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No matter how convenient mobile computers and streaming technology are, there is nothing that enhances a movie viewing experience like seeing it on a big screen. In fact, watching pretty much anything is improved by seeing it on a color-rich, high definition, high-resolution, giant screen. Directors and producers produce their works to make them look good when they are big, so why do so many people obsess on crowding around tiny mobile devices to watch things? With the Amzer Micro HDMI To HDMI Cable, you no longer have to!

The Amzer Micro HDMI To HDMI Cable is a beautiful and durable basic connector. What can make a connector beautiful? For true high-definition transfers, your connectors need to be gold and the Amzer Micro HDMI To HDMI Cable has stylish and functional gold plating for the connectors and the leads. The gold offsets the standard black cable very nicely, so the word “beautiful” certainly applies to this cable.

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In the quest to make digital music a viable business endeavor instead of just a cool idea, there have been many businesses and websites that have already come and gone.  While digital music pirating has been a huge issue for most of the services that have failed, rapidly changing hardware has been a serious issue as well.  One quarter, the dominant digital music device is an MP3 player, the next it is a smartphone!  Failure to adapt the digital music service to the new technologies has sunk some of the digital music services distributing digital music files over the Internet.  Spotify is deeply invested in making sure that does not happen.  For that, they have Oskar Stal!

Oskar Stal is the Chief Technology Officer of digital music distributor Spotify.  As Spotify developed as a website, but prepared to take its service international, the company sought a CTO who had extensive experience with mobile operating systems.  Without a CTO who knew the ins and outs of various mobile platforms, Spotify could not take their business to the next level.  Having been employed at mBlox, a company deeply invested in mobile transactions and the technical interactions between mobile platforms, Oskar Stal rose to the top of Spotify’s list of desirable candidates for the position.

Oskar Stal’s resume is more extensive than simply working for mBlox, though spending eight years as the Director of Development in the technical department at that company was the weightiest factor in Spotify hiring him.  Fortunately for Spotify, Stal was exceptionally interested in the position; he was already impressed by how much Spotify had accomplished without someone as experienced at the top of their development branch!

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With so many specialized electronic devices on the market, it can be very hard to keep all of the cables and adapters straight.  More than ever before, many electronic devices utilize cables that act as adapters!  With so many devices, cables and adapters, it can be difficult to figure out which are worth buying as well, especially given how fast technology continues to change.  Given the rapid pace of modern technology, the Delton USB Data For All Micro USB Ports is a great investment.

The Delton USB Data For All Micro USB Ports is a remarkably simple cable adapter.  You may use the Delton USB Data For All Micro USB Ports for cell phones, smartphones and feature phones that have a Micro USB Port.  The Micro USB Port is a small female port on your electronic devices that has a wider top than bottom and, like a standard USB port, features a small chip-style lead projected from the center of the port.  The female Micro USB Port is identical in size, shape and configuration on all Micro USB equipped devices.  The Delton USB Data For All Micro USB Ports features a standard USB jack on one end and a Micro USB jack – which fits into the Micro USB Port on your device – on the other end.  The two jacks on the Delton USB Data For All Micro USB Ports are separated by over seven inches of durable, insulated cable.

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It can be very tough to break into the social network and online media markets.  Given how YouTube has virtually dominated much of the online media market and how the major Internet social networks continue to develop tools to make it easier to stream videos, share music, and distribute photos, it is a tough time to be a new online service in that niche.  Even so, that has not stopped Demand Media and it is not slowing down Joanne Bradford.

Joanne Bradford is Demand Media’s Chief Revenue and Marketing Officer.  Bradford joined Demand Media after working for Yahoo!, which is one of Demand Media’s biggest business rivals.  It is easy to see why both Yahoo! and Demand Media would want Joanne Bradford; Bradford graduated from San Diego State University with a Bachelor’s of Arts in Journalism (Advertising).  Since college, she has trail-blazed with some of the most influential companies in the tech sector and the media world.  She started her ascent up the corporate ladder at publishing giant McGraw-Hill where she served as Vice President of Sales and Marketing for BusinessWeek Magazine!

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It is rare, in these days when so many companies are cash-strapped, for a technology company to have such an ambitious product line that it becomes a detraction against the company.  In fact, with so many companies downsizing and scaling back their product lines, the tech sector is actually plagued with products that make it very hard to feel like an individual.  With so many products that look, feel and perform the same, it is tough to use technology as a means of self-expression, at least regarding the hardware.  HTC, however, had so many products come out for their mobile computing/smartphone line in 2011, that their product offerings quickly overwhelmed consumers.  For 2012, HTC has pledged to scale back their catalog and their first significant product of 2012 also has the potential to be one of the year’s best smartphones.  HTC’s One X smartphone is that product!

The HTC One X is an attempt by HTC to refocus and provide solid smartphone hardware that appeals to a broad range of people, as opposed to trying to meet every niche consumer.  The HTC One X manages to do that with some of the most impressive hardware on a smartphone yet.  First, the HTC One X has an incredible processor.  Processing with a Quad-core 1.5 GHz Tegra 3 processor, the HTC One X is at the cutting edge of smartphone and mobile computing brainpower.  With this Tegra 3 processor, applications run ridiculously fast and because this is cutting edge computing technology, the HTC One X will remain relevant in the marketplace for quite some time.

