Austrian banks won't support Hypo Alpe Adria 'bad bank': finance minister

(Reuters) - Commercial banks will not support a "bad bank" to absorb toxic assets from ailing nationalised lender Hypo Alpe Adria, Austrian Finance Minister Michael Spindelegger said on Monday.

"It became clear that this bank involvement and privatisation model de facto is not possible," he told reporters after a meeting on whether the government could get through its preferred option for handling the lender. The state would now review other options, including a state-run bad bank, and had not ruled out an insolvency, he said.

Austrian central bank Governor Ewald Nowotny said that a state-run bad bank for Hypo should not increase Austrian debt spreads. He renewed his opposition to letting Hypo go bust.

Pocket-sized smartphone projector turns any surface into a touchscreen

Currently seeking funding on Indiegogo, TouchPico is a device that can wirelessly project an 80″ display from Android smartphones, with a touch interface.

Spotted by Katharina Kieck, written by Springwise

 

This is part of a series of articles that looks at entrepreneurs hoping to get their ideas off the ground through crowdfunding. At the time of writing, each of these innovations is currently seeking funding.

When it comes to showing something on your phone to friends or co-workers, it’s not always ideal to have them crowd round the small screen size of typical mobile devices. While it’s possible to push the display to larger screens such as connected TVs, the element of touch control is still limited to the smartphone. Currently seeking funding on Indiegogo, TouchPico is a device that can wirelessly project an 80″ display from Android smartphones, with a touch interface.

The device is a highly-portable projector around the same size as the Samsung Galaxy S4. When connected to an Android phone over wifi, the projector is able to display its contents on any suitable surface up to 80 inches in size. Using the Touchpaper stylus, users can interact with their phone using the projected display, meaning they don’t need to carry out tasks on one screen while everyone else is looking at the larger display. Businesses can present their meetings in a more interactive way and educators can let kids use apps and games collaboratively on a large screen. On top of this, TouchPico can simply be used as a basic handheld projector for laptops and other computers.

Watch the video below to learn more about TouchPico:

TouchPico is available to pre-order via Indiegogo for the special price of USD 329, or can be reserved for that price for a USD 99 deposit. The crowdfunding campaign will run until 26 August, after which the device is set to have a full retail price tag of USD 499. Are there other ways to attach digital interactivity to any type of surface?

Indiegogo: www.igg.me/at/touch-pico
Website: www.touchpico.com
Contact: info@atouchjet.com

The Asus PadFone X 'Family'

Phone + Tablet In One

The Good With it's fast quad-core processor, the AT&T's Asus PadFone X's camera has a huge capable 13-megapixel camera, and can also dock safely into a 9-inch tablet that also  doubles as a charger.

The Bad The PadFone X, When combined has a clunky design but unfortunately its rear-camera loses a few some features. The device also comes with a non removable battery and a lot of bloatware

The Bottom Line Although it has last year's specification, the PadFone X combines two mobile devices into one easy convenient form at a very affordable price tag.

ASUS PadFone 'phablet'

The ASUS PadFone is a smartphone manufactured by ASUS.  The phone is marketed with companion tablet dock and keyboard dock accessories intended to improve battery life and overall functionality.

Released in April 2012, the ASUS PadFone It fits into a 7-inch tablet dock. Although it's not the same as the ASUS PadFone mini 4.3, revealed in December 2013 by ASUS.  Since that operates on Android 4.3 Jelly Bean and is skinned with the ASUS' ZenUI.

The ASUS PadFone has a 4-inch WVGA (480 x 800 pixel) IPS+ LED-backlite display, the ASUS PadFone mini has a8-megapixel 'PixelMaster' rear f/2.0 BSI camera, 2-megapixel front-facing camera, 8GB of built-in storage, and a 4.5Wh 1170mAh non-removable polymer battery.

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•            The successor to this phone is the PadFone 2, which was released in October 2012. It featured a 4.7 inch Super IPS+ screen with HD (1280×720) resolution.

• ·         The successor to the PadFone 2 is the PadFone Infinity, which was released in April 2013. It featured a 5 inch Super IPS+ screen with Super HD display, (1920 x 1200) resolution with 441 ppi.

• ·         The successor to the PadFone Infinity is the PadFone X, to be released in June 2014.

• ·         A new ASUS PadFone S was launched in July 2014 with a 13 Megapixel camera.

 

 

Asus Padfone X with Android 4.4 KitKat

The PadFone X runs Android 4.2.2 KitKat and comes loaded with the usual array of Google services like the Chrome browser, Drive, Gmail, Search (including voice), Plus, and Photos. There's also Hangouts,

Other than its predecessors, there's nothing quite like the Asus PadFone X. As a smartphone/tablet (and sometimes even laptop!) hybrid, it is an amalgamation of two devices aiming to give users the most seamless and efficient mobile experience.

