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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Pottery making</b> is truly originated in African tradition. In northern Nigeria, earthenware pots have been used since past as cooking food as well as water storage containers, coffins, wardrobes and banks. At present, these particular clay pots are roughly extinct, substituted by <b>aluminum containers</b> even more modern techniques of burying the dead, keeping clothes and saving money.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Born in 1964 into a family of pot makers and raised in the rural north, <b>Mohammed Bah Abba</b> was familiar from an early age with the various practical and symbolic uses of traditional clay pots, and learned as a child the rudiments of pottery. Subsequently studying biology, chemistry and geology at school, he unravelled the technical puzzle that led him years later to develop the "pot-in-pot preservation/cooling system". </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He was selected as a <b>Rolex Laureate</b> in 2000 for this ingenious technique that requires no external energy supply to preserve fruit, vegetables and other perishables in hot, arid climates. The pot-in-pot cooling system, a kind of "desert refrigerator", helps subsistence farmers by reducing food spoilage and waste and thus increasing their income and limiting the health hazards of decaying foods. <b>Abba</b> says he developed the <b>pot-in-pot</b> "to help the rural poor in a cost-effective, participatory and sustainable way".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The pot-in-pot consists of two earthenware pots of different diameters, one placed inside the other. The space between the two pots is filled with wet sand that is kept constantly moist, thereby keeping both pots damp. Fruit, vegetables and other items such as soft drinks are put in the smaller inner pot, which is covered with a damp cloth. The phenomenon that occurs is based on a simple principle of physics: the water contained in the sand between the two pots evaporates towards the outer surface of the larger pot where the drier outside air is circulating. By virtue of the laws of thermodynamics, the evaporation process automatically causes a drop in temperature of several degrees, cooling the inner container, destroying harmful micro-organisms and preserving the perishable foods inside.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Universal Technique</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The principle of physics used by the pot-in-pot is present in nature itself. A panting dog, for example, uses the same process, losing heat through its tongue. It is also well known by humans in arid countries. Indeed, the roots of innovation spread wide and deep, and Abba’s pot-in-pot is one of several ingenious applications of cooling by evaporation. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The city of Qena in Upper Egypt is renowned for its porous-clay cooling vessels — a tradition spanning more than three millennia. In Burkina Faso, the Jula people’s traditional jars are sometimes soaked in water before goods are stored in them, so that they stay cool by evaporation. This single-pot design is similar to the pot-in-pot, but less efficient. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In India, street vendors often cool fruit or drinks for their customers by suspending bags of produce in a porous clay container. Also in India, a rectangular enclosure of wet bricks is used to preserve foodstuffs from heat. Water seeps slowly through the porous bricks, evaporating from the surface and keeping the entire structure cool. The <b>Punjab Agricultural University</b> in Ludhiana has recently tested an improved version of this system, which is closer to the pot-in-pot than any other device. It uses double-brick walls, with wet sand between them. The sand is kept wet, and the entire chamber is covered with a moist mat. Fruit and vegetables inside the chamber are maintained at temperatures below 20° C. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 1992, laboratory experiments to measure the temperature drop in a two-pot design, where a small clay receptacle is placed within another receptacle filled with water, were carried out at the University of Benin City by Nigerian professor Victor Aimiuwu. He found that the device had good cooling properties, remaining up to 14 degrees cooler than the surrounding environment.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Still, among all the similar devices and traditional cooling pots, there is nothing quite like the pot-in-pot with its unique combination of simplicity and effectiveness. In fact, the Nigerian teacher’s project shows how, for the <b>Rolex Awards</b>, originality is far more than a bright idea — it means turning an inspiration into a concrete achievement with a major impact. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"Mohammed Bah Abba won a Rolex Award not simply because he designed the pot-in-pot. He overcame obstacles to produce and distribute it, and also ensured that it could be bought for an affordable price by the people who need it," says <b>Rebecca Irvin</b>, head of the Rolex Awards Secretariat in Geneva. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To understand the relevance of <b>Abba’s Rolex Award-winning project</b>, it is necessary to look at the geography of northern Nigeria and the restricted lives led by the people. This region is primarily a semi-desert scrubland inhabited by a large, mostly agriculture-based population, the majority of who live in abject poverty. Polygamy is a dominant feature of the family structure and women living in purdah are confined to their homes and seriously disadvantaged in terms of health care, education and employment opportunities. Young girls are particularly enslaved because they are forced to go out each day and rapidly sell food that would otherwise perish, in order to add to the meager family income. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A key reason for the pot-in-pot’s success is the lack of electricity in most of the northern rural communities, for without electricity there can be no refrigeration. Even in towns and cities the power supply is erratic. Most of the urban poor cannot even afford refrigerators.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In a developing nation facing severe communication, transport and utility problems, Abba set out to try and help improve the ailing economy. He became a lecturer in business studies at Jigawa State Polytechnic in Dutse in 1990. When not teaching, Abba serves as a consultant to the regional United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Jigawa, organising community activities and giving seminars. A staunch supporter of women’s rights, he is also a consultant with the state’s Ministry for Women Affairs and Social Mobilization. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">These consultancies brought Abba in close contact with rural communities, where he observed the extreme hardships suffered by subsistence farmers and their families. "Through these observations, I became motivated to revitalise earthen pot usage and extend the life of perishable foods," he explains. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Abba’s first trials of the pot-in-pot proved successful. Eggplants, for example, stayed fresh for 27 days instead of three, and tomatoes and peppers lasted for three weeks or more. African spinach, which usually spoils after a day, remained edible after 12 days in the pot-in-pot. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The enterprising teacher persistently refined his invention for two years between 1995 and 1997. He then tapped into the large unemployed local workforce and hired skilled pot makers to mass produce the first batch of 5,000 pot-in-pots. Manufacturing these devices at his own expense, he began distributing them for free to five villages in Jigawa. For this initial phase of his project, he received limited financial backing from his brother and assistance in the form of transportation, fuel and labour from the UNDP, the regional government, a local women’s development group and the Jigawa State Polytechnic. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 1999, Abba supplied another dozen local villages with 7,000 pots, again at his expense. Sold for between US$2 for the smaller pot-in-pots and US$4 for the bigger version, the pot-in-pot stays affordable, while the proceeds from sales help finance manufacturing and distribution costs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">However, one of the biggest obstacles faced by the project was educating the villagers about this simple technology. Abba devised an educational campaign tailored to village life and the illiterate population, featuring a video-recorded play by local actors who dramatise the benefits of the desert refrigerator. Abba began showing the video in villages using a makeshift cloth screen and a portable projector and generator. "Nightfall is best," he comments, "because this is when farmers head home and are keen to watch an entertaining presentation." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks to a "very timely" Rolex Award, Abba has been able to distribute pot-in-pots in 11 northern Nigerian states, and further his expansion plans in other countries such as Cameroon, Niger, Chad and the Democratic Republic of Congo. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 2002, with Abba’s approval, the Intermediate Technology Development Group (ITDG) and the University of Al Fashir carried out experiments in Sudan to assess the performances of the pot-in-pot in food conservation. The excellent results led the Women’s Association for Earthenware Manufacturing in Darfur to manufacture their own pot-in-pots, called zeer in Arabic. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As of early 2005, Abba had distributed a total of 91,795 pot-in-pots. "My life has greatly changed since receiving the Rolex Award," he says. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And the future is bright. The Nigerian Laureate has been asked to help introduce and adapt his cooling device in Eritrea, where it could preserve insulin vials for diabetic patients in remote rural areas, as well as in India, Haiti and Honduras.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Transforming Rural Life</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The impact of the pot-in-pot on individuals’ lives is overwhelming. "Farmers are now able to sell on demand rather than ‘rush sell’ because of spoilage," says Abba, "and income levels have noticeably risen. Married women also have an important stake in the process, as they can sell food from their homes and overcome their age-old dependency on their husbands as the sole providers." In turn and, perhaps most significantly for the advancement of the female population, Abba’s invention liberates girls from having to hawk food each day. Instead, they are now free to attend school and the number of girls enrolling in village primary schools is rising. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">These factors, coupled with the effect that the pot-in-pot has had in stemming disease, are, in Abba’s words, making "the pot-in-pot a tangible and exciting solution to a severe local problem". </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well known for his dedication, Abba is also praised for his concern with the social and economic development of his fellow Nigerians. "Mr Abba cares for the progress of society in general," says Mrs Hadiza Abdulwahab, president of the local Society for Women Empowerment and Development. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The permanent secretary of the State Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Mobilization, <b>Mrs Rabi Umar</b>, agrees. She believes that Abba has been "selfless and tireless" in his efforts to make his project succeed. Summing up his work, she says: "The pot-in-pot project is the first to use simple cultural solutions to address the primary needs of the rural northern Nigerian population, for whom the basic necessities of life are nearly non-existent."