“Ironman” Elon Musk: Genius that Will Redefine the World

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Do you know the prototype of Tony Stark in Ironman? He is the talent of Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla in Silicon Valley. In fact, many people now believe that he will do great changes in vehicle are like what Jobs do in the smart phone and market.

Musk was born at South Africa and immigrated to America at 18. He expressed his talent when he was 12, only 2 years after his first contact with computer, when he sold a small game in $500 that named Blastar. Just like Tony Stark, Musk play both well in the role transferring of technology and fashion.

It is hard to imagine that he is also a workaholic that working over 100 hours a week. Every new car of Tesla will have to reprocessed if the details don’t meet his need, even if the several mm line in the seat.

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Compared with Jobs, Musk is bolder: his expectation is not only saving the earth environment by car, but also immigrant to the space. He said that he want to be retired on Mars.

Stop schooling seems to be a tag of technology genius: Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerber, and of course Musk. All of them choose to leave school in the college. In the year of 1995, after quit Stanford, Musk developed a online publishing software that called Zip 2. Four years later, it sold at the price of 0.3billion dollars to Compaq.

In this young period, Musk believed that, Internet, new energy, and space exploring are the three area that influence on the future of human. After get profit on Internet, Musk moved his eyes to the other two. He dived his money into three parts: 20 million dollars to build SolarCity; 60 million to Tesla, 100 million to Space X. However, the developing of rocket almost let him bankrupt.

After all, he insisted on it and now gets out of the trouble: both Tesla and SolarCity are listed in 2010 and 2012 while SpaceX launched the first rocket in 2010. The two listed market of Musk is over 2 billion now. However, another point attracts me more: after connected with ISS, capsule of SpaceX successfully return to earth. You should know that only three countries in the world can achieve it.

Now, the three companies of him will no doubt redefine the world in the way of Musk. The public just need to wait.

Bill Gates Look Down on iPad: The Overvalued PC Complex

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As one of legend technology giants in the history, Bill Gates expressed his view of the future tablet market while he had the interview with CNBC on Monday. The original words as below: “With Windows 8, Microsoft is trying to gain market share in what has been dominated by the iPad-type device. But a lot of those users are frustrated, they can’t type. They can’t create documents. They don’t have Microsoft Office there.”

In another view, Gates believed that Surface has the advantage of create and handle information, which is the selling point of the Windows tablet. It is undeniable that the pre-installed Office of Surface RT and Pro are a good selling point to come tablet users. However, to the entire market, tablet location is the consumer content. The most used function of tablet is web page browsing, game, social network, and email.

 

The words of Gates are not wrong; the wrong part is the conclusion. I believe that there are a lot of people find the “shortcomings” of iPad around Gates, but those guys are not the entire market. The biggest purpose that people choose tablet is entertainment. Another problem is that existing in many analysts and expert’s mind: the complex of PC, which is misunderstanding the consumer content terminal tablet to create and consult content PC terminal. This phenomenon is totally expressed in the Surface. These intergradations really did some problems to some users, but the response of market show that the number is very limited.

 

In the latest static of IDC in 2013, iPad is sold at the number of 19.50 million while Surface is 0.9 million. Though this number still can’t explain that Surface has no attraction to consumers, but at least there is no phenomenon of “frustrating” as Gates said.

 

Though Gates have been not participating in the daily work of Microsoft for a long time, his idea has great influence on the company. The complex of PC also is the product concept of Microsoft. In fact, the office should be a bonus while not the first selling point right now. If the company can realize this problem, the future of Surface is up in the air.

 

Motorola Will Release Clean Android Smartphone

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Motorola Mobile is developing a new smartphone, which will choose the “clean Android. As reported it will have a smaller screen and can be smoothly controlled with one hand.

 

The mobile design manager Jim Wicks claimed that this new smart phone is introduced after Motorola been acquired by Google, so it will be different the previous Google or Moto phones. He also said that the Android will has no other impurity and will provide the best user experience. Many people love the big screen but there are also many want appropriate products.

 

It is obvious that the product is located to the people who don’t love the big screen and hate the numerous pre-installed apps. When Wicks talked about the problem of pre-installed apps, he used the word of bloatware. The product will cut all unnecessary pre-installed apps. However, the condition may also depend on the attitude of carries. In fact, if Moto or Google has sincerity, there is an example for them: Smartisan OS, which can uninstall all the pre-installed apps. If put the selling point at here, they should be more sincerity, or it will be a failure selling point.

 

Wicks also pointed out that the frame will be made as narrow as possible. Moto will escape from the war of competing of hardware. Just like other Android manufactures, the company will simplify their product line and reduce the number of device in 2012, which means the Droid and Atrix may disappear from the public.

