Our Windows Phone-loving pals at WPCentral have found themselves in quite the pickle. First there's the whole to-do over YouTube and the fact that Google's not opening up its metadata to Windows Phone, so third-party apps can't search videos as well as we can on Android. (Or in the iOS YouTube app, for that matter.) Now they can't even use Google Maps. Not that there's been an official Windows Phone version of Google Maps -- nor do we really expect one anytime soon -- but for some reason pointing Internet Explorer to maps.google.com redirects back to the mobile verison of Google's home page.
Shenanigans? Or Gremlins? We're willing to bet it's just a hiccup and that Google's not shutting out Windows Phone from Google Maps, but it's an inconvenience, to say the least. On the other hand, WPCentral's Daniel Rubino questions "why you would want to use Google’s less-than-awesome mapping service through a browser." With an attitude like that, pal, don't expect the boys and girls at Google to bend over backwards for you on a Friday.
The perpetual gotcha for T-Mobile's Monthly4G prepaid service has been the absence of truly unlimited data -- you could have one advantage or the other, but not both. TmoNews understands that this either/or choice is fading away after spotting what looks to be leaked promo material. Come January 9th, the carrier is reportedly replacing its 5GB Monthly4G tier with an unlimited alternative. The same $70 should net the previous unlimited talk and text, but skip the pesky throttling for very frequent users. As long as customers have good coverage, it's hard to see a downside for them if this proves real; next week can't come soon enough.
NEW YORK (AP) ? It was a night of mayhem for three New York Police Department officers who were wounded in two separate shooting incidents in Brooklyn and the Bronx on Thursday, authorities said.
The Brooklyn shooting, which left a suspect dead, took place at about 7:30 p.m. at the Fort Hamilton Parkway subway station at 62nd Street, according to Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly.
Two plainclothes officers assigned to Transit District 34, Michael Levay and Lukasz Kozicki, were on patrol when they observed a man moving between cars, a violation of transit regulations, Kelly said.
The commissioner said that in the past police have found that "people who are looking to commit crimes will walk through the cars."
As the train approached the station, Kelly said the officers approached the man, who was sitting down, and asked him for his identification.
The man stood up and appeared to reach for his wallet, but instead "pulled a 9-millimeter Taurus handgun from his waistband and opened fire," Kelly said.
Kozicki, 32, was struck three times, once in each of his upper thighs and once in the groin. Levay, 27, was shot in the lower back, but his vest stopped the bullet. Kelly said he managed to return fire, killing the suspect. A passenger in the same car was grazed in the leg. No one else was injured.
"A witness said that the gunman appeared to notice the officer's bullet-resistant vest, and, as a result, aimed low before he fired," Kelly said.
Kelly said Levay has a welt on his back and investigators believe the bullet may still be in the vest.
The dead suspect's identity was not released, but Kelly said he had at least five arrests, one for assault with a knife.
Both officers were listed in stable condition at Lutheran Hospital, according to Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
An hour earlier in the Bronx, officer Juan Pichardo was working off-duty at his family's car dealership, when two men, one armed with a handgun, entered the dealership while two other men waited outside in a getaway car, Kelly said.
After the two feigned interest in buying a car, one of them pulled out a .380 handgun and ordered Pichardo and an employee onto the floor in a back office and started to ransack the place.
"A few minutes after the robbery, Officer Pichardo stood up and grabbed the gunman, who fired, striking the officer in the right thigh," Kelly said.
Although wounded, Pichardo and the other employee wrestled the gunman to the ground and disarmed him. His accomplice fled in the getaway car with the two others, but they were stopped a short distance away and arrested.
Kelly said Pichardo had recognized the gunman as a member of a Bronx robbery crew. The suspect's gun was reported stolen from North Carolina in Dec. 2012, he said.
Bloomberg said Pichardo is in stable condition at Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx.
"Tonight, we're just grateful that these three officers will be going home to their families," the mayor said, adding that the officers were in "good moods."
In 2012, 11 police officers were shot while on duty and one was shot while off-duty, none of them fatal, according to police.