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Via: <a href="http://www.rolexawards.com/profiles/laureates/mohammed_bah_abba/project">rolexawards.com</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Google has launched 30 experiment balloons in New Zealand to analyze the circumstance of delivering internet connection via balloon. Some individuals remember this in the year 2008 this idea was talked under the auspices that Google may possibly float several balloons to provide mobile services in rural places. The idea is not relatively new, organizations provide this kind of connectivity via balloons that have been for several years. The services up to now have been rather limited however. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Project Loon</b> in fact has likely to be much more significant to Google in the short-term compared with other initiatives similar to Google Fiber and Glass. Considering that Google is an advertising company, having a lot of people online provides a direct advantage to Google’s bottom line. The project will involve launching balloons which will float in the stratosphere, nearly 10-20 kilometers above. The preliminary evaluation has been undertaken in the Canterbury and Christchurch areas of New Zealand. The balloons are operated by solar panels, and the equipment is hung beneath the inflated balloon. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Every balloon may be able to supply coverage that spans a ground area of around 40 kilometers in diameter supplying speeds around to what 3G delivering now. The radio bands utilized in the experiment are in the unlicensed spectrum of 2 .4GHz and 5 .8GHz. The benefits over satellite connectivity are noticeable , dealing with balloons is quite a bit cheaper compared to launching a rocket. The technical challenges which will be analyzed will of course be relevant to performance, latency, and how easy the evidence of an idea does work to handle the balloons. The final thing everyone wants to take place is to observe one of these things descend into the flight pathways of commercial air traffic. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One thing that is apparently a variable is the speed. Google assures the wind speed in the stratosphere is slow, therefore making balloon survivability achievable. However, a person with any relation to aviation is aware that winds-aloft tend to be quite high, as in hundreds of miles per hour. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But still, Google’s idea does take on and since the idea has already been utilized through other applications, Google’s decide to bring it a step further will likely be remarkable to watch take to the air.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Via: <a href="http://www.phonearena.com/news/Google-launching-Project-Loon--balloons-that-provide-Wi-Fi-connectivity-for-rural-areas_id44113" target="_blank">phonearena.com</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The driver-less automobiles are usually considered only an imagination. But, they might be present at roads close to you much earlier than you possibly think about, thanks to an inspiring future of driver-less automobile industry in the horizon. <b>Mercedes</b> is presently developing a model of its own S-Class that is capable of operating without driver provide at speeds of nearly 25 mph. The company guarantees that this is going to be introduced before the end of 2013. The automobile utilizes ultrasonic sensors and also long distance radar devices to guide the road as well as detect possible roadblocks for instance other road users or pedestrians. The significant benefit from this will absolutely be the capability to reduce annoying inner city driving or simply when you find yourself being stuck in a traffic jam.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Nevertheless, <b>General Motors</b> has gone on this stage even further. The United States companies are working on its own technology for autonomous driving that can manage to drop its occupant as well as park on its own without driver input or assistance. The operator can be tabulated to ask for a time and pick up destination from the automobile making use of a smart phone app. This isn't far away from turning into reality possibly, with General Motors thinking about manufacturing the technology available for its automobiles to daily vehicle owners by 2015. <b>Audi</b> is usually reported to be developing a similar idea for this.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mercedes, General Motors as well as Audi has actually slipped under the radar when compared to Google’s driver-less equipment which has not just gotten the headlines, but as well asked a variety of states in the USA to switch their legislation with regard to the usage of driver-less automobiles.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Up to now, Google’s customized Toyota Prius has accomplished over 140, 000 miles of testing 100 percent flawlessly. The only incident the vehicle has become involved in was when it was rear ended by another motorist while still at traffic lights. Google is presently guessing that they will be having the equipment accessible to the public between 2016 and 2018. But, there are a number of concerns yet to be clarified regarding the future of autonomous automobiles. Another thing that is for sure is that Google will not appear to be going to establish their particular car brand. There is absolutely no sign of manufacturing facilities and no designs that have been posted, which might give the company an activity when they were planning to strike the 2016-2018 deadlines.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Via: <a href="http://chillopedia.com/technology/future-of-driverless-cars-market-infographic/" target="_blank">chillopedia.com</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A 32-year-old Russian billionaire <b>Dmitry Itskov</b> hopes to live permanently and media mogul believes he is able to do this by creating an android body system by the year 2045. There are some weak points to Itskov’s idea, however that hasn’t ended around 20, 000 individuals from publicly supporting the site outlining his program of utilizing android bodies for immortality. Dubbed the <b>2045 Initiative</b>, Itskov is promoting his idea as the "next step" in human evolution, or "neo-humanity," as he refers to it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It doesn't keep with android bodies, either. The 2045 people are also asking for a new religion and also group of ethics for the reason that they don’t believe some of the present ones can manage the societal effects of living forever—as many of the present ones have you dying first to be able to attain immortality . </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Itskov also has progressed forward and endorsed his own political party in Russia known as “</span><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Evolution 2045</b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">.” </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">How actually does Itskov intend to become immortal? "The main science mega-project of the 2045 Initiative aims to create technologies enabling the transfer of an individual’s personality to a more advanced non-biological carrier, and extending life, including to the point of immortality," Itskov says. He is naming his artificial "advanced non-biological carrier" body system an "<b>avatar</b>," which happens to be regulated by a “brain-computer interface.” It really works generally similar to the fake bodies in the 2009 James Cameron movie of the same name. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">His future , that “new period of controlled evolution ,” goes something like this : <b>By 2020</b> , Initiative 2045 targets to create this avatar technology available and mainstream—never mind that’s seven years from these days and a running prototype doesn’t exist yet . <b>By 2025</b>, Itskov predicts an “autonomous life-support system for the human brain linked to a robot." Quite simply, they'll have the technology for implanting the human brain into the robot. <b>By 2035</b>, a human should be capable to upload their brain into a robot, and <b>by 2045</b> our bodies might be changed to holograms. When this occurs, Itskov states we will become "a new species.” </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Apart from developing the technology required for this type of evolution, Initiative 2045 has a number of “key” future projects beyond attempting to start an “international social movement." Along with a social network known as<b> immortal.me</b> , Itskov lists the projects he desires to begin : a a non-profit foundation known as Global Future 2045 , the “scientific research centre ‘Immortality ,’” “a business incubator” without more elaboration , a “University of ‘Immortality ,’” and an “annual award for contribution to the realization of the project of ‘Immortality .’” </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To encourage appreciate these goals is the Global Future Congress, which conducted its very first meeting in Moscow a year ago. The congress is going to meet again in New York City this June, in which guarantees to introduce the most human-like robot the World has ever seen. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Some practical advantages of Itskov’s type of technology are for the application of medical purposes in designing an alternative body. Itskov says also that this kind of avatar technology also permits you “work in harmful environments” or even “perform rescue operations.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Via: <a href="http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/russian-billionaire-dmitry-itskov-plans-on-becoming-immortal-by-2045" target="_blank">motherboard.vice.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A new laser scanning technology created by Scott Page Design, the security of your home will never be the same. The technology allows depth mapping even within those walls of yours. The powerful laser has the capacity to scan both the exterior and even the inner surface of. The laser scanning technology’s main application is to document as well as to show architectural flaws and transformations previously unimaginable. With this particular technology, we can easily map the entire world in outstanding detail, that is certainly something that before was nearly impossible without spending hundreds of thousands of years onto it. </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As-Built Deliverables: plans, sections and elevations</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Heritage surveys</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Site planning</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Animated fly-throughs</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Accurate measurements have always been a crucial element in the design process, from initial design studies through final construction documents. This is especially true for as-built conditions that require a thorough building survey before design work commences. In the past, measurements were typically taken with a tape measure, paper and pencil. The structure was pieced together from countless dimensions, photos, and experience. As the project evolved, frequent site visits were often necessary to fill out gaps in the information. With diligence, a typical drawing set would be accurate enough to guide the project through the planning department to the builder, who was left to sort out remaining irregularities. 3D laser scanning provides a better way to quickly and accurately capture as-built conditions for building documentation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3D imaging is a relatively new development for architects, though it has been a valuable tool for engineers, surveyors and cartographers for the past decade. As scanner prices have declined and CAD software packages evolved to accept scan data, 3D laser scanners have finally reached architects and design professionals, improving dimensional accuracy and hastening as-built documentation, leaving more time for creativity and innovation.</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Almost any project that requires accurate as-built information can benefit from 3D imaging: </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Measurement accuracy of ±2mm (depending on distance to measured object).