 

Since the first Droid released by Moto, the market share is shrinking every day. There is still no product released since purchased by Google, the so-called Xphone maybe the combination of Moto design and Google idea. This is an idea expectation; the current market of smart phone is full of challenge and chance. The future of this phone is still up in the air.

Samsung Galaxy S4 VS HTC One: Compare In Details

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In the consumer electronic area, smart phone have no doubt become the most important profit point. The competition also becomes more and more conflict. The first two flagship items of 2013 are the HTC One and Galaxy S4. Both of them are attracting a lot of attentions, now let me compare them in details and find which one is better.

Specs compare

 

Name Samsung Galaxy S4 HTC One
Dimensions 5.38 x 2.75 x 0.31 inches 5.4 x 2.7 x 0.36 inches
Weight 4.59 oz 5 oz
Operating System Android 4.2.2 Android 4.1.2
Total Integrated Storage 16, 32, or 64 GB 32 or 64 GB
CPU Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 Quad-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 Quad-Core
Processor Speed 1.9 GHz 1.7 GHz
Screen Size 5 inches 4.7 inches
Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080 pixels 1920 x 1080 pixels
Screen Type Super AMOLED HD Super LCD 3
Screen Pixels Per Inch 441 ppi 468
Camera Resolution 13 MP Rear; 2 MP Front-Facing 4 MP Rear; 2.1 MP Front-Facing
Video Camera Resolution 1080p Rear; 1080p Front-Facing 1080p Rear; 1080p Front-Facing
802.11x/Band(s) 802.11 b/g/n/ac 802.11 b/g/n
Bluetooth Version 4 4
GPS Yes Yes
NFC Yes Yes
microSD Slot Yes No

 

Design

The two devices choose different material: S4 is plastic while One is metal. By contrast, S4 looks low-end while One is a little weight. These differences are bases on the material. However, Samsung is the only one that insists to use plastic in high-end smart phone and the new device has little difference from S3 in shape. On the contrary, HTC do a lot of changes, so I prefer HTC One than S4.

Screen

In the display part, S4 chooses Super AMOLED while One is Super LCD3. The previous one has higher contrast and colorful while the later one is more vivid. S4’s screen is bigger than One, but it is very inconspicuous.

Interface and features

 

S4 is based on the newest 4.2.2 while One is 4.1.2. However, both of them use its customized interface, HTC One equipped with the new BlinkFeed interface, which is a new one compared with the previous ones. S4 is choosing the fixed TouchWiz Nature UX. Besides, the Multi-Window and Smart Stay are also the highlights of the device. In this part, S4’s user interface is better.

Camera

 

Camera is one of the most important factors for purchasing smart phone now. Though HTC One is only 4MP megapixels, it is better in camera. It needn’t to talk too many about the camera. Users just need to look at the compared photos that every site reviewed. It is also the selling point of it.

Samsung Galaxy S 4 Review: Creative But No Surprise

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Early today, Samsung released their newest Samsung Galaxy S4 at New York. As the successor of the S3, this phone attracted a lot of attentions.

 

Let’s see what has changed in specs with table compared with Galaxy S3:

Galaxy S4 and Galaxy S3 Spec Compare

Model

Galaxy S4 i9500

Galaxy S3 i9300

screen

4.99 inch 1920×1080 Super AMOLED HD

4.8 inch 1280×720 Super AMOLED

Network

WCDMA/GSM (4G LTE depended on the country)

Size

140.1×71.8×7.7mm 138g

136.6×70.6×8.6mm 133g

processor

  Exynos 5410 eight-core 1.8Ghz  Exynos 4412 quad-core 1.4Ghz

Video chip

PowerVR SGX 544MP3@533Mhz

Mali-400MP4@400Mhz

Memory

Ram：2Gb　Rom：16Gb

Ram：1GB     ROM：16 Gb

Camera

2MP / 13MP

1.9mp/ 8MP

OS

Android 4.2.1+TouchWiz

Android 4.0+TouchWiz

battery

2600mAh

2100mAh

Color

White/blue

White/blue

 

Compared with the “Design For Human” of S3, S4 is more stable and formal in appearance. The rounded corner also changed a little. In the last year, almost all Android models are going into the condition of similar appearance. The monotonous shape let users feel boring of it. In S4, the screen size is extended to 5 inch and choosing the technology of narrow frame. When I first look at it, it is some like the combination of S3 and Note2. The official worker leaked that this model will also provide several colors. The changes in the hardware are not too much. The specs are upgraded in reasonable.

In the terms of software, it adopts the Android 4.2.2 as well as some abundant personalize functions, which is also the biggest competitive advantages of Samsung. To the Camera, there is a funny factor, users can use the both cameras at same time and combined in one image.