Is it just me or does it seem like every new Android smartphone looks almost?exactly?like the last new Android smartphone? It sure felt like deja vu all over again when I opened the box that Verizon Wireless sent me a few days ago. Inside was the HTC DROID DNA, their latest and greatest high-end Android [...]
http://touchwebsitesolutions.com - 22,224 People Visited in last 1 year - 37.74%Search Traffic | 39.26%Referral Traffic | 23.00%?Direct Traffic
http://touchwebsitesolutions.com/blog - 21,244 People Visited in Last 6 months. Blog is using different Google Analytics account - 82.09%?Search Traffic | 5.14%?Referral Traffic | 2.76%?Direct Traffic
Both the website and blog verified analytics and screenshots has been attached to listing.
In today?s world, people are more and more interested in being online. Due to the high cost of advertising, a good web presence is essential. This is especially the case for small to medium sized businesses. The web design business are really huge right now and this trend will only continue for years to come.
ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY:
This could be a huge?one time opportunity?for any web developer who wants to expand his business or for someone who wants to begin for the first time and maybe outsource the work.
The buyer would not only be purchasing a website, he/she would be receiving a full-fledged business.?A business that has been carefully crafted over the past year that while having huge growth potential, has also already proven its worth as a successful enterprise.
This particular business is an automated one in the sense that customers can find us online, eventually call in for more information, and we can help them to order online. Many clients simply come online and order their preferred package. After ordering, they automatically receive a project description form where they can give us information concerning their project.
I was a freelancer and i was working on web development project since 2006. From 2006 to 2010 i did job as a php web developer. Then after i started my own development business and was taking local projects. I registered the company in june 2011 and took a domain name of the company. The company has been operating since june 2011, The company is now 1.5 year old and has became a successful web design and development company completed more than 200 projects in last 1.5 years. We have worked with more than 50 clients in last 1.5 years.
Due to one of my large projects needing some big cash i am selling this website and business. Overall the business is doing well and there are lots of ways to increase revenue and profit even further.?
This website has been run by me with my 2 developers and 1 designer. The developers salary is $600 and the designer salary is $550 and i am having our office on rent from where i operate this business.
I am making around $4000 to $6000 net profit per month.
Some of the clients website is hosted on our server and some are fix client which are sending regular work. We have a reseller hosting which will be transferred by your name once this website is purchased. The overall cost to operate this business is low and the profit is also good. On average there is 1 enquiry per 2 days for website design and development projects.
BLOG
The website also has a blog which only needs an hour a day to approve the pending post created by users. You don't even need to find bloggers or hire bloggers for blogging. Lots of people are blogging for us for free. There are about 87 contributors on blog who contribute unique copyscape passed articles regularly. There are about 38 post pending on blog. I approve 2 to 3 post per 10 to 15 days.?
Why?BID WITH CONFIDENCE
Winning buyer will receive Skype support from me, in person support if travel arrangements and?expenses?are paid by you.Also if you can prove that you are a serious buyer, we can?Skype?before the sale
I also provide income guarantee from this website. The net profit i can guarantee from this website is at least $4000 and that means after giving salaries to employees, rent, server cost, internet bills, light bills etc the money in buyers hand will be atleast $4000. 40% projects are coming from website and 40% projects are coming from freelancing sites where we can fantastic reviews which will also be given to you and rest of the 20% clients are fixed clients.
Around $1200 to $1500 net is from local client. $2000 to $3000? net from website enquiries. And in last 4 months profit has been increased and doubled and client base has expanded as in last 4 months we joined a freelancing site and earned $10000 + from freelancing site in last 4 month and the account has 100% positive feedback.
I am happy to have a video conversation with you on skype to share my screen to show you the website earnings, analytics, from where the income is coming, how many clients are fixed, how many clients website are hosted on our reseller servers, how many bloggers have joined our blog, how many posts are daily coming and lot more. Last 1 year verified google analytics stats for both website and blog has been attached.
