5-0 Radio Police Scanner Lite Apps for iPhone 5

 

 

CATEGORY: Entertainment / News / Utilities

DEVELOPER: Smartest Apps LLC

VERSION: 26.0

UPDATED: Feb 17, 2010

REVIEW SUMMARY

Listen to live feeds of police, firefighter, aircraft, marine, emergency, and ham radios. The app features the ability to listen to feeds in the background while running other apps. Users can also add feeds, share feeds, and save favorites for quick access.

 

Pros: Fun and easy to use. Useful for primary responders. Useful for keep up-to-date d...

Cons: User report app freezes. Not enough local feeds.

 

 

Message from the Developers

Thanks for making us in the top 100 most downloaded iPhone app for 2 years straight (2010 and 2011). We now have over 11 million users.

Features

- Listen to feeds in the background. You can run other apps while listening to the police. Just email a link to yourself and tap it to listen to it in the background.

- Automatically attempts to reconnect the feed if you lose the connection.

- Listen to feeds on your desktop/laptop computer. Email yourself a link to the feed, and open that link on your browser or with your favorite mp3 player.

- Ability to Add Feeds

- Brand new built-in Web Browser allows you to browse the web while listening to a feed in the background.

- The web browser also automatically detects feeds and integrates it with the radio. Now you can add feeds from the web by simply tapping on the feed's link via our browser.

- The web browser blocks most ads.

- Share feeds with your friends by email. They do not need to buy this app to listen with you.

- Top 100 Feeds list

- Aircraft and Train Feeds For listings, go here: SmartestApple.com/50radio.html#air

- Worldwide coverage. Although, we may not have your country covered, our app is always expanding and looking for new police radios to tap into.

- List scanners by county. Don't just list all feeds in a state, get only the ones that are from your city/county.

- Integrated map that finds your location and the location of the feed. Now you can find where the action is happening and follow along.

- Built-in police/EMS/fire/military codes and phonetic alphabet for easy interpretation. Good for any beginners who do not have the proper training and have trouble remembering what the codes mean.

- Save your favorites to the front screen of the app for quick one-tap access.

- This app will dynamically grab a new list of sources so that you will always be the first to get any new police feeds out there.

- See the popularity of each feed. Each feed lists the number of listeners who are following the action along with you.

- Choose new skins or make your own. Skins can be any photo you choose from your photos library.

- New police feeds and others are added on an hourly basis, so keep checking if we added yours recently.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What's New in Version 26.0

  

- Bug fixes

- iOS 3.x is no longer supported in the free version. Get the Pro version if you are still using iOS 3.x


Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 4.0 or later.

Customer Ratings

Current Version: 4368 Ratings

All Versions: 140094 Ratings

 

 

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What's a Facebook Follower Really Worth?




Todd Meier for The Wall Street Journal Richard Bishop,
a caterer, estimates he would need to spend at least

$9,100 a year in Facebook fees.

Figuring out the value of a Facebook fan has become more complex for many small-business owners, ever since the social-media giant began asking businesses to pay to "promote" their posts.

 

Under a program rolled out in May, businesses pay Facebook Inc. anywhere from $5 to hundreds of dollars to promote a post to the news feeds of users who have "liked" their page, plus Facebook friends of those users. The price depends on how many users a business wants to reach. 

 

The giant social network, which has to balance users' desire to broadcast messages against the need to keep the ecosystem tidy, has always limited the number of posts users receives via their news feeds. According to the company, the average business post reaches 16% of its fans. The Promoted Post program is supposed to make it possible to increase that reach. 

 

Richard Bishop, of Mountain Home, Idaho, is among the many entrepreneurs who are irked about being asked to pay to reach a larger percentage of their Facebook fan base, which they have spent  ime and money building.

 

Mr. Bishop says he puts out an average of 35 posts a week, and estimates that he would need to spend a minimum of $9,100 a year if he opted to pay fees to promote each one of them to his more than 1,500 followers.

