Learning Chinese is gaining a popular trend nowadays. Numerous Chinese Learning Softwares emerge in the markets among which some is good and some is bad. And ReadWrite Chinese, I think, counts among those which are good. Its “Learning List”, subgrouping the totally 1000 characters, is a considerate design which excellently eases your pressure in learning the most difficult language in the world. And its systematical exercise design is, somewhat, a repetitious way to enhance what you have learnt. However, it also has some petty defects, like, it includes no audio files.
Installation & Interface:
The installation progress takes just a few seconds. And as seen from the below screenshot, the installation interface is very clear and fresh, two cartoon white leopards playing on the left. It also uses a lively way to introduce the software’s developer, Declan Software, in light brown font. Anyway, the carefully details-handling way wins some users’ favor.
Below screenshot is the small icon of the desktop shortcut after the installation is completed. It’s a lovely yellow star.
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Tags: Chinese Learning Software, Language software, Readwrite Chinese, Readwrite Chinese tool
Last month, it was reported that Apple was planning to integrate reprogrammable SIM cards into iPhones, cutting wireless carriers out of the activation process. On Sunday, Apple has abandoned the plan to create its own iPhone SIM cards for mobile operators threatened to stop selling the iconic device. At present mobile operators pay Apple the full £375 cost of the phone, which they pass on to consumers for free if they sign up for 24-month contracts.
A senior source at a mobile operator said: “Apple has long been trying to build closer and closer relationships and cut out the operators. But this time they have been sent back to the drawing board with their tails between their legs.”
Apple has “been sent back to the drawing board with their tails between their legs.” The company’s work on embedded SIM cards may not be entirely wasted, as the report also explains that future iPads may include the special SIM. The iPad is not subsidized by mobile carriers, and a reprogrammable SIM card would make it possible to activate the device at the point of purchase on a variety of carrier’s networks. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Apple, iPad, iPhone, iphone SIM, iPhone SIM cards
Through retailer PC Mall,Microsoft is now giving free Symantec security software to small businesses for a limited time, following some grumbling in response to the free distribution of its own security software.
In October, Microsoft began offering small businesses free copies of Microsoft Security Essentials for as many as 10 PCs. It has also started letting customers download the software from Windows Update.
Panda Security and Trend Micro are among the companies that complained about Microsoft offering the security software free.
Panda suggested that Microsoft offer free antivirus software from a variety of companies as a way to prevent a security software monoculture that could make it easier for viruses to spread quickly.
It appears Microsoft is taking that suggestion, although not in partnership with Panda, and only through one retailer.
From Nov. 1 until Dec. 31, businesses that buy a new copy of Windows 7 Professional from PC Mall will also get a copy of Symantec EndPoint Protection Small Business Edition free. The offer is good for up to 50 PCs.
Tags: Microsoft, Microsoft Security Essentials, norton, Panda Security, Symantec
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A few days ago, some news about Google is having a secret talk with mobile payments startup BOKU have been reported by many IT media. According to TechCrunch, Google is willing to discuss a possible acquisition for BOKU and the final price might be probably higher than 100 million dollars. It would be a great enhancement for Google in the competition of mobile market if the acquisition could be successfully made.
Review the past ten years, Google has made over 80 acquisitions and some of them have brought great influences not only to Google itself, but to the whole IT industry. Now, our editor has made a list to show you Google’s Top 5 meaningful acquisitions. By the way, the order of the list is determined by the significance of acquisitions.
1, DoubleClick
Acquisition date: April 13, 2007
Business type: Online advertising
Acquisition Value: (USD) $3.1 billion
Used as / Integrated with: Google AdSense
Before acquired by Google, DoubleClick has been a company that develops and provides Internet ad serving services. Its clients include many famous agencies and publishers who serve customers such as GM, Microsoft, Coca-Cola and so on. The core technology of DoubleClick is known as DART (Dynamic Advertising Reporting Targeting). DART automates the administration effort in the ad buying cycle for advertisers and the management of ad inventory for publishers. It is intended to increase the purchasing efficiency of advertisers and to minimize unsold inventory for publishers.
On April 13, 2007, Google has officially announced that it has made an agreement to acquire DoubleClick for US $3.1 billion in cash. So far, the value still ranks the first in the history of Google’s acquisition.
Based on the dominant position in the field of search engine, Google has seamlessly made useful of DART to its own key product—Google AdSense. The product line of DoubleClick has been integrated in many different aspects of Google AdSense. For example, DoubleClick Ad Exchange and Google AdSense have been merged as DoubleClick for Publishers (DFP). Through the operation, the function of influence of Google Adwords has been increased to a much higher level.
