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  • Leo 17:00 on 18 May, 2010 Permalink | Reply  

    iSendr Shares Files Without Hosting Them on a Server for All to Access [File Sharing] 

    We’ve featured a number of file sharing services, but you may not want to host your files on a central server. Free web service iSender will instantaneously transfer a file directly from you to a friend, no server or software required. More »


     
  • Leo 14:20 on 17 May, 2010 Permalink | Reply  

    Sony PSP 2 is Real, Features Cell Processor 

    Sources in the UK have confirmed that a successor to the PSP is already well along in development, although the new device probably won’t be shown at E3 this year. Developers who have spoken to the press tell us that… [Click through for full story]


     
  • Leo 11:20 on 14 May, 2010 Permalink | Reply  

    Keep Tube Grabs HD Videos From Popular Tube Sites [Videos] 

    Keep Tube is a web-based video downloader that handles a wide range of formates and web sites. Where Keep Tube really shines is grabbing the highest quality video from a given site, where many other video downloaders fall short. More »




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  • Leo 10:40 on 14 May, 2010 Permalink | Reply  

    MÍDIAS MÓVEIS: MUDANÇAS INSTANTÂNEAS 

    Nada é definitivo nas mudanças na Mídia. As mudanças não vieram para ficar, elas vieram para ir adiante

    O IPHONE (APPLE) que há 2 anos foi um sucesso absoluto no seu lançamento acaba de ser superado pelo Android (GOOGLE) em vendas.

    A empresa de pesquisa NPD Group soltou um estudo que mostra que o Android ultrapassou o iPhone e está em segundo lugar em vendas nos Estados Unidos.
    Como o ANDROID carrega várias facilidades do mundo GOOGLE (de forma otimizada) seria de se esperar que em algum momento o peso GOOGLE fosse transferido para o Smartphone.

    AS IMPLICAÇÕES SÃO MUITAS: UMA EMPRESA DE SOFTWARES COMEÇA A COMERCIALIZAR CELULARES.
    A tese da converdência das mídias já ficou ultrapassada, a convergência se dá agora para NEGÓCIOS.

    Parece que mais uma vez tivemos a disputa entre um “modelo fechado” versus “modelo aberto”. O mercado (usuário) percebeu que o modelo fechado criado por Jobs não tem como competir com o sistema democrático e aberto do Google.
    O Android é como o Windows. Livre para operar em qualquer celular. Os fabricantes o veneram, pois ficam livres para criar diferentes tipos de aparelhos, com configurações básicas ou avançadas – superiores ao iPhone 3GS, por exemplo, no caso do Nexus One e do HTC Desire, só para citar dois exemplos.

    No caso do iPhone os smartphones são fabricados apenas pela Apple, que fecha os acordos que bem entende com as operadoras, deixando-as amarradas.
    Próximo passo é pensar em CONTEÚDOS para esta mídia. Quem paga a conta?
    Mais lenha para o debate 20 de maio na FEA USP.

    Prof Ramiro Gonçalez – FIA
    Inteligência de mercado e mídia
    @ramirogoncalez
    ramirogon@uol.com.br

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    • RAMIRO GONÇALEZ 20:49 on 14 May, 2010 Permalink

      Ola LEO, Fico feliz se você der o crédito. Muito obrigado pela divulgação. Prof Ramiro Gonçalez FEA USP

  • Leo 10:40 on 14 May, 2010 Permalink | Reply  

    Qualidade é pré-requisito 

    Marca não é apenas fenômeno de mídia
    Para construí-las é preciso ser bom na operação. É o que resta claro da pesquisa Top 500 Banking Brands 2010, realizada pela Brand Finance, consultoria britânica especializada na avaliação e gestão de marcas e pela revista Banker.
    Vejam o Bradesco entre os dez maiores. Depois, vejam as outras marcas nacionais. Banco do Brasil e Itaú brilham entre elas.
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  • Leo 18:40 on 13 May, 2010 Permalink | Reply  

    Varejo continua crescendo 

    Varejo exibe seu vigor

    O comércio varejista vendeu em março 15,7% a mais, se comparado ao mesmo mês do ano anterior. A informação é do FIBGE e confirma o super aquecimento da economia nacional. No primeiro trimestre, o crescimento acumulado é de 12,8% em relação a meso trimestre do ano passado.
    É, contudo, necessário reconhecer que as compras da Páscoa impulsionaram as vendas nessa direção. Adicionalmente, o maior consumo de combustíveis, refletindo o crescimento das vendas de carros e a maior demanda por vestuários, com a entrada da nova estação, aditivaram o resultado do mês. Não podem ser esquecidas as políticas governamentais, garantido a permanência da oferta de crédito e do aumento da massa salarial.
    Esse resultado está sendo interpretado pelo mercado como um indicativo de nova alta da Selic para a próxima reunião do COPOM. O mercado de juro futuro acusou essa alta. Janeiro de 2013 projetava juro de 12,56%, ante 12,64% da véspera.

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  • Leo 18:40 on 13 May, 2010 Permalink | Reply  

    A Quick Way to Make Crème Brulee Without an Oven 

    After retiring from teaching in school, I’ve been a stay-at-home mother and a home cook for many years, developed a deeper love of cooking for the family.

    When Leon, my dear son, asked me if I’d like to guest post on Lifehack, I felt honored and anxious at the same time. Lifehack is one of the authority blogs, that I’ve subscribed and enjoyed reading for a long time, talking about tips and hacks on making life easier and more effective. I feel anxious about what I should share with all the loyal readers and visitors of Lifehack. All of the sudden, one popular French dessert came to my mind. That’s crème brulee.