The action induction is also a highlight. It is said that Samsung will choose eye scroll in S4 but Samsung at last only integrate the functions of finger movements. Maybe the technology is still not mature.

Samsung May Intergreate Eye Scroll in to the Galaxy S4

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Samsung Galaxy S4 will be introduced on March 14. Now some details about this new machine are leaked out. It is said that the focus is on the software. One insider who had tried mobile said S4 has a particularly special and new exciting feature: Eye Scroll. According to the New York Times reports one anonymous Samsung employee said that the phone can track the user’s eyes, so as to determine where the page to.

Then, how the phone tracks the eye’s activity? Insiders did not specifically explain, nor did he say whether Samsung will demonstrate this function on the conference. The Samsung employee said, judging from the overall, new software features are more important than the hardware aspects.

 

Now the focus of Android flagship machine also moves to the software. Last month, HTC released its new flagship mobile phone One, also shows off its software to bring unique experience. This is a matter of course under the condition of .current.

 

By January of this year, Samsung applied for a trademark in Europe that named “Eye Scroll (no: 011510674).” In February, Samsung have applied for the “Eye star Scroll” brand in the United States, Samsung Description: “computer applications can perceive the eye movements, scrolling display on the mobile device, including mobile phones, smart phones, tablet computers can respond to eye movements.”Samsung also applied to” Eye Pause” trademark, it does not describe how.

 

Samsung CPO Kevin Packingham refused to talk about the next generation of mobile phone details in the interview, he did not agree with “negligible compared to new hardware and software”, he said: “overall this is an exciting mobile phone.”

 

Galaxy S3 has the feature of Smart stay, which can determine how the user is using the mobile phone, for example, when reading a Web page, the front-facing camera will be maintained through eye recognition technology automatically screen brightness, and maintain solid on the screen for users to read. If S4 use eye-rolling technology, it is an advanced way. However, this technology must be very well run so that users can feel good, otherwise to the user it is just tasteless. If Samsung rolls this feature is open to other third-party applications, then Samsung’s platform will be unique in the entire smart phone market.

 

 

Sony Released PlayStation 4 With “Cloud Game”

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Sony held a news conference today to introduce their new generation game host PlayStation 4. PlayStation 4 will be equipped with X86 processors, more powerful GPU, as well as 8GB RAM. Sony described it as “Ultra Power PC architecture”.

In addition, PlayStation 4 will also have a new handle that named DualShock 4, which has a touch pad at the front surface. Well, PS4 has the integration of cloud game. PlayStation 4 has the new feature of streaming media game: players can have a trial the games in the PS Store without download.

Sony had invested $ 300 million to acquire the cloud gaming company Gaikai for the aim of developing the technology. Sony claimed: “With the help of Gaikai and PS Store, you will be able to experience all the things you want. Free demo, share with friends. Consumers will pay only if they love the games.” On the other hand, the players can remote play PS 4 games on PS Vita as well as allow friends remote viewing the game.

Sony’s long-term plan is to make PS Vita can run all games of the PlayStation 4. However, the new hosts are not compatible with the native PlayStation 3 games.

The CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment Andrew House declared at the meeting: “The player has replaced the living room as the PlayStation’s core.”

Sony’s last published new host should go back to the PlayStation 3 in 2006. After a lapse of seven years, Sony launched the new product, which expected to occupy more important place in the next generation host. However the block from the Nintendo Wii U and Microsoft new Xbox will make the market more conflict.

There also another that the developers need to keep in mind: how to reduce the running away of the old users and attract the new users. It is not hard to see, people spend less time and money in the console games as the popularity of smartphone and tablet.

Don’t Lie to the Interview about These 4 Things

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Interviewing requires us to be honest. However, whether we can tell some small lies at the time of an interview is based on specific time and situation. Anyway, the four things below you should never lie to the interview, not only because it is easy to be read by HR, but also really be bad for your future.

1. I do kind of live here

If you have used a wrong address on your resume to tailor it to where the job is based, don’t continue to lie about it in your interview. You can tell your interviewer about your current address, and show that you are willing to move for the job. If you don’t do in this way, you will probably being kept flying back and forth for them.

2. Lie in your real salary

It is very common that your interviewer will ask you about how much you made at your last job. OK, you may want to tell a high number. However, some employers also will probably ask for a copy of your W2, and you will be construed as unethical. In this case, you can tell your real number, and let it be known that you don’t think it has any bearing on this new job.

3. That is totally my GPA

If you think that inflating your grade point average will help you get this job, you may need to reconsider. In fact, some companies request a copy of your transcript or verification with the school, especially those with job positions that require a minimum GPA.

