Foursquare’s plan for monetization: personalized coupons

Foursquare has not disappointed with regular new users, but its leaders have a clear objective: to achieve financial gain. Dennis Crowley, CEO and cofounder of the service, has confirmed that get released in July for a custom stamp.

Check-in will be the perfect conduit for these coupons: an example can be customized offer of a discount if a customer makes check-in repeatedly in a business, the offer would only be valid for that user, and check-in is required to benefit from it. Perfect for use Foursquare to increase and to stand up to rivals such as Groupon or Yelp.

When you search for sushi find the same results worldwide. What you will soon see is different from what I see. [...] Individual search results based on your area and the places you go. And if comparases results Thursday with Saturday change.
Would have to resolve some things, such as finding a way to prevent people do check in a business when they are actually dozens of feet away, but in theory a new version of Foursquare we will see in July solve the problem.

FiiO E9i, headphone amplifier with desktop dock for iPod / iPhone

The first thing many of us do when we got to the computer is to stop charging your iPhone or iPod. So they invented the docks, to be connected easily and without concern of the cable. Too many of us listen to music in other places and as we do we would like to carry our device. If you are of those who listen to music with headphones and I would like to have a quality amp, today we speak of a device that may interest you.

The E9i Fiio headphone amplifier is a desktop with some cool features, like having a basis for charging an iPhone or an iPod, line input, two audio outputs, connection to various headset, etc.

We will see this after the jump.

If in other products of the house FiiO surprised how small and light that is the case, in this case I would say that surprises the opposite. The main reason is that the E9i includes a power adapter, and that we feed into the grid unlike other amps fed through a USB port. This gives us the advantage of using the amplifier without having to be on the computer. Moreover, the weight is 440 grams E9i, just in case you think llevároslo with you.

Once we get the amp from its box, we find four feet of silicone parts, since the E9i already comes with the same installed, a USB cable to synchronize your iPod or iPhone to connect to your dock and an instruction manual (in English and Chinese).

The E9i looks the same quality as other products I’ve tried that mark, with an imposing box of black anodized aluminum. Starting from the rear, the E9i has the aforementioned USB port, the outlet, a switch to increase the gain of the amplifier output line to which we can connect an amplifier with two RCA connectors, a marked departure Pre-Output with a 3.5 mm and a line input to connect another device. As you can see the versatility of the FiiO is quite large.

Thus, we can use the amp with just a headset and connect to the line input, or connect an iPhone / iPod to use with it. Or we can connect to your computer E9i to make dock. Or connect E9i amplified speakers, or use it to connect to our stereo, or simply as an amplifier for our headphones. However, to charge the device connected to the dock we have the amplifier must be turned so that it reaches the stream.

What we are in the front? A volume knob also turns the amplifier, and two jacks for connecting headphones, the left is a typical headphone jack 3.5 mm, and the right of the headphone jack of 6.35 mm . Thus, we can connect both headphones in-ear type connector on the left, marked with a gain of -90 db, or headphones that require more amplification and have a jack “of the fat.” Pulling specs see that the output power is 1W (16ohmios) or 80 mW (600 ohms), so can give quite match any headphones.

Galaxy S3: Price in first online shop at 599 €

Although the Galaxy S3 was not introduced formally, one can pre-order the Android smartphone for the first online shop already. In Getgoods.de Hoh.de and can pre-order the Samsung Galaxy S3 at a price of 599 €. Details on the exact delivery date or the equipment of the Galaxy and S3 provide Getgoods.de Hoh.de however. The idea of the Galaxy S3 is on 3 Expected in May 2012.

The Samsung S3 Galaxy is expected by many interested parties eagerly. This desire also now have the first online shop recognized and therefore offer a way to pre-order. Although the Galaxy S3 was officially not introduced, then, you can already order it on the Internet. This is possible by, among other Getgoods.de and Hoh.de. The Galaxy S3 will cost € 599 each there without a contract. Information about the exact delivery date or the equipment of the Galaxy and S3 provide Getgoods.de Hoh.de however.

Further details on the Samsung Galaxy S3 on 3 Expected in May 2012. Invitations to a big press event, which will take place on that date in London, Samsung shipped this week. Even the South Korean manufacturer has not revealed that it will go to the Galaxy S3, the future of the Galaxy Series aims of the event, but shall in any case. It is thus quite likely that the Galaxy S 3 on 3 May 2012 in London, is presented.