I know a seller claiming "$4K a month net profit!" might seem like a common thing on Flippa... BUT, after the auctions is ended, we will sign a contract via Echosign stating the guarantee on the $4K/month for the new owner IMMEDIATELY.
I repeat, we will put this GUARANTEE IN WRITING and we will disclose further identifiable information to guarantee the buyer will see these levels of activity and returns within just few months.
WHERE DOES THE TRAFFIC COMES FROM?
The whole google analytics from 2011 to 2012 is attached in listing and has been verified by flippa.
The domain name was registered in 2011. Our website has 1147 organic keywords on Google from which we got traffic in last one year.
THE PACKAGE WILL INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:
1)????? The domain touchwebsitesolutions.com and touchwebsitesolutions.co.uk
2)????? The logo containing the source files
3)????? The webpages? source files
4)????? The source files for our own development materials created in last 2 years.?With this website the buyer gets development materials which we used in last 2 years:
Social Network Portal More advance than facebook with mobile version
dating portals more advance than cupid with mobile version
hotel management system
online booking portals
ecommerce website software
classified website portal with mobile version
Web 2.0 portal. A website like wordpress.com where users can come and create their own website for free.
Customer Support Ticket System
File sharing portal like wetransfer.com
Payment gateways plugins and extension for wordpress and magento etc
This is just an overview of advance development materials. We have huge stock of 100+ developed web applications, plugins, extension, portals, 100+ graphics, designs, css tables etc and these materials can be reused in future for any projects or can be used as SAAS model.
We reuse this materials each month for our clients by just changing its design and improving some features. With this website you get whole business as well as development and designing materials. You will own source files for our softwares, plugins and scripts. The buyer will have the full rights to duplicate and tweak it towards their own preferences and future use.
For your info the softwares, applications and plugins included with the website are worth more than 30K USD. That means if you hire a development company for development of all this materials then they may charge you more than 30K USD and each and every software can be used as a SAAS Product or for your own use. That makes the value of your property on par with 100K USD. Feel free to check the prices of this softwares in market and make a decision on what values the most in this website.
5)Whole development team including a business development Manager.?
Winner can also outsource the work to the same place from where the company is operating right now. I will help you appoint a BD Manager here to run the website and business. The BD Manager and a small team including rented office from which buyer can earn at least $4000 by just sitting at home and monitoring emails and bank accounts. Right now i am operating this business with just 2 people. To sum up your total investment after purchasing this website would be:
$3000 with designer, developer, rented office, BD Manager and some extra cost also included. BD Manager will be able to close at least $8000 monthly and net profit will be around $4000 to $5000 and thats 100% sure.
So buyer will be able to cover his/her investment in just few months and i can guarantee you that. I just need some quick cash to run my own personal scheme(Building) and thats the reason need to sell this website. My loss is your gain.
I can tell you that with full confidence that its a once in lifetime opportunity where you get website that earns as well as materials which are worth more than website. In such a low price what else any one can get in market. And i can also tell you that indian companys are growing with top speed, purchasing this website and putting some more efforts can earn you more than $10k per month. To be honest with you if i will be not in the need of money then i wont be selling this. Its because i need money i was looking forward to sell the website. Feel free to offer me your bid.
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Contact: Sarah McDonnell s_mcd@mit.edu 617-827-7637 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
New design for a basic component of all computer chips boasts the highest 'carry mobility' yet measured
CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Almost all computer chips use two types of transistors: one called p-type, for positive, and one called n-type, for negative. Improving the performance of the chip as a whole requires parallel improvements in both types.
At the IEEE's International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM) in December, researchers from MIT's Microsystems Technology Laboratories (MTL) presented a p-type transistor with the highest "carrier mobility" yet measured. By that standard, the device is twice as fast as previous experimental p-type transistors and almost four times as fast as the best commercial p-type transistors.
Like other experimental high-performance transistors, the new device derives its speed from its use of a material other than silicon: in this case, germanium. Alloys of germanium are already found in commercial chips, so germanium transistors could be easier to integrate into existing chip-manufacturing processes than transistors made from more exotic materials.