 

Facebook "lured us in with free Facebook pages," says the 35-year-old caterer, referring to small-business owners like himself who have built marketing programs around Facebook. "Now all of a sudden they're saying a minimal percentage of your fans will see your posts unless you pay. They devalued the value of a fan."

 

Using social media has long been a particular challenge for many small-business owners, who often don't have a large staff or the free time to manage Facebook, as well as the other outlets.

 

A July survey of 400 U.S. businesses with between $5 million and $50 million in annual revenue found that 77% spend a quarter or more of their marketing efforts on social media. Slightly fewer, 73%, said they have added social-media management to the duties of at least one employee in recent years. The survey was conducted by Edge Research and commissioned by software company Vocus Inc.

 

Facebook's expanding menu of fees has rankled some small-business owners who say they were initially drawn to the social-networking site because it is free to join and has a massive user base, now one billion monthly active users.

 

Many have come to rely on Facebook as their main marketing vehicle to keep their operating costs low. And some even use its business pages in lieu of a company website.

 

Having to pay for social media puts small businesses at a disadvantage over larger rivals, says Eric Yaverbaum, co-founder of SocialMediaMags.com, a magazine publisher in New York. "They don't have the same amount of money to compete with the big companies," he says. "They're going to have to reshape their online sales strategy or bow out if they can't afford it."

 

According to Facebook, Promoted Posts are gaining considerable traction. In an emailed statement Tuesday, it said the program "has significantly increased over the past three months." The company declined to provide specific data.

 

Among those using the feature is Joe Sorge, co-owner of four casual restaurants in Milwaukee and one in Madison, Wis. Since the Promoted Posts launched, he has been spending about $1,000 a month on it, mainly to highlight new menu items and special events. He says he is seeing results in the form of higher sales. "Before I didn't have as much control over whose feed (a post) showed up in," he adds.

 

In its efforts to educate wary businesses, Facebook has compared Promoted Posts to search advertising, where organic search results are free but companies pay extra to show up in sponsored search results. The company is also providing businesses with data on how many people have seen their posts and what percentage of this group came through the Promoted Post program.

 

The initiative is just one example of recent moves by Facebook to prop up its sagging stock price with new money-making products. In late September, the social network debuted a gift service that lets users send real-world presents such as cupcakes or flowers to friends. And earlier this month, it rolled out a version of promoted posts for individuals, which charges users $7 to amplify a personal announcement, like an engagement or the birth of a newborn.

 

Other social-media outlets have also recently begun adding fees for businesses, including Foursquare Labs Inc., of New York. Since July the location-based social-networking service has been testing a pilot program called Promoted Updates in which businesses pay to be listed high in search results on its mobile app.

 

Foursquare hasn't yet disclosed the price of Promoted Updates, which is the company's first advertising product, says spokeswoman Laura Covington. It will be accessible by all users "in the not-too-distant future," she adds.

 

Some small-business owners say they weren't previously aware that their posts to Facebook only land in a small portion of the fan's news feeds. But the discovery hasn't prompted Lindsay Gonzales of Casper, Wyo., to pay a fee to amplify the number of users her two-year-old photography business reaches.

 

"It's a waste of money because even if you pay they still regulate who sees your posts," she says, adding that her business, Making Memories Photography, has about 1,400 Facebook fans.

 

 

By Sarah E. Needleman | Source: The Wall Street Journal

 

Be your own brand today!

By Julailah Wahid

Who says that only celebrities are allowed to shape up their personal image? Mention the words "action hero" and Sylvester Stallone might come to mind. Bring up "sexy" and Angelina Jolie or Megan Fox may breeze through your thoughts. Many celebrities adorn a certain image, which is conveyed in the way that they present themselves. In the highly competitive job market today, it is important to stand out from the crowd if you want to get hired and stay relevant in the industry. How you project yourself will leave an impression on others, even when you've left the room. In short, personal branding is how you market yourself to the world.

If you need help grooming your personal brand, we're here to steer you in the right direction with some easy breezy steps.

