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Friday, April 26, 2013
Google's Neal Mohan On The Keys To Bringing Brand Advertisers Online
Neal Mohan, Google's vice president of display advertising, said that his "top priority" for 2013 is to bring brand advertising online in a big way. I interviewed Mohan as part of the preparation for our panel at Disrupt NY next week, where we'll discuss the ad landscape with Gokul Rajaram, Facebook's product director for ads, and Kevin Weil, Twitter's senior director of revenue products. During our Q&A covered Google's relationship with brand marketers, mobile and multi-screen advertising, and today's announcement that Google's Active View metric, which measures whether an ad was actually viewed (not just served) has been accredited by the Media Rating Council.Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/JKmieG8zaq4/
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Friday, April 19, 2013
Gutter Cleaning and Maintenance Tips from the Pros ...
Clean, well-maintained gutters can enhance the look of your home. Poorly-maintained gutters can turn your lovely exterior into a shoddy-looking mess. Unfortunately, maintaining gutters is one of the least favorite chores of home owners everywhere. Here are tips from the pros that will make cleaning and maintaining your gutters easier for you:
1. Cleaning Schedule
Come up with a cleaning schedule that suits you. Experts like Pat Curry, former senior editor at Builder magazine, suggest cleaning gutters at least once a year. If your yard is heavily wooded or you have trees or other landscaping that hangs over your roof, twice-yearly cleaning is more ideal. The more often you clean out your gutters, the less cumbersome the task will be. Many home owners find that a good clean-out after the leaves fall, and one when spring turns to summer can keep your gutters operating as they should.
2. Use the Right Tools
Ditch the garden gloves and shovel. There are tools that are specially designed for cleaning out your gutters. You?ll be surprised at how much easier it is to clean your gutters with these relatively inexpensive tools. According to gutter cleaning pro, Robert Lenney, a garden hose and the Gutter Getter Scoop, available at most home improvement stores, will be your new best friends when it comes time to clearing debris out of your gutter. Simple aim your hose toward the down slope in your gutter, turn it on and scoop out debris that collects in the lower end of the gutter.
3. Check For Damage
Brad Staggs, a home repair expert on the DIY Network, advises to visually and manually inspect your gutters. Once you have cleaned your gutters, take a close look at all of your gutter spikes to make sure they are stable. Also take a good look at any gutter joints, including those in your downspouts, to make sure they are holding firm. Replacing one or two spikes is easier and cheaper than having to replace your whole gutter system. A hand-held inspection mirror can help you inspect your gutters without the need to climb up and down a ladder multiple times.
4. Work From the Bottom Up
One of the most useful tips comes from Don Vandervort, home-improvement author and do-it-yourself expert: Instead of working from the top, start at the bottom; when it comes to your downspouts, that is. If your downspouts become clogged and a good spray from the hose won?t clear them out, grab a plumber?s auger and thread it into the bottom of your downspout. The snake will either push the debris up and out or pull it back as you withdraw the auger.
5. Gutter Guards
The Money Pit is one of the leading websites on home repair and maintenance. According to the site, installing gutter guards, after you?ve cleaned your gutters, is one of the best and easiest ways to keep them free of debris. Gutter guards can cut your maintenance time in half and, depending on which you choose, you may never have to clean your gutters again. Guards can be costly, depending on the ones you pick, but even cheap varieties can lessen the time it takes to clean your gutters.
With the right tools, including scoops and inspection mirrors, the best practices and a proper maintenance schedule, you can keep your gutters looking and functioning like new. If you?ve been resisting pulling out the ladder and getting your gutters cleaned out, it?s time to bite the bullet. Use the tips above to make the job as quick and painless as it can be.
Claire Taylor writes for home improvement blogs with useful ideas to make work easier. Hint #43-Seeing the gutters can be done safely with the help of MirrorPros vehicle inspection mirrors instead of a ladder.
Source: http://www.ways2gogreenblog.com/2013/04/18/gutter-cleaning-and-maintenance-tips-from-the-pros/
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Thursday, April 18, 2013
Supplier woes stir Apple demand fears, stock drops below $400
By Poornima Gupta and Noel Randewich
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc's shares fell below $400 on Wednesday for the first time since December 2011 after a chip supplier's disappointing revenue forecast fanned fears about weakening demand for the iPhone and iPad as competition intensifies.
The stock dropped below $400 briefly before bouncing back to end 5.5 percent lower at $402.80, losing more than $22 billion of market value in a single day.
Cirrus Logic, which makes analog and audio chips for the iPhone and iPad, on Tuesday warned of a reduced product forecast from one customer - which it did not name. But 90 percent or more of its business comes from Apple, making it a key indicator of demand for iPhones and iPads.
The surprise warning fueled fears that demand for the iPhone - which makes up more than half of Apple's revenue - is falling faster than expected as Samsung Electronics and other rivals who use Google Inc's Android software flood the market with cheaper phones. Typically, many Apple fans also hold off on buying the gadgets if they believe a new model will be introduced in the next few months.