In addition to having a processor that is powerful enough for virtually any computing, streaming or gaming need, the HTC One X smartphone features a 720 pixel 4.7” Super LCD2 screen.  The color contrast for this screen is rich and captures layers of dark colors exceptionally well, making it ideal for streaming many of the current dark, moody feature films.  The screen’s finish allows for ideal viewing even in bright light.

Audiophiles are destined to fall in love with the HTC One X as well.  Just as the HTC One X delivers superior video quality, the sound quality for the HTC One X exceeds all expectations for sound on a smartphone.  Digital music plays with exceptional depth due to the addition of Beats by Dre audio.  Integrated at all levels for superior sound quality, music, videos and phone audio are the richest, most intense that a smartphone can deliver!

The HTC One X also comes with a standard 8 Mp digital camera.  That allows users to take and process photographs and share them fast through the smartphone’s wireless Internet connection.  With such versatility, the HTC One X offers HTC a real chance to reboot its presence in the market!

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Given that the television has been available to consumers for almost a century now, it might seem odd to make the statement that there are very few people who “get” television.  As far as the tech sector and Internet businesses who are trying to exploit the classic medium, there are very few people who “get” television.  One need only look at how both Apple and Google have unsuccessfully attempted to market Smart TV products to know that the giants of the Internet simply do not understand how consumers use their televisions.  Ashwin Navin, on the other hand, completely gets the television audience and through his company, Flingo, he is enhancing the television-viewing experience.

Ashwin Navin is the co-founder and CEO of Flingo.  Flingo is virtually reinventing television . . . without trying to change the sloth-like way that most people view television.  While it might seem like a contradiction, Navin’s approach to Smart TV programming has been very different from the approach of his competitors.  Instead of trying to change television entirely, Navin and Flingo are working to enhance television.  Navin created Flingo to easily provide additional content related to television on smartphones, tablet computers and other mobile devices.  As well, Ashwin Navin realized that many people might enjoy seeing their YouTube and other videos on their big, expensive, sophisticated high-definition televisions.  A big initial application of Flingo was linking Internet videos to your television!

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Sometimes, the only thing more confusing than figuring out what all of the charges on your various utility and media bills are for, is figuring out who is still providing the services you want to engage.  It seems like almost every day there is a new energy provider or a local telephone company finally sells to a massive international conglomerate.  The telephone, mobile phone and smartphone market has been an especially volatile one, made more so with the rise of cell phones and smart phones.  One of the companies that remains in the industry longer than many analysts anticipated is Cricket.  One of the reasons for the company’s continued survival is Annette M. Jacobs.

Annette M. Jacobs is the West Area President for Leap Wireless International, the parent company of cell phone service provider Cricket.  Jacobs went to work for Leap Wireless International in 2010 and at the time, many suspected that Cricket – which was closing many of its retail locations with their iconic green couches – was in the process of a collapse.  But through the hard work of people like Annette M. Jacobs, Cricket has had a positive turnaround and the West Coast operation of Leap Wireless International is running smoother than ever!

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Despite other tablet computers preceding and following it, the Apple iPad has virtually dominated the tablet computer market since Apple first released it. While Amazon has attempted to compete with its Kindle Fire, the name iPad is considered synonymous with tablet computer, much the way “iPod” and “MP3 player” are used (incorrectly) interchangeably. With so many tablet computers hitting the market in 2012, it is tough to guess which one might bite into the iPad’s market share the most. It was tough . . . until ASUS announced the Transformer Pad Infinity!

The ASUS Transformer Pad Infinity is built with the same consideration ASUS has for its high definition monitors. In addition to having exceptional durability, the ASUS Transformer Pad Infinity has a display that is at the cutting edge of the industry. With a 10.1” Super IPS+ display, everything looks incredible. With a native resolution of 1920 x 1200, the touchscreen display captures every fine detail from images and streaming videos. The 2.3 MP display on the ASUS Transformer Pad Infinity displays colors brightly and has wonderful black depth, even when you watch videos in sunlight!

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When browsing products on Amazon and you see a product has a five star rating that means it is a great product, right? Unfortunately, you cannot trust that rating as much as you might have thought. At least one Amazon retailer has been paying people to post rave reviews for its products on the site.

Though this highly misleading practice violates Amazon’s stated policies, VIP Deals paid its customers to give the product good reviews. The company is now suffering the consequences – Amazon took down the product page on which people posted the offending reviews and then removed all other VIP Deals products from the website.

When shopping online, many customers place a high importance on peer reviews because they cannot physically see or handle the item they are purchasing. Good reviews are essential for retailers to sell their product amid the multitude of similar products available online. Therefore, some retailers like VIP Deals are resorting to posting anonymous reviews or selling reviews in order to obtain customers.

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In the ever-more-complicated online world, new social networks seem to pop up (or close down) almost every month.  As you surf the web, you might be astonished to discover there have been entire social networks that you never heard of before.  Some of the photo sharing and intimate social networks actually only make headlines when they shut down!  But one social network you may not have heard of that is not closing down anytime soon is Yammer.  And while you may not have heard of Yammer, that is not the fault of An Le!

An Le is the Vice President of Business Development for Yammer.  Yammer is a company that builds social networks for private companies, almost like a social network for a business’s intranet.  Yammer serves companies like Ford, LG, and Pitney Bowes and developing the network to more companies is the responsibility of An Le.  As Vice President of Business Development, An Le helps businesses understand how vital an internal social network can be to increasing productivity, teamwork and corporate efficiency.

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