4. I didn’t get fired at my last job

Don’t be afraid to let the interviewer knows you were laid off at the past job. In fact, there are lots of people that have been laid off in this bad economy. However, you just need to try not to go into the details, and let him know what you have learned from your job.

Top Cheap Restaurants and Cafes in Cambridge

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Once upon a time, because of the ubiquitous chains, Cambridge is called the a “clone city”. In fact, in Cambridge, you can also enjoy a variety of distinctive delicacies. Let’s search some cheap restaurants in Cambridge now!

1. Norfolk Street Bakery

You may pay attention to the quality of the bread, especially the quality of its production materials. In fact, a simple ham and tomato sandwich will be able to satisfied your taste. In this bakery oerated by the Portuguese, every bread is very fresh and tasty. In addition to the ordinary sandwiches (such as chicken vegetable, roast pork chops and applesauce sandwich), there are a variety of cream cakes such as donuts, fruit pies, and delicious local Portuguese egg tarts. There is no pompous advertisements here, just a variety of fresh and delicious cake, fragrant cinnamon custard and crispy pastries.

2. Kingston Arms

This is restaurant full of classical atmosphere. It is decorated with various small decorative beers. The delicious food and low prices attract a large number of people to enjoy the cuisine. In addition to the main menu, the restaurant also offers an affordable menu specials, including omelet, salad, ham, eggs and chips. All the dishes in this menu are priced at just 4.99 pounds. In addition, the restaurant will also provide some cheap wines. Each wine is priced between 1.9 to 2.3 pounds. The restaurant offers a variety of delicious dishes. A simple cottage pie can make feel the taste at home.

3. Massaro’s 

In Cambridge, Hot Numbers and Massaro’s are two most frequented cafes for coffee lovers. Located in Gwydir Street, Hot Numbers is more welcomed by students. This cafe roasts coffee beans by themselves and uses the latest technology to brew each cup of coffee which is very fragrant. The white coffee is particularly famous in this cafe which tastes silky and be full of chocolate and caramel flavor. But the taste is slightly bitter. In contrast, Massaro’s is relatively welcomed by some professionals. This cafe provides limited a variety of high-quality home-made biscuits, cakes and sandwiches which is recognized as the best place to have lunch.

4. St John’s Chop House

As a typical Cambridge-style bistro, the history of St John’s Chop House can be traced back to the 17th century. But you might rarely heard the name. The decoration of the restaurant is typical gastro pub style, simple but special. The ground is paved with smooth floors and the wall is pasted with artificial aging heraldic wallpaper. Red leather bench seats are also placed at indoor. At lunch time or between 18:00 to 19:00, the customers can order a dish outside fixed menu, such as sauces drawn game, which comes with winter vegetables, sweet purple cabbage and delicious sauces. Each dish is priced at just 8 pounds.

Be a Spider-Man once on Those World’s Famous Bridges

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1. Story Bridge in Brisbane, Australia

Story Bridge is Brisbane’s most famous bridge which was built in the June 6, 1940. It is the largest steel bridge designed and built by Australia. The name of the bridge is nothing special which was named for the bridge designer -Story.

Story Bridge is a steel plate tension bridge. The bridge is not long, only 500 meters. 96% of the building materials were taken from Australia and it is one of the world’s two hand-built bridges.

Story Bridge is opened  for people to climb on it. Climbing on Story Bridge to watch the panoramic view of Brisbane is a meaningful activity which you can’t miss. The journey takes 2.5 hours in total and the guide will lead you to the 80 meters high point. In the the bridge peak position, it has a 360-degree rotating viewing platform, where you can enjoy the breathtaking views of Brisbane.

2. Sydney Harbour Bridge

The Sydney Harbour Bridge is Australia’s landmark building. It stands on the west of Opera House and it has a nickname of ” huge hanger”. This bridge was open to traffic on March 19, 1932 with a total length of 502.9 meters. Overlooking the Sydney Opera House from 147 meters height is perfect. This point of view is absolutely unique and it is also the perfect place to watch the panoramic view of the port.

The prestigious Sydney Harbour Bridge climb is the most classic activity. On a clear day, ascending to the top of the Harbour Bridge and watching the Sydney Bay has become a excitement for tourist. The climbing trip takes 2 hours 15 minutes. You can board the highest point with the fastest speed to catch up with the first early morning sun and closely touch the clean blue sky in Sydney. Or you can trace the last sunshine to enjoy the beauty of sunset.

3. Eureka Skydeck 88 in Melbourne

This is the highest public observation deck in Southern Hemisphere. This is also the best way to overlook Melbourne and  feel the temptation of the Melbourne night charm. The most special part here is “The Edge” mobile viewing platform. When the the wholly transparent glass viewing platform slowly stretches between floors, hanging in high altitude, you will feel walking in the air which is very exciting.