much more dire for Android. Even though there are plenty of critics who don’t think Android is all that open source, whatever amount of open source qualities there are to Android is what is leaving the door open to mobile malware.

Quoted from TechCrunch, the amount of malware that take Android as the target jumped to 37 percent when compared with the previous quarter.

It also said 76 percent of malware targeting Android. That is, only a quarter of a malware attack with another OS devices.

In addition because of loopholes in the system, this surge is expected due increasingly popular Android globally and more widely used. At the end of 2010, McAfee predicts the end of this year the number will reach 70 million malware samples are different.

It turned out that far exceeds the estimated growth of malware, McAfee estimates that by the end of 2012, this figure is achieving the 75 million malware. 

One of the most popular mode is to send a short message that infiltrated the Trojan, which has the ability to steal data users. 

Vincent Weafer, senior VP of McAfee Labs, said: "This has been a very steady quarter in terms of threats, as both general and mobile malware are more prevalent than ever.

"So far this year, we’ve seen many interesting yet challenging trends that are affecting the threat landscape, including heightened levels of sophistication and high-profile hacktivist attacks." *** [TECHCRUNCH | ZD NET | MOBILE-ENT.BIZ | RATNANING ASIH | KORAN TEMPO 3714]

Wikipedia Fundraising

Wikimedia will not turn into social media and continues to refuse advertising. The assertion was made by Jimmy Wales and Sue Gardner, the leader of the Wikimedia Foundation, in the Wikimedia's tenth anniversary.,

According to Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia will do is increase the availability in regions such as Southeast Asia, Africa, Middle East, and South America. They also hinted will open a new office in India, the first office outside the United States.

The Wikimedia Foundation is a nonprofit organization that manages Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia. Wikipedia; that has been available in 280 languages​​, already contains more than 20 million articles in more than 100 volunteers from around the world.

Jimmy Wales said, Wikipedia is no place for ads, although it does not forbid commercialization. "In my opinion, advertising is not something evil. Ikian but has no place here, not in Wikipedia."

Due to lack of income, Wikipedia is currently only supported 679 server with 95 staff. Therefore, the Wikimedia Foundation always do fundraising. Last year they managed to capture U.S. $ 16 million of the 500 thousand people from around the world.

In his message, Jimmy Wales has said, if every person who visits Wikipedia are willing to donate U.S. $ 5, fundraising takes only one day. Are you interested to donate? *** [TECHLEASH | IQBAL MUHTAROM | KORAN TEMPO 3714]

Google Releases Source Code Ice Cream Sandwich OS.

Google Inc.. released the source code for the newest operating system, Android Ice Cream Sandwich.

In the words of Jean-Baptiste Queru, a Google engineer in Google Groups, the source code with the name "Ice Cream Sandwich" is actually an Android version 4.0.1.

"This is the source code that will be used on smart phones Samsung Galaxy Nexus," writes Queru.

Source code can be downloaded from this moment on the Android Open-Source Project. Queru remind developers to source code to be patient because this is a rather large file and takes time to download.

Samsung Galaxy Nexus

One thing to note, in fact up to now Google has not even released the source code for Android 3.0 aka Honeycomb, which has been much adapted to the tablet device. If you want to order, should the company led Larry Page announced the Android 3.0 source code first, then proceed to Android 4.0.

According Queru, Google deliberately did not declare the source code for Android Honeycomb because its development is not yet finished. "We want all developers ignore it (Honeycomb) and more support Ice Cream Sandwich," he said. *** [PC WORLD | RINI KUSTIANI | KORAN TEMPO 3708]

Siri Threat on Google Search

Eric Schmidt

Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt assess Siri is a service that could threaten the sustainability of Google web search business.

"Apple Siri is a significant development. When the voice recognition software is active, then it shows innovation in search," said Schmidt.

He claimed Google was in the midst of intense competition and sometimes neglectful in anticipation of a breakthrough that created its competitors in accessing information.

Actually, Google's search engine already has a voice command service through Google Voice. This service allows users to mention the keyword via mobile phone or computer.