Measuring 5.67 inches tall and 2.85 inches wide, the handset is comfortable to hold, and easy maneuverable with one hand.With it's brushed-aluminum design it sports tapered edges  that adds just a dash of style to the otherwise bland-looking device. However, at 0.39 inch thick and weighing 5.29 ounces, it's a bit heftier than most high-end 5-inch phones.

With a 3.5mm headphone jack on the top edge , and  a sleep/power button and a volume rocker to the right . It has a Micro-USB port flanked by two circular ports at the bottom , which are used for plugging into the tablet dock. Located on the back is a 13-megapixel lens with accompanying flash, and a barely there speaker grille right below it.

 

A clock that writes out the time.......

Industry Tap

-  20 Feb 2014

 

 

A clock that writes out the time.

Awesome or impractical?

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ChromeExtension[FREEWARE]   AutoPagerLite Usage

AutoPagerLite is recommended then the AutoPager normal version. It uses less memory and CPU since it downloads only the selected rules to your machine instead of download all rules from the repositories. You can refer to AutoPager repository modes on how to change repository modes. You can use the "search site online" function in the AutoPager menu or button popup. We added the rules discovery for AutoPager normal version from version 0.6.0.26. It will try to check whether there are some experimental rules for the sites. An experimental rule is a rule submitted by other AutoPager users, pending review in our repository. We had provide a repository site for you to choose the rules for your AutoPagerLite. AutoPagerLite will ask whether you want to enable the automatically discovery at first run. It downloads the URL patterns for all the supported sites in the repository, and use then to figure out whether there is a rule for the site you are surfing. It will display the matched rule count into the status bar, right to the AP icon. You can click the AutoPager toolbar icon or the rule count right to the AutoPager status bar icon (if you enable automatically discovery) to open the online rules repository. You can click the Select All, Disable All or click the check box before each rule to enable/disable the rules. You will see this at the bottom right of the screen after enable/disable some rules: You can click on it to close the rules repository and try the rules on the previous tab. You may need to reload the tab to apply the new rules. On Fennec: This can be enable/disable at Tools->AutoPager->Options->Discover matched rules online  You can follow this tutorials to add new rules to AutoPager for Chrome before we port more rules management features to AutoPager For Chrome. 1. You need install AutoPager for Firefox and create the rules for the site following our tutorials here: http://www.teesoft.info/content/view/91/1/lang,en/. 2. Export the rule/rules to clipboard in Tools->AutoPager-&;Manage Setting 3. Open Extensions in Chrome then open the options for AutoPager, click Import and paste the rules there . You can also import AutoPager rules you get from our forum or any AutoPager experts. Here is an example rule: http://*ap.teesoft.info/* E855A6A1-F611-67F8-8F19-755F-88EB-3D9C 1 Wind Li true //div[@id='apRulesForm:rulesContainer_body'] http://ap.teesoft.info/ //a[@id='apRulesForm:rulesTable:next'] Rules for AutoPager rules repository

This works on AutoPager 0.5.1.4 or newer version. This is the recording of the steps to create the rule for http://www.pspad.com/en/pspad-extensions.php. This demo shows how to create AutoPager rules for the pages which don't have "Next" in links. They only have a navbar includes all the page numbers The final link xpath get in this tutorial is: //div[@id='obspoz']/p/text()[contains(.,'[')]/following-sibling::a[1] Steps explains: //div[@id='obspoz']/p :select the navbar. //div[@id='obspoz']/p/text() : select the texts in the navbar since current page number does not  have a node //div[@id='obspoz']/p/text()[contains(.,'[')] : select the text for the current page number. It will be easier if the  current page number has a node, for example if it's a span with, class='current': //div[@id='obspoz']/p/span[@class='current'].//div[@id='obspoz']/p/text()[contains(.,'[')]/following- sibling::a[1] : select the first link after the current page number text.

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To market, to market, as the saying goes…

To Market, To Market…

Posted on November 1, 2012 by Karl Baxter

To market, to market, as the saying goes… or does it, with the birth of the internet, pound shops, and discount stores has the market become non-existent?

Actually it seems to have done the opposite, while figures show that the number of people visiting and standing at markets has remained stagnant over the last twenty years almost, one thing has come out of the birth of the internet, pound shops and discount stores for market traders and that is a wider range of stock, at better prices.

Wholesale Clearance UK sells its products to more and more market traders every week, and without the expensive fee’s and hassle of packaging, bad customer feedback and dealing with returns when selling online who can blame them?