The new transistor also features what's called a trigate design, which could solve some of the problems that plague computer circuits at extremely small sizes (and which Intel has already introduced in its most advanced chip lines). For all these reasons, the new device offers a tantalizing path forward for the microchip industry one that could help sustain the rapid increases in computing power, known as Moore's Law, that consumers have come to expect.
Pluses and minuses
A transistor is basically a switch: In one position, it allows charged particles to flow through it; in the other position, it doesn't. In an n-type transistor, the particles or charge carriers are electrons, and their flow produces an ordinary electrical current.
In a p-type transistor, on the other hand, the charge carriers are positively charged "holes." A p-type semiconductor doesn't have enough electrons to balance out the positive charges of its atoms; as electrons hop back and forth between atoms, trying futilely to keep them electrically balanced, holes flow through the semiconductor, in much the way waves propagate across water molecules that locally move back and forth by very small distances.
"Carrier mobility" measures how quickly charge carriers whether positive or negative move in the presence of an electric field. Increased mobility can translate into either faster transistor switching speeds, at a fixed voltage, or lower voltage for the same switching speed.
For decades, each logic element in a computer chip has consisted of complementary n-type and p-type transistors whose clever arrangement drastically reduces the chip's power consumption. In general, it's easier to improve carrier mobility in n-type transistors; the MTL researchers' new device demonstrates that p-type transistors should be able to keep up.
Handling the strain
Judy Hoyt, a professor of electrical engineering and computer science; her graduate students Winston Chern, lead author on the new paper, and James T. Teherani; Pouya Hashemi, who was an MIT postdoc at the time and is now with IBM; Dimitri Antoniadis, the Ray and Maria Stata Professor of Electrical Engineering; and colleagues at MIT and the University of British Columbia achieved their record-setting hole mobility by "straining" the germanium in their transistor forcing its atoms closer together than they'd ordinarily find comfortable. To do that, they grew the germanium on top of several different layers of silicon and a silicon-germanium composite. The germanium atoms naturally try to line up with the atoms of the layers beneath them, which compresses them together.
"It's kind of a unique set of material structures that we had to do, and that was actually fabricated here, in the MTL," Hoyt says. "That's what enables us to explore these materials at the limits. You can't buy them at this point."
"These high-strain layers want to break," Teherani adds. "We're particularly successful at growing these high-strain layers and keeping them strained without defects." Indeed, Hoyt is one of the pioneers of strained-silicon transistors, a technology found today in almost all commercial computer chips. At last year's IEDM, she and Eugene Fitzgerald, the Flemings-SMA Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at MIT, received the IEEE's Andrew S. Grove Award for outstanding contributions to solid-state devices and technology. The award announcement cited Hoyt's "groundbreaking contributions involving strained-silicon semiconductor materials."
Gatekeeping
Another crucial aspect of the new transistor is its trigate design. If a transistor is a switch, throwing the switch means applying a charge to the transistor's "gate." In a conventional transistor, the gate sits on top of the "channel," through which the charge carriers flow. As transistors have grown smaller, their gates have shrunk, too. But at smaller sizes, that type of lockstep miniaturization won't work: Gates will become too small to reliably switch transistors off.
In the trigate design, the channels rise above the surface of the chip, like boxcars sitting in a train yard. To increase its surface area, the gate is wrapped around the channel's three exposed sides hence the term "trigate." By demonstrating that they can achieve high hole mobility in trigate transistors, Hoyt and her team have also shown that their approach will remain useful in the chips of the future.
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The MIT researchers' work was supported by the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the Semiconductor Research Corporation.
Written by Larry Hardesty, MIT News Office
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New design for a basic component of all computer chips boasts the highest 'carry mobility' yet measured
CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Almost all computer chips use two types of transistors: one called p-type, for positive, and one called n-type, for negative. Improving the performance of the chip as a whole requires parallel improvements in both types.