Apple is to report quarterly results on Tuesday. Analysts say Cirrus Logic's reduced outlook lends weight to arguments that consumers' love affair with the iPhone is waning as challengers such as Samsung vie for their attention.
"This is a tough environment. Apple is in transition between products," said Michael Yoshikami, a portfolio manager at Destination Wealth Management, which owns about 50,000 Apple shares. Cirrus's warning "makes it more likely Apple's not going to surprise on upside."
Since its September 2012 peak, Apple has lost 40 percent of its market value or more than $280 billion - slightly more than Google's entire capitalization - battered by worries about the effect on Apple's industry-leading margins if it's forced to do faster updates of its products to keep up.
Some believe Apple will not be able to sustain its high gross margins as competition in the tablet and smartphone markets leads to lower prices. Shorter product cycles limit Apple's ability to bring down component costs, Bernstein Research analyst Toni Sacconaghi said in a note to clients.
Cirrus's weak forecast follows a 19 percent decline in first-quarter sales at Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd, Apple's main contract manufacturer.
"It's a reminder of weakening demand and the challenges around product transitions," Shannon Cross, of Cross Research, said. "There's not a lot of conviction about what the second half is going to look like."
Verizon Communications Inc, which with Vodafone controls the No. 1 U.S. wireless carrier Verizon Wireless, reports results on Thursday and may offer more clues to iPhone and iPad demand in the quarter.
NERVES
Investors are growing increasingly nervous about Apple's growth prospects.
Shares of other chip makers and Apple suppliers, including Qualcomm, Avago Technologies, Broadcom and Skyworks, fell between 2 and 6 percent on a day that saw broad weakness in financial markets.
Goldman Sachs analyst Bill Shope said in a note on Wednesday that Apple's momentum could weaken further before it launches new products later this year.
Apple, which relies heavily on new products to drive its revenue growth, has not had a launch since last October when it unveiled its 7.9-inch iPad mini and an updated full-size iPad.
The company typically launches a new iPad in the spring, but it is unlikely to do so because of the October update. Looking forward, investors now expect an upcoming new iPhone to power earnings in the second half. The two versions of the iPad are also likely to get an update in the fall.
In the past week, analysts had reduced their estimates for Apple's March quarter revenue on average to $42.53 billion from $42.68 billion. Following Cirrus' warning on Tuesday, some think Apple's results could miss those already reduced expectations.
Apple is expected to report a 9 percent increase in quarterly revenue, with net profit expected to decline 17 percent to $9.59 billion, or $10.08 a share, for its fiscal second quarter, according to average analysts' estimates.
Sacconaghi, who lowered his revenue estimate to $41.1 billion from $42.4 billion, said he expects mixed results with Apple's revenue coming in below consensus and earnings per share largely as expected.
Apple's implied volatility, which measures perceived risk of future stock movement, shot up on Wednesday. The implied volatility for the next 30 days for Apple stood at 43.73 percent, a 16.7 percent increase.
Share price volatility should increase into earnings and surpass an annual high in the next few days, said Ophir Gottlieb, managing director of options analytics firm Livevol.
(Additional reporting By Edwin Chan; Editing by Maureen Bavdek, Andrew Hay, Leslie Adler and Cynthia Osterman)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/apple-shares-slide-supplier-cirrus-logics-weak-outlook-155459868--finance.html
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Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Look for Less: Fergie?s Casual Cool
On Feb. 9, the pregnant singer really bumps it up in a chic maternity ensemble including a Salvatore Ferragamo python clutch. 
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Saturday, April 6, 2013
OUYA promises improved responsiveness, simplified game installs for June retail launch
The OUYA's off to a rough start, with reviewers -- us included -- encountering button sticking and faceplate issues with the controller, and a variety of complaints about the $99 game console's OS software. A variety of backers also received their console in the mail with the controller's removable faceplates already removed, having slipped off during shipment. OUYA's addressing at least some of these concerns by the console's June 4th launch, company CEO Julie Uhrman promises in a letter to backers on OUYA's official site.
"Our software is constantly evolving," Uhrman says. As such, OUYA has "a host of features" that it's working on adding to the console ahead of its impending retail launch: "external storage for games, simpler game install process, more metrics for developers, controller support for video players, and more payment options." But first, Uhrman says her team is "focused on optimizing the performance of our software (this mean responsiveness)," directly addressing criticisms of the console's seeming lag between input and on-screen response. As for the controller, OUYA is "considering adding additional magnets" to help with the faceplate issue -- the controller's faceplates are attached via six magnets apiece, currently. It's unclear if the controller will change in any other significant ways ahead of the console's retail availability, but we're hopeful that the button sticking issue is also addressed.
Filed under: Gaming, Software, HD
Source: OUYA
Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/04/05/ouya-updates-before-launch/
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