</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Unobtrusive data capture methods.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Reduced costly ‘return’ site visits.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Rapid data capture of large volumes with increased accuracy.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Measurements can be made quickly and easily when required without the need for return site visits.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Shorter project times with a rapid turnaround of information.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Point clouds can be checked and measured using free viewing software, from any scan location.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Structural engineering</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Deformation analysis</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Clash detection</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Manufacturing</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Commercial real estate</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Insurance documentation</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Via: <a href="http://www.scottpagedesign.com/about-scott-page-design/" target="_blank">scottpagedesign.com</a></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14317428149433752423noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5582006630366394938.post-60371073968500506932014-05-03T08:00:00.004-07:002014-05-03T08:01:07.832-07:00German Wi-Fi Network Breaks Speed Record 40Gbit per second<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Experts of the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Solid State Physics along with the Karlsruhe Institute for Technology have accomplished the wireless transmission of<b> 40 Gbit/s at 240 GHz</b> over a certain distance of one kilometer. Their newest presentation puts a new world record and even links in seamlessly with the potential of optical fiber transmission. In the near future, like radio links has the ability to close gaps in delivering internet by supplementing the network in remote areas and also spots that are not easy to access. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Electronic, mobile phone as well as networked – transforming media consumption habits of modern society demand the much faster transmission of increasing volumes of data. In comparison with the <b>European standard</b>, Germany lags behind in the increase in the fiber-optic network , based on research from the <b>FTTH Council Europe</b>. Deploying modern fiber-optic cables is expensive and even complicated whenever there are natural or urban barriers for instance rivers or perhaps traffic junctions. Broadband radio links help get over this kind of crucial places, in this manner empowering the development of the network infrastructures. In rural areas they are generally an inexpensive as well as a very useful substitute for “Fiber to the Home”. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Experts have finally established a new world record in wireless data transmission: For the very first time, completely integrated electronic transmitters with receivers have been made for a frequency of 240 GHz, that enables the transmission of data rates of up to 40 Gbit/s. This is equivalent to the transmission of an entire Dvd movie in under a second or simply 2400 DSL16000 internet connections. Ranges of over one kilometer are actually covered by utilizing a long range demonstrator, which the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology establish between two skyscrapers as part of the project “<b>Millilink</b>”. “We have managed to develop a radio link based on active electronic circuits, which enables similarly high data rates as in fiber- optic systems, therefore allowing seamless integration of the radio link”, states Prof. Ingmar Kallfass, who coordinated the project at <b>Fraunhofer IAF</b> within the field of a Shared Professorship between <b>IAF</b> and <b>KIT</b>. As 2013, <b>Kallfass</b> with the University of Stuttgart, whereby he continues to take the project. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Utilizing the high frequency range between 200 and 280 GHz not only allows the quick transmission of large volumes of data, but will also bring about compact technical assembly. As the size of electronic circuits and also the antennae scales with frequency/ wavelength, the transmitter and receiver chip only measures 4 x 1.5 mm². The semi-conductor technology designed at <b>Fraunhofer IAF</b>, based upon transistors with high carrier mobility (<b> HEMT</b> ), makes it possible to employ the frequency between 200 and 280 GHz with active transmitters and receivers in the form of compact, integrated circuits. The atmosphere displays low attenuation with this frequency range, which allows broadband directional radio links. “This makes our radio link easier to install compared to free-space optical systems for data transmission. It also shows better robustness in poor weather conditions such as fog or rain”, states <b>Jochen Antes</b> of KIT. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Up to this time, radio links were unable to directly transfer the data rates of glass fiber. It might change in the future, since the test setup of the project exhibits. Like an excellent performance system would even have the advantage of the so-called bit transparency, i.e. ( the signal of a glass fiber could be fed directly and also without energy-consuming transcoding into a radio link). This could then be transmitted and redirected into a glass fiber. The record data from the test setup is usually the initial stages. “Improving the spectral efficiency by using more complex modulation formats or a combination of several channels, i.e. ( multiplexing, will help to achieve even higher data rates”, states Antes. This might provide groundbreaking momentum to the development of the broadband network.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Via: <a href="http://www.kit.edu/visit/pi_2013_12950.php" target="_blank">kit.edu</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There are four African young ladies have made a generator that produces electricity for six hours utilizing one liter of urine as fuel. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There <b>generator</b> was unveiled at last week's Maker Faire in Lagos, Nigeria, by the four highschool students Akindele Abiola, Duro-Aina Adebola and Faleke Oluwatoyin, all age 14, and Bello Eniola, 15.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The gas cylinder pushes hydrogen into a cylinder of liquid borax, which is used to remove the moisture from the hydrogen gas.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The hydrogen goes into a water filter for purification, which then gets pushed into the gas cylinder.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Urine is put into an electrolytic cell, which separates out the hydrogen.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Maker Faire</b> is a popular event across the African continent, drawing thousands of participants who travel to Lagos to show their inventions and other practical creations.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As the Next Web portrays it, the <b>Maker Faire</b> is planned to highlight creations "that solve immediate challenges and issues, and afterward works to support and propagate them. Put an additional way, this isn't only a bunch of rich individuals discussing how their applications are set to change the planet." </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">via: <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/urine-powered-generator-unveiled-international-exhibition-234718329.html" target="_blank">news.yahoo.com</a></span><br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14317428149433752423noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5582006630366394938.post-19772304271229574752014-05-03T08:00:00.002-07:002014-05-03T08:00:03.016-07:00How Strong and Secure is Your Password?<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A <b>password</b> is generally a secret word along with series special characters and numbers that’s used in authentication, to help you to prove identification along with gain access to some sort of account. An appropriate password needs to be managed secret from those prohibited to gain accessibility. There’s not necessarily for an account password to be precise words or numbers, an account password which is definitely not precise words or numbers, moreover combining with special characters can be more difficult for someone to guess a desirable protected account. But during this day there are advance software’s have been developed by some bad guys to generate a particular correct combination of a password within just a minute. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That’s why it’s better to update and to know how secure and strong your account password is. Then I recommend some kind of “<b>Password Checker</b>”. Lately, when I search the phrase “Password Checker” on the Google Search Engine I came up with some results. Based on the results, I found three websites which offer a free service in checking a password security but before that I investigate first if these websites are trusted and safe. Then I go to <a href="http://www.scamadviser.com/" target="_blank">www.scamadviser.com</a>, I check the trust rating of these websites, luckily they got a high trust rating. Therefore these websites are advisable to be a “<b>Password Checker</b>”. (<i>See the list of websites below which offers a free service in checking a password security.</i>)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/security/pc-security/password-checker.aspx" target="_blank"><b>Microsoft Password Checker</b></a>, checks your password strength and rate it in four categories: weak, medium, strong and best. It offers also some tips about how to create passwords that are easy for you to remember but difficult for others to guess.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://rumkin.com/" target="_blank"><b>Rumkin</b></a> is a website which involves in Software Projects and Downloads, Fun topics, Reference Materials and Web-Based Tools. The <a href="http://rumkin.com/tools/password/passchk.php" target="_blank"><b>Rumkin password checker</b></a> will gauge your password and give it a score based on how good of a password it is. It will let you know if you picked a common password (don’t do that!) and it will also take into account the probability of letters landing close to each other.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.passwordmeter.com/" target="_blank"><b>Password Meter</b></a> is a website that checks the score of your password in terms of percentage, they also give several tips to increase your password strength. You can download also their Password Meter Package, this software is freely available for distribution under the <b>GNU General Public License (GPL)</b>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Password checkers</b> are usually the best tools in testing password security. If you know some trust websites which offer free service in checking a password security then feel free to add thru comments.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Author: <a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/114135401030589432996/" target="_blank">Jexter B.</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14317428149433752423noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5582006630366394938.post-34215980897669003422014-05-03T08:00:00.001-07:002014-05-03T07:58:35.843-07:00Right Body Posture in Front of Computer<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At this point, a lot of us spend our day facing a <b>PC</b>, typing away, sitting uncomfortably, and chatting on the handset without using our hands to be able to finalize our job. The majority of us also suffer pain from neck, back as well as eye anxiety. Did you realize that is a right method to sit down at the computer desk which can help you ease the pain as well as discomfort.