At the IEEE's International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM) in December, researchers from MIT's Microsystems Technology Laboratories (MTL) presented a p-type transistor with the highest "carrier mobility" yet measured. By that standard, the device is twice as fast as previous experimental p-type transistors and almost four times as fast as the best commercial p-type transistors.
Like other experimental high-performance transistors, the new device derives its speed from its use of a material other than silicon: in this case, germanium. Alloys of germanium are already found in commercial chips, so germanium transistors could be easier to integrate into existing chip-manufacturing processes than transistors made from more exotic materials.
The new transistor also features what's called a trigate design, which could solve some of the problems that plague computer circuits at extremely small sizes (and which Intel has already introduced in its most advanced chip lines). For all these reasons, the new device offers a tantalizing path forward for the microchip industry one that could help sustain the rapid increases in computing power, known as Moore's Law, that consumers have come to expect.
Pluses and minuses
A transistor is basically a switch: In one position, it allows charged particles to flow through it; in the other position, it doesn't. In an n-type transistor, the particles or charge carriers are electrons, and their flow produces an ordinary electrical current.
In a p-type transistor, on the other hand, the charge carriers are positively charged "holes." A p-type semiconductor doesn't have enough electrons to balance out the positive charges of its atoms; as electrons hop back and forth between atoms, trying futilely to keep them electrically balanced, holes flow through the semiconductor, in much the way waves propagate across water molecules that locally move back and forth by very small distances.
"Carrier mobility" measures how quickly charge carriers whether positive or negative move in the presence of an electric field. Increased mobility can translate into either faster transistor switching speeds, at a fixed voltage, or lower voltage for the same switching speed.
For decades, each logic element in a computer chip has consisted of complementary n-type and p-type transistors whose clever arrangement drastically reduces the chip's power consumption. In general, it's easier to improve carrier mobility in n-type transistors; the MTL researchers' new device demonstrates that p-type transistors should be able to keep up.
Handling the strain
Judy Hoyt, a professor of electrical engineering and computer science; her graduate students Winston Chern, lead author on the new paper, and James T. Teherani; Pouya Hashemi, who was an MIT postdoc at the time and is now with IBM; Dimitri Antoniadis, the Ray and Maria Stata Professor of Electrical Engineering; and colleagues at MIT and the University of British Columbia achieved their record-setting hole mobility by "straining" the germanium in their transistor forcing its atoms closer together than they'd ordinarily find comfortable. To do that, they grew the germanium on top of several different layers of silicon and a silicon-germanium composite. The germanium atoms naturally try to line up with the atoms of the layers beneath them, which compresses them together.
"It's kind of a unique set of material structures that we had to do, and that was actually fabricated here, in the MTL," Hoyt says. "That's what enables us to explore these materials at the limits. You can't buy them at this point."
"These high-strain layers want to break," Teherani adds. "We're particularly successful at growing these high-strain layers and keeping them strained without defects." Indeed, Hoyt is one of the pioneers of strained-silicon transistors, a technology found today in almost all commercial computer chips. At last year's IEDM, she and Eugene Fitzgerald, the Flemings-SMA Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at MIT, received the IEEE's Andrew S. Grove Award for outstanding contributions to solid-state devices and technology. The award announcement cited Hoyt's "groundbreaking contributions involving strained-silicon semiconductor materials."
Gatekeeping
Another crucial aspect of the new transistor is its trigate design. If a transistor is a switch, throwing the switch means applying a charge to the transistor's "gate." In a conventional transistor, the gate sits on top of the "channel," through which the charge carriers flow. As transistors have grown smaller, their gates have shrunk, too. But at smaller sizes, that type of lockstep miniaturization won't work: Gates will become too small to reliably switch transistors off.
In the trigate design, the channels rise above the surface of the chip, like boxcars sitting in a train yard. To increase its surface area, the gate is wrapped around the channel's three exposed sides hence the term "trigate." By demonstrating that they can achieve high hole mobility in trigate transistors, Hoyt and her team have also shown that their approach will remain useful in the chips of the future.
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The MIT researchers' work was supported by the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the Semiconductor Research Corporation.
Written by Larry Hardesty, MIT News Office
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