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Saturday, February 9, 2013
Meet Violet Marlowe Followill
Nathan Followill and Jessie Baylin introduce their little lady, 6-week-old Violet Marlowe, via Twitter.
'Nemo' Power Outage Preparations Made For Snowstorm As Blizzard Barrels Across New England
NEW YORK -- The storm bearing down on the Northeast is sure to knock down trees and power lines, leaving thousands of homes in the cold and dark, including some that endured Superstorm Sandy.
Utilities' efforts to restore power will be hampered by high winds that are expected to last into Saturday and snow-choked roads.
There is some consolation, though: The outages aren't expected to be anywhere near as widespread as they were in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy. And restoring power will likely be a much quicker job.
Sandy brought winds of 90 miles per hour whipping through trees that were still draped with leaves. This storm is expected to bring gusts of up to 75 miles per hour. That's still dangerous, but the leaves are long gone so trees and branches won't be stressed as much.
"This will be nowhere near what Sandy was," says John Latka, Vice President of Electrical Operation at the New Jersey utility Public Service Electric & Gas.
Outages in the region will likely be measured in the tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands ? not in the millions. And the lights should be back on in a couple of days ? not weeks.
Here are some questions and answers about what utilities expect, along with some important things to remember if your power goes out.
Q: How do utilities prepare for a storm like this one?
A: They start meeting in the days before a storm to make sure they have crews and equipment ready to go and to plan staffing for their command centers. They ask unaffected utilities for extra line crews to help restore power. They coordinate with state and county officials and plan public notifications. All year round, of course, utilities conduct tree-trimming programs and other maintenance activities designed to minimize damage to wires and other equipment. Now they hope it helps.
Q: Are winter storms more or less destructive than summer storms?
A: It depends. A winter storm that comes early, when leaves are still on trees, can be as destructive as a hurricane. As can a storm that coat trees and wires with ice. That's because the weight of the snow and ice drag down wires, branches or whole trees, explains Seth Hulkower, an electric power distribution expert at the consulting firm ICF International.
"Snowfall by itself is not problematic," Hulkower says. "The biggest concern is whether there is going to be ice and how high the winds are going to be."
This storm is not expected to bring ice, but winds are expected to be relatively high.
Q: How do utilities work to get power restored after the storm?
A: Throughout the storm, utilities build maps of where in the system people have lost power and, based on the pattern of outages, what equipment has been damaged. As soon as winds die down enough for work to resume, crews fan out to try to reconnect wires, erect new poles, or fix or repair transformers or other equipment. Utilities focus first on repairs that restore power to the highest number of houses. Downed wires that only serve a few houses are the last to get repaired.
Q: Superstorm Sandy's storm surge swamped electrical substations, knocking out power to thousands. Will that happen again?
A: It's not likely. Massachusetts has issued a flood warning for coastal areas and some flooding is expected along the coasts of New Jersey, Long Island and Rhode Island. But don't expect the flooding that Sandy wrought.
Q: Did Sandy and the nor'easter that followed a week later make things less dangerous by clearing out the weak and dead branches and trees?
A: Yes. But there's a potential trade-off: the storms may have weakened trees that were previously healthy. Also, there may still be some weak spots in the electrical system where utilities made temporary fixes that they haven't yet been able to secure.
Q: What should homeowners do in the event of an outage?
Report outages as soon as possible. Stay away from downed wires and report them to the utility. If you are running a generator, make sure it is outside to avoid breathing exhaust. If using a portable stove or kerosene heater, make sure there is adequate ventilation. The best way to keep the house warm is to open blinds during the day, but shut them at night, and gather in central rooms, according to the Edison Electric Institute, an industry group.
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Friday, February 8, 2013
Wikipad in miniature: 7-inch gaming tablet to debut in spring for $249, 10.1-inch sees further delay
When a company delays a product for "minor refinement," we typically expect to see small changes that contribute to a stronger overall product. That wasn't Wikipad's approach -- when it took its namesake gaming tablet into the lab for "minor" tweaks, it took a few inches off its screen size. The Wikipad is now a 7-inch tablet, slated to launch in spring for $249. It's smaller, the company says, but no less powerful -- it's keeping the Tegra 3 GPU the original build promised, not to mention 1GB of DDR3 RAM, 16GB of Flash memory, a 2-megapixel front facing camera and a 1,280 x 800 resolution display.
