The new invention of SMART PHONE
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New Invention of Smart Phone. If you talk about modern technology or gadget, you will not stop in one topic. What does it mean? As you have already noticed, the development of gadget always improves all the time and no one can stop it. What do you think about that? I am sure you also agree with that, right? Realize or not, the reason why there are so many gadgets is because of people itself. There are so many people who makes gadget as their main property that they have to bring anywhere and anytime.

The phenomenon of Blackberry has become the main issue more than 2 years. Since it is launched for the first time, it has very good respond from the society. But now, Blackberry Company will not relax anymore. It is because Google Inc has launched other smart phone that is called Android. Of course Android has something that is different with Blackberry. Android allows the user to make and get their application free, as long as it get license from Google Inc.

Some researchers assume that people who have business and who are really busy with their business, should have try to use this smart phone, especially for those who like to apply some applications on their smart phone. When you choose gadget, you have to make sure that it really can be applied in your life.

Google WALLET NOW available: Get ready to tap, PAY, and save
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In the past few thousand years, the way we pay has changed just three times—from coins, to paper money, to plastic cards. Now we’re on the brink of the next big shift.

Introducing Google Wallet

Google Wallet is an Android app that makes your phone your wallet. It stores virtual versions of your existing plastic cards on your phone. Simply tap your phone to pay and redeem offers using near field communication, or NFC.

Payments, offers, loyalty, and so much more by Google Wallet

Google Wallet has been designed for an open commerce ecosystem. It will eventually hold many if not all of the cards you keep in your leather wallet today. And because Google Wallet is a mobile app, it will be able to do more than a regular wallet ever could, like storing thousands of payment cards and Google Offers but without the bulk. Eventually your loyalty cards, gift cards, receipts, boarding passes, tickets, even your keys will be seamlessly synced to your Google Wallet. And every offer and loyalty point will be redeemed automatically with a single tap via NFC.

The future of commerce starts today

Google Wallet is now released on Nexus S 4G by Google, available on Sprint. Over time, we plan on expanding support to more phones.

You can pay with Citi® MasterCard® cards and the Google Prepaid Card. You can tap to pay at hundreds of thousands of merchants.

This is just the beginning, but we believe that, in time, your phone with Google Wallet will be the one thing that holds everything you need to carry.

How Google Wallet works

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Where Google Wallet works

Look for these symbols at checkout.
You can tap to pay using Google Wallet at hundreds of thousands of MasterCard® PayPass™ merchant locations. Just look for these symbols:

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source:google.com

Kik Messenger : IM untuk BlackBerry, iPhone dan Android
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Bagi pengguna BlackBerry pasti sudah tidak asing lagi dengan feature BBM alias Black Berry Messenger. Sayangnya, BBM ini hanya bisa digunakan antara sesama user BlackBerry, tidak bisa lintas platform, misalnya ke pengguna iPhone atau smartphone dengan platform Android. Tapi tidak usah khawatir, saat ini sudah ada aplikasi baru yaitu Kik Messenger yang dapat digunakan untuk BB, iPhone dan Android. Dan aplikasi ini gratis.

Di blognya Kik Messenger disebutkan, pada saat mereka re-launced Kik Messenger tanggal 21 Oktober, maka setelah 15 hari kemudian jumlah user yang sudah sign-up adalah 1.000.000 (Zero to a Million in 15 days). Salah satu kelebihan dari Kik Messenger adalah kita dapat melakukan chat dengan seluruh pengguna yang berbeda platform (IOS, BlackBerry dan Android).