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So what is <b>correct computer posture</b>? Several body placements that work together to ensure you suffer the least amount of strain, including the best position to of your eyes, back, neck, foot and knee placements. Even lighting can have a strong impact on our bodies.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Bad computer posture symptoms</b> can be sore wrists, shoulder and neck strain as well as low back pain, tired eyes and even headaches. Long term bad posture can cause long term chronic pain, but can easily resolved by taking the time to ensure we are sitting correctly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Many offices now work to improve their employee’s computer posture to ensure their long term health and happiness. Taking these relatively few measures of safety is more than just a luxury and could raise your productivity at work thus the potential benefits of these measures by far outweigh the costs if any.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Have a look at the above diagram, and check in with your body. After a long day of sitting at your desk, where does your body feel strain, there is probably a change that needs to be made. Talk to your employer about getting an ergonomics specialist to come in and check out the workstations of all their employees. If you are suffering from strain, make an appointment to assist you in finding some relief.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Via: <a href="http://backtowellness.ca/healthy-ergonomics" target="_blank">backtowellness.ca</a></span></div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14317428149433752423noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5582006630366394938.post-7295324755391898682014-05-03T08:00:00.000-07:002014-05-03T07:57:43.528-07:00Top 10 Improvements on Car Engines<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That's a tiny output for its size compared to the engines of today, but it sure beat the engine in what's considered to be the first automobile -- the 1885 Benz Patent Motorwagen. That car had a single-piston engine and generated just two-thirds of a single horsepower.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As you can see, automobile engines have been in constant evolution since the very beginning of motoring. Today they are more powerful, quieter, more durable, less polluting and more fuel-efficient than they have ever been before, thanks to constant advancements in engine design and technology.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Automotive engineers are constantly working on ways to improve the internal combustion engine and carry it into the future. How many other inventions do you know that have been continuously refined for more 150 years?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In this article, we'll take a look at 10 of the biggest and most significant engine improvements of all time. From fuel injection to hybrid motors, we'll take a look at where engines have been, and hopefully get some insight on where they're headed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1. The Four-stroke Engine Cycle</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong style="font-style: inherit;">Benefits:</strong> More fuel-efficient, less polluting</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong style="font-style: inherit;">Drawbacks:</strong> More complicated, more expensive to manufacture</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Remember that Benz Patent Motorwagen we talked about? In addition to having a single piston, or cylinder, it was a two-stroke engine, like many early motors. <strong style="font-style: inherit;">Stroke</strong> refers to the movement of the piston in the engine.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Four-stroke engines were one of the earliest improvements made to internal combustion engines in the late 1800s. On a four-stroke engine, there are four steps the engine takes as it burns gasoline: intake, compression, power, and exhaust [via: <a href="http://www.compgoparts.com/TechnicalResources/FourStrokeEngineBasics.asp" style="color: #005288; text-decoration: initial;" target="_blank">CompGoParts.com</a>]. These steps all occur when as piston moves up and down two times.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Earlier, simpler two-stroke engines accomplish the same task -- burning gasoline to create mechanical motion -- but they do it in two steps. Today, two-stroke engines are found on small equipment like lawnmowers, small motorcycles, and large, industrial engines. Nearly all cars use the four-stroke cycle.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Four-stroke engines</b> carry several benefits, including improved fuel economy, more durability, more power and torque, and cleaner emissions. However, compared to two-stroke engines, they are more complicated and expensive to make, and require the use of valves for the intake and exhaust of gases.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In spite of this, four-stroke engines have become the industry standard for cars, and they likely aren't going away any time soon. We'll learn more about the role of valves and how they've been improved upon later in this article.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Next, we'll learn about forced induction, and how it made its way from airplanes onto everyday cars.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2. Forced Induction</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong style="font-style: inherit;">Benefits:</strong> More power without an increase in engine size</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong style="font-style: inherit;">Drawbacks:</strong> Fuel consumption, turbo lag</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">An engine requires three things to generate motion: fuel, air, and ignition. Cramming more air into an engine will increase the power generated by the engine's pistons. A long-standing way to do that, and one that's becoming increasingly popular as of late, is to use forced induction. You may know this process better by the parts that do make it happen --turbochargers and superchargers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In a forced induction engine, air is forced into the combustion chamber at a higher pressure than usual, creating a higher compression and more power from each stroke of the engine [via: <a href="http://www.driverside.com/auto-library/pushing_air_more_power_through_forced_induction-366" style="color: #005288; text-decoration: initial;" target="_blank">Bowman</a>]. Turbochargers and superchargers are essentially air compressors that shove more air into the engine.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Forced induction systems</b> were used on aircraft engines long before they started being added to car engines in the 1960s. They are especially beneficial for small engines as they can generate a lot of extra power without increasing the engine's size or causing a dramatic drop in fuel economy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A good example is the turbocharged Mini Cooper S, which only has a 1.6-liter engine but produces more than 200 horsepower in some applications. In addition, high-performance cars like the Porsche 911 Turbo or Corvette ZR-1 use forced induction to achieve tremendous gains in power.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The drawbacks? Cars that have turbochargers often require premium gasoline. Then there's the issue of<strong style="font-style: inherit;">turbo lag</strong>, where the power gains aren't felt until the turbocharger spools up at higher revolutions per minute (<b>RPM</b>). Engineers have helped reduce both of those drawbacks in recent years.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And with fuel economy and emissions standards getting stricter, many carmakers are turning to forced induction on smaller engines instead of building larger engines. On the newest <b>Hyundai Sonata</b>, for example, the top engine one can buy is no longer a V6, but a turbo four-cylinder.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Next up, we'll discuss why carburetors have practically become a thing of the past thanks to fuel injection.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3. Fuel Injection</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong style="font-style: inherit;">Benefits:</strong> Better throttle response, increased fuel efficiency, more power, easier starting</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong style="font-style: inherit;">Drawbacks:</strong> More complexity and potentially expensive repairs</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For decades, the preferred method for mixing fuel and air and depositing it into the engine's combustion chamber was thecarburetor. Press the accelerator pedal to full throttle, and the carburetor allows more air and fuel into the engine.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Since the late 1980s, carburetors have been almost completely replaced by fuel injection, a far more sophisticated and effective system of mixing fuel and air. Fuel injectors spray gasoline into the air intake manifold, where fuel and air mix together into a fine mist. That mix is brought into the combustion chamber by valves on each cylinder during the intake process. The engine's on-board computer controls the fuel injection process.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So why did fuel injection replace the carburetor? To put it simply, fuel injection just works better in every aspect. Computer-controlled fuel-injected engines are easier to start, especially on cold days, when carburetors could make things tricky. Engines with fuel injection are also more efficient and more responsive to changes in the throttle [via: <a href="http://www.automedia.com/Electronic_Fuel_Injection/pht20020101fi/1" style="color: #005288; text-decoration: initial;" target="_blank">Automedia</a>].</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They do have drawbacks in terms of their increased complexity. Fuel injection systems are more costly to repair than carburetors as well. However, they have become the industry standard for fuel delivery, and it doesn't look like carburetors will be making a comeback anytime soon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong style="font-style: inherit;">Benefits:</strong> More power, better fuel economy</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Direct injection is a further refinement of the improvements made by fuel injection. As you may have guessed from its name, it allows fuel injection to "skip a step," which adds efficiency to the engine, and more power and improved fuel economy as a consequence.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On a direct injection engine, fuel is sprayed directly into the combustion chamber, not into the air intake manifold. Engine computers then make sure the fuel is burned exactly when and where it is needed, reducing waste. Direct injection provides a leaner mix of fuel, which burns more efficiently. In some ways it makes gasoline-powered engines more similar to diesel engines, which have always used a form of direct injection.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As we learned earlier, direct injection engines boast an increase in power and fuel economy over stand fuel injection systems. But they have their drawbacks as well. For one, the technology is a relatively new one, having come to market only in the last decade or so. More and more companies are starting to increase their use of direct injection, but it has yet to become the standard.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sometimes, direct injection engines can exhibit the buildup of carbon deposits on the intake valves, which could cause reliability issues. Some car tuners have expressed difficulty with modifying direct injection engines as well. Despite these issues, direct injection is the hot new technology in the automotive world right now. Expect to see it on more and more cars as time goes on.