Step 1: Cement your values and talents

Zeroing in on your strengths and talents is the essence of personal branding. You can start by listing down the core values that you appreciate most in life, be it loyalty, commitment or perseverance. Next, decide on your talents and highlight the skills you've picked up from previous jobs or experiences. Knowing where your strengths lie in will save you half the battle because it helps you to mould an identity. For instance, a person who is extremely good with numbers can be seen as a fast-thinking and meticulous individual, and might excel in areas like accounting. The better you know yourself, the easier it is to form an identity.

Step 2: Communicate your brand

Once you've decided on the type of image you want to portray, it's time to communicate it in the way you talk, dress and behave.

A strong personal brand can influence people's perceptions of you and attract opportunities that most suit you. The importance of marketing oneself is personified in the most successful people. English entrepreneur Richard Branson is clearly a risk-taker and not the average CEO in a black suit. Unlike many other big bosses who fly high in posh private jets, Richard cruises the world in a hot air balloon. The Virgin Airlines founder even rivaled British Airways, which for a long time had been the only airline from the United Kingdom serving long-haul routes to destinations in North America and the Caribbean. The launch of the colourful and fun Virgin Cola also gave Coca-Cola some stiff competition. Richard Branson clearly brands himself as a courageous individual who is willing to take risks and challenge the norm. His unique image has since attracted plenty of opportunities and like-minded individuals that have helped his businesses to grow.

To apply such marketing strategies in reality, you'll have to start with the little things. If loyalty is a trait that you possess, try highlighting it in your resume. When future employers see that you've stayed with companies for a relatively long time, it might signify that you are loyal and don't have the habit of job-hopping. Highlighting that you've started up your own business also reflects ambition and valour to take risks.

If your aim is to appear professional and thoughtful, dark colours and tailored clothing will suit you much better than dowdy patterns. Looking professional also means that you'll have to act that way, so be tactful with words and avoid goofing around the work environment (hint: The Office). Those in the creative industry can portray their quirky side through emblems and cheery colours, but be sure not to overdo it or people might not take you seriously at first glance.

Step 3: Build an online presence

Enter your name in the Google search engine box and you'll be surprised at what pops up. Chances are that other people, including future employers, are doing the same thing with your name. Utilise social media sites like LinkedIn to create a cogent online presence. LinkedIn, a free online business network, is a platform for you to connect to businesses and other working individuals. When creating a LinkedIn profile, be sure to list down your skill set and previous job experiences with concise descriptions, so that online viewers are much clearer on your career direction and goals. If you're looking to go the extra mile, try engaging yourself in an online community that supports positive social causes. This reflects integrity and a sense of character.

Additionally, online portfolios are really useful as they provide a direct pathway for employers to view what you've done and accomplished. It is also much easier to provide a future employer with a website URL rather than having to lug around a thick stack of your past works to every job interview. Lastly, try your best to eliminate past horrors that may portray you in a negative light. Pay your old blogs and Facebook posts a visit, and get rid of anything that contains profanities or poor language.

Source: http://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/own-brand-today-060047379--finance.html

Flipboard amazing Apps for iPhone 5 - Your Social News Magazine

*** One of Apple's "Amazing Apps for iPhone 5." ***

 

CATEGORY: News / Social Networking
DEVELOPER: Flipboard Inc.
VERSION: 1.9.7
UPDATED: Jul 20, 2010
 

Beautifully designed for iPad and iPhone, Flipboard creates a personalized magazine out of everything being shared with you. Flip through your Facebook newsfeed and Google+ Circles, tweets from your Twitter timeline, photos from Instagram friends, videos from YouTube, and much more.

Fill Flipboard with the things you like to read, from niche blogs to publications like The New York Times and Rolling Stone, and use Instapaper or Readability to save articles to read later. Flipboard creates a single place to enjoy, browse, comment on and share all the news, photos and updates that matter to you.