Apple Siri

Unfortunately Google Voice can not talk like Siri. Moreover, take a joke and presenting the hilarious answers. While Siri, besides being able to give answers verbally, these services are integrated with maps and other searches.

Apple released the voice recognition feature, Siri, which could act as a personal assistant on the iPhone 4S. The service is the result of the acquisition of a software company in April 2010.

For a while, Siri on the new iPhone 4S could understand English. Looking ahead, Apple plans to add support for other languages​​. *** [CNET | RINI K | KORAN TEMPO 3700]

When the State Using Malware Services

How secure is your computer from malware attacks? If you do not protect your computer with AntiMalware program, it's better now to protect your confidential data maintained.

Malware or malicious software is malicious programs designed to damage, steal important information, through a system, or other bad behavior in cyberspace. Malware usually familiar with the world of hacking.

But, in German actually used by the government. The goal is to conduct surveillance. The practice was revealed in the reports Chaos Computer Club, on October 8, 2011.

Malware used by the German government called the Bundes Trojaner or Federal Trojan. Not known since when Bundes Trojaner used.

This practice violates the constitution, which the German court has banned the use of malware to spy on people. The ban was imposed since February 27, 2008.

Apparently not only in Germany malware used to spy on the activities of its citizens. Government of Egypt and France did the same. The Egyptian government using Trojan FinFisher. As in France using Spyware.

So what kind of malware that is used by the German government? malware researchers in the laboratory ESET explained that detection of the malware known as Win32/R2D2.A.

The Trojan displays a tapper and take screen shots and record sound. Capability has the potential to widen further from the function Wiretapping or permitted the court / legal tapping.

Some applications that were targeted spying is Skype, MSN Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, and X-Lite, an application of voice over Internet protocol.

Furthermore, the malware also has the potential to create a backdoor or loophole in the infected computer. As a result, the trojan can send the full information available to the controller computer.

Bundes Trojaner tracked the emergence of the material documents leaked by the Wikileaks website. In the document it is mentioned that DigiTask, a company based in Bavaria, was once asked to create software that will be used to scan Skype.

However DigiTask denied that information. Yudhi Kukuh, Technical Consultant PT. Prosperita-ESET Indonesia, said the origin of the malware is not important. "If the malicious code contained in it, there is no reason for antimalware to not detect it."He added that this is a major strength of behavior analysis methods and heuristics are used ESET.

Bundes Trojaner actually a sound recorder software. The software is able to record conversations in Skype which is done through a computer soundcard before the conversation is encrypted by Skype and "0zapftis".

ESET managed to detect the presence Bundestrojaner Win32/R2D2.A named. The name comes from the text string C3PO-R2D2-POE, which is similar to the name of the robot in the "Star Wars" Movie Film. *** [ESET | FIRMAN | KORAN TEMPO 3693]

Tablet okay, Cell Phone okay

As these devices adopt the operating system that can be used at two to three different gadgets. Apple iOS 5 can be applied to the tablet iPad, iPhone cell phone, and iPod Touch. For Android Ice Cream Sandwich, although claimed to run on mobile phones and tablets, the new Google phone to prove it on the Samsung Galaxy Nexus.

The Windows 8 from Microsoft specifically for touch screen computers, whether it's a tablet, desktop, or notebook. For now only Samsung, Hewlett-Packard (HP), and Dell said it would use it on a computer platform they were made.

The following excellent features are provided in each operating system. *** [RINI KUSTIANI | DIANING SARI | VARIOUS SOURCES | KORAN TEMPO 3684]

 

iOS 5

• Notification Center, Gathering place for all new incoming information, such as instant messaging, short messages (SMS), e-mail, and phone calls.
• iMessage, In short, the service is just like BlackBerry Messenger (BBM). Not only text messages, iMessage also can send photos, videos, and conversations among iOS 5 device.
• Wi-Fi Sync, This is a feature to connect the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch via Wi-Fi connection.
• iCloud, Apple's cloud computing service allows users to insert songs into iCloud, then he can play the song on other Apple devices, such as iPad, iPod Touch, and Mac computers.
• Siri, Applications "personal assistant" can work through voice commands. The software can answer the question, "make recommendations, and execute various commands, such as an agenda or setting the alarm.