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Next, let's look at the use of aluminum engine blocks vs. old-school iron blocks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong style="font-style: inherit;">Benefits:</strong> Lighter weight leads to more efficiency and better handling</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Over the past few years, cars have been trending towards being more lightweight in many ways. Automakers look for ways to reduce a vehicle's weight in order to generate betterfuel economy and performance. One of the ways they've done that is largely by replacing engines made of iron with aluminum ones.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For many years, iron engine blocks were the industry standard. Today the majority of all new small engines use aluminum instead, though many large <b>V8 engines</b> still use iron blocks. Aluminum weighs far less than iron -- typically, an aluminum engine weighs half what an iron one weighs. That translates into an overall lighter weight for the car, which means better handling and more fuel efficiency [via: <a href="http://wardsauto.com/ar/auto_aluminum_claims_no" style="color: #005288; text-decoration: initial;" target="_blank">Murphy</a>].</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Aluminum</b> does have some drawbacks, however. As a metal, it's not as strong as iron and doesn't hold up to high levels of heat as well. Many early aluminum block engines had problems with cylinders warping, leading to concerns over durability. Those problems have been largely solved, however, and aluminum has clearly asserted itself as the future of engines due to its weight-saving properties.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You've probably heard the term "DOHC" or "dual overhead camshafts" when someone talks about an engine. Most people recognize it as a desirable feature to have, but what does it mean? The term refers to the number of overhead camshafts above each cylinder in the engine.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong style="font-style: inherit;">Camshafts </strong>are part of your car's <strong style="font-style: inherit;">valvetrain</strong>, which is a system that controls the flow of fuel and air into the cylinders. For many decades cars primarily had OHV engines, meaning overhead valves, also called "pushrods." Pushrods are driven by camshafts inside the engine block. This setup adds mass to the engine and can limit its overall speed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On an overhead cam setup, the camshaft is much smaller and is inserted above the cylinder head itself, rather than in the engine block. There's one on a single overhead cam <b>SOHC</b> engine, while a <b>DOHC</b> engine has two. The benefit to the overhead cam setup is that it allows for more intake and exhaust valves, meaning fuel, air and exhaust can move more freely through the engine, adding power.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">While many car companies have done away with pushrod engines, DOHC and SOHC haven't supplanted them quite yet. Chrysler still uses pushrods to generate lots of power for their Hemi V8 engines; <b>General Motors</b> utilizes pushrods on some of their high-tech, modern V8s as well. But DOHC and SOHC engines have been prominent on engines, especially smaller ones, since the 1980s.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The drawback of having overhead cams is that they increase complexity and cost. Are you noticing a trend here yet?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you're at all familiar with Honda engines, you've almost certainly heard the term VTEC. People who tune their Hondas for performance often speak of "VTEC kicking in." But what exactly does that mean?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>VTEC</b> refers to variable valve timing and lift electronic control, a form of variable valve timing. There are times when an engine requires more air flow, like during hard acceleration, but a traditional engine often does not allow enough air to flow, resulting in lower performance. Variable valve timing means the flow of air in and out of the valves is slowed down or sped up as needed [via: <a href="http://www.autotropolis.com/wiki/index.php?title=Variable_valve_timing" style="color: #005288; text-decoration: initial;" target="_blank">Autropolis</a>].</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Honda is hardly the only car company to offer such a system. Toyota has one they call VVT-i, for variable valve timing with intelligence, and <b>BMW</b> has a system called Valvetronic or VANOS, which stands for variable Nockenwellensteuerung, meaning variable camshaft control. While they all work a little differently, they all accomplish the same task -- allowing more air and fuel into the valves at different speeds. This makes an engine more flexible and allows it to deliver peak performance in a variety of conditions. It also increases fuel economy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Many engines now incorporate some form of variable valve timing, often controlled by the engine's on-board computer. We'll talk about how engine computers have revolutionized design in this next section.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Modern cars have everything regulated by an on-board computer called an engine control unit, or ECU.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong style="font-style: inherit;">Benefits:</strong> Fuel economy, better diagnosis of problems</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">An engine is an incredibly sophisticated device. It has dozens of moving parts and has scores of different processes taking place at once. That's why modern cars have everything regulated by an on-board computer called an engine control unit, or ECU.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The ECU makes sure processes like ignition timing, the air/fuel mixture, fuel injection, idle speed, and others operate the way they're supposed to. It monitors what's going on in the engine using an array of sensors and performs millions of calculations each second in order to keep everything operating correctly. Other computers in the car control things like electrical systems, airbags, interior temperature, traction control, anti-lock brakes and the automatic transmission.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Cars</b> have become increasingly computerized since the first on-board diagnostic OBD computers were added in the 1980s. That's the computer that's responsible for the "check engine" light on your dashboard. A mechanic can plug a computer into the OBD port and get a sense of your car's problem areas. They can't use OBD to immediately know what's wrong with your car, but it gives them a great starting point.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">By making the engine run more efficiently, engine computers can result in greater fuel efficiency and easier diagnosis of problems. But they also make engines far more complicated, and can make them tricky for weekend mechanics to work on.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Next up: Let's learn why diesel engines aren't the smoky, noisy, low-power oil burners of the past.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong style="font-style: inherit;">Drawbacks:</strong> Cost of fuel, low RPMs, higher initial cost</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We've talked a lot about gasoline engines so far, but what about diesel engines? Diesels have never been big sellers in the United States. Despite their superior fuel economy over similar gas engines, many Americans still think of diesels as the noisy, sooty, smelly, unreliable motors of the 1970s and 1980s.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That's not the case anymore. The modern diesel engine is powerful, clean and extremely fuel-efficient. Today's engines use a low-sulfur form of diesel fuel, and systems within the car help eliminate particle matter and excess pollution.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The diesels made by companies like Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Volvo and others boast engine improvements like turbocharging, sophisticated fuel injection, and computer control to provide a driving experience that's both efficient and high in torque [via: <a href="http://www.swedespeed.com/news/publish/Features/printer_272.html" style="color: #005288; text-decoration: initial;" target="_blank">Bosch</a>].</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Diesel engines</b> have some drawbacks, mainly their low RPM level and the higher cost of diesel fuel. But since many of them can achieve well over 40 miles per gallon (17 kilometers per liter) on the highway, the driver will need to pay for that fuel a lot less often. And if you're wondering if modern diesels offer good performance, look no further than the last few 24 Hours of Le Mans races, where Audi has dominated using a diesel racecar.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Finally, we'll look at the current leader in "green" cars the hybrid engine.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One of the biggest engine improvements used to boost efficiency in recent years is the hybrid engine.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A combination of high gas prices, an increased awareness of the environment among drivers, and government regulations raising fuel economy and emissions standards have forced engines to "go green" more than ever before. One of the biggest engine improvements used to boost efficiency in recent years is the hybrid engine.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hybrids were an obscure a decade ago, but now everyone knows how they work -- an electric motor is partnered with a traditional gasoline engine in order to achieve high fuel economy numbers, but without the "range anxiety" of an electric engine, where the driver always wonders what will happen when a charge runs out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>The Toyota Prius</b> remains the top selling hybrid car in America. It boasts a 1.8-liter four cylinder engine coupled with an electric motor that produces 134 horsepower. At low speeds, the electric engine acts alone, meaning the car does not use gas at all. At other times, it assists the gasoline engine. The whole package gets about 50 miles per gallon (21.3 kilometers per liter) in both the city and the highway [via: <a href="http://autos.aol.com/gallery/best-selling-hybrid" style="color: #005288; text-decoration: initial;" target="_blank">AOL Autos</a>].</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Hybrids</b> like the Prius represent the latest evolution in <b>internal combustion</b> technology. While their benefits come in the form of fuel efficiency, there are some drawbacks as well. Hybrids have a higher initial cost than their non-hybrid counterparts, and some have argued that gas must be much more expensive than it is now (unbelievable as that may sound) before the driver recoups the extra cost of the hybrid car.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">- Messages Delivered to you Quick!</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">Instead of taking time to email/sms your friends, use LINE’s message function to send messages easily with colorful icons, photos and even location information.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;"> · Express yourself using stickers and emoji.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;"> · Send photos and voice messages with ease</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;"> · Available for PCs and smart-tablets</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">- Make it YOUR Social Network</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;"> · Have fun with LINE’s ‘Home’ feature: Share your moments with all your friends using photos, videos, and location info.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;"> · Use ‘Timeline’ to see what your friends have been up to and what they have posted! Leave comments, messages and enjoy your communication.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">Other LINE Features:</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">- New Sticker Shop! Find all your favorite characters here!</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">Hilarious and fun stickers featuring famous characters from all over the world can be found here!