The Samsung S3 is a great Super Galaxy will AMOLED display with a diagonal of 4.6 to 4.8 inches, and high-definition resolution. In probably very slim case is a quad-core processor are the Exynos Series. The Galaxy S3 will support, among other things, the NFC short range radio and fast mobile standard LTE. The operating system is almost certainly with Google’s Android 4.0 coming Ice Cream Sandwich to use.

The name “Galaxy S3″ appears in the 2012 Samsung Unpacked

One of the unknowns about the new Samsung phone is its final name, it is rumored that the Korean firm enough not to continue listing phone numbers, and there could be some change in this respect. Today we have evidence that it is not.

Samsung has released an official application for the event Unpacked 2012 , available at Google Play, which uses the term “Galaxy S3″, the truth is it’s the first time the company makes use of it. We find the name and other keywords such as “S3″ in the description of the application.

Previously we have seen in the German Amazon site the same way the phone call, “Galaxy S3″. It could be that both Samsung and Amazon are using this form to claim the attention of the search network.

The application itself allows us to continue via streaming the event in London. Centralizes all information Besides news, videos, event guide and even a how to physically get to it.

Vodafone already has it has

Next Galaxy is already making friends with the operators, or vice versa, is that as we see in the image taken from the Vodafone website in the UK, they will have in their catalog and invite you to register to see developments.

5th Price: A Radeon HD 7950 OC by Sapphire

As a reminder for our (not daily) reader and the fact that it took nine prizes for all in itself, we make a profit every day of our anniversary raffle in 2012 before again separately. Today: A Radeon HD 7950 OC from Sapphire!

Sapphire is a brand new, ready-made in 28 nm AMD Radeon HD 7950 OC with 3 gigabytes of memory. The Pixel Graphics Accelerator is based on AMD’s Next-core architecture and is highly overclocked from the factory. Shall run with the graphics chip rather than its total 1792 Steam processors with 800 MHz now available with a substantial core frequency of 900 MHz, while the 3 gigabyte of VRAM with 5000 MHz is operated effectively.

Sapphire HD 7950 OC 3GB
The most striking aspect of the Sapphire Radeon HD 7950 OC is, besides the already mentioned overclocking, certainly the most different from the reference design cooler. In this model, the manufacturer relies on two large axial fan and a massive aluminum heat sink, which has fewer than five copper heatpipes. Through this complex cooling design should vary according to the manufacturer, temperature and noise level are very low.

EU Parliament wants control of censorship technology

The members of the European Parliament have called for the introduction of a statutory basis, with the export of technologies to monitor and censor Internet users can be better controlled. For the trade of European high tech companies flourishing with dictatorships.

With an appropriate resolution, which was by the EU Parliament adopted by a large majority, the deputies responded to the publication of the annual report on human rights 2010th The Parliament wants to write with his initiative and accountability of EU companies that export applications, devices or services that can be used to block websites, or for monitoring of mobile communications, it said.

“There is a race between those who use new media for the purpose of liberation and those who use them in a repressive intent. I have to say no fear that Vodafone learn from his yielding to the wishes of Mubarak must”, said the rapporteur Parliament Richard Howitt, referring to the suspension of mobile telecommunications services by Vodafone on the orders of the Mubarak regime just weeks before the revolution in Egypt.

In its resolution the deputies demand by 2013 a proposal by the European Commission to monitor the export of goods and services from the EU, which the censor or inhibit access of web pages and monitoring can be used in mobile communications.

The “Arab Spring” had the potential of the Internet and social media to act as a carrier of free speech, proved, according to the resolution. At the same time urge the parliamentarians more EU support to safeguard media freedom and the protection of independent journalists and bloggers. For this to the EU bodies and Member States to work more closely with the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

HTC: users prefer slim phones to greater autonomy

In an event that took place yesterday, HTC, in the words of its vice president of product strategy, Bjorn Kilburn, reported preferences in mobile phone users, according to surveys that had been made.

According to HTC, customers prefer slim phones, devices with greater autonomy of use. This is data that were taken last year to work with the new range of mobile One, and in fact is one of the most elaborate paragraphs.