Wholesale Clearance UK has some fantastic products which would appeal to those looking around a market for a bargain at the moment, for example;
Thomas The Tank Engine Wind Up Toys 144 of them for just 185.32, thats just 1.29 each, and with such a well known, well loved brand like Thomas the Tank Engine, you can be sure that you wouldn’t look silly asking 5 pounds for each of these toys whatsoever.




There is always a great range of cosmetics at Wholesale Clearance UK, something which is always a hit on a market, with well known brands such as NYC, Avon and Collection 2000. Both you and your customers know that the quality is going to be great, as is the price, with prices starting from under one pound!

So we have covered the kids, we’ve covered the ladies, so now what do the men want from you market trader, what better than some new tools… Wholesale Clearance UK sells those too!
Gardening Spades, or trowles to Binoculars there all at Wholesale Clearance UK at great prices, prices starting from just 2 pound an item you can be sure that you’re going to make a fantastic product once again!
And don’t forget Wholesale Clearance UK delivers for free for all orders over 500 pounds!

Five Trends That Are Going to Affect Marketing in 2014

Five Trends That Are Going to Affect Marketing in 2014

 5 Growth Hacks..

Marketing has gotten more complex.

The tactics that worked even a few short years ago are now obsolete. It’s becoming clear that iterative sprints leveraging mobile, social and location-based approaches and powered by data and insights, are required in order to thrive. Agile marketing is now a common approach, and includes a healthy loop of building, testing, measuring, learning, refining and improving.

There are five trends that you need to be on the lookout for when creating your marketing plans in the coming year, a combination of focus on results and a set of new channels that can connect directly to the bottom line.

Trend #1: The need to tie marketing to results

A new survey commissioned by Adobe of 1,000 US marketers shows that marketers are most concerned about reaching customers and being able to understand whether their campaigns are working and effective. They also overwhelmingly feel that companies won’t succeed unless they have a strong digital marketing approach.

Also noted was that Social Media Marketing is projected to be the most important area to marketers over the next three years, ranking significantly ahead of other areas like digital advertising (The question, as phrased, was “What do you think will be the most important to marketers in the next three years?”)

After years of hiding behind soft marketing metrics, it’s also increasingly clear that the “so what” matters, a lot. Three of the top four items that those surveyed are concerned about have to do with measurement and ROI. (The four top items were “reaching customers,” “understanding whether campaigns are working,” “proving campaign effectiveness” and “demonstrating marketing return on investment”).

The bottom line is that results matter.

Trend #2: The rise of social+video

Pew Research has published a new report on the state of online video, and it’s a eye-opener. From the report: “Over the past four years, the percent of American adult internet users who upload or post videos online has doubled from 14% in 2009 to 31% today. That includes 18% of adult internet users who post videos they have created or recorded themselves—many of whom hope their creations go viral. The share of online adults who watch or download videos has also grown from 69% of internet users in 2009 to 78% today, and mobile phones have become a key part of the video viewing and creating experience.”

Key findings include:

• 78% of adult internet users watch or download online videos, up from 69% in 2009

• The percent of online adults using video-sharing sites has grown from 33% to the current figure of 72%

• The percentage of adult internet users who post videos online is growing rapidly

Trend #3: Relentless analytics

As marketing moves to a more data-driven approach in 2014, it is essential to have analytics tools in place that allow measurement of the effectiveness of the tests and tactics you are deploying. Google Analytics in combination with Google Webmaster Tools is a good way to start. Additionally, there is a whole range of useful tools to perform A/B testing including Optimizely and Unbounce, funnel metric tracking like Mixpanel and KISSmetrics, and user feedback tools like Qualaroo and SurveyMonkey.

Two tools that belong in every toolkit are Google Analytics and Facebook Insights (and they’re free).

• Google Analytics: Signing up is free and all you need to do is drop a few lines of code into all the pages you intend to track. Make sure to explore event tracking on buttons and links and creating “goals” that map paths through your website and their corresponding action (eg. sign-up or download).

• Facebook Insights: Facebook has some good insights about your Facebook profile, demographics and usage via their Facebook Insights tool; also recommended is claiming your domain via “Insights for your Website.” This provides further data on actions where people have posted a link to your site, how often posts with a link to your site have been viewed and how many people have clicked through to your site from Facebook (aka referral traffic).

In addition to the tools noted above, many social sites including Twitter, App.net, Pinterest and others also allow you to claim your domain to receive more detailed analytics and insight on engagement and traffic generated through those platforms.

Trend #4: Content curation vs. content creation

Two of the biggest social media success stories of 2013 were BuzzFeed and Upworthy. In addition to both having breakout success this year, the other thing that these two sites have in common is a focus on content curation and presentation of that curated content, versus content creation. In both cases, finding the content that mattered to their audiences and sharing that content in a meaningful way trumped creating their own content from ground zero.