</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">- Get the latest info with LINE Official Accounts</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">Add these accounts as friends and receive messages from popular celebs and singers, as well as money saving coupons from various businesses.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">*As with any other apps, data transfer fees may be incurred. We therefore recommend using the services on an unlimited mobile price plan.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">Technical Info for Seamless Usage:</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">- Android Devices: We recommend installing Android OS 2.1 or higher</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">Thanks for reading and we hope you enjoy LINE!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">Tango is your complete mobile communication solution that finally combines all the ways you want to engage with family and friends in a single app! The highest quality video calls, phone calls, text messages, games, picture sharing and more are all available for FREE! Join the over 90M users from around the world using Tango to share their emotions with friends and family.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">* Easy to use</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">- No login & password – create an account in seconds</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">- Tango automatically finds your friends using Tango</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">- Calls and messages work just like they do on your phone</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">- Works across most smartphones, tablets, & PCs (For example, iPhones can connect with Android phones and tablets)</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">- Great quality on 3G, 4G, and Wi-Fi</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">* Communicate your way, all in one app</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">- Highest quality video calls on mobile</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">- Make audio calls and push to talk</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">- Send text messages, pictures & video, audio & video messages</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">- Play fun games together during a call</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">* Fun, engaging, personal & only in Tango</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">- Personalize your calls and messages with Tango Surprises – fun animations to uniquely express yourself</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">- Challenge your friends with games duringyour calls</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">- Animations, filters, & avatars make your calls more fun</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">- Send a card through Tango to your loved ones to let them know you’re thinking about them</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">- Find all your pictures in a central photo gallery</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">* Free</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">- All video and audio calls are free and don’t use your minutes</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">- Messages are free and don’t use your text plan</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">- Free calls and messages internationally.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">Dictionary – get the full power of TheFreeDictionary.com, the world’s most comprehensive dictionary. English, Spanish, French, and 11 other languages, plus Medical, Legal, and other specialty dictionaries, all from the most trusted sources. Even search words without an Internet connection.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">* Multiple English Dictionaries and Encyclopedias plus a Thesaurus.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">* Extensive offline dictionary. Search with or without an Internet connection.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">* Specialty dictionaries: Medical, Legal, Financial, Idioms, Acronyms and Abbreviations.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">* Dictionaries for 13 different languages: Spanish, French, German, Italian, Chinese, Portuguese, Dutch, Norwegian, Greek, Arabic, Polish, Turkish, and Russian.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">* Word of the Day and other fresh content updated daily.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">* Games, including Spelling Bee, Match Up, Words Within Words, as well as Hangman in a dozen different languages.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">Features</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">* Look up words with Advanced search options, including “Starts with,” “Ends with,” and “In definition” searching.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">* Jump to Definition, Translations, or Thesaurus with one button.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">* Look up the definition of any word on the page with one click.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">* Search for words on the page.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">* Listen to American and British audio pronunciations in the English dictionary.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">* Create unlimited bookmarks of your favorite words.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">* Share dictionary pages via Facebook, Twitter, Email, and Text (SMS).</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">* Translate words into more than 40 languages.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">* Navigate the app in more than a dozen languages with the multilingual interface.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">* Customize your homepage: add or remove articles, games, even local weather and personalized horoscope.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">* Copy text.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">* Search via Android Quick Search Box, including voice-activated searching (for supported devices).</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">* For app developers: The Free Dictionary.com app has the ability to be accessed by other apps with API calls (Contact Farlex for instructions on accessing TFD</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Splashtop is the easiest and fastest remote desktop app to access your Windows, Mac, or Ubuntu from your Android phone or tablet, anywhere, anytime! Get full access to ALL your applications (e.g. office documents, email, full browser with Flash and Java support), PC or Mac games, video (1080P), and documents on your computer over Wi-Fi or 3G/4G with intuitive touch experience (supporting Windows 8 gestures seamlessly). It’ll be like having a computer on your Android phone or tablet!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Over 10 million users are enjoying Splashtop today, and you should too!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">WITH SPLASHTOP 2, YOU CAN:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">* Access all your programs and files with 100% compatibility, including all your desktop applications and office & PDF documents.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">* Watch all kinds of videos, including Flash videos, DVDs, Media Player, that are only playable on your computer.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">* Listen to music in any format on your computer (WMV, Real, WMA, MP3, AAC, etc.).</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">* Play 3D games or all the Flash and Java games.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">* Control your computer naturally with intuitive touch experience (with Windows 8 gestures support)</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Optional In-App Purchases</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Subscribe to Anywhere Access Pack to access your computer over 3G/4G or from across the Internet, via our global network of secure, high-performance servers:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">– Access across Internet over 3G/4G and Wi-Fi</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">– Optimized streaming performance under varying network conditions</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">– Fully secured via SSL with 256-bit AES encryption</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Subscribe to Configurable Shortcuts & Gamepad to easily control your Windows and Mac apps and games:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">– On-screen shortcuts mapped to your most commonly used Windows and Mac functions</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">– Built-in profiles for Microsoft Office, media players, browsers, Windows 8, Mac OS X, Diablo, and Pro Evolution Soccer 2012</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">– Create your own shortcuts and profiles</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">REQUIREMENTS:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">* Windows 8, 7, Vista, and XP (including Home Premium), Mac OS X 10.6+ (Snow Leopard, Lion or Mountain Lion) or Linux (Ubuntu 12.04).</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">* A computer with dual-core CPU is strongly recommended for best performance.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">* Internet connection is needed to use this app.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">EASY SETUP:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">* Download Splashtop Streamer from www.splashtop.com</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">* Install Splashtop Streamer on your computer and enter your Splashtop Account</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">NOTES:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">* The app includes license to access up to 5 computers using your Splashtop ID.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Browse, search & buy millions of products right from your Android device.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Amazon Mobile App allows Android users to browse and “Shop by Department”, quickly search, compare prices, read reviews, share products with friends, access Gold Box Deals, and make purchases on Amazon.com. Customers can sign up to receive a daily notification for Lightning Deals and also stay up to date on status of their orders. To make on-the-go shopping and price comparison even easier, the Amazon Mobile App includes helpful shopping features that allow users to scan a barcode, snap a photo, or type a search, to quickly compare prices and check availability.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Shoppers are able to access any of Amazon’s sites around the world from a single app by simply selecting their desired Amazon country store. Amazon customers have full access to their existing cart, wish lists, payment and Amazon Prime member shipping options, order history, 1-Click settings and can also take advantage of Amazon.com’ Subscribe & Save. All purchases made on Amazon Mobile are routed through Amazon’s secure servers just as they are on the web.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">** Requires Android OS 2.0 & up and rear facing camera.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Important note regarding permissions. Amazon Mobile requires access to the following services to operate properly:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Location: due to the fact that this is now a world wide app, location permissions are required to support a delivery service feature offered by Amazon in France and Japan. Only in those stores is the location data required or used. In those locations you are able to request delivery to a convenience store closest to your current location. That service is not available in other Amazon countries.