Wikipad's President of sales, Fraser Townley, told us the gamepad design hasn't changed much either. "We took the pinball wizard approach," he said. "We made everybody in the room shut their eyes, and try the controllers. It's not about the look, it's about the feel. Once we got the feel right, then we could worry about the look. That's how the ten inch was born, and that's how the seven inch stayed the same." The attachment boasts new buttons (now labeled a, b, x and y) with a chrome finish, but seems otherwise unchanged. Wikipad is mum on specific availability, but we're told we can expect to hear more after Chinese New Year. As the 10.1-inch original design? It's still coming, but Townley couldn't it narrow it down further than "before Christmas." Read on for Wikipad's official press announcement, or click here to find out how the tablet was cut down to size.
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Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/02/07/7-inch-wikipad/
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Cost Per Click For Facebook Ads Sink - Business Insider
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Facebook To Buy Microsoft's Ad-Serving Business (AdAge)
Microsoft's attempt to find a new home for its Atlas ad-serving business may finally be coming to an end. The company is expected to announce a deal to sell it to Facebook as early as next week, according to multiple people familiar with the plans. The acquisition price is not known, but is expected to be less than $100 million, based on prior bids for Atlas, which have been in the $30 to $50 million range. The acquisition would be the surest sign yet that Facebook has designs on becoming an even bigger player in advertising than it currently is now. Facebook is methodically laying the groundwork for an off-Facebook ad network powered by social data to prove the worth of the data it sits on as well as the effectiveness of its ads. Read >>
Facebook's Cost-Per-Click Dropping (TBG Digital via Inside Facebook)
Average cost-per-click for Facebook ads reached record lows in the U.S. and decreased across other regions in the fourth quarter of 2012, according to data from third-party ad company TBG Digital.
TBG attributes this to the rise of News Feed ads on desktop and mobile, that have lower CPCs than sidebar ads. In the U.S., where advertisers are adopting this format more quickly, CPCs decreased by 37 percent in the fourth quarter, and that?s on top of a 40 percent decrease in the third quarter. CPCs in the U.S. are now lower than those in Canada, France, Germany and the U.K. Read >>
What Are The Best Days To Share Content On Facebook? (Digital Sherpa)
Here are some other interesting facts to help with your company?s social media optimization strategy:
- Content published on Facebook between 8pm and 7am is 14 percent more likely to attract attention than posts published between 8am and 7pm.
- Companies that make one or two Facebook posts per day have 19 percent more customer interaction through social media.
- Posting too often on Facebook can actually have a negative effect.
- Only 14 percent of Facebook posts are published during the weekend, and these posts are 14.5 percent more likely to generate customer interaction than weekday posts.
It?s probably no surprise that there are peak days of the week for publishing content, whether you are sharing a press release or are posting about a new product offering on your company?s Facebook page. Read >>
Is Pinterest Worth $2.5 Billion Dollars? (The Huffington Post)
Pinterest has the opportunity to become a center for social commerce. The news that Ben Silbermann, the founder and CEO, is raising another round of funding at a $2.5 billion dollar valuation came as a surprise, as some are not convinced that Pinterest can innovate fast enough: the website and mobile applications have not changed and they have been slow to give access to their API. In May 2012, the company raised $100 million dollars at a $1.5 billion dollar valuation. Now, nine months later, Pinterest wants to raise more money at a $2.5 billion dollar valuation? So what exactly did they do with the $100 million they just raised? Read >>
Twitter's Latest Investment Is About TV-Related Tweets (BI Intelligence)
What Every Executive Needs To Know About Social Media (Dave Kerpen via LinkedIn)
Social media is still in its infancy, and many business executives still don't understand how to leverage it for their organizations, large or small. They're too focused on the talking, and not focused enough on the listening. Whatever your organization does, you can find your customers and prospects on Twitter, Facebook, blogs, and everywhere on the social Web, by listening for the right words. The one thing every business executive must understand about social media: The secret to social media success isn't in talking - it's in listening. Read >>
Making Your Blog More Marketable (Hubspot via Social Media Examiner)
Blogs are a form of social media. Through social sharing, comments and guest posts, blogs provide the basis for building a targeted community. In fact, HubSpot?s research showed that blogs top other forms of social media for effectiveness.
Whether you?re a small business or a Fortune 100 company, blogs should be at the heart of your content marketing because blogs fuel social media, search optimization and the sales process. Read >>
What Type Of Social Networker Are You??(MyLife via Mashable)
You can probably group friends into categories based on their online behavior. According to a social behavior study by MyLife, which was conducted among 890 adults ages 18 and older, there's a good chance you fit into one of these personas. Read >>
Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/cost-per-click-for-facebook-ads-sink-2013-2
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7th-grade girl boldly sends Hello Kitty skyward
Watch a recap of Lauren Rojas' high-flying project for a seventh-grade science class.
