Apple jumped into the business of social networks on Wednesday, with the introduction of Ping, a service aimed at music lovers, who put into iTunes. The company also introduced an upgraded version of Apple TV which is smaller at U.S. $ 99, cheaper than its predecessor. She allows users to stream live TV from Fox and ABC for the price of 99 cents, and also to stream movies from Netflix and podcasts from iTunes.

Along with the new iPod, which includes an upgraded version of the model Shuffle, Nano and Touch, Apple introduced new versions of mobile operating systems, IOS. Among other new features, the software will enable wireless printing from iPads. At the event in San Francisco, Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO, said the new iPod represents the biggest upgrade the company’s popular music player since it was first introduced in 2001.

While upgrades to the iPod and Apple TV lineup have been widely predicted, Jobs surprised the audience with the introduction of Ping. New social network that will be directly available to 160 million iTunes users, as long as they download the latest version of the software, which Apple released on Tuesday. In Ping, users will be able to follow friends and see what music they have downloaded or bought, what they were planning a concert to attend and what music they have been reviewed. They will also be able to follow the bands and get updates of their new releases, concert tours and other events.

“Ping is for social music discovery,” said Jobs. “You can follow people and you can follow.” Jobs said that Ping will have a simple personal control. Each person will be able to follow the band, and users will be able to say whether they want to be followed by anyone or only by people they approve.

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Describe your dream home! Does it have to be sophisticatedly designed? Does it have to be clean and hygienic? And the most important is; does it have to be energy efficient? Then you have to own one of the smart homes that are very popular these days.

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Oracle Corp. has criticized Google Inc., for violations of patents and copyrights in software development Android smartphone. Once, filed on Thursday in California federal court, Google deliberately claimed that Oracle directly and repeatedly violated the Java-related intellectual property associated with Oracle in developing this android. This claim is searching for appropriate solutions.

Analysts said that the lawsuit was intended to seek licensees for Java, a technology used in various types of Internet-based products. Whereas, Oracle Chief Executive Larry Ellison said he was looking at the Java software as a major asset, pointing to its use in various electronic devices.

Approximately 200 000 smartphones and other devices which has the Android as theirs operating system sold every day.

Google will likely to continue the pressure experience from China. Because, after getting stiff competition from Baidu, a new site will also be created.

Quoted by Yahoo News, Friday (13/08/2010), China’s biggest telecom operator, China Mobile and the country’s official news agency, Xin Hua will make the search engine service.

Google shares in China’s search engine is reportedly declined this year, in line with government pressure facing China’s largest search engine in the world. According to Analysis International analyst, Google’s market share had fallen sharply to only 24.2 per cent in China. Whereas the previous three months, the market share they had 30.9 percent.

This figure is far different from the increase occurring in the presence of Baidu. The dominance of this search engine rose to 70 percent, in contrast with the previous three years, which reached 64 percent.

China, with Internet users amounted to 420 million, believed to be a potential market in the world of search engines. Search engine in China in the second quarter of this year predicted value of USD394 million, up approximately 48 percent from a year ago.