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Phone calls: within the app you are able to place a call to Amazon Customer Service. Tap Menu -> More -> Help -> Call Customer Service, and we will place the proper number in the phone app and dial it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Take pictures: bar code scanning and image search require access to the camera function if you choose to start the bar code scanner from the app.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Account Permissions: We are continuously improving our sign-in experience. We need to use the Google account manager to securely store your credentials.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">Explore the world from the palm of your hand with Google Earth.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">Fly around the planet with a swipe of your finger with Google Earth for Android. Explore distant lands or reacquaint yourself with your childhood home. Search by voice for cities, places, and businesses. Browse layers including roads, borders, places, photos and more. Visit the Earth Gallery to find exciting maps such as real-time earthquakes, planes in flight, hiking trails, city tours, and more.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">Use the new “tour guide” to easily discover exciting new places to explore. With a quick swipe on the tab at the bottom of the screen, you can bring up a selection of virtual tours from around the globe.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">With new 3D imagery, you can now fly through complete 3D recreations of select cities, including San Francisco, Boston, Rome, and others. With every building modeled in 3D, you truly get a sense of flying above the city. 3D imagery is available on select devices, including most tablets.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">You can easily navigate with your fingers, using:</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">* A one finger swipe to move the globe</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">* A two-finger pinch and rotate to zoom in and out and rotate your viewpoint</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">* Two-fingers swiped together to tilt your view</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">* A one-finger double-tap to zoom in</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">* A two-finger double-tap to zoom out</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The power of eBay in the palm of your hand!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A must-have app for eBay Buyers and Sellers that makes it easy to browse, shop, sell and manage your eBay activity whenever and wherever you are!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">NEW!!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We’ve streamlined and improved the selling flow so it’s even easier and faster to list your stuff on eBay. If you haven’t listed items with the app before, try it out today!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks to all our loyal app fans for your support and great advice! We know that our customers come first and we work very hard to provide the best eBay app for Android.</span></div>
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<strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">OVERVIEW</span></strong></div>
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<strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Manage all your eBay activities on the go:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- Buy, Bid or Make Offers with just a couple of taps</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- Pay for items securely</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- Get notifications and reminders about items ending, being outbid, outstanding offers, new items matching your saved search criteria, new messages and more</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- Track package shipments to find out where your item is and when it will arrive</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- Leave feedback for sellers when you have a few spare minutes</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- Check and respond to eBay Messages wherever you are</span></div>
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<strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Quickly find just what you are looking for:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- Browse through eBay’s extensive categories to discover items of interest</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- Scan a barcode to easily find and compare popular items</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- Refine your search to narrow down to the results you want</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- View completed listings to help you research and compare prices</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- Save your common searches and get notified when new items match</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- Save your favorite sellers to quickly see what they’ve listed recently</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Take advantage of the mobile-optimized experience for the Motors enthusiast (US only, more countries coming soon):</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- Quickly scan your vehicle’s VIN to prefill the details about the make, model and year and add it to “My Vehicles”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- Easily find compatible parts and accessories for cars you own</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- Search by Make, Model and Year to find your dream car, truck or motorcycle</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- Contact sellers to get more information or to arrange a vehicle purchase</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- Check out weekly episodes of unique motors-inspired video series including modJobs, BUILT by eBay, The World’s Fastest Car Show and more</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Selling couldn’t be easier:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- Start-to-finish listing in just minutes</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- Prefill details of popular items by scanning the barcode or selecting the item from the product catalog</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- Add and edit photos taken with your phone or import photos from your gallery</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- Revise, relist, or sell similar items on the go</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- Add shipment tracking information to items using the barcode scanner</span><br />
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<strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">LANGUAGE AND FEATURE SUPPORT BY COUNTRY</span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- Language support:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">English, French, Italian, German, Spanish</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- Search support:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy, Malaysia, Netherlands, Philippines, Poland, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- Payments support:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Australia, Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Malaysia, Netherlands, Philippines, Poland, Spain, Singapore, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- Selling support:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Australia, Austria, Canada, France, Germany, India, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom, United States</span></div>
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<strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">EBAY WIDGETS</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Find the eBay Widgets app in the Google Play store and customize your device with useful eBay shortcuts!</span></div>
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<strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">CAMERA PERMISSION</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The app requires permission to use the device camera to take photos for listing an item and provide the ability to scan barcodes to find or list items.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: center;">Download </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://goo.gl/r34yGY">here</a></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14317428149433752423noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5582006630366394938.post-74637071059460574852014-05-03T07:42:00.002-07:002014-05-03T07:42:35.736-07:00Google Maps<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">Download the latest release of Google Maps, and never carry a paper map again. Google Maps for Android with Navigation (Beta) has:</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">* Detailed maps with 3D buildings</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">* Voice guided turn-by-turn GPS navigation</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">* Driving, public transit, biking, and walking directions</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">* Live traffic information to avoid congestion</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">* Local search and business reviews</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">* Google Maps Street View</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px;">* Indoor maps for select airports, hotels, retail stores, and more </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px;">Whether you need directions to your destination, the closest good place for a bite to eat, or just a sense of where you are, Google Maps for Android can help.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">Simplist & fastest uninstall tool for android.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">Easy & fastest uninstall tool for android, remove multiple apps by taps.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">* Batch uninstall</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">* Fast uninstall by one click</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">* Show app name,version,update time,size</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">* Search app by name</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">* Various sort mode</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">* App share</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">* Launch app</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">* Cached app list</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">* Search in Google Market</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">* Support Android 1.x/2.x/3.x/4.x</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">* Support App2SD</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">Easy Uninstaller is a tool to uninstall apps for android phones. It is quite easy to use, you can select multiple apps that you want to uninstall, and click “Uninstall Selected Apps” button to uninstall them.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">Easy Uninstaller also supports app search & sort. Type keyword in the textbox on the top to search the app that you want to uninstall. Click “Menu”->”Sort” to sort the apps in many sort types.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">Long press specified app, a context menu will pop up and provide more options. You can view app details by clicking “Application Details”. You can share apps by clicking “Share”, and you can search the app in the Google market by clicking “Search in Google Market”.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">Easy Uninstaller cannot uninstall pre-loaded apps in the system because it is limited by the system mechanism.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: center;">Download </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://goo.gl/fQYzHk">here</a></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14317428149433752423noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5582006630366394938.post-81958308766650019562014-05-03T07:39:00.001-07:002014-05-03T07:39:40.252-07:00Opera Mobile Web Browser<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">The premium web experience for rich, interactive content on mobile devices.