By Alan Boyle, Science Editor, NBC News
High-altitude balloon missions have become so mainstream that iPhones,?"Star Trek" action figures, Lego toys?and political bobblehead dolls?have all taken their turns rising to the edge of space ? but what about Hello Kitty? Now the lovable Japanese plush cat has made its own mark on the final frontier, thanks to 13-year-old Lauren Rojas.
Rojas, a seventh-grader at Cornerstone Christian School in Antioch, Calif., settled on the idea of sending a Hello Kitty doll to the stratosphere for her science project. The doll was provided by her dad, who picked it up during up a business trip to Tokyo. Rojas (who was 12 at the time) perched the kitty in a cute silver rocket ship, positioned it amid flight gear from High Altitude Science, festooned the rig with GoPro Hero2 video cameras, filled up the lighter-than-air balloon ??and then let 'er rip.
The aim of Rojas' experiment was to gauge air pressure and temperature as the balloon-borne experiment package rose?? and she picked up some interesting effects: The peak winds exceeded 60 mph at the 10,000-foot level. The temperature fell from 43 degrees Fahrenheit (6 degrees Celsius) as low as 22 degrees below zero F (-30 degrees C) when the balloon popped at an altitude of 93,625 feet (28,537 meters).
That's less than a third of the way to the internationally accepted boundary of outer space, which is at an altitude of 62 miles or 100 kilometers. But as?this YouTube video?about the flight demonstrates, it's high enough to get a great view of Earth below the black sky of space. The package fell back to Earth and landed 47 miles (75 kilometers) from the launch site, 50 feet up in the branches of a tree. Which is an apt place for a wayward kitty to end up.
For more about the feat, check out this report from the New York Daily News.
Still more high-altitude adventures:
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The Best Weather App for iPhone
- Current weather, hourly forecasts, and 15-day forecast.
- Real-time severe weather alerts.
- Calendar integration for 15-day forecasts.
- Animated radar and satellite.
- Lifestyle forecasts that include conditions for dog walking, barbecuing, golfing,
and more. - Health forecasts that include conditions for allergies, migraines, asthma, and more.
Accuweather manages to push a lot of relevant information in your face on the first screen without being too overwhelming. You get the current temperature, the "RealFeel" temperature, wind, and a brief forecast immediately. That's what really matters, but if you want to dig in deeper, Accuweather has one-swipe access to hourly forecasts, a week long forecast, and of course a full map. If you're a weather junkie it packs in everything you could possibly want. If you're not, it gives you the information that matters quickly and easily. Especially handy is the ability to add the forecast directly to you calendar so you don't need to pop open Accuweather all the time.
You'll find a lot of information packed on the screen, and that makes it a little cluttered when you're just trying to quickly glance at something. The ads are also a little annoying, but at least you can opt out of them for an in-app purchase of $1.99.
There are a ton of excellent weather apps on the iPhone that suit different needs. Want a full doppler radar? Sure, that's doable. Prefer something minimal? You have options. Want one that only notifies you about bad weather? Yep, that exists too. All of these are worth checking out to see if they fit your specific needs.
If Accuweather isn't your thing, three other big free apps, The Weather Channel, WeatherBug, and Weather Underground are fantastic alternatives. Both have the same basic feature set as Accuweather (including the ads), but offer slightly different experiences in terms of interface and coverage. The fact is, different apps might have more accurate forecasts than others for your area, so it's worth playing around with a few to see which works best for you.
Today Weather (99?) may very well be one of the best weather apps around, but even at only 99? it's tough to justify paying for a weather app when free alternatives exist. That said, if you like the features of Accuweather, Weather Underground, or the Weather Channel, but hate the ads, then Today Weather is worth a look.
Dark Sky ($3.99) offers an entirely different kind of experience for iPhone. Instead of worrying about forecasting everything, it concentrates on hyperlocal, small time increments. Essentially, it'll let you know if it's going to rain (or snow) within the next hour or so. If you're the type to live more in the moment, Dark Sky is one of the best at short-term forecasts (and alerts).
If you're more a fan of minimalist weather apps, you have a few solid options. Blue is a great little app that shows you the forecast for the next day or so in a handy color coded index. Sun is actually a free webapp designed specifically for the iPhone and uses gestures for control. Weather Neue (free) shows simplified current weather and a four-day forecast in a lovely package. Finally, Partly Cloudy might be the prettiest of the bunch by using the visualization of a clock to show you the weather forecast in a suprisingly intuitive way.
Lifehacker's App Directory is a new and growing directory of recommendations for the best applications and tools in a number of given categories.
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