ANDROID 4.0 ICE CREAM SANDWICH

• Roboto, Android Ice Cream Sandwich has a new letter called Roboto. The shape is somewhat circular and more rounded than the existing font.
• Versatile touchscreen, Home, back, menu, and search button turned into touch button. To note, the Samsung Galaxy Nexus has no physical buttons, all touch.
• User interface, The biggest overhaul in this section. The images on the contact list appear larger and can adjust the size of the widgets on the homescreen. There is also a favorite bar that always appear at the bottom of the screen to display a list of names and phone numbers, applications, and Internet pages instantly.
• Shifts display, The platform accommodates users to choose their own settings screen shift, whether sliding up and down or left and right.
• Screenshot of simultaneous, Samsung Galaxy Nexus can be used to take screenshots simultaneously by pressing the power button and volume simultaneously.
• Display the use of new data, In the arrangement is able to show how much data has been used for a month. There is an option to set the threshold data or erase all data.
• Take pictures even though the phone is locked, Although the phone is locked, users can still take pictures through a camera button for faster access.
• Photo sharing feature, Images is now easier divided into Facebook, Google +, or Twitter with Android applications Photoshare.
• Photo editing application, In this phone available in photo editing application that can be cut, remove red-eye effect, and edit the colors as well as in the iPhone app Instagram.
• Video settings, Video applications have the option to speed up or slow down the image that is being played. It could also take photos while recording video and picture zoom.
• Facial recognition, There is an option to unlock the phone through facial recognition.

WINDOWS 8

• Metro Display, This style is to remove the small icons that always appear on the screen before Windows OS and replaced with a colorful box.
• Fast booting, In this operating system, Microsoft promises faster performance by reducing memory footprint. As a result, the required boot time is shorter, less than 8 seconds.
• USB 3.0 and Hyper-V, The operating system is supported USB 3.0 and Hyper-V, so it works as fast as iOS and Mac OS X Lion.
• Internet Explorer 10, The browser also experienced significant changes in the presence of Internet Explorer 10, which is claimed to provide faster surfing experience and a liquid.

First Interactive Mapping Portal in the World

Logo-BAKORSURTANAL

Coordinating Agency for Surveys and Mapping Agency aka Badan Koordinasi Survei dan Pemetaan Nasional (Bakosurtanal) launched the most comprehensive mapping portal in Indonesia. This map can be used by the community to move the economy to cope with the disaster.

Geoportal contains mapping information previously scattered in various government agencies in Indonesia. Geoportal is a container that holds the mapping information of this?

"With the Geoportal, the islands of information can be integrated into a single interface," said Head Bakosurtanal Asep Karsidi the launch of the "Indonesia Geoportal" at the Grand Sahid Jaya Hotel, Jakarta.

Asep sure Geoportal presence could encourage national development. In Indonesia, 90 percent of economic activity involving geospatial data.

Deputy Data Infrastructure Bakosurtanal Jusuf Surachman declared demographic information complete Geoportal can be used for the benefit of an emergency, eg disaster. Indonesia is frequently hit by disasters now have a mapping guidance in the face of disaster.

"Portal can be used to display the total losses, the area affected, and determine the location of evacuation of citizens," said Jusuf. Interestingly, Geoportal also connected with various social media services. Thus users can find information in real time distributed by citizen journalists via Twitter and YouTube.

Until now data on the Geoportal donated by 14 Government agencies. Some of these institutions are the Ministry of Transportation, Ministry of Public Works, Ministry of Agriculture, and National Land Agency aka Badan Pertanahan Nasional (BPN).

Geoportal make Indonesia as the first country to have an integrative thematic mapping service interactive web-based. Indonesia ahead of the United States, which also intends to launch this service. As for Malaysia also has a mapping geoportal, As for Malaysia also has a geoportal mapping, but in a simplified version that is less interactive. The page can be accessed through the address Geoportal http://maps.ina-sdi.or.id. *** [ANTON WILLIAM | KORAN TEMPO 3680]