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">Fast, smooth and easy to use, when you’re browsing on a tablet or smartphone, Opera Mobile helps you get more out of your time online, whether you’re finding information or relaxing with entertainment. It’s the ideal web browser to use on fast network connections such as Wi-Fi, 3G and 4G. It’s designed to make the most of your Android device!</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">Opera Mobile adapts automatically to the way you read, watch or interact on a smaller screen. You’ll enjoy all your favorite websites even more in Opera Mobile.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">Features:</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">- Opera Mobile offers a full-featured interface that lets you surf the way you want.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">- Keep all your stuff in one place! You can synchronize bookmarks, Speed Dials and more with your computer or other mobile devices via Opera Link.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">- With support for Twitter and Facebook built in, sharing is a snap.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">- From text wrapping to zoom, page size and orientation, Opera Mobile always gives you the best view on your favorite webpages.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">Also check out Opera Mini, the fastest browser on Earth. Opera Mini compresses data by up to 90% and is the best choice for slower or limited data plans.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: center;">Download </span><a href="http://goo.gl/zHljGg" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: center;">here</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14317428149433752423noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5582006630366394938.post-72940158891113481362014-05-03T07:38:00.000-07:002014-05-03T07:39:57.992-07:00Talking Translator Dictionary<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">Talking Translator/Dictionary!</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">- Supports many languages – Italian, French, German, Chinese, Japanese, etc.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">- Includes dictionary</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">- Word of the day</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">- Sentence correction!</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">5 Million downloads and going strong!</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">Speak a sentence and hear the translation!</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">** Requires active internet connection to work **</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">NOTE: the app now uses SMS permission so you can translate incoming SMS. The app will not read your SMS for any other purpose, or send SMS to you or anyone.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">The permissions are needed for ads only. Please upgrade to the PRO version, which does not need these permissions.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">- voice recognition for all major languages (new feature)</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">- eMail or SMS the translation</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">- copy to paste in other apps</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">- fetch incoming SMS to auto translate! (trial for 50 uses in this free version)</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">- Word of the day for Spanish (trial)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px;">- translation history</span> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: center;">Download </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://goo.gl/lx5mvD">here</a></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14317428149433752423noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5582006630366394938.post-49274421782597670742014-05-03T07:31:00.001-07:002014-05-03T07:31:30.631-07:00Astrid Tasks & To-do List<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Astrid: Perfect personal to-do list</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Even better when shared with friends</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As millions of users have discovered, Astrid is more than just the perfect to-do list — it’s the personal assistant you’ve always wanted. People use it for groceries, errands, and all their lists – to read, to watch, to visit, to-do! Astrid helps you get your life organized so you will never miss a deadline with fun reminders, subtasks, lists, and widgets. Then access your tasks anywhere with automatic syncing across your phone, tablet.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We can also all use a little help to be extra productive — use Astrid to collaborate on projects with your friends and loved ones. Divide up tasks for that trip you’re trying to plan with your best friends… Astrid reminds them so you don’t have to. And when your sweetheart picks up the dry cleaning, Astrid notifies you!</span></div>
<strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Permissions:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Internet Access: allows sync with Google Tasks or Astrid.com</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Modify/delete SD card contents: For backup to sdcard</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">GPS/Location: Only used when you specify location for tasks through TaskRabbit</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Phone State: Add to-dos when you miss a call</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Record Audio: For Premium Users making voice notes.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: center;">Download </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://goo.gl/YZWztJ">here</a></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14317428149433752423noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5582006630366394938.post-10411618904333076222014-05-03T07:25:00.002-07:002014-05-03T08:20:22.298-07:00First Aid<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">First Aid, your first choice</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">When you are in a emergency situation, how to deal with it? You need some instructions and First aid is your first choice.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px;">First Aid is designed to help you follow the right procedures in a stressful situation or support other people by giving them instructions. It is based on illustrations, videos and short texts that show you how to take the necessary action step by step and in the right order.</span> </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">THE MOST DOWNLOADED OFFLINE NAVIGATION APP IN THE WORLD!</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">*****”The best quality-price ratio” – Germano, Italy</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">*****”Offline, does not consume data” – Beto, Mexico</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">*****”Great free updates.”- Guajemaster, Spain</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">With over 20,000,000 downloads worldwide, Sygic is the most popular offline GPS navigation app.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">High quality TomTom maps stored on your Android (no internet connection needed!) together with a robust set of navigation features help you drive with confidence.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">7 DAYS TRIAL</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">- Unlimited license at www.sygic.com</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">HIGHLIGHTS</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">- High quality TomTom maps stored on the phone</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">- Works with GPS only, internet is not needed</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">- Turn-by-Turn voice guided navigation</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">- Spoken Street Names to focus on the road</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">- Three Alternative Routes to choose from</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">- Waypoints for places you want to visit</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">- Dynamic Lane Guidance to know the right lane</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">- Junction View to understand intersections</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">- Speed Limit Display to protect your wallet</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">- Speed Camera Warnings for Speedy Gonzales</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">BENEFITS</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">- Free Updates: maps, premium POI, speed cams</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">- 3D Cities & Landscape for easy orientation</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">SAFETY AND USER COMFORT</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">- Sharp Curve Warnings for added safety</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">- Notification of Upcoming Speed Limit Change</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">- Avoid Toll Roads on part or on entire route</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">- Avoid Roadblocks, Motorways …</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">- Pedestrian Navigation to walk and explore</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">- Compass & Stopwatch for outdoor activities</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">GREAT SEARCH</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">- Google Local Search to find anything</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">- Find and Navigate to</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;"> · Address</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;"> · Contact</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;"> · POI</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;"> · Postal code</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;"> · Intersection</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;"> · GPS coordinates</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;"> · Geo tagged photo</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;"> · Home</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">APP THAT IS PERSONAL</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">- Import of interesting locations – POIs</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">- Customizable navigation screen</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">- Road Incident Sharing with other drivers</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">- SOS/Help to find assistance nearby</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">- Customizable spoken warnings</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">- Friends on the map</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">COMPATIBLE TO THE MAX</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">- Smooth Hardware Accelerated 3D rendering</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">- Car Audio Integration – Bluetooth or cable</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">- Graphics optimized for tablet & HD displays</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">AVAILABLE MAPS:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px;">Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belgium, Benin, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Canada, Canary Islands, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Democratic Republic of Congo, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Gabon, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Chile, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Latvia, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mexico, Monaco, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Republic of Congo, Reunion, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uruguay, USA, Vatican, Venezuela, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe.</span> </span><br />
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