    Crème Brulee is a classic French dessert, that literally means “burnt cream”. I’m really fascinated by the smooth, rich, creamy custard, topped with a glassy layer of caramelized crust. It’s so enjoyable after a meal, served either cold or warm.

    To burn and caramelize the sugar takes only seconds, but I feel it takes too long to bake the custard in a “hot water bath” (“hot water bath” is a cooking method. Have the custard sit in a deep tray that filled half way with warm water) in an oven.

    I like delicious foods, yet love easy or quick cooking ways even more. Here’s the experiment I made the classic crème brulee in a non-traditional way without an oven. I was pretty satisfied with the results. My daughter, a dessert taster, couldn’t identify that they were not from our oven compared to those I baked before. The texture of the custard was as smooth and creamy as those baked in an oven.

    So, if you don’t have an oven or for whatever reason you don’t want to use an oven, you still can cook and enjoy this beautiful dessert. All you need is to have a wok, or a steamer or a deep pot, apart from the ingredients. I used a wok to steam the dessert. Best still, the steaming method is eco-friendly because you’d use less energy and time to heat up a wok than an oven.

    Serves 3 (prepare 3 ramekins, each 150ml capacity)

    Ingredients:

    • 4 egg yolks, room temperature
    • 200ml thickened cream, room temperature
    • 100ml milk, room temperature
    • 2 tablespoons of caster sugar
    • 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract (if you use vanilla beans, please see the note below)

    Separate egg yolks and egg whites carefully. I love all kitchen gadgets, especially this egg separator. It helps me easily separate yolks and whites with less failure. The egg whites are so clean that I can save them for baking some meringue cookies.

    Stir caster sugar into egg yolks. Add thickened cream, milk and vanilla extract and combine well. Don’t beat too hard because you don’t want too many bubbles produced on the surface of the mixture. The surface of the end product won’t be smooth otherwise.

    Drain the mixture through a fine sieve to ensure you have a very smooth custard.

    Divide mixture into three ramekins. Here’s the secret trick to produce smooth custard surface after steaming.

    Cover with foil and put in a wok or steamer with boiling water, cook over high-medium heat for 15 minutes. The foil will prevent the custard surface from being over-cooked before the whole custard is cooked through, as well as avoid any steam from being condensed on the surface. While steaming, you should see some steam releasing from the wok or steamer.

    After 15 minutes, turn off the heat. Let the custard sit in the wok or steamer for another 10 minutes. Remove from wok, take away the foil and let cool completely before chilling in the fridge, covered, for 1 hour or so.

    Transfer the chilled custard from the fridge, generously sprinkle caster sugar on top. Caramelize the sugar with a kitchen torch to your liking.

    Enjoy the smooth crème brulee topped with the crunchy, caramelized layer on the go.

    Note:

    • You can use a vanilla bean to replace the vanilla extract if you like. Use a sharp knife to cut the vanilla bean in half lengthwise and scrape the inside content and seeds. Warm the cream and milk in a saucepan. Add the vanilla content and seeds, simmer for 10 minutes. Turn off the heat and cover. Let the flavour of vanilla infuse in the milk mixture for a few minutes. Then follow the above steps to add egg yolks and sugar to make custard. Drain through a fine sieve into ramekins.
    • If you don’t have a wok or steamer, you can just simmer the sifted custard mixture until almost boils. Then chill it until it sets or when you need it.

    I do hope you like my sharing here. Do you have any other quick methods to make crème brulee?

    Check out the author’s food blog, Christine’s Recipes for more easy Chinese and Western recipes.

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  • Leo 11:40 on 12 May, 2010 Permalink | Reply  

    Gmail Adds Drag-and-Drop Picture Insertion [Email] 

    Gmail just picked up another desktop-like drag-and-drop feature, less than a month after giving attachments that convenience. Starting in Chrome, and coming to other browsers soon, you can now drag pictures into messages to embed them in a message. More »




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  • Leo 17:40 on 10 May, 2010 Permalink | Reply  

    Found footage: Next-gen iPhone middle plate assembly 

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    Just like the iPhone LCD leak back in March, SmartPhone Medic got their hands on another piece of next-gen iPhone hardware. This time they’ve posted a video of the middle plate assembly for the upcoming iPhone. SmartPhone Medic notes that the part looks identical to the one in the prototype iPhone Gizmodo bought, and from what I can see it looks like they’re right. The visible black seams in the case are still there (yuck), and it appears that the SIM card slot has moved from the top of the case to the side, similar to the layout on the iPad. The metal plate fits perfectly into the iPhone front face and LCD assembly that SmartPhone Medic showed off in March, so it looks like that leaked part was the real thing.

    Other than the “guts” of the iPhone (which won’t see the light of day again until its official release), the only part SmartPhone Medic has yet to show off is the iPhone’s rear casing. There’s still no definitive word on what the material of that rear case is — some have said glass, while others are saying it might be some type of ceramic. We should know the answer to that question very soon: WWDC starts on June 7, and almost everyone expects the next-gen iPhone to have its (official) debut at the keynote.

    TUAWFound footage: Next-gen iPhone middle plate assembly originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Mon, 10 May 2010 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Leo 17:40 on 10 May, 2010 Permalink | Reply  

    Top 10 Viral Videos – April 2010 

    Athletic equipment company Nike dominated the top 10 viral videos selected by video-content distributor goviral for April 2010, landing three videos on the list.
    Two of Nike’s videos were light and…

     
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