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He didn’t exactly go on at length about them, but Google CEO Eric Schmidt has laid out three clear priorities for the company in a brief guest article for the Harvard Business Review — and, not surprisingly, they’re “all about mobile.” Those include focusing on “developing the under­lying fast networks,” or what Schmidt notes is “generally called LTE,” pushing the development of NFC-based “mobile money” and, last but not least, increasing the availability of inexpensive smartphones in the poorest parts of the world. On that latter point, Schmidt seems to be especially optimistic, saying that he envisions “literally a billion people getting inexpensive, browser-based touchscreen phones over the next few years.” Hit up the source link below to read Schmidt’s take on the “big mobile revolution” for yourself.

Eric Schmidt lays out three priorities for Google: LTE, mobile money, inexpensive smartphones originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 20 Jan 2011 14:31:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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This article was written on July 26, 2008 by CyberNet.

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On multiple occasions we have mentioned the fact that we use Flickr for our online photo storage and sharing solution. It’s a great service that allows us to easily share our photos with family and friends, and we couldn’t be happier with it. Sharing photos is one of those things that everybody tends to do more of lately simply because it is easy to do. Today we thought we’d throw this question out there for you guys to answer — what’s the best way you know of to share your photos? We’re not talking about simply mentioning the service you use, rather we’re asking for some of the services you use that allow you to get creative with photo sharing.

The reason we ask this is because recently we came across a site called Picsviewer that provides Flickr users with the opportunity to create some really neat slideshows that they can then share with others. All it takes is a few clicks and you’re good to go. You don’t even have to create an account with them to take advantage of what they offer, which is nice as well.

Today we’ll be taking a look at Picsviewr, but we’d love to hear what kinds of services you’ve found out there that taking photo sharing to a whole new level, so be sure to hit us up in the comments.

What is Picsviewr?

Picsviewr is a free online service that provides Flickr users with templates to arrange their photos in a variety of different ways. This makes sharing photos with others more than just, “hey, take a look at this picture.” I guess you could say it spices up looking through the photos of when your friend took a skiing trip to Colorado.

There are a handful of templates currently available, and they say that they will add new templates in the future. You can even send them a request for a feature or a template if you’ve got something in mind. Some of their templates use Flash while others use Javascript which is something you’ll want to keep in mind if you disable Javascript.

For those of you interested, they launched in March of this year and are based out of France. The Picsviewr team says they created the service because, “we found Flickr, one of the best photo collection services, was lacking a good way for visualizing photos.” They used the Flickr API to make it happen.

Templates

The slideshow templates are what makes up Picsviewr. At this point they have about eight available and we already have a couple of favorites. Our first favorite:

Tiltviewer:

Below you’ll find a screenshow of Tiltviewer:

As you move your mouse across the screen, the photos tilt around. Clicking on a photo will enlarge it, and clicking on the arrows to the left and the right will bring in new photos. At the top of the page you have access to various tags which you can select to view.

Another favorite is:

The Polaroid Gallery

Here’s what the Polaroid Gallery looks like:

What’s nice about this template is that you can click on an image and then drag it to where you’d like it. From the top you can switch between sets, or you can also choose to view photos based upon tags.

Out of all the templates available, the two listed above are definitely our favorites, just because they are more unique than the others. They are all still worth checking out though.

One last thing to note is that when you are choosing a template, you also choose the quality you want for the photos. Your options include medium or high. Obviously the medium quality photos will load a bit faster than the higher quality.

Improvements they could make

One thing we did notice is that there is no way to use these templates if your photos are private. We make public any photos of ours that don’t have people in them, so we were able to test out Picsviewr, but for those who don’t have any public photos, they will not be able to use this service. It would be nice if you could provide Flickr with your credentials, if your photos are private, to use this service as well.

Another improvement they could make is to simply add more templates. People like choice, so the more quality templates available, the better.

Wrapping it up

Picsviewr is a simple way to add something a little more to your photos that will make them more fun to share. Remember, it works only for Flickr users who have made their photos public.

Now we’re asking you, what kinds of services do you use, aside from your photo storage/sharing solution, to add a little something special to your photos for sharing with others, if anything?

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Opera has officially announced its much-loved web browser will be appearing on Sony TVs and Blu-ray players. There’s no specific details, but it given its low-key presence at CES a few weeks ago (Sony Insider grabbed a video of it in action on the show floor — embedded after the break — unfortunately hampered by slow connection speeds) it will spread at least across the company’s 22 new connected HDTVs. Since the browser is based off of the Opera devices SDK backbone, it’s also not a stretch to imagine that Opera-enabled web applications, widgets, or other content using standards like HTML5 (no Flash, at least not yet) could piggy back onto Sony gear at some point. The real elephant in the room though is how this move relates to the Japanese tech giant’s Internet TV initiative that’s powered by Google TV. While we can’t imagine it signals Mountain View’s solution is destined for a dumping, between this and a similar move by Samsung including a browser in its own Smart TV platform, a little bit of jealousy could be just the kick Google needs to fix some glaring issues — which we’re all for, especially if it spawns a new round of potato based cajoling.

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Opera browser headed to Sony TVs and Blu-ray players originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 20 Jan 2011 13:55:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Here’s what we know: the Samsung Galaxy S 4G is coming to T-Mobile’s HSPA+ network (we heard as much this morning from the carrier itself, actually, but now Samsung’s got an announcement all its own). There’s a Super AMOLED screen of unknown size and Android 2.2 Froyo. Here’s what we don’t know: anything else, unfortunately. We’d guess pretty strongly this is the Vibrant 4G since that was Big Magenta’s nomenclature for the 3G version, but no one is officially uttering that name. Press release after the break. O Barcelona, where art thou?

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Samsung Galaxy S 4G for T-Mobile official, details are scant originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 20 Jan 2011 13:32:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We asked for some crazy things in our vision of the car of the future, and we’re learning that many of them can be found in Gordon Murray’s implementation of his car of tomorrow, the T.27. EV power? Check. Odd central seating? Check. Racing-inspired safety measures? Double-check, as evidenced by these crash test photos which, as you can see, are remarkably close to the company’s computer simulations. It’s a tiny thing, just a little over eight feet long and weighing under 1,500lbs, though for that you’ll get a top seed of about 65mph and a range of between 80 and 100 miles — and the ability to run into a wall at a 40 percent offset without injury. Running prototypes are expected on the road in just a few months and, with any luck, production versions of this (and the gasoline-powered T.25) could be hitting the streets by next year.

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Gordon Murray’s electric T.27 city car crashed in the name of science, holds up beautifully originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 20 Jan 2011 13:17:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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