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Browse Space Use iPhone and iPod Touch

User iPhone and iPod Touch can now enjoy a taste to explore space through a new application released U.S. antaraiksa agency, NASA. Applications are free to use and download at Apple's App Store shows archive photos, videos, and the latest information space missions of NASA.

"We are very pleased to be providing content that includes NASA and the many new things to the user though the iPhone and iPod Touch," said Gary Martin, director of the Ames Research Center, one of NASA's research center that developed the application. He said that this application provides an easy and interesting to the public to participate in space exploration program.

With the application, for example, the user position international space station (ISS) which was orbiting the Earth. In addition, users can also follow the countdown and mission seconds shuttle launch.

touch.facebook.com

Facebook eventually provide an address for service version for smartphone users in touch touch.facebook.com sailing. Previous address and x.facebook.com iphone.facebook.com will be redirected to the new address.

Such a move is an attempt to give Facebook the same experience to all smartphone users regardless of platform used. Although not necessarily optimal for all current devices, the display site for the touch screen version is better structured than the standard mobile version. It's not all the features of Facebook is available, but the menu-menu in panel boxes that make it easy to touch the fingertips.

Facebook users who access the smartphone is expected to sail touch will continue to increase as the presence of various models from many vendors. At least not since the popularity of the iPhone up, up and a number of Palm Pre Android smartphone platform. Not include the Windows smartphone with a new Phone released yesterday.

Own mobile Facebook users experienced a significant increase from 20 million users in January to 65 million users today.

Open Office 4 Kids

As the number of computer users among the kids, Open Office released a version designed specifically for them. Application called OOo4Kids is intended for primary school age children 7-12 years old.

His appearance is more familiar to the children with bright colors and menu buttons that are large. Basic features are not as complete as provided only Open Office standards. However, thus smaller file size so that the installed faster and easier access.

This software is built with open source platform so that anyone who freely used freely. 0.5 beta version available for Mac, Windows, and Linux. These applications can be downloaded at http://wiki.ooo4kids.org/index.php/Main_Page

Although designed for children, this software is also worth a try for adults. Especially for users who only require basic functionality and easier access.

Twitter is not social networking

Although there are some who used to communicate with each other, Twitter is not a social network. Own opinion was confirmed by the co-founder of Twitter, Evan Williams on the sidelines of the Web 2.0 conference in San Francisco, a few days ago.

"Twitter is not social network. So okay to not be a follower (follower) a person who became followers. Do not worry about being branded arrogant," said Evan Williams, as quoted by the Telegraph. He emphasized Twitter as an information network that provides the latest news from all the people and dividing the whole world.

According to him, deliberately Twitter so that users do not know if there are followers who came out. Therefore, it is not important in Twitter. Each user released to join with others who felt the most interesting or help. Therefore he was so hated when an application is trying to display it.

"There is an application made by any third party, called Qwitter, which sends an email when someone stops following you follow his identity. I really hate it," he said.

Williams also admitted that the current attempt to change his style at Twitter so not too often send the information for fear of being boring for the 1,177,323 people who follow it. "I used to preach the things that are trivial even like 'I just bought a soy latte' but now I try and make it a little more interesting," Williams said, including comments to the press stingy this - usually the other founder, Biz Stone, who many appear .

Ad Rate on Twitter USD 4.7 Billion Per Day

One company offered 500,000 U.S. dollars or equivalent to Rp 4.7 billion to Twitter to put banner ads on social networking sites in a single day. If this offer released, Twitter will be the first site with the highest advertising rates in the world.

"Although the 500,000 U.S. dollar is seen as a large amount to invest on a banner in one day, we believe this investment will be more useful later on," said Leon Hill, Chief Executive uSocial, a company that specializes in marketing products and services through social networking sites .

Until now, Twitter has not answered, whether the ad can be posted or not. Microblogging site was indeed never any ads, though regarded as one of the options may be considered by the founders of the company when they find a sustainable business model for Microblogging business.

However, co-founder of Twitter, Evan Williams, has said that Twitter will focus on improving the quality of products and technologies that will use. According to him, a mistake if the company's focus on earnings. He said that would be way Twitter is a charge on the other side using Twitter brand for commercial purposes.

"We will put on their costs, but they will pay if we offer them something worthy to be paid and this site works well for them," he said as quoted by the Telegraph.

This week, Twitter has signed an agreement with Microsoft and Google to integrate Twitter data will appear, either in the Google search engine as well as Bing. However, the cost to be paid Microsoft and Google over the use of these data was not announced.

PayPal Open API

Online payment service provider, PayPal, plans to open API (Application Programming Interface) for developers. Such a move is an attempt to integrate PayPal more extensive services to various applications and devices.

"I am very proud that within two weeks, PayPal will be the provider of the first online payment service that opened its platform to everyone," said Scott Thompson, President of PayPal in the Web 2.0 conference in San Francisco, USA, as reported by the Telegraph. API will be released on November 3, 2009.

This decision was not come suddenly. PayPal is now owned by eBay is already working with several producers of electronics and handheld devices to integrate their services. Thompson pointed out what would be done similar to PayPal so that the open Facebook API to developers, many applications that can be available on these social networking services.

He hopes, the same thing will revolutionize the digital payments business and used cross-currency and cross-platform in many countries around the world. Nevertheless, he could not specify when the PayPal service became available in a variety of mobile devices, television, and social networks. Can not wait, let's participate using PayPal API.