Kik Messenger is the only cross-platform instant messaging app that provides message receipts similar to those available with BlackBerry Messenger. Receipts tell users when messages are sent, delivered and read, and when friends are typing a reply

Dari beberapa situs, disebutkan beberapa kelebihan dan kekurangan Kik Messenger sebagai berikut:

Pros of Kik Messenger Free Chat Application

  • Quick and easy setup
  • Works well across the 3 major platforms: iOS, Blackberry, and Android
  • Notifies you when signing up of contacts that may also be on Kik
  • Runs in the background, notifies of new messages via notifications bar
  • Indicates when your message has been read by the recipient

Cons of Kik Messenger Cross Platform Instant Messaging

  • Unable to share anything other than text (pictures, videos, files)
  • No control over the initial notification this app sends out
  • Lacking value to keep it installed (so far)
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Bagi yang ingin mendownload Kik Mesengger : IM untuk BlackBerry, iPhone dan Android, silahkan dowload di link di bawah. Kik Messenger juga dapat diunduh (download) melalui mobile device di www [dot] kik [dot] com/m. Gratis alias FREE!

BlackBerry Download Link

Android Download Link

iPhone Download Link

Sumber: kik.com / prnewswire.com / androidtapp.com / techpinger.com

Mampukah Google Menembus Tembok Besar China?
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Google….siapapun pasti kenal dengan nama ini. Google yang dibidani oleh Sergey Bin dan Larry (Lawrence) Page, resmi lahir pada 7 September 1998. Sejak kelahirannya Google sudah berkembang demikian pesatnya, hingga saat ini  Google sudah menjadi salah satu mesin pencari yang terbesar di dunia. Istilah di-google aja, atau googling aja, sudah akrab kita dengar bila kita ingin mencari sesuatu/informasi di dunia maya. Bahkan sampai ada istilah googlism yang mengacu kepada satu ajaran/agama baru. Google banyak digunakan di beberapa negara jelas sudah tak terbantahkan. Tapi ada satu negara yang kelihatannya agak sulit ditembus oleh Google, yaitu China. Lalu apakah Google mampu menembus tembok besar China?

Seperti yang kita ketahui, pemerintah China sangat ketat melakukan sensor terhadap semua informasi yang masuk dan keluar di jaringan internet negeri Tirai Bambu itu. Ditengah-tengah kebangkitan China yang sangat fenomenal maka  melalui program yang mereka namakan Golden Shield, akan menghapus materi pornografi dan informasi politik yang sensitif bagi pemerintah China. Contohnya masalah Tibet, pembantaian Tiananmen 1989, dan kerusuhan di Rumqi, Xinjiang. Bahkan pemerintah China menutup akses ke Facebook, Twitter, dan YouTube.

Selain menyaring informasi, maka pemerintah China juga memaksa perusahan-perusahaan teknologi informasi menyensor sendiri informasi yang sensitif di mata pemerintah. Google merasa kebijakan swasensor ini tidak sesuai dengan mottonya, “Don’t be evil”. Apalagi layanan e-mailnya diserang oleh hacker yang mereka duga bersumber dari beberapa alamat di daratan China.

Google lalu membalas ‘serangan’ itu dengan ‘mengancam’ akan mencabut kesepakatan swasensor. Juga akan menunda penjualanan telepon seluler bersistem operasi Android di China, serta berancang-ancang angkat kaki dari daratan China. Apakah pemerintah China goyah?

Tidak. Soal ancaman ini, pemerintah China mengatakan : “Kami menyambut semua perusahaan Internet berbisnis di negeri ini selama mereka menaati hukum China. Kelihatannya, Google-pun akan berpikir seribu kali, jika benar-benar akan hengkang dari China. Karena bila Google menutup kantornya di China, mereka akan kehilangan pendapatan US$ 300 juta atau sekitar Rp. 2,8 trilun per tahun. Emang mau kehilangan pendapatan sedemikian besarnya?

Lalu apa kata Bill Gates pendiri Microsoft yang memiliki mesin pencari Bing saingan Google soal sensor di China? Bagi Gates, tunduk pada perintah swasensor hanyalah bagian dari urusan bisnis dan sikap Google soal swasensor berlebihan. Kelihatannya Google sulit untuk beroperasi tanpa sensor. Kita tunggu saja, apakah Google mampu menembus tembok besar China.

sumber: majalah tempo, 7 februari 2010 | gambar:google.com