 

In addition to Twitter, Facebook and Google+, you can flip through your newsfeeds and timelines from YouTube, Instagram, Google Reader, LinkedIn, SoundCloud, Tumblr, Flickr, 500px, Sina Weibo and Renren on Flipboard.

See why Flipboard has been named Apple's iPad App of the Year, one of TIME's Top 50 Innovations, the top social app at the 2012 Webby Awards, the Brit Insurance Interactive Design of the Year, and other accolades.

 

What's New in Version 1.9.7

★ New design for iPhone 5 has more stories, photos and videos per page.
★ Now compatible with iOS 6.
★ Improvements to speed, stability and disk usage.

 

 

 

 

 

Requirements:

Compatible with iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPod touch (3rd generation), iPod touch (4th generation), iPod touch (5th generation) and iPad. Requires iOS 4.2 or later. This app is optimized for iPhone 5.

Customer Ratings

Current Version: 260 Ratings

All Versions: 156492 Ratings

 

Download for iPhone visit following iTunes website for iPhone Apps store 

Samsung introduces compact Galaxy smartphone

 

Samsung Galaxy S3 mini

Samsung Electronics on Friday unveiled a compact version of its flagship Galaxy S III smartphone, with a touch screen sized to match that of arch-rival Apple's new iPhone 5.

 

The Galaxy S III Mini has a four inch high-definition touch screen, compared to the 4.8 inch version on it's larger Samsung sibling, but the size reduction is offered at a technical price.

 

The display has a lower resolution of 800x480 pixels compared to 1,280x720 pixels, the camera is five rather than eight megapixels and the S III's dual-core 1.5GHz processor has been downgraded to 1GHz.

 

"It can be an optimal choice for consumers who are looking for more practical smartphones," Samsung said in statement.

 

The company gave no details on pricing or an eventual sales date.

 

The Mini's screen is the same size as the iPhone 5 launched last month by Apple, but its reduced feature set makes it more of a corner man in the heavyweight clash between the iPhone 5 and the S III.

 

Samsung and Apple are currently embroiled in a bitter legal battle spread over 10 countries over alleged patent infringements.

 

Initial reactions to the new Samsung product were underwhelming.

 

"The only iPhone it may be capable of beating is the 3GS from 2009," said a review in the Los Angeles Times, which said the Mini's inability to connect with 4G networks was "unacceptable for any phone trying to be a major player".

 

Wired magazine bemoaned the lower resolution on the touch screen and said the final product was a "big compromise in a small package".

 

But some industry analysts said comparisons with the features boasted by top-end smartphones were missing the point.

 

"This is a lower-end product and it is not really a competitor for iPhone 5," said James Song, a tech analyst at Daewoo Securities.

 

The Mini does boast many of the same software features as the S III.

 

It is powered by the latest Android 4.1 Jelly Bean operating system, packed with S Voice, a language recognition software, and Smart Stay which keeps the screen lit as long as you are looking at it.

Other features include direct call, which enables you to automatically dial a call simply by lifting the phone to your ear when reading a text message from your friend.

 

S Beam allows the user to share music files between Galaxy S III series and Galaxy Note II devices simply by tapping the phones together.

 

Shin Jong-Kyun, who leads Samsung's IT and Mobile Communications Division, told reporters earlier this week that the Mini was aimed at meeting strong demand in Europe for smartphones with four inch screens.

 

"Some people call the new model a lower-end version of the Galaxy S III but we prefer the mini tag," Shin said.

The S3 terminal would be similar to normal, his older brother, and could lead nicknamed Jaguar. Although currently only expected in the Korean nation, it is possible that Samsung chooses to take it to other countries as a cheaper alternative to the Galaxy S3. This possibility is strengthened by knowing that there are other two models share name, E170S and SHV-SHV-E170L, which could be different versions for the same country, or the versions that came, for example, Europe and USA.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-- Dow Jones Newswires contributed to this report

EU wins 2012 Nobel Peace Prize, despite debt crisis

EU wins 2012 Nobel Peace Prize, despite debt crisis





File picture shows European Union member states'
flags flying in front of the building of the European
Parliament in Strasbourg, April 21, 2004.
REUTERS/Vincent Kessler/File

OSLO (Reuters) - The European Union won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for its historic role in uniting the continent in an award meant as a morale boost for the bloc as it struggles to resolve its debt crisis.