In Google’s Yearly Earnings, AdSense has always been one of the most profitable products and acquisition of DoubleClick is an absolutely contributive factor. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: admob, Android, doubleclick, Google, YouTube
A social network service is an online service, platform, or site that focuses on building and reflecting of social networks or social relations among people, e.g., who share interests and/or activities. A social network service essentially consists of a representation of each user (often a profile), his/her social links, and a variety of additional services.
Facebook, launched in 2004, has since become the largest social networking site in the world. As of July 2010 Facebook has more than 500 million active users, which is about one person for every fourteen in the world. But in China,there is another boss of this market——Kaixin001.com.As the latest newcomer to the Facebook clone wars in China, it has been China’s fastest growing social network site and having amassed a staggering 7.5 million users in the first 5 months since it launched in May 2008. Even in 2010, Kaixin001 ranks as the 13th most popular website in China and 67th overall according to Alexa Internet.
Maybe Kaixin001’s success is partly credited to the Great Firewall of China and the cloning of the most successful Facebook applications. But indeed, it is unfair to discribe the factors of success of Kaixin001.com. As we know, who can meet the needs of customers, who may get the prize from customers. kaixin001 is definately not pure clone of facebook, it is a platform which is more friendly for chinese local users to use and play on it. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: copycat, Facebook, kaixin001, SNS, social network service
Three years ago, Steve Paul Jobs unveiled the revolutionary iPhone to the public on January 9, 2007 at Macworld. Once the product put on the market, the innovative personalized appearance, function and operation made it rage in the world.
Various kinds of smart“Phone”-led by iPhone- began to emerge in endlessly, and propagate their believes on a large scale.
Nowadays, sales of smartphones and mobile devices continued to surge. According to Canalys, in the third quarter of 2010, worldwide smartphone sales grew by 95 percent, compared with the same period last year, with total sales for the quarter reaching 81 million devices shipping. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: GPhone, iPhone, Mobile Phone, smartphone, wphone
As the first Internet-wide instant messaging service, ICQ released its first version of the program in November 1996; it was first developed and popularized by the Israeli company Mirabilis, the name ICQ is come from the phrase “I seek you”. This is an adaptation of the Morse code callout “CQ”, which means “calling any station”. Mirabilis was acquired by AOL on June 8, 1998, with $407 million and AOL sold ICQ to Digital Sky Technologies for $187.5 million on April this year. Till now, ICQ has over 100 million registered accounts.
QQ, a free Instant Messaging, which means enjoying private chats with other QQ members in an one-on-one form or in group, anywhere in the world. Its inspiration was based on an already Internet Message Service, “ICQ”. And its original name was OICQ “Open ICQ”. As the most popular free instant messaging computer program in Mainland China, its simultaneous online accounts exceeds 122 million. QQ.com ranked 9th overall in Alexa’s internet rankings in October 2010, followed by Twitter.
Numbers tell everything. 100 million registered accounts and 122 million simultaneous online accounts are of great difference. So far, QQ already have 700 million registered accounts. What ‘s made QQ win the overwhelming victory? Maybe ICQ itself is the first one to blame.
At the preliminary stage, ICQ paid little attention to overseas market. It only published English version and patch throughout the world which gave other native companies opportunities to develop instant message software. Knowing that few people in China could read English at that time, so it was not easy for them to apply an English software without one Chinese word. Just then OICQ(now called QQ) emerged who just like a terminator to ICQ. After all for Chinese it is not worth learning a foreign language just for a IM tool. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: chat software, copycat, icq, OICQ, QQ
In the third quarter, Facebook grabs bigger slice of display ads pie than any other outfit on Amarican web, according to the latest numbers from market-research outfit ComScore.
The sicial networking gaint’s share of display ad impressions held 23.1 percent of all Internet display ads, or 297 billion ad impressions in the past quarter.
The statistic was totaled more than the sum of its nearest four rivals. Yahoo, with 11 percent market share, is ranked second ahead of Microsoft in third of 5 percent, Fox Interactive in fourth with 3.8 percent and Google Sites, currently sitting in fifth place with 2.7 percent.
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Tags: ComScore, display ad, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, SNS
Hamster Free Video Converter is a new video conversion program released in this year. It quickly becomes popular and gets over 10 thousand downloads last week in Brothersoft.com.
The installation progress of Hamster Free Video Converter is very easy without any troubles even if for the beginners. After installation, the user will get a document around 40MB and the browser will show you a pop-up window at the same time. The link address is directed to the official website of HamsterSoft.
After closing somewhat annoyed pop-up window, you will see an intuitive and customizable interface. In the settings, the converter enables user to change the color of the skin and almost 50 different languages are available to select. A three steps instruction is displayed at the top: Add file, Edit and Convert. We felt that a well written help document is lacked although the operation is very easy. When click How to use menu at the top, the support page of Hamster Free Video Converter will appear and you will find some ads of other converters instead of any useful tips. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: free video converter, Hamster Converter, Hamster Free Video Converter, Hamster Video Converter, mp4 converter