The truth is that it does not correspond with the general idea I have of the Engadget community, where it is normal to talk about the need for improvements in the battery of mobile devices.

Motorola RAZR MAXX, the opposite

Given their studies, it appears that disappeared from the plans 3.000mAh phones battery, the style MAXX Motorola Razr . In this sense I think the Motorola solution is the most intelligent, two versions for the same phone and the user to choose what you need.

Kilburn not close ranks and think that autonomy is very important, so keep working on improving from the standpoint of software, and waiting to assimilate new technologies. But either way, better not expect a HTC One X MAXX.

Other companies will follow in the footsteps of Motorola, in the last Mobile World Congress, we saw a Huawei D Quad XL , which had a battery of 2,500 mAh. Not to mention Apple, which has had no trouble to fatten his new iPhone to get the desired autonomy.

HTC also forget the QWERTY keyboard

Another way that seems like too much is the HTC phones with QWERTY keyboards, which in the past gave him recognition and success with great phones, and is now disappearing from the catalog without replacement on the horizon.

The last member we saw was the ChaChaCha HTC , a mobile social network related Facebook midrange, which was sliding keyboard. Phones appear to be more expensive to produce by the mechanisms and additional parts.

Android competition does not seem very enthusiastic about the idea (except back to Motorola with its Droids), and removing some of a similar model from Samsung, some more are in the market. Outside the Google operating system, we have the RIM giant who loves physical keyboards, who also goes by his best.

The new information comes from HTC, which in an event in Seattle was manifested in this way, arguing that users demanded it, but also reported that the idea (phones with QWERTY keyboard) was not dead.

SkySQL gets new cash injection for the expansion

The company SkySQL, the services related to the free MySQL database software offering, was able to secure a further cash injection. A number of other investors put a total of $ 4 million in the company.

Mainly of Finnish Industry Investment, a Finnish national venture capital and private equity firms as well as leading European investors including venture SpinTop and Open Ocean Capital and the U.S. OnCorps additional capital flows.

With the fresh money will SkySQL ahead in the first place to develop your own products, in addition to developers and experts in the field of business developments with cloud experience complement the existing team, the company said.

The expansion is an important development for SkySQL: The goal is transformation from a pure expert for MySQL and MariaDB services to the broader-based provider of database products and services. “The capital infusion allows us to quickly new products for which there is currently on the market real need to develop – both for enterprise and cloud,” says Ulf Sandberg, CEO of SkySQL.

SkySQL was originally in October 2010 with seed money from OnCorps and Open Ocean Capital equipped. The foundation was in response to the takeover of Sun Microsystems by Oracle, which the previous MySQL service came into the hands of the big software company. Today the company operates in 13 countries.

Acer K130, new projector small but complete

Like other brands, Acer has also updated its equipment and compact projectors. From which we must speak now is the Acer K130, a model of less than half kilograms and measuring 140 × 116 × 41 mm.

The Acer K130 offers a brightness of 300 lumens with 10,000:1 contrast through the Dynamic Black technology. Its native resolution is 1280 × 800 pixels, although the brand confirms that can play 1080p content.

As connection ports includes two very successful: HDMI and USB, plus SD card slot. With the last two can play media directly without a computer. And if we finish your setup, no possibility of putting on a USB WiFi to send content from a mobile phone.

The extra added new Acer K130 is support for 3D content. The price of this new projector from Acer is not known yet.

Drive for IOS and Google Android could be launched next week

A new and highly anticipated product of the search company seems to be just around the corner, we told you about Google Drive, a cloud-based service that will have much to do with mobile devices. To place ourselves, we expect a competitor to Dropbox .

IOS and Android systems are chosen initially to access the service in addition to OS X and Windows on the desktop. The Next Web is the source that reveals this information, and even dare to quote us next week for release.

As with Dropbox, give us storage space in the cloud for our records and so they are accessible from our various devices. The free space that is expected to offer 5GB (Dropbox starts with 2GB).

In the ad we can see that any time we can increase this size, and logic tells us should be so checkout. The URL where it would stay drive.google.com (now returns error 404).

A cloud service is of particular interest in Google’s hand to open the doors of the home se