The great stuff is already out there in the long tail (and there will always be a larger number of great pieces of content outside the walls of your organization than created within them). As marketers in 2014, honing your workflow for content curation, packaging and sharing will be as significant, or even more significant, than content creation itself.

Trend #5: The increasing ramp of inbound marketing efforts

Inbound marketing is a highly effective way to generate awareness, convert customers and give advocates something to talk about. In a world where advertising is increasingly “tuned out,” the creation and sharing of media and publishing content is paramount to achieving business goals.

Inbound marketing focuses on online channels and their usage. By providing value in the form of information and making that information findable via search (SEO) as well as distributing it through social channels, prospective customers learn about the brand driven by their interests, rather than as a result of interruption marketing or outbound cold calls.

Between content curation and content creation efforts, inbound marketing efforts should be aligned with the channels that are most connected with your community. The mix of inbound marketing outreach activities varies by channel, but a good place to start is with a balanced approach along the lines of:

• Blog posts : 1-3 times per week, with content useful to your customers
• Social media distribution : Share content to Facebook, Twitter, Google+, LinkedIn, Slideshare, Medium, Reddit, Quora, StumbleUpon, Tumblr etc., based on which channels are most relevant to your prospects and customers
• Other blogs : Participate in conversations relevant to your brand and industry without being spammy
• Email newsletters : Twice a month, not too long, ONE call-to-action
• Guest posts : Write them first then offer to others
• Ebooks : Visually appealing, on-topic, with designated landing page for lead generation
• Videos: Short video (less than two minutes) almost always wins
• Others: Infographics, how-to guides, case studies, whitepapers
•  

Interested in tips to get your social media marketing ready for 2014? Check out >> The Beginner’s Guide to Growth Hacking

4 Benefits and 5 tips to purchase electronic gadgets online

4 Benefits and 5 tips to purchase electronic gadgets online

In the present times, it is quite difficult to think of a life without electronic gadgets/widgets. With the help of latest techniques and innovations, these gadgets are being designed to suit customized requirements. However, it is quite difficult to get the latest information as everyday something new is being launched in the market. Apart from buying electronic gadgets online, you can also take help of internet to make yourself aware of the latest inventions in the world of electronic gadgets.

3 Popular types of electronic gadgets

While browsing through the online shopping sites, you can come across several such websites that display electronic items. Here are 3 popular types of such gadgets that you can easily find online.

1. MP3 players – It is one of the most popular electronic gadgets that are available online. You can find a variety of MP3 players with various specifications.
2. GPS devices – GPS (Global Positioning System) is a type of electronic device that is used for navigation. You can browse through the websites to look for voice navigation devices, barometer altimeter or portable real-time traffic information widgets.
3. Mobile phones – It is probably one of the most common electronic gadgets that people search online. Just by browsing through the sites you can update yourself on the latest inventions. You can choose a variety of cell phones (such as, with cameras, internet capability, video gaming features, etc.) along with a number of service providers.

Apart from above, you can also search for gaming devices, massagers, and electronic organizers along with some other fun and novelty items.

4 Benefits of buying electronic gadgets online

Here are 4 benefits of buying electronic gadgets online.

1. Latest information: As mentioned early, you can get latest updates on electronic gadgets simply by browsing online. You can read the reviews that will help in your purchasing decision.
2. Saves time: It also helps you to compare prices without stepping out of your home. Moreover, you can purchase your chosen item with the click of a mouse. Thus, you can save a lot time as you don’t have to visit from one store to another.
3. Lowest shipping charges: Some of the online retailers also provide you with the free shipping facility. All you need to do is simply pay a nominal amount for the delivery and the item gets delivered at your doorstep.
4. Avoid taxes: Usually, you only need to pay sales tax when you purchase an item from a store that is located in your state. Thus, you can avoid paying taxes if you purchase an item from a seller located in a different state.

5 Tips to buy electronic devices online

Below are 5 tips that you can follow while buying electronic gadgets online. It will help you to avoid being a victim of online purchasing fraud.

1. Always purchase items from secured sites, such as, the websites that have ‘http’ in front of the web address.
2. Never rely only on email addresses; take down company details (such as, the address, the phone number, the fax number) from where you’re making a purchase.
3. Take a print out of your order details along with the acknowledgement you’ve received.
4. Choose uncommon passwords for making online purchase and try to keep them secure.
5. Check your bank statement after purchasing an item online.

Apart from above, you should also check the company’s return policy while buying electronic gadgets online. Verify whether or not you can return the item and get full refund if you’re not satisfied with it. You may need to search for the return policy in the websites as it is not always displayed in the listing. It is advisable that you call the company if you have queries and purchase your items only if you get satisfactory answers. Follow these tips to get the best deal on your online shopping.

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