 

The EU has been a key in transforming Europe "from a continent of wars to a continent of peace," Committee chairman Thorbjoern Jagland said in announcing the award in Oslo.

"This is a message to Europe to do everything they can to secure what they've achieved and move forward," Jagland said, saying it was a reminder of what would be lost "if the union is allowed to collapse".

 

He praised the 27-nation EU for rebuilding after World War Two and for its role in spreading stability after the 1989 fall of the Berlin Wall.

 

The prize, worth $1.2 million, will be presented in Oslo on December 10. The decision by the five-member panel, led by Jagland who is also Secretary-General of the Council of Europe, was unanimous.

 

The EU won from a field of 231 candidates including Russian dissidents and religious leaders working for Muslim-Christian reconciliation.

 

But the EU is mired in crisis with strains on the euro, the common currency shared by 17 nations. The prize was a surprise given the EU's current woes.

 

And many Norwegians are bitterly opposed to the EU, seeing it as a threat to the sovereignty of nation states. "I find this absurd," the leader of Norway's anti-EU membership organisation Heming Olaussen told NRK.

 

"In Latin America and other parts of the world they will view this quite differently than they will from Brussels. The union is a trade bloc that contributes to keeping many countries in poverty."

Norway, the home of the peace prize, has voted "no" twice to joining the EU, in 1972 and 1994. The country has prospered outside the EU, partly thanks to huge oil and gas resources.

 

The five-member committee is appointed by parliament, where parties are deeply split over EU membership. Jagland has long favoured EU membership.

 

Janne Haaland Matlary, Professor of International Politics at the Oslo University, who has twice nominated the EU for the prize, praised the award.

 

"The European Union has been the most effective creator of peace in the world since its inception with the coal and steel union in the 1950s," she told Reuters. "Today it is unthinkable with military conflict between members in the EU."

 

 

(EU Parliament president "touched" as union wins Nobel Peace. Read http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/10/12/nobel-peace-prize-european-union-reactio-idINDEE89B08B20121012)

(Reporting by Balazs Koranyi, Victoria Klesty, Alister Doyle and Terje Solsvik; Editing by Giles Elgood)

Secret of Ronaldo’s new hairdo

Secret Ronaldo’s new hairdo

 

The unusual shapes shaved into the Real Madrid superstar's barnet prompted fans to question whether some sort of religious conversion, product placement or just a mere fashion statement lay behind the new cut.

 

That chatter intensified as the superstar appeared to make a scissor sign with his hand after scoring his first goal in the 2-2 draw, as the picture below shows.

 

But the conspiracy theories have now been cut short as a pair of hairdresser brothers from Madrid have come forward to explain everything:

 

"He told us, as he had on many other occasions that he was looking for something different," Jose and Miguel Siero told Spanish newspaper Marca.

 

 

 

"We know him well and we had the idea of shaving a symbol that represents both peace and the calm a warrior experiences after battle. He agreed."

 

The brothers added that, far from being a prima donna, Ronaldo is actually a very easy client to work.

"He isn't at all fussy," they added. "Cristiano has a great personality and he's very ambitious. He's a winner. He only thinks of himself...

 

"There's a personality behind every haircut. And he needs a strong image. It suits him.

"He's very ambitious and a perfectionist. We hit on what he was feeling at that time and it was reflected during the match."

 

It wasn't all plain sailing, however: while the man himself was happy to be guided by Jose and Miguel, his hair itself put up more of a struggle:

 

"His hair is very curly and you have to treat it carefully," they explained, adding that the star always wears gel to keep it under control.

 

"He knows that the television cameras